Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast
Episode #260 -- Blaine Holt - EM Burlingame and the Great Escalation
Ret. General and host of Dangerous Intellectuals Blaine Holt joins author EM Burlingame me for a open forum discussion on the current state of play as we head into the end of September and the eve of the escalatory season for the US mid-terms.
Note: this episode was recorded on the road with us doing our best standing around Blaine's microphone. So, forgive any audio weirdness
Show Notes:
Blaine on X
Dangerous Intellectuals on YT
EM on X
EM on Substack
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #259 - Matt Dines and the Post-Mortem on America's Message to the G-20
Matt Dines of Mine Print Hash returns to the podcast fresh from his inaugural outing as a financial 'journalist' to giive us his observations and thoughts about what went on at the G-20 conference in Asheville, NC this past week.
Show Notes
Matt on X
Mine Print Hash
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #258 - Chris Sullivan and Decoding the American Economic Path
Hyperion Decimus CEO Chris Sullivan returns to the podcast for a talk about what's goinng on in capital markets as it pertains to digital assets and where the US is moving the needle to change the rules of the old game.
Show Notes:
Brent Johnson - "He Knows Something"
Hyperion Decimus
Contact Chris
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #257 - Dexter White and Why All Politics Are Still Local
Dexter White is back to give his detailed account of Florida's primaries and what they portend for both the mid-terms and beyond for not just Trump but the GOP. We work through what these primaries both uncover for the national political situation and dispel some of the myths being capitalized on.
Show Notes:
Dexter on X
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #256 - Peter St. Onge and Correcting the Market's Signal Chain
Austrian economist, pragmatist, and market commentator Peter St. Onge returns to the podcast to do a wide ranging talk about the state of markets, the economy and their relationship to the upcoming mid-term elections here in the US.
We cover the civil war within the Democrats, the current mixed signals coming from the US economy on labor and inflation, and who is using that to derive political advantage over the US's political future.
Show Notes:
Peter on X
Peter's Website, videos and Newsletter
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #255 - Larry Lepard and the Paths to the Big Print
Author, financial commentator and hard money advocate Larry Lepard joins the podcast for the first time for a meeting of the minds on the paths forward for the global monetary system and what options lie in front of not just our leadership but we as investors and people as well.
Larry outlines the thesis for his book The Big Print while we work through the challenges facing the monetary system.
Show Notes:
Larry on X
The Big Print on Amazon
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #254 - Dexter White and Leaving the Silos Behind Us
Dexter White returns to the podcast for a chat about information silos, separations of facts from fiction, and why we really need to put on our big boy pants and remember what living in a plurality of perspectives looks like.
Show Notes:
Dexter on X
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #253 - Gen. Blaine Holt and Cutting Through The Smoke on the Water
Host of the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast and Ret. Brig. General Blaine Holt joins me to do and up to the minute look at the situation with the state of US foreign policy objectives, how that ties into the larger war in process, and who really controls the pace and timing of those decisions.
Show Notes:
Blaine on X
Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #252 - Matt Dines and The Pincer Move on Europe's Bond Markets
Bond trader and publisher of Mine, Print, Hash Matt Dines joins me for a technical discussion of how the movements in money and bond markets are giving us definitive signs of where central bank policy around the world meets with the actions of the Trump administration to rewire the flow of global capital.
Matt has a unique take on why Trump's next target in America's latest battle for independence from the old colonial powers of Europe may be closer to home than anyone was considering.
Show Notes
Matt on X
Mine Print Hash on Su...
Episode #251 - Vince Lanci and the Return of Real Money
Raconteur, trader and now author of the new book As Good as Gold: The Return of Real Money Vince Lanci rejoins the podcast after a lengthy hiatus on my part to kick start the second half of 2026.
We discuss who the book is for, why it exists, and how it slots into the current geopolitical landscape.
Show Notes:
GoldFix on Substack
Vince on X
Buy the Book on Amazon
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #250 - Brent Johnson and the New Dollar Story
Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital returns to the podcast so we can compare notes on what's happening in the US's quest to redollarize the world while Donald Trump remakes the map of the Middle East and rewires global trade.
