
RANE Podcast Series
This podcast series offers risk intelligence and analysis from RANE Network. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides business professionals with access to critical insights, analysis, and support, enabling them to better anticipate, monitor, and respond to emerging risks and threats. In the RANE podcast series, risk management experts and thought leaders share best practices for managing business risk, geopolitical risk, physical and cyber security risks, compliance risk, and other key risks and threats that organizations face today. These podcasts empower businesses, governments, and individuals to confidently navigate an increasingly complex international environment. At RANE, we believe shared risks require shared solutions and invite you to listen in.
Latest episodes

Mar 24, 2023 • 48min
RANE Insights: The Growth of the Sports Betting Industry
In this episode of RANE Insights, RANE Founder and Chief Collaborative Officer, David Lawrence, sits down with Ken Yormark, who most recently was a partner and practice leader of the Forensic and Litigation Advisory Services Practice for a top 25 Accounting Firm, to discuss efforts to preserve integrity in sports with the rise of the sports betting industry.
Ken’s experience spans more than 30 years as a subject matter expert in complex investigations and forensic and investigative services focusing on formulating and implementing innovative strategies regarding forensic accounting and financial investigations.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 21, 2023 • 10min
Essential Geopolitics: Recent Changes in China’s Cyber Operations
Chinese cyber operations have evolved beyond its traditional tactics as China becomes increasingly emboldened. In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, RANE Cyber Analyst, Hayley Benedict, compares China’s historical cyber operations to the country’s more recent cyber activities.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 17, 2023 • 12min
Essential Geopolitics: The Future of Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Relationship
In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Hawthorne, a Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst at RANE, gives an overview of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran and discusses the circumstances surrounding the agreement between the two countries to potentially restore normal diplomatic relations.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 16, 2023 • 11min
Essential Geopolitics: Ideological Influences in Geopolitics
In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, RANE’s Senior Middle East and North Africa analyst, Ryan Bohl, reveals why and how geopolitical analysts focus on ideology to help inform their analyses and forecasts.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 14, 2023 • 6min
Essential Geopolitics: Recent Trends in Israeli-Palestinian Violence
In this Essential Geopolitics episode, RANE's Global Security Analyst, Charles Thorson, shares his insights into current trends in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that suggest a growing potential for a Third Intifada, which could have significant political and economic ramifications for Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as exacerbate security concerns within the country.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 9, 2023 • 45min
RANE Insights: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Creation of Deepfakes
In this episode of RANE Insights, RANE Founder David Lawrence sits down with Ben Colman, the CEO of Reality Defender, to discuss the creation of deepfakes and the implications of this rapidly evolving technology.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 8, 2023 • 10min
Essential Geopolitics: Section 230 and the Future of Content Moderation
In this Essential Geopolitics episode, RANE's Cyber Analyst, Ali Plucinski, explains the current U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding Section 230 and provides her insight into the likely implications for social media platforms and broader content moderation.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 8, 2023 • 25min
French Elections, Future of the Eurozone & Russian Influence
With the fate of Europe’s common currency and the potential for another referendum on EU membership in the balance, France prepares to hold its highly contested general election. Stratfor Senior Europe Analyst Adriano Bosoni joins the podcast to explore the underlying forces at play in the French elections and what they could mean for Europe’s economic future.
Then Stratfor Senior Eurasia Analyst Lauren Goodrich and Europe Analyst Mark Fleming-Williams dissect Russian efforts to influence the outcome of elections in general and the upcoming French election in particular. We’ll also look at how the French are responding.

Mar 2, 2023 • 29min
Beyond COVID: Mask Efficacy and the Future of Boosters
In this episode of RANE's Beyond COVID podcast, our experts offer the latest intelligence on mask efficacy and share their insights into the future of COVID boosters.
Dr. Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida's College of Medicine, and Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents. Our host, David Lawrence, is the founder of RANE.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Mar 2, 2023 • 10min
Essential Geopolitics: Mexico’s Push to Draw Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that U.S. electric vehicle company Tesla will install an automotive plant in Monterrey, marking another one of Mexico's successes in pushing to become a major player in EV manufacturing. RANE’s Latin America Analyst, Carmen Colosi, discusses Mexico’s efforts to shift its automotive manufacturing industry toward EV.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.
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