Brett Christopher, professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University, joins the podcast to discuss his new book "The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet"

Author, Philosopher, and Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo Kohei Saito joins the podcast to discuss the subject degrowth communism.

Tim Edwards, Global Head of Index Investment Strategy at S&P Global, joins the podcast to discuss his recent research article "The Hare and the Tortoise – Assessing Passive’s Potential in Bonds."

Andy Critchlow, S&P Globals Head of EMEA News, joins the podcast to help Nathan get a better grasp on what's happening with Global Oil Markets.

In this episode of the The Essential Podcast, Nathan is join by Atul Arya, Chief Energy Strategist at S&P Global to discuss what Atul had seen recently at The World Economic Forum Meeting in 2024, as well as what Atul is looking forward to as we approach CERAWeek 2024. 

More CERAweek Content:

Atul's New CERAweek Podcast: https://ceraweek.com/podcast/index.html

CERAweek's Website: ceraweek.com

In this episode, financial journalist and co-host of NPR's "Planet Money" Mary Childs joins the podcast to discuss her book "The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All."

With 2023 rapidly coming to a close, we at The Essential Podcast decided to reflect on our favorite lessons of the year. Listen along as we walk down memory lane, reliving pieces of our most insightful conversations this year.

Thomas Ramge, co-author of "On the Brink of Utopia: Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems" joins the podcast to discuss innovation, techno-optimism, and the precipass of a utopian-ish society.

In this episode, we review what past events and circumstances have led us to the recent cryptocurrency news plastering the headlines through the lens of author Zeke Faux's absurdist masterpiece titled "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall." Together with Zeke, we cover a wide range of topics including the FTX fraud, the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, Tether, and the bizare culture within certain crypto communities.

S&P Global's Peter Gardett joins the podcasts to discuss the ongoing race for the wide-scale adaptation of renewable energy sources on a global scale.

Alexandra Dimitrijevic, Global Head of Research & Development at S&P Global Ratings joins the Essential Podcast to talk about conditions in the global credit market and the economic outlook in 2024 for regions around the world.