Greg Smith

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2,546 appearances 23 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2025 last heard yesterday

Greg Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 22 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 5.

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Full Show Podcast: 28 September 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 podcast

Sentiments are cr falling across every age, income, education, geographic, and political group. voice-verified

So for Democrats, it's down thirteen percent since January. voice-verified

For Republicans, it's now down twenty percent. voice-verified

So uh an interesting point, I suppose, about the surveys is voice-verified

as well as does it you know reflect declining trust institutions uh and just general lower happiness rather than simply economic conditions. voice-verified

So perhaps not proof that the US consumers about to collapse. voice-verified

I mean they're still buying stuff, but yeah, genuine affordability warning and maybe a measure of a much darker national mood. voice-verified

Oh, absolutely. voice-verified

So yeah, look, diamonds may be forever, um, but their prices certainly aren't. voice-verified

So natural diamonds, look at those, their prices have lost uh more than half their value in five years. voice-verified

The average price of a one carat stone uh has fallen from just over eight thousand US in twenty twenty one to three thousand nine hundred today. voice-verified

Investment grade diamonds, if you look at an index of that, that's at a record low. voice-verified

So there's two forces behind it. voice-verified

So Glad at mine diamonds. voice-verified

Produced during the pandemic period, bit of a catch-up there. voice-verified

But yeah, lab-grown diamonds might uh fundamentally change the market. voice-verified

So same chemical, same physical properties as naturals, but they can cost up to 90% less. voice-verified

So yeah, no surprise, I suppose, that consumers have responded quickly. voice-verified

Lab grown diamonds, 60% of engagement ring center stones sold last year. voice-verified

Market projected to triple by 2034. voice-verified

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