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Peak Prosperity

Peak Prosperity

Chris Martenson

Business, Government, Investing

4.7591 Ratings

Overview

Peak Prosperity provides answers to those who question the mainstream narrative on the critical issues of our day by providing context, clarity, and understanding around seemingly complex systems. Topics include economy, energy, environment, and geopolitics.

511 Episodes

It’s Intentional, Which Means It’s All Going to Get Worse, Not Better

I'm always searching for the theory that makes all the data fit. I'm happy to accept and reject hypotheses along the way, but it's becoming pretty clear to me that we are under attack and that a lot of what we're seeing right now is intentional. It's going to be devastating if this hypothesis is correct.Click Here for the Full Episode

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2026

Surviving the Inflationary Money Flood

The current stock market boom is running in the US as well as Japan and Europe. It did not begin with the Iran war, but began in 2022 when monetary and fiscal authorities freaked out about the twin declines in stocks and bonds and 'did something about it.' Now we've got that money flood plus the Iran war which, together, will combine to bring about extremely high (15%? 18%? 20%?) in 1-2 year's time..Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2026

The Math Isn’t Mathing: US Natural Gas Shortfalls by 2030

Having ‘energy awareness’ is like a superpower these days. It should be routine, but it’s not. Time to level up with a dive into natural gas supply and demand issues within the US.

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2026

The Commodity Bull Market Has Begun (But So Has Inflation)

The US is selling its reserve setting up future price spikes, commodities are launching on a new bull market, and inflation is set to come roaring back. This narrows down the investable universe considerably.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2026

The US Is Exporting Like Mad as Global Oil Stocks Deplete at a Record Pace

The US continues to export its wealth in the form of oil and gasoline and other energy products. We’re eating our seed corn. When that ends, the price spikes will be extraordinary and cause a lot of economic damage.Click Here for the Crash Course

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2026

Negotiations Crumble as Gasoline and Diesel Prices Rise to a National Record

The US-Iran negotiations are going nowhere, Trump is growing impatient, and oil executives are sounding positively doomerish. Currently, there’s no end in sight. Plan accordingly.Click Here for the Full Episode

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026

The Damage Has Been Done, Is This What Comes Next?

There be whales and elephants swimming and stomping through the markets. When big money moves, it’s our job to figure out why and how to position ourselves accordingly. This is wildly important.Click Here for the Full Episode

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2026

Markets Explode Higher on Imaginary Peace Deals

Are we in a blow off top? Can the AI-fueled earnings be believed? Can the prospect of both war and peace be stock market bullish? All this and much more in this week’s Finance U episode.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2026

Adam Rozencwajg: The Greatest Energy Shock in History Is Unfolding

Time to talk to a calm, measured, highly-experienced oil and gas resource investor about it all…the Devil is truly in the details.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2026

Iranian Reality Check With Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis

Trump’s Iran options: ‘bad’ negotiations or ‘worse’ escalation, amid an oil crisis risking a global depression.

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2026

Tick Tock, Time Is Running Out: The Path to $200 Oil Laid Out

We’re almost out of time. The US has to get the Strait of Hormuz open, one way or the other, before its own inventories of oil and refined petroleum products are depleted. By the end of May is the word on the street.

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2026

Energy Prices Spike, Inflation Set to Roar, and Urgent Warnings About Credit Markets

Urgent warnings about credit markets from Hank Paulson and Jamie Dimon deserve your attention. And the looming set of nested supply and inflationary shocks are being met with more money printing by the Fed.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2026

The Largest Energy Shock On Record Is Worse Than You Think

Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tonight, the damage has been done and it’s a lot worse than most people understand. Here’s the math… and the truth.Click Here for the Full Report

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2026

Who Will Win, The Money Printers Or Physics?

