✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - the ultimate compliment to the podcast...Bill BrowderNassim TalebFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggThis is an interview with Victor Haghani who is among many other things… the Co-Founder of LTCM (long term capital management), the Founder of Elm Wealth and the author of Missing Billionaires.In this interview we focused on Victor himself... his experiences at Solomon in the 80s and a brush with Bill Browder (who by the way was recently knighted), comment...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - the ultimate compliment to the podcast...Russ Roberts – Taleb & HitchensScott Patterson – Taleb & Chaos KingsMagnus Ranstorp – Terrorism & Political ViolenceJames Robinson – Why Nations FailFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggSamo Burja founded Bismarck Analysis, of which Bismarck Brief has spun off, which is a consulting and research firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. I’ve listened to and read hu...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - the ultimate compliment to the podcast...Jos Benschop – SVP Science ASML - Episode #56Chris Miller – Chip War - Episode #81ASML Bloody Good BusinessFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggWatch on youtube - https://youtu.be/Kxmf6P-JHa8ASML is certainly among the most critical businesses to the modern economy. They make the machines that make the microchips which makes modernity go round. You’ve likely heard of TSMC, the Taiwanese behemoth at the centre o...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggWatch on Youtube - https://youtu.be/Kx8N66hK8kISam Leith is the literary editor for the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world, an organisation which started publication in 1828 which means… the magazine for which he is the literary editor of, The Spectator, are on the doorstep of a famous double century in just 4 years time!While also contributing a monthly column on g...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggWatch on Youtube - https://youtu.be/ZzsFPOUzlHgMicheal Hilliard is a geopolitical analyst host and creator of 'The Red Line Podcast'… and! a fellow Aussie coming to us today from Australia’s glorious West coast capital, Perth.Micheal and his team with the 'Red Line' take a deep fortnightly dive into a eclectic mix of narrow geopolitical topics … everything from the second hand...

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✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe https://atlasgeographica.com/ernest-scheyder/ Ernest Scheyder runs directly towards the impossible trade-offs of mining in the ‘War Below’... The electrification of the economy is on the one hand very good. It means we can move away from consuming the carbon rich oil into our atmosphere… but it also means that we are going to need way more other stuff from the under the ground than we currently even know...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe https://atlasgeographica.com/jon-lee-anderson/ I once responded to a question in a grant application that the people I admired most were great adventurers, great writers and great journalists… the kicker naturally being, that the best was a combination of all three! Well, in Jon Lee Anderson we have an exemplar for all three of those labels. Listens past 10 minutes and you will see the adventurer, listen...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe https://atlasgeographica.com/patrick-watts/ The following is with Patrick Watts who is one hell of an interesting fella, this was a really fun episode to record! The podcast is about the themes from his debut book, The End Of The American Empire.  The End Of The American Empire – UK Amazon The End Of The American Empire – US Amazon It’s just come out in US and UK markets, so don’t hesitate a second to go and...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe https://atlasgeographica.com/bill-browder-russia/ Bill Browder is back for his #2 appearance on the pod! This was recorded in his London offices, and builds upon the themes from our first conversation. Bill discusses the very real threat of assassination by both Putin and China. He lays out his Rouges Gallery of both nations and individuals and offers what is a rather desolate and grim picture of the Russian...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe https://atlasgeographica.com/brian-klaas/ Brian Klaas is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, author of several books, host of a really good podcast, creator of a huge substack and someone who has created a life for himself for which I wish to emulate many parts… We recorded this in person!… Brian and I sat down together in his Winchester kitchen and spoke about randomness,...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Christopher Neijd is a police lieutenant for Southern Stockholm, he’s been in the force for more than 14 years, and is a close mates of Rhino who was episode #146 as a member of Sweden’s SWAT force, called Piketen.  This is an interview about Christopher's experiences on the police force, how Sweden has or hasn’t changed over time, a microscope on the events of the Easter Riots of 2022 plus plenty more of...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/mike-salbro-aboriginal-in-sweden/ Originally uploaded July 2021, episode #31 of the pod! Today, over 130 episodes later, I am re-uploading this ep to bring it the top of the feed! Mike’s story is full of twists, turns, tragedies and inspiration.  He was adopted at just a few months old from a lovely Swedish woman and shortly after moved to Stockholm. Mike, alongside his...

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter!! https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe The podcast's year in review! Check out stats of the podcast, reflection on best. episodes of the year, dreams and ambitions for the future.  Pump the good juice! And see you next year mate ;)

✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter!! https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/elizabeth-kolbert/ Elizabeth Kolbert writes about science, and the environment. She is staff writer at the New Yorker and now, the second pulitzer prize winning journalist to have joined this podcast. Elizabeth was awarded the pulitzer prize for her 2015 book, the Sixth Extinction, which makes the case for how humans are driving straight off the cliff to earths 6th mass...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/lisa-kristine/ Lisa Kristine is an adventurer, humanitarian & fine art photographer.  She’s taken some of the most devastating but as well beautiful photos you are ever likely to see.  She recorded an incredibly moving a TED talk about her work photographing modern slavery. It’s an absolute must view. Her work has been featured all over the globe, she sells internationally, she’s completely independents,...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Marlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University in Washington DC.  She is an expert on the culture and anthropology of Russia and many of the Stan central asian countries. She’s written 10 books on these subjects and was just the most incredible guest to have had on the show. The podcast starts in Kyrgyzstan and then moves onto religion and what Marlene thinks is a...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/oscar-cabello/ How do I introduce Oscar Cabello, other than to say, he is a great Paraguayan… Oscar is the former ambassador for Paraguay to Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia ,Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and Andorra. He was both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, for the UN Commission on Crime, and he is now, the current member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Oscar...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/magnus-ranstorp/ Magnus Ranstorp is a Swedish academic, hostage negotiator, teacher and author who has been researching and writing about terrorism for more than 30 years. He is an encyclopaedia on modern terrorism and political violence. He was also the first author to seriously map out the Lebanese Hezbollah and its connection to Iran, Syria and international terrorism. And so, the insights and experience...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/explorers-podcast/ Matt Breen is host of the Explorers Podcast, which  focuses on the great explorers and adventurers of history. I think I’m right in asserting that this is unlike you will have heard Matt before. He hasn’t done a dedicated long form podcast elsewhere, and so this exploration into the history of the show and how his worldview has been shaped by the explorers he studies is all new...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/heidi-blake/ New Yorker Article - Great Carbon-For-Cash Hustle Heidi Blake is a writer at the New Yorker, author of two books, and recently wrote the most amazing magazine piece about the carbon offsetting market and some of the greenwashing schemes at its core.  In this podcast we cover top to bottom Heidi’s story in the New Yorker, details about the characters involved, greenwashing, offshore finance,...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/zeke-faux/ Number Go Up - Zeke Faux The general consensus for Zeke’s book is that is that it’s the better half of Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’.  ‘Number Go Up’ documents, first hand, from the Bahamas to Cambodia to El Salvador to the halls of power of US, the wild mania of crypto and the insanely eclectic, deranged and interesting characters that colour in those lines.  Zeke opens up unlike he has for...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/david-de-jong-oct-7th/ The following is with David De Jong who is the Middle East Correspondent for the Dutch Newspaper, FD. He lives in Israel, and has been reporting from the ground since the early hours of October 7th. Some of you may recognise him from an earlier appearance he made on this podcast, talking about his book Nazi Billionaires, but for this episode we exclusively talk about David’s first hand...