On the Record with Christian Briggs

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Palantir Technologies rises from post-9/11 intelligence failures into a powerful force across military, government, healthcare, finance, and AI systems. Its platforms promise data-driven security and efficiency while raising urgent questions about privacy, civil liberties, immigration enforcement, warfare, and expanding state power...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Christian Briggs examines Europe’s major Digital Euro push, growing stablecoin restrictions, and the rise of programmable money. He connects today’s CBDC developments to long-running monetary history, warning that financial privacy, autonomy, and government control are becoming central questions as the global money system shifts quietly in real time...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – I examine China’s race to dominate quantum computing, artificial intelligence, digital currencies, critical minerals, and lunar resources. The episode warns that Beijing’s long-term strategy could reshape global trade, communications, finance, and national security while challenging whether America is moving fast enough to defend technological leadership and f...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Christian Briggs warns that quantum computing and artificial intelligence are reshaping global power, with China racing to dominate critical technology, resources, encryption, and military advantage as America faces a new Cold War fought through processors, data, cybersecurity, and computational supremacy across every sector...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The expansion of BRICS, central-bank gold accumulation, reserve diversification, and growing concerns about economic sovereignty. Why are governments buying gold at record levels? Why are nations investing billions into digital monetary systems? And what role could CBDCs, tokenized assets, and future payment networks play in the next phase of...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – This isn't merely a story about trade deficits, cheap manufacturing, or international politics. It's a story about financial power, critical minerals, banking networks, global infrastructure, and the battle to shape the monetary system of the twenty-first century. We trace China's transformation from a poor, largely rural nation into a...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – President Trump’s approach is aggressive but strategic—aimed at eliminating long-term threats rather than managing short-term optics. However, the situation has not unfolded as quickly or cleanly as expected. What was initially believed to be a short conflict has turned into a prolonged and complex engagement, with unexpected resistance and geopolitical...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – China’s quiet push to reshape global finance meets America’s race to secure minerals, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and supply chains. As gold accumulation, BRICS expansion, and local-currency systems accelerate, a fractured monetary order emerges, tying power not only to money, but to the materials beneath modern civilization and future technology itself...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – How did China quietly gain control over the industrial foundations of the modern world? Why does Beijing now dominate the processing of the rare earth minerals required for AI systems, electric vehicles, F-35 fighter jets, satellites, missile systems, and the global semiconductor industry? And why are U.S. officials suddenly warning that “economic security IS...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The central question is not whether money will become more digital. It already has. The real question is whether digital money will preserve the freedom, privacy, and neutrality of cash — or replace it with a permission-based system. Could a CBDC make payments faster and more efficiently? Yes. Could it also allow governments to monitor purchases...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Christian Briggs examines California’s proposed net worth tax, arguing it could force asset selloffs, trigger higher effective tax burdens, and drive wealthy residents out of state. He warns the policy may expand nationwide, reshaping taxation, discouraging investment, and risking long-term economic consequences beyond California’s borders while sparking inten...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – War tensions with Iran ripple through global markets, driving oil prices higher and fueling inflation at home. Christian Briggs and Chris Walker explore how military strategy, tariffs, and energy policy intersect, revealing how geopolitical conflict reshapes costs, business conditions, and everyday financial realities for Americans...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Tensions with Iran escalate as global powers maneuver for control, revealing China’s quiet influence and the fragile state of the world economy. Surging oil prices ripple through supply chains, driving inflation and uncertainty while policymakers weigh high-risk strategies that could reshape geopolitics, markets, and everyday costs worldwide...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The conflict is only weeks old, and the full economic impact hasn’t yet been realized. While there is hope for a “short-term pain, long-term gain” outcome, the hosts emphasize that a prolonged conflict could significantly damage both the U.S. and global economy. Ultimately, the episode paints a picture of a world at a turning point...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – I warn of a looming shift toward a centralized digital dollar that could reshape financial control. I highlight CBDCs, FedNow infrastructure, global adoption, and asset tokenization, arguing financial privacy and ownership face erosion. The transition accelerates toward a cashless system, raising concerns about oversight, regulation, and individual economic fr...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – I examine rising tensions with Iran, arguing the conflict reshapes global power, energy markets, and U.S. strategy. He warns a new housing bill quietly advances centralized digital currency, raising concerns about economic control, personal freedom, and long-term consequences for Americans navigating inflation, policy shifts, and an increasingly uncertain fina...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – At the center of the analysis is a stark warning: China is not just competing in trade—it is building an alternative financial and industrial order. And if America fails to secure processing capacity, precious metals, and advanced resources fast enough, Beijing could seize the upper hand during the narrow window before U.S. supply chains are rebuilt...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Christian Briggs and Chris Walker unpack the Iran conflict, surging oil prices, and the global economic shock that follows. As energy markets rattle and inflation fears grow, they examine how geopolitical strategy, supply chain disruptions, and rising fuel costs could reshape the 2026 midterms, global power dynamics, and the future of American politics...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – China’s strategy to challenge dollar dominance unfolds through critical minerals, supply chains, food security, and legal warfare. As control of rare earths, coltan, and battery metals reshapes geopolitics, the struggle between Washington and Beijing intensifies—revealing how resources, technology, and global trade networks may determine the balance of power i...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – China, Russia, and the BRICS alliance accelerate a global shift away from dollar dominance through alternative banking systems, gold accumulation, and digital settlement networks. As sanctions reshape trust in Western finance, a parallel monetary order emerges, raising urgent questions about America’s economic leverage and future geopolitical influence...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – China, Russia, and the expanding BRICS alliance move to challenge dollar dominance through alternative payment systems, gold accumulation, and digital settlement platforms. Economic sanctions accelerate the shift, raising urgent questions about American power, financial security, and whether a new global monetary order is already emerging, before markets fully...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – I break down the real war shaping global power: the race for quantum supremacy. This battle isn’t fought in elections or headlines, but in labs, supply chains, and mineral reserves. Whoever controls quantum, rare earths, and strategic metals controls finance, defense, and sovereignty. The future isn’t just digital—it’s physical, and America must act now...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Who wins the coming tariff war—Europe, Latin America, or the U.S.? Are fears of inflation—or even hyperinflation by 2026—legitimate warnings or elite-driven panic? It’s a roadmap to what comes next in the global power struggle—and a wake-up call for anyone still mistaking Trump’s moves for impulsive noise. The next move is already in motion. Don’t blink...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Christian Briggs and Jay Cannon confront claims of radical Islam influencing American politics, schools, and law. The episode traces Islam’s origins, funding networks, and demographic change, contrasts Christian and Islamic civic values, critiques media silence, and warns that coordinated activism, immigration, and ideology threaten free speech, women’s rights...

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Venezuela wasn’t about oil alone. It was about cutting off China’s supply lines, reclaiming a chokehold on strategic commodities, and slowing the BRICS’ economic war machine. Christian reveals how Iran, Cuba, Greenland, and even space are now battlegrounds in the fight to prevent a dystopian future of central bank digital control, surveillance...