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Peter Zeihan brings his $100 oil warning to Scott Galloway

The geopolitical strategist argues that disrupted supplies would hit Asian importers hardest, in a podcast clip drawing an unusually large audience.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 469,089 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (20,714).

"East Asia Is Gone" — Peter Zeihan on the Oil Shock No One Is Ready For

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0:26Zeihan argues that dependence on Persian Gulf oil leaves Asian importers exposed to prolonged supply disruptions.
2:20Higher oil prices help Russia only if it can keep exporting, Zeihan tells Galloway.
2:50Zeihan describes European tanker seizures and raises the possibility of US restrictions on crude exports.
5:45Zeihan says Starlink access controls disrupted Russian frontline coordination and helped Ukrainian advances.
7:11Zeihan argues that Russia's territorial ambitions leave little prospect of compromise in peace negotiations.

Scott Galloway asks whether expensive oil is good for Russia and bad for China. Peter Zeihan's answer comes with a condition: "It's only good for Russia if they can continue to export."

That distinction drives a brisk interview excerpt on The Prof G Pod, which has drawn roughly 390,000 views in 16 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos.

Zeihan, founder of Zeihan on Geopolitics, builds his warning around dependence on Persian Gulf crude. He argues that prolonged disruption would leave China, Japan and Korea especially exposed, alongside India. The title's declaration, "East Asia Is Gone," is his prediction of the consequences, not a description of something that has happened.

Galloway keeps pushing the discussion toward who benefits. Zeihan argues that higher prices alone cannot secure Russia's position if European action against its shadow tanker fleet prevents oil from reaching buyers. He also raises the possibility of US export restrictions, describing a scenario in which several major sources of crude become constrained together.

The conversation later turns to Ukraine. Zeihan says tighter Starlink access controls disrupted Russian coordination and helped Ukrainian advances, before offering a pessimistic assessment of negotiations.

A separate Persian Gulf discussion with Zeihan is also drawing a much larger audience than the channel's usual uploads. Under this clip, several viewers question when the interview was recorded, while others challenge the timing and reliability of his forecasts.

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The facts

Channel: The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
Subscribers: 825,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 668,349
Channel views, pace per day: 162,128 (on a normal day: 111,845)
Video published: October 17, 2026
Video views so far: 389,021 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 469,089

The numbers

Both Zeihan clips are drawing unusually large audiences for The Prof G Pod. The East Asia excerpt is already well beyond the channel's usual full first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

20,714

this video

469,089

subscribers

825,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

79,518,952

views per day

162,128