The Orbis Sentry Report - Geopolitical Risk & Global Trends

This is a 2 part series, from an informal conversation we had at the Go Therefore conference, in which we discuss some of the current events happening in Ukraine, and then go into a discussion on the ecological belief system of the National Socialist movement in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, also known as the Nazi Party. This first part of the conversation focuses more on Mark’s background and current events in Ukraine.

This series is mostly audio, as we were not able to set up video equipment for the informal interview.

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In Part 4 of our four-part series, The Spiritual Geopolitics of Burning Man, the Orbis Sentry team brings the discussion to a close by looking at Burning Man’s real-world influence, its rituals and liturgies, its environmental spirituality, the failure of human-made utopia, and the Christian calling to bear witness inside the earthly city.

This episode asks why Burning Man matters beyond one week in the desert. George Olson, Carl Teichrib, and Audrey discuss how Burning Man functions as a cultural laboratory where politics, technology, spirituality, civic experiments, environmentalism, global networks, and utopian visions converge — and then spill back...

In Part 3 of our four-part series, The Spiritual Geopolitics of Burning Man, the Orbis Sentry team explores how Burning Man brings together technology, transhumanism, radical freedom, sexuality, and global unity into one symbolic desert city.

This episode asks whether the modern desire to transcend human limits might really just be a new form of the ancient temptation: “you shall be as God.”

Disclaimer: This episode includes a Christian cultural and theological discussion of mature themes connected with Burning Man, including sexuality, spirituality, and radical self-expression. The content is non-graphic and is analytical and documentary in natu...

In Part 2 of our four-part Burning Man series, the Orbis Sentry team continues exploring Burning Man through Augustine’s contrast between the City of God and the earthly city.

This episode looks at Burning Man as a temporary alternative civilization — a city with its own principles, rituals, sacred spaces, economy, temple, salvation narrative, and vision of humanity’s future. We discuss the Burning Man Ten Principles, including radical inclusion, radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, communal effort, participation, decommodification, and leave no trace, and ask how these ideals actually function when Christian belief enters the conversation.

We also d...

In Part 1 of our four-part Burning Man series, the Orbis Sentry team begins unpacking the “spiritual geopolitics” of Burning Man.

Rather than treating Burning Man simply as a festival, art event, or desert party, we ask what it reveals about the spiritual imagination of our age. Is the modern world becoming less spiritual — or is it being re-enchanted in new and ancient ways?

George Olson, Carl Teichrib, and Audrey discuss Burning Man through the lens of Augustine’s City of God and the earthly city, exploring how the event gathers together Silicon Valley culture, radical self-exp...

We have discussed the external pressures on society in the West, but here we move into examining some of the internal pressures that are affecting how the crisis is playing out. In particular, we discuss how many of the internal conflicts in Western sociey (notably in America) are preventing the crisis from coming to a resolution, and are weakening Western society’s ability to develop a strong response to the external pressures that present existential threats. We also discuss the historical connection of the British Fabian Society to current political thought trends in the UK and the rest of We...

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This is the second of a 3 part series in which Carl Teichrib and George Olson deepen the conversation, moving from the mechanics of a war economy to the worldview conditions that make a war economy possible. Carl opens by arguing that a wartime economy is not merely an industrial arrangement; historically, it rests on a sh...

The Beginning Stages of a Full Response to our Civilizational Crisis

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This is the first of a 3 part series in which Carl Teichrib and George Olson start a discussion at the intersection of the civilian industries supporting military endeavors as revealed at SOF week. Then they bring out a discussion of supply chains, new technologies (AI, drones, robotics...

Part 3 of 3 concludes our wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Christian B. Keller, Professor of History at the U.S. Army War College, as we examine how fear, identity, and human nature drive political conflict across generations.

Dr. Keller explores the deep anxieties that fueled both the North and South before the American Civil War—economic fears, demographic fears, constitutional disputes, and competing visions of national identity. He explains how reactionary politics can rapidly reshape public opinion, drawing parallels to later crises in American and global history.

The discussion then broadens to modern polarization in the United St...

