Youtube - https://youtu.be/EF-yONBmGa8
Bradley's #51 Curious Worldview Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cHyTyId6UbBrBM1nbDt9q?si=faZKIDlQRGCH8iQW4k2uwQ
Bradley's #51 Curious Worldview Apple - 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
Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Bradley Hope returns to the podcast.
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.
00:00 - Bradley Hope
02:30 - The Region - Oil, Religion, History
06:45 - Sovereign Wealth Funds
08:50 - Religious Divide Between Gulf Nations
010:41 - Saudi Arabia Young Country
13:40 - Understanding MBS
19:40 - The Shiek Down
27:35 - MBS & Risk
30:58 - MBZ - UAE
33:40 - Bradley’s Contrarian Take On Sportswashing
43:07 - Geopolitical Significance Of The Region
51:10 - Consultancies (McKinsey, etc) In Saudi
55:23 - NEOM
1:00:10 - Journalist Craft
1:05:15 - Has MBS Read Bradley’s Work & Does Bradley Still Love Journalism?
1:08:30 - Bradley Reflects On Changing Media Landscape
1:13:50 - Mecca & Medina
1:15:10 - Misunderstood Parts Of Saudi & Emirates
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