Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast

Fresh from a well-deserved break, the owner of the driest wit in Geopolitics and markets, Alex Krainer returns to the 'cast for a wide-ranging talk about safety culture, tyranny, burnout, and why we should all remember to never, ever take Donald Trump at his word. Show Notes: Alex on Substack I-System TrendCompass Tom on X GGNG on Patreon

Custodia Bank CEO and crytpo-advocate Caitlin Long comes back to the podcast to challenge me on a number of subjects concerning the Federal Reserve What role did OMC Chair Jerome Powell play in assisting or hindering the Biden Junta's persecution of conservatives, it's debanking operations, and how it mismanaged the post-COVID world.  We also discuss how that interfaces with the new stablecoin reg...

Martin Armstrong returns to the podcast with an wide-ranging interview discussing all the angles around Donald Trump's recent declarations and actions.  We try to cut through the noise to determine whether war is really coming or not. Also for discussion is the possible reform of the Fed, how the Deep State really works, and how to actually get a decent night's sleep amidst all this change. Show N...

Vince Lanci returns to the podcast after my hiatus for a raucous talk about the what and why of the US's stablecoin strategy and what it implies for not only the US's future but how it slots into the greater emerging picture of a new financial paradigm. Show Notes: Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Why Gold is the New Black Episode #213 - Caitiln Long and the Financial Crisis that Wasn't ECB July 1st...

Dexter White returns to discuss why what you thought you hated inStar Wars: The Acolyte wasn't anything different than why you thought you hated Trump's Budget Reconciliation bill or any other "Outrage Du Jour."  We have a growing divide in political commentary that has trapped an entire locus of people on the left and the right to ensure there is no center.  Show Notes: Tom on X Dexter on X Tom &...

Bitcoin advocate, entrepreneur, and Albertan patriot Dave Bradley joins me for a belated look at the G-7, Albertan independence and how the rush for pristine collateral is the race against time that Davos and City of London are working so hard to avoid going against their plans for a digitized neo-feudal world. Show Notes: Dave on X The Bitcoin Rodeo Tom on X Tom on Patreon

Vince Lanci returns to the podcast to follow up on Episode #213's discussion with Caitlin Long.  Vince lays out his argument for why the GENIUS Bill, stablecoins, and crypto will usher in a new era of financial terms enforced this time by the US vs. City of London.   It's the flipside to the ideas floated by Ms. Long.   In short, dollar bulls and bears may in fact be right... but for reasons you h...

Geopolitical badass Xoaquin Flores rejoins the podcast to help me unravel why the alternative media space is suffereing the same types of meltdowns as the legacy (undead) media when it comes to Trump, Putin, Israel and how they are resolving the old Gordian knots of geopolitics. Show Notes: Xoaquin on Telegram Xoaquin's post on Trump and Putin  Tom on X Tom on Patreon

Dexter White returns to the podcast to discuss the ramifications of the Biden cancer reveal and the implications for it of the future of the Democratic Party. Show Notes: Tom on X Dexter on X Megyn Kelly Jake Tapper Interview

Commentator Stormy Waters joins the podcast for a discussion on the nature of power, how it projects and protects itself in the context of the current political and cultural battle for mindshare.  A meditation on quantum mechanics, the culture war and how those things intersected to leave Donald Trump alive and now in power in the US. Show Notes:  Stormy on X Tom on X Gold, Goats 'n Guns Patreon

Author EM Burlingame joins the podcast to explain the centuries-old process of wealth identification and extraction he's termed the "Financial Kill Chain" which goes back to even before the formation of the Bank of England in 1694.  We establish EM's thesis and apply it to the modern implementation of it as it pertains to the US, the UK and how it's failed in both Putin's Russia and Xi's China. A...

