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Simon Sebag Montefiore is a British historian and author known for vivid, narrative-driven works of history and biography. He’s written acclaimed books including “Jerusalem: The Biography,” “The Romanovs,” “Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar,” and “Young Stalin.” He’s also written historical fiction. Educated at Cambridge, he’s celebrated for making complex history accessible and engaging for general readers worldwide.
Tomorrow, he is coming on the show to discuss his new book, “The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East,” which explores the history of the Middle East from 1900 to the present.
Comment with your questions for Simon below.
Gold is back in the headlines.
Central banks are adding to their reserves.
Governments are printing more of their currency.
Debt keeps climbing.
But rising gold prices alone don’t explain what’s really happening.
The team at Monetary Metals just released their 2026 Gold Outlook Report, and it digs into the deeper forces driving the gold market right now.
Inside the report you’ll learn:
Why gold may still be in a long-term bull market
What rising debt and unstable monetary policy means for gold
Why recent market volatility could signal bigger shifts ahead
It’s a clear, data-driven look at where gold is today, and where it may go next.
If you care about gold, this is worth your time.
Love your work. What has been the constant Russian objective in the Middle East and how does it affect the Middle East today?
People like to deride agreements like Sykes-Picot as "drawing arbitrary lines on a map", but was it really so arbitrary or was there legitimate reasons to think those borders were reasonable at the time they were drawn?