Radio Episodes
1/17/2023
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Michael Oliver and Rev. Larry Beane join host Jay Taylor on the last show of Turning Hard Times to Good Times at the Voice America Business Channel. Interviews covering similar themes and guests will be available at JayTaylorMedia.com and at YouTube. Listen Now
1/3/2023
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver & Chen Lin return. Last week Austrian economist Daniel Lacalle assured listeners that the dollar will remain as the world’s reserve currency for at least the next 5 to 10 years. Alasdair may disagree. Listen Now
12/20/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Lyn Alden and Michael Oliver are this week’s guests. On December 11 Lyn published an extensive report to her paid subscribers titled “Defensive Assets Deep Dive Analysis. Listen Now
12/6/2022
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Jeff Deist and Michael Oliver return this week. Listen Now
11/22/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
John Rubino, Michael Oliver and Michael Spreadborough return. Listen Now
11/8/2022
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Doug Noland and Michael Oliver return. The Federal Reserve has led America and the post-1971 world to the brink of global bankruptcy. It has led the world to this brink of disaster by papering over one credit cycle after another. Listen Now
10/25/2022
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Bob Moriarty, Michael Oliver and Chen Lin return. Virtually every time the Fed has started raising rates they continue to raise rates until something breaks. Listen Now
10/11/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver and Dr. Quinton Hennigh return. Listen Now
9/27/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Bob Moriarty, Michael Oliver & Quinton Hennigh are this week’s guests. Alasdair Macleod’s September 15 weekly essay was titled “Inflation is Turning Hyper. Listen Now
9/13/2022
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John Rubino, Patrick Highsmith & Michael Oliver are this week’s guests. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the world engaged in global trade on a scale never before in world history. The U.S. Listen Now
8/30/2022
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Keith Weiner and Michael Oliver return. The U.S. government hates gold because its rising price shines the light on the destruction of the dollar caused by the Federal Reserve’s printing press used to finance massive government deficits. Listen Now
8/16/2022
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Doug Casey, Michael Spreadborough & Michael Oliver return. Doug Casey is an “international man” having lived in various countries and traveling actively around the world. He is a free-thinking intellectual and a very successful entrepreneur. Listen Now
8/2/2022
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Michael Oliver and Patrick Highsmith return. Brian Leni joins us for the first time. The last time the U.S. had a serious inflationary problem was during the 1970s when gold rose from $35 to $800 per ounce. Listen Now
7/19/2022
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Chris Powell, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. On August 15, 1971 President Nixon detached gold from the world’s monetary system and declared “We are all Keynesians now. Listen Now
7/5/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver & Michael Wood return. So far, sanctions have backfired on those described by Vladimir Putin as the unfriendly nations. Listen Now
6/21/2022
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Jeff Deist, Michael Oliver & Patrick Highsmith return. Listen Now
6/7/2022
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Eric Coffin, Michael Oliver and Dr. Quinton Hennigh return. Few investors and letter writers combine such an intimate knowledge of the junior gold resource markets and the metals markets in general as Eric Coffin. Listen Now
5/24/2022
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Peter Boockvar & Michael Oliver return as guests. Michael Wood of Reyna Gold visits for the first time. Peter recently stated on CNBC that the Fed is embarking on the most aggressive tightening program in 40 years. Listen Now
5/10/2022
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Alasdair Macleod, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Listen Now
4/26/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
John Rubino and Michael Oliver return as our guests this week. Nicholas Rodway, the CEO of Core Assets Corp., visits for the first time.
