Episodios

  • Gold, Germany, and the Great Trust Test: Fed Vault Custody, Paper Promises, Bullion Banks, and Dalio’s Empire Stages
    Jan 29 2026

    On today’s International Flavor, Samuel Trapp digs into a viral gold “bombshell” claim: Germany supposedly demanding rapid repatriation of gold held at the New York Fed. He walks through what can be checked (Germany’s past repatriation, vault custody basics, the difference between moving bars vs sourcing new metal) versus what smells like narrative-pump fear marketing. Along the way: gold leasing, rehypothecation, “force majeure” talk, and why Russia’s reserve-freeze precedent changed how countries think about custody risk. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

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    1 h y 29 m
  • Infrastructure Is Destiny: China Builds, War Breaks, Finance Bends—From Xi’s Poverty Drive to Kyiv Blackouts and Davos Confessionals
    Jan 28 2026

    On this episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp examines the world through a single unifying lens: infrastructure as the operating system of power. From China’s development model—lifting over 100 million people out of poverty and becoming the top trading partner for more than 100 countries—to infrastructure warfare in Ukraine, where power grids in Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, and Odesa are under sustained attack, the logic is stark. The discussion expands into financial infrastructure, including Japan’s bond market stress, dollar weaponization, and global hedging. Featuring Elon Musk’s Davos realism and a full, uninterrupted Jeffrey Sachs segment, the episode argues that legitimacy today is built—or destroyed—by systems that actually function.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

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    1 h y 30 m
  • Bias, Borders, and Breakaways: AI Filters, X ‘Freedom of Reach,’ Canada-China Visa Shift, and Europe’s Tech Detox Playbook
    Jan 27 2026

    Today on International Flavor, Samuel Trapp pulls the thread on modern “filters”—AI bias, platform throttling, and the quiet politics of reach. He flags how Canada’s Davos-era hedging turns into a China reset (tariffs, canola, and talk of visa-free travel), while Europe scrambles for data sovereignty—France ditching Zoom/Teams and Britain fretting over U.S.-linked satellites. Then: Grok/X censorship claims around Israel-Palestine discourse, von der Leyen’s bunker-style EU leadership, UK migration protests, and a hard-nosed reality check on Zelensky’s peace posture. From borders to broadband, the world is diversifying—fast.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

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    1 h y 30 m
  • Defense Doctrine, Davos Delusions, and Decline in Plain Sight: Zelensky Overreaches, Europe Balks, Lavrov Audits
    Jan 26 2026

    On Monday’s International Flavor, Samuel Trapp opens with Washington’s newly released 2026 National Defense Strategy—contrasting U.S. framing with foreign reactions—before turning to Davos fallout. Zelensky’s late, combative appearance is dissected as escalation theater rather than statesmanship, especially his Greenland rhetoric and demands on Europe. Germany’s Friedrich Merz is examined as a manager of decline, while AfD’s Alice Weidel detonates the Nord Stream taboo. The hour closes with a deep dive into Sergey Lavrov’s annual foreign policy “audit,” Zakharova’s caustic realism, and signs that Europe’s patience—and public consent—are wearing thin. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

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    1 h y 28 m
  • After the Sign Came Down: Davos, Declining Rules, Rising Force, and the World’s Quiet Exit Plans
    Jan 22 2026

    Today on International Flavor, Samuel Trapp dissects the most revealing speeches from Davos — not as sound bites, but as reactions to a system under strain. China warns quietly about what happens when rules collapse. Macron prepares Europe for a world without guarantees. Brussels clings to process. Finland speaks realism shaped by geography and memory. Mark Carney names the rupture. And Donald Trump drops the pretense, openly treating force as policy. This isn’t left versus right — it’s how power behaves when restraint fades. Davos didn’t unveil a new world order. It exposed who understands the old one is already gone. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

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    1 h y 30 m
  • Rupture, Rules, and Realpolitik: Carney’s Davos “Sign in the Window” Warning, Canada’s Pivot, Trump’s Greenland Gambit, Venezuela Oil Grab
    Jan 21 2026

    Today on International Flavor, Samuel Trapp plays Mark Carney’s Davos speech and pulls the mask off the “rules-based order” story—what Carney calls the sign in the window: everyone performs compliance, even when they know it’s selective and self-serving. From Canada’s rapid diversification to tariff pressure, Greenland power talk, and Venezuela’s oil-centered “drug war” framing, the theme is simple: might is being marketed as right. Plus: Civic Outlaws, government overreach targets, and why interest-based negotiation beats chest-thumping positions. Call in: 573-746-8020. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

    Thanks for listening to International Flavor with Samuel Trapp, where truth crosses borders and censorship ends at the mic.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

    Independent. Unfiltered. International.

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    1 h y 30 m
  • Future Untangled: The Macro Consequences of Tariffs, Arctic Power Plays, NATO Fractures, and the World’s Quiet Pivot Away
    Jan 20 2026

    Today’s International Flavor is a long-horizon episode: macro consequences over momentary headlines. Samuel Trapp breaks down how Trump’s tariffs, Greenland pressure, and the Venezuela operation trigger second- and third-order effects—Canada pivoting toward China, Europe tightening its dependence on U.S. LNG, and NATO running major exercises without U.S. participation to see what’s left when “big brother” steps away. From Davos maneuvering to Arctic geopolitics, the theme is simple: actions compound—and the future gets untangled whether leaders like it or not. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

    Thanks for listening to International Flavor with Samuel Trapp, where truth crosses borders and censorship ends at the mic.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

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    1 h y 30 m
  • Gaza “Peace Board” Gambit, and Cheburashka Cheer: Trump Tariffs, Arctic Angst, Ovechkin Pushback, Spain Rail Tragedy
    Jan 19 2026

    Holiday Monday, late start, lingering cough—then straight into the geopolitical fever dream: Trump’s Greenland push turns into tariff threats, EU “trade bazooka” talk, and Arctic fear-mongering dressed up as strategy. You break down the logic, the leverage game, and why forced “security” sales pitches usually backfire. Then a culture detour: Cheburashka’s box-office dominance and why kindness sells. You hit Ovechkin’s quiet refusal to play Pride-night theater, flag Spain’s deadly high-speed rail crash, and close with Gaza “peace board” intrigue and Nobel Prize grumbling. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

    Thanks for listening to International Flavor with Samuel Trapp, where truth crosses borders and censorship ends at the mic.

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    Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp

    Independent. Unfiltered. International.

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    1 h y 17 m