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Why a desperate America may soon annex its 51st state from 2023-03-31T15:50:06
At the center of Sovereign Man’s core ethos is the indisputable view that the United States is in decline. I take absolutely zero pleasure in writing that statement. But it’s incredibly difficult, ...
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What else are the “Experts” ignoring? from 2023-03-24T14:53:27
In 1898, a Polish author named Jan Bloch published a 3,000+ page volume on modern warfare entitled Future War and its Economic Consequences. Bloch had studied military technology and saw the rapid...
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Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse proves the US is in obvious decline from 2023-03-17T14:04:47
Throughout history, whenever there has been a major shift in the world, it has usually been accompanied by a single iconic event that is associated with that change. For example, historians often ...
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Yikes. The Fed has still learned nothing about inflation from 2023-03-10T15:09:58
Last June, during the European Central Bank forum, the host asked the chairman of the Federal Reserve about inflation. The Fed Chairman responded, “I think we now understand better how little we u...
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Lessons from One of History’s Biggest Scumbags from 2023-03-03T15:29:26
Two weeks ago, I told you that the US government had just published its annual financial report. The government by its own admission lost $4.1 TRILLION in FY 2022. And this is 34% worse than the t...
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Imagine if Elon wanted Tesla stock to lose 2% every year… from 2023-02-24T15:53:11
Imagine if Elon Musk stood up one day and told the world, “My #1 goal is for Tesla stock to lose 2% of its value every year.” First of all, people would probably rightfully conclude that Elon had f...
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Biden is a liar, and these financial documents prove it. from 2023-02-17T15:28:34
There’s hardly anything that POTUS loves to brag about more than his ‘economic success’. He is, after all, a self-proclaimed “capitalist”. Even in last week’s State of the Union address, he boldly ...
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Why it makes so much sense to diversify internationally from 2023-02-10T14:57:24
Most people have a peasant mentality. Throughout human history, in fact, the vast majority of people never thought much beyond their tiny village, let alone traveled.But there have always been some...
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Proof of Time: a different way to think about gold from 2023-02-03T18:50:01
Gold is really an amazing metal when you think about it. It doesn’t corrode. Coins buried underground or sunk at the bottom of the ocean for hundreds of years are routinely pulled up and brushed o...
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So you’re telling me there’s a chance… from 2023-01-27T14:24:01
As a member of the Boards of Directors of several companies, I regularly attend board meetings to help oversee and guide businesses. One company in our portfolio is run by some very sharp and tale...
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The one thing that Ron DeSantis and Greta Thunberg agree on from 2023-01-20T15:42:43
On January 24, 1971, a Swiss-German university professor managed to raise money from the European Commission to fund his new idea— he wanted to start a business conference that would become a major...
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Challenge and Response from 2023-01-13T17:21:53
By the third century AD, it was hard to imagine Rome being in worse condition. Historians literally refer to this period in Roman history as the Crisis of the Third Century. And it was brutal. Rom...
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Sailing out of the doldrums from 2023-01-06T15:51:27
By the turn of the 18th century, Great Britain was well on its way to becoming the dominant naval power of Europe. Brits had come to understand that a strong navy and merchant fleet were necessary...
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And this year’s Tommy Franks ‘expert’ award goes to… from 2022-12-09T15:52:20
On December 10, 1896, in the picturesque seaside town of San Remo, Italy, the famed Swedish chemist breathed his last breath after suffering a devastating stroke, and died. Nobel was an incredibly...
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Climate Change is the new human sacrifice from 2022-12-02T17:12:30
On the 21st of February, 1978, workers for the state-owned electrical company in Mexico City, Mexico were digging in a neighborhood near city center to bury some cables. After digging about two me...
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FTX: It takes a village to fail this big… from 2022-11-18T16:26:18
You’ve probably been following the news that FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, is in hot water. And frankly that characterization is an insult to hot water. FTX has alr...
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Based on a True Story from 2022-11-11T17:34:10
More than 3,000 years ago, between the 12th and 13th centuries BC, the legendary king of Ithaca, Odysseus, set sail from the ancient city of Troy to begin the journey home. The stories of the Troj...
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Get ready for the “Excess Stupidity” tax from 2022-11-04T18:17:44
Today’s podcast starts off in the year 1175 BC, where the legendary Pharaoh Ramses III was readying himself for battle against one of the most mysterious enemies in all of human history. Ramses wa...
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Why we had another baby in Mexico from 2022-10-28T17:46:26
First, I am really grateful for all the well-wishes and congratulations we received on the birth of my son. He’s doing great, and I’m over the moon. I decided to record a podcast about the experie...
