The Geopolitics & Power Podcast

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Norman Ohler is a German screenwriter, author and journalist.Norman is most widely known as the author of Blitzed, an incredible book that documents the role of Pervatin (methamphetamine) and drugs during Nazi Germany and WWII.In this podcast with Norman, you can expect to hear about…The moment of serendipity that lead to writing blitzed in the first place.A bit a...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Gateway By Project Brazen - Listen NowMitchell Prothero is a war correspondent and two time bureau chief in Iraq for both UPI and McClathcy Newspapper’s. He is a senior writer at VICE news, has written for Buzzfeed, and is now, the host of gateway, Project Brazen’s latest series which is guns, cocaine and dirty money in Europe.This is truly one of the most fascina...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with Paddy Manning an Australian journalist who has just published an unauthorised biography of Rupert Murdochs oldest son – Lachlan MurdochThis is such a good book. The story of the Murdochs is even better and more dramatic than succession would have you believe. The drama of the deals, the personalities, the extravagances of wealth, the politics...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with John Perkins.This is John’s second appearance on the podcast, he has just published a new edition of the Confessions of an Economic Hitman, this time with a heavy emphasis on the role of China’s debt traps and chicanery among the belt and road initiative.To hear more about John, what is an economic hitman and the key experiences that inform J...

🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/miki-mistrati/The following is with Miki Mistrati – a Danish investigative journalist who has spent a career uncovering cases of child slavery and the child labour rife throughout the chocolate supply chain.He just released his new film on the matter titled ‘Chocolate Wars’ which is available on Amazon Prime.Something horrific at the core of chocolate is just how easily and reliab...

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with David de Jong, a Dutch historian and investigative journalist.After growing up in Amsterdam during the 90s, David de Jong found himself on the billionaire’s desk in New York reporting for Bloomberg on the hidden fortunes power of family offices.During his time at Bloomberg, David made a discovery that led him to move to Berlin and embark on a...

🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/bolor-lkhaajav/Bolor Lkhaajav is a researcher specialising in Mongolia, Northeast Asia, East Asia, and the Americas.Her research interests cover foreign policy, security, governance, economy, and social issues. Bolor’s research and writing has been published by many amazing outlets and she is a researcher and writer for the diplomat.-----00:00 – Introduction.01:26 – Kind Words Fro...

🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/charlie-walker/Links To Charlie WalkerCharlie Walker WebsiteCharlie Walker InstagramAdventure Podcast LinkEpisodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.Patrick Alley – Global WitnessMartin Schibbye – 438 DaysBradley Hope – Billion Dollar WhaleTim Butcher – A Journey Into Africas Broken HeartHarley Rustad – Disappearance Of Justin AlexanderBryan Bashin – The Adventures Of Jam...

Nicholas Niarchos, a journalist with notable work in The New Yorker and The Guardian, delves into the dark world of cobalt mining in the Congo. He shares his eye-opening experiences, including his arrest during investigations. The conversation reveals the country's tumultuous history marked by corruption and kleptocracy, highlighting the exploitation of local resources. They discuss the dilemma of child labor and hazardous conditions in artisanal mining while exploring the ethical challenges of cobalt's role in the green economy. It’s a gripping look at journalism's power in exposing harsh realities.

THE SOUND w/ Project Brazen & Nicky Woolf- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sound-mystery-of-havana-syndrome/id1662594800🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Nicky Woolf is the host and investigative journalist behind Project Brazens latest investigative podcasts series, a story, which much to the consistency of the Project Brazen tagline, is one where again we are reminded the the truth is indeed stranger than fiction.The podcast is ab...