

Macro Voices
Hedge Fund Manager Erik Townsend
Weekly market commentary by Hedge Fund Manager Erik Townsend and interviews with the brightest minds in the world of finance and macroeconomics. Made possible by funding from Fourth Turning Capital Management, LLC
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Mar 26, 2026 • 1h 38min
MacroVoices #525 Lyn Alden: Iran Contagion, Inflation & Private Credit
Michael Every, global strategist at Rabobank Research, offers big-picture geopolitical and market analysis. Lyn Alden, investment strategist and founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, discusses macro, energy, and inflation. They dig into Iran-related disruptions and multipolar shifts. They cover oil-driven economic pain, persistent versus transient inflation, and strains in private credit markets.

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Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 55min
MacroVoices #524 Simon White: War + Inflation = More Inflation
Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist known for slide-driven inflation analysis, and Rory Johnston, founder of Commodity Context and energy markets expert. They discuss inflation risk framed against 1970s shocks. Topics include food and fertilizer-driven CPI pressure, Strait of Hormuz disruptions and oil tightness, private credit fragility, and why commodities and gold may behave differently in a reaccelerating inflation regime.

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Mar 12, 2026 • 1h 52min
MacroVoices #523 Jim Bianco: Energy, FED & Economy in the wake of Iran conflict
Dr. Anas Al-Hajji, energy markets analyst who explains tanker insurance and shipping chokepoints. Jim Bianco, fixed-income strategist who links geopolitics to rates and markets. They probe how insurance pulls closed the Strait of Hormuz, implications for oil flows and inflation. They also discuss Fed constraints, precious metals moves, stablecoins and AI's energy needs.

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Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 13min
MacroVoices #522 Matt Loszak: Factory Mass-Production of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants
Matt Lozak, founder and CEO of Allo Atomics, builds factory-made modular nuclear plants. He discusses why advanced coolants and breeder cycles change fuel economics. He explains mass-producing whole plants in gigafactories, serving AI data centers first, and the scale, supply-chain and rapid deployment challenges to reach fossil-fuel parity.

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Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 2min
MacroVoices #521 Jeff Currie: The Great Rotation
Jeff Currie, Carlyle partner and former Goldman Sachs commodities chief, shares his take on a multi-decade commodity supercycle. He covers why metals are beating most assets, how AI and data centers boost energy demand, China and other nations stockpiling key resources, and the shift from asset-light to asset-heavy investing driven by electrification and geopolitics.

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Feb 19, 2026 • 1h 15min
MacroVoices #520 Michael Every: USD Stablecoins in The Age of Economic Statecraft
Michael Every, Rabobank’s Global Head of Macro Strategy, blends macro and geopolitical savvy in a brisk conversation. He explores economic statecraft, the Fed’s strategic role, and how dollar stablecoins could steer global capital. The discussion also covers US policy moves, election-driven timing, and risks of monetary fragmentation.

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Feb 12, 2026 • 1h 1min
MacroVoices #519 Alex Gurevich: The Next Perfect Trade
Alex Gurevich, founder of Honte Investments and bestselling author, joins to discuss rates, energy, and precious metals. He breaks down bond market dynamics and Japan’s yields and weak yen. They debate compute-driven energy demand, nuclear vs gas tradeoffs, and gold/silver behavior. The conversation also touches on his revised book and trading mistakes.

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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 29min
MacroVoices #518 Dr. Anas Alhajji: Debunking The 2026 Oil Bear Narrative
Dr. Anas Al-Hajji, energy markets expert and Managing Partner of Energy Outlook Advisors, offers macro and geopolitical analysis of oil. He debunks surplus and oil-on-water claims. He explains OPEC+ moves, Kazakhstan supply losses, and inventory distortions from SPR and China. He highlights near-term watchpoints like Aramco pricing, delayed US data, and Iran negotiations.

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Jan 29, 2026 • 1h 28min
MacroVoices #517 Justin Huhn: Uranium at The Tipping Point
Justin Huhn, founder and editor of Uranium Insider, provides market color on physical uranium and uranium equities. He discusses SPUT’s buying dynamics and how it can tighten the spot market. He covers miners versus physical allocations, global supply risks from Kazakhstan and enrichment capacity, and why inventories and contracting shifts make the market fragile and more seller friendly.

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Jan 22, 2026 • 1h 6min
MacroVoices #516 Craig Tindale: Critical Materials, A Strategic Analysis
Craig Tindale, a private investor and writer specializing in critical materials, unpacks the geopolitical dilemmas of supply chains, highlighting China's near-total control over metal processing. He discusses how this dominance puts the West at risk and examines the potential consequences of shortages in essential materials like copper and scandium. Tindale also explores innovative developments in e-waste recycling and the need for government-backed funding to revitalize domestic production. This engaging conversation sheds light on the fragile balance of global resources.