Equity markets are signaling the usual thing during a war: lots and lots of excess liquidity from “somewhere.” But this time, the loss of oil and NG from global markets means that physics has entered the room. I should point out that physics remains undefeated.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2026

Investing When Nothing Matters and Anything Goes

We’ve entered a New Normal for US equity markets where fundamentals no longer seem to matter. Nor the reality of a a global disruption in energy and raw and intermediate products such as sulfur, aluminum, urea, helium, and ammonia.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2026

The Fat Pipe April 10th, 2026: Broken “Markets,” Oil Update, the Golden Future, WTH Europe?, and Claude Mythos

The suppression of the price of oil cannot last much longer. When it breaks – watch out – there could be significant (if not uncontrollable) market turmoil.Click Here for the Full Content

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2026

Are Markets Providing Signal or Noise?

Time for our weekly Finance U episode with Paul Kiker. The “markets” are operating as if the largest energy shock in world history weren’t already unfolding and compounding by the day.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2026

Almost Nobody Understands How Bad It’s Going to Get

The situation in the Middle East just got a lot worse yesterday and last night. Yes, worse! And even if hostilities stopped right now, there’s going to be a world of hurt coming economically.Click Here for Part 2

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2026

Energy Shocks and Inflation vs. Market Complacency – Which Is Stronger?

Western financial markets, (US, EU and Japan) are all stumbling into the future, no longer discounting, but seemingly lobotomized and unable to properly assess current and future realities.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2026

Is This the Covid-Like Calm Before the Storm?

Given the circumstances, US equity markets have been calm. Too calm…Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2026

Episode #12 of the Wake-Up Call: Slowly, Then All at Once

I’ll tell you the simple “step zero” to help you crush your prepper shame and start today. I also rip the lid off market scams, fertilizer shortages, LNG meltdowns, and the coming petrodollar collapse that make this unlike any paper crisis before, proving why urgent preparation is now your best edge.Click Here for the Full Version

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2026

Investing in an Age of Uncertainty

Between the unpredictable impacts of the world’s worst energy shock and the sudden loss of so many high salaried jobs to AI, what’s an investor to think (let alone do)?Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2026

The Iran War Is Roiling Markets and Supply Chains

Things are developing slowly…then all at once…Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2026

Investor Complacency Amid an Energy Shock

The fog of war has crept over into the “markets” which are puzzlingly complacent. How to even begin to make sense of it all? Tune in…Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2026

AI’s Golden Promises and Dark Risks With Mike Adams

Deconstructing the AI hype, and very real risks, with Mike Adams of Natural News.Click Here for this Month's Renaissance Report on AI

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2026

The AI Horizon: Existential Risks to Work, Wealth, and Currency

I began my inquiry into AI with concern. Now I am profoundly alarmed: even if it goes well, catastrophic risks to work, wealth, and currency are ridiculously high.Click Here for the Full Premium Report

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2026

The Not-So-Great Economy, and Will Private Credit Be the Spark That Kicks Off GFC 2.0?

The headline stock index numbers look good, but beneath the surfaced things really aren’t all that great for the majority of Americans.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2026

Did Retail Pile in at the Exact Wrong Moment?

Creak! Pop! Beneath the surface equity markets are flashing warning signs.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2026

The McJobs Report, and Is Oil the Next Bull Market?

It’s time for the latest episode of Finance U. We dissect the latest BLS McJobs report (so named because it does not reflect reality) and the possibility that big money is quietly sneaking into energy and oil stocks.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2026

A Vital Conversation: Bridging the Generational Divide With Hakeem Anwar

Chris and Hakeem examine generational economic burdens, entrepreneurship risks, AI’s workforce impact, community resilience, real skills like permaculture, and cross-generational empathy for future uncertainties.Click Here for Hakeem's Company, AbovePhone

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2026

Has The Great Rotation Begun?

