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 weirdnessShow Notes:Blaine on XDangerous Intellectuals on YTEM on XEM on SubstackTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 NotesMatt on XMine Print Hash Tom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 DecimusContact ChrisTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 XTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 XPeter's Website, videos and NewsletterTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 XThe Big Print on AmazonTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 XTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 XDangerous Intellectuals PodcastTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 NotesMatt on XMine Print Hash on SubstackTom on XGGnG on Patreon

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 SubstackVince on XBuy the Book on AmazonTom on XGGnG on Patreon