
The "What is Money?" Show
"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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Dec 29, 2021 • 1h 4min
A Priori vs Empirical Knowledge | The Song Series | Episode 5 (WiM101)
Jimmy Song joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterful anti-state treatise “Democracy: The God that Failed” written by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJimmy's twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysongJimmy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-fixes-this/id1523910866Jimmy's writing: https://jimmysong.substack.com/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro00:00:08 A Priori Knowledge vs Empirical Knowledge00:04:37 Defining A Priori Theory00:07:32 The Fundamental Nature of Reality00:10:33 Nihilistic Nature of Empirical Knowledge00:16:37 Free Will: The Basis of Human Action00:20:40 A Priori Theory in Economics00:30:24 NYDIG00:31:33 Empirical Rationalization00:35:59 The Ideology of the World Wars00:41:17 Statism Adapting to the Market Economy00:47:17 Brainwashing the Public in a Democratic Society00:53:53 Lack of Respect for Reason Because Deception is So Profitable00:58:32 “He Who Controls the Chart, Controls the Narrative” and Bitcoin vs AltcoinsSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 28, 2021 • 59min
Bitcoin and The American Dream | The Weinstein Series | Episode 5 (WiM100)
Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTEric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinsteinEric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphdEric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 The Systemic Failure of Modern Socioeconomic Incentives00:04:27 The Importance of “Paying People in Immorality”00:07:02 “The American Dream Has Stopped Paying a Dividend”00:09:22 Atheism and the Disincentives to Accomplishment00:11:58 “Tried to Put Some Money Away, But I’ve Got Debts No Honest Man Can Pay”00:14:52 Do Unbreakable Rules Engender Cultural Vitality?00:17:46 The Difficulty of Changing Existing Cultures00:20:39 “Nature Just Cares About Strategies that Work”00:24:20 Quantifying the Collapse of The American Dream00:29:14 NYDIG00:30:22 Does Fixing the Money Fix the Pace of Innovation?00:35:02 DISC: “The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex”00:38:04 “Fix the Science, Fix the World”00:40:20 Money Geeks Need to Focus More on Science00:42:15 The Market as a Trained Neural Net in a Force Field Called Money00:47:37 Bitcoin: Let It Be Money Before It Is Anything Else00:49:49 Isn’t Bitcoin Scientific Money?00:54:11 Eric Saying One Super-Offensive Thing to the Bitcoin Community...SOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 27, 2021 • 1h 27min
Centralized Law vs Decentralized Law with Stephan Kinsella (WiM099)
Stephan Kinsella joins me to discuss the nature of centralized law legislated by fiat in comparison with decentralized law discovered through the observation of human action across time.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTStephan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSKinsellaStephan's Website: https://www.stephankinsella.com/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Exploring the Meaning of Legislative “Law”00:09:40 Possession is 9/10ths of the Law00:16:43 Corruption in Law Making & Money Printing00:20:30 Is Coercion Inherent to Fiat?00:26:44 Bitcoin Replacing Fiat Standards?00:30:00 The Basics of Human Action and Property00:36:17 Is Bitcoin Property?00:44:25 NYDIG00:45:34 Does the Nature of Legal Disputes Change Under a Bitcoin Standard?00:51:42 Custodial Aspects of the Fractional Reserve Banking System00:57:49 Bitcoin Lending & the Threat of Rehypothecation01:03:25 Does Bitcoin Disincentivize High Risk Human Action01:08:37 Morality Under a Bitcoin Standard vs a Fiat Standard01:18:11 Centralized Legislation Contributes to UncertaintySOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

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Dec 23, 2021 • 2h 47min
Symbolic World of Christianity and Bitcoin with Jonathan Pageau (WiM098)
