We welcome Daniel Wagner back to the show, this time to discuss his latest and insightful book The America-China Divide: The Race to Control the World. The book is an important follow-on to China Vision, which was published last year and on which he joined the podcast. The America-China Divide describes how China has benefited from…
Ep. 124: Daniel Wagner – The America-China Divide
We welcome Daniel Wagner back to the show, this time to discuss his latest and insightful book The America-China Divide: The Race to Control the World. The book is an important follow-on to China Vision, which was published last year and on which he joined the podcast. The America-China Divide describes how China has benefited from…
Ep. 123: The “Best of” 2019 Part Two of Two
This is Part Two of our annual “best of” the year episode for 2019. We have clips from: Episode 111 – Alastair Humphreys Episode 114 – Tikiri Herath Episode 110 – Nancy Roberts Episode 104 – Ed Dowding Episode 118 – StJohn Deakins Episode 105 – Sam Wilkin Episode 102 – Daniel Wagner Episode 117…
Ep. 122 – The “Best of” 2019, Part One
This is Part One of our annual “best of” the year episode for 2019. We have clips from: Ep. 100 – Hilary Gallo Ep. 101 – Luke Tyburski Ep. 112 – Nicole Davis Ep. 103 – Nadia Finer Ep. 115 – Christian Hunt Ep. 109 – Alex Hutchinson Ep. 107 – Anna Glover and Bryan…
Ep. 121: Lloyd Figgins – A Row Across the Atlantic Ocean
After doing 120+ episodes of All Things Risk, it’s hard not to have some episodes that completely embody the ethos of the show – to embrace uncertainty. This is one of those episodes. My guest is adventurer, travel risk expert, author and speaker Lloyd Figgins. In 2012, Lloyd and his friend David Whiddon rowed 3,000…
Ep. 120: Allison Schrager – Risk in Brothels, Big Wave Surfing, the Paparazzi and more
What can we learn about risk from how services are priced at legal brothels? What does systemic risk have to do with the paparazzi? How are big wave surfers a bit like actuaries? What does fraud tell about how people mis-calculate probabilities? Meet Allison Schrager, author of An Economist Walks Into a Brothel. Allison is…