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Putting all the Pieces Together from 2022-10-21T17:23:34
We start our podcast today more than 2,500 years ago at a time when the dominant superpower in the western world was the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Their civilization had reached an unfathomable...
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A masterclass in ‘How to shoot yourself in the foot’ from 2022-10-07T23:36:32
In the mid 1400s, the head of the Byzantine Empire was a career politician with decades of experience who most people thought would be a capable leader. Instead, through a series of hilariously te...
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“The most impressive failure of his time” from 2022-10-01T00:11:40
Lately we’ve been led astray over and over again by supposed ‘experts’ with decades of experience who can’t seem to stop making colossal mistakes. But I’m not just talking about individuals. I’m t...
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Align yourself with the trajectory of the world from 2022-09-23T16:46:25
John Adams famous wrote to his wife Abigail in the year 1780: “I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. . . in order to give their child...
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The Rise of the Barbarian Kingdoms from 2022-09-09T18:19:14
In the year 1566, at the end of the reign of the legendary Suleiman the Magnificent, his Ottoman Empire was the world’s dominant superpower. Ottoman territory extend across three continents over n...
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This new Renaissance can fuel human prosperity for decades to come from 2022-09-02T17:28:43
The year 1776 is legendary for precisely one thing: the Declaration of Independence. But 1776 was actually a REALLY big year. Because in addition to the formation of the United States (which undou...
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When the solution to everything is… more government from 2022-08-19T17:42:33
Years ago when I was in the military, I had the privilege of serving with some of the finest people I will ever know in my entire life. It’s not a cliché. Many of my brothers in arms were incredib...
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Another wasted opportunity to close the trust deficit from 2022-08-12T17:41:38
It’s been another historic and mind-blowing week to say the least. Over the last several months we’ve heard some of the most ridiculous lines of BS from politicians. Things like,“The economy is no...
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Four ways the “experts” have proven that they are insane this week from 2022-08-05T18:44
There’s an old saying that people often misattribute to Albert Einstein-- that ‘the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result.’ The ...
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Some solid information for your Plan B from 2022-07-29T17:12:47
For this week’s podcast I had the pleasure to speak with Viktorija once again, fresh off a long flight from Istanbul and several weeks in Europe. We had a really in-depth discussion that covers a ...
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Prince Harry’s Weeping, Wimpy, Whiny World View from 2022-07-22T18:30:43
Prince Harry ventured out of his nine-bedroom, $14.7 million oceanfront compound in California earlier this week to deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. The fact that Prince Ha...
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‘Experts’broke the world. But they’re rapidly losing power… from 2022-07-15T15:50:46
It’s rare to find someone, anyone, who has yet to witness, hear about, or directly experience the devastating consequences of the supposed leadership that ‘experts’ have unleashed on us over the pa...
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What Bruce Lee might say about the economy… from 2022-07-08T15:59:31
As longtime readers know, I’ve been a tremendous fan of Lee’s since I was a small child. He was wise beyond his years and packed a great deal into his short life. I put one of his quotes up on our...
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Declaring Intellectual Independence from 2022-07-01T16:54:15
Happy Canada Day to our Canadian friends. And Monday, of course, is Independence Day in the United States. It’ll be an odd one for sure. Many cities are reportedly cutting back on their fireworks ...
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Is this what they mean by “Democracy is under attack” ? from 2022-06-24T18:39:50
Today’s missive looks a bit different from our normal Friday roundup. As you probably know, a few big rulings came down from the United States Supreme Court over the past 24 hours-- one on gun con...
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Freedom Podcast: My Biggest Surprise of 2021 from 2021-12-22T17:43:08
In late 2019, a team executive for the NBA’s Houston Rockets Tweeted a very brief statement of support for pro-freedom protesters in Hong Kong. Hardly anyone should have noticed; he didn’t have mu...
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How to become a billionaire… even if it takes 200 years from 2021-10-06T16:42:55
It’s a simple question of arithmetic. Imagine you could go back in time to 1871 and ask one of your long lost ancestors to invest $2,500 for the benefit of future generations.That amount of money ...
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Does anyone honestly believe that inflation is ‘transitory’ anymore? from 2021-09-23T15:59:23
In the early summer of 1514, Spanish conquistador Ponce de Leon returned home to the court of King Ferdinand as a hero. De Leon was among the first of Spain’s conquistadors to discover gold-- righ...
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… where the real estate isn’t insanely overpriced from 2021-09-09T15:29:30
When Gideon Gono became the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in late 2003, his country was already suffering from terrible hyperinflation. Throughout the 1990s, inflation in Zimbabwe avera...
