Podcast Episodes

The Government Is Coming For Your [insert asset here]

Season 1 Episode 303

What if money could make you freer instead of more dependent? Matt McClintock joins the pod to dive into Bitcoin’s evolution from digital experiment …

5 months, 1 week ago

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Techno-Feudal Estates

Season 1 Episode 302

Jacob Shapiro is joined by Matt Pines, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the accelerating convergence of Bitcoin, AI, ge…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Alone in the Insane Asylum

Season 1 Episode 301

Jacob Shapiro reconnects with Chase Taylor (of Pinecone Macro) for a wide-ranging conversation on U.S. competitiveness. The two dig into why electric…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Youth Against Government

Season 1 Episode 300

Jacob steps away from his usual roster of experts to bring listeners a first-person account from Kathmandu. Law student and human rights scholar Pras…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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“Bitcoin is a Miracle”

Season 1 Episode 299

Jacob and Rob reunite after a long break, tracing the threads between a dizzying run of global events and markets that seem strangely calm. Jacob fra…

6 months ago

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Deterrence by Punishment

Season 1 Episode 298

Jacob Shapiro sits down with Jacek Bartosiak, founder of Strategy&Future, to discuss Russia’s drone incursions into Polish airspace and their broader…

6 months ago

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Soft Dictatorship, Big Tariffs

Season 1 Episode 297

After a month-long hiatus recovering from illness, Jacob Shapiro returns to the podcast joined by recurring guest Elohim Monard. Together, they exami…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Pissing in the Public Pool

Season 1 Episode 296

Jacob and Rob dig into Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, exposing the political theater surrounding government data. The…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Fiscal Reality and Financial Repression

Season 1 Episode 295

Jacob Shapiro sits down with Luke Gromen for a wide-ranging discussion about AI’s disruption, the U.S. fiscal outlook, and global power dynamics. Jac…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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The White Nationalist Social Democracy

Season 1 Episode 294

Jacob interviews Dr. Van Jackson, an international relations scholar specializing in East Asian and Pacific security. They discuss the accelerating p…

8 months ago

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