Jonathan Pageau joins me for a journey into the philosophical, theological, and existential aspects of civilization and its potential reshaping through Bitcoin.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJonathan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/PageauJonathanJonathan’s Show: https://thesymbolicworld.com/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 What is Meaning?00:07:17 What is Value?00:09:28 Are some Value Hierarchies Objectively Better?00:11:54 Goodness is Fittedness to Purpose00:13:31 Are Individuals Self-Owned?00:16:41 Free Will vs. Determinism from the Orthodox Perspective00:19:13 Incentives are Tools00:23:55 Humans as the Intermediaries Between Heaven and Earth00:26:31 Bottom-Up Emergence and Top-Down Emanation00:29:06 Collective Intelligence Is The Free Market00:34:34 The Corruption of Money is Propelled by the Pursuit of Power?00:37:22 Can We Ever Justify Compulsion, Coercion, and Violence?00:40:51 Does Human Nature Disallow Libertarianism?00:43:11 Responsibility for The Poor According to Christianity00:48:56 Does Bitcoin Lead Us Toward “Digital Feudalism”?00:52:18 Bitcoin as the Disruption of War Mongering?00:54:11 How Do You Define God?00:56:37 “Ghut”: The Etymology of The Word: “God”00:58:25 “Paying Taxes is a Religious Sacrifice”01:02:07 The Fragility of Modernity01:06:51 The Coming 2029 Collapse?01:08:40 “When the Gestapo is in the Streets…”01:11:22 The Specter of CBDCs01:16:16 The Power of Hyper-Mobile Capital01:19:12 The Corrosion of Agent-Arena Relationships01:22:02 We Have Less Scarcity Than Ever…01:24:24 NYDIG01:25:33 Are All Social Institutions Religious in Nature?01:29:15 Fractals: The Intrinsic Geometry of Nature01:33:45 The Brutal Reality of Political Power01:36:54 “Revolution is Inevitable”01:41:00 Gold as a Tool for Political Power01:46:40 The Marketplace as a Macrocosmic Reflection of Mind01:49:30 Zombie Companies and the Lack of Capitalistic Autophagy01:55:16 The Spirit of Innovation, and Innovation as Power01:58:49 Humanity, Mimesis, and Love02:05:55 The Reciprocity Between Creator and Creation02:13:09 The State as the Systemized Predation of Property02:16:28 The Economics of Organized Violence02:24:00 Why Bitcoin is Effectively an Evolution of the Internet02:29:07 “In a World with Money with Infinite Money, The Finite Money Wins”02:32:19 The Christian Interpretation of Freedom02:40:08 The Importance of Honest Weights and MeasuresSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 22, 2021 • 58min
Uncovering the Truth of the 2008 GFC | The Snider Series | Episode 4 (WiM097)
Jeff Snider joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the evolution of money and central banking throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIPJeff's writing: https://alhambrapartners.com/author/jsnider/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 The Misconception of the 2008 “Housing Bubble”00:03:50 “Run on the Banks” and “Securities Lending”00:11:57 Eurodollar System Emerged in Spite of Central Banks00:13:19 Mortgage-Backed Lending and its Demise00:17:41 Cascading Liquidity Crunch in Repo00:19:55 The “Poster Children” of the 2008 GFC00:23:38 Collateral Shortage and Backwards Elasticity of Money00:29:55 NYDIG00:31:03 Rehypothecation of Collateral Harder on Bitcoin Standard00:33:19 LIBOR vs Federal Funds Rate00:38:22 The 12 Basis Point LIBOR Increase Ruptured Markets Globally00:43:15 Dampening Short-Term Volatility Exacerbates Long-Term Volatility00:47:53 What is The Fed to do?00:50:43 The Fed is a Bystander in the Grand Scheme of ThingsSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 21, 2021 • 1h 25min
The False Ideology of Democracy | The Song Series | Episode 4 (WiM096)
Jimmy Song joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterful anti-state treatise “Democracy: The God that Failed” written by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJimmy's twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysongJimmy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-fixes-this/id1523910866Jimmy's writing: https://jimmysong.substack.com/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money Show” Intro00:00:08 When Ideologies Become the “Higher Power”00:05:00 The Removal of God00:11:02 Bitcoin: Geopolitical Peacemaker?00:20:28 Bitcoin Clarifying the Importance of Boundaries & Property00:26:24 The Higher Principle Under which Humans Organize00:29:22 Religious Aspects of Bitcoin00:32:06 The Virtue of Lower Time Preference00:35:48 NYDIG00:36:55 WWI & WWII00:42:18 The Welfare State Under Woodrow Wilson: A Side-Effect of Democracy00:49:27 The Advent of TV & Radio Amplifying Public Speaking00:54:02 Public Persuasion of Modern Day Zombie Company CEOs00:57:44 Tariffs & Taxes01:06:06 Expansion of Tariffs & Corporate Welfare01:09:42 Expansion of Taxation on Real Estate01:12:20 Land Under a Bitcoin Standard01:15:16 Tying Up Chapter 1 in “Democracy: The God that Failed”01:20:41 Piercing the Moralistic Camouflage of a DemocracySOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 21, 2021 • 1h 6min
A System of Stratified Lies | The Weinstein Series | Episode 4 (WiM095)
Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTEric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinsteinEric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphdEric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Kayfabe and Kayfabrication: A System of Stratified Lies00:05:00 Inauthenticity Cannot Be Separated from Authenticity00:08:08 “The Idealism of Every Age is the Cover Story for Its Thefts”00:09:30 The Inauthenticity of Money Causing the Inauthenticity of Politics?00:13:10 The Prevalence of Politics as Premised on the Violability of Property00:16:47 Is There Any Justification for Government Coercion?00:19:01 The Kayfabrication of Central Banking00:22:55 NYDIG00:24:03 Markets as the Extension of Evolution by Other Means00:25:09 Markets as Engines of Mimesis00:28:41 Culture as a Bulwark Against Central Banking00:32:07 Culture as Downstream of Terrestrial and Technological Realities?00:33:33 “Money is Fungible Freedom”00:34:15 Central Banking and Embedded Growth Obligations (EGOs)00:39:11 Bitcoiners as the New Gold Bugs?00:41:50 Economic Consequences of Non-State, Hard Money00:43:57 The Possibility of Algorithmic Central Banking?00:50:25 “Bitcoiners Have to Start Thinking Like the Big Dogs”00:54:11 The Stability of Rules as the Bedrock of Peace00:55:45 “Satoshi is the George Washington of Money”01:00:47 Bitcoin Reveals Incompetence of Lack of Ethics Among LeadersSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 17, 2021 • 1h 58min
Love, Trust, and Faith with Neil Passero (WiM094)
Neil Passero joins me to share some reflections on life, morality, and being itself.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTNeil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilPasseroPODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro00:00:08 Money: The Language of Value00:06:02 How Does the Type of Money Influence the Conversation?00:11:47 Love, Trust, and Faith: The Abundant Human Energy00:16:47 The Relationship of Trust and Money00:21:42 Thinking, Faith, and Courage00:32:10 Moral Divergence from Faith, Love, and Trust00:36:21 Neuroscience and Technology00:41:45 NYDIG00:42:53 Reflecting on Reflecting00:49:33 Intent and Importance of your Labor00:56:05 Being Able to Perform a Labor of Love01:01:22 What Would 50yr Old Neil Tell 22yr Old Neil?01:10:49 Neil Flips the Interview01:17:17 Series of Events that Lead to a New Type of Labor01:21:46 Reciprocal Altruism01:26:52 Aspects of Being Candid01:36:48 Incentives Structuring our Thinking and Labor01:39:02 Motivations for the Choices Made When Neil Was Young01:48:40 Restructuring the Future of Institutions01:52:11 Individuality is More Scarce than BitcoinSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 15, 2021 • 1h 2min
"Don't Fight The Fed" | The Snider Series | Episode 3 (WiM093)
Jeff Snider joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the evolution of money and central banking throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIPJeff's writing: https://alhambrapartners.com/author/jsnider/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro00:00:08 Measurement Issues in the Economy00:02:00 Stag-Flation in the 1970’s00:06:38 Latin American Debt Crisis to the Savings and Loan Crisis00:09:20 Bad Repot Collateral00:15:42 NYDIG00:16:49 Jeff’s Deep Dive in the Eurodollar Complex00:22:58 Qualitative & Quantitative Expansion of the Eurodollar00:25:27 LTCM (Long Term Capital Management) Overleveraged in the 1990’s00:34:29 Asian Financial Crisis Due to LTCM Accounting Faults00:44:14 The Fed Papering Over Losses00:49:03 The Dot Com Bubble00:52:10 The Roaring 90’s Greasing the Wheels for the 2008 GFC00:56:40 Inhibiting the Public’s Ability to Pump the Breaks on the Financial SystemSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

Dec 15, 2021 • 1h 24min
Violators of Natural Law | The Song Series | Episode 3 (WiM092)
Jimmy Song joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterful anti-state treatise “Democracy: The God that Failed” written by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJimmy's twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysongJimmy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-fixes-this/id1523910866Jimmy's writing: https://jimmysong.substack.com/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro00:00:08 Centralized Law vs Decentralized Law00:10:09 Distortion of Justice in a Democracy00:13:22 Natural Law and Public Law00:19:21 The “Progressive” Removal of God from Politics00:28:28 Responsibility of Property00:33:54 The Emergence of the Welfare State in a Democracy00:42:01 Disincentivizing the Entrepreneur00:47:19 NYDIG00:48:27 The Scale of War in a Democracy vs a Monarchy00:56:55 Ideological War vs Economic War01:04:21 Public Property is an Oxymoron01:11:13 Blurred Lines of Property and Discounting the Individual01:17:36 Disguised Ideologies01:22:26 Clear Lines of Property in a MonarchySOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22