Ructions | Not far from meltdown

On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss COP 28, the upcoming Iowa Republican caucus, Biden's atrocious polling numbers, the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) is in talks about whether to scrap the 2024 Tory conference (or thin it to a day), the Conservative Paty's horrendous general election outlook, King Charles, the out and about sovereign, what's happening in South America with a new president in Argentina and a potential war between Venezuela + Guyana, plus what they are reading and watching.

Timestamps:

0:50 | COP 28

4:34 | Iowa Republican caucus on January 15, 2024 + Biden's atrocious polling numbers

10:49 | CCHQ is in talks about whether to scrap the 2024 Tory conference (or thin it to a day) + Conservative Paty's horrendous general election outlook

18:30 | King Charles, the out-and-about sovereign

24:30 | What's happening in South America with a new president in Argentina + a potential war between Venezuela + Guyana

39: 40 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor

Financial Speculation: Trading Financial Biases and Behaviour by Gerald Ashley

Napoleon (2023)

You Hurt My Feelings (2023)

The Experience Economy by B. Joseph Pine II + James H. Gilmore

Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 1; A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Great Business by Ari Weinzweig

Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map by Rick Ridgeway

Ructions | There is Something in the Water

On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss the high level of angst in the world, Nvidia releasing new AI chips for China, how multinational CEOs aren't driving the global agenda, the crush of inflation, watching the money supply, Germany's underperforming economy, we have so much debt, remembering Japan in the 80s, the amount of cash corporates are sitting on, Sweden's 'worst security crisis since 1945,' a new poll finds Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five battleground states before 2024 election, plus what they are reading and watching.

Timestamps:

3:00 | There is a lot of angst in the world and how it is interlinked

10:22 | Nvidia releases new AI chips for China

13:00 | How multinational CEOs aren't driving the global agenda

15:00 | The crush of inflation + Watching the money supply

19:45 | Germany's underperforming economy

23:35 | Why do we have so much debt + Is it different this time?

26:35 | Remembering Japan in the 80s + The amount of cash corporates are sitting on

28:52 | Sweden’s ‘worst security crisis since 1945’

34:10 | New poll finds Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five battleground states before 2024 election

36:10 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

Master Chef UK (BBC)

The Kitchen play by Arnold Wesker

Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris + Elliot Aronson

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

Warren Miller’s All Time ski film (2023)

Ructions | An Atomized World

On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss disinformation, fauxtography, BBC Verify, today's communications environment, combat in the Middle East, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in DC, Ukraine update, Hamas officials visiting Moscow, preventing availability bias in one's thinking, regulating AI, the UK Artificial Intelligence summit @ Bletchley Park, White House executive order on AI, plus what they are reading and watching.

Timestamps:

1:43 | Disinformation + Fauxtography + BBC Verify

14:00 | Today's communications environment

15:40 | Combat in the Middle East + Wang Yi in Washington, DC

23:35 | Ukraine update + Hamas officials visiting Moscow

26:00 | Is this all a run-up to something bigger?

27:45 | Preventing availability bias in one's thinking

31:46 | Regulating AI + UK Artificial Intelligence summit @ Bletchley Park

41:34 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

Band of Brothers (TV Mini-Series 2001)

Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution by Giles Milton

The Growth Leader: Strategies to Drive the Top and Bottom Lines Scott K. Edinger

A Man & His Kitchen: Classic Home Cooking and Entertaining with Style at the Wm Brown Farm by Matt Hranek