Portugal

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 1, 2022 by Ray Blakney · said 128 times in 53 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sean Weisbrot (114), Stuart Cohen (4), Joe Rare (2), Hope Timberlake (2), Tad Fallows (1), Simon Schillebeeckx (1), Jackson Wightman (1), Dr. Eduardo Rocha (1)

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2025 41 mentions in 18 episodes 2 per episode
2024 29 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
2023 31 mentions in 14 episodes 2 per episode
2022 27 mentions in 12 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Portugal, oldest first

Mar 1, 2022 positive
Insight
Blakney: International travel creates business opportunities via geographic arbitrage
“So if you're that kind of person, then traveling is amazing, right? Because if you're stuck, so I lived in Ohio for a while, so if you're stuck in Cleveland, Ohio, and you never leave, you might never get exposed to some of these problems, like what you're hav…”
Ray Blakney Mar 1, 2022 ▶ 7:54 $500K Profit With Time for Family Beats $1M and Misery
Mar 8, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Weisbrot: Portugal made after-hours workplace messaging illegal
“It's actually now illegal in Portugal to receive messages from your coworkers or your bosses when you're not working.”
Sean Weisbrot Mar 8, 2023 ▶ 28:12 Sleep Deprivation Is a War Tactic. Mothers Do It for Months.
Feb 27, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Sean Weisbrot: Portugal's cost of living tripled between 2019 and 2024
“The cost of living has risen here. It has multiplied in the last five years, like two or three times.”
Sean Weisbrot Feb 27, 2024 ▶ 28:12 4,000 Mistakes in Weeks Made It Look Like an Overnight Success
Jun 11, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lisbon City Apartments Surged From Under €200k to Over €500k
“You know, the kind of place that I want to buy inside the city is five to 700,000, where five years ago it would have been like a 150. To 200,000.”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 11, 2024 ▶ 18:27 200 Episodes In and I Still Had No Idea What the Podcast Was For
Jun 11, 2024 negative
Opinion
Portuguese Residency via Local Employment is Harder Than as a Business Owner
“A lot of people come here and they want to find a job that is with a local company. And when you do that, your life is a lot more complicated with the government. They make it a lot harder and the process to get the residence permit is a lot longer.”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 11, 2024 ▶ 15:20 200 Episodes In and I Still Had No Idea What the Podcast Was For
Aug 19, 2025 negative
Opinion
Weisbrot: Leaders in China, Vietnam, and Portugal Resist Upward Accountability
“One thing I appreciate about American cultures, the willingness to be open and vulnerable. Because in my experience living in other countries, I've never seen anyone do that before of the companies I've worked for or worked with in all name called China and Vi…”
Sean Weisbrot Aug 19, 2025 ▶ 13:50 He Fell on His Sword in Front of 20 Employees and It Worked
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