State of the Markets

Tim and Paul have some excellent interview guests and have a healthy scepticism for governments and central banks. They approach investment matters from a value point of view and I think this is a healthy counterbalance to other podcasts who are talking up the latest ‘follow the herd’ ideas.

Found out about these guys on a recommendation and find myself relistening to old episodes, sometimes just for the comedy value. Paul is a great presenter and Tim is just hilarious. My first experience was the interview with Akhil Patel and I have been hooked ever since. Some great minds (and occasionally not so great minds!) coming together to pose theories and predictions in a turbulent time.

I used to enjoy occasionally listening to this podcast.. until listening to podcast #170. Anti-Ukrainian & Pro-Kremlin rants are completely unchallenged by the interviewers during this episode (and if anything, condoned). I find this pretty disgusting given what the Ukrainian people are currently suffering through. Oh, and Putin is very “restrained” apparently.. Very disappointing to hear intelligent people with such one-sided/Pro-Kremlin views. There’s not one condemnation of the crimes perpetrated by the Russian military (or by Vladimir Putin), yet they happily blame the US for “bio labs” on Ukrainian soil (doesn’t every country have biolabs?.. doesn’t Russia have more biolabs that most other countries in the world?!). I don’t like giving bad reviews but I didn’t feel I had any choice after hearing this episode. Please open your eyes and have a bit more compassion for the suffering of the Ukrainian people (and educate yourself on the involvement of the Russian security services in the Donbas in 2014, with the likes of Igor Girkin confessing as such).

I was surprised to love this podcast, I find it thought provoking and thought challenging. Thank you gentlemen.