Curious Worldview Podcast

🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/jim-henry-sanctions/

This was recorded at 19:00 on the 25th of February.

We spoke about SWIFT and expanded on the sanctions chat that started the day previous.

Jim Henry is a godfather to the field of investigative journalism into financial secrecy, offshore finance, capital flight and kleptocracy. He published Blood Bankers in 2003 which exposed 100s of corrupt, kleptocratic infrastructure projects across the developing world which we covered in #49 of this podcast.

Jump In On My Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscribe

-----

• 00:00 – Update On The Sanctions
• 08:29 – Can It Be That Private Incentives Are Getting In The Way Here?
• 11:00 – Explaining Swift & It’s Implications For Russia.
• 21:01 – Turning Attention To Oligarchs + Commenting On Russian Apologists.
• 35:12 – Closing Thoughts.

----
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!

• Jim Henry Ukrinae/Russia War #1
• Jim Henry Blood Bankers
• Nicholas Shaxson
• Bradley Hope
• Vijay Vaitheeswaran

Links To Jim Henry

• Jim Henry Twitter
• Blood Bankers

-----

Are you into Nassim Taleb, Skin In The Game, Antifragile, The Black Swan? I run a Nassim Taleb podcast covering all the wonderful ideas found in the 5 part Incerto series.
🎙️The Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast: - https://theincertonassimtalebpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Geopolitics & Power Podcast - Interesting tidbits from around the world documenting major geopolitical moves or projects you might have missed.🎙️The Geopolitics & Power Podcast: https://geopoloticsandpowerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Contact me 🐦 for feedback! Twitter @ryanfhogg

Article On The Interview: https://atlasgeographica.com/jack-weatherford-genghis-khan/
Jack Weatherford is an American author and academic who has positioned the relevancy and importance of Genghis Khan front and centre of Western consciousness and pop culture.
Jack is the recipient of the 'Order Of The Polar Star' which is Mongolia's highest national honour for foreigners. He is the author of many brilliant books, the most notable of which is half the subject of today's conversation - Genghis Khan & The Making Of The Modern World.
My conversation with Jack Weatherford can be broken down into three sections.
A Bit About Jack, Mongolian Culture, Economy & Politics.
A Bit About Genghis Khan & How He Shaped The Modern World.
A Bit About Genghis Khan & A Bit About Mongolia - How Do They Influence One Another?
Ultimately I am extraordinarily humbled by this opportunity I had with Jack Weatherford. He was generous with his time and also with his candidness. He is an inspiration to me and also I imagine anyone else out there with a lofty ambition to write something that genuinely leaves its mark.
Jump In On My Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscribe
--------
Time Stamps
00:00 - Introduction
03:18 - Why Did You Go To Mongolia At The Collapse Of The USSR?
05:32 - How Did Your Experiences Travelling The Silk Road Inform Your Understanding Of Genghis Khan?
11:25 - How Do You Pronounce Genghis Khan?
12:11 - How Were You Received As An American In The Former Soviet Union In The 90's?
17:40 - What Else Contributed With You Falling In Love With Mongolia?
23:55 - What Are Mongolian Crime Rates?
26:14 - Does A Nomadic Culture Create Trust?
31:00 - More On The Great Jewel Of Mongolia Being Its Culture.
34:39 - Are The Mongols A Proud Culture?
42:50 - How Did You Manage To Learn Mongolian?
47:22 - How Do You See Mongolia Overcome Their Bad Economic Hand?
54:37 - How Did They Secure The Ger?
56:58 - What Does Jack Make Of China's Attempted 'Cultural Genocide' Of Mongolian Culture In Inner Mongolia?
1:06:51 - A Broad Macro Take On China's Ongoing Relationship With Mongolia.
1:14:33 - The Anti-Mongol Propaganda That Has Carried On Through The Centuries Since Genghis Khan - Starting With Voltaire...
1:33:05 - Comparing Genghis Khan With Other 'Great Men' Of History.
1:38:00 - Genghis Khan & Meritocracy.
1:45:05 - How Good Where The Mongols On Horseback? How Good Of Warrios Were They?
1:52:08 - Revisionist History: Did The Mongols Decimation Of 13th Century Islamic World Change The Course Of Relgious Influence In History?
1:57:39 - What Cultural Themes From Genghis Khan's 13th Century Exist Through To Today's Current Day Mongolia?
2:05:08 - What Is One Example Of A Good Thing The USSR Did For Mongolia?
2:07:15 - More On The Cultural Themes From Genghis Khan To Today: Environmental Worship?
2:16:45 - Cultural Themes Carried From Genghis To Today: An Abhorence For Speaking Of Sickness & Death.
2:29:30 - Jack Weatherford's Great Analogy For Genghis Khan That Puts Into Perspective His Exceptionalism.
2:37:37 - A Message Of Inspiration
2:45:30 - A Reflection On Genghis Khan's Surging Popularity.
2:49:40 - Jack Weatherford On The World Not Having A Vision
3:04:00 - What Are You Writing Now?
3:06:00 - What Country Are you Most Bullish On & What Are The Two People You Wish You Could Witness A Conversation Between?
-------
Links To Jack's Books
Genghis Khan & The Making Of The Modern World - amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCK206/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Links To The Rest Of Jack's Books Found Here - https://atlasgeographica.com/jack-weatherford-genghis-khan/

