The "What is Money?" Show

Alex Epstein joins me for a deep conversation about fossil fuels, renewable energy, money, philosophy, history, and more.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTAlex's twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexEpsteinAlex's Website: https://energytalkingpoints.com/CHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 The First Principles of Energy00:04:31 The Relationship Between Humans and Nature00:07:25 Pursuing What is Best for Humans00:11:54 The Intellectual Package Deal00:21:43 The 20th Century Left’s Anti-Capitalist Propaganda00:29:03 Philosophical Utilitarians vs. The Individual Rights Perspective00:35:27 The Parallel Between Energy and Currency00:39:10 The Socially Objective Value and The Role of Government in Economics00:47:25 Bitcoin’s Natural Resistance to Violence00:52:38 The Distortion of Money00:56:19 The Unspoken Costs of Alternative Sources of Energy01:05:57 Freedom of Competition01:14:42 The Philosophical Foundations of Economics01:18:42 The World Economic Forum Propaganda Against Property01:25:05 The Dominance of Fossil Fuel01:41:30 Sacrificing Humans to the Idea of an Impacted Climate01:50:02 Defining Sacrifice as The Surrender of Value01:58:50 The Disingenuousness of Human Motives02:03:47 Catastrophe Predictions02:05:21 Inflation and Taxation as Modern Forms of Servitude02:10:20 Fiat Currency: Costless Money02:14:27 The 100% Renewable Energy Fraud02:19:50 Power Purchase Agreements and The Grid Accounting Fraud02:24:02 The Climate Mastery Ability and Global Warming02:27:03 Are We Causing a Rate of Change that is Overly Disruptive?02:33:25 Capital Misallocation as an Anti-Human Viewpoint02:35:46 The Human Flourishing ProjectSOCIALBreedlove 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/breedlove22​WRITTEN 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=trueBITCOIN BUSINESSESUse Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZStack Sats with Swan Bitcoin: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/

Anthony Pompliano joins me for a deep conversation about knowledge, action, and more.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTAnthony’s twitter: https://twitter.com/APomplianoAnthony’s daily letter: https://pomp.substack.com/Anthony’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnthonyPompliano CHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 A Crisis in Financial Education00:13:47 Learning how to Invest Successfully00:19:47 How to Structure Your Day for Success00:28:05 “Doing Dope Shit in Real Life”00:34:32 On the Horizon00:37:45 Investment Evaluation00:47:27 Clear Objectives, Perfect Execution00:52:30 Memetics, Business, and Religion01:01:25 The Nature of Courage01:15:02 Of Revolution and Tyranny01:21:20 Freedom from Central Bank Tyranny01:30:23 Bitcoin: Apolitical, Independent Money01:37:00 Knowledge (of Money) is Power01:43:57 The Path to Bitcoin Dominance01:53:20 Bitcoin as an Heirloom01:57:53 Married Life and Kids02:00:40 Enjoying Life and Finding MeaningSOCIALBreedlove 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/breedlove22​WRITTEN 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=trueBITCOIN BUSINESSESUse Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZStack Sats with Swan Bitcoin: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Robert Kiyosaki joins me for a deep conversation about his classic book Rich Dad, Poor Dad.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTRobert’s twitter: https://twitter.com/theRealKiyosakiRobert’s website: https://www.richdad.com/CHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”00:03:15 A background on “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”00:06:07 Entrepreneurship as a way out of being a slave to the rich00:09:06 Education as an indoctrination into Socialism00:12:40 The four kinds of people00:14:28 Capitalists vs Bureaucrats00:16:25 Assets, Debts, and Liabilities00:26:10 The Definition of Money00:28:00 Anti-Property Propaganda00:35:33 The Value of Untraceable Property00:46:16 Money and Entrepreneurship00:52:25 Inflation, A Punishment on the Working Class00:54:03 The Cashflow Board Game00:57:10 The Fundamental Divide Between the Bureaucratic and the Capitalist Mentality00:59:04 Putting your Money to Work for you01:03:22 Debt Management01:05:16 Failure is a Part of Success01:06:40 The Primal Nature of Man01:19:21 Money as a MentalitySOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: 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/breedlove22​WRITTEN 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=trueBITCOIN BUSINESSESUse Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZStack Sats with Swan Bitcoin: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Brent Johnson joins me for a deep conversation about economics, money, debt, the state, violence, Bitcoin, geopolitics, and macroeconomics.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTBrent’s twitter: https://twitter.com/SantiagoAuFundBrent’s website: https://santiagocapital.