I asked Brent to come in and do an overview of the coming US stablecoin system and what that means for both the Fed and global central banking.
Show Notes:
Brent on X
Santiago Capital
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #249 - Susan Kokinda and the Return of the Real World
Promethean Action's Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast after too long a break to do a strategy session on what Trump has to do from here to secure the mid-terms and beyond. We cover everything from his upcoming trip to China to her time during the Reagan years to how to fix the automotive industry's quality problem. All with the eye of improving the lives of ordinary people.
Show Notes:
Susan on X
Promethan Action
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #248 -- Vince Lanci and Why America Must Solve the Oil Problem
Vince Lanci is back in the house as we try to unpack the strategic play President Trump is making with his bombing Iran and the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
Show Notes;
Goldfix on Substack
Vince on X
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode 247 - Blaine Holt and the End of Willful Ignorance on Geopolitics
Episode 247 - Blaine Holt and the End of Willful Ignorance on Geopolitics
Fmr. Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt is in the house to discuss the state of strategic play concerning Iran. We recorded this on March 5th, but it doesn't matter. It's all still very relevant today. Given how fast the world is changing, that's saying something.
Show Notes:
Blaine on Substack
Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast
Blaine on X
Tom on X
GGnG Patreon
Episode #246 - Peter St. Onge and the Importance of Higher Data Quality
Economist Peter St. Onge comes back to the show to discuss the recent spate of encouraging economic numbers coming out of the US and what they mean in the context of Trump's attempt to turn the US economy around in the face of titanic political opposition.
Show Notes:
Peter on X
Peter's Website
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #245 -- Susan Kokinda and the War for the American System
Promethean Action's Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast to give a lively chat about the journey through another side of the American political experience from the decidedly anti-British Empire perspective.
Show Notes:
Susan on X
Promethean Action
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #244 - Caitlin Long and Watching the Old Order Hang On
Caitlin Long returns to the podcast to flip the format on its head as she is want to do (and I'm happy to oblige) and quiz me as to where things stand. We recorded on January 14th, before Trump's visit to Davos.
Show Notes
Caitlin on X
Caitling Long - Episode #213: The Financial Crisis That Wasn't
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #243 -- Xoaquin Flores and Trump's Signal to Noise Ratio
Xoaquin Flores returns to the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of Donald Trump's recent moves in Venezuela and Iran. We try to unpack what Trump's agenda really is and go over the mechanisms for how he advances it. Given Trump's mercurial but hyper-rational behavior, it's no small task.
Show Notes
Xoaquin’s New Resistance
Xoaquin’s Patreon
Tom on X
GGnG Patreon
Episode #242 -- Tommy Carrigan and the Podcaster's Manifesto
Podcaster and survivor of the great censorship purge of the Biden Junta Tommy Carrigan joins the show to get on the other side of the microphone and discuss his journey from a fat loser to a hardened veteran. For me, his story resonates with where our heads need to be to engage the fight in front of us for the future of not just our country but for the direction of the species itself.
Show Notes
TPC on YouTube
TPC on Rumble
Tommy on X
Tom on X
GGnG Patreon
Episode #241 - Vince Lanci and the Silver Runs Through It... All
Trader, writer and raconteur Vince Lanci returns to the show to discuss the big geopolitical implications of what's happening in silver and oil and how it ties into the outcome in Venezuela.
The rally in silver touches everything, since it is at the heart of the City of London's old monetary system.
Show Notes:
VBL's Goldfix
Vince on X
Tom on X
GGnG Patreon
Episode #240 - Blaine Holt and the Layers of Venezuelan Strategic Importance
Fmr. Brig. General and Newsmax Contributor Blaine Holt returns to the podcast to discuss what the operation to extract Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela was really all about. Hint: Everyone's right and everyone's a little wrong.
Show Notes:
Blaine's Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast
Tom on X
GGnG patreon
Episode #239 - Brent Johnson and Honestly Assessing the State of the Great Game
Santiago Capital CEO Brent Johnson returns to the podcast to discuss stablecoins, geopolitics, and how the Great Game of global capital is progressing. I appreciate Brent's realist approach to both markets and politics and how his journey has shaped how he sees things unfolding.
