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The Truffle Hunters

I thought this was a movie. 

It started off super slow and it must jjave been a good twenty minutes into the film when I realised it was a documentary but done in a very unintrusive manner with long scenes where not too much happens.

It's about four truffle hunters in the North West, Piedmont region of Italy. It's just a handful of old men who still hunt for truffles. They know each other as their paths cross from time to time. One of them, Angelo refuses to hunt any more as it's too commercial, cut throat and dangerous. Competing truffle hunters leave poisoned bait to kill the truffle hunters dogs. Angelo is a poetic figure with a strong sense of principle due to his disillusionment with the greed and corruption that have infiltrated the trade. He is shown rejecting offers from dealers who try to coax him back into the field, emphasizing his resolve to leave that life behind. His decision is rooted in a desire to preserve the purity of the tradition against the encroaching commercialization and unethical practices

The other three guys are Carlo - An elderly truffle hunter in his 80s, who goes out at night with his dog to avoid detection. He is portrayed as somewhat reckless, ignoring his wife Maria Teresa's concerns about his safety due to his age and the risks of nighttime hunting. Aurelio - A 90-year-old truffle hunter who is deeply attached to his dog, Birba. He is a bachelor with no children and expresses a hope that someone will care for Birba after he’s gone, reflecting his solitary yet dedicated life in the truffle forests. Sergio - Another truffle hunter and the youngest of them in his mid sixties, who hunts with his dogs, Biri and Fiona. He is shown as methodical and protective of his tradecraft secrets and likes to play the drums on his patio when he's not working.

It's a bucolic documentary about a way of life that is, if not quite dying out due to the extraordinary prices the truffles can command, is lived by an aging workforce who have no incentive to give away their knowledge.

White truffles, like those in Piedmont, are rarer and harder to quantify than the black truffles — estimates suggest 10-20 tons annually, but much goes unreported due to cash transactions and tax evasion. At prices ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 per pound for white truffles (and up to $6,000 for exceptional specimens), Piedmont’s white truffle trade alone could be worth $20-60 million yearly, conservatively.

There was something very charming about this film and it reminded me of the Italians we would meet driving from Germany to Malta as a child. Authentic, deeply connected toi the land and proud of their heritage. The old couple Carlo and his wife Maria Theresa had a small wine production and garden vegetable harvests with canning of tomatoes and so forth.

Their lives are guided by the seasons and customs and the growing or fermenting calendar. We don't have that any more. I sort of remember it, but it was evaporating, even back then as a child. 

The Truffle Hunters reminded me of it once again.

Joe Rogan & Social Media Influencer Ian Caroll

Both Joe Rogan and superstar social media influencer Ian Caroll are either gate keeping on the Q information or have been misdirected on the research. That said, this conversation is the motherlode on pretty much all the key conspiracies bar a few esoteric ones.

It's a killer conversation and is unprecedented at this level of audience and viewing figures. Ian has only been researching for two years and is light years ahead of where I was after a couple of years research. The younger ones can research at the speed of light and that wasn't something I anticipated over the years but is one of the key reasons why we're going to win.