After 1971 when President Nixon detached gold from the global monetary system, the U.S. Listen Now
4/12/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return as guests this week. Listen Now
3/29/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver & Patrick Highsmith are this week’s guests. Alasdair has recently pointed out that the Fed, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan are now themselves becoming insolvent. Listen Now
3/15/2022
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Kevin Duffy, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver are this week’s guests. During the 2008-09 financial crisis Kevin Duffy’s Bearing Asset Management fund registered triple-digit gains while most everyone else saw their 401 K accounts cut in half. Listen Now
3/1/2022
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David Stockman and Michael Oliver return. As Dr. Listen Now
2/15/2022
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Frank Holmes, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver are this week’s guests. Frank Holmes has long been known for his gold and natural resource funds, all of which are expected to be useful hedges against inflation. Listen Now
2/1/2022
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Lyn Alden, Michael Oliver & Quinton Hennigh return. America is supposed to be the leader of the capitalist world. Listen Now
1/18/2022
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Kevin Duffy, Patrick Highsmith & Michel Oliver return as this week’s guests. Over the last 16 months, Kevin Duffy’s conservative “Coffee Can Portfolio” has gained 54.14% compared to a gain of 43.80% for the S&P 500. He did that despite 20. Listen Now
1/4/2022
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2021 has been a disappointing year for profit-seeking precious metal investors, but for the few who look to accumulate gold and silver as the ultimate insurance against runaway inflation, it has been an unexpected bonus. Listen Now
12/21/2021
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James Turk, Michael Oliver & Quinton Hennigh return. Listen Now
12/7/2021
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John Rubino, Michael Oliver and Patrick Highsmith return. Listen Now
11/23/2021
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Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Looks like Michael Oliver “nailed it” once again in his latest call to aggressively go long gold and gold shares as soon as gold were to register a weekly close above $1,825 anytime this quarter. Listen Now
11/9/2021
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Lyn Alden, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Gold and Silver miners are the only non-financial sector in the S&P 500 that has been generating real positive free cash flows. Listen Now
10/26/2021
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Alasdair Macleod, Patrick Highsmith and Michael Oliver return. The U.S. has three categories of buyers for U.S. Federal debt: the financial and non-financial private sector, foreigners, and the Fed. Listen Now
10/12/2021
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David Stockman, Michael Oliver and Dr. Quinton Hennigh return. Don’t believe your eyes! The U.S. border is closed. America’s exit from Afghanistan has made America safer. The $3.5 trillion stimulus program will cost nothing. Listen Now
9/28/2021
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John Rubino, John Watson & Michael Oliver return. As the Biden administration invites the world’s poor to come to America to receive free college, free medical care, free housing, etc. Listen Now
9/14/2021
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Michael Oliver and Quinton Hennigh return. Kevin Smith and Otavio “Tavi” Costa visit for the first time. Listen Now
8/31/2021
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David McAlvany, Michael Oliver and Dr. Roger Moss return. The Fed has been hinting at reducing QE. But how seriously should we take Fed tapering talk when its credibility isn’t any better than the credibility of Dr. Listen Now
8/17/2021
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John Rubino, Patrick Highsmith and Michael Oliver return. In 2004, John Rubino and James Turk wrote “The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from it. Listen Now
8/3/2021
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Listen Now
7/20/2021
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
John Rubino and Michael Oliver return. John Watson visits first the first time. Listen Now
7/6/2021
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Former New South Wales Judge Michael Pembroke visits for the first time. Michael Oliver and Michael Hudson return. Listen Now
6/22/2021
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Dr. Peter Treadway, Michael Oliver and Corwin Coe return as guests. On May 5, Peter opined that “The outlook for U.S. stocks has turned negative.” That article focused on the costs of green energy being imposed on Americans by far left politicians. Listen Now
6/8/2021
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Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver and Dr. Quinton Hennigh return. Listen Now
5/25/2021
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Lyn Alden and Michael Oliver return. Michael sees a layered but significant equity bear market. In the near term, US Treasuries and gold will benefit. But as deficits surge, inflation rises forcing the Fed to fund nearly all of the Treasury needs. Listen Now