Vince Lanci of GoldFix returns to the podcast to complete the Trade War Trilogy of podcasts as we cover recent events from our specific perceptions and backgrounds.  Everything from the Trump/Powell kayfabe, to Europe's underhandedness during the post-Liberation Day market turmoil to where we think Trump goes next policy-wise and how the markets react to it. Show Notes Zerohedge - Goldman Wrecks '...

Santiago Capital's Brent Johnson comes back to the podcast to discuss the current state of the Dollar Milkshake in the context of Donald Trump's upending the old global financial business model.  It's a sober look at how and why today's turmoil is not tomorrow's dollar crisis.   Show Notes: Brent on X Santiago Capital Tom on X Gold, Goats 'n Guns Patreon

Wall St. veteran, crypto advocate, and CEO of Custodia Bank Caitlin Long returns to the podcast to ask the questions and get to the bottom of what's really going on inside of the changes to the US Treasury and global dollar plumbing markets.  This is one of those episodes where my head was spinning as we kicked the ball back and forth.   Show Notes: Custodia Bank Caitlin on X Nic Carter Article -...

Dexter White returns to the podcast to discuss the state of play after the week of turmoil in capital markets, post-"Liberation Day."   Show Notes: Tom on X Dexter on X Gold Goats 'n Guns Patreon

Former CIA analyst turned commentator Larry Johnson joins the podcast for a post-mortem on his recent trip to Moscow to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.  We get into our first impressions of SignalGate and what Trump et.al. are doing right and wrong on the foreign policy front. Show Notes: Larry's Blog -- SONAR21 Tom on X Tom on Patreon

Kris Sims of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins me for an excellent discussion of the roots of the growing animosity between Canadians and Americans.  She has excellent insights into the mind of new Prime Minister Mark "The Dark Lord" Carney.   Show Notes: Kris on X Canadian Taxpayers Federation Tom on X Tom on Patreon

Market Expert and Forecaster Martin Armstrong (finally) joins the podcast for a wide-ranging talk about why the European Union wants war in Ukraine and how they are desperately trying to make that happen. Show Notes: Martin on X  Armstrong Economics Tom on X Gold Goats 'n Guns on Patreon

Chris Sullivan of Hyperion Decimus rejoins the podcast for a wide-ranging talk to discuss what we're doing wrong in financial commentary and how by asking the wrong questions we increase our fear which leads to bad decision making.  These ideas are applicable to so much more than just capital markets, they are a model for how to de-risk your entire life by getting you out of the hyper-emotional st...

Prof. St Onge himself is in the house to discuss the ways he feels we can fix many things about the current American system based on what we've both seen so far from the new Trump Administration.  We cover the numbers surrounding ending the income tax, social security, and why the independent civil service has always been the gateway to Communism. It's a fun 80 minutes that I had a blast recording...

The old gold market is ending before our eyes and who better to spend nearly 2 hours talking about it with than Eric Yeung and Vince Lanci. We bring three different perspectives on what the draining of the LBMA means, what Trump's real plans are and why the US being broke is, as always, yet another psy-op to rob the world of its agency. Show Notes Episode #154 - Vince Lanci and Why Gold is the New...

Geopolitical analyst and commentator Joaquin Flores joins me again for a relatively hot take on Trump's controversial plans for Gaza after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Show Notes: Joaquin on Telegram

Commodities expert, Canadian Refugee (*smile*) and CEO at Hilltower Resource Advisors LLC, Tracy Shuchart joins me for a post-inauguration discussion about the practicalities of Trump's desire to radically overhaul the U.S. energy market.   Show Notes: Tracy on X Gold Goats 'n Gun Patreon Tom on X

Cornell Professor, conspiracy purveyor and milf afficionado Dave Collum comes back to the podcast to go over the first day of Season 2 of The Trump Show.   Show  Notes: Dave on X

Financial Commentator, trader, and appreciator of a beautiful piece of lamb Vince Lanci rejoins the podcast to open 2025 to discuss what we can expect from the second Trump administration.   Show Notes: Vince on X GoldFix on Substack