The Trump administration says it wants to kick start private investment in Venezuela now that it's captured Maduro. And Ukraine is eventually going to need a massive rebuild. But what is it like for a big multinational to actually operate in these types of places? In this episode, we speak with Jeff Kazin and Mike Rohlfsen, the cofounders of agricultural consultancy AgrisAcademy and former long-time Cargill employees. Jeff previously ran Cargill's Venezuelan business and Mike was the company's first employee in another geopolitical hotspot: Ukraine. We talk about the challenges they faced in these two locations, including dollar shortages, corruption, and security threats, and their sometimes creative solutions to them.Read more:<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/venezuela-leader-pressed-from-all-sides-over-oil-industry-plans?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=odd_lots&utm_content=article">Venezuela Leader Pressed From All Sides Over Oil Industry Plans</a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/ukraine-says-it-attacked-small-oil-refinery-in-southern-russia?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=odd_lots&utm_content=article">Ukraine Says It Attacked Small Oil Refinery in Southern Russia</a> <a href="http://bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link">Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter</a> Join the conversation: <a href="https://discord.gg/oddlots" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link">discord.gg/oddlots</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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