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Blood & Oil & Bradley Hope
The Story Of Mohammed Bin Salman
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The Story Of MBS… Mohammed Bin Salman
Bradley Hope returns to the podcast.
Bradley Hope #194 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/32cfHLFMQebTEGmDz3qIqK?si=d143fe58b0fb4f0a
Bradley Hope #194 Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/bradley-hope-blood-oil-the-story-of-mohammed-bin-salman/id1540424160?i=1000681834477&l=en-GB
By far the highest production value I’ve ever done. We recorded this together in Bradley’s studio in London. It’s TV quality stuff so refer to youtube for this one.
And the podcast was as much in 90 minutes that we could possibly do around his book, Blood and Oil.
The co-author of which, Justin Scheck has also been a previous guests on this podcast.
Blood and Oil is the story of MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, who is the crown prince and most powerful person in Saudi Arabia, he is as well, the singular vision responsible for most of the good but as well, most of the bad that Saudi Arabia has been responsible for since about 2017.
Some of the things that stand out from this episode that I would encourage you to stay around for include…
the Shiek Down, this brazen transference of power and wealth which MBS oversaw.
Bradley’s take on the supposed sports-washing this region has been all over the news for, specifically here, referring to football and golf.
The US/Saudi relationship
NEOM
And in between all of that a sense for MBS as told through the reporting and journalism of one of the best.
#51 Curious Worldview Spotify (Bradley’s First Appearance) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cHyTyId6UbBrBM1nbDt9q?si=faZKIDlQRGCH8iQW4k2uwQ
#51 Curious Worldview Apple (Bradley’s First Appearance) - https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/51-bradley-hope-billion-dollar-whale-blood-oil-project/id1540424160?i=1000539362238&l=en-GB
Whale Hunting Podcast (Highly Recommend) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whale-hunting/id1718751733
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Now, as you know, I work full time at Quartr which means after a long days work, I am booking, researching, recording, editing and publishing a podcast plus (everything on this newsletter), and therefore only left with a few minutes for everything else that makes up a life.
And as such, setting up some type of rewards program hasn’t eventuated. BUT with that being said, I would nonetheless try to do something to incentivise you to share the show.
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To get to the point where things are monetised I’d say tripling both of those metrics is necessary.
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