James T. Fishback is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Azoria, a multi-asset investment firm. Prior to Azoria, he served as the Head of Macro at Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund founded by David M. Einhorn.

James was our guest on Episode 146 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. 

You can connect with James on X @j_fishbackand also through his website: http://headofmacro.com

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Episode 146: James Fishback, Co-founder & Chief Investment Officer, Azoria

Joseph Yonke is a fine painter based in Brickell, Miami, Florida. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Penn State University. He grew up painting, inspired by his grandfather, who is also an artist. Today, at nearly 25 years old, Joe is a painter who is known for his neo-abstract expressionism. Joe is a successful full-time artist, who often works 100 hours a week.

Joe was our guest on Episode 148 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. 

You can learn more about his work and find his art at: https://yonkeart.com. For special care, please let him know that you learned about his work on the Agents of Innovation podcast! 

You can follow him on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/jryonke/

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Episode 148: Joseph Yonke, Fine Painter, Miami, Florida

Ernest Scheyder is an award-winning journalist, author, and senior correspondent for Reuters. He specializes in distilling complex topics for a wide range of audiences, including and especially everyday consumers directly affected by regulatory, political, and industry transitions.  

In 2024, he published the widely acclaimed book, "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives" (One Signal/Simon & Schuster), a human-focused narrative exploring the people that live on the energy transition’s front lines and an urgent guide to the rapidly growing critical minerals supply chain. The book was named a top pick by Fortune’s editors and earned plaudits from The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, Barron’s, WBUR’s On Point, Science magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, BBC World, Kirkus (starred review) and many others. Energy historian Daniel Yergin declared the book “vividly captures the physical and political landscape over which the future is being fought.” 

Ernest was our guest on Episode 149 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ClJUJpwqGak

You can learn more about Ernest Scheyder and his book at: https://www.ernestscheyder.com 

Ernest will have two appearances in Miami during the Miami Book Fair:

Saturday, November 23
Panelist, National Book Award Long List Top 10 List Recipient for Non-Fiction, Room 8301, moderated by Ruth Dickey

Sunday, November 24
1:00 PM in the AI Center

Find more details about the Miami Book Fair at: https://www.miamibookfair.com

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Episode 149: Ernest Scheyder, Senior Correspondent, Reuters, Author, The War Below, Miami Book Fair

Anisa Mirza is the founder and CEO of Litnerd, a K-8 reading and writing program. Litnerd creates original IP with their partner brands and turns them into books, media and learning curriculum, layered with an AI personalized tutor to help kids become authors and creators of IP and brand content. Their product format is a Social and Gamified - with a live weekly community meetup and monthly e-tournaments.

Anisa is also a 2x Y Combinator and venture-backed founder. She is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and boootstrapped her first startup from 0 to 2.5Mill ARR (exited). As an immigrant to America, running a women and minority owned business, Anisa takes special pride in seeing the impact Litnerd has in producing superior learning outcomes for students.

Anisa was our guest on Episode 150 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. 

You can also watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r7sOLuk0-eA

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You can also find out more about Litnerd at: https://www.litnerd.com

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Episode 150: Anisa Mirza, Founder& CEO, Litnerd

Something seems to have changed. Once upon a time, I would advise young people to do more open sharing of their ideas - daily blogging, podcasting, learning out loud. Today, while those have value, they seem to also have a danger that wasn't present before.

I asked Cyprian to help me try to discover what's going on.

The Dangers of Being a 'Creator' - with Cyprian

Fergus Hodgson is publisher of the Impunity Observer, a geopolitical intelligence service focused on the rule of law and economic development at the nexus of Anglo and Latin America. He is also the founder of Econ Americas LLC, a financial consultancy devoted to alternative investments, stakeholder management, and jurisdictional arbitrage. He is the author of the new book, "The Latin America Red Pill: My Search for Freedom South of the Border."

He was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, to a Kiwi father and an Irish-Canadian mother from Calgary, Alberta. Fergus grew up on a sheep and cattle farm and moved to the United States on a rowing scholarship to study economics at Boston University. He is a triple citizen who resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, and has been an expat in seven countries. Given pride in his Anglo-Celtic heritage, he travels frequently to the British Isles.

Fergus was our guest on Episode 151 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. 

You can also watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r3FbV1RBnG4

You can follow him on X at: https://x.com/FergHodgson

You can also find out more about his new book, "The Latin America Red Pill" at: https://amzn.to/3OSxjDT

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Episode 151: Fergus Hodgson, Author, "The Latin America Red Pill"

*From 1:04 to about 1:09 TK cuts out. Just skip that part!

Guess who's back? Reviving an old series, "Fridays with TK", we discuss what's wrong with the NBA, the meaning crisis, stat-lines vs storylines, the pope at the circus, the church, and more.

FwTK - The NBA, the Church, and the Circus

Edwin H. (Ed) Moore, Ph.D., is the President-Emeritus of the Independent Colleges and Universities ofFlorida, a Tallahassee based association of 30 private, not for profit colleges and universities. He led the Association from 2003 until 2019. He also served as the Executive Director of the Higher EducationFacilities Finance Authority in Florida and as Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Independent College Fund, a non-profit organization.

Over his career he has served in leadership roles in both legislative and executive branches, in the private sector and in several not for profit organizations. He is a recognized policy expert. He has served in many significant positions in a wide array of policy arenas, including education, insurance, healthcare, mental health, criminal justice, and many other areas. As Florida recovered from Covid related issues he was asked to serve as Executive Director of the RESET Florida Task Force, helping to develop action plans to bolster the Florida economy. He authored "The Speakers Vol. II, a history of the Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives."

Ed was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as a member of the Florida Commission on Ethics and previously to the Florida Constitution mandated Government Efficiency Task Force. He currently serves as a Trustee for the HCA Florida Capital Hospital, and as a member of the Florida Historic Capitol Foundation Board of Directors. He is a frequent guest on The Morning Show with Preston Scott, The Ed Dean Show, The Usual Suspects, and several other state outlets.

Ed earned a BS and an MSPA in the 1970’s from Florida State University, the master’s while working full-time. He had previously earned an AA from Broward Junior College while working full-time. After he sold his company and returned to Florida in 1999, he both worked full-time and pursued and earned his Ph.D. from FSU.

He has been married to Kathleen Armstrong Moore for 50 years. They have four adult children and eight wonderful grandchildren. They reside in Tallahassee.

Ed was our guest on Episode 152 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. 

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Episode 152: Ed Moore, President-Emeritus, Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida

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