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COVID freedom in an unfree world from 2021-08-31T15:56:03
It’s not generally in my nature to heap praise upon a place with a 53% tax rate, a 25% VAT, or one of the top ten highest tax burdens in the world. But as I often remark, nearly every place in the...
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How long will the US dollar’s dominance last? from 2021-08-25T17:31:32
301 AD was a big year for the Roman Empire. That was the year that, amid spiraling inflation, Emperor Diocletian issued his Edict on Maximum Prices, essentially fixing prices of just about everyth...
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The $163 emergency room visit from 2021-08-19T16:33:47
While traveling across Europe recently, Sovereign Man's CEO (Viktorija) became quite ill and needed some urgent medical treatment. First, she’s doing fine, and we’re grateful for that. Second, it’...
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2020 called, it wants its chaotic public health policy back from 2021-08-04T14:47:19
Think back to where you were two years ago today. For me, I was in Trakai, Lithuania. It was Day 4 of our 10th annual Sovereign Academy entrepreneurship camp.My dear friends Bill and Marco were gi...
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Most so-called ‘Socialists’ know nothing about Socialism from 2021-07-28T17:36:43
By the summer of 1849, Karl Marx was still an obscure writer struggling to make an impact. He had published The Communist Manifesto-- a short, 23-page pamphlet-- the previous year in 1848. But as ...
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Why Warren Buffett may be wrong about America’s future from 2021-07-21T18:19:03
Nearly every year in his annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters, Warren Buffett spends a few pages talking about the dynamism of the American economy. His message is clear: the United State...
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Why a second residency abroad makes so much sense from 2021-07-13T16:40:49
The most astute investors in the world understand that there is no such thing as a risk-free investment. Every investment carries at least some risk; stocks, bonds, venture capital, real estate......
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One of the most ridiculously expensive real estate markets in the world from 2021-07-06T17:02:37
In late 2019, the real estate firm Knight Frank published a list of the most expensive streets in the world, i.e. the individual neighborhoods with outrageously pricey real estate. The top 10 list...
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Why I had a baby... in Mexico from 2021-06-29T16:29:47
One of the wonderful people I’ve been fortunate to get to know in my life is legendary investor and prolific author Jim Rogers. I’ve known Jim for nearly 10 years now. He’s a great guy and I’ve le...
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Sovereign Research’s Freedom Podcast Episode 2: Asset Price Inflation from 2021-06-22T17:02:13
In last week’s podcast -- the first podcast episode we’ve published in a few years -- Viktorija and I discussed how central banks engineer inflation… and why inflation is probably here to stay. In...
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Here’s something we haven’t done in a couple of years from 2021-06-16T16:39:37
It feels like it’s easily been two years since I’ve recorded a public podcast. But after yesterday’s article about inflation, I realized that I had so much more to say. Inflation-- which is essent...
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107: Peter Schiff and I talk stagflation, $50 trillion debts, and more from 2020-03-19T15:51:40
This morning I reached out to my old friend and colleague Peter Schiff to talk about some uncomfortable truths that very few people are discussing right now. I wrote to you about this yesterday: b...
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106: Central banks should consider giving people money from 2019-08-12T16:23:20
I thought in this age of insanity that we are living in, nothing would surprise me anymore. But sure enough, there was a headline in the Financial Times the other day, “Central banks should conside...
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105: How to get an education that empowers you for life from 2019-05-27T15:57:59
Each year, I invite an incredible mix of young people from more than a dozen countries to join me in Lithuania for an intense week of business, investing and entrepreneurship classes taught by the ...
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104: Taking matters into your own hands from 2019-04-10T17:47:36
Last week in its annual report, the US government reported that Social Security’s long-term, unfunded liability now exceeds $50 TRILLION. Moreover, they state that the Social Security and Medicare...
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103: Podcast with Marin Katusa: The best gold investments to make today from 2019-03-14T15:40:14
Today’s podcast is with Marin Katusa. Marin is a world-class resource investor and lead analyst for Katusa Research – his publishing company, where he shares the details of many of the private inv...
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102: He retired at 35–here are some of his investment strategies from 2019-03-08T16:56:35
Today’s episode of the Sovereign Man Podcast features non other than Sovereign Man's Chief Investment Strategist, Tim Staermose, talking about not one but two highly successful, targeted investment...
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101: How to protect your money when the people in charge understand NOTHING from 2019-02-08T14:40:16
Today we bring you a fresh episode of the Sovereign Man Podcast, where Simon Black unpacks why the people in charge have no idea what they’re talking about… and how you can protect yourself from th...
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100: Why you should absolutely consider Puerto Rico NOW from 2019-01-24T16:22:40
Welcome to another edition of the Sovereign Man podcast. As we enter 2019, you’ll start to see more podcasts from us. And you also might notice a few changes. We’ve upped the production value of o...
