186 – Matthew Pines: Cyber, Bitcoin, and Aliens

  Jacob Shapiro: Hello, listeners, and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. Rejoining us on the podcast is one of my favorite guests Matthew Pines. He is the director of security advisory at Sentinel […]

185 – Why We Still Like Japan & Other Contrarian Takes

Weekly Update 84_mixdown Jacob Shapiro: Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. There is no micro geopolitics segment this week because for once I’m in my home office in New Orleans fighting […]

184 – Kevin Evans: The Largest Invisible Thing in the World

Guest Intrview Kevin_mixdown Jacob Shapiro: Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. Joining me on the podcast today is Kevin Evans. He’s the Indonesia director at the Australia Indonesia center. Like so […]

183 – What is a Doji (and Why Should I Care?)

This transcript was automatically generated by Descript. Jacob Shapiro: Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host, I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. I’m coming to you from Wisconsin, Dallas, Wisconsin. I am giving a speech here at the […]

182 – Gary Saul Morson: Russian Exceptionalism

  Jacob Shapiro: Hello, listeners, and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. Joining me on the podcast is Professor Gary Saul Morsin. He is a professor of the arts and humanities and of Slavic […]

181 – What if Trump Wins?

Jacob Shapiro: I don’t know if you’ve prepared microgeopolitics, but for my favorite new segment, I’m doing a little microgeopolitics. Maybe you could find some similarities or something you want to tell us about where you are in Brittany. But I am in. Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It is a suburb of Minneapolis. Eden Prairie itself […]

182 – Gary Saul Morson: Russian Exceptionalism

  Jacob Shapiro: Hello, listeners, and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. Joining me on the podcast is Professor Gary Saul Morsin. He is a professor of the arts and humanities and of Slavic […]

180 – Matt Gertken explains the Chinese economy and Taiwan’s future | E180

  Jacob Shapiro: Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of cognitive dissonance as usual. I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. I was really excited to have Matt Gerken join us on the podcast. Matt is chief strategist of geopolitical strategy and U. […]

179 – Pleasant Prairies and A Middle East Update

Transcript generated by Descript Hello, listeners. Welcome to another episode of cognitive dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis, cognitive investments. Rob and I are back at it for a weekly chat. I’m coming to you live from the double tree Hilton in Pleasant […]

178 – What’s in a name? (North Korea edition)

Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of Cognitive Dissidence. As usual, I’m your host. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I’m a partner and the director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments. Joining me on the podcast is Roger Baker. He is the executive director at the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics. He also works at RAINN. […]