Show Notes:
Brent on X
Santiago Capital
Tom on X
GGnG Patreon
Episode #238 -- Vince Lanci and the New Triangle Trade in Gold
Trader, writer, and Spicy Italian Meatball (!!) Vince Lanci returns to the podcast to close the loop on our now three-year financial & geopolitical bromance which began with the help of the equally great, but not nearly as spicy Tom Bodroviks then of Palisades Gold Radio and now Competent Investor, when we first discussed the idea of Gold-backed US Treasury bonds, as promoted by Judy Shelton.
Vince and I cover the implications for the further coalescing of a Russian / Chinese / American currency and bond trade which combines the best that all three countries have to offer to a world which...
Episode #237 -- Richard Poe and Britain's Ties to the Bolsheviks
Author and Investigative Journalist Richard Poe returns to the podcast to take us on a history lesson centering on Great Britain's complicity in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War. It may or may not resemble activities we're seeing now or have seen in other periods of history.
Show Notes:
Richard on Substack
Website
Richard on X
Episode #146 - Richard Poe and the Reach of Perfidious Albion
Episode #171 - Richard Poe and Why All Roads Really Do Lead to London
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Previous Sho...
Episode #236 - Bob Iaccino and the Reality of Rule by Mob Boss Politics
Co-Host of the Future's Edge Podcast and prime example of Italian greatness Bob Iaccino joins the podcast for a round the horm discusstion of politics and markets in a world governed by Trump's mob-style politics.
We may venture into some casual Italian supremacy talk. Because, well, goombahs.
Show Notes
Unfiltered Investor
Future's Edge Unfiltered Podcast
Bob on X
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #235- Halsey English and the Foundations of the Grand Bargain
Long-time friend and sparring partner on all things geopolitics, Halsey English, joins the podcast crew for the first time to add color and context to the Trump's plans and accomplishments in the Middle East. From Israel/Iran to Trump's taming of the GOP shrews to the threats just over the horizon, we cover a lot of ground.
Show Notes:
Halsey on X
Halsey on Patreon
Tom on X
Gold, Goats 'n Guns on Patreon
Episode #234 - Adam Curry and the Immense Strength in Numbers
The "Podfather" Adam Curry is in the house to have a chat about all the things, from online intentional communities to the synthetic nature of conversation, and how that is the key to immunizing us from the High Table's desire to set us apart, tear us down, and leave us without hope.
Show Notes:
No Agenda Show
Adam on X
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #233 - Vince Lanci and the Tale of Two Silvers
Raconteur, trader, and expert in all things financial plumbing Vince Lanci returns (again) to the podcast to give us an important breakdown of what is happening in the silver markets, how what is happening is different than gold, and ultimately why London is the real target of everything Trump is doing.
Show Notes:
Vince on X
VBL's Goldfix
Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Gold is the New Black
Tom on X
Gold, Goats 'n Guns on Patreon
Episode #232 -- Susan Kokinda and Trump's War for the American System
Veteran Political Activist and "Detroit Chauvnist" Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action joins me for a lively discussion of Trump's UN Speech, an atlernate take on the 2008 financial crisis, and why Greenbacks may actually be the way forward for the United States.
Show Notes:
Promethean Action
Promethean Action on X
Tom on X
GGnG Patreon -- how we pay the bills
Expat Money Summit
Episode #231 - Blaine Holt and the Strategic State of Play
Former Brig. General and Senior Foreign Affairs Contributor at Newsmax Blaine Holt joins me for a high level strategic talk about the state of play surrounding President Trump's policies foreign and domestic and how they interface with the overall arc of history.
Show Notes:
Blaine on X
Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast
Tom on X
Support GGnG on Patreon
Episode #230 - Matt Ehret & Dexter White and the Canada Question, Eh
This week the podcast is invaded from the Great White North by Mr. Matt Ehret to assist Dexter and myself to understand the depth of the perfidy that is the place known as the country of Canadia. Matt goes through a number of eras of Canadian politics to illluminate just how strongly the dead hand of the British Crown rules over the US's supposedly harmless neighbors above the 49th parallel.