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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Brent’s Background and Economic Views00:13:30 Austrian Economics00:17:05 Defining “The State”00:25:32 Debt as Primeval Money00:35:11 Power, Violence, and Taxation00:42:26 MMT and Keynesianism00:47:10 What is Money?00:51:49 Bitcoin and the Logic of Violence00:58:26 Gresham’s Law and Geopolitics01:03:42 Geopolitical Lawlessness and Money01:09:00 The American “Black Hat”01:17:40 Current Macroeconomic Landscape01:25:27 “Dollar Milkshake Theory”01:33:08 The Specter of Warfare in 202101:40:30 Gold’s Role in Modern Geopolitics01:45:21 Freedom Maximalism and Bitcoin’s Potential01:51:29 Bitcoin’s Conflict with The State01:57:05 How can The State “Lockup” Bitcoin?SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Zuby joins me for a deep conversation about his life story, career in music, relationship with money, life philosophies, and more.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTZuby’s twitter: https://twitter.com/ZubyMusicZuby’s website: zubymusic.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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Zuby’s Backstory00:10:15 Zuby’s “Deadlift Tweet” Goes Viral00:14:40 How to “Stoke the Flames” of a Viral Tweet00:20:48 Sports, Fitness, and Diet00:36:46 Personality Profiling00:41:44 Relationship with Money00:50:50 Psychological Tactics of Government Coercion01:04:11 “History is a Live Event”01:11:40 The Promise and Threat of Technology01:22:10 Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age01:28:51 The Battle Between Good and Evil01:40:28 Religion, Ritual, and the Moral Compass01:50:47 The Unmooring of Money and Morality01:55:52 The Paradox of Freedom02:08:22 “Reality is a Feedback System”02:15:48 Zuby’s Views on BitcoinSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Events Leading to The American Civil War00:12:24 The Tax Situation Pre-Civil War00:18:44 The Role of Slavery Pre-Civil War00:23:50 “The Purpose of Every Conquest in History”00:29:55 Europe’s Influence on Pre-Civil War America00:34:21 The First Shots Fired00:37:53 American Civil War was a Tax Story00:39:15 Altcoin Speculation and Inflation00:43:01 An Economic Discussion of Bitcoin00:50:19 Discovering the Evils of Fiat CurrencySOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 The Benefits of Movement00:05:07 Bitcoin Price Action (May 2021)00:13:48 Bitcoin Price Analysis & Forecast Q4 202100:18:07 Scalability: Bitcoin v. Fiat00:23:07 Helicopter Money00:27:25 The Glorious Revolution00:36:26 Technological Progress and Morality00:40:42 Energy Consumption = Civilizational Sophistication00:44:42 Taxation Without Representation00:48:57 How to Ruin an Empire00:54:35 Walls, Gatekeeping, and Tax Farming00:59:21 Philosophy and the Spread of Free Thought01:07:23 Bitcoin: An Inviolable Property Right01:12:11 Present Parallels to Past Revolutions01:15:04 The French RevolutionSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Beauty: A Window into the Transcendent00:10:50 The Most Marginalized Group in Society00:14:59 Linguistic Relativity00:21:10 Beauty and Art00:28:24 The Mythology of the Middle Way00:34:47 Bitcoin Energy FUD00:44:38 Warfare on a Bitcoin Standard00:48:46 China’s Geopolitical Perspective Bitcoin00:55:15 Roger Kipling’s Poem: “Dane-Geld”SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Sunny Ray joins me for a conversation about the story of Bitcoin in India.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTSunny's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SunnyRayShowSunny's Website: https://www.sunnyray.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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Why India is Relevant to Bitcoin00:03:57 Sunny’s Story00:14:01 Sunny’s Relationship with Money00:20:29 The Persistent Illusion of Fiat Currency00:28:10 Why Isn’t Bitcoin “The Thing” in India?00:33:02 India’s Affinity for Gold00:39:06 India’s Battle with Bitcoin00:51:12 Defending the Principles of Bitcoin00:56:00 Bitcoin: The Destroyer of Central Banks01:05:22 Facing Off with The Indian Central Bank01:12:17 Wrongfully Arrested for Being in Bitcoin01:20:20 The Battle for Bitcoin in India Today01:28:04 Regulatory Clarity on Bitcoin in India01:33:06 A Pivot into Philosophy01:44:22 Relationship of Bitcoin and Consciousness01:49:43 The Influence of Fiat on Consciousness01:55:44 Sunny’s Life Philosophy02:03:33 Sunny’s Vision for His FutureSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Nik Bhatia joins me for a conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Layered Money."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTNik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtcNik's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Layered-Money-Dollars-Bitcoin-Currencies-ebook/dp/B08PS293NTPODCASTPodcast 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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 The Pyramid Scheme: Fiat Currency00:03:52 Layered Money00:14:50 Coins: Money Velocity00:18:10 The Hierarchy of Money00:30:50 Revolution in Mathematics: Fibonacci00:38:30 Counterparty Risk: Bitcoin00:44:30 Suppression of Freedom01:01:20 Scalability: L2 Money01:09:50 Proliferation of Capitalism01:31:10 Alchemy01:45:10 Debt, Fragility, and Volatility01:49:30 Official Monetary Policy: Infinity02:00:01 Bitcoin: Native Money of the Digital Domain02:09:45 Impetus of the Federal Reserve02:27:20 Elasticity and Inflation: L1 v. L202:30:45 Disentanglement of the Euro-Dollar02:54:00 Consequences of Fiat03:03:30 Name of the Game: RenominationSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true