Author and financial expert Alex Krainer joins me for what may be the most important conversation he and I have had in the past six years. Alex has traced a series of events that tie up all the loose ends of why the UK needs to be successful in achieving their goals in Ukraine. It may mean financial Armageddon for them and global financial panic for the rest of us. Show Notes: Alex - The Coming Collapse of Great Britain @NakedHedgie on X Tom's Speaking Engagements Mises Supporter’s Summit (promo...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Vince Lanci and Eric Yeung, two heads of the Gold Triumverate on FinTwit, join me for an important discussion about the situation in the gold market from the other side of the world. Eric is an investor based in Hong Kong who has a wealth of knowledge about what's going on over there. Vince is well, Vince, a veteran trader and money manager. Show Notes: Eric on Twitter/X Vince on Twitter/X VBL's Goldfix Tom Speaking Engagements: Mises Supporter's Summit (promo code GGG2024) 2024 Expat Money Show...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Geopolitical analyst and writer Joaquin Flores joins me to dissect what's really going on within the Democratic Party and how that interfaces with the longer term plans of the people they represent. Show Notes Tom Speaking Engagements Expat Money Show 2024 Mises Supporter's Summit Joaquin on Telegram @NewResistance...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Former CIA Analyst and commentator Larry Johnson joins me to discuss what the broader implications of Ukraine's incursion into Russia near Kursk and how that impacts the global gameboard. Show Notes: Larry's Blog - Sonar21
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min
In this episode frequent guest Vince Lanci and I go over a number of major topics, including Yellen's yield curve control, her stupidity (but I repeat myself), the role of the Bank of Japan, where Powell's head is in relation to Trump and Harris. But the theme tying it all together is time, how they use the political and economic cycles to manipulate your perception of reality. It's embedded in every topic discussed. If you take anything away from the insanely geeky bond stuff we discuss herein,...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Podcaster and post-Libertarian Pete Quinones joins me for a frank talk about big tech vs. little tech, J.D. Vance's connections to the Paypal Mafia and why you may have to make a deal with an indifferent dragon to fight a hostile one. Show Notes: The Little Tech Agenda: Biden vs. Trump Brand New Balaji: Trump/Biden, Jan 6 The Pete Quinones Show...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Author, CPA and M.BA David Bradshaw a CPA, MBA, author, and business owner, to discuss his recently published book, "No Second Chances: A Family Guide to the College Decision and the Lasting Impact of Debt, " among other things. Fun talk. Enjoyed it immensely. Show Notes David on PGR...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Bitcoin advocate, Wall St. vetaran and CEO of Custodia Bank Caitlin Long joins us for a quick trip around the recent European elections and how we see them interfacing with the capital markets. Show Notes: Custodia Bank Episode #156 – Caitlin Long and the Lingering Questions Over Fed Crypto Policy Episode #138 – Caitlin Long and Plumbing the Depths of the Eurodollar...
Jul 17, 2024•35 min
Author, analyst, and proprietor of Trend Compass Alex Krainer joins me for another go around as we pick up for Shaun Newman's slack and dig into why Alex thinks the recent shift to the 'populist' Right in Europe will inevitably lead to civil war. Show Notes: Alex on Substack Alex on Twitter/X GGnG Podcast - Ep. #130 - Alex Krainer and Sailing the Seas of Government Cheese...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Author and Co-Conspirator at Gold, Goats 'n Guns, Dexter K. White, returns after too long a podcast hiatus to gloat a little (okay a lot) over the post-debate, post-Chevron meltdown of the American Left, CNN, and their collective puppet masters… but I repeat myself. Show Notes: Previous Eps: #123 – Dexter White and FTX’s Real Crime #105 -- Dexter White and Navigating the Sea of Lies...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 9 min
This is a roundtable discussion between myself, Marco from Mittdolcino.com and Joe Hoft, author and brother of Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit . We discuss the impending end of LIBOR on September 30th, and why this is so very important for the European sovereign debt markets, Europe's banking system, and the US's ability to weather the resultant storm. You know this issue is important because no one is actually talking about it. Show Notes: Mittdolcino...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Trader, market analyst, and writer Vince Lanci of VBL's Goldfix joins the show again to give us his perspective on what's happening surrounding the European Central Bank's move to cut interest rates recently. From the Christine Lagare's neck scarves to Janet Yellen's bowl cut we skewer everyone as we decode the epic, international move to rig global debt markets in the face of Jerome Powell simply telling everyone to "Shut the Fscking door." Show Notes: VBL's Goldfix Vince on Twitter/X...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Oil Analyst Ben Kelleran of Kontrarian Korner joins me for a talk about where the value proposition is in the oil space, given the open hostility from the Biden administration as well as the European Union. Ben and I go through investment strategies for different styles of investors based on their risk tolerance and needs. Show Notes: Kontrarian Korner Substack Ben on Twitter/X
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Cornell Professor and raconteur Dave Collum joins me again for a Rogen-esque 2.5 hours covering all of our obsessions in a nearly futile bid to stave off the worst effects of the demoralization campaign we are all living through to rob us of our humanity and allow the worst people in the world (TFP!) to retain power. Show Notes: Dave on Twitter/X
Jun 02, 2024•2 hr 32 min
Host of the Coin Stories podcast and Bitcoin advocate Natalie Brunell joins me for a lively hour long discussion about bitcoin and the role of it in reasserting the sound money impulse back into our financial system. Show Notes: Natalie: YouTube Instagram Website: Talking Bitcoin...
