“The Wolf Den” hosted by Dan David

Welcome to "The Wolf Den," in this episode we venture into the heart of the American opioid epidemic, exposing the dark underbelly of pharmaceutical sales and the devastating impact it has had on countless lives. In this special feature, we invite you to join us for an exclusive and emotionally charged interview with Alec Burlakoff, a former top executive at Insys Therapeutics. As we unravel the s...

This week The Pack is joined by a man who needs no introductions to anyone in the world of finance. Barry Jay Minkow, former American businessman, pastor, and 2x convicted felon, is now turned, fraud hunter.      At 16, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best, an immensely successful carpet cleaning and restoration company. However, it was a front to attract investment for a massive mafia-funded Ponzi scheme. ZZ...

This Week The Pack is joined by Winston Sterzel, (on Twitter @serpentza ) also known by his  YouTube  pseudonym SerpentZA. We talk about his time in China, his need to flee, How China has changed, and the chilling effect they have on free speech in the US.  Russia, Ukraine, and Vietnam and how China has its hand in global events.   He lived in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province of China for fourte...

This week The Pack is joined by an American business icon.  David Sokol, David is the director and chairman of Atlas. David founded three companies in his career to date, taken three companies public, and as Chairman and CEO of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, he sold the company to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. in 2000. David continued with Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. until he retired in March 2011,...

This week The Pack is joined by friends to remember one of the teams, a remarkable and unique individual, someone who was always behind the scenes helping but a person who will always be at the forefront of our thoughts... Author, Poet, Artist, Investigator, Marine,  and my friend    In Matt's words -Ruthless, secretive, and sometimes seedy buy-side analyst, dedicated qualitative/investigative sho...

This week The Pack is joined by  Dr. Art Laffer. (on Twitter @LafferCenter) His economic acumen and influence in triggering a worldwide tax-cutting movement in the 1980s earned him the distinction in many publications as “The Father of Supply-Side Economics.” The Laffer Curve is one of the primary theoretical constructs of  supply-side economics , illustrating the tradeoff between tax rates and ac...

This week The Pack is joined by Lars Emmerich (Twitter @Lars_Emmerich ), Lars is an American thriller, crime, and mystery author who enjoys reading a good story as much as he does writing it. He was a fighter pilot before going full-time into writing. Then came Crypto, Lars became a miner and investor in some of our favorite non-fiat currencies. Almost like a character from one of his books, there...

This week the Pack is joined by Attorney Zachary Greenberg, Senior Program Officer, Student Organizations, Campus Rights Advocacy at FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.  Their mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought. The Pack discusses why every college professor believes the exact same thing and why you need to...

This week the Pack is joined by Nick Reid, a film producer and executive vice president of the Moving Picture Institute a production company and talent incubator that creates high-impact films designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom. Nick is responsible for fundraising and working on MPI Original productions, and serving as a member of the...

This week the Pack is joined by Retired General Paul Kern, who wisely avoids social media. We discuss Russia's military prowess, vital rare earth minerals and the CCP eyeballing Taiwan.   General Paul Kern graduated from West Point in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He holds master’s degrees in civil and mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and was elected to the National...

This week The Pack is joined by SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce (@HesterPeirce on twitter).  Commissioner Peirce was appointed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by the President and was sworn in on January 11, 2018. Prior to joining the SEC, Commissioner Peirce conducted research on the regulation of financial markets at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She was a Seni...

This week the Pack is joined by Dr. Matthew Hamill, a man with 14 letters after his name.  We discuss Monkeypox, HIV treatments and other infectious diseases. Dr. Hamill is a UK-trained physician in internal medicine and an expert in sexual health and HIV. He spent 3 years conducting research in Soweto, South Africa. In addition to his primary affiliation with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, he...

This week The Pack is joined by Michael E. O'Hanlon @MichaelEOHanlon , a Sr. fellow at The Brookings Institution and best-selling author, regarding Russian aggression in the Ukraine, China policy and the future of NATO. The Pack taps into Michael's expertise on Eastern Europe and explores the past, present and future of China's newest vassal state and its Governor, Vladimir Putin.  We talk militar...