Part 2 of 3 continues our compelling conversation with Dr. Christian B. Keller, Professor of History at the U.S. Army War College, as we explore how serious historical thinking can sharpen judgment in today’s complex world.

This segment dives into why societies often oversimplify the past into political slogans, moral soundbites, and shallow narratives. Dr. Keller explains why understanding true historical context matters—and how failing to do so can mislead citizens, leaders, churches, and institutions alike. The discussion covers wealth, power, social tension, the complexity of slavery-era America, Native American alliances during the Civil War, and why...

Part 1 of 3 of an in-depth conversation with Dr. Christian B. Keller, Professor of History at the U.S. Army War College, on the power of historical mindedness—using the past to better understand the present and make wiser decisions about the future.

Dr. Keller explains why history is more than memorizing dates and facts. It is a discipline of asking deeper questions: How did we get here? What forces shaped today’s world? What mistakes keep repeating? The discussion explores how historical context helps explain modern political polarization, the roots of institutions like the United Nations and Euro...

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In this second segment of our day 3 debrief, we discussed a seminar given by a materialist scientist on consciousness and psychedelics. In particular, the discussion focused on how the scientist had repudiated his materialist beliefs in favor of a re-enchantment belief system, where mystical experiences become the arbiter of truth. Then we reviewed a seminar in which a professional counselor shared how she counseled a human-AI couple - a man and his AI girlfriend. We wrap up day 3 with a discussion on the philosophy of festivals, how...

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In this first segment of our day 3 debrief, we discussed the well publicized Amy Webb seminar, in which she announced a shift in her futurist analysis away from trend focus and onto convergence focus. We also had a short discussion about the ideas presented at an LGBTQ workshop, in which they outlined how they intend to use media and governmental pressure to raise the popularity of LGBTQ issues. The basis for the discussion was the popular LGBTQ themed tv series, “Heated Rivalry.” We finish with a long disc...

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April 9, 2026

Who wins a war? And what will be the economic effects?

by George Olson

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In this debrief, we go over the interview of Steven Spielberg in which he talked about his movie making philosophy, the UFO Disclosure movie coming out, and his views on alien life. We also go into an in depth discussion on the limitations of the energy grid based on a seminar that was presented by a Google executive.

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Carl Teichrib’s book about the changing worldview landscape, titled “Game of Gods”, on Amazon

The en...

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Carl Teichrib’s book about the changing worldview landscape, titled “Game of Gods”, on Amazon

The entire geopolitical playlist from George

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Orbis Sentry website

Carl Teichrib’s substack

George Olson’s substack

Orbis Sentry Rumble channel for Dayton Dialogue

Orbis Sentry Rumble channel for postings similar to this podcast

Full audio podcast link on substack

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In this segment we discussed the implementation of AI in agriculture, based on a seminar led by a Google executive. This led to a general discussion on how AI is being implemented and its ramifications, with commentary on what we are hearing the AI executives themselves talk about.

We follow up with a discussion of a seminar on “Eco-grief,” in which the presenter talked about the stress that elementary age school children are feeling on account of the condition of the environment. They are bein...

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In this segment we review a seminar we attended called “Who is Funding the Future.” In our review, we talk about how AI funding is coming through multiple angles, but much is coming through non-profit foundations. The implication is that this gives the board members of those foundations a seat at the table when it comes being involved in the civic discussions of how and where to implement AI. We then also discuss an educational seminar where the presenter offered a view towards education that was more...

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In this first segment of our day 1 debrief at South by Southwest, we talk about the philosophy behind the event, the connection to the cultural base of Western Civilization and Christianity, and the spiritual undertones. There was a lot of discussion on AI, what they are planning to do, how it can do good, and also how it poses a very serious challenge for humanity. There was discussion on evolution alongside AI.

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This is our day 1 debriefing, mostly unedited, except for the intro. Carl has posted the audio version of this on his substack feed, so I am re-posting this with video here, and with audio aligned for the podcast.

