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Podcast Episode #251 – Vince Lanci and the Return of Real Money Raconteur, trader and now author of the new book As Good as Gold: The Return of Real Money…...

Podcast Episode #250 - Brent Johnson and the New Dollar Story

Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital returns to the podcast so we can compare notes on what’s happening in the US’s quest to redollarize the world while Donald Trump remakes the map of the Middle East and rewires global trade. I asked Brent to come in and do an overview of the coming US stablecoin system and what that means for both the Fed and global central banking. Show Notes:Brent on…

Podcast Episode #249 - Susan Kokinda and the Return of the Real World

Promethean Action’s Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast after too long a break to do a strategy session on what Trump has to do from here to secure the mid-terms and beyond. We cover everything from his upcoming trip to China to her time during the Reagan years to how to fix the automotive industry’s quality problem. All with the eye of improving the lives of ordinary people. Show Notes:Susan…

Did China Just Announce End Game on Iran?

For weeks now we’ve been watching a pantomime over the Strait of Hormuz. Is it open? Is it closed? It’s more Schrödinger’s Strait than it is anything else, i.e. both at the same time. The ambiguity is the point of the exercise. You can’t write headlines, move oil markets, and maintain cognitive dissonance of those who hate Donald Trump if the Strait is either one state or the other, open or…

#iran #markets #oil #Trump #War

Newsletter: February 2026 Out of the Shadows Released

“…doing the right thing starts at the beginningof the day, not after you’ve been caught.”— John Crichton, Farscape (Subscribe to the newsletter here)Articles this month:Liars, Guns and MoneyFrom the Island to the VillagesDow Theory Makes a ComebackEditorial: The True Face of MAGA There’s a great three-part arc in the classic TV Show Farscape called Liars, Guns, and Money The crew attempts to…

#Economics #money #Newsletter #Politics

Podcast Episode #246 - Peter St. Onge and the Importance of Higher Quality Data

Economist Peter St. Onge comes back to the show to discuss the recent spate of encouraging economic numbers coming out of the US and what they mean in the context of Trump’s attempt to turn the US economy around in the face of titanic political opposition. Show Notes:Peter on XPeter’s Website Tom on XGGnG on Patreon You can follow the Gold Goats ‘n Guns Podcast onApple PodcastsAmazon…

Podcast Episode #245 -- Susan Kokinda and the War for the American System

Promethean Action’s Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast to give a lively chat about the journey through another side of the American political experience from the decidedly anti-British Empire perspective. Show Notes:Susan on XPromethean Action Tom on XGGnG on Patreon You can follow the Gold Goats ‘n Guns Podcast onApple PodcastsAmazon PodcastsSpotifyPodbeanRSS FeedFountain App Join My…

#Podcast

Podcast Episode #244 -- Caitlin Long and Watching the Old Order Hang On

Caitlin Long returns to the podcast to flip the format on its head as she is want to do (and I’m happy to oblige) and quiz me as to where things stand. We recorded on January 14th, before Trump’s visit to Davos. Show NotesCaitlin on XCaitling Long – Episode #213: The Financial Crisis That Wasn’t Tom on XGGnG on Patreon You can follow the Gold Goats ‘n Guns Podcast onApple PodcastsAmazon…

Podcast Episode #243 -- Xoaquin Flores and Trump's Signal to Noise Ratio

Xoaquin Flores returns to the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of Donald Trump’s recent moves in Venezuela and Iran. We try to unpack what Trump’s agenda really is and go over the mechanisms for how he advances it. Given Trump’s mercurial but hyper-rational behavior, it’s no small task. Show NotesXoaquin’s New Resistance Xoaquin’s Patreon Tom on XGGnG Patreon You can follow the Gold…

Podcast Episode #242 -- Tommy Carrigan and the Podcaster's Manifesto

Podcaster and survivor of the great censorship purge of the Biden Junta Tommy Carrigan joins the show to get on the other side of the microphone and discuss his journey from a fat loser to a hardened veteran. For me, his story resonates with where our heads need to be to engage the fight in front of us for the future of not just our country but for the direction of the species itself. Show…

#Censorship #Podcast

Podcast Episode #241 - Vince Lanci and the Silver Runs Through It ... All

Trader, writer and raconteur Vince Lanci returns to the show to discuss the big geopolitical implications of what’s happening in silver and oil and how it ties into the outcome in Venezuela. The rally in silver touches everything, since it is at the heart of the City of London’s old monetary system. Show Notes:VBL’s GoldfixVince on X Tom on XGGnG Patreon

Podcast Episode #240 -- Blaine Holt and the Layers of Venezuelan Strategic Importance

Fmr. Brig. General and Newsmax Contributor Blaine Holt returns to the podcast to discuss what the operation to extract Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela was really all about. Hint: Everyone’s right and everyone’s a little wrong. Show Notes:Blaine’s Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Tom on XGGnG patreon

#geopolitics #veneuzuela #War

Podcast #239 - Brent Johnson and Honestly Assessing the State of the Great Game

Santiago Capital CEO Brent Johnson returns to the podcast to discuss stablecoins, geopolitics, and how the Great Game of global capital is progressing. I appreciate Brent’s realist approach to both markets and politics and how his journey has shaped how he sees things unfolding. Show Notes:Brent on XSantiago Capital Tom on XGGnG Patreon

Podcast Episode #238 - Vince Lanci and the New Triangle Trade in Gold

Trader, writer, and Spicy Italian Meatball (!!) Vince Lanci returns to the podcast to close the loop on our now three-year financial & geopolitical bromance which began with the help of the equally great, but not nearly as spicy Tom Bodroviks then of Palisades Gold Radio and now Competent Investor, when we first discussed the idea of Gold-backed US Treasury bonds, as promoted by Judy…

Podcast Episode #237 - Richard Poe and Britain's Ties to the Bolsheviks

Author and Investigative Journalist Richard Poe returns to the podcast to take us on a history lesson centering on Great Britain’s complicity in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War. It may or may not resemble activities we’re seeing now or have seen in other periods of history. Show Notes: Richard on SubstackWebsiteRichard on XEpisode #146 – Richard Poe and the Reach of Perfidious…

Podcast Episode #236 - Bob Iaccino and the Reality of Rule by Mob Boss Politics

Co-Host of the Future’s Edge Podcast and prime example of Italian greatness Bob Iaccino joins the podcast for a round the horm discusstion of politics and markets in a world governed by Trump’s mob-style politics. We may venture into some casual Italian supremacy talk. Because, well, goombahs. Show Notes Unfiltered InvestorFuture’s Edge Unfiltered PodcastBob on X Tom on XGGnG on…

Podcast Episode #235- Halsey English and the Foundations of the Grand Bargain

Long-time friend and sparring partner on all things geopolitics, Halsey English, joins the podcast crew for the first time to add color and context to the Trump’s plans and accomplishments in the Middle East. From Israel/Iran to Trump’s taming of the GOP shrews to the threats just over the horizon, we cover a lot of ground. Show Notes: Halsey on XHalsey on Patreon Tom on XGold, Goats ‘n Guns…

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