by Carter Phipps | Nov 17, 2022 | Podcast
Inflation. Recession. Bubbles. Interest rates. Sovereign debt crisis. Today, everyone’s financial portfolio is falling and that makes people upset about markets and economics. But being angry or frustrated about the market is easy, understanding how and why we arrived...
by Carter Phipps | Oct 11, 2022 | Podcast
What would you do if a whale landed on top of you—and you lived to tell the tale? That’s exactly what happened to wildlife biologist and filmmaker Tom Mustill in 2015, when a breaching humpback whale came crashing down on his kayak in California’s Monterey Bay—an...
by Carter Phipps | Sep 27, 2022 | Podcast
In her the 2019 book American Cosmic, scholar Diana Pasulka offers a surprising and original perspective on one of my favorite topics: UFOs. She proposes that UFOs and the obsession with them has become a type of post-secular religion. She even shows that modern...
by Carter Phipps | Sep 16, 2022 | Podcast
When we think about energy, we often forget one critical element—the grid. Most of us depend every day on our national grid to supply the energy we need for our life and work. And our need for electricity continues to grow and is likely to increase further over the...
by Carter Phipps | Sep 4, 2022 | Featured, Podcast
If you’ve followed this podcast for a while, you’ll know that I’m something of an economics nerd, and occasionally I indulge this passion by choosing guests who can offer insight into our past, present, and future through a financial lens. I was particularly excited...
by Carter Phipps | Jun 20, 2022 | Podcast
Why did the leopard cross the road? Well, because he had to. He might have been looking for food, or a mate, or a new territory. But if he made it safely to the other side, it just might be because someone built him a bridge. And today’s guest on Thinking Ahead...
