Black Box - English version
by Guido Brera - Chora Media
Latest episode
Ep.45 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-lago accord
Ep.45 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-lago accord
About this podcast
The world of finance is complicated. Governed by complex ebbs and flows, and arcane algorithms. Finance is the liquid that we live in, even when we don’t see it. This series talks about the mechanisms behind global finance and finds a way inside its very heart: its black box.
Black Box is sponsored by Docebo.
Guido Brera's English voice has been generated using generative AI technology by Voiseed (www.voiseed.com)
Black Box is a Chora News podcast, produced by Chora Media and sponsored by Docebo.
Written by Guido Brera with I Diavoli.
Text translation by John Vincent.
Editorial supervision by Francesca Milano.
Intro and sound design by Luca Micheli.
Post production and editing by Luca Micheli and Mattia Liciotti.
Sound editing by Emanuele Moscatelli.
Production organization by Alex Peverengo
Episodes
The newest 20 of 45 episodes
- Ep.45 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-lago accord · 12 minThe Mar-a-Lago accord is a hypothetical project that both Trumpian economists and outside observers are following closely. It is bound to be an ambitious new direction for the…
- Ep.44 - Franz Kafka and AI · 11 minThe rise of Artificial Intelligence brings to mind the fear of an apocalypse. In one of these dystopian predictions, thinking machines will take over the giant maze of…
- Ep.43 - When Nav Sarao shook Wall Street · 11 minIt’s 2.42 PM on May 6 2010. Navinder Sarao, a thirty-two year old British Indian and self-taught trader, plunges Wall Street into chaos. In just a few minutes, 750 billion euros…
- Ep.42 - A manifesto for the future of Italy · 13 minThey’re called “inner areas”, they’re the spaces of a deep Italy, which have been kept far away from public debate for too long, without public investment and services, forced to…
- Ep.41 - Drugs and the politics of pain · 15 minWhen we talk about drugs, we also have to talk about economics and urban spaces, about repressive policies and laws. We have to talk about poverty and the lack of prospects…
- Ep.40- Minimum wage and the virus of poverty · 13 minIn the western world, poverty is an epidemic amongst low-wage workers. Introducing, extending and increasing the minimum wage are just some of the ways in which we can face this…
- Ep.39 - This is Europe · 13 minThe ex-president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi delivers his report on European competitiveness, and invites us to change our current course. The European Union is…
- Ep.38 - The army of invisibles · 13 minOn the night of June 14 2017, seventy-two people die in the flames of Grenfell Tower, in North Kensington, London City. 221 feet high, 24 stories tall, housing 120 apartments…
- Ep.37 - Roger Federer and high finance · 14 minIf tennis is a metaphor of life, then it’s also a metaphor of finance – seeing as finance determines every aspect of life itself. There’s a strong connection between the…
- Ep.36 - What separates us from machines · 11 minThere’s something in common between Soviet Lieutenant Stanislav Petrov, American activist Aaron Swartz and the co-founder of OpenAI Ilya Sutskever. In different times and ways…
- Ep.35 - A bitcoin a day / Part two · 14 minSince June 2019, Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez has been the President of the Republic of El Salvador. Bukele hasn’t just freed the country from the throttle of drug gangs, but also…
- Ep.34 - A bitcoin a day / Part one · 11 minLeather jacket, mirror shades, a neatly trimmed beard and slick hair, Nayib Bukele has been the President of the Republic of El Salvador since 2019. Following his election, he’s…
- Ep.33 - J.H. Simons, the mathematician who conquered markets · 10 minThis May 10 we lost James Harris Simons, a legend of high finance, the so-called “King of Quants”, the mathematician who left university and conquered the markets. In 1982, he…
- Ep.32 - The bunker: the dream of the West · 12 minWe live in an age of permanent catastrophes: viruses and wars, nuclear threats and climate crises. If danger is everywhere, then it’s necessary to seek protection in closed up…
- Ep.31 - The American civil war · 11 minTheatres are seeing the release of Civil War, by British director Alex Garland, and in the meanwhile the United States truly seem to be under the influence of irreconcilable…
- Ep.30 - The carnage of Rana Plaza · 13 minOn April 24th 2013, at 8.45. Rana Plaza – an eight-story building which houses several activities including some textile factories, at Savar near Dacca in Bangladesh – collapses…
- Ep.29 - The future of the woods (and our own) · 11 minHumans have being changing the landscape and balance of the Alps for over a century. The ecosystem was compromised after the devastation of the First World War and its…
- Ep.28 - The scourge of the forests · 11 minA catastrophe is befalling the woodlands of Italy; in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It’s scientific name is Ips typographus, but it’s…
- Ep.27 - The United Markets of America · 10 minThe financial indicators right now are wildly optimistic. The bond market especially is looking reliable, still supported by the liquidity injected last year to save regional…
- Ep.26 - Obesity: the ignored epidemic · 11 minObesity is the disease of our modern affluent societies. More than one billion people suffer from it globally, which is double the amount of 1990. According to predictions, by…
