The Blind Spot Podcast

The Blind Spot | Episode 14.5: You’re either in power or in prison (Twitter vs Substack Wars)

Junseth and Izzy run through the latest media news including the defection of Matt Taibbi from Twitter; the Discord Leaks and the prospect of digital CBDC FX controls.

The Blind Spot | Episode 14: You’re either in power or in prison (with Martin Armstrong)

Martin Armstrong pops in to tell us his story, including how he developed his Socrates trading algorithm which predicted the Russian financial crisis of 1998 as well as the details behind the circumstances that found him in contempt of court and thus incarcerated for 11 years. The interview starts about halfway into the podcast.

The Blind Spot | Episode 13: Contagion - The Sequel

Junseth and Izzy run through the repercussions of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. They also take a closer look at Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's testimony to Congress about the impact of the Twitter files and what it means for government relations with the media.

The Blind Spot | Episode 12: Vatican Intrigue

Junseth and Izzy take on the Da Vinci Code with our own special correspondent from Rome, Ben Munster. We also try to get some clarity on Italian politics.

The Blind Spot | Episode 11: WEF: From Corporatism to The BoJ

Junseth and Izzy delve into the meaning of corporatism and whether it's an appropriate moniker for stakeholder capitalism. They also ponder the meaning of WEF and whether Joe Rogan would make a good replacement for Klaus Schwab. Josh says he aspires to own nothing and be happy. 
They also discuss Meghan and Harry, the BoJ and Jeremy Clarkson.
This is high signal low noise edition.

The Blind Spot | Episode 10: GBTC, Coinbase and Stakeholder Capitalism

Junseth and Izzy are back from the holidays with a chat about GBTC, Coinbase, SBF, GPT3 and what exactly stakeholder capitalism (in the WEF sense) is. Junseth also has audio issues.

The Blind Spot | Episode 9: The Decline and Fall of the SBF Empire

Izabella Kaminska, Junseth, Brad Mills, Allen Farrington and American Hodl get to the bottom of what the f*** happened to FTX. This was a live show and we were taking questions. Warning: Unverified conspiracy theories were floated.

The Blind Spot | Episode 8: The Decline and Fall of the FTX Empire

The Blind Spot podcast checks in on the art market with artist Simon Denny. We cover how the art market is doing in an inflationary world, the NFT world post crypto crash and Junseth shows off his Beanie Baby collection.

The Blindspot Podcast | Episode 4: Cold War 2.0? (With Niall Ferguson)

In this week's show, we're joined by historian Niall Ferguson just as speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi touches down in Taiwan. We discuss the New Cold War threat, Iconoclasm and Niall's views on crypto and bitcoin. And we finally settle the great mystery of just how you pronounced Niall.

The Blind Spot Podcast | Episode 3: From Scottish free banking to Voyager crypto (with Frances Coppola)

In this episode we are joined by Frances Coppola, a noted freelance commentator on financial markets and crypto, to discuss the failure of crypto lender Voyager. We also ponder what Scotland can learn from the failings of major stablecoins.