Schiff Sovereign Podcast

Schiff Sovereign Podcast

James Hickman is a West Point graduate and former intelligence officer who has had an extensive business and investment career spanning more than 25 years. James has traveled to 120+ countries on all 7 continents, and he has started, invested in, and acquired businesses all over the world, in sectors ranging from technology to agriculture to banking. Since he originally began writing under the pen name “Simon Black” back in 2007, James has accurately predicted many of the major trends and events of our time, including the West’s enormous debt bubble, inflation, bank failures, social unrest, and more. Read more at www.schiffsovereign.com

Episodes

Is it War? On rumors that China just took out two US military aircraft 

October 28, 2025 • 26 mins
There was a popular legend from medieval Venice about an impoverished orphan from the island of Torcello. The boy came to Venice at a young age, found a job, and worked tirelessly and energetically-- enough to impress some of the city’s wealthy patricians. Eventually the boy-- now a young man-- had built up enough credibility that some local noblemen entered into a commenda contract with him, i.e. a sort of proto-limited partners...
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Wow. Mamdani and the Left trash Cuomo for not loving Islam enough

October 17, 2025 • 36 mins
The most polished, eloquent, and articulate voice on the Left right now is no longer the greasy used-car salesman Gavin Newsom. It’s the next mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani. He has Obama‑level charisma and speaking ability, which is terrifying, because it means his political career won’t stop with New York City. I watched the mayoral debate between Mamdani and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo— of daytime Emmy fame f...
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Podcast: Even at $4,000 Gold the Miners Are Ridiculously Cheap

October 8, 2025 • 61 mins
Yesterday we wrote that with gold topping $4,000, it’s time to step back and look at the big picture—and the fundamentals haven’t changed. Foreign governments and central banks hold about $10 trillion in US denominated reserves. But for years they’ve been trading this paper for gold— because it is their only realistic alternative. Why are they searching for an alternative? Because they are losing confidence in the US government. ...
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Podcast: Why—Bizarrely—This is a Good Time to be Optimistic

September 24, 2025 • 56 mins
On December 26, 1933, US Secretary of State Cordell Hull sat in a conference room in Montevideo, Uruguay, chain-smoking— as usual. It was just months into Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term as president. In the midst of the Great Depression, the new administration was trying to turn the page from America’s imperialist era and become (what FDR called) “a good neighbor” in the region. So Roosevelt sent Cordell Hull— a tall, austere...
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Podcast: The Coming Global Monetary Vacuum

September 9, 2025 • 45 mins
It pays to think long-term—and to recognize major trends and opportunities before they become obvious. Some of the greatest wins in history stem from long-term thinking. Some of the richest people on Earth, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, had to commit to decade-long visions to accomplish their goals. At the same time, there’s no shame in recognizing short-term, time-sensitive opportunities right in front of us. Especially in fina...
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Podcast: Gold Just Hit Another All-Time High—What’s Next?

September 3, 2025 • 45 mins
You might be surprised to know that the government is facing yet another shutdown at the stroke of midnight on September 30. A lot of people might be thinking two things: First— “again?” And second— what about the “One Big Beautiful Bill”? The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on July 4, did not, in fact, contain all the necessary resolutions to fund the government for the next fiscal year (which starts on October 1). As a...
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Podcast: The Fed is Cooked. Powell Folds.

August 26, 2025 • 55 mins
William Martin probably knew he was in deep trouble when he boarded the plane to President Lyndon Johnson’s Texas ranch. As Chairman of the Federal Reserve, he had just warned that the US economy was overheating—and that the boom could end in a crash. But he probably didn’t expect the visit to end in a physical altercation, with the President of the United States literally shoving him against a wall and shouting: “Boys are dying ...
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Podcast: The Rise of National Capitalism

August 19, 2025 • 59 mins
Few people understand how the Federal Reserve actually works— and frankly, I’m not sure the President or Treasury Secretary are among them. That’s not an insult, just based on what they say. Let me explain. Most people think the Fed sets “the interest rate” for everything—mortgages, car loans, 10-year yields. But that’s not how it works. The Fed only sets a very narrow rate—the overnight lending rate between banks. Everything el...
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Podcast: The debt problem was actually scarier in the 90s. Here’s how they solved it.

August 12, 2025 • 54 mins
I was still just a kid as the US headed into the 1992 US Presidential election, but I remember the excitement around my home town as Ross Perot entered the race as an independent candidate. Perot was from Dallas, where I grew up. And he was one of the first tech billionaires, long before the dot-com boom. Like Elon today, Perot knew that America was heading down a dangerous fiscal path. At the time, the US government was spending...
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Project “Hijack the Fed” is now in full swing.

