Friday Night Economic Review
Hosted by Sarah Westall · 18 decoded episodes · newest Sep 25, 2026
Friday Night Economic Review is a recurring segment of Sarah Westall’s Business Game Changers podcast, featuring conversations about finance, economics, geopolitics, markets, monetary systems, and emerging risks. Hosted by investigative journalist Sarah Westall, the segment brings in analysts and subject-matter experts to examine major economic and political developments.
Episodes 18
- Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 0mFrancis Hunt links war, debt and the dollar’s weakening gripThe conversation presents a sweeping, contested account of how debt, sanctions, monetary intervention and digitization could reshape financial security and political power.
- Sep 24, 2026 · 51 minMexico’s labor crisis shapes North American trade securityThe episode links wages, migration, cartel power, food security, and USMCA enforcement into one argument about the stability of North America.
- Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 14mMel K traces postwar networks behind modern governanceThe conversation examines contested claims that financial, intelligence, philanthropic, and international institutions weakened democratic accountability and national sovereignty.
- Sep 20, 2026 · 56 minReincarnation research challenges brain-based theories of consciousnessThe cases discussed could force a reconsideration of whether consciousness is produced entirely by the brain and whether it survives death.
- Sep 18, 2026 · 39 minEconomic shocks expose fault lines in money, energy and employmentThe conversation connects Europe’s energy vulnerability, weakening employment, sanctions and de-dollarization to the risk of prolonged economic and social instability.
- Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 12mGermany’s sovereignty fight tests Europe’s political futureThe discussion connects the AfD’s rise to Germany’s industrial decline, war policy, immigration debate, and fears of expanding technocratic control.
- Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 16mBiotech’s promise collides with weak oversight and institutional distrustThe conversation connects disputed COVID-era governance with a broader question: whether institutions can manage biotechnology whose benefits and risks are expanding faster than regulation.
- Sep 13, 2026 · 1h 28mRemote viewers map a contested biotech futureThe conversation connects speculative remote-viewing claims about biotech, energy, AI, and human augmentation to a central question about who controls technological change.
- Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 31mCapital flows expose the risks behind escalating geopolitical conflictThe episode argues that currencies, debt, military spending, and trade routes may reveal strategic intentions more clearly than political rhetoric.
- Sep 10, 2026 · 1h 3mEarly puberty study raises questions about chemical exposureThe discussion connects reported early puberty with broader concerns about endocrine disruption, prenatal exposure, chronic disease, and the limits of symptom-focused care.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 58 minWestall and Letts debate corruption, censorship and political backlashThe conversation shows how allegations of institutional corruption collide with questions about evidence, accountability, free speech and the risk of unrest.
- Sep 6, 2026 · 59 minMeditation becomes a defense against manufactured realityThe conversation frames discernment and inner calm as safeguards against polarization, media manipulation, and fear-driven narratives.