James Thompson

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6,026 appearances 19 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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Chanticleer · Ugly choice between stagflation and recession, China's EV shock spreads & Bathla mess grows · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

Uh it's still struggling to survive. voice-verified

Bathla's administrators gave themselves until the middle of the week to scramble together some emergency money and pay the company's employees. voice-verified

So, did they manage to do it? voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

Just. voice-verified

A really tricky one, isn't it? voice-verified

You might decide that look, Baffle's a mess. voice-verified

I don't I don't want these guys building my project, right? voice-verified

But imagine what the next builder's gonna do. voice-verified

They're gonna be so nervous about the quality of the work that's already been done. voice-verified

And you think they're gonna say to you, Oh, looks like you've had a hard year, guys. voice-verified

We'll charge you a special discount. voice-verified

No, they're gonna say, Sorry, you need us more than we need you. voice-verified

Price is up 40% if you voice-verified

want this done. voice-verified

So this is just a mess. voice-verified

And and as you said, the private credit guys, they're not like a big bank. voice-verified

If a big bank had lent to Bathur, and as we said last week, that'll never happen, but if they had, they would just cut a big check, 50 million bucks, and say, get this done. voice-verified

Get this completed so we can start selling these properties off and move on. voice-verified

But there's so many different private credit lenders in here with different property voice-verified

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