Ructions | There is Something in the Water

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. Ructions with Ross + Ashley | Episode 16 | Recorded December 8, 2023 Caracal presents Ructions, a rundown of the global stories making headlines and insights on geopolitics. Plus, what Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley 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 ******** For more information on Gerald, check out: http://www.geraldashley.com/ https://twitter.com/Gerald_Ashley For more information on Marc, check out: https://www.caracal.global/marc-a-ross https://twitter.com/marcaross https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcaross For information on Caracal, check out: https://www.caracal.global #COP28 #IowaRepublicanCaucus #CCHQ #ConservativeParty #KingCharles #SouthAmerica #Argentina #Venezuela #Guyana #RuctionswithRossAshley #MarcRoss #GeraldAshley #Ructions #Podcast #Business #Investing #Politics #Geopolitics #Communications #RaiItalia ******** Caracal presents Ructions with Ross + Ashley. Geopolitics is disrupting every business and industry. Caracal is here to help. Clients are senior executives responsible for geopolitics, corporate affairs, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and communications who rely on Caracal for help navigating today's interconnected business environment with intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education. Always Be Communicating. More @ https://www.caracal.global ********

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. Ructions with Ross + Ashley | Episode 15 | Recorded November 10, 2023 Caracal presents Ructions, a rundown of the global stories making headlines and insights on geopolitics. Plus, what Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley 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 amout 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) ******** For more information on Gerald, check out: http://www.geraldashley.com/ https://twitter.com/Gerald_Ashley For more information on Marc, check out: https://www.caracal.global/marc-a-ross https://twitter.com/marcaross https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcaross For information on Caracal, check out: https://www.caracal.global #MiddleEast #Ukraine #Baltics #Sudan #XiJinping #JoeBiden #VladimirPutin #Nvidia #AI #China #JanetYellen #HeLifeng #CEOs #Inflation #MoneySupply #Bidenomics #BusinessInvestment #Germany #Debt #Japan #Sweden #HenrikLanderholm #HybridWarfare #Disinformation #Fundamentalists #DonaldTrump #Election2024 #RuctionswithRossAshley #MarcRoss #GeraldAshley #Ructions #Podcast #Business #Investing #Politics #Geopolitics #Communications #RaiItalia ******** Caracal presents Ructions with Ross + Ashley. Geopolitics is disrupting every business and industry. Caracal is here to help. Clients are senior executives responsible for geopolitics, corporate affairs, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and communications who rely on Caracal for help navigating today's interconnected business environment with intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education. Always Be Communicating. More @ https://www.caracal.global ********

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. Ructions with Ross + Ashley | Episode 14 | Recorded October 27, 2023 Caracal presents Ructions, a rundown of the global stories making headlines and insights on geopolitics. Plus, what Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley 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 ******** For more information on Gerald, check out: http://www.geraldashley.com/ https://twitter.com/Gerald_Ashley For more information on Marc, check out: https://www.caracal.global/marc-a-ross https://twitter.com/marcaross https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcaross For information on Caracal, check out: https://www.caracal.global #Disinformation #Fauxtography #BBCVerify #AI #Communications #MiddleEast #WangYi #Ukraine #JamesMadison #Factions #Federalist10 #Hamas #AvailabilityBias #SlowNews #CocaCola #UKArtificialIntelligenceSummit #BletchleyPark #MachineLearning #RishiSunak #UniversalPostalUnion #2001ASpaceOdyssey #RuctionswithRossAshley #MarcRoss #GeraldAshley #Ructions #Podcast #Business #Investing #Politics #Geopolitics #Communications #RaiItalia ******** Caracal presents Ructions with Ross + Ashley. Geopolitics is disrupting every business and industry. Caracal is here to help. Clients are senior executives responsible for geopolitics, corporate affairs, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and communications who rely on Caracal for help navigating today's interconnected business environment with intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education. Always Be Communicating. More @ https://www.caracal.global ********