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe ← 'Curious Worldview Newsletter'
↑ 'Curious Worldview Newsletter' ↑
🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/asml-the-proliferation-of-moores-law/

Jos is ASML’s Senior Vice President of Technology and oversees research and system engineering. He has published more than 30 papers and has over 20 patents to his name.
In 1984, he started his career at Philips Research where he worked on the introduction of the Compact Disc Rewritable – the CD for those playing along at home. He joined ASML in 1997 as the program manager of “Next-Generation Lithography”, initiating ASML’s early research programs on ion-beam lithography, e-beam lithography and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.

You can expect to hear in this podcast with Jos Benschop about the following and more...

• An Explanation Of Exponential Growth
• Jos Benschop On Moores Law
• Why Going To Work At Facebook Or Instagram Is A Complete Waste Of Talent
• Difficulties Of Complexity
• Why The EUV Machine Is The Most Complicated In History
• More more and more.

Jump In On My Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe
-----

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 04:54 – What Are ASML?
• 09:50 – A Brief Intro To Semiconductors
• 10:56 – Introducing Moore’s Law
• 15:56 – Introducing Jos Benschop
• 17:13 – (START OF THE INTERVIEW) How Integral To Society Is The Semiconductor?
• 23:06 – Who Are ASML’s Major Competitors?
• 24:04 – Explaining How Semiconductors Are Made
• 31:03 – Distinguishing Between The Jargon Of IC/Microchip/Semiconductor
• 33:02 – Jos On Moore’s Law
• 38:13 – Explaining Exponential & How It Relates To Moore’s Law?
• 49:28 – What Type Of Tech Will These Chips Enable?
• 53:13 – Jos On The Importance Of Software Within ASML
• 59:49 – The Geopolitics Of Semiconductors
• 1:06:54 – Is The EUV Machine The Most Complicated Machine Ever Made By Humans?
• 1:10:27 – Of Any Two People, Who Would You Witness A Conversation Between?
• 1:11:27 – Afterthoughts & My Message To The Listener

----
🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ryanfhogg/
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode

• Curious Worldview Newsletter

Listen To This As A Podcast Instead🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/stephen-hicks-nietzsche-part-one/

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the greatest and sharpest philosophers of all time. Nietzsche's ideas, Nietzsche's quotes and Nietzsche's philosophy has proven to be truly Lindy as it is permeated again and again through the culture. In this podcast, I trace the timeline of Nietzsche's life while Stephen Hicks provides all the context and explanation of Nietzsche's philosophy as it develops throughout his life.

