TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent
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Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 40min

#410: The Fed Is Trying To Bring Down The European Banks with Tom Luongo

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the role the banking crisis plays in the inter-cabal squabble. Tom Luongo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728 Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/ 8:14 - What the hell is going on? 13:08 - Communicating ideas 20:04 - Intentions of the Fed and big American banks 31:39 - Europe in trouble as rates raise 38:41 - Pivot to BRICS 42:20 - FIMA 47:52 - Keeping a finger on the pulse 51:03 - Multi-vector attack on America 55:36 - Trump's indictment and the need for trust 58:37 - Tom's take on Bitcoin 1:02:01 - Stablecoins 1:04:48 - Can the Fed fix what they've created? 1:15:17 - Shaping reality with headlines 1:17:08 - Credit where credit is due 1:20:03 - The Fed on Bitcoin and crypto 1:25:06 - Congealed energy 1:28:51 - Keep your eggs in more baskets Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast
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Apr 5, 2023 • 2h 38min

#409: Talking Value 4 Value with the Podfather Adam Curry

Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more. Adam Curry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry No Agenda Show: https://www.noagendashow.net/ Pod 8:57 - Opening Riff 14:51 - Information Freedom 18:57 - Bitcoin responsibility and remembering your keys 24:19 - Patriot Act 2.0 and thinking local 28:25 - Mining and energy 38:30 - Trans politics and transhumanism 52:41 - Nostr 55:50 - v4v 1:08:43 - Joe Rogan 1:13:23 - Go make children 1:15:50 - Modern dating 1:18:08 - Comedy mothership 1:21:22 - Elon, CBDCs and AI 1:33:27 - Habla 1:36:00 - Self hosting and running nodes 1:38:56 - v4v electric boogaloo 1:46:29 - Thank God for Bitcoin 1:54:59 - No Agenda 1:58:59 - These timestamps took a lot of condensing 2:00:11 - Drugs, digital and pharmaceutical 2:08:05 - v4v thunderdome 2:29:12 - Truth For The Commoner 2:30:56 - Meetups 2:30:58 - We're gonna win Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast
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Mar 27, 2023 • 1h 31min

#408: The Truth About Renewable Energy with Brian Gitt

Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies. Brian Gitt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt Brian's website: https://briangitt.com/ 5:23 - California emissions and electric cars 14:08 - Material supply for EVs 16:21 - California's oil hypocrisy 21:15 - EGS mandates don't preserve environment or help human life 27:06 - Nuclear safety 32:48 - Small modular reactors 48:52 - Wind and solar subsidies 52:52 - Ranting on batteries 55:08 - Unreliable and inefficient renewables 1:04:05 - Top down ideological policy 1:09:27 - Regulations are the root of the problem 1:14:11 - Questioning beliefs and educating 1:19:25 - Money and energy are the backbone 1:25:23 - Speaking out 1:29:56 - Plugs, wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Podcast
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Mar 23, 2023 • 2h 9min

#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis

Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices 9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1 13:32 - Bitcoin price 22:29 - The results of raising interest 24:42 - Bond duration risk 32:30 - QE5 34:40 - Choke Point 2.0 38:14 - Balaji's price prediction 46:53 - FedNow 55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks 1:00:09 - US state rights 1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas 1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out 1:19:18 - Custodia Bank 1:27:17 - Black markets and civil disobedience 1:31:09 - Monetary base 1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs 1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base 1:47:22 - We're gonna win 1:59:39 - Gold and Silver 2:06:19 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠ ⁠⁠River⁠⁠ ⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Podcast
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Mar 20, 2023 • 1h 21min

#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones. Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/ Alex Gladstein at HRF: https://hrf.org/team/alex-gladstein/ 5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc 10:06 - Colonial exploitation 17:21 - Transfer of control of energy 19:51 - Outsourcing the cost 28:24 - The unrecorded losses 36:38 - Structural Adjustment 42:36 - What it could look like without the current system 49:32 - Double standard 52:51 - Bitcoin fixes this 1:01:13 - No political solution 1:04:16 - Odious debt 1:10:10 - Biological effect of wage deflation 1:12:30 - Bitcoin fixes this - again 1:20:00 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠ ⁠⁠River⁠⁠ ⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Podcast
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Mar 18, 2023 • 1h 35min