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099: Get the Pitchforks, the rich kids have nice jackets from 2018-11-23T17:06:08
Between the year 1054 and 1224, there were 83 civil wars in Russia. That’s about one civil war every two years. Through the middle ages, feudal lords were periodically murdered in peasant revolts....
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098: Sovereign Research’s podcast with financial legend Jim Grant from 2018-09-04T14:03:06
Last week I recorded the most memorable podcast I’ve hosted in some time. Jim Grant, editor of the famed Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, joined us for a discussion. Grant’s, in my opinion, is one ...
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097: Europe… what could possibly go wrong? from 2018-08-20T14:20:34
It’s been a hell of a week here in the Italian countryside. I’ve been treating my team and some friends to a sort of mini-vacation at a 400-year old wine and olive estate that we’ve taken over. Th...
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096: I was just offered a $500 million investment deal… and I worry it’s a sign the top is in from 2018-07-02T17:40:35
In today’s podcast, I share the details of a deal a well-known private bank just offered me (and its roster of other high-net worth clients). It’s a bad deal in every way… the asset in question is...
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095: Nobody knows where the next crisis will erupt… here’s how to prepare from 2018-06-05T13:11:03
Last week, Paolo Savona, an Italian man no one outside the country had ever heard of, was denied the position of finance minister. Italy’s President denied his appointment because Savona is anti-e...
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094: How to wait out the financial mania in safety from 2018-05-25T15:52:13
In today’s podcast, I share more thoughts on Puerto Rico including my experiences opening a business there. While the island has its problems, I’m still bullish on the long-term future given Puer...
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093: The future of crypto in Puerto Rico and avoiding fanaticism from 2018-05-18T15:31:48
I’m writing from San Juan, Puerto Rico today. The Sovereign Man team is here to host 150+ Total Access members over the weekend.And on today’s podcast, we discuss the amazing tax benefits in PR......
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092: Why on earth are you still letting big banks screw you? from 2018-04-20T17:05:17
Wells Fargo stole the headlines yet again today for defrauding its clients. The bank was fined $1 billion today for selling over 500,000 clients auto insurance they didn’t need (which in some case...
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091: One of the most important issues of our time from 2018-04-11T14:52:24
On Monday, I shared a recording from aboard the Investor Summit at Sea, hosted by my friends, the Real Estate Guys. This is one of the only conferences I attend each year as a speaker. And that’s ...
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090: Can’t miss podcast – Recorded live from the 2018 Investor Summit at Sea from 2018-04-09T14:43:11
I’m writing you today from a cruise ship, on my way to Puerto Rico. Every year, I get together with some of the smartest guys in finance and investing for my friends, the Real Estate Guys, Investo...
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089: FFS… please send China a fruit basket from 2018-03-22T15:35:48
I was in the gym earlier today trying to ward off the effects of trans-Pacific travel and 12 hours of time zone changes when the news flashed across the TV that the US government was issuing anothe...
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088: The dangerous, false logic of “Common Sense” from 2018-02-19T15:27:22
On the morning of May 18, 1927 in Bath Township, Michigan, a 55-year old municipal worker named Andrew Kehoe used a timed detonator to set off a bomb he had planted at the local school. Kehoe was ...
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087: You won’t want to miss this crypto podcast from 2018-02-13T16:07:19
As I write this, bitcoin is trading at $8,600. That's down more than 50% from the December highs of $20,000. But is this selloff a natural correction, or something to be worried about?That's one ...
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086: The only sector that offers value today from 2018-01-18T16:05:55
In today’s podcast, I talk with our Chief Investment Strategist, Tim Staermose, about the global economy. We’re in the midst of one of the longest economic expansions in history. Most assets are t...
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85: Don’t ignore looming catastrophes… take action from 2018-01-11T16:21:48
In today’s podcast, we discuss the recent crypto meltdown (led by Ripple) and how it plays into our recent theme of avoiding huge mistakes. Here’s the thing about big mistakes… they’re usually ob...
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084: Important Update; Why you should want a second passport from 2017-12-11T17:16:11
My colleague, Sean Goldsmith, just returned from a tour of the Caribbean. He met with several local governments about their ‘citizenship by investment’ programs – a way to receive a passport by do...
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083: An insider’s view on the gold versus cryptocurrency debate from 2017-11-22T18:36:46
In today’s podcast, I chatted with Silver Bullion’s founder Gregor Gregersen. Silver Bullion is a precious metals storage company based in Singapore.While here in Singapore, Gregor and I discussed...
