Shanker Singham is a trade lawyer, competition expert, and one of the UK's most respected economic minds.

In this wide-ranging conversation, we unpack why Britain's economy has become uncompetitive, how regulation has locked out innovation and what needs to change.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Why Economic Policy Matters
00:03:30 – Liberty, Rights & Prosperity
00:07:15 – Regulation Kills Growth
00:10:30 – What GDP Really Measures
00:15:10 – Cronyism vs Real Competition
00:21:00 – Why Government Is Unaccountable
00:25:00 – The Deep State Problem
00:30:00 – How the UK Wasted Brexit
00:35:45 – The Truth About Tariffs
00:41:00 – Trade, Distortions & China
00:45:10 – America's Tariff Strategy Explained
00:52:00 – Why Global Growth Has Slowed
00:58:20 – Education, Economics & Free Markets
01:05:00 – We Don't Teach Liberty
01:10:00 – Language, Truth & Marxism
01:14:00 – Why 'Capitalism' Is a Trap
01:18:30 – Fiat Money vs Voluntary Exchange
01:25:00 – Bitcoin, Inflation & the Fiscal Distortion
01:30:00 – AI, Labor Markets & Collapse
01:36:30 – The Future of Work
01:42:00 – The Philosophy of Prosperity
01:46:30 – Final Thoughts

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Paul M. Sutter is a theoretical cosmologist, astrophysicist and author who takes the biggest questions of existence.

From the origins of the universe to the limits of human understanding. His ability to connect abstract physics with everyday curiosity turns complex science into something emotional, philosophical and unforgettable.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:00 – What Is the Universe?
00:08:40 – Observable vs True Size
00:12:00 – The Shape of Reality
00:16:00 – The Cosmic Web
00:21:30 – Dark Matter & Evidence
00:40:00 – What Is a Particle?
00:44:00 – Quantum Fields & Reality
00:46:00 – Why Does It All Work?
00:57:00 – Are We Alone?
01:02:00 – The Goldilocks Problem
01:08:00 – The Wow Signal
01:15:00 – Biosignatures & James Webb
01:20:00 – Life Beyond Earth
01:28:00 – Getting to Mars
01:36:00 – Why Mars Is So Hard
01:48:00 – Is The Money Worth It?
01:53:00 – Alien Theories & Avi Loeb
01:58:00 – Comets vs Asteroids
02:01:00 – Science as Human Meaning
02:04:00 – Final Thoughts

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Ewen Stewart is one of the UK's sharpest economic thinkers.

In this conversation, we unpack what's gone wrong, from bloated welfare and debt-fuelled decline to brain drain, overregulation, collapsing growth and the cultural death spiral hollowing out the UK.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:05:00 – Growth Collapse Since 2008
00:07:17 – Austerity Was a Myth
00:10:00 – Quangos, Control & Chaos
00:17:58 – Brain Drain & Stagnation
00:20:39 – The Rich Are Leaving
00:23:01 – Lessons From Ireland
00:25:51 – Britain's Last Assets
00:27:15 – What Killed Entrepreneurship
00:30:54 – Can We Cut the State?
00:33:30 – BBC, Civil Service & Pushback
00:35:48 – Reform Needs a Plan
00:38:40 – Spending Cuts & Tax Strategy
00:41:00 – Employment Law Is Killing Jobs
00:50:12 – Sound Money & Tax Cuts
00:52:55 – Energy Prices Are Killing Industry
00:56:25 – The Civil Service Is Unaccountable
01:10:30 – Culture, Decay & the Death Spiral
01:13:00 – What Sound Money Really Means
01:16:30 – Why Keynesianism Dominates Everything
01:21:00 – Why We Need a Counter-Revolution
01:26:00 – Hope, Talent & the 11th Hour
01:29:40 – Britain's Economic Identity Crisis
01:38:30 – Why No One Wants Growth
01:42:00 – Final Thoughts

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