Was that a market liquidity tremor last week? If so, does that mean equity declines are ahead, or was it signaling something more dramatic?Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2026

Either Trump’s Dollar Weakening Works or It Doesn’t

Get ready for some very alarming moves in the markets over the coming months. The old regime is ending and a new one is starting.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2026

Generational Wealth Will Be Made and Lost as the Carry Trades Unwind

One of my favorite podcast guests is back with us for our quarterly sit-down. Adam Rozencwajg’s thoughtful and measured views on trends, resources and commodities, are always rooted in an investment thesis that makes sense. and is backed by copious data. This one is a banger.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2026

Investing During The Age of Consequences

Staying abreast of these markets is a full time job. Unless you love doing it, which both myself and Paul Kiker do. Then it’s not work at all.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2026

U.S. Retail Is Slowly Waking Up to Buying Gold and Silver

Dana Samuelson’s decades of precious metals experience shed light on the biggest monetary story of our lifetimes.Click Here for American Gold Exchange

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2026

Escaping Fiat Madness and Counterparty Risk With Gold, the Only “Tier Zero” Monetary Asset

Dave Russell joins me to discuss gold surge signaling monetary reset, fiat crisis, Japan’s bond yield spike, physical metals demand from big money, silver’s tech role, and gold as Tier Zero asset.Click Here for GoldCore

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2026

Welcome to the Crack Up Boom?

Do you know what is the last act of any bubble? The crack-up boom.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2026

Volatility: Friend or Foe?

2026 has started out with a bang. In this wide-ranging podcast, Paul Kiker and I help you quickly catch up on the most important financial and economic events that have happened…so far.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2026

Dave Collum: A Forensic Exploration of The 2025 Train Wreck

This is a long one. We cover a LOT of territory. The conclusion is that our entire way of life is in deep trouble, top to bottom. The financial elites would prefer we fight each other, and not notice their ever-increasing predations on every crumb of remaining economic value.Click Here for Dave's 2025 Year In Review

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2026

A Contrarian’s Take: AI’s Electricity Problem and the Bull Case for Oil

The key, we are told, is to buy low and sell high. This translates, roughly, into buying when others are selling and selling when others are buying. It sounds easy, but it’s really not…Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2025

Every .30-06 Round Went Clean Through!

Look, the current Charlie Kirk PsyOp is indistinguishable from the Covid or 9/11 FedSlop. We’re being lied to. But why and for what reason? Let’s dive in.Click Here for Part 2

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2025

Getting Ready For Anything

Have we reached Peak Debt? It seems likely, and the future will be dominated by dealing with the consequences. Japan is flashing warning signs, while gold is beckoning the way out.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2025

Lanci: “The Silver Short Squeeze Hasn’t Even Begun”

Vince Lanci shares his expertise with us and we cover a LOT! So download the audio and go for nice long walk, or stack wood, or something.Click Here for GoldCore

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2025

Luke Gromen: The Debt Dilemma and the Fork in the Road

This is a true banger of a podcast, packed with insights and depth. The conclusion? It’s time to make your portfolio as resilient as your homestead.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

Reclaiming Privacy With the Above Phone

Worried about being tracked? You should be. Today’s podcast guest has solutions. It’s time to reclaim a large portion of our privacy, and we can.Click Here for Above Phone

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2025

Introducing Dana Samuelson, a Trusted Expert in Gold and Silver

If you’ve been thinking about buying gold or silver, you’re going to want to listen in to this interview with a true market expert with deep experience across many years and market cycles.Click Here for American Gold Exchange

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2025

It’s Time to Believe Your Lying Eyes

The stock market and the real economy have separated. The former keeps magically elevating while the latter is sliding into recession.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2025

Our Money System Is a Ponzi Scheme

Chris’ guest Simon Dixon exposes the fiat system as a debt Ponzi scheme run by stateless (and heartless) financial networks, forecasts a multipolar power shift, discusses Western asset-stripping, CBDC control, and urges people to invest in hard assets and community-building to survive the coming disruptions.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2025

Creak! Pop! More Signs That the Everything Bubble Is Getting Ready to Burst

The Fed has been a serial bubble blower for my entire adult life. Once again, we’re facing the prospect of a colossal bubble bursting event, this time led by AI delusions having to square back up with reality, as well as house prices having to come back down to reality. Tune in for our weekly discussion of all things financial.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025

Yesterday’s Underinvestment in Silver Mining Is Tomorrow’s Price Spike

In this episode of Finance U, David Russell of GoldCore and I discuss all things silver and gold. The world is changing. Tune in to find out what’s happening and where things are headed.Click Here for GoldCore

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2025

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