# Luke Gromen and Dave Collum #1393 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-and-a-mike-72688/luke-gromen-and-dave-collum-1393 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-and-a-mike-72688/luke-gromen-and-dave-collum-1393.md Podcast: [Coffee and a Mike](https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-and-a-mike-72688) Published: 2026-06-04T21:24:00+00:00 Episode link: https://coffeeandamike.libsyn.com/luke-gromen-and-dave-collum-1393 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/coffeeandamike/Luke_Gromen_and_Dave_Collum_06-26.mp3?dest-id=797488 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coffee-and-a-mike-72688/episodes/luke-gromen-and-dave-collum-1393 Duration seconds: 5304 ## Resource Listen/Watch the FULL EPISODE ad-free/early on Substack: https://coffeeandamike.substack.com/ Luke Gromen is the founder and president of Forest for the Trees (FFTT), a macroeconomic research firm that serves institutional and private investors. He joins organic chemist Dave Collum to discuss Strait of Hormuz being closed until Labor Day, market reaction since the war started, what Kevin Warsh might do in the first Fed meeting and much more. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SHARE THIS PODCAST!!! Follow Me X- https://x.com/CoffeeandaMike IG- https://www.instagram.com/coffeeandamike/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeandaMike/ YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@Coffeeandamike Rumble- https://rumble.com/search/all?q=coffee%20and%20a%20mike Substack- https://coffeeandamike.substack.com/ Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-and-a-mike/id1436799008 Gab- https://gab.com/CoffeeandaMike Locals- https://coffeeandamike.locals.com/ Website- www.coffeeandamike.com Email- info@coffeeandamike.com Support My Work Venmo- https://www.venmo.com/u/coffeeandamike Paypal- https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/Coffeeandamike Substack- https://coffeeandamike.substack.com/ Patreon- http://patreon.com/coffeeandamike Locals- https://coffeeandamike.locals.com/ Cash App- https://cash.app/$coffeeandamike Buy Me a Coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/coffeeandamike Bitcoin- coffeeandamike@strike.me Mail Check or Money Order- Coffee and a Mike LLC P.O. Box 25383 Scottsdale, AZ 85255-9998 Follow Luke X- https://x.com/LukeGromen Website- https://fftt-llc.com/ YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@LukeGromenFFTTLLC/featured Follow Dave X- https://x.com/DavidBCollum Sponsors Vaulted/Precious Metals- https://vaulted.blbvux.net/coffeeandamike McAlvany Precious Metals- https://mcalvany.com/coffe… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coffee-and-a-mike-72688/episodes/luke-gromen-and-dave-collum-1393/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-and-a-mike-72688/luke-gromen-and-dave-collum-1393.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.