5/11/2021
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John Williams, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Listen Now
4/27/2021
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver and Chen Lin return. Listen Now
4/13/2021
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David McAlvany, Michael Oliver & Quinton Hennigh return. The handwriting is on the wall now for EVERYONE to see. Freedom to spend your money as you wish without government permission is about to end. Listen Now
3/30/2021
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David Stockman, Michael Oliver & Michael Timmins return. “Leave it to the New York Times to remind us why prosperity is not just around the corner. Listen Now
3/16/2021
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Chris Powell, Michael Oliver & Patrick Highsmith return. If individuals created money out of thin air as central banks do, they would go to jail for counterfeiting theft. Listen Now
3/2/2021
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Alasdair Macleod, Chris Taylor & Michael Oliver return. Alasdair will explain why gold, not crypto currencies, is destined to replace fiat money because cryptos can only act as stores of value so long as fiat exists. Listen Now
2/16/2021
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Lyn Alden, Michael Oliver & Michael Timmins return. Even though M. Oliver has been bearish on U.S. Treasuries, his analysis persistently convinced him it is not yet time to pull the plug on the U.S. T-Bond. Listen Now
2/2/2021
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Charles Hugh Smith and Michael Oliver return. Last summer BLM & Antifa wrecked havoc in most of the large cities in the U.S. Listen Now
1/19/2021
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Alasdair Macleod & Michael Oliver return. Michael Timmins of Fury Gold Mines visits for the first time. It's clear to those not prone to groupthink that global central banks are rapidly racing their currencies toward the dustbin of history. Listen Now
1/5/2021
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Jim Rickards, Dr. Quinton Hennigh & Michael Oliver return. Denial is a state of mind used to avoid dealing with reality. Listen Now
12/22/2020
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Lyn Alden, Michael Oliver and Corwin Coe return. After President Nixon closed the gold window in 1971, the U.S. dollar retained its value despite massive expenditures undertaken to expand its empire. Listen Now
12/8/2020
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Richard Maybury, Michael Oliver and Marco Roque return. The Fourth Turning of America began around 2008 when American intelligence services began spying on Americans rather than exclusively on foreign adversaries. Listen Now
11/24/2020
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John Rubino, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Listen Now
11/10/2020
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Jeff Deist, Peter Ball and Michael Oliver return. Jeff’s former boss, Ron Paul, frequently stated that if America remains free, we will be prosperous. Listen Now
10/27/2020
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Frank Holmes, Jim Greig and Michael Oliver return. In a global economy sitting on death row, thanks to extreme levels of debt, the sudden COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020 triggered the greatest economic decline since the 1930s. Listen Now
10/13/2020
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Rick Rule, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Bernard Baruch was successful because he bought stocks that no one wanted and sold to panic buyers. Rick is known to follow that strategy. Listen Now
9/29/2020
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Lyn Alden, Michael Oliver and Peter Ball return. Legendary stock guru Richard Russell used to say that stockbrokers became wealthy because they didn’t buy their own B.S. Washington and Wall Street are known for spinning tall tales of Nirvana. Listen Now
9/15/2020
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Dmitry Orlov, Michael Oliver & Quinton Hennigh return. In 2014 Dmitry discussed the five stages of collapse in the USSR and how the U.S. was following a similar path toward destruction. In 2019 Orlov opined that the last nail in the U.S. Listen Now
9/1/2020
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Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver and Michael Hudson return. Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone’s focus on COVID-19 is unexpected. Listen Now
8/18/2020
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Michael Oliver, Jeff Deist & Jim Greig return. “The Fourth Turning” by Strauss and Howe predicts America is facing a tidal wave of change during which values held dear since World War II will be overturned. Listen Now
8/4/2020
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Dan Oliver, Michael Oliver and Dr. Quinton Hennigh are this week’s guests. Alasdair Macleod has often made the comparison of America’s rapidly declining financial status with that of the French-originated South Sea Bubble. Similar to the U.S. Listen Now
7/14/2020
