179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a Star Trek Future

179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a St...

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Mr 5%: The Armenian Who Invented the Oil Industry and Gave It All Away

Calouste Gulbenkian never drilled a well, never owned a rig, and still died the richest man in the world. We follow the Armenian fixer from Constantinople who took 5% of everything: the Turkish Petroleum Company, Royal Dutch Shell, even a deal with Stalin paid in Hermitage art. H ...  Afficher plus

 . 43min 47sec
The End of The Housing Crisis?

Dublin prices have fallen 5.2% last year, the biggest drop since 2014, and the buyer's strike is real. The premium over asking has shrunk from 7% to 2.6%, and the average couple on €108k can borrow just enough for a €484k home when a three-bed semi in Dublin asks €635k. We break ...  Afficher plus

 . 33min 58sec

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Join Rory and Alastair this week as they discuss what Alastair has described as ‘one of the best pieces of communication he has ever seen’, the definition of populism, and their controversial predictions for the year ahead. Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support ...  Afficher plus

 . 35min 46sec
#433 — How Did We Get Here?
Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris speaks with Dan Carlin about the decades-long buildup to our current political moment. They discuss the growing powers of the presidency, executive orders, different factions within the Republican Party, the fragmentation of our society, Libertarianism, the growing pro ...  Afficher plus

 . 22min 6sec
The Greatest Threat the United States Faces Is Coming From Within
The Daily Beast Podcast

On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, David Rothkopf, CEO of the Rothkopf Group and the host of the podcast Deep State Radio talks Trump and Putin. Then, a look at China’s spy balloon and the ensuing hysteria with Spencer Ackerman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...  Afficher plus

 . 1h 3min restantes
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Under The Skin with Russell Brand

David Runciman is author of "How Democracy Ends" and host of the Talking Politics podcast. We spoke about what the function of democracy is, the significance of the generational divide when voting, the relationship between corporations and government, anarcho-syndacalism & the ri ...  Afficher plus

 . 1h 26min restantes