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Beyond the Business

Beyond the Business

By: Alex White
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 Beyond the Business is a narrative podcast about the systems that quietly shape modern business — energy, infrastructure, sustainability, technology, and risk. Each episode deconstructs the economic logic behind today’s transitions, exposing hidden costs, legacy structures, and long-term consequences that rarely appear in boardrooms or reports. It’s about helping business see the system it operates in more clearly. My LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-byelyavtsev-a702a22a/Alex White Economics
Episodes
  • S4E7 Air Problem

    S4E7 Air Problem
    Mar 26 2026

    We are still solving yesterday’s air problem. The next one is already forming. Environmental policy reacts step by step. The atmosphere evolves continuously. While we focus on known pollutants, new risks are already emerging from feedback systems to unintended consequences of past solutions. The question is no longer what the problem is. The question is whether we are already behind it.
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    16 mins
  • S4E6 Air Fraud

    S4E6 Air Fraud
    Mar 25 2026

    When pollution becomes a number, it becomes negotiable. In this episode, I expose how environmental systems are manipulated from Dieselgate to carbon credit schemes and forest offsets that exist only on paper. Emissions are hidden. Incentives are distorted. Reductions are reported, but not always real. The system is built to control pollution. But it can also be used to reshape the numbers instead of the outcome.
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    15 mins
  • S4E5 Air Token

    S4E5 Air Token
    Mar 24 2026

    Air is no longer free. In this episode, I break down how carbon became currency, how emissions turned into tradable assets, and how the atmosphere entered financial markets. Pollution is now priced, traded and optimized. But the question is simple. Are we reducing emissions or just trading the right to pollute?
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    14 mins
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