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What gives crypto currency its current value ? Stephen Gould is an Oxford-educated finance teacher and a risk management consultant. So, we threw the crypto questions on to his lap. Does any crypto currency have an inherent value? What makes it go up in value and sell for a particular price? And what about blockchains as an inflation- fighter? Stephen weighs in and his answers will surprise you!

Shakeena is a love and happiness consultant whose journey involved from "doing dirt" to finding peace! Join us as she discusses the first step for changing your mind, and changing your reality!

It was a new experience for many couples, sheltering- in-place and seeing each other , night- and- day without fail. How did everyone get through it, or did they? And what pearls of wisdom can be gleaned from this?

Emery Coppola Jr. PhD is a water expert, a hydrologist. He deals with environmental contamination in waterways and the "clean up@ involved. Can you drink the water anytime sooner than 10,000 years, if Russian President Vladimir Putin acts on his nuclear threat? And, what's going on inside his head, anyway? Dr. Coppola actually crossed paths with people who know Putin intimately. Is the Russian President off-the-rails or sharper, and more deadly than ever? Dr. Emery A. Coppola Jr., is the President of NOAH, a firm that uses advanced data analytics for water management. He has a Ph.D. in Hydrology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Coppola has consulted both in the U.S., and internationally, on water resources projects, including in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Australia. Dr. Coppola's articles http://www.noahlc.com/about-noah.html https://wrrc.arizona.edu/events/brown-bag/abbreviated-history-and-overview-ai-example-applications-hydrology https://techparks.arizona.edu/tucson-startup-focused-artificial-intelligence-ai-water-managment-project-helps-sustain-european

Saturo Nagao, PhD of the Hudson Institute discusses the very possible scenario that China uses the distraction of the Russia Ukraine invasion to attack Taiwan? US is already providing help to NATO? Would we stand down and allow it to occur? Who are our allies in the Indo-Pacific? Dr. Nagao discusses the QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) comprised of US, Japan, Australia and India and possibly Israel and the UAE. The QUAD is designed as a peace-keeping, multi-national force in the Indo-Pacific theatre. QUAD may be the best hope in an ever-changing, geo-political world to answer the challenge of likely China aggression after the Ukraine invasion !

Harry Yeh Managing Partner and Founder of Fintech says crypto currencies are here to stay; the only question for investors is how to explore it. Yeh distinguishes risk stocks from Cryptos and discusses the future of the Defi market.

Rep. Mondaire Jones (D. NY) of New York's 17th District spoke out openly against the US Supreme Court in 2021, in opposition to their perceived hostility toward federal voting rights protections. Jones talks about GOP opposition to the 2021 version of the Voting Rights Act, and how, in his opinion, "White Nationalists" used the Senate's filibuster rule to prevent the Act from being passed into law. Congressman Jones takes issue with the Supreme Court on other issues , such as their striking a federal OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate. And he raises the likelihood that SCOTUS will change reproductive health law, and overturn the Roe v. Wade decision issued in the 1970s. Jones advocates for Supreme Court expansion in hopes of balancing a 6-3 conservative leaning court. He has cosponsored a bill aimed at increasing the court from 9 to 13 justices. Join us for this candid discussion with Congressman Mondaire Jones!

Bitcoin --and other crypto currencies are suffering from growing pains. Pump-and-dump schemes and wild price fluctuations threaten the appeal, indeed the perpetuity, of block chain currencies. And the inability to separate the crypto world from the influence of NASDAQ and interest rate moves has some pundits declaring that this is just another variation of NASDAQ tech stocks. But Todd White, founder of the American Blockchain PAC says "no," and insists that crypto currencies are a viable alternative to government-issued currency. And that they offer investment opportunities heretofore unseen. Moreover, that they're here to stay. Join us in the first part of a talk about the current state of crypto currencies, and where Mr. White, and others, endeavor to see them go. Todd White Is the Founder of the American Blockchain PAC. As managing partner of Rulon & White Governance Strategies, in Washington, White created the first independent digital currency and blockchain government affairs firm in the US. In addition, he has spoken internationally on issues regarding regulation of digital assets, including CNBC’s Crypto Trader. To visit the website for his pac, visit blockchainpac.org

Crypto currency was intended to be an inflationary hedge but as the news of a 40 year high in the consumer-price-index and rising interest/rates set in Friday February 10, stocks and crypto currencies tumbled in value. Financial advisor Dagan LaCorte of Rockland County, New York weighs in on crypto currencies: How block chain currencies, especially Bitcoin, behave a lot more like stocks than as currencies.

