
Going to Tehran
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. You were telling me before we hit record that you’ve been reading a book called ‘Going to Tehran’. You were saying that if the people in the

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Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. You were telling me before we hit record that you’ve been reading a book called ‘Going to Tehran’. You were saying that if the people in the

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today is the first of May — the Celtic festival of Beltane. We’re at the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. I

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. It’s been about 10 days since we last spoke on the show. We thought we’d do a bit of a catch-up on what’s going on. We’ve had a ceasefire of

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. It’s the 27th of March as we record. We’re going to discuss what’s going on and what the likely impact will be. We’re now just at the end of

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today is the 20th of March — the spring equinox, halfway between the shortest day and the longest day. I like to mark these things. Lots are

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were talking last week about the outbreak of war in Iran. There’s going to be an economic knock-on effect, and we thought we’d speculate a

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today, as we record, is the 6th of March. The war in Iran that has long been predicted broke out on Saturday? It was the day after we recorde

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. You were just about to launch into a long spiel about Bitcoin and some reservations about it before we started recording. This has stemmed fr

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. As we record it’s Monday, 23rd of February. I want to comment on what seems to me the most critical cliffhanger in the world at the moment —

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re talking about a book you’ve been reading today. What is it, and what do we need to know? It’s called The Great Global Transformation, w

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were talking last time about marketing and sales for sovereign entrepreneurs who want a guide to how to market and sell themselves and the

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’ve had the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos recently and various other events. We thought we’d review what’s gone on from a Sovereign

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to talk about marketing today, which is my wheelhouse and probably yours as well. Many people are always in search of the next ma

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were originally going to cover entrepreneurship, sales and marketing in this conversation. That is coming next time, but we felt compelled

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. I’ve come across some numbers regarding the United States’ current financial position. Now, of course, the debt numbers we’re talking about r

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Editor’s note: this episode contains two discussions covering current affairs, one from 12th December 2025, and one from 5th January 2026. (T

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to get back to a core topic today: the nature of money. At some point in the sovereign finance journey, everyone realises that th

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. The UK budget was announced on 26th November 2025, which we broadly regard as a PR exercise for the powers that ought not to be. The budget i

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to talk about interest rates on bonds today. What’s going on that people need to know about here? Well, a few years ago, we did a

Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We thought we’d do a bit of a roundup of current affairs and goings-on today. What’s going on that people should be aware of? Well, the short
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