Russia

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 11, 2024 by Jordi Hays · said 108 times in 56 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by John Coogan (55), Jordi Hays (10), Delian Asparouhov (7), Mike Gallagher (3), Shane Arnott (2), George Hotz (2), Shyam Sankar (1), Roger Lynch (1)

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2026 18 mentions in 15 episodes 1 per episode
2025 64 mentions in 30 episodes 2 per episode
2024 26 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Russia, oldest first

Dec 11, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hays: Russia's entire economy is now war-based
“Their whole economy is now war based.”
Jordi Hays Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 2:26 How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
Mar 14, 2025 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Asparouhov: A Russian LEO nuclear detonation would destroy commercial space economics
“The thing that would be really bad is if like Russia basically, you know, nuked low earth orbit, you know, detonated through nuclear weapon. And you had a bunch of like highly charged ion particles, you know, basically orbiting around earth at a much lower lev…”
Delian Asparouhov Mar 14, 2025 ▶ 28:13 Delian Asparouhov on Near Death Experiences, Deflecting Asteroids, and the Magic of Venture.
Dec 3, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Rheinmetall is up 15x to an $80B market cap
“Ryan Mattel's stock is up 15 acts since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, giving a market cap of eighty billion, roughly on par with US rivals.”
John Coogan Dec 3, 2025 ▶ 6:01 The World’s Fastest Growing Defense Company, OpenAI’s Code Red, Google Strikes Back | Diet TBPN
Apr 6, 2026
Assertion Supported
Hays: Russia launches around 4,000 modified Shahed drones monthly at Ukraine
“Russia, which is lobbying about 4000 modified Shaheds at Ukraine every month, according to the Ukrainian government data, did more than any other country to demonstrate the drone's capabilities.”
Jordi Hays Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 27:45 The $1B One-Person Company, China’s Pork Crisis, America’s New Weapon | Diet TBPN
Jun 13, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Coogan: US paid Russia up to $90M per seat before SpaceX Crew Dragon
“In 2002, a SpaceX capsule carried two astronauts to the space station from American soil. Closing a nine year gap in which the United States paid Russia as much as ninety million dollars a seat to hitch a ride.”
John Coogan Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 22:07 🚀 SpaceX IPO Liftoff | Diet TBPN
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