World Brief with Zach McCormick

Send us Fan Mail FBI released updates in the NOLA NYE terror attack: Driver of truck likely had help -- video shows other people placing IEDs in trash cans in French Quarter. Fire at AirBnB nearby was likely base of operations for group. Remote detonation capability of IED's in driver's truck supports multiple attackers theory.  Bollards on Bourbon Street were under repair/malfunctioning...

Send us Fan Mail Why did the NYE NOLA attacker do it? Reportedly he was a Texas native, former Army Reservist with a career in real estate -- why throw it all away to attack innocent people in the country he swore to protect just a few years ago? Why use an expensive rented electric F150? Did he have an ISIS flag with him? Why were there conflicting reports about whether the event was being invest...

Send us Fan Mail As the world mourns former President Jimmy Carter's passing, focus on his legacy has brought the Panama Canal back into focus. This time because incoming President Trump wants to take it back in a game of geopolitical chess with China.

Send us Fan Mail The Musk vs. Loomer blowup has put focus on "H1B" visas -- what are they, how do they work, does anyone like them? What's to be done about it?

Send us Fan Mail Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis recently announced that he will be conducting a study regarding use of gold and silver as an alternative Florida currency. We discuss a the pros and cons as well as some specifics on how it might work at the local level.

Send us Fan Mail FDIC scandal, big banks fighting tighter "stress tests", Bank of England giving secret pension bailouts: Are these three events the sign of huge financial storm on the horizon?

Send us Fan Mail In a shocking turn of events, a Federal panel of judges reversed the prior ruling which stopped the "Beneficial Ownership Information" reporting requirement of the Corporate Transparency Act from taking effect. The law, which does not apply to big business, banking or NGOs has small business owners scrambling to come into compliance by the January 1, 2025 deadline. 

Send us Fan Mail Will Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bow to mounting pressure to resign?  Reports suggest yes!

Send us Fan Mail Could Elon Musk be the next speaker of the house? Yes and we discuss the constitutional reason why.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of World Brief we discuss Open AI's latest offering -- 1 (800) CHATGPT. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode of World Brief discusses the claims that there is a connection between the New Jersey drone sightings and the assassination of the head of Russia's nuclear defense force, General Kirrilov. 

Send us Fan Mail Are fears about A.I. overblown or is it as bad as they say?

Send us Fan Mail "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" -- Metaphor for debasement of the silver currency? Interesting similarities between Roman money and modern 

Send us Fan Mail Guest Ephraim McCormick talks about using a comparator mirror to draw extremely precise sketches. The device was so accurate that, at its invention on the 1600s it was considered extremely controversial. The outcry over the comparator mirror's use echoes the criticisms of the use AI  in creating digital art in the 2020s. But is technology really so bad? Zach and Ephraim discu...

Send us Fan Mail The owners of Eden Abbey Brewing Community, Ben & Eve Passmore discuss how their lives have taken them from the American heartland to the middle of the Mediterranean and into North Africa during the popular political uprisings known as the "Arab Spring".  From parent's grief, death, loss of faith , redemption reconciliation and love, the Passmores' story co...

Send us Fan Mail Doulas Heather Rich and Madeline Mosco with InJoyBirth discuss their work in helping expectant mothers and fathers through the complex and sometimes scary world of pregnancy and life after delivery.   They discuss what a doula's role is, what it is not and how it can be helpful even in more traditional settings like hospitals.  These two go on to talk about how they offer pos...

Send us Fan Mail Joseph Cassell talks about his hijinks in the Fall of 1971 when he and his two buddies Frank and Earl decided to take a year off from college and drive across America. Truth is stranger than fiction as the long-haired, California trio (and an Afghan Hound), visit the Grand Canyon and see a mysterious figure hundreds of feet below. The adventure continues with near death encounters...

Send us Fan Mail Zach talks with retired ATF special agent Dan O'Kelly who helped convict Efraim Diveroli, (whose real-life arms dealing inspired the movie "War Dogs"). Dan also talks about what it was like going undercover against the Russian Mafia and shutting down a gun-smuggling operation.   Bonus content: Dan talks about his career in the private sector as a firearms instructor...

Send us Fan Mail Good Fellow Games Co. founder  Ephraim McCormick talks about the new game "Fish N' Ships" and what it takes to bring a table top board game from idea to market.  Bonus material: the sometimes bumpy and interesting path that led him to this point. Getting nearly arrested twice as a teenager, learning the ropes of the entertainment industry in college and applying the...