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082: The two things that can pop the ICO bubble from 2017-11-17T14:39:31
In today’s podcast, I tackle the subject of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Regular readers know I’m skeptical of cryptocurrencies. And I think many ICOs are outright frauds.We’ve seen celebrities ...
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081: Why you should be very worried about the Paradise Papers from 2017-11-09T18:43:30
In today’s podcast, I discuss the recent Paradise Papers fiasco – the massive leak of sensitive, offshore financial information held by the Bermudan law firm Appleby. This thing has been a complet...
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080: Why you’ll probably lose money in bitcoin, regardless of the price from 2017-11-02T14:47:30
Bitcoin hit another all-time high today on the back of two, major announcements. Dedicated Sovereign Man readers know I don’t pay much attention to Bitcoin’s price. Instead, I focus on the market ...
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079: How we could see Facebook, Apple and Amazon fall 20% in a single day from 2017-10-20T15:03:09
In today’s podcast, Sovereign Man's Chief Investment Strategist Tim Staermose joins me to talk about the risks in today’s market… We cover the rise of passive investing, and why we think it could ...
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078: Eating used coffee grounds for breakfast and black-market cash deals with taxi drivers from 2017-10-12T16:48:20
Today’s Notes is a bit different… I recorded a conversation I had with my colleague Sean Goldsmith about my recent travels to Venezuela. I explain how I exchanged my US dollars on the black marke...
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077: The reason why ICOs have been going through the roof… from 2017-09-22T13:56:47
First it was Pets.com, and all the unbelievably stupid Internet businesses in the 1990s. Investors were so eager to buy dot-com stocks, all you had to do was put an “e” in front of your business o...
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076: Despite the new ‘plan’, this is -still- a no-brainer tax strategy from 2017-04-28T16:04:59
Yesterday I recorded a new podcast with my US-based tax attorney to talk about the Trump administration’s new tax plan... or as I like to call it, the plan to have a plan. Clearly they’re trying t...
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074: Unbelievable facts from the US government's own financial reports from 2017-02-08T17:54:35
Yesterday I told you that the US government had recently released its annual financial report to the public. And the numbers are pretty gruesome.For example, the government’s “net loss” in fiscal ...
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073: How to identify the most compelling investments on the planet from 2017-01-24T19:55:04
[Editor’s note: We have made this content available as an audio and video podcast, but I encourage you to watch the video with the slides.] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsYe8_FFkoAIn the video...
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072: “Copper is the new oil” and other views on the future of energy from 2017-01-12T16:54:31
One of my interesting friends is in town visiting Chile for a few days. His name is Gianni-- he's originally from Croatia but lives in Vancouver, and has spent most of his career in the mining bus...
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071: How can anyone trust these people? from 2016-12-22T16:07:29
What I’m about to tell you is a true story. And by the end of it, I hope it will be pretty clear that we’ve been programmed to put far, far too much trust in the banking system.We’re told that ban...
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070: There’s no reason I should be alive right now from 2016-08-05T15:51:07
One of the most profound moments of my entire adult life came to me when I was learning about my family history, which I’ve managed to trace back over eight centuries. I discovered so many incredi...
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069: Tim Price on the Brexit investment opportunities from 2016-06-24T13:57:23
I’ve never been so happy to be so wrong. Britain’s referendum on whether or not to stay part of the European Union was marred by some of the most blatant propaganda we’ve seen in the West in a ver...
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068: Now is the time to be looking at the world’s ‘forgotten’ precious metal from 2016-06-17T17:03:22
In our daily conversations, we regularly discuss how important it is to own real assets-- especially precious metals. There’s so much risk in the financial system right now. Just consider your own...
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067: You don’t expect a disaster like this until it happens. from 2016-05-26T17:09:54
No one likes to pay for insurance. If you don’t smoke, if you go to the gym regularly, and if you generally eat well, it just might not seem worth it.Especially when the average cost of insuring a...
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066: Guess how it much it cost to build America from 2016-05-16T19:29:05
I come to New York City every year because it’s where the annual meeting of the Atlas 400 group is held. If you’ve not heard of Atlas, it’s a social club… primarily for like-minded, high achieving...
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065: Why is this country so poor? from 2016-04-14T15:50:59
“What is it about this place that makes it so poor?” It was a simple question posed to me by a friend as we walked the streets of Managua, Nicaragua earlier this week.Nicaragua is a lovely place. ...
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064: If a porn star says its bad, it must be bad from 2016-04-04T18:52:53
The Internet practically exploded this morning after a detailed report was published proving that dozens of corrupt politicians around the world have been stealing public funds and hiding the loot ...
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063: How I’m trying to help a desperate family member from 2016-03-30T17:43:25
Yesterday I received a rather desperate phone call from a relative of mine named Sam. I used to spend a LOT of time with Sam growing up. And back then he was an amazing guy.Sam was the kind of per...
