Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital returns to the podcast so we can compare notes on what's happening in the US's quest to redollarize the world while Donald Trump remakes the map of the Middle East and rewires global trade. I asked Brent to come in and do an overview of the coming US stablecoin system and what that means for both the Fed and global central banking. Show Notes: Brent on X Santiago Capital Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
May 25, 2026•48 min
Promethean Action's Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast after too long a break to do a strategy session on what Trump has to do from here to secure the mid-terms and beyond. We cover everything from his upcoming trip to China to her time during the Reagan years to how to fix the automotive industry's quality problem. All with the eye of improving the lives of ordinary people. Show Notes: Susan on X Promethan Action Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
May 11, 2026•1 hr 5 min
Vince Lanci is back in the house as we try to unpack the strategic play President Trump is making with his bombing Iran and the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. Show Notes; Goldfix on Substack Vince on X Tom on X GGnG on Patreon
Mar 19, 2026•1 hr 14 min
Fmr. Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt is in the house to discuss the state of strategic play concerning Iran. We recorded this on March 5th, but it doesn't matter. It's all still very relevant today. Given how fast the world is changing, that's saying something. Show Notes: Blaine on Substack Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Blaine on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon...
Mar 09, 2026•1 hr 15 min
Economist Peter St. Onge comes back to the show to discuss the recent spate of encouraging economic numbers coming out of the US and what they mean in the context of Trump's attempt to turn the US economy around in the face of titanic political opposition. Show Notes: Peter on X Peter's Website Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
Feb 22, 2026•1 hr 53 min
Promethean Action's Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast to give a lively chat about the journey through another side of the American political experience from the decidedly anti-British Empire perspective. Show Notes: Susan on X Promethean Action Tom on X GGnG on Patreon
Feb 01, 2026•1 hr 18 min
Caitlin Long returns to the podcast to flip the format on its head as she is want to do (and I'm happy to oblige) and quiz me as to where things stand. We recorded on January 14th, before Trump's visit to Davos. Show Notes Caitlin on X Caitling Long - Episode #213: The Financial Crisis That Wasn't Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
Jan 21, 2026•1 hr 17 min
Xoaquin Flores returns to the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of Donald Trump's recent moves in Venezuela and Iran. We try to unpack what Trump's agenda really is and go over the mechanisms for how he advances it. Given Trump's mercurial but hyper-rational behavior, it's no small task. Show Notes Xoaquin’s New Resistance Xoaquin’s Patreon Tom on X GGnG Patreon...
Jan 18, 2026•1 hr 7 min
Podcaster and survivor of the great censorship purge of the Biden Junta Tommy Carrigan joins the show to get on the other side of the microphone and discuss his journey from a fat loser to a hardened veteran. For me, his story resonates with where our heads need to be to engage the fight in front of us for the future of not just our country but for the direction of the species itself. Show Notes TPC on YouTube TPC on Rumble Tommy on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon...
Jan 14, 2026•1 hr 13 min
Trader, writer and raconteur Vince Lanci returns to the show to discuss the big geopolitical implications of what's happening in silver and oil and how it ties into the outcome in Venezuela. The rally in silver touches everything, since it is at the heart of the City of London's old monetary system. Show Notes: VBL's Goldfix Vince on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon...
Jan 13, 2026•1 hr 4 min
Fmr. Brig. General and Newsmax Contributor Blaine Holt returns to the podcast to discuss what the operation to extract Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela was really all about. Hint: Everyone's right and everyone's a little wrong. Show Notes: Blaine's Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Tom on X GGnG patreon
Jan 07, 2026•58 min
Santiago Capital CEO Brent Johnson returns to the podcast to discuss stablecoins, geopolitics, and how the Great Game of global capital is progressing. I appreciate Brent's realist approach to both markets and politics and how his journey has shaped how he sees things unfolding. Show Notes: Brent on X Santiago Capital Tom on X GGnG Patreon...
Dec 04, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Trader, writer, and Spicy Italian Meatball (!!) Vince Lanci returns to the podcast to close the loop on our now three-year financial & geopolitical bromance which began with the help of the equally great, but not nearly as spicy Tom Bodroviks then of Palisades Gold Radio and now Competent Investor, when we first discussed the idea of Gold-backed US Treasury bonds, as promoted by Judy Shelton. Vince and I cover the implications for the further coalescing of a Russian / Chinese / American curr...
Nov 18, 2025•1 hr 48 min
Author and Investigative Journalist Richard Poe returns to the podcast to take us on a history lesson centering on Great Britain's complicity in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War. It may or may not resemble activities we're seeing now or have seen in other periods of history. Show Notes: Richard on Substack Website Richard on X Episode #146 - Richard Poe and the Reach of Perfidious Albion Episode #171 - Richard Poe and Why All Roads Really Do Lead to London Tom on X GGnG on Patreon ...
Nov 08, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Co-Host of the Future's Edge Podcast and prime example of Italian greatness Bob Iaccino joins the podcast for a round the horm discusstion of politics and markets in a world governed by Trump's mob-style politics. We may venture into some casual Italian supremacy talk. Because, well, goombahs. Show Notes Unfiltered Investor Future's Edge Unfiltered Podcast Bob on X Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
Nov 05, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Long-time friend and sparring partner on all things geopolitics, Halsey English, joins the podcast crew for the first time to add color and context to the Trump's plans and accomplishments in the Middle East. From Israel/Iran to Trump's taming of the GOP shrews to the threats just over the horizon, we cover a lot of ground. Show Notes: Halsey on X Halsey on Patreon Tom on X Gold, Goats 'n Guns on Patreon...