South by Southwest (SXSW) sits at the convergence of trends in technology (especially AI), geopolitics, economics, the arts (primarily through music and film), psychedelics, worldview shifts, the overall re-enchantment mindset. In the same way that Burning Man represents an idea of where people hope the future...

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In this first part of a multi-part overview of the war, I discuss the moral arguments behind the justification of the war. This is only the beginning of a series that I want to continue to write.

I hope you find this helpful and enlightening.

Trying to keep up with the pace of what is happening in this war is very challenging. There are several things I want to address in this essay, so here is the basic outline:

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There is a lot of information, both good and bad, about what is happening geopolitically that is affecting our world. In this podcast we will touch on the war with Iran that just started in the last few days and the reasons behind it. We look at this from a biblical lens, which means that we are trying to understand things as they are from a point of view of sound biblical reasoning. We are not trying to speculate on whether these events are fulfilling specific...

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Part 2 of a 2 part series for The Orbis Sentry Report

After reviewing this video a 2nd time, I could also call it “How the Church has been complicit in encouraging a world movement that seeks salvation apart from Christ.” There is so much to unpack here, but I will encourage you all to review it in order to see how all this has happened. This is largely a historical analysis, which makes it a very objective study. The sequence of events from the end of Worl...

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There has been a lot of news here in early 2026 about the international rules-based order. At the recent World Economic Forum event in Davos in January, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney proclaimed that the order was effectively dead. He called it “a rupture, not a transition.” Then at the Munich Security Conference last week, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that, “This order, as imperfect as it was even at the best of times, no longer...

This is a recording of a workshop I gave at a men’s retreat in January. The invitation to the workshop was as follows:

Collective New Age beliefs have had a wide impact on the world, our society, and the people around us, including in our schools. We have all seen its manifestations as young people adopt LGBTQ ideological beliefs, look to mediums for answers to life’s questions, and explore the use of psychedelic drugs, among other things. What is behind all this, and why has this movement become so prominent? Come and learn about the bigg...

This is the second of a 2 part series on worldview discussions. Here we will discuss Carl’s course that he teaches at the college level, what students are aware of, and how during the course they recognize the impact of the worldviews around them have already impacted the way they think about things. We go through a lack of understanding of 20th century history that shaped the world today, and how the West has been so readily willing to discard the traditional acceptance of Christianity in order to embrace a Re-enchantment world view with a one-ist emphasis.

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This is the first of a 2 part series on worldview discussions. In the first part, we discuss current geopolitical trends, the events recently happening in Asia, the current state of global financial markets, and how the turmoil in these markets is a reflection of the shifts in geopolitical power structures, which in turn is a reflection of the changing worldviews on a global scale.

It is important for God’s people in the church to understand these things, especially for those who are connected with young people at the high school and college level. Young people will te...

This is the 2nd of a 2 part series on geopolitics. The purpose of this series is to give a framework for Christians to be able to understand what has happened geopolitically, what the International Liberal World Order (LWO) was, why it ceased to function effectively in 2022, and how the things that are happening now, in early 2026, are the result of it having already died 4 years ago. Included in this discussion is a critique of the way many professional geopolitical analysts are framing President Trump’s actions as being the causal driving factors to the end of the LWO, while th...

This is the first of a 2 part series on geopolitics. The purpose of this series is to give a framework for Christians to be able to understand what has happened geoplitically, what the International Liberal World Order (LWO) was, why it ceased to function effectively in 2022, and how the things that are happening now, in early 2026, are the result of it having already died 4 years ago. Included in this discussion is a critique of the way many professional geopolitical analysts are framing President Trump’s actions as being the causal driving factors to the end of the LWO, while th...

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In this 2nd half I start off by going into the right side of the epistemology tree, the differences between revelation as the basis of truth vs. empiricism/naturalism as the basis of truth. The discussion leads into some of the effects of these, and then I show how Burning Man represents the Earthly City for the purpose of understanding where the world is. This leads to a discussion of changing epochs and how the current 4th turning crisis could be the catalyst for the entire world...

