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Issues And Ideas With Chris DeBello January 25 2026
·53 min·5 clips
How China monopolized rare earth minerals by exploiting Western environmental regulations.
As heard by us
A brisk episode that moves from dog safety rules to rare earth supply chains.
Chris DiBello starts with a plain warning about winter weather and dog owners, then folds in state and local tethering rules, with New Jersey doing the heavy lifting as the example.
Why you'd press play
Press play if you want policy talk that starts local and ends geopolitical.
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