D2B Season 16 (2025)

D2B 358
Brazilian Currency &
Debt Crisis
02/17/2025 – Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan break down Brazil’s economic turmoil. They explore the root causes of the crisis, and analyze the impact of rising debt and currency devaluation.

D2B 357
Trade Tariffs
02/07/2025 – Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega explore the complex world of trade tariffs.

D2B 356
Steel Standoff: The Blocked Nippon-US Steel Acquisition
Bonus Vocabulary
01/29/2025 – Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega provide bonus vocabulary explanations and examples for words and phrases used in D2B 355 – Steel Standoff: The Blocked Nippon-US Steel Acquisition.

D2B 355
Steel Standoff: The Blocked Nippon-US Steel Acquisition
01/24/2025 – In a surprising turn of events, the outgoing Biden administration blocked a $14.9 billion deal for Nippon Steel to acquire US Steel, citing national security concerns.
Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega explore this controversial acquisition.

D2B 354
Real Ice and their plan to save Arctic sea ice
Bonus Vocabulary
01/15/2025 – Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega provide bonus vocabulary explanations and examples for words and phrases used in D2B 353 – Real Ice and their plan to save Arctic sea ice.

D2B 353
Real Ice and their plan to save Arctic sea ice
01/13/2025 – Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega explore the environmental and business implications of Real Ice’s mission to save the Arctic. They discuss the science behind Arctic ice loss, the albedo effect, and the cyclical nature of global warming.