The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective. Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion. The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.
Episodes
289 episodes
251. The Gold Standard: Saifedean’s Next Book!
Saifedean introduces his next book, The Gold Standard: an alternative economic history of the twentieth century, where fiat money died in 1915. What would the world look like if we had a gold standard in the twentieth century? What ...
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250. Fiat Architecture and Time Preference
The Yeoman podcast with Geoff Graham hosts Saifedean Ammous, Austin Tunnel, and Jaime Izurieta-Varea to discuss the relationship between easy money and architecture.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take...
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1:20:03
249. Daylight Computer with Anjan Katta
Anjan Katta has built the Daylight computer, a low-time-preference, paper-like full function computer that's easy on your eyes and great for outdoor use.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in week...
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1:16:40
248. Geyser Fund with Mick
Mick the founder of Geyser Fund crowd-funding platform, joins us to discuss his journey down the bitcoin rabbit hole and how bitcoin helps crowdfunding.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in week...
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1:06:56
247. Can Interest Rates Fall to Zero on the Free Market
Dr. Saifedean Ammous discusses the history of interest lending and the economic explanations for it, culminating in the Austrian time preference theory of interest rates, which he uses to propose an original explanation of how interest rates ca...
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246. USD vs BTC: Debate with Brent Johnson
Can bitcoin actually replace the dollar? Saifedean debates USD enthusiast Brent Johnson in a Zero Hedge debate moderated by George Gammon.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast sem...
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1:10:32
245. Strike with Jack Mallers
CEO Jack Mallers joins us to discuss his company, Strike, and his bitcoin journey.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four
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1:34:22
244. Econ Bro: Nigeria's Austrian Economist
Econ Bro is a Nigerian economist who is teaching Nigerians economics in the Austrian school tradition. He joins us to discuss his Austrian perspective on Nigerian economics, inflation, and the relationship between inflation and ritual sacrifice...
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1:26:46
243. The Bitcoin Way to Secure Your Bitcoin
Tony from The Bitcoin Way discusses the best practices for securing your bitcoins and protecting against threats to it.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saife...
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1:08:26
242. War, Palestine, and Bitcoin with Simon Dixon
Simon Dixon from BitcoinHardTalk hosts Saifedean to discuss the war on Palestine, how fiat central banking perpetuates conflicts, and the bitcoin path to peace.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part...
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1:20:33
241. Austrian economics intro with The Bitcoin Way
The Bitcoin Way Podcast hosts Saifedean to give an intro class on Austrian economics and fiat central banking!Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s fo...
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1:28:08
240. Preston Pysh
Investor Preston Pysh joins us to discuss bitcoin and fiat markets.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four ...
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1:31:33
239. Michael Saylor's 4 years of bitcoin
Michael Saylor has now been in bitcoin for a full four year cycle! He joins us to celebrate, reminisce, and project how bitcoin will evolve in the next 20 years.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take par...
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2:20:12
238. Legal Foundations of a Free Society with Stephan Kinsella
Legal Scholar Stephan Kinsella joins to discuss his new book, Legal Foundations of a Free Society, in which he discusses libertarianism as a system for determining legitimate property rights, why property rights are important, and the problem w...
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2:03:28
237. Peter St. Onge
Economist Peter St Onge joins to give us his perspective on a wide range of economic issