Author and Market Strategist Alex Krainer joins me for another round to try and make sense of the moves made by the Central Banks this week, especially the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates by just 25 basis points. There are a number of ways to read this move by FOMC Chair Jay Powell in the context of a hostile Biden Administration, the War in Ukraine, and the shifting landscape for US dollar dominance. Show Notes: Lyn Alden's Tweet of US Treasury Household Debt-to-GDP Projection Alex's ...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 24 min
The inimicable Mel K. is with me completing another "Home and Home" series of appearances. Mel,like her show on Rumble, is fearless and always a good time. In our last chat she let it slip to me that she spent 18 years in the belly of the beast, not Mordor on the Potomac, but in Minas Morgul on the Pacific, Hollywood. That, to me, screamed "Movie Podcast," and that's what's on tap for today. It may seem a little 'off-brand' but for us, nothing ever is. So, relax and enjoy a trip through the pred...
Jan 28, 2023•59 min
This time I complete the 'home and home' with James Delingpole of The Delingpod for a wide-ranging, unplanned talk that sarts with Jeremy Clarkson and his struggle session over Meghan Markle and goes to dark places about where our society has fallen to while remaining grounded in the brilliance of humanity's ability to adapt, take in what is real, and overcome the tyranny of "cantillionaire midwits." Show Notes: James on Locals James on YouTube...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Author Bill Fawell joins me for an update on the cycle of revolution occurring in the U.S. today. Bill was on previously (Ep. 110) where he introduced his ideas about the four stages of revolution. Given the craziness on Capitol Hill going on this week, it seemed appropriate to have Bill back on. Show notes: Fawell: The Road to Partition Fawell: Applying the Structure of Revolution to the Kevin McCarthy Saga. Get Bill's Book: Notes on the Revolution - paypal or check email: [email protected] $14.00 ...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 11 min
My friend and fellow long-suffering Buffalo Sabres fan Tom Mullen of the Tom Mullen Talks Freedom Podcast joins me for a lively, if very geeky discussion of the Federal Reserve, monetary policy, and what's really going on with the Fed's balance sheet. Show Notes: Tom Mullen's Patreon Mullen: Why is the Fed Tightening Credit But Not Money? Luongo: Rate Hikes, Recessions and the Death of Spiritual Boomerism...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Pascal Najadi joins me for an update on his efforts to combat government overreach and complicity in building a control system around health passports in Switzerland. His efforts are a model for the type of direct action we can and should engage in while finding our ways around whatever idiotic controls they put in front of us. We also spend some time discussing the potential shift in the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's support among German voters and the pitfalls in front of thei...
Dec 06, 2022•55 min
The story around FTX gets deeper, weirder and more corrupt by the day. Chris Sullivan joins me to break down why and how some of the damage control surrounding FTX is operating and who has the incentives on either side of the distributed ledger to either push this thing to a crisis point or bury it under a mountain of mal-information. Show Notes: Chris Sullivan at Hyperion Decimus https://www.hyperiondecimus.com Episode #123 of the GGnG Podcast https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51917121 Tom on Tw...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Dexter White joins me for the first time in a long time to add color to the ongoing story unfolding around the implosion of crypto exchange FTX. While it's obvious the corruption here is deep, Dexter lays out the mechanics and the incentives of what he believes may be the real reason why FTX wasn't what it appeared to be. Show Notes: Dexter's Article on FTX https://tomluongo.me/2022/11/17/cryptofanfic-thoughts-on-ftx/ Scam Economy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scam-economy/id1607025513?...
Nov 17, 2022•53 min
Pascal Najadi is back on the show to discuss the latest developments concerning Switzerland's attempts to regain its much-needed neutrality as well as the depths to which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is compromised by the corruption of the European Union's war on Russia. Pascal's Open Letter to the Pope https://www.kath.ch/newsd/grounding-produzent-papst-franziskus-soll-putin-zu-einer-friedenskonferenz-einladen/...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Author and Historian Matt Ehret joins me for a lively discussion from Aristotle's effect on modern bad historians to Aaron Burr's thrice failed attempts to undermine the American Revolution and why we should never, ever let the agents of the British aristocracy run around in the dark. Show Notes: Matt's Substack https://matthewehret.substack.com/ Matt's Documentary on the Secret History of the U.S. Police State: https://www.bitchute.com/video/XRQFpzljKkk/ https://canadianpatriot.org...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Former Diplomat and Owner of Conflicts Forum Alistair Crooke joins me again to discuss what's basically wrong with international relations at this point. From the maximization of psychopathology to the countervailing forces of populism Alistair and I try to make sense of what has become a mad, mad, mad world hurtling towards an unthinkable clash of nations in the nuclear age. Show Notes: https://strategic-culture.org/contributors/alastair-crooke/ They Rule Over Dysfunctional Ruins, but They Rule...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Alex Krainer joins me again to discuss the 'Curious Case" of who blew up the Nordstream pipelines and why. The motives, the means and the opportunity all point to those not immediately obvious to those with a passing interest in geopolitics. Alex is the author of The Grand Deception: The Bill Browder Hoax as well as the publisher of his new newsletter on Substack. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/ https://zoboko.com/book/dnm4xjnj/grand-deception-the-browder-hoax You can follow him on Twitter : h...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Author and host of the "What We Must Do" Podcast Bretigne Schaffer joins me for a look at how we have so much power to resist the growing tyranny to strengthen our communities through an alternate organization model. Show Notes: Bretigne's Links: http://www.bretigne.com https://twitter.com/Bretigne Tom's Links: http://www.tomluongo.me Https://twitter.com/tfl1728...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Former Investment Banker and author Pascal Najadi joins me for a frank discussion of how the current President of Switzerland is betraying their hard-fought neutrality and what that means for peace going forward in Ukraine and beyond.
