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BONUS QUESTIONS with Dave Collum HERE: shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/p/dave-collum-exclusive

Dave Collum is the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. He earned his BS from Cornell and PhD from Columbia, then spent over 40 years at Cornell leading research in organolithium chemistry and serving in major departmental leadership roles, with collaborations at companies like Merck and Pfizer. He is also known for his sharp, contrarian annual Year in Review essays on markets, politics, and culture.

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Timestamps:
4:20 - Buying gold before anyone wanted it
16:10 - How Dave avoided the dot-com collapse
18:34 - Seeing the 2008 banking crisis coming
23:11 - Why Dave questions credentialed experts
29:36 - Israel, Trump and conspiracy culture
51:35 - Why Dave expects a major financial reckoning
56:25 - AI, markets and authoritarian risk
1:15:25 - Alberta independence and the Ukraine war
1:21:34 - Dave’s case against the climate consensus
1:49:49 - Fishing, family and road-trip memories