July 30, 2025 • 50 mins
To the surprise of absolutely no one today, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee chose to do nothing at the close of its two-day meeting. The White House is furious about the decision; the President believes that the Fed should be slashing rates, and that the current “high” rate of interest is costing the US government hundreds of billions of dollars each year in excess interest. (I put “high” in quotes because interest ra...
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Foreigners Own Less US Government Debt— Is That a Good Thing? [Podcast]

July 23, 2025 • 15 mins
The US owes a LOT less money to China today than it did a few years ago. As recently as three years ago, for example, China held $1.3 trillion worth of US government bonds. Today they’re down to around $750 billion. In other words, China’s government has decided to cut back on its US dollar Treasury holdings by more than 40% over the past three years. And at first, that might sound like a good thing— HOORAY! More independence fr...
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How a crypto billionaire’s crazy plan could save Social Security [Podcast]

July 17, 2025 • 13 mins
Bitcoin today is trading at around $120,000. If you’re willing to pay double the price, i.e. $240,000, please contact me immediately. I’ll happily sell you some of mine. Why would anyone do that? I don’t know. But that’s exactly what investors are doing when they buy shares in “Strategy,” formerly known as MicroStrategy. The company currently holds about 580,000 Bitcoin, worth roughly $69 billion. But the market values the compan...
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Congress looks to hijack crypto to pay for deficit spending [Podcast]

July 16, 2025 • 16 mins
It’s “Crypto Week” on Capitol Hill with all sorts of crypto legislation on the docket— including the so-called GENIUS Act that aims to regulate stablecoins. I’m not sure the GENIUS Act is in fact genius, but it might be a pretty clever given its potential benefit to the Treasury Department and government bond market. On its surface, the bill aims to provide a formal regulatory framework for anyone who wants to issue stablecoins, ...
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Some thoughts on Epstein as an intelligence agent [Podcast]

July 14, 2025 • 20 mins
Many of our readers know that I was an Army intelligence officer, and so I want to start by clearing up some basic terminology. When people talk about intelligence work, they often confuse terms like asset, agent, and operative. An asset is someone who provides intelligence—intentionally or not—to an agency. Even a guy who’s bragging in bed to some woman he doesn’t realize is part of a honeypot intelligence operation. He’s spilli...
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The Root of America’s Problems [Podcast]

July 9, 2025 • 47 mins
In today’s podcast, we take on a provocative question from a reader: What is the single root cause behind America’s decline? You might think it's overspending, or the Federal Reserve, or career politicians. But what if it’s something even more fundamental… like letting just anyone vote? Should someone be allowed to vote if they don’t understand basic concepts like what a deficit is, or how the government even works? This episode...
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Two dangerous forces are holding America hostage [Podcast]

July 1, 2025 • 60 mins
In our latest podcast, we dissect one of the most toxic patterns in American governance: total abandonment of principle the moment it’s politically inconvenient. In 2022, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized the idea that a single lower court judge could block an entire federal policy from taking effect across the whole country—saying it “wasn’t right.” But last week, she voted to preserve them… because they could be used...
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I’m far more concerned about the deficit than World War 3 [Podcast]

June 24, 2025 • 60 mins
I can understand why so many people are worried about World War 3 breaking out. It’s a completely rational concern. I just don’t happen to share it. Why? Because regardless of the debate over whether the US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities were a good idea, or a reckless risk of another expensive foreign entanglement, one thing is indisputable: America reminded the world of its immense military capabilities. There’s not ...
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Some Clear Thinking on why World War III is NOT happening anytime soon

June 17, 2025 • 60 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tlc4P0iDw Today’s topic is so far-reaching, deep, and important that we had to dedicate an entire podcast episode to it. Frankly, it is one of the most interesting we have ever done. With so much conflict in the world—and the potential for even more escalation, particularly in the Middle East—we have heard a lot of worry, concern, and even hyperbole in the media about “World War III.” I actuall...
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It’s the Most Fixable Problem in America, and Nobody Wants to Touch It

June 12, 2025 • 53 mins
CLICK HERE to listen to today’s podcast. “Mostly peaceful” yet “occasionally violent” protesters across the US will hit the streets for “No Kings Day” this Saturday in support of the right for illegal immigrants to break the law. No big deal, just a little looting and property damage in the name of justice. But while the media fixates on the drama and conflict, they’re not talking about how this issue was completely avoidable an...
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Podcast: They’ll Ignore It Until It’s a Crisis

June 5, 2025 • 55 mins
CLICK HERE to listen to our latest podcast. Think for a moment about how many times something has been whipped up into a national issue by either the big legacy media or prominent politicians. The public has been subjected to what they call “a national conversation” about everything from transgender bathrooms to Confederate monuments to abortion rights to climate change. Many of these issues only affect a few people. Sometimes m...
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