The Hundred Year Pivot Ep. 6 – Lawrence Fossi

The Grant Williams Podcast

Grant Williams

Business, Business:investing, Investing

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

In the latest episode of The Hundred Year Pivot, Demetri and I sit down with Lawrence Fossi—better known to many as Montana Skeptic—for a fearless exploration of America’s fraying social fabric. From the shifting character of New York City to the cults of personality surrounding Elon Musk and Donald Trump, we dissect the cultural, political, and institutional forces eroding public trust and cohesion. With Lawrence’s trademark candour, the conversation delves into the dangers of celebrity-driven populism, the fragility of democratic norms, and the deep structural imbalances threatening the US political and economic system. This is a sobering yet essential listen for anyone trying to make sense of the chaos—and looking for slivers of hope within it. Every episode of the Grant Williams podcast, including This Week In Doom, The End Game, The Super Terrific Happy Hour, The Narrative Game, Kaos Theory, Shifts Happen and The Hundred Year Pivot, is available to Copper, Silver and Gold Tier subscribers at my website www.Grant-Williams.com. Copper Tier subscribers get access to all podcasts, while members of the Silver Tier get both the podcasts and my monthly newsletter, Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Gold Tier subscribers have access to my new series of in-depth video conversations, About Time.

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0:00.0	Before we get going, here's the bit where I remind you that nothing we discussed should be considered as investment advice.
0:16.5	This conversation is for informational and hopefully entertainment purposes only.
0:20.6	So, while we hope you find it both informative and entertaining, please do your own research
0:25.6	or speak to a financial advisor before putting a dime of your money into these crazy markets.
0:30.6	And now, on with the show. Welcome everybody to another edition of the 100-year pivot.
0:46.0	Joining me, as always, my co-conspirator on this journey,
0:50.0	wherever hell it takes us into the deep dark woods,
0:52.6	the brilliant Dmitri Kaffinus. Hi, Dmitri. How are you?
0:55.8	Good. How are you doing, Grant? I'm doing pretty well. I'm doing pretty well. It's been an interesting
1:00.1	couple of weeks. I find myself in New York City briefly. I didn't know you were in New York. You didn't tell me that.
1:05.4	Yeah, I just literally for like 36 hours. When are you flying back? I'm flying down to D.C.
1:11.6	Oh, got it.
1:13.4	Because I'm leaving for our London dinner on Wednesday.
1:16.1	So I was like, wouldn't that be fun if we were both on the same flight?
1:17.3	No, no, no.
1:18.2	I was flying out of D.C.
1:20.0	So, yeah, we'll miss each other.
1:21.7	But yeah, it's funny.
1:23.1	It's my first real trip.
1:27.8	I spent a day in New York City before COVID, and it's interesting.
1:32.3	You know, I was thinking about this as I came in from JFK last night, which I'm sorry,
1:35.7	it remains the worst airport in the world, in the worst location in the world, with the worst infrastructure around.
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