Episodes

  • Pulse: Origins — Trailer

    Pulse: Origins — Trailer
    Apr 19 2026
    Everything has an origin.
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    1 min
  • The Strait of Hormuz — Act 1

    The Strait of Hormuz — Act 1
    Apr 27 2026
    Four thousand years ago, Bahrain's merchants calibrated their scales to Indian standards — not Mesopotamian ones. That detail reveals who organized Gulf trade and why: the same tectonic collision that built the oil reserves also carved the six-mile bottleneck everything has to pass through. This act covers the ancient Sumerian trade highway, Alexander the Great's unbuilt thousand-ship armada, and the starving Portuguese commander who seized Hormuz Island in 1507 with six ships and a costume change. New episodes every Sunday. Follow us on X @ThePulseSPN singularitypulse.substack.com
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    17 mins
  • The Strait of Hormuz — Act 2

    The Strait of Hormuz — Act 2
    May 3 2026
    The Route to India: Britain didn't come to the Persian Gulf for the Gulf — it came to protect the passage to India, and it built an entire political order to do it. This act covers how calling Arab sailors 'pirates' became the legal foundation for the Trucial States, why the borders on today's map were drawn to serve an empire that no longer exists, and what happened when Britain announced it was leaving — and the rulers it had installed offered to pay it to stay. New episodes every Sunday. Follow us on X @ThePulseSPN singularitypulse.substack.com
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    20 mins