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Jeff Deist, Michael Oliver & Chris Taylor return. Elon Musk now sees the light. He once observed that “If you don’t make stuff, there’s no stuff. Listen Now
7/7/2020
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Alasdair Macleod, Michael Hudson and Michael Oliver return. Alasdair argues that a dollar collapse is likely to occur by the end of 2020 taking all the synchronized western economies and their currencies down with it. Listen Now
6/23/2020
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Bob Moriarty, Ivan Bebek and Michael Oliver return. The violence following the tragic death of George Floyd was blamed on racism. Listen Now
6/9/2020
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John Rubino & Michael Oliver return. Jim Greig, President of Benchmark Metals, visits for the first time. When it rains, it pours. Even before COVID-19, tremors in the Repo markets were suggesting growing instability in the financial markets. Listen Now
5/26/2020
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Richard Maybury, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver are this week’s guests. Listen Now
5/12/2020
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Alasdair Macleod, Axel Merk and Michael Oliver are guests this week. In 2004 Dr. Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley warned America was on a collision course as it borrowed excessively from China and Japan to fund its Treasury. The collision Dr. Listen Now
4/28/2020
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James Rickards, Michael Oliver and Chris Taylor return. Listen Now
4/14/2020
Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Ronald Peter Stöferle and Michael Oliver Return. Ewan Downie visits for the first time. Listen Now
3/31/2020
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Doug Casey, Chris Taylor & Michael Oliver return. In pre COVID-19 pandemic, Doug recently opined on the ideas expressed in “The Fourth Turning” that have outlined recurring generational cycles that have occurred throughout American history. Listen Now
3/17/2020
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Charles Hugh Smith & Michael Oliver return. Michael Hudson appears for the first time. Mainstream pundits on CNBC & Fox Business channels have been talking about what a great economy Americans have enjoyed with stocks hitting new highs month after month. Listen Now
3/3/2020
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Dan Oliver, Quinton Hennigh & Michael Oliver return. You would think any suggestion that Americans would accept a communist form of government is absurd. Think again! In his well thought out and documented essay titled "Leninthink,” Dan demonstrates that the lack of political discourse in America since 2016 has been caused by a political left that intentionally avoids dealing with facts and truth when it doesn't match its propaganda aimed at grabbing totalitarian control and demolishing the US Constitution. This political cancer is at a very advanced stage and may be too late to be contained. Listen Now
2/18/2020
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With equity markets continuing to defy gravity, Jay Taylor will ask Michael Oliver what prospects MSA is seeing for stocks, bonds, commodities and precious metals, while highly regarded Quinton Hennigh will explain potential payoff in investing in elephant size-projects like the Lion One Metals’ gold project in Fiji. Eric Coffin and Gwen Preston will discuss some other exciting gold exploration projects. Listen Now
2/4/2020
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Alasdair Macleod explains why he believes fears of deflation are unwarranted and gives his reasoning for upcoming consumer price and asset inflation. Chris Taylor updates us on Great Bear’s world class gold Dixie discovery and Michael Oliver will update us on his latest structure and momentum indicators for all the markets of major importance. Listen Now
1/21/2020
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David McAlvany is turning bullish on commodities, especially copper and energy. How will strife in the Middle East, China’s trade issues and Fed money pumping impact global markets? Nick Appleyard of Tristar will talk about an exciting Brazilian goldmining project and Michael Oliver will discuss his latest proprietary views on the markets. Listen Now
1/7/2020
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Guests: Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver, Quinton Hennigh and Hamish Greig. The global monetary system is spinning out of control. Hard to think of a more bullish picture for gold. Alasdair will explain the dynamics. Michael comments on a declining dollar and rising commodities and Quinton & Hamish will discuss the exciting Lion One gold discovery. Listen Now
12/17/2019
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Keith Weiner, Michael Oliver and Chris Taylor return. Keith will explain how how declining interest rates are destroying, not boosting, our economy and what you can do to protect yourself. Chris will update us on Great Bear's worldclass gold discovery. Michael will update us on his momentum and structural indicators for gold and other key markets. Listen Now
12/3/2019
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Alasdair Macleod, Michael Oliver & Nav Dhaliwal return. Financial markets are ignoring bearish developments in international trade, which coincide with the end of a long expansionary phase for credit. Listen Now