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Featuring Dr. Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell as he discusses the Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue, comprised of the US, India, Japan and Australia. Dr. Gunasekara-Rockwell (pictured), is the Editor in Chief of the Indo Pacific Journal and Director, Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers. Dr. Gunasekara-Rockwell says it's imperative that the alliance begin to take greater concrete steps to assert its leadership position in the Indo-Pacific and to utilize the vast assets and potential political good will at its disposal, Thepipeline.callcast.co EPISODE 110. QUAD originally emerged as a multi-national Tsunami relief effort in 2004, and with the success of the response, evolved into a security-economic alliance took with its current name and member-partners in 2007. The original QUAD was shelved in 2008. But "Quad 2.0" as Doctor Gunasekara-Rockwell calls it, sprang back as a newer, more energized version of itself at the instance of the Trump administration and the Japanese government in 2019. QUAD's "mission-purpose" involves promoting peace, stability and economic growth in the Indo-Pacific region. In addition to its joint Navy-military drills, it promotes alternate debt financing programs for ASEAN member nations in lieu of the predatory lending that China has engaged in. And in an era of Chinese aggression, and a nuclear-emergent North Korea, the need for a strategic military alliance in the region has never been so great. Related links to The Indo- Pacific Journal, the Consortium, Indo- Pacific Researchers and Dr. Gunesakara-Rockwell: Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/ Indo-Pacific Affairs podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indo-pacific-affairs-podcast/id1567106058 Twitter: @Journal_INDOPAC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndoPacificAffairs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/indo-pacific-affairs/ Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers: https://indo-pacificresearchers.org/ Vanguard: Indo-Pacific podcast: https://anchor.fm/vanguard-indo-pacific Twitter: @ConsortiumIndo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndoPacificResearchers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/indo-pacific-researchers/

Saturo Nagao, PhD of the Hudson Institute discusses the security alliance that the US has with Japan, India and Australia in the Indo-Pacific region. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD") consists of the US, India, Japan and Australia. It maintains economic and military stability in the indo-pacific region and may be the US and Western Europe's best way to address China's economic and military aggression, as well as the specter of North Korea's burgeoning missile capabilities.

With talks between Russia and US getting little done regarding Ukraine, and with 100,000 Russian troops massed on Ukraine's border, a Russian incursion appears inevitable. Ukraine and Russian scholar Lena Surzhko- Harned, Ph.D of Penn State Behrend discusses the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the "whys" of the situation, possible diplomatic solutions and what her prognosis is for the ongoing situation.

Four missile tests in eleven days, the latest coming on Sunday, January 16, and it is no longer doubted that North Korea has a hypersonic missile and that it isn't backing down. What policy should the U.S. now pursue and how do these developments alter U.S. responses to North Korea-South Korea conflicts? Featuring CBS Foreign Correspondent Charley D'Agata, Jeffrey Lewis of the Northeast Asia Nonproliferation Program at Middlebury Institute and Andrew Salmon, Northeast Asia Editor for the Asian Times.

Talks went nowhere amongst NATO, Russia, U.S. and a Western European coalition regarding a de -escalation of a 100,000 Russian troop buildup on Ukraine's border. And fears are that Russia isn't backing down. What would a war over Ukraine joining NATO look like, and when could it happen? Featuring Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Sen. Roger Wicker (R. Tenn), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D. HI) and Rep. Mike Turner (R. OH).

With 175,000 Russian troops poised to invade Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin seeks security guarantees from the west, essentially depriving Ukraine of the right to join NATO and other measures aimed at protecting Russia's border. But the concessions he demands are too great in the eyes of NATO, the U.S. and Western European allies. Will it come down to Russia invading Ukraine to "reclaim" a former Soviet Union republic like it did with Crimea in 2014, or can a peaceful solution be reached? U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses the possibility of a diplomatic solution, while also staying wary of Russia's foreign policy record.

What's causing inflation, high gas prices, supply chain breakdowns and inflation and are the inter - related? How do we fix them if they're broken? Featuring former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Gas and oil price guru Patrick Dahaan, Washington Post Economic Correspondent David Lynch , Real Estate Developer Hesssm Nadji, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, Energy Policy and Pricing Scholar Richard Newell, Hain-Celestial CEO Marc Schiller, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, and the President of the United States Joe Biden.

Dr. Amesh Adalja of John's Hopkins says COVID IHU variant also known as 640 has been on the radar for months, with limited infections. However it is worth watching since it is yet another variant besides delta, omicron and others and evidences the mutability of the virus.

Dr. Amesh Adalja a physician specializing in infectious disease and a senior scholar at the John's Hopkins Center for HealthSecurity , discusses the COVID l9 pandemic and the state of the health field's efforts to arrest it. Dr. Adalja weighs in on the Omicron variant, the success of COVID vaccination programs, and other treatment options beyond the vaccine. Finally Adalja opines that a universal Coronavirus vaccine for ALL strains is not just a dream but a realizable reality.

Sixteen Western Euro allies condemning West African nation Mali for engaging the Russian Private military company of soldiers -for- hire , the Wagner Group. Mali hired Wagner to help them defend against Jihadist insurgents. The nations protesting this move include France, Germany, UK and Canada. Who is the Wagner Group, why is Russia using mercenaries, and is there more to this story than meets the eye? Featuring Phillip Turley International Affairs Editor for France 24 network and Political Science Professor and author Kim Martin.