#405: The Biden Laptop Report with Garrett Ziegler

Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop. Follow Marco Polo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcoPolo501c3 5:26 - Investigating the Biden family 14:53 - Firsthand sources 17:20 - Foreign interests 26:54 - Hunter the political whore 29:31 - Not a democrat/republican issue 34:58 - Legal action against the laptop shop 38:45 - Fake info 41:41 - Plausibility of forgetting the laptop 45:06 - Laundering money through Ukraine VC 48:51 - Joe is the main story 52:28 - IPhone backup 56:33 - What are intentions of the agencies? 58:23 - Joe's dementia 1:01:24 - What can be done 1:05:05 - What Americans should take away 1:07:55 - Secret daughters 1:09:52 - Gerontocracy 1:15:36 - Hope for the future 1:18:16 - International trade 1:22:46 - Climate nonsense 1:26:06 - Truth For The Commoner 1:31:42 - Garrett won't apologize 1:34:24 - Wrap up/plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠Unchained Capital⁠ ⁠River⁠ ⁠CrowdHealth⁠ ⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠Shop Now⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠YT Channel⁠ Clips ⁠YT Channel⁠ ⁠Website⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Newsletter⁠ ⁠Podcast
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Mar 15, 2023 • 1h 19min

#404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin

Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more. Follow Konstantin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin Check out Triggernometry https://www.youtube.com/c/Triggerpod 6:06 - Thinking beyond the crowd 9:08 - The democratic response to Covid 14:57 - The next few years will shape the next half century 20:05 - Flaws in Bitcoin 27:13 - Escaping the Current Thing dichotomy 32:24 - Generational differences 36:51 - Calming the urgency to assess 45:51 - Comedy 49:41 - State of the UK 51:21 - People are tiring of woke culture 52:54 - Ukraine 1:04:54 - Baltic history 1:09:00 - Hong Kong 1:11:13 - Dangers of nihilism 1:16:21 - Plugs and wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast
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Mar 13, 2023 • 1h 29min

#403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles. Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis 9:15 - Is it happening? 11:40 - The Fed caused bank failures, not crypto 19:15 - SVB balance sheet 24:49 - History of bank cash assets 30:07 - How QE is done without QE 38:51 - The cycles accelerate every time 44:52 - The system is built for moral hazard 49:39 - Trust in traditional money is failing 57:06 - Will Bitcoin be blamed? 1:00:54 - Bitcoiners shouldn't waste their time 1:03:42 - Bitcoin's most important next steps 1:09:57 - Bitcoin Takeover 1:13:34 - Bitcoin is more important than ever 1:18:12 - QE5 is here 1:23:13 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast
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Mar 10, 2023 • 1h 23min

#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden

Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation. Follow Lyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact 7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment 13:39 - The problem with CPI as a metric 21:59 - Does the US have the fiscal capability to handle Fed policy? 26:04 - Nations abandoning USD reserve 31:30 - Bitcoin not yet big enough to settle international trade 34:07 - Lyn's view on current bitcoin 38:03 - Fedi pools and other centralizing factors 41:06 - Emerging markets driving adoption 44:44 - Supply side issues 47:38 - Fed unprofitable 51:39 - Glimmers of hope 55:52 - Will energy policy change? 1:08:58 - War drums 1:13:30 - Highlighting the solutions through Bitcoin 1:15:41 - Fed blindspots 1:20:16 - Wrapping up, plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast
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Mar 8, 2023 • 2h 4min

#401: Inflation Hitting The Real Estate Market and Bitcoin Urbanism with Kelly Lannan

Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan to discuss the condition of infrastructure and the real estate market during this period of inflation, as well as Bitcoin Urbanism. Follow Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan 9:55 - Riffing on infrastructure 17:18 - Current condition of real estate 22:43 - Marty asks question, are we in the eye of the storm? 27:04 - New home buyers are screwed 32:44 - Stopping the cycle with bitcoin 35:51 - Inflation is real, believe your lying eyes 45:42 - Debt slavery 49:03 - No man's land 50:46 - Hyperinflation looks near 56:57 - Diverting attention 1:01:18 - Bitcoin Urbanism 1:13:59 - Real estate is a shitcoin 1:16:14 - Strong Towns 1:19:08 - 15 Minute Cities 1:30:06 - The state of digital tech masks how bad it is 1:38:08 - California's decline 1:45:19 - Bitcoin fixes this 1:51:26 - Building on bitcoin 1:56:22 - Bullish vibes, plugs, wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

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