Risky Conversations

Interesting people discussing complex topics in easy to understand terms.

19 Episodes

Ep.303 Mavericks With Mike Driver and Paul Portesi
9/10/2022
2:08:41
Inverted assumptions and where to find them. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Mike Driver twitter: https://twitter.com/mdvex22 Special Guests:: Paul Portesi twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulPortesi Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Ep.302 Systems Theories and Complexity With Niloofar Shadab
4/12/2020
1:12:16
Pushing boundaries and solving complex problems, how to filter out the noise and look for the best signal. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Niloofar Shadab twitter: https://twitter.com/nilooshaa Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
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Ep.301 Time Dilation and the Mind With Iain McGilchrist
4/5/2020
1:05:53
We are living in a left hemisphere world disconnected from Nature. Have we modeled ourselves into a corner and thought ourselves clever enough to keep the chaos at bay? Join us as we interview the incredible Iain McGilchrist to discuss his fantastic book The Master and His Emissary and the lessons, we can apply to make sense of our world. Dr. McGilchrist now resides on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of North West Scotland, where he continues to write and is currently working on his next book The Matter With Things, a book of epistemology and metaphysics. Books Mentioned: The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist (Author) https://www.amazon.ca/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300245920/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586051137&sr=8-1 Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail by William Ophuls https://www.amazon.ca/Immoderate-Greatness-Why-Civilizations-Fail/dp/1479243140/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586051261&sr=1-2 Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Iain McGilchrist Site: https://iainmcgilchrist.com/ Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Ep.208 Extreme Contracts Principals, Negotiations, and Software engineering insights With Jacopo Romei
3/29/2020
2:06:53
Meet Jacopo he’s an entrepreneur who knows the concept of tying outcomes to prices when negotiating with clients. Learn how he does this with his extreme contracts ideas. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Jacopo Romei twitter: https://twitter.com/jacoporomei Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Ep.207 Ponzi Schemes, Cryptocurrencies, And Legal Obligations Oh My With Thomas Messina
3/22/2020
1:01:46
How do the banks try to stay within the laws? How do they balance the ethics required to be moral citizens operating under the pressures of maximizing profit? Luckily for us, there are people who specialize in this area. They are called compliance officers. It's the exciting world of money laundering, cryptocurrencies and everything with global politics tied to finance. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Thomas Messina twitter: https://twitter.com/VergilDen Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Ep.206 From Chernobyl to Covid-19, Government Responses to Black Swans and Their Consequences With Velina Tchakarova
3/15/2020
1:56:44
"Fate leads the willing, the unwilling it drags" - the wise Seneca. Time burns all assumptions, how much space you have left to maneuver depends entirely on your value structure. Find Velina's Work and recommended books below: 1) https://medium.com/@vtchakarova; 2) list with sources on Systems Theory and IR; 3) Gilpin https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691086774/global-political-economy; 4) Realpolitik https://foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2017-04-14/realpolitik-history; 5) Geopolitics https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2325548X.2013.785741; 6) Zbig https://amazon.com/Grand-Chessboard-American-Geostrategic-Imperatives/dp/046509435X Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Velina Tchakarovatwitter: https://twitter.com/vtchakarova Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Ep.205 Cartoon Strips, sexy finance, and the best tip to live the happiest life with Stefan Gasic
3/1/2020
1:55:11
Humor is the kernel expression of truth. This week on #RiskyConversations we are joined by Stefan Gasic the one and only hilarious Creator of Earth’s only financial(ish) cartoon strip! Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Stefan Gasic twitter: https://twitter.com/NonMeek Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ Check Out Stefans amazing art at https://gumroad.com/offshorecomic Books Mentioned: Dynamic Figure Drawing: A New Approach to Drawing the Moving Figure in Deep Space and Foreshortening Paperback – Aug 1 1996 by Burne Hogarth https://www.amazon.ca/Dynamic-Figure-Drawing-Approach-Foreshortening/dp/0823015777/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1582998982&refinements=p_27%3ABurne+Hogarth&s=books&sr=1-3 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Hardcover – Oct 22 2013 by Scott Adams https://www.amazon.ca/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591846919/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=scott+adams&qid=1582999221&s=books&sr=1-2 https://books.apple.com/ca/book/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big/id645980630 Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game Hardcover – Jul 30 2019 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981X/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=taleb&qid=1583000301&s=books&sr=1-7 https://books.apple.com/ca/book/incerto-4-book-bundle/id1067627442
Ep.204 Schools, Systems, And Government Funded Wars with James Marsh
2/23/2020
2:00:11
Meet James Marsh, trader, and connoisseur of risk in the real world. Books mentioned in Podcast: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/battle-cry-of-freedom/id838763945 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/id420526835 The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I Mass Market by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-guns-of-august/id419974327 The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-proud-tower/id455577255 The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-black-swan-second-edition/id419951583 Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Paperback by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fooled-by-randomness/id419979120
Ep.203 Electric Saints, Markets and Adoption Rates With Jed Trott
2/16/2020
1:49:48
Meet Jed Trott, modern-day man living out the example of Christ. Humanitarian at heart, funny on the fly, and knows a thing or two about the energy markets. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Jed Trott twitter: https://twitter.com/Jed_Trott Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Ep.202 Games, Thrones, And Empires With Dr. Michael Bonner
2/9/2020
2:08:02
Meet the brilliant Dr. Michael Bonner, Director of Policy to the Honourable Lisa MacLeod | Writer | Classicist | Historian of Iran and a brilliant orator of history. Join us as we learn about the Persian empire and its place in the world and history. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Dr. Michael Bonner twitter: https://twitter.com/DrMichaelBonner Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ Be on the lookout for Dr. Michael Bonner’s Upcoming new book ; The Last Empire of Iran

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Risky Conversations

Risky Conversations

19 Episodes

Ep.303 Mavericks With Mike Driver and Paul Portesi

Ep.302 Systems Theories and Complexity With Niloofar Shadab

Ep.301 Time Dilation and the Mind With Iain McGilchrist

Ep.208 Extreme Contracts Principals, Negotiations, and Software engineering insights With Jacopo Romei

Ep.207 Ponzi Schemes, Cryptocurrencies, And Legal Obligations Oh My With Thomas Messina

Ep.206 From Chernobyl to Covid-19, Government Responses to Black Swans and Their Consequences With Velina Tchakarova

Ep.205 Cartoon Strips, sexy finance, and the best tip to live the happiest life with Stefan Gasic

Ep.204 Schools, Systems, And Government Funded Wars with James Marsh

Ep.203 Electric Saints, Markets and Adoption Rates With Jed Trott

Ep.202 Games, Thrones, And Empires With Dr. Michael Bonner