The "What is Money?" Show

Apr 08 2025 571 ep. 91 mins 2.1k
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"What is Money?" is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. It is the most important question for finding truth in the world. In this podcast, we will pursue this "rabbit" by engaging in a diversity of deep conversations with deep thinkers from different walks of life.

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How to Use AI to Change Your Life: AI Driven Leadership w/ Geoff Woods (WiM569)

Apr 08 2025 153 mins  
Geoff Woods joins me to discuss what it means to be an AI-driven leader, how to practically leverage tools like ChatGPT for productivity, and the mindset required to build your future self in an increasingly automated world. We explore startup vs legacy approaches to AI integration, the most valuable skills to master in the AI age, how to future-proof your career, and what the smar

How Bitcoin and AI are Reshaping the World w/ Dave Birnbaum (WiM568)

Apr 04 2025 156 mins  
Dave Birnbaum joins me to discuss why privacy is the most important technical problem in Bitcoin, the tradeoffs between auditability and anonymity, how CoinJoin protects users in a surveillance economy, whether cyberspace is the new frontier, the role of Bitcoin in enabling interplanetary civilization, and how AI and Bitcoin will coordinate to increase human productivity. David Bi

Sound Money vs the State: How Inflation Fuels Corruption w/ Tom DiLorenzo (WiM567)

Apr 01 2025 138 mins  
Tom DiLorenzo joins me to discuss the demonization of capitalism, the spiritual consequences of money printing, the mission of the Mises Institute, why Abraham Lincoln might be a fraud, how the Federal Reserve led to the US joining WWI, the difference between Austrian and Keynesian economics, Bitcoin vs Gold, and what a sound money future could look like. Thomas James DiLorenzo is

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Mar 28 2025 175 mins  
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Mar 25 2025 131 mins  
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Mar 25 2025 102 mins  
Mike Kelly joins me to explore Nassim Taleb’s book “Antifragile”, the central triad of fragility, robustness, and antifragility, the problems with separating “skin in the game” from risk, how Bitcoin embodies antifragility, the danger of centralized planning, the role of adversity in growth, and the importance of agency in a world where humans are programmable. Michael J

The Artist vs. The State: Bitcoin, Propaganda, and Digital Revolution w/ George Bodine (WiM563)

Mar 18 2025 147 mins  
George Bodine joins me to discuss the cost of working in law enforcement, the discipline needed to become a fighter pilot, the intersection of art and Bitcoin, the ramifications of fiat vs. sound money, the role of propaganda in the fiat system, Bitcoin as a digital organism, the oscillation between individualism and collectivism, and what it means to live with honor, strength, and

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Mar 14 2025 175 mins  
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Mar 11 2025 212 mins  
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