Although it has some of the largest proven black gold reserves in the world, Venezuela is swamped with chaos across the country, with millions suffering from shortages of everything from food to medicine. How did this come to be? The intellectuals take a stab at explaining the causes and events that led to such a systemic failure of governance.

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Episode 26: Venezuela

In this episode we delve below the sea to explore the political and economic significance of having your landmass not immediately slope down into the ocean floor.......

Episode 25: Maritime Borders and the Extended Continental Shelf

The important information is in the podcast, its barely one and a half minutes, i am sure you will find time to listen :)

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Long overdue, this episode is the intellectual's take on the recent events in the USA, which resulted in protests not only in the country but around th world

Episode 24: Racism in America

Covid-19 has had drastic immediate impact across the globe, and yet its most significant or long lasting effects are yet to be fully experienced.........

Episode 23: Legacy of the Coronavirus

The Intellectuals get into the nitty-gritty of coronavirus, negative oil, murder hornets and the recent fires in Chernobyl. If audio quality is off we do apologize, due to social distancing regualtions we has to do this over the internet.

Episode 22: Extracts from an Intellectual's Mind Palace (III)/COVID-19

Following a forward from Gabriel, the intellectuals dive into coronavirus as it was when this episode was finished, as well as maritime disasters and the election. Another fascinating listen.

Episode 21: Extracts from an Intellectual's Mind Palace (II) - ft. Tom D

The intellectuals enlist new guest Tom Davidson to give us an overview of South China Sea situation to present. Riveting.

Episode 20: China UNPACKED - South China Sea ft. Tom D

Episode 3 of the miniseries. Sorry for Gabriel's microphone being quiet, fixed it for the next one.

Episode 19: China UNPACKED - Social Credit System

The intellectuals look at China's Belt and Road Initiative as part of the China Miniseries.

Episode 18: China UNPACKED - One Belt, One Road

The debuting episode for our new miniseries,  " China UNPACKED". The intellectuals delve into the behind the scenes of what is really going on with the significant amount of investments China is making, and why.

Episode 17: China UNPACKED - Investments in Africa

A new episode in which we go into more bite size topics and use a few audio clips along the way - thanks Mish for those.

Episode 16: Extracts from an Intellectual's Mind Palace (I)

Part 2 on the Freedom Ship - Intellectuals tackle the engineering and give some fun opinions towards the end.

Episode 15: Freedom Ship - The Future or a Sunk Idea (PART 2)

Part 1 of a two part series on one of the most ambitious engineering feats in history.

Episode 14: Freedom Ship - The Future or a Sunk Idea (PART 1)

Today we bring in special guest Frankie "Donk" Evers to present to us about the issues with large scale companies as well as how big companies stay big. This episode also provides a more in depth look some potential benefits of these conglomerate businesses, and delves into some interesting parts of stock market valuation.

Episode 13: Corporations ft. Frankie

Three avid podcasters just tackling the big issues of the world today.

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