Show Notes:
Matt Ehret on substack
Mark Carney's Dystopic Pedigree - Film
UFO series. All four episodes are here
https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/f...
Episode #229 -- Xoaquin Flores and a Trump and Putin Post-Mortem
Geopolitical analyst and commentator Xoaquin Flores comes back to the podcast to discuss a number of topics in the wake of the Trump/Putin Summit in Alaska on August 15th. From Turkey's unfocused aggression to the repeated attempts to isolate Serbia, there are no shortage of responses from the "usual suspects" in City of London and Brussels. Xoaquin breaks these things down in granular detail for us which, to me, is required listening.
Show Notes:
Atlantic - Did the White House Not Understand What Putin Was Really Offering?
Xoaquin's New Resistance
Xoaquin's Patreon
Tom...
Episode #228 -- Peter St. Onge and the Numbers Behind America's Critical Shift
Economist and daily commenter on all things financial Peter St.Onge returns to the podcast for a back and forth about Powell, Trump, the tariffs and why, in the end, defending your home is what our top priority should be.
Show Notes:
Peter on X
Mike Rowe's Classic TED Talk.
Tom on X
Support Gold Goats 'n Guns on Patreon
Episode #227 -- Brent Johnson and Who's Writing the New Rules Based Order
Brent Johnson of "Dollar Milkshake" fame and CEO of Santiago Capital joins me for a talk about the past, present, and future of the so-called Rules Based Order and how that intersects with our worldviews on markets and potential investments.
Brent describes his education and training in the post-WWII institutional framework and his evolution into the realist approach he takes to these subjects today.
Show Notes:
Brent on X
Santiago Capital
Tom on X
GGnG on Patreon
Episode #226 - Alex Krainer and Navigating Out of the Tyranny of Safety
Fresh from a well-deserved break, the owner of the driest wit in Geopolitics and markets, Alex Krainer returns to the 'cast for a wide-ranging talk about safety culture, tyranny, burnout, and why we should all remember to never, ever take Donald Trump at his word.
Show Notes:
Alex on Substack
I-System TrendCompass
Tom on X
GGNG on Patreon
Episode #225 - Caitlin Long and Mapping Out the Post-Powell Fed
Custodia Bank CEO and crytpo-advocate Caitlin Long comes back to the podcast to challenge me on a number of subjects concerning the Federal Reserve What role did OMC Chair Jerome Powell play in assisting or hindering the Biden Junta's persecution of conservatives, it's debanking operations, and how it mismanaged the post-COVID world. We also discuss how that interfaces with the new stablecoin regime being put in place legally by President Trump and what it really means for the US Treasury market and the US dollar.
Show Notes:
Custodia Bank
Caitlin on X
Tom on X...
Episode #224 - Martin Armstrong and Can Trump Avoid the War That's Coming
Martin Armstrong returns to the podcast with an wide-ranging interview discussing all the angles around Donald Trump's recent declarations and actions. We try to cut through the noise to determine whether war is really coming or not.
Also for discussion is the possible reform of the Fed, how the Deep State really works, and how to actually get a decent night's sleep amidst all this change.
Show Notes:
Armstrong Economics
Martin on X
Tom on X
Tom on Patreon
Episode #223 - Vince Lanci and What Lurks Beneath Stablecoins
Vince Lanci returns to the podcast after my hiatus for a raucous talk about the what and why of the US's stablecoin strategy and what it implies for not only the US's future but how it slots into the greater emerging picture of a new financial paradigm.
Show Notes:
Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Why Gold is the New Black
Episode #213 - Caitiln Long and the Financial Crisis that Wasn't
ECB July 1st Panel with Powell
Vince on X
VBL's Goldfix
Tom on X
Gold Goats 'n Guns Patreon
Episode #222 - Dexter White and These Aren't the Witches You're Looking For
Dexter White returns to discuss why what you thought you hated inStar Wars: The Acolyte wasn't anything different than why you thought you hated Trump's Budget Reconciliation bill or any other "Outrage Du Jour." We have a growing divide in political commentary that has trapped an entire locus of people on the left and the right to ensure there is no center.
Show Notes:
Tom on X
Dexter on X
Tom & Dexter on Patreon