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062: This is how World War III starts—it will be financial from 2016-03-29T16:05:30
In his History of the Peloponnesian War, ancient Greek historian Thucydides told us the tale of a dominant regional power (Sparta) that felt threatened by the rise of a competing power (Athens). S...
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061: Young people: definitely listen to this [audio] from 2016-03-25T12:47:34
It’s no secret that the conventional model of success no longer works. Go to school, get good grades, get a good job, work your way up the ladder, and then enjoy life when you retire.This idea has...
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060: Open your high-risk savings account today! from 2016-02-19T15:52:26
I remember several years ago in the Land of the Free when the big wave in the banking industry was to offer “free checking”. There used to be a time (that a lot of people probably don’t remember) ...
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059: Don’t count on banks and governments to go gentle into that good night… from 2016-02-09T14:33:08
Pop quiz: What was the top grossing movie in the world the last time the US tax code was overhauled? The answer is Top Gun. And the year was 1986.(Other major hits that year include Karate Kid II,...
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058: The best kept secret in finance (with Tim Price) from 2016-01-29T16:48:09
This week I’ve been down in Southern Chile with the Board of Directors of our agricultural company. It’s summertime right now, and the weather is absolutely gorgeous.Last night, after a long day v...
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057: Here’s how to hedge the massive risks in the banking system from 2015-11-24T17:21:12
It started in 1921. World War I was over. The Treaty of Versailles had been signed two years before.And Germany, the biggest loser from the war, had been stuck with both the blame and the bill. G...
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056: Emotional decisions are almost always bad decisions from 2015-11-18T19:30:47
I want to tell you about a time when I was really scared. Terrified. It was back in 2003, right as George W. Bush made his final decision to send the'coalition of the willing'north into Iraq. Sad...
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055: What it means to be Sovereign from 2015-11-10T16:36:19
This morning at 7:30am, I was the first one to arrive at our new office. As I unlocked the door and let myself in, the sun was just inching it’s way up over the Andes.It was beautiful, one of thos...
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054: Celebrating 14 years since we kissed our freedoms goodbye from 2015-10-26T19:21:36
If you haven’t already, now’s the time to get out your party hats to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the USA PATRIOT Act. You know about the law, I’m sure; passed barely six weeks after the 9/11...
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053: Dr. Ron Paul on why the Fed’s days are numbered from 2015-10-19T17:24:28
Just had a great weekend in Dallas, where I had the pleasure of spending some time with Dr. Ron Paul. After our event on Saturday we sat down to record a quick podcast that I’m eager to share with...
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052: Yes, the US government really is bankrupt. Here’s proof. from 2015-10-15T13:39:29
I’ve long-stated that the government of the United States is completely insolvent. And that is 100% true statement.The government’s own numbers show that official liabilities, including debt held ...
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051: Here’s what happened when Venezuela imposed gun control laws from 2015-10-09T14:42:53
I just got back from Caracas, Venezuela, a city so dangerous that every time I left my hotel, the staff would warn me against even going outside. It’s an incredibly difficult reality to reconcile....
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050: The accounting scam that is hiding billions of losses in the US banking system from 2015-09-24T18:50:05
Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile September 24, 2015There’s not a doubt in my mind that one of the greatest scams in the world is modern banking. When you think about it, every element of the system is...
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049: Meet the wounded veteran whose treatment was rejected by his government from 2015-09-07T16:13:39
For the year 2014 my tax bill owed to the US Government was $0. A legitimate $0; nothing I did was illegal or immoral. What this really means is that in 2014 I didn't finance any wars, buy any dro...
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048: Three historical signs of hyperinflation we're seeing right now from 2015-08-18T18:10:05
Paris, France August 18, 2015I’m the world’s worst tourist. To give you an example, I’ve been to Paris at least 50 times yet I’ve never been to the Eiffel tower.The prospect of standing in line t...
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047: The #1 reason why Donald Trump is the chimpanzee America needs from 2015-08-14T14:33:41
August 14, 2015 Istanbul, TurkeyJust a few weeks ago, US talk show host Stephen Colbert was asked if he thought that Donald Trump had a chance of becoming President of the United States. Colbert r...
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046: Cutting ties with the US government (Conversation with a former citizen) from 2015-07-29T15:09:34
In today’s podcast, hear from a former American who cut ties to the US government. Listen why he did it, how he did it, and where he is now.Plus, he reveals what he perceives as the greatest benef...
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045: What's it like living and starting a business in low-tax Zug, Switzerland? from 2015-07-24T16:37:26
Zug, Switzerland July 24, 2015I’m sitting here on a park bench with my friend and colleague Johann Gevers overlooking an absolutely serene lake in Zug, Switzerland. With the elegant and imposing ...