May 26, 2024•54 min
Journalist and Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Kris Sims joins me to discuss the seen and unseen effects of Canada's latest iteration of Davos' carbon tax and the broader implications for the US and Canada in setting us up for a better future. Show Notes: Kris on X Canadian Taxpayers Federation
May 24, 2024•1 hr 59 min
Bitcoin Enthusiast and Entrepreneur Dave Bradley joins me for a lively discussion about Bitcoin's place in the societal upheaval events were going through from the short, mediam, and long term perspective. Dave Bradley on Twitter Bitcoin Rodeo in Calgary (promo code: Goats)
May 14, 2024•1 hr 39 min
Wall St. veteran and co-host of the Future's Edge podcast with Jim Iuorio Bobby Iaccino joins me for a hour to discuss our paths to maintaininng our independence and retain our control over what comes out of our pie holes. Show Notes: Future's Edge Podcast With Tom Luongo...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Vince (VBL) Lanci joins me again to discuss some interesting parallels and crucial differences between gold miners and bitcoin miners. Vince shares his thoughts about the real world of how the banks insert themselves into any trade they can to make their vig and why what they've done with gold miners in the past is not the prologue for bitcoin miners in the future. Show Notes: Caitlin Long Interview on The Bitcoin Layer VBL's goldfix (with coupon) Episode #166 - Vince and Plumbing the Depths of ...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Author Richard Poe returns to the podcast after too long a hiatus to help give us an historical accounting of the influence of British trade and foreign policy on the evolution of the United States and how it has led us to the moment we are in today. Show Notes: Richard Poe Substack How the British Created Communism (and blamed it on the Jews) GGnG Episode #146 Richard Poe...
Mar 03, 2024•2 hr 22 min
Brent "Dollar Milkshake" Johnson (though I know he hates that term) comes back to the cast to update our conversation from last year. Brent and i take a good hard look at the state of global dollar liquidity, the state of our bond markets and who is most vulnerable to a stronger dollar over the next two years. Show Notes: Episode #152 Brent Johnson and Why the Dollar Has a Long Road Ahead Santiago Capital...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Author, former UK diplomat and owner of Conflicts Forum Alastair Crooke returns to the podcast to discuss his recent articles on the religious and cultural imperatives surrounding Israel's response to the October 7th attack by Hamas. Crooke's analysis, I believe, is essential in picking up some of the nuances of the conflict while also highlighting why there no easy answers here. Show Notes: Crooke at SCF Netanyahu’s Shape-shifting ‘Endgame’ – It Is No Ploy, but a Reversion to Earlier Zionist St...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Podcaster and commentator Pete Quinones joins me for a discussion about what's going on with libertarians and why in his opinion they've lost the plot. Stuck in a fugue of reflexivity of their own devising, much of the libertarian movement has willingly taken themselves off the gameboard of not only politics but the culture war itself. Show Notes: Pete's blog Pete's substack -- By Any Meme's Necessary!
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Former CIA Analyst and commentator Larry Johnson joins the podcast to discuss the fundamental problems of our bureaucracy and how that translates into horrific policy decisions. Show Notes Larry's Substack
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Vince Lanci returns to the show to try and make sense of the changes happening in the bond and repo markets as we start 2024. There's a lot of really technical stuff going on and Vince and I try to do our best to bring it down to the "layman plus" level. Show Notes: Vince: VBL's GoldFix (w/ coupon code) Luongo: 10 Dreaded GOAT Predictions for 2024 Part I and Part II...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Blogger Mark Wauck joins me for a get-to-know-you about a lot of the issues hitting us in the face to start 2024. Mark and I work through a number of topics ranging from Syria to Yemen to the strange domestic policy of the current president, the less said about whom, the better. Show Notes: Mark Wauck - Meaning in History Wauck's - Theory of Everything Posts Luongo - The Dreaded GOAT Predictions for 2024 Part I — Where Do We Go From Here?...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Author, gadfly and podcaster James Delingpole returns for another round of dueling pills of the vaguely black and whiter shade of pale. We try and make sense of our own biases and previous programming of the earlier stages of the war against humanity, while acknowledging that yes, indeed, Virginia there is an evil Santa Klaus trying to make us crazy. Show Notes: The Delingpod
Dec 14, 2023•2 hr 14 min
Alex Krainer returns to the podcast to update us on the state of the war for gflobal collateral and how that informs all the geopolitical moves happening as we end 2023. Every time I sit down with Alex it's an opportunity to riff off previously presented ideas and fill in the cracks with gold, kintsugi-style. Show Notes: Alex on Substack @NakedHedgie on X/Twitter Tom: Patreon @TFL1728 on X/Twitter Gold Goats n' Guns Blog...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Frequent guest and raconteur Dave Collum is back to discuss everything from what we're not allowed to say about Israel/Palestine to why the path to concert violinist isn't a straight line
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Vince Lanci of Gold Fix returns to the show to discuss, unconscious bias, Japan and the Fremen... among other things. If this conversation leaves you with anything it should be that brick layers make the best piano tuners... esp. if they are Italian. :) Show Notes: Vince on Substack The "Inciting Incident" Tweet about Japan's "Stimulus"
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 17 min
