{"podcast":{"title":"The Jacob Shapiro Podcast","slug":"the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035","podcast_index_feed_id":5326035,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/jacob-shapiro/","website_url":"https://www.jacobshapiro.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b9153f19-90a0-43d3-bd17-554c3a800780/hOlXRn8A0JZIW_T_d93mt16u.png","author":"Jacob Shapiro","episode_count":350,"summary":"Hosted by Jacob Shapiro, the Jacob Shapiro Podcast is long-form exploration of geopolitics, markets, crypto, agriculture, macro-finance, commodities, ForEx, and much much more! Tune in biweekly for interviews with experts across the globe, and weekly for roundups of global financial and geopolitical events!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:18:10.564697+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035"},"episode":{"title":"For My Friends, Everything; For My Enemies, The Law","slug":"for-my-friends-everything-for-my-enemies-the-law","published_at":"2026-01-09T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035/for-my-friends-everything-for-my-enemies-the-law","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035","url":"https://jacobshapiro.com/podcasts/venezuela-with-elo","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ff6fb257-446a-4439-8f68-1486b1e0ab7a.mp3","summary":"Venezuela has become the flashpoint for a new era of American hard power - not just a regime change, but a raw assertion of dominance over the \"backyard.\" Elohim Monard graces the pod with his presence once more as the U.S. treats a sovereign nation like a criminal organization to secure global oil markets, and the ideological fractures across Latin America deepen. Is this the beginning of a peaceful transition or the birth of ten years of chaos? This moment forces a reckoning: what happens when stability is traded for extraction, when ideology gives way to brute pragmatism, and when Latin America’s future is shaped less by its people than by who controls the valves? -- Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:12) - Discussing Recent Events in Venezuela (02:59) - US Involvement and Imperialism (06:15) - Historical Context and Comparisons (08:58) - Reactions from Latin American Leaders (14:30) - Potential Future Scenarios (24:56) - Cuba's Situation and US Strategy (27:29) - Media Critique and Final Thoughts (28:46) - Stephen Miller's Perspective on Venezuela (32:36) - US Strategy in Latin America (34:00) - Future of US Dominance in the Western Hemisphere (37:14) - Impact of Chinese Investments (44:25) - Potential Chaos in Venezuela (54:38) - Implications for Peru (58:03) - Final Thoughts and Upcoming Discussions -- Referenced in the Show: -- Jacob Shapiro Site: jacobshapiro.com Jacob Shapiro LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416 Jacob Twitter: x.com/JacobShap Jacob Shapiro Substack: jashap.substack.com/subscribe -- The Jacob Shapiro Show is produced and edited by Audiographies LLC. More information at audiographies.com -- Jacob Shapiro is a speaker, consultant, author, and researcher covering global politics and affairs, economics, markets, technology, history, and cultur…","meta_description":"Venezuela has become the flashpoint for a new era of American hard power - not just a regime change, but a raw assertion of dominance over the \"backyard.\"…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3548,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035/episodes/for-my-friends-everything-for-my-enemies-the-law/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jacob-shapiro-podcast-5326035/for-my-friends-everything-for-my-enemies-the-law.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}