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044: Google Wallet: the babystep into Bitcoin from 2015-07-14T15:34:05
July 14, 2015 Yangon, BurmaWhen I first came to Burma (Myanmar) several years ago, there was scarcely an ATM to be found anywhere. It was primitive. And frustrating.After all, most people coming ...
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043: Some people are just crazy. But this doesn’t mean you should become less free. from 2015-06-24T14:51:35
June 24, 2015 Ubud, Bali[Editor’s note: Podcast link follows at the end of this article.] I’m not going to make a trite comparison to Nazi Germany.That seems to be the libertarian thing to do whe...
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042: Six ways to take back your freedom from 2015-06-10T16:15:18
June 10, 2015 Oxford, EnglandIf you’ve been a reader of Notes from the Field for any time, you’ve probably realized that history is a major passion of mine that routinely finds its way into this m...
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041: Where does incompetence end and criminality begin? from 2015-05-25T19:03:41
May 25, 2015 Santiago, ChileHistorian Will Durant once wrote “in the last 3421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war.” This is astounding. Warfare is constantly with us, often for t...
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040: Did you get any of that $5+ billion? from 2015-05-21T19:56:25
May 21, 2015 Boulder, ColoradoYesterday it was reported that some of the largest banks in the world were slammed with yet another stiff fine by the United States government. This time it amounted...
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039: Dr. Marc Faber on capital controls, wealth taxes, and international diversification from 2015-05-08T15:45:47
May 7, 2015 Victoria, ChileI generally try to record a podcast each week, but I fell off the wagon recently because of the big event we just hosted in Cancun. I thought there would be no better wa...
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038: This isn't a currency war, it's a currency siege from 2015-04-09T18:12:53
April 9, 2015 Medellín, ColombiaThe world has truly gone mad. We’ve become accustomed somewhat in the last several years to historical anomalies such as zero percent interest rates, Quantitative E...
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037: Remember the last time people got paid to borrow money? It didn't end well from 2015-03-27T14:21:55
March 27, 2015 Santiago, ChileYesterday morning, CNBC Asia's anchorman Martin Soong cradled a young, hairy-nosed wombat named Billi on live television. He then transitioned to interview an entrepr...
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036: Justice Department rolls out an early form of capital controls in America from 2015-03-20T17:05:23
March 20, 2015 Sovereign Valley Farm, ChileImagine going to the bank to withdraw some cash. Having some cash on hand is always a prudent strategy, and especially today when more and more bank dep...
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035: Converging trends are providing the opportunities of a lifetime from 2015-03-10T14:16:25
Our mission at Sovereign Man is to show you how to seize the opportunities that are available around the world, so that you can grow and protect your wealth and freedom. In this podcast, we’re goi...
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034: Here's exactly how you can profit from China's short-term unwinding from 2015-03-04T15:08:12
Everyone loves to talk about the stock market. However, the currency market is something I find much more fascinating.The global currency market is 200-times larger than the world's stock markets ...
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033: This is exactly how the banking system will collapse from 2015-02-11T16:38:14
The modern banking industry is a scam. By making a deposit you are loaning your hard-earned savings to a bank, for which they pay you a whopping 0.1% interest (maybe).In some parts of the world th...
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032: Here’s a startling fact about Mr. Obama’s new budget from 2015-02-04T17:35:57
Children that won’t even be born for decades will inherit enormous debts that have been racked up today on drones, bombs, and wars that were waged in our era. President Obama’s most recent budget ...
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031: Another step down the long, slow road to IRA nationalization from 2015-01-29T19:03:31
Today’s podcast talks about the obvious, looming threats to your retirement security, and the structures you can build to do something about it. I’ve also put together a free report about safeguar...
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30: Conversation with Jim Rickards: The economy is on a knife’s edge from 2015-01-22T19:14:49
January 22, 2015 Santiago, ChileYou probably know Jim Rickards as the author of two incredibly insightful books on finance and global geopolitics: Currency Wars and The Death of Money. Jim worked ...
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029: The one word that was conspicuously absent from last night’s State of the Union address… from 2015-01-21T17:47:22
Last night’s State of the Union address had one conspicuous omission, and it’s huge. It’s bigger than all the wars, it’s bigger than the stock market, it’s bigger than the government, it’s bigger ...
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028: Family counts more than anything else from 2014-12-24T16:20:15
Family is the most natural thing in the universe. And it's literally why (and how) we're all here. As we're closing out the end of the year, I wanted to take some time to talk about this in today'...