Ructions | It's All Happening

On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss a Middle East intelligence failure, an overreliance on technology for security, asymmetric warfare, the end of Pax Americana, UK + US politics not tackling the big issues, global energy policies, ExxonMobil buys Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion, plus what they are reading and watching. Ructions with Ross + Ashley | Episode 13 | Recorded October 13, 2023 Caracal presents Ructions, a rundown of the global stories making headlines and insights on geopolitics. Plus, what Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley are reading and watching. Timestamps: 1:25 | Middle East intelligence failure + overreliance on technology for security 17:40 | The end of Pax Americana? 24:10 | UK + US politics not tackling the big issues 37:07 | Global energy policies + ExxonMobil buys Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion 45:58 | Reading + Watching Reading + Watching List: Diaries by Alan Clark 6 Days on Netflix Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers by Simon Winchester Beckham on Netflix You can catch the discussion and show notes here: https://www.caracal.global/itk-radio/ructions-with-ross-ashley-hub-october-13-2023 ******** For more information on Gerald, check out: http://www.geraldashley.com/ https://twitter.com/Gerald_Ashley For more information on Marc, check out: https://www.caracal.global/marc-a-ross https://twitter.com/marcaross https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcaross For information on Caracal, check out: https://www.caracal.global #MiddleEast #IntelligenceFailure #TechnologySecurity #AsymmetricWarfare #PaxAmericana #TimMarshall #UKPolitics #USPolitics #Swingometer #TonyBlair #Energy #ExxonMobil #PioneerNaturalResources #Shale #Hydrogen #FossilFuels #Plastic #Fertilizer #AlanClark #6Days #SimonWinchester #Beckham #RugbyWorldCup #RuctionswithRossAshley #MarcRoss #GeraldAshley #Ructions #Podcast #Business #Investing #Politics #Geopolitics #Communications #RaiItalia ******** Caracal presents Ructions with Ross + Ashley. Geopolitics is disrupting every business and industry. Caracal is here to help. Clients are senior executives responsible for geopolitics, corporate affairs, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and communications who rely on Caracal for help navigating today's interconnected business environment with intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education. Always Be Communicating. More @ https://www.caracal.global ********

Ructions | Tomorrow's World

On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss hydrogen as a fuel source, the United Auto Workers and the world's first EV strike, the promise and peril of new technology, the India-Canada diplomatic spat and state-sponsred assinations, plus what they are reading and watching. Ructions with Ross + Ashley | Episode 12 | Recorded September 28, 2023 Caracal presents Ructions, a rundown of the global stories making headlines and insights on geopolitics. Plus, what Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley are reading and watching. Timestamps: 1:54 | Hydrogen, the fuel of the future? 14:45 | The UAW and the world's first EV strike + The promise and peril of new technology 27:48 | The India-Canada diplomatic spat + State-sponsered assinations 34:40 | Reading + Watching Reading + Watching List: Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises by Charles P. Kindleberger + Robert Aliber The Rolling Stones - Angry (Official Music Video) Charlie Brown's Christmas Miracle: The Inspiring, Untold Story of the Making of a Holiday Classic by Michael Keane The Secret World of Sandwiches on BBC ******** For more information on Gerald, check out: http://www.geraldashley.com/ https://twitter.com/Gerald_Ashley For more information on Marc, check out: https://www.caracal.global/marc-a-ross https://twitter.com/marcaross https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcaross For information on Caracal, check out: https://www.caracal.global #Hydrogen #Toyota #Nissan #EV #AI #ML #Telsa #UAW #Ford #GM #Stellantis #India #Canada #RollingStones #MickJagger #RuctionswithRossAshley #MarcRoss #GeraldAshley #Ructions #Podcast #Business #Investing #Politics #Geopolitics #Communications #RaiItalia ******** Caracal presents Ructions with Ross + Ashley. Geopolitics is disrupting every business and industry. Caracal is here to help. Clients are senior executives responsible for geopolitics, corporate affairs, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and communications who rely on Caracal for help navigating today's interconnected business environment with intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education. Always Be Communicating. More @ https://www.caracal.global ********