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SmarterMarkets™ brings you the entrepreneurs, icons, and executives of commodities, capital markets, and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to improve them. Our weekly episodes explore how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.
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Oct 22, 2022 • 40min
Winter is Coming Episode 8 | Oystein Kalleklev, CEO at Flex LNG and Executive Chairman at Avance Gas
We welcome back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio Oystein Kalleklev, CEO at Flex LNG and Executive Chairman at Avance Gas. Oystein sits down with SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely to share his unique perspective on the European energy crisis and what it means for the LNG industry.

Oct 15, 2022 • 39min
Winter is Coming Episode 7 | Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor, Univ. of Houston and Author of “Energy for the 21st Century”
We welcome Susan Sakmar back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Susan is Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Susan to discuss how the European energy crisis is transforming the LNG industry.

Oct 8, 2022 • 36min
Winter is Coming Episode 6 | Bill Perkins, Partner & Head Trader, Skylar Capital
This week, we welcome Bill Perkins into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Bill is the Founder, Managing Partner, and Head Trader for Skylar Capital. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Bill to discuss his trader’s perspective on the natural gas, power, and carbon markets in Europe.

Oct 1, 2022 • 40min
Winter is Coming Episode 5 | Tracy Shuchart, Partner at Intelligence Quarterly and @chigrl on Twitter
We welcome Tracy Shuchart, Partner at Intelligence Quarterly and @chigrl on Twitter, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Tracy to discuss the broader impact of the European energy crisis across the commodities and financial markets.

Sep 24, 2022 • 56min
Winter is Coming Episode 4 | Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital
This week, we welcome Mark Lewis back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Mark to discuss the energy crisis in Europe and what it means for the European carbon market.

Sep 17, 2022 • 42min
Winter is Coming Episode 3 | Doomberg, Publishers of the ”Doomberg” Substack
In our third installment of Winter is Coming, we sit down with energy and #fintwit icon, Doomberg, for an in-depth discussion on the European energy crisis covering the team’s take on the winter ahead in Europe and policy’s role in the path forward.

Sep 10, 2022 • 32min
Winter is Coming Episode 2 | Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global
As EU energy crisis warnings worsen and calls for immediate solutions spread across global headlines, host David Greely welcomes energy icon and Vice Chairman of S&P Global, Daniel Yergin, back to SmarterMarkets™ for a timely conversation examining the winter ahead.
Covering everything from his predictions in The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations to S&P’s recent Future of Copper Report — Greely and Yergin pack a half hour with insights on Europe’s energy crisis, it’s impact on our road to decarbonization, and what’s next now that Winter is Coming.

Sep 3, 2022 • 38min
Winter is Coming Episode 1 | Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research, Goldman Sachs
We kick off our new series, Winter is Coming, with Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research at Goldman Sachs. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Samantha to discuss the outlook for natural gas and LNG this winter in the face of all that has happened – and is happening – in Europe.

Aug 27, 2022 • 44min
When Markets Break Episode 3 | Arjun Murti, Former Head of Energy Equity Research, Goldman Sachs
To close out our When Markets Break series, SmarterMarkets host David Greely sits down with Arjun Murti, the Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and the publisher of Super-Spiked on Substack. David and Arjun discuss the July 2008 spike in WTI crude oil prices to a record high of $147 a barrel and their subsequent collapse.

Aug 20, 2022 • 29min
When Markets Break Episode 2 | David Gornall, Former Chairman, LBMA London Bullion Market Association
This week, SmarterMarkets host David Greely is joined by David Gornall, the former Global Head of Precious Metals Trading at Natixis and Former Chairman of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). Together, they discuss the massive dislocation between the gold markets in New York and London in March 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown.