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Interview recorded - 30th of November, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Lord Andrew Roberts. Andrew is a British historian, journalist and broadcaster. Author of 'Napoleon & His Marshals', 'Napoleon the Great', 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny', 'George III'. During our conversation we spoke about the current geopolitical conflicts, the risk of Russia moving into Europe, US' overextension, lessons from Napoleon and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:36 - Current Global Conflicts4:26 - Great Power Conflict5:29 - US Conflicts6:43 - Suez Crisis Repeat?8:32 - Ukraine Conflict11:40 - Great Powers Struggling13:58 - UK Need an Army?17:53 - Strategic Leadership20:55 - Great Powers Overextending25:52 - US Overextending?28:56 - Russia to invade Europe?32:52 - Napoleon and his Marshalls36:03 - Future Conflicts?Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia is an English popular historian and journalist. He is the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New York Historical Society. He was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 2013 to 2021.Roberts's historical research has focused mostly on English-speaking nations, particularly those closely tied socially to the United Kingdom, such as the United States. Roberts is known internationally for his 2009 book The Storm of War, which covers socio-political factors of the Second World War, such as Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the administrative organisation of Nazi Germany. It received the British Army Military Book of the Year Award for 2010, and achieved commercial success, reaching No. 2 on The Sunday Times best-seller list. Much of Roberts's later work, including his 2014 and 2018 biographies of Napoleon and Sir Winston Churchill, has been widely praised. Roberts's public commentary has additionally appeared in several British publications, such as The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, including his support for Atlanticism within international relations.Andrew Roberts - Website - https://www.andrew-roberts.net/X - https://x.com/aroberts_andrewBook - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-his-Marshals-Victory-Betrayal/dp/0241711355/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 2nd of November, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Ann Pettifor. Ann is an international political economist, author and public speaker.During our conversation we spoke about the current situation in the economy, what she saw in the financial crisis, why she sees the AI bubble as another debt collapse, shadow banking, system change and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:20 - Overview of the debt landscape5:30 - Warning Signs of Crash9:04 - Government debt14:30 - High Inflation after WW216:30 - Shadow Banking20:58 - Rent Seeking Economies26:26 - Changing the system30:50 - China to adjust?34:26 - Credit Crisis Worse than 2008?38:42 - One message to takeaway?Ann Pettifor is an international political economist, author and public speaker. Her latest book, The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and the Planet, was published in January 2026. In 2019 Verso published The Case for the Green New Deal, which by 2020 had been translated into German by Hamburger Edition, Italian by Fazi Editore and Swedish by Verbal Förlag. The English paperback, with an added Afterword, appeared in bookstores from September 2020. The Production of Money, published by Verso in spring 2017, explains the nature of money and the monetary system, tackles thorny issues like Bitcoin and QE, and is written to be accessible to a wide audience. It too was translated into German and published by Hamburger Edition, and later into Spanish.In 2003, as editor of The Real World Economic Outlook (Palgrave Macmillan), she predicted an Anglo-American debt-deflationary crisis. This was followed in September 2006 by her book predicting the Global Financial Crisis, The Coming First World Debt Crisis, published by Palgrave.Known for her work on sovereign debt and the international financial architecture, she led the Jubilee 2000 campaign, which as part of an international movement resulted in the cancellation of approximately $100 billion of debt owed by the poorest countries, and in the clearance of $30 billion of debt by the Nigerian government in 2005.Ann Pettifor - Website - https://annpettifor.com/Substack - https://substack.com/@annpettiforBook - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1804297224/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 28th of October, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Scott Tinker. Scott is a global researcher, educator, and pragmatist working to solve major societal challenges in energy, environment, and economy.During our conversation we spoke about the current situation with energy, why the complicated energy system is often underestimated, peak fossil fuel, why renewables may not make energy cheaper, Chinese Energy strategy and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:23 - The complicated energy system3:59 - Demand growth9:20 - Peak Fossil Fuel13:52 - Is Full Renewables energy possible?20:04 - Renewables cheaper?26:06 - Gas prices30:23 - Chinese Energy Strategy35:12 - Middle East Impact41:00 - One message to takeaway?Internationally renowned, Dr. Scott W. Tinker is an energy explorer working to bring industry, government, academia, and nongovernmental organizations together to address major societal challenges in energy, the environment, and the economy. Dr. Tinker is CEO of Tinker Energy Associates, Chairman of the nonprofit Switch Energy Alliance, and Director Emeritus of the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. With Director Harry Lynch, Tinker co-produced and is featured in the award-winning documentary films Switch and Switch On, screened to millions of viewers globally. Tinker is the host of Energy Switch, an energy and climate talk show appearing on over 200 PBS stations nationwide, and on major podcast channels. He is the voice of Earth Date, featured on over 450 public radio stations nationwide. His writing appears from Forbes to Fortune to Scientific American. In his visits to 60 countries, Tinker has given over 1100 keynote and invited lectures and presented a TEDx on The Dual Challenge: Energy and Environment. Tinker sits on many public, private and academic boards and councils. He served a president of several international professional associations and is an AGI Campbell Medalist, AAPG Halbouty Medalist, GCAGS Boyd Medalist, AIPG Parker Medalist, and a Geological Society of America Fellow.Scott Tinker - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinkerenergyassociates/Switch Energy - https://switchon.org/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 23rd October, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Michael Howell. Michael Howell is the founder of CrossBorder Capital, a former Salomon Brothers research director, and the author of Capital Wars. During our conversation we spoke about the current overview of the economy, FED actions, bursting of the bubble, liquidity cycle, higher yields and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:34- Overview of the economy and markets3:48 - FED actions8:09 - Short term fix15:59 - Bursting of the bubble18:11 - FED changes?19:08 - Liquidity cycle25:53 - Higher yields36:08 - China43:00 - China's economic growth44:40 - One message to takeawayMichael Howell is CEO of CrossBorder Capital, a London-based FCA registered, independent research and investment company that he founded in 1996. Previously he was Head of Research for Baring Securities and Research Director of Salomon Brothers Inc, the US investment bank. The liquidity methodology he pioneered monitors cross-border flows and Central Bank behaviour across some 80 countries world-wide. Liquidity flows are a central part of CrossBorder Capital's asset allocation advice, which is currently provided to major global investors, including institutional asset managers, government agencies, Central Banks and endowment funds. Michael has been in financial markets since 1981 and is a regular conference speaker and media commentator. He graduated from Bristol and London Universities with a finance doctorate, specialising in Fixed Income.Michael Howell -Website - https://crossbordercapital.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/crossbordercapLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-howell-357b1416/?originalSubdomain=ukWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 24th of October, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Professor Richard Wolff. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has been described as probably America's most prominent Marxist economist. He is the host of Economic Update and the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan. During our conversation we spoke about the current situation throughout the world, why Europe is ahead of the US, the US Empire Collapsing, whether the system can be reformed and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction3:42 - Overview of the economy19:36 - Centrists have failed24:31 - Moving to the extremes32:03 - Reforming the system38:08 - One message to takeaway?Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City.Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City.Prof Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Professor Richard Wolff:Democracy at work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/Website: https://www.rdwolff.com/X: https://x.com/profwolffYouTube: @RichardDWolff WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas