Explore every episode of the podcast But This Time It's Different
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freight As An Emerging Market: The New World Disorder | 14 mai 2025 | 00:24:07 | |
In this episode, Sinead and Alex unpack the global shipping crisis, and discover that it is not just a logistics problem, it’s a financial thriller. From drones in the Red Sea to climate chokepoints in Panama, freight has stopped behaving like infrastructure and started acting like an emerging market. With skyrocketing insurance premiums, hedge funds trading shipping routes like oil futures, and global supply chains rerouting in real time, the ocean has become a risk asset. Freight is no longer in the background; it’s the front line of globalization. | |||
| Nuclear Tensions: The India-Pakistan Standoff | 07 mai 2025 | 00:24:00 | |
India and Pakistan are edging closer to the brink- and Sinead and Alex are digging into what happens when two nuclear powers share a border, a grudge, and a broken supply chain. They unpack the strategic calculus on both sides, from asymmetric doctrine to first-strike ambiguity, and reveal just how fragile the machinery of modern war really is. Spoiler: it runs on French jet parts, Chinese missile tubes, and one factory in Tennessee. They also explore what a South Asian conflict would mean for the rest of us — from global ammunition shortages to choked semiconductor routes and a worldwide defense scramble. Because in 2025, wars aren’t just fought; they’re supplied. | |||
| Are We In A Recession? When Mood Moves Money | 07 mai 2025 | 00:29:33 | |
Are we in a recession… or just having a collective economic identity crisis? In this episode, Sinead and Alex ditch the GDP charts and dive into the weird, wonderful world of vibes-based economics. From the Tupperware Recession and recession bangs to the OnlyFans Index and frozen pizza spikes, they unpack how real people are navigating financial chaos- one boxed lunch and impulse candle at a time. They also explore Reddit’s rise as the new personal finance advisor, why shrinkflation is personal, and what it means when luxury looks like bath bombs and beans on toast. Because when the data’s confusing, the behavior speaks loudest. | |||
| De-Dollarization: Is the Dollar Losing Its Grip? | 07 mai 2025 | 00:39:31 | |
This week, Alex and Sinead take on one of the juiciest questions in global finance: Is the dollar finally losing its crown? They dive into the drama of de-dollarization: from BRICS chest-thumping to gold hoarding, globalized yuan dreams, and why trust in a currency is more about vibes than spreadsheets. It’s geopolitics, power, and petrodollars, with a side of conspiracy, commodities, and currency wars. Because in a multipolar world, whose money do you actually trust? | |||