Together, we traced Nietzsche's timeline up until the big inflection point, just as Nietzsche has published Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

Jump In On My Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscribe

-----
00:00 - Introduction.
03:00 - The Early Day's For Nietzsche.
05:00 - Explaining The Context Of The 19th Century.
15:38 - Back To The Timeline & The Influence Of Schopenhauer.
21:58 - Back To The Timeline & Introducing The Birth Of Tragedy.
33:14 - Nietzsche As A Vagabond & His Time As An Academic.
36:40 - Brief Commentary On Nietzsche's Character.
38:50 - Switzerland & Embracing Suffering.
48:00 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
53:00 - How The Ubermensch Is Misrepresented.
-----
Links To Stephen Hicks Work

Nietzsche & The Nazi's Audiobook
Stephen Hicks Website & Books
Open College Podcast
-----
LEAVE YOUR ENERGY IN THE ALGORITHM - 5 STARS & SUBSCRIBE!

Are you into Nassim Taleb? I run a Nassim Taleb podcast covering all the wonderful ideas found in the 5 part Incerto series.
View here - https://theincertonassimtalebpodcast.buzzsprout.com/

The Geopolitics & Power Podcast - This is my brand new podcast where we will cover everything from giant infrastructure projects, to natural resources, to other interesting stuff!
Check it out - https://geopoloticsandpowerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/

Also - I am writing a lot online, so visit the website and let me know what you think! - https://atlasgeographica.com/​

Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/jim-henry-blood-bankers/

Jim Henry is the author of Blood Bankers a classic investigative tale of following the money.

Jim is a Harvard educated economist and lawyer, one of the famous Nader Raiders, a former chief economist at McKinsey & Co, an investigative journalist, author and as you can imagine much more as well. He is a founding member of TJN, the Tax Justice Network and one of the leading voices on curtailing tax evasion and the proliferation of offshore activity.

He is currently the founder and managing director of the Sag Harbour Group, a consultancy for technology organisations.

In this podcast with Jim Henry & Blood Bankers, you can expect to learn...

• How Jim discovered Nixon offshore money
• The early history of tax havens
• Operating as chief economist at McKinsey during so much of the development crisis
• His thoughts on confessions of an economic hitman
• an example of the archetypal debt elephant - which is a hydro dam in brazil, whose damage is borderline unfathomable
• Implications of the underground economy
• Debt trap diplomacy
• Much, much more...

Jump In On My Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscribe
Feel Free To Peruse My 📷 Instagram & Twitter 🐦 Mates!
-----
00:00 - Introduction
08:04 - Jim's Early Years
15:56 - Thinking About The Underground Economy
26:02 - Nixon Offshore Money
34:11 - Following The Money & Emphasising McKinsey & Co
45:26 - The Archetypal Economic Hitman Story & Jim's Thoughts On Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
52:15 - The Philippines & The Marcos Debacle
57:56 - Death On Hermila Marcos's Hands
1:02:56 - Why Does Money Continue To Flow Into A Corrupt Regime?
1:09:25 - Defining Capital Flight & More On The Nuts & Bolds On The Money
1:23:14 - What Are The Incentives For The World Bank/IMF?
1:27:56 - A Question From Nicholas Shaxson - Poisoned Scrambled Eggs & Dangers In Investigation.
1:40:26 - Reflecting On Leaving The Corporate Life Behind To Write A Book
1:48:26 - Narrowing In On Brazil, The Archetypal Debt Elephant
2:06:21 - Mexico & Implications Of The Underground Economy
2:21:16 - Is Demand A Stronger Force Than Supply When It Comes To The Drug Trade?2:27:56 - How Offshore Allows The Scale Of Criminal Organisations
2:34:20 - Chinese Debt Trap Diplomacy
2:38:00 - What Does Jim Think About Foreign Aid?
2:44:50 - What About The Ethics Of Tax Evasion?
2:56:10 - Jim On Russia
3:06:00 - What Country Is Jim Bullish On?
3:08:50 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
3:11:38 - Afterthoughts
-----
Are you into Nassim Taleb? I run a Nassim Taleb podcast covering all the wonderful ideas found in the 5 part Incerto series.
View here - https://theincertonassimtalebpodcast.buzzsprout.com/My new Geopolitics & Power Podcast - Interesting tidbits from around the world documenting major geopolitical moves or projects you might have missed. Share this with one smart friend!🎙️The Geopolitics & Power Podcast: https://geopoloticsandpowerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Contact me 🐦 for feedback and also for recommendations on what future episodes should be! Twitter @ryanfhogg