Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast

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 Substack Vince on X Buy the Book on Amazon Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital returns to the podcast so we can compare notes on what's happening in the US's quest to redollarize the world while Donald Trump remakes the map of the Middle East and rewires global trade. I asked Brent to come in and do an overview of the coming US stablecoin system and what that means for both the Fed and global central banking. Show Notes: Brent  on X Santia...

Promethean Action's Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast after too long a break to do a strategy session on what Trump has to do from here to secure the mid-terms and beyond.  We cover everything from his upcoming trip to China to her time during the Reagan years to how to fix the automotive industry's quality problem.  All with the eye of improving the lives of ordinary people. Show Notes: Susan...

Vince Lanci is back in the house as we try to unpack the strategic play President Trump is making with his bombing Iran and the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. Show Notes; Goldfix on Substack Vince on  X Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

Fmr. Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt is in the house to discuss the state of strategic play concerning Iran.  We recorded this on March 5th, but it doesn't matter.  It's all still very relevant today.  Given how fast the world is changing, that's saying something. Show Notes: Blaine on Substack Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Blaine on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon

Economist Peter St. Onge comes back to the show to discuss the recent spate of encouraging economic numbers coming out of the US and what they mean in the context of Trump's attempt to turn the US economy around in the face of titanic political opposition. Show Notes: Peter on X Peter's Website Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

Promethean Action's Susan Kokinda returns to the podcast to give a lively chat about the journey through another side of the American political experience from the decidedly anti-British Empire perspective. Show Notes: Susan on X Promethean Action  Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

Caitlin Long returns to the podcast to flip the format on its head as she is want to do (and I'm happy to oblige) and quiz me as to where things stand.  We recorded on January 14th, before Trump's visit to Davos.   Show Notes Caitlin on X Caitling Long - Episode #213: The Financial Crisis That Wasn't Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

Xoaquin Flores returns to the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of Donald Trump's recent moves in Venezuela and Iran.  We try to unpack what Trump's agenda really is and go over the mechanisms for how he advances it.  Given Trump's mercurial but hyper-rational behavior, it's no small task. Show Notes Xoaquin’s New Resistance  Xoaquin’s Patreon Tom on X GGnG Patreon 

Podcaster and survivor of the great censorship purge of the Biden Junta Tommy Carrigan joins the show to get on the other side of the microphone and discuss his journey from a fat loser to a hardened veteran.  For me, his story resonates with where our heads need to be to engage the fight in front of us for the future of not just our country but for the direction of the species itself.   Show Note...

Trader, writer and raconteur Vince Lanci returns to the show to discuss the big geopolitical implications of what's happening in silver and oil and how it ties into the outcome in Venezuela.   The rally in silver touches everything, since it is at the heart of the City of London's old monetary system. Show Notes: VBL's Goldfix Vince on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon

Fmr. Brig. General and Newsmax Contributor Blaine Holt returns to the podcast to discuss what the operation to extract Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela was really all about.  Hint: Everyone's right and everyone's a little wrong.   Show Notes: Blaine's Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Tom on X GGnG patreon

Santiago Capital CEO Brent Johnson returns to the podcast to discuss stablecoins, geopolitics, and how the Great Game of global capital is progressing.  I appreciate Brent's realist approach to both markets and politics and how his journey has shaped how he sees things unfolding.   Show Notes: Brent on X Santiago Capital  Tom on X GGnG Patreon

Trader, writer, and Spicy Italian Meatball (!!) Vince Lanci returns to the podcast to close the loop on our now three-year financial & geopolitical bromance which began with the help of the equally great, but not nearly as spicy Tom Bodroviks then of Palisades Gold Radio and now Competent Investor, when we first discussed the idea of Gold-backed US Treasury bonds, as promoted by Judy Shelton....

Author and Investigative Journalist Richard Poe returns to the podcast to take us on a history lesson centering on Great Britain's complicity in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War.  It may or may not resemble activities we're seeing now or have seen in other periods of history.   Show Notes: Richard on Substack Website Richard on X Episode #146 - Richard Poe and the Reach of Perfidious...

Co-Host of the Future's Edge Podcast and prime example of Italian greatness Bob Iaccino joins the podcast for a round the horm discusstion of politics and markets in a world governed by Trump's mob-style politics.   We may venture into some casual Italian supremacy talk.  Because, well, goombahs.  Show Notes Unfiltered Investor Future's Edge Unfiltered Podcast Bob on X Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

Long-time friend and sparring partner on all things geopolitics, Halsey English, joins the podcast crew for the first time to add color and context to the Trump's plans and accomplishments in the Middle East.  From Israel/Iran to Trump's taming of the GOP shrews to the threats just over the horizon, we cover a lot of ground. Show Notes: Halsey on X Halsey on Patreon  Tom on X Gold, Goats 'n Guns o...

The "Podfather" Adam Curry is in the house to have a chat about all the things, from online intentional communities to the synthetic nature of conversation, and how that is the key to immunizing us from the High Table's desire to set us apart, tear us down, and leave us without hope. Show Notes: No Agenda Show Adam on X Tom on X GGnG on Patreon 

Raconteur, trader, and expert in all things financial plumbing Vince Lanci returns (again) to the podcast to give us an important breakdown of what is happening in the silver markets, how what is happening is different than gold, and ultimately why London is the real target of everything Trump is doing. Show Notes: Vince on X VBL's Goldfix Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Gold is the New Black Tom o...

Veteran Political Activist and "Detroit Chauvnist" Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action joins me for a lively discussion of Trump's UN Speech, an atlernate take on the 2008 financial crisis, and why Greenbacks may actually be the way forward for the United States. Show Notes: Promethean Action Promethean Action on X Tom on X GGnG Patreon -- how we pay the bills Expat Money Summit

Former Brig. General and Senior Foreign Affairs Contributor at Newsmax Blaine Holt joins me for a high level strategic talk about the state of play surrounding President Trump's policies foreign and domestic and how they interface with the overall arc of history.   Show Notes: Blaine on X Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Tom on X Support GGnG on Patreon

This week the podcast is invaded from the Great White North by Mr. Matt Ehret to assist Dexter and myself to understand the depth of the perfidy that is the place known as the country of Canadia.  Matt goes through a number of eras of Canadian politics to illluminate just how strongly the dead hand of the British Crown rules over the US's supposedly harmless neighbors above the 49th parallel. Show...

Geopolitical analyst and commentator Xoaquin Flores comes back to the podcast to discuss a number of topics in the wake of the Trump/Putin Summit in Alaska on August 15th.  From Turkey's unfocused aggression to the repeated attempts to isolate Serbia, there are no shortage of responses from the "usual suspects" in City of London and Brussels.  Xoaquin breaks these things down in granular detail fo...

Economist and daily commenter on all things financial Peter St. Onge returns to the podcast for a back and forth about Powell, Trump, the tariffs and why, in the end, defending your home is what our top priority should be. Show Notes: Peter on X Mike Rowe's Classic TED Talk. Tom on X Support Gold Goats 'n Guns on Patreon

Brent Johnson of  "Dollar Milkshake" fame and CEO of Santiago Capital joins me for a talk about the past, present, and future of the so-called  Rules Based Order  and how that intersects with our worldviews on markets and potential investments. Brent describes his education and training in the post-WWII institutional framework and his evolution into the realist approach he takes to these subjects...