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Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 7 | Frances Haugen, Advocate for Accountability and Transparency in Social Media & Author of “The Power of One”

On the final installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Frances Haugen into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Frances is an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media and the author of the memoir, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Frances to discuss the algorithms designed to capture our attention, their flaws, and how we can incentivize change and build better social networks.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 6 | Ted Merz, Founder, Principals Media & Former Global Head of News Product, Bloomberg

Our Summer Playlist continues this week with Ted Merz, Founder of Principals Media and the Former Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ted to discuss the changing nature of information in our lives and our relationship with it.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 5 | Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

On this week’s installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Helima to discuss the geopolitics and current state of play in the global commodities markets.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 4 | Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research, Goldman Sachs

This week on our Summer Playlist, we welcome Samantha Dart back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Samantha is Head of Natural Gas Research at Goldman Sachs. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Samantha to talk about the state of natural gas markets in the aftermath of last year’s European energy crisis and to discuss where the industrial demand for natural gas in Europe has gone.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 3 | Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston and Author of “Energy for the 21st Century”

We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Susan to discuss where the LNG market and industry is now following the tumultuous events of last year.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 2 | Arjun Murti, Former Head of Equity Research on Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, Partner at Veriten, & Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack

Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Arjun Murti. Arjun is the Former Head of Equity Research on the Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, a Partner at Veriten, and the publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely catches up with Arjun midway through the year to get his thoughts on where we are in the energy super vol cycle.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 1 | Guy Turner, Founder & CEO, Trove Research

We kick off our Summer Playlist with Guy Turner, Founder & CEO of Trove Research. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Guy to discuss what’s happening in the voluntary carbon markets and the research that Guy and his team are doing at Trove to help us push past the rhetoric and better understand the reality of how carbon offsets are being used.

Days of Futures Past Episode 10 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies

On the final installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss his vision for building smarter markets and why the future of smarter markets begins with launching a futures exchange and clearinghouse in Singapore.

Days of Futures Past Episode 9 | Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap

This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Parag Khanna into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Parag is Founder & CEO of Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap. He is the author of seven books including Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization and The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict, and Culture in the 21st Century.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Parag to explore the influence of Asia and the new Asian values on markets, as well as to discuss the markets we’ll need to build an increasingly connected future.

Days of Futures Past Episode 8 | Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist, Thomson Reuters

We continue our Days of Futures Past series this week with Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist at Thomson Reuters. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Andy to explore the history, the crises, and the scandals of the metals markets and the London Metal Exchange (LME). Together, they discuss what lessons we can learn from these histories in order to build better and smarter metals markets for the energy transition.