A great pleasure to welcome on David Buik, the renowned City commentator
In this episode we discuss:
+ Biden’s trip to Asia
+ Japanese energy security
+ India’s geopolitics
+ Leftists forming an anti-Macron alliance
+ Battle for Ohio blue-collar voters in November
+ Expanding NATO to Hawaii
+ Asking if the sanctions against Russia are working
+ What they are reading and watching
Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gR9j6xvi
On this episode of Brigadoon Radio, Gerald Ashley, Nate Green, and Marc Ross discuss the French presidential election, nationalism vs. globalism, the Republican primary for US Senate in Ohio, JD Vance, John Fetterman, Boris Johnson, high-vis jackets, the future of downtown office buildings, vertical farms, the Santa Fe Institute, and what they are reading and watching.
The “Risk of avoiding Risk” is neatly shown in this cartoon. Everything in life is dynamic, not static.
Helen Thomas of Blonde Money joins Marc Ross and myself as we discuss The French Presidential Election, the dark Arts of PsyOps, Global inflation and Elon Musk and er…Stalin!
Jim Ellis of https://www.ellisinsight.com/ joins Marc Ross and I to discuss Energy, Ukraine, Biden and US politics.
In April 2021 I did an online talk for the strategy & risk group “Fat Tony’s”
I offered up three “provocations” namely
The False God of Certainty
The Dangers of an “Over Connected” World
Efficiency is the Enemy of Innovation
To listen to my talk and a few diagrams please go to
The latest Podcast with Marc Ross is out now. This time we focus on some wider aspects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also crypto currencies. We also review a thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch and great book on financial crises by fund manager George Cooper.
https://thebrigadoon.com/radio/2nd-order-effects
For a full list of Podcasts on Brigadoon Radio go to
In 2010 Terry Lloyd and I wrote a book called Two Speed World in which we set out to examine the two modes of change….incremental and disruptive, in the world of business and finance
A recent article here looks at the issues from a physics standpoint.
In particular I was struck by this opening paragraph in the article (which is well worth reading)
“In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn observed that scientists spend long periods taking small steps. They pose and solve puzzles while collectively interpreting all data within a fixed worldview or theoretical framework, which Kuhn called a paradigm. Sooner or later, though, facts crop up that clash with the reigning paradigm. Crisis ensues. The scientists wring their hands, reexamine their assumptions and eventually make a revolutionary shift to a new paradigm, a radically different and truer understanding of nature. Then incremental progress resumes.”
At the end of each episode of the Ross & Ashley podcast we offer book recommendations
Here is a summary after our first three episodes
The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silk-Roads-New-History-World/dp/1408839997/
Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths https://www.amazon.co.uk/Algorithms-Live-Computer-Science-Decisions/dp/0007547994/
Why Most Things Fail by Paul Omrerod https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Most-Things-Fail-Avoid/dp/0571220134/
Raven Rock The Story of the U.S. Government’s Secret Plan to Save Itself – While the Rest of Us Die by Garrett Graff https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raven-Rock-Governments-Secret-Itself-While/dp/1476735425/
Driving the Silk Road: Halfway Across the World in a Bentley S1 by Doug McWilliams https://www.amazon.co.uk/Driving-Silk-Road-Halfway-Bentley/dp/1912892715/
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Checkmate-Berlin-First-Battle-Cold/dp/1529393159/
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoners-Geography-Everything-Global-Politics/dp/1783962437/
Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nathaniels-Nutmeg-Incredible-Adventures-Changed/dp/1250069289/
For more information about our Podcasts go to Brigadoon Radio listings at https://open.spotify.com/show/508cIDKvHZiyhmYhQcqdW1
We have our first guest on the show – the distinguished macro economist Doug McWilliams.
On this episode we discuss Ukraine, sanctions aimed at Putin’s Russia, SWIFT, China, Taiwan, global agriculture trade, Driving the Silk Road, and what we are reading and watching.
Click below for the podcast and the extensive show notes & links
Gerald Ashley 
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