Quoth the Raven

Quoth the Raven

Financial pundit Quoth the Raven (Christopher Irons) of QTR Research talks finance and social commentary without the bullshit or long bias spin of the cable news networks.

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March 15, 2026 31 mins
Guy Adami is an American trader, television personality, and professional investor. He is one of the original “Fast Money Five” on CNBC's Fast Money.   These podcasts, posted here, are now all on a slight delay and are taken from my near-daily blog, Fringe Finance. As of right now I have no sponsors, so the best way to show support is just to listen/read or subscribe to my blog: http://quoththeraven.substack.com   

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Matt Taibbi is an American journalist, author, and prominent Substack publisher known for his adversarial reporting on finance, politics, and media, often compared to Gonzo journalism. Formerly a longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor and National Magazine Award winner, he gained fame for covering the 2008 financial crisis and publishing bestsellers like Griftopia and The Divide.    These podcasts, posted here, are now all on a...
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Eric Balchunas is a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, where he has more than a decade of experience working with ETF data, designing new functions, and writing ETF research for the Bloomberg terminal. He also writes articles, feature stories, and blog posts on ETFs for Bloomberg.com and appears each week on Bloomberg TV and Radio to discuss ETFs.

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Lawrence Lepard is a professional investment manager who has been a long time advocate for a return to sound money. He manages funds which focus on companies involved with gold and silver mining and Bitcoin. He is an active contributor to the "sound money" discussion on X, using the handle: @LawrenceLepard, and he recently published his first book: THE BIG PRINT: What Happened to America and How Sound Money Will Fix It.

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Peter Schiff is an American stockbroker, financial commentator, and radio personality known for his bearish economic predictions, advocacy for free markets, and criticism of government debt. He is the CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, a financial commentator who frequently appears on news networks like Fox Business, and the author of several books on the economy. His work often focuses on the potential danger...

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My November 2025 interview with Phil Bak of BakStak: https://philbak.substack.com/p/podcast-becoming-quoth-the-raven

These podcasts, posted here, are now all on a slight delay and are taken from my near-daily blog, Fringe Finance. As of right now I have no sponsors, so the best way to show support is just to listen/read or subscribe to my blog: http://quoththeraven.substack.com 

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This is from my appearance on Rebel Capitalist with George Gammon from Thursday April 3, 2025. I am appearing on George's show on some Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4PM EST. His streams can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@RebelCapitalistChannel/streams

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This is from my appearance on Rebel Capitalist with George Gammon from Thursday March 27, 2025. I am appearing on George's show on some Tuesdays and Thursdays. His streams can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@RebelCapitalistChannel/streams

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Chatting with Tom at PGR about all things media, mental health, markets and more. 

I am aware that in the past I have said the podcast is always going to be free, and I am committed to sticking to that promise. Just know that these podcasts, posted here, are now all on a slight delay and are taken from my near-daily blog, Fringe Finance: http://quoththeraven.substack.com 

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This is from my appearance on Rebel Capitalist with George Gammon from Thursday March 13, 2025. I am appearing on George's show on some Tuesdays and Thursdays. His streams can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@RebelCapitalistChannel/streams

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March 9, 2025 57 mins

This episode originally aired/published 2/25/25 here: https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/taibbi-trump-has-a-once-in-a-lifetime

I am aware that in the past I have said the podcast is always going to be free, and I am committed to sticking to that promise. Just know that these podcasts, posted here, are now all on a slight delay and are taken from my near-daily blog, Fringe Finance: http://quoththeraven.substack.com 

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My near-daily blog, Fringe Finance: http://quoththeraven.substack.com

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October 18, 2024 74 mins

Mark and I talk the economy, the election, Tesla and beer. 

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My near-daily blog, Fringe Finance. Get 40% off a subscription: https://quoththeraven.substack.com/subscribe?coupon=fa90a2a2&utm_content=

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In this conversation, Peter Schiff and I talk the current state of the U.S. economy, the stock market, the dollar and precious metals. We discuss:

  • The recent surge in gold prices and whether it will hit $3,000 by the end of the year or potentially $6,000 next year.

  • Both Schiff and I express concerns about the U.S. economy being "broke," the potential shift toward socialism, and rampant inflation driven by Modern Monetary The...

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In a recent interview with Fringe Finance, renowned economist Peter Schiff shared his perspective on the state of the global economy, the ongoing gold rally, and the policies of central banks. Schiff, known for his unflinching critiques of government policies and his bullish stance on gold, offered a comprehensive analysis that touched on a range of economic issues, from the performance of gold to the potential for a looming econom...

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George Gammon hosts the Rebel Capitalist Show on YouTube and runs the Rebel Capitalist Pro platform. George is one of my favorite economic commentators and has been a friend of mine, and my podcast, for years. I often describe his podcast as similar to mine, just more well thought out, more educational and more useful with less dick and fart jokes. Hey, everybody’s got their own style.

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August 5, 2024 75 mins

I had the great pleasure of interviewing Matt Taibbi this month. We talked about Kamala Harris’ fitness to be a Presidential Candidate, how Matt thinks it is ‘strange’ no questions are being asked about how Harris became the nominee, the failures of the Trump assassination attempt, why Matt thinks ‘profound’ changes are taking place in how Americans think about the world, and the future of government overreach in the U.S.

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James writes The Informationist newsletter on Substack

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My near-daily blog, Fringe Finance. Get 40% off a subscription: https://quoththeraven.substack.com/subscribe?coupon=fa90a2a2&utm_content=

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May 25, 2024 108 mins

Michael J. Saylor is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is the executive chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy.

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My near-daily blog, Fringe Finance. Get 40% off a subscription: https://quoththeraven.substack.com/subscribe?coupon=fa90a2a2&utm_content=

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Last weekend I had the pleasure of sitting down with independent 2024 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for an hourlong interview.

What’s inside this exclusive Fringe Finance interview with RFK Jr.:

  • What drives the media to paint RFK Jr. in an extremely vile light, as an “anti-vaxxer” and “conspiracy theorist”

  • RFK Jr. reacts to Chris Cuomo admitting he now takes ivermectin and AstraZeneca pulling their vaccine of...

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