The Grant Williams PodCAST
In 2020, I stoked the fire of my passion for interviewing brilliant people by launching The Grant Williams Podcast. Alongside my own interviews, I added three additional streams, each with a fantastic co-host: The End Game (with Bill Fleckenstein), The Super Terrific Happy Hour (with Stephanie Pomboy), and The Narrative Game (with Dr. Ben Hunt).
The response has been overwhelming. In only 5 months, these interviews have been downloaded over 1 million times, placing this content squarely in the top 0.1% of podcasts offered in the vast marketplace.
PODCAST Series
Recent Episodes
Grant Williams Podcast: Mike Rothman
Returning to the podcast is Mike Rothman of Cornerstone Analytics, a 40 year veteran of the oil markets and a fearless observer of all things energy. In his last appearance, Mike’s no-holds-barred approach to his field of expertise was a big hit with listeners and this week, Mike returns to update his views on the […]
The Grant Williams Podcast: Matt Stoller
Joining me in this episode of The Grant Williams Podcast is Matt Stoller, former Congressional staffer and author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy and the excellent Substack BIG. Matt’s work on the threat posed by monopoly power is exceptional and, in this fascinating conversation we cover the challenges he’s faced […]
The Grant Williams Podcast: Danielle DiMartino Booth
Joining me on this edition of The Grant Williams Podcast is returning guest, Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist at QI Research, LLC in Dallas, TX. Danielle’s knowledge of the inner workings of the Federal Reserve has been invaluable both to her clients and the broader financial community in recent years and her analysis […]
The Grant Williams Podcast: Raymond Baker
Author Raymond Baker joins me to discuss his new book, Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy and the Way to Renew Our Broken System.
Raymond is an American businessman, scholar, author, and authority on financial crime. He is the founder and president of Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy organization in Washington, DC working to curtail illicit financial flows.
After graduating Harvard Business School in 1960, Raymond’s career began in Nigeria where he was afforded a close-up look at how corruption can affect and impede both business and progress. After relocating back to the United States in the mid-1970s, Raymond continued doing business in Africa and Central and South America, gaining first-hand experience of how illicit capital flows were impacting the development of capitalism across the globe.
In 2005, Raymond’s first book, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System explored illicit capital flows, including a full exploration of their context and root causes and their financial impact on the world economy and his latest work updates the story in shocking fashion.
Shifts Happen – Episode Five
Episode Five of Shifts Happen brings into focus the recent ‘quickening’ around the de-dollarization narrative and the impossible-to-ignore elevation in comments from world leaders questioning the logic underpinning their forced adoption of the US dollar in many cross-border trades.
From the numerous bilateral trade agreements being struck that circumvent the dollar to the rising percentage of cross border trade being conducted by China in renminbi, Grant and Luke discuss the crucial difference between the dollar as a reserve currency and its role as a reserve asset – one of which is coming under significant threat, one of which remains rock solid.
The extraordinary level of dogmatism on both sides of the argument comes under the microscope and Luke turns to Lucille Ball for an analogy which provides the perfect illustration of the problem facing the US Treasury.
The End Game Ep 43 – Steve Eisman
Bill and Grant return for a no-holds-barred conversation with the great Steve Eisman of The Eisman Group within Neuberger Berman. Steve is no stranger, thanks both to his exploits during the GFC and the stupendous portrayal OF those exploits by Steve Carell in the movie version of Michael Lewis’ wonderful book, The Big Short.
Steve explains the history of paradigm shifts and tells us why he feels we are at the point of another major change, not only in the investment landscape but also in broader society.
The recent meltdown in the mid-size banking sector comes under the microscope, as do Fed policy, lofty valuations, a likely return to a more familiar investment world, the tech reckoning and the purveyor of a certain set of ETFs focused on ‘exponential growth’ stocks.
Fun for all the family!
Grant Williams Podcast: Mike Rothman
Returning to the podcast is Mike Rothman of Cornerstone Analytics, a 40 year veteran of the oil markets and a fearless observer of all things energy. In his last appearance, Mike’s no-holds-barred approach to his field of expertise was a big hit with listeners and this week, Mike returns to update his views on the […] This content is only available for active subscribers. Subscribe
The Grant Williams Podcast: Matt Stoller
Joining me in this episode of The Grant Williams Podcast is Matt Stoller, former Congressional staffer and author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy and the excellent Substack BIG. Matt’s work on the threat posed by monopoly power is exceptional and, in this fascinating conversation we cover the challenges he’s faced […] This content is only available for active subscribers. Subscribe
The Grant Williams Podcast: Danielle DiMartino Booth
Joining me on this edition of The Grant Williams Podcast is returning guest, Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist at QI Research, LLC in Dallas, TX. Danielle’s knowledge of the inner workings of the Federal Reserve has been invaluable both to her clients and the broader financial community in recent years and her analysis […] This content is only available for active subscribers. Subscribe
The Grant Williams Podcast: Raymond Baker
Author Raymond Baker joins me to discuss his new book, Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy and the Way to Renew Our Broken System.
Raymond is an American businessman, scholar, author, and authority on financial crime. He is the founder and president of Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy organization in Washington, DC working to curtail illicit financial flows.
After graduating Harvard Business School in 1960, Raymond’s career began in Nigeria where he was afforded a close-up look at how corruption can affect and impede both business and progress. After relocating back to the United States in the mid-1970s, Raymond continued doing business in Africa and Central and South America, gaining first-hand experience of how illicit capital flows were impacting the development of capitalism across the globe.
In 2005, Raymond’s first book, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System explored illicit capital flows, including a full exploration of their context and root causes and their financial impact on the world economy and his latest work updates the story in shocking fashion.
Shifts Happen – Episode Five
Episode Five of Shifts Happen brings into focus the recent ‘quickening’ around the de-dollarization narrative and the impossible-to-ignore elevation in comments from world leaders questioning the logic underpinning their forced adoption of the US dollar in many cross-border trades.
From the numerous bilateral trade agreements being struck that circumvent the dollar to the rising percentage of cross border trade being conducted by China in renminbi, Grant and Luke discuss the crucial difference between the dollar as a reserve currency and its role as a reserve asset – one of which is coming under significant threat, one of which remains rock solid.
The extraordinary level of dogmatism on both sides of the argument comes under the microscope and Luke turns to Lucille Ball for an analogy which provides the perfect illustration of the problem facing the US Treasury.
The End Game Ep 43 – Steve Eisman
Bill and Grant return for a no-holds-barred conversation with the great Steve Eisman of The Eisman Group within Neuberger Berman. Steve is no stranger, thanks both to his exploits during the GFC and the stupendous portrayal OF those exploits by Steve Carell in the movie version of Michael Lewis’ wonderful book, The Big Short.
Steve explains the history of paradigm shifts and tells us why he feels we are at the point of another major change, not only in the investment landscape but also in broader society.
The recent meltdown in the mid-size banking sector comes under the microscope, as do Fed policy, lofty valuations, a likely return to a more familiar investment world, the tech reckoning and the purveyor of a certain set of ETFs focused on ‘exponential growth’ stocks.
Fun for all the family!