This week The Pack is joined by someone who has as much knowledge of China and the CCP as we do. Matthew Tye is known by his millions of loyal Youtube followers as Laowhy86 ( @laowhy86 on Twitter). Laowhy86 lived in China for 10 years. He and his friend SerpentZA were among the first Youtubers in China to gain popular recognition. They started by filming and posting their travels around China, ori...

This week the Pack is joined by Joseph LaVorgna (on Twitter @Lavorgnanomics ) who is a Managing Director and Chief Economist for the Americas at Natixis. Joe formerly worked for the White House as a Special Assistant to the President and Chief Economist of the National Economic Council where he was responsible for advising the President and the NEC Director on developments in the financial markets...

This week The Pack is joined by cyber supercop Joe Marasco.  Joe spent two decades with the FBI where he held several posts focusing on counter-intelligence, cyber-terrorism, human intelligence gathering (HUMINT). This segment is especially relevant now that so much of our lives and prosperity is online, and so many bad actors are out there targeting it.  Joe kept you safe while you looked at meme...

This week The Pack is joined by retired Special Forces (Green Beret) Master Sergeant Scott Neil, the COO of Horse Soldier Bourbon (on Twitter @HorseSoldierUSA) . We talk about his military career and his other endeavors up to his co-founding of Horse Soldier Bourbon. Scott was among the first to deploy after 9/11, and his exploits were featured in the blockbuster Hollywood movie ‘12 Strong’. After...

The I Hung Up On Warren Buffett podcast returns this week to cover a special topic with two special guests, already familiar to some of our regular listeners.  Our panel today features Prof. Frank Partnoy and Soren Aandahl . Professor Partnory helps to mold future lawyers at Berkeley Law, while Soren is a reformed lawyer turned activist short. Together with The Pack, we dig into the fun and fraud...

This week The Pack is joined by is author Evan Hughes. (@evanhughes on TWITTER) We dig into Evans's latest creation, talk about some really evil people and some people who got screwed the least of which are the people who Insys Therapeutics killed.  It's drugs, death, and strippers.    Evan has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, New York, The New Republic, Wired, the London Review of Boo...

The week the pack is joined by a broadcast legend....  Jordan Harbinger,( @JordanHarbinger on Twitter) often referred to as “The Larry King of Podcasting,” is a former Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and a communications and social dynamics expert. A native of Detroit (Royal Oaks), and a University of Michigan graduate with a BA & JD. Jordan has hosted a Top-10 iTunes podcast f...

Peter Humphrey, The Man Who Loved China We jump right into the horrifying details of the arrest imprisonment, interrogation, and torture of Peter Humphrey.   Sit back have a stiff drink and cancel that trip to the CCP. Peter spent 46 years in business, education, media, investigations, and philanthropy in China. His story is something everyone needs to hear not because of the tragedy of it, Peter...

Peter Humphrey, The Man Who Loved China The Pack and Peter go through his history through his imprisonment in a Chinese gulag for the crime of investigating the wrong person.   Sit back have a stiff drink and cancel that trip to the CCP. Peter spent 46 years in business, education, media, investigations, and philanthropy in China. His story is something everyone needs to hear not because of the tr...

This week The Pack is thankful for American Hero Matt Eversmann (@EversmannMatt on Twitter). The former Army Ranger was featured in several books and films depicting his time in the Military and was the lead protagonist portrayed by Josh Hartnett in the hit "Black Hawk Down".  Matt now writes with James Patterson and helps veterans who are struggling to transition to civilian life.   First Sergean...

This week The Pack is joined by returning champion Sam Reynolds (On Twitter @thesamreynolds & @blockworks ), a journalist with Blockworks based in Taipei. With Blockworks he covers digital assets and institutional investors in the world’s most exciting economies.  Prior to Blockworks, he was an editor with Taipei-based Forkast News, where he covered blockchain throughout Asia. Sam also contributes...

On this week’s episode, The Pack gets a little weird for Halloween. We are joined by former UK Ministry of Defense Undersecretary in Charge of UFOs, Nick Pope ( @nickpopemod on Twitter). Nick Pope ran the British Government’s UFO Project from 1991 to 1994. Among his other duties, he led research on and investigations of UFOs, alien abductions, crop circles, and other strange phenomena. The media c...