believe in the ripple effect.

The ripple fact. I'm I'm I'm

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I'm your host,

Pricadovan. It's also known as Ricky Vrain. It's a great episode for you today. Today we have

Alex Craneer. He's a researcher. He's an author. He's a YouTuber. He's a historian. He's a geopolitical

expert. He's also one of the most interesting friends I have made throughout this journey of podcasting. And he has been on the show before. He's been on the union of them wanted a few times. He's been on Ripple Effect podcast a bunch of times. So go back in the archives. Look up Alex Kramer and Ripple Effect podcast on my website,

and you'll find all the past episodes with Alex.

In today's episode, just like all those previous episodes with Alex Kramer, is a super

interesting conversation.

We do initially start talking about football, and I mean European football, because

Alex and I are both Europeans, and I mean European football, because Alex and I are both

Europeans. And I hope you guys hold on to the rest of the conversation, because I promise you

this isn't a two-hour conversation about soccer. We get into it so many different historical things,

current events, we share personal stories and much more. And before we get into this very

thought-provoking, interesting conversation, let me remind you guys, this is a Valley for Value show. If you get something out of these episodes, if you get some value out of these discussions that I bring to you, please consider give us some Valley back. Of course, if you can't financially support the show, don't worry about it, rate the show, review the show, subscribe to the show on all the video platforms and audio platforms that you can find the Ripple Effect Podcast on. And of course, go to the ripple effect podcast.com or rickivranz.com, which leads you to my website where you can find all the channels and all the places you can find the show. But if you're in a good financial situation, please consider financially supporting the show, and it doesn't have to be a lot. You can donate as little as a dollar a month on Patreon, and if a small percentage of the listeners and watchers of the Riple Effect podcast donated as little as a dollar a month, I could do this full time. So please, no amount is too little. You can also send a one-time

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