11/19/2019
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Robert Moriarty, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. The excitement has died down over the discovery of a field of gold nuggets near Karratha in Western Australia. Listen Now
11/5/2019
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Alasdair Macleod, John Rubino and Michael Oliver return. An unpleasant conjunction of events is beginning to undermine government finances in more developed nations including the arrival of a long-term trend of rising welfare commitments with an increasing certainty of a global-scale credit crisis. Listen Now
10/29/2019
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David McAlvany, Daniel McAdams and Michael Oliver return. Once you realize how sick the existing fraudulent fiat global monetary system is and how vulnerable it is to total collapse, you begin to realize that gold is likely destined to rise exponentially in value as measured by worthless fiat currency. Listen Now
10/22/2019
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Richard Maybury and Michael Oliver return as guests. Addison Quale visits for the first time. Richard will tell us how governments use propaganda to cause fear in the hearts of its citizens in order to gain control over them. Listen Now
10/15/2019
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Rick Rule, Jeff Deist and Michael Oliver return. Doug Casey who is a highly successful investor has called Rick Rule a genius investor. Listen Now
10/8/2019
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Bob Moriarty, Chris Taylor and Michael Oliver return. Brilliant! Outspoken! Colorful! Eccentric! Controversial! Those words describe Bob Moriarty of 321Gold. Listen Now
10/1/2019
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Alasdair Macleod, Dr. Quinton Hennigh & Michael Oliver return. China has made some silly errors in its conflict with the US, reflecting the arrogance that often afflicts every state actor. Listen Now
9/17/2019
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David McAlvany, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. While most investors stay focused on the Dow, one market that listeners to this show watch carefully is engaged in a stealth bull market. Listen Now
9/10/2019
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John Rubino and Michael Oliver return. Your host will talk about some of his favorite gold and silver exploration stocks at a time when exploration stocks are starting to make investors wealthy. Listen Now
9/3/2019
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David Stockman, Daniel McAdams and Michael Oliver return. The mark of a true prophet is one whose warnings unfold as predicted. Dating back to his days in the Reagan administration, David avoided political correctness to warn of future doom if America continued to live beyond its means. Listen Now
8/27/2019
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Alasdair Macleod, Chen Lin & Michael Oliver return. Listen Now
8/20/2019
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Frank Holmes, Eric Coffin and Michael Oliver return. Forced by the U.S. to abandon gold-backed money after Aug. 15, 1971, the world has embarked 100 percentage on the use of fantasy money created out of thin air rather than the tried and proven gold-backed monetary system. Listen Now
8/13/2019
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James Turk, Peter Tallman and Michael Oliver return. Mainstream investment pros are starting to buy gold to “hedge” their equity portfolios. But most investment pros hate gold given their training in Keynesian economics. Listen Now
8/6/2019
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John Williams, Chris Taylor and Michael Oliver return. The Chinese have observed that global chaos sends capital toward the U.S. But China, Russia and others are sensing the dollar status is nearing its end. Listen Now
7/30/2019
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Doug Noland, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. The handwriting is on the wall. “THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MARKET DISASTER STRAIGHT AHEAD!” The fear is that another stock market crash may trigger an even more disastrous financial market meltdown than in 2008. Listen Now
7/23/2019
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Craig Huey visits for the first time. Michael Oliver will provide his latest thoughts on the most important financial markets and yours truly will talk about some the most exciting gold exploration stocks in his personal portfolio and in his newsletter, J Taylor’s Gold, Energy and Tech Stocks. Listen Now
7/16/2019
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James Rickards, Peter Tallman and Michael Oliver return. It’s not a matter of “if” but “when” the next financial crisis will hit. History suggests the next crisis will be bigger and more devastating than the last one because the Keynesian economic pathology that has been destroying price recognition of capital and thereby capitalism itself has not been eradicated. Listen Now
7/9/2019
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Alasdair Macleod, Shawn Khunkhun and Michael Oliver return. The financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. Listen Now
7/2/2019