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Professional trader and gold market analyst Craig Hemke of TFMetalsReport.com joins me for a chat about what we think is happening in gold and the precious metals and what that means for the future. Craig's understanding of the guts of futures trading is invaluable. Basel III and the New Role for Gold: https://tomluongo.me/2021/05/23/basel-iii-and-the-new-role-for-gold/ Craig on Twitter: @TFMetals Tom on Twitter: @TFL1728 Blog: www.tomluongo.me...
Aug 11, 2022•51 min
Bitcoin podcaster Mark Moss and his partner in "wrongthink" Alexander Svetski join me for a lively discussion of their new book, "The Uncommunist Manifesto" and why a pamphlet length refutation of Marx and Engels is needed today more than it ever has been. Show Notes: Mark on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkMoss Mark on Twitter: www.twitter.com/1MarkMoss Blog: www.tomluongo.me Twitter: www.twitter.com/tfl1728...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Journalist Joaquin Flores joins me to discuss what we are both seeing just over the horizon three months out from the US mid-term elections and six weeks out from Italy's snap elections. There are a number of issues out there that all seem to be coalescing around the late September period which could substantially change the trajectory of global politics. For the better or worse is anyone's guess Joaquin on Telegram: https://t.me/NewResistance Tom on Twitter: TFL1728 Blog: www.tomluongo.me...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Author and Money Manager Alex Krainer joins me to discuss the new war for control over oil and the rapidly changing landscape of the Middle East and Central Asia Blog : http:www.tomluongo.me Twitter @TFL1728
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min
The Duran's Alex Christoforou joins me from Athens, Greece to give us a more on-the-ground look at what's behind the deteriorating relationship between it and Turkey. Alex can be found at: http://www.theduran.com
Jul 06, 2022•58 min
Alistair Crooke joins me again for an update on the unraveling of the West in the face of steady Russian advances in Ukraine and stabilization of its financial and political divorce from the West. You can find Alistair's work published at www.strategic-culture.org
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Author Bill Fawell of the book Notes on the Revolution joins me for a discussion of the nature of revolutions, their four stages and where he thinks the US is headed in the next few years. Bill's book can be gotten by emailing him directly at [email protected]
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Cornell University Professor and part-time financial pundit David Collum (Twitter @DavidBCollum) joins me for a talk about the limits of Fed policy, the potential for a major financial crisis and how that ties into the World Economic Forum's stated goal of destroying Western civilization. then we break for lunch. :) Blog : http:www.tomluongo.me Twitter @TFL1728 Donate via BTC: 3GSkAe8PhENyMWQb7orjtnJK9VX8mMf7Zf BCH: qq9pvwq26d8fjfk0f6k5mmnn09vzkmeh3sffxd6ryt DCR: DsV2x4kJ4gWCPSpHmS4czbLz2fJNqms7...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 56 min
Author and raconteur James Howard Kunstler joins me for a wide-ranging talk about all things Bond Villain in this week's episode. Jim's unique perspective on the world is a welcome one as we try to piece together just how cartoonishly evil these Davos types are. You can find Jim at his website: www.Kunstler.com Blog : http:www.tomluongo.me Twitter @TFL1728
May 29, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Veteran broadcaster and old friend Garland Nixon joins me this week to talk about the emerging confluence in the U.S. political spectrum of the realist left and the realist right. Tom on Twitter @TFL1728 Garland on Twitter @GarlandNixon Garland on rokfin https://www.rokfin.com/garlandnixon Follow the podcast on the Fountain app and support value for value on Lightning Network.
May 15, 2022•1 hr 22 min
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May 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Blog : http:www.tomluongo.me Twitter @TFL1728 Donate via BTC: 3GSkAe8PhENyMWQb7orjtnJK9VX8mMf7Zf BCH: qq9pvwq26d8fjfk0f6k5mmnn09vzkmeh3sffxd6ryt DCR: DsV2x4kJ4gWCPSpHmS4czbLz2fJNqms78oE LTC: MWWdCHbMmn1yuyMSZX55ENJnQo8DXCFg5k DASH: XjWQKXJuxYzaNV6WMC4zhuQ43uBw8mN4Va XMR: 48Whbhyg8TNXiNV2LNkjeuJJU55CNt5m1XDtP3jWZK2xf5GNsbU2ZwHLDJTQ5oTU3uaJPN8oQooRpSQ2CPMJvX8pVTqthmu ARRR: zs132w864erce9x8lmcmlnv8vw05p646kp0uxy29q82ak4n9504at0sut3eu3kmscn5yqhtje2yjyv Brave - click the Triangle on your Brave Search...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Historian and geopolitical commentator Matt Ehret joins me for a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of of world politics and what it means in a philosophical and metaphoric sense. Ultimately, the theme of the day is how do we as idea men lead people out of the wilderness to see the false reality that's been constructed for us.
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Alex Krainer (@NakedHedgie on Twitter) joins me for another wide-ranging discussion about the global-macro situation in commodity markets and the effects of the War in Ukraine is having on the geopolitical game board. Show Notes: Tom on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/goldgoatsnguns Alex Krainer: http://www.nakedhedgie.com
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Dexter White returns to discuss where we are in the War in Ukraine and what it means for both the future of Europe and the global financial markets. Blog : http:www.tomluongo.me Twitter @TFL1728
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Joaquin Flores joins me for a wide-ranging talk about the history of the Russian State and how that informs the thinking of Putin's administration and their view of what war they are really fighting in Ukraine. You can find Joachin at his telegram channel https://t.me/NewResistance Blog: http://www.tomluongo.me Twitter: @TFL1728
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 34 min