Nov 01, 2025•1 hr 30 min
The "Podfather" Adam Curry is in the house to have a chat about all the things, from online intentional communities to the synthetic nature of conversation, and how that is the key to immunizing us from the High Table's desire to set us apart, tear us down, and leave us without hope. Show Notes: No Agenda Show Adam on X Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
Oct 17, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Raconteur, trader, and expert in all things financial plumbing Vince Lanci returns (again) to the podcast to give us an important breakdown of what is happening in the silver markets, how what is happening is different than gold, and ultimately why London is the real target of everything Trump is doing. Show Notes: Vince on X VBL's Goldfix Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Gold is the New Black Tom on X Gold, Goats 'n Guns on Patreon...
Oct 09, 2025•1 hr 36 min
Veteran Political Activist and "Detroit Chauvnist" Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action joins me for a lively discussion of Trump's UN Speech, an atlernate take on the 2008 financial crisis, and why Greenbacks may actually be the way forward for the United States. Show Notes: Promethean Action Promethean Action on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon -- how we pay the bills Expat Money Summit...
Sep 26, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Former Brig. General and Senior Foreign Affairs Contributor at Newsmax Blaine Holt joins me for a high level strategic talk about the state of play surrounding President Trump's policies foreign and domestic and how they interface with the overall arc of history. Show Notes: Blaine on X Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Tom on X Support GGnG on Patreon...
Sep 23, 2025•1 hr 15 min
This week the podcast is invaded from the Great White North by Mr. Matt Ehret to assist Dexter and myself to understand the depth of the perfidy that is the place known as the country of Canadia. Matt goes through a number of eras of Canadian politics to illluminate just how strongly the dead hand of the British Crown rules over the US's supposedly harmless neighbors above the 49th parallel. Show Notes: Matt Ehret on substack Mark Carney's Dystopic Pedigree - Film UFO series. All four episodes a...
Sep 04, 2025•1 hr 28 min
Geopolitical analyst and commentator Xoaquin Flores comes back to the podcast to discuss a number of topics in the wake of the Trump/Putin Summit in Alaska on August 15th. From Turkey's unfocused aggression to the repeated attempts to isolate Serbia, there are no shortage of responses from the "usual suspects" in City of London and Brussels. Xoaquin breaks these things down in granular detail for us which, to me, is required listening. Show Notes: Atlantic - Did the White House Not Understand Wh...
Sep 01, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Economist and daily commenter on all things financial Peter St.Onge returns to the podcast for a back and forth about Powell, Trump, the tariffs and why, in the end, defending your home is what our top priority should be. Show Notes: Peter on X Mike Rowe's Classic TED Talk. Tom on X Support Gold Goats 'n Guns on Patreon...
Aug 22, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Brent Johnson of "Dollar Milkshake" fame and CEO of Santiago Capital joins me for a talk about the past, present, and future of the so-called Rules Based Order and how that intersects with our worldviews on markets and potential investments. Brent describes his education and training in the post-WWII institutional framework and his evolution into the realist approach he takes to these subjects today. Show Notes: Brent on X Santiago Capital Tom on X GGnG on Patreon...
Aug 14, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Fresh from a well-deserved break, the owner of the driest wit in Geopolitics and markets, Alex Krainer returns to the 'cast for a wide-ranging talk about safety culture, tyranny, burnout, and why we should all remember to never, ever take Donald Trump at his word. Show Notes: Alex on Substack I-System TrendCompass Tom on X GGNG on Patreon...
Aug 05, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Custodia Bank CEO and crytpo-advocate Caitlin Long comes back to the podcast to challenge me on a number of subjects concerning the Federal Reserve What role did OMC Chair Jerome Powell play in assisting or hindering the Biden Junta's persecution of conservatives, it's debanking operations, and how it mismanaged the post-COVID world. We also discuss how that interfaces with the new stablecoin regime being put in place legally by President Trump and what it really means for the US Treasury market...
Aug 02, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 225
Martin Armstrong returns to the podcast with an wide-ranging interview discussing all the angles around Donald Trump's recent declarations and actions. We try to cut through the noise to determine whether war is really coming or not. Also for discussion is the possible reform of the Fed, how the Deep State really works, and how to actually get a decent night's sleep amidst all this change. Show Notes: Armstrong Economics Martin on X Tom on X Tom on Patreon...
Aug 01, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 224
Vince Lanci returns to the podcast after my hiatus for a raucous talk about the what and why of the US's stablecoin strategy and what it implies for not only the US's future but how it slots into the greater emerging picture of a new financial paradigm. Show Notes: Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Why Gold is the New Black Episode #213 - Caitiln Long and the Financial Crisis that Wasn't ECB July 1st Panel with Powell Vince on X VBL's Goldfix Tom on X Gold Goats 'n Guns Patreon...
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr 38 min
Dexter White returns to discuss why what you thought you hated inStar Wars: The Acolyte wasn't anything different than why you thought you hated Trump's Budget Reconciliation bill or any other "Outrage Du Jour." We have a growing divide in political commentary that has trapped an entire locus of people on the left and the right to ensure there is no center. Show Notes: Tom on X Dexter on X Tom & Dexter on Patreon...
Jul 08, 2025•59 min
Bitcoin advocate, entrepreneur, and Albertan patriot Dave Bradley joins me for a belated look at the G-7, Albertan independence and how the rush for pristine collateral is the race against time that Davos and City of London are working so hard to avoid going against their plans for a digitized neo-feudal world. Show Notes: Dave on X The Bitcoin Rodeo Tom on X Tom on Patreon...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min
