There is no set criterion for who makes a great podcast guest. Or, if there is, it varies dramatically over the sprawling landscape of Podcastlandia. Personally, I look for people that I’d like to share a meal with. People who have lived big, adventurous, and consequential lives. People who have assumed great risk, worked hard, endured their own share of setbacks, but ultimately made the world a more civilized place without losing their sense of humor. Having shared several meals with today’s guest, I can assure you that he checks all the boxes, and I’m excited for you to meet him.
Tom Albanese has spent over 30 years in the mining industry, which is, with the possible exception of agriculture, the most important industry in the world. He has run, and continues to run, some of the biggest mining companies on the planet, and worked in over a hundred countries. His latest endeavor – the one that brought us together - involves the pursuit of polymetallic nodules. These are small, spherical deposits of critical minerals that have been laying on the seafloor for many millions of years. Some are as small as a milk dud. Others, the size of a softball. The ones in the attached video are golf ball sized. In fact, imagine a massive driving range covered with billions of black golf balls. That’s what much of the seafloor looks like 20,000 feet below the surface – thousands of square miles blanketed with round rocks, all packed with critical metals. They form like pearls over millions of years, and cover much of the abyssal plane. And they are suddenly, very, very important.
Along with myriad rare earths, these polymetallic nodules consist of nickel, copper, cobalt, and manganese – all of which are critical to the $10 trillion infrastructure that America is now committed to building. These are the same critical minerals we’ve been mining in the rainforests for decades, except here, they’re not underground, they’re underwater. They don’t need to be mined, per se, they need to picked up and processed. Obviously, that's more complex than it sounds, but it's doable, and the United States is now fully committed to doing it. We need these metals, and we need them quickly. Tom Albanese is in charge of the only American company poised to get them.
Our whole conversation is here, and it's fascinating. https://t.co/bQqJ1Ap5J2
“Thank You, Trump, And The US Army For The Airstrike. This Is Good News This Christmas. At Least We, The Nigerian Soldiers, Can Get Some Rest From The Hands Of These Terrorists. God Bless America.” - Nigerian Soldier Says
Thank you, the Legal Team. Thank you, all the SEEN & UNSEEN hands that have labored in defense of freedom & justice since 19th June 2021. You gave your all. I commend this Judgment Day to Isaiah 56:1 where God commanded all to ‘maintain justice and do what is right’. AMEN.
I call to never forget the victims of the genocide against the good people of Biafra, killed by Nigerians oligarchs backed by British and French imperial oil interest
We must apologize by recognition of Biafra Republic @radiobiafralive
https://t.co/tYLMgNCwTa
Here’s a music interlude from our dear up-standing brother, Sgt. Joel Ogbonna (a US Army veteran)). It’s hilarious, factual & a master blend of law, music & our eternal quest for basic justice. Take a listen.
NIGERIA by John Libertas. Inspirational 🎶 🔥
John, the artist is not Nigerian. But he has followed the Nigerian Christian genocide stories for years, and has been deeply touched by the situation and frustrated at the same time, over the lack of adequate media coverage and collective action to stop the genocide. So he wrote this song and gave us the permission to use it across all media platforms.
God bless you John @libert58436 🙏
@RepRileyMoore@RepNancyMace@SenTedCruz@MikeArnoldTruth
Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God.
No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other.
Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice.
Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously.
God bless every persecuted Christian.
Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.
@MArinze2993@methuselahnwane Nwanne you know he won't do it. To have a civilised conversation and show beyond doubt to any critical thinker why/how PM Mazi Simon Ekpa is fighting for freedom wrong. Outside stupid propaganda accusations. Debate based on substance. #Eyeontheball >#Biafra
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE USA PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP, @realDonaldTrump ON HIS RE-ELECTION AS THE 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AS A RE-EMERGING NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF BIAFRA LOOKS FORWARD TO THE USA’S COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF SELF DETERMINATION AND THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
AS WE GRADUALLY APPROACH TOWARDS THE DECLARATION OF THE RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF
BIAFRA.
It is our fervent hope that your office will be one of the first to congratulate the United States of Biafra upon the declaration of the restoration of independence by referendum.
-Prime Minister of Biafra
@jay_den111 For the real freedom fighters knew immediately after the extraordinary Rendition of Ohamadike, the "Mantle" was automatically/Spiritually given to Mazi Njoku( PM SImon Ekpa) By the spirits of our land. The chosen ones saw it and followed up immediately he accepted to serve!!.✊🏾✊🏾
@simon_ekpa Men has woken and they are not happy ✊🏾🔥. The Fulani Caliphate heed under the contraption called "Nigeria" they conjoined with colonial masters and sluttered Nde Igbo(Biafra). They killed us in millions. And still killing us. But angels has risen back to defend the people✊🏾🔥.