Podcast Episodes
Back to Search![Read_696 - Currencies Today are "IOU Nothings" [John Exter]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740773/c1a-9mg94-qxjgrzzvs9jq-v3ffx0.jpg)
Read_696 - Currencies Today are "IOU Nothings" [John Exter]
"Today no money in the world fully performs all three services. National currencies are being used as means-of-payment and standard-of-value money, b…
3 years, 2 months ago
Basics_01 - Bitcoin... What is it?
Sure, everyone tells me that bitcoin is a new technology. That it's magic money for the internet and tokens you can buy and stick in an app that will…
3 years, 2 months ago
![Read_695 - Central Banks are Inflation Creators, Not Inflation Fighters [Josh Hendrikson]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740774/c1a-9mg94-7nqv4778s6r6-xryllv.jpg)
Read_695 - Central Banks are Inflation Creators, Not Inflation Fighters [Josh Hendrikson]
"All of this is important because there has been a resurrection of Burns-type positions in the current debate about the cause of higher inflation rat…
3 years, 2 months ago
![Read_694 - Locked Out of My Digital Life [edent]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740776/c1a-9mg94-1xnz011oa605-akvelk.jpg)
Read_694 - Locked Out of My Digital Life [edent]
"Last night, lightning struck our house and burned it down. I escaped wearing only my nightclothes. In an instant, everything was vaporised. Laptop? …
3 years, 2 months ago
![Read_693 - Lightning & The Airport Analogy [Danny Scott]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740777/c1a-9mg94-2ogqdzzqck63-nbc3j7.jpg)
Read_693 - Lightning & The Airport Analogy [Danny Scott]
"But as with all new technology, it can be incredibly hard to explain what’s actually happening, without getting too complex. This got me thinking ab…
3 years, 2 months ago
Guy's Take #63 - Anatomy of a Scam, The IMF and World Bank Empire
Today we break into the racket that is the IMF and World Bank monetary imperialism. Piggy backing off Gladstein's remarkable piece detailing the horr…
3 years, 2 months ago
Shitcoin Insider #009 - Craig Wrong
Bad forgeries, fake signatures, backdated emails, more money than your country, & a lawsuit for everyone! This is the story of Faketoshi, explored th…
3 years, 2 months ago
![Read_692 - A Quick & Dirty Explanation [DerGigi]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740778/c1a-9mg94-k5m32rr8ukg1-wgqubp.jpg)
Read_692 - A Quick & Dirty Explanation [DerGigi]
"Bitcoin is paradoxical. It is simple yet complicated, ever-changing yet unchangeable. A novel machine without any novel parts; a technological innov…
3 years, 2 months ago
![Read_691 - A Native Protocol for Social Media [Jack Dorsey]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740780/c1a-9mg94-8m6v4kkjsg9m-alztif.jpg)
Read_691 - A Native Protocol for Social Media [Jack Dorsey]
The problem today is that we have companies who own both the protocol and discovery of content. Which ultimately puts one person in charge of what’s …
3 years, 2 months ago
![Reboot - The Use of Knowledge in Society [F.A. Hayek]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740781/c1a-9mg94-p8dm9116ajgk-3r7tbw.jpg)
Reboot - The Use of Knowledge in Society [F.A. Hayek]
Bringing back one of my favorites today that I mention often but we haven't covered in a very long time. This is an essential piece diving into the c…
3 years, 2 months ago