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In this first half I talk about how we got into this ministry, my work as a missionary in the Philippines leading to studying international security, then meeting Carl and attending the Eclipse event in April of 2024. Then I talk about whe worldview discoveries I made, our trips to Burning Man, and end with the epistemology tree. On that chart I talk about the left side of the chart and how the world follows that path, showing how in using Augustine’s City of God analysis, the Ci...

This is the 4th and last video of our 4 part series on Global Events of 2026 for The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I go into a discussion on the UN’s leading AI platform conference, a European psychedelics research conference, multiple events on global governance and sustainable development, multiple pagan and neo-pagan conferences, the 2026 Burning Man event, and others. We discuss the worldviews behind the different summits and conferences, and go into some deep discussions on the preponderance of policy themes promoting ideas of societal and global transformation. We also talk about the incredibly ambitious theme that has be...

This is the 3rd video of our 4 part series on Global Events of 2026 for The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I talk go into a discussion on the Congress of European Federalists, Paganicon, Earth Day, the BEAR Conference, and others. We discuss the worldviews behind the different summits and conferences, and dive into a discussion on the some of the policy changes and their sociological effects as a result of these summits, in particular on immigration of Muslims into Europe. Understanding what these events are about will help you see how these events fit into the overall picture...

This is the 2nd video of our 4 part series on Global Events of 2026 for The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I talk go into a discussion on the UN World Governments Summit, the UN Parliamentary Union meeting, the Munich Security Conference, and the AI Impact Summit. All of these are being held in February. We discuss the worldviews behind the different summits and conferences, and dive into a discussion on the comparative eschatological views of all of these different views. Understanding what these events are about will help you see how these events fit into the overall picture...

This is the 1st video of our series on Global Events of 2026 for The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I talk go into a discussion on World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January, and the United Nations Interharmony Week in February, and how these events fit into the overall picture of the direction the world is going, and how we as followers of Christ should respond.

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This is the 5th video of our introductory series on The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I talk about the large scale models we are using to understand the global changes that are happening. These are the Re-enchantment model, the 4th Turning (Neil Howe), and End Times (Peter Turchin). It is important to note that the last one is not a religiously framed model, having nothing to do with the book of Revelation, but is instead a socio-cultural analysis by the author and scientist Peter Turchin.

These models form a basis for helping us to understand...

This is the 4th video of our introductory series on The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I talk about attending the Dayton Dialogue, which paralleled the NATO Parliament meeting in May of 2025. It was there that we determined to form Orbis Sentry (which at the time we didn’t fully realize that it would become a full time ministry). Then we discuss how events like Paganicon and Burning Man link to operations of NATO or the UN, how there is a spectrum of application of the worldview looking towards collective salvation. The discussion leads to talking about competing vi...

This is the 3rd video of our introductory series on The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I discuss the next set of events we attended in 2024 on our timeline as we moved towards forming Orbis Sentry. We talk about the Munich Security Conference, the United Nations Academic Conference in Winnipeg, and Paganicon. In addition, we discuss some of the themes that are recognizable in the Pagan community, such as the search for authenticity. In our dialogue, we go through some initial principles of epistemology, the philosophy of how we conduct ourselves at global events and Pagan events, and...

This is the 2nd video of our introductory series on The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I discuss how we attended Burning Man together in 2024, along with our friends Brian and Audrey, and how God led us to form Orbis Sentry for the purpose of putting our work together to call and equip Christ’s ambassadors to cultural diplomacy.Here are some links - Click one of the links below or copy and paste the URL beside the description into your browser.Carl Teichrib’s substack: https://carlteichrib.substack.com/George Olson’s substack: https://schinaseatribe.substack.com/Orbis...

This is the first video of our introductory series on The Orbis Sentry Report. Carl Teichrib and I discuss how we first connected going to the Eclipse Event in Central Texas in April of 2024. Follow on videos will tell about the other events we attended together, along with our friends Brian and Audrey, and how God led us to form Orbis Sentry for the purpose of putting our work together to call and equip Christ’s ambassadors to cultural diplomacy.Here are some links - Click one of the links below or copy and paste the URL beside the de...