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027: How to evaluate if your bank is safe, and what to do if it’s not from 2014-12-18T18:03:51
In more than a century, there has been practically ZERO evolution in banking. It’s the same con game, the same trickery as it’s always been. Few people actually realize this. The banking propagand...
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26: Can the US ever pay off its debt? from 2014-12-11T18:00:55
In 1913, the US was the largest creditor in the world. One century later and the US is in so much debt that there is only one way out: default.Join me in today's video podcast as we examine the US...
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025: Taxes are about violence from 2014-11-21T18:22:25
More than two centuries ago, the brand new US government was deeply in debt and starved of revenue sources to pay back their bondholders. So they did what all governments do in that position: they ...
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024: No, taxes are not what we pay for civilized society… from 2014-11-13T16:31:24
“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” The famous quote by US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is inscribed above the entrance to the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Se...
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022: These investments should do well no matter what happens in the global economy from 2014-10-30T17:19:12
October 30, 2014 Santiago, ChileDo you remember all the great economic forecasts that ever came out of the Fed? I don’t either. My favorite one was when 9 months before the Great Recession kicked...
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021: All the resources already exist for you to take back your freedom from 2014-10-20T17:27:25
For every crisis that strikes, the government springs up to"save"us. Introducing new bureaucratic agencies or an"Ebola Tsar"as Obama has just done, they are constantly adding to the already over-b...
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020: The light of liberty is going out all over the world. But we shall see it lit again soon. from 2014-10-03T16:14:42
People around the world are now being sparked into action, sick and tired of limitations on their freedoms.
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019: Scottish independence: they love democracy so much they’re trying to subvert it from 2014-09-16T18:33:08
The polls in Scotland will close this week on one of the more important elections in recent history... perhaps one of the only elections that actually matters.
Rather than a ty...
018: The Petrodollar is collapsing, and it’s one of the biggest opportunities in the world right now… from 2014-09-06T16:12:45
Back in 1971, President Nixon made a decision which turned into one of the biggest scams in the world: he cut the last link the US dollar had to gold and the dollar became just another fiat currenc...
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017: How Adolf Hitler screwed me from 2014-08-25T14:06:44
True story: On my way to Ethiopia the vestiges of Adolf Hitler screwed me over and caused me to miss two full days of meetings.
There's a really important message that comes ou...
016: Tim Price on gold, value, and the danger of complacency from 2014-08-20T09:12:59
As I travel around the world, I’ve had the great fortune to meet some truly outstanding people.
And of all the amazing people I’ve met, one of the most important to me has been...
015: Prepare to be inspired from 2014-08-12T16:21:17
If you’re a long term reader of Sovereign Man, you’ll know that my favorite thing each year is our Liberty & Entrepreneurship Camp in Lithuania.
For 5 days we bring togethe...
Podcast 014: Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori from 2014-08-04T14:13:16
Ukraine: I can already see it on the street; so many businesses have closed. Hopeless unemployed youths are now roaming the city or joining the war effort.
And the entire popul...
013: Making sense of Ukraine – Boots-on-the-Ground Report from 2014-07-29T12:16:57
Looking back over the past ten years, I can’t even begin to describe all the experiences I’ve had in Ukraine.
For a while, I actually owned a business based here. I’ve been tra...
Podcast 012: Echoes of 1914 from 2014-07-21T13:22:31
Russians aren't exactly known for having a great sense of humor. But the language is full of bizarre, often hilarious expressions like "perebrasyvanie kakashkami".
Literally tr...
011: Herd mentality from 2014-07-04T16:50:23
China is set to surpass the US in a matter of months. And this shift of wealth and power is, by far, the biggest story of our time.
Let’s explore this together in today’s Podca...
010: How the Fed Works (and its massive conflict of interest) from 2014-06-09T12:35:38
Henry Ford once said, "It is well that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
009: A conversation about entrepreneurship and US real estate from 2014-05-26T14:04:50
This podcast features a very special guest. A close friend. One of the most talented real estate investors I know. And someone who I respect beyond measure.
J Massey.
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008: Observations from my recent travels in the Land of the Free from 2014-05-14T14:42:33
Last week in the Land of the Free, I heard a radio campaign ad for a local political candidate while in Texas.
In the ad, he was talking about the debt and excessive government...
007: How to destroy your financial system from 2014-05-05T22:59:25
I'm here in the Land of the Free, in New York City.
And just as I was wondering what I would say to a high-ranking US politician if they asked me for advice on how to destroy t...
006: Are you wearing your seat belt? from 2014-04-25T19:05:20
In this episode of our podcast, I want to share a story about a pretty nasty car accident I was in a few days ago.
The fact is that driving on the highway with thousands of oth...