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David McAlvany, John Tumazos and Michael Oliver return. McAlvany wealth management’s view of a weaker dollar is in sync with Michael’s view of both the dollar and gold. Listen Now
6/25/2019
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John Rubino and Michael Oliver Return. Hubert Parent-Bouchard of Radisson Mining Resources appears for the first time. European Central Bank ECB President Mario Draghi has been forcing the dollar higher by his “all it takes” strategy to generate European growth. But that policy has ramped up currency wars by giving the Euro zone an advantage in international trade. Listen Now
6/18/2019
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Ronald Peter Stöferle, Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return. Peter and his colleague have published the annual “In Gold We Trust” report. It suggests that a world awash in debt is sitting on the edge of a disastrous financial abyss. Listen Now
6/11/2019
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Economist John Williams, Gene Epstein and Michael Oliver return. John has believes the U.S. is destined for a Weimar Republic like hyper inflation. Listen Now
6/4/2019
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Richard Maybury, Ivan Bebec and Michael Oliver return. Following the 2008-09 financial crisis, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke began to implement the Modern Monetary Theory MMT resulting in zero and negative interest rates. Listen Now
5/28/2019
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Dan Oliver, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return as guests. The dollar system was founded at Bretton Woods and rests on three pillars: American military supremacy, American financial hegemony, and American economic prowess. Listen Now
5/21/2019
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Keith Weiner, Peter Tallman and Michael Oliver return. Keith says interest rates are inevitably heading lower. Otherwise interest expense will quickly spiral out of control. Listen Now
5/14/2019
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Peter Grosskopf, CEO of Sprott Inc. visits for the first time. Gwen Preston and Michael Oliver return. Listen Now
5/7/2019
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Christopher Blasi and Michael Oliver return. Shawn Kunkhun visits for the first time. Chris’ NeptuneGlobal provides an easy way to buy, sell and or invest in a diverse basket of precious metals. Listen Now
4/30/2019
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David McAlvany, Chen Lin and Michael Oliver are this week’s guests. Poor souls who become addicted to drugs or alcohol most often find the immediate pain of withdrawal far too great to discontinue their pathological behavior. Listen Now
4/23/2019
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Jeff Deist, Eric Coffin and Michael Oliver return. Many billionaires—Ray Dalio, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates among them— like to call for higher taxes on people such as themselves. Listen Now
4/16/2019
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Danielle DiMartino Booth, Ivan Bebek and Michael Oliver return. Monetary counterfeiting is theft. But by way of force, central bankers do the same thing legally to the detriment of workers who produce goods and services in earning spending power. Listen Now
4/9/2019
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Alasdair Macleod, Peter Tallman and Michael Oliver return. The global economic outlook is deteriorating. Government borrowing in the deficit countries will therefore escalate. Listen Now
4/2/2019
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John Rubino, John Anderson and Michael Oliver return. J. Powell’s pivot from QT gave Wall Street crybabies the candy they screamed for as equities peered over the abyss in late 2018 into the next stock market crash. Listen Now
3/26/2019
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Andrew Maguire, Chris Taylor and Michael Oliver return. FOX Business, Bloomberg and CNBC haven’t mentioned a huge change in the accounting of gold for banks by the end of this month but it’s a very big deal! Gold will become a Tier 1 asset valued at 100 percent for banks. Listen Now
3/19/2019
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Dr. Benjamin Wiker visits for the first time. Michael Oliver and Bob Moriarty return. The U.S. Constitution prohibits the U.S. Government from establishing or funding a religion, but Dr. Wiker explains why that is exactly what the U.S. government does when it funds all manner of liberal policies of the political left in America. Listen Now
3/12/2019
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Danielle DiMartino Booth, Michael Oliver and Robert Moriarty return. Danielle who always provides insightful commentary regarding the Federal Reserve and its monetary policy, especially during times when the Fed decisions and announcements are made... Listen Now
3/5/2019
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Alasdair Macleod and Michael Oliver Return. Bill Pincus appears for the first time. Alasdair says that a return to a gold standard is the only way nations can contain the interest cost of servicing debt. Listen Now
2/26/2019
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Dr. Quinton Hennigh, Chris Taylor and Michael Oliver return. Two of the most exciting new gold discoveries to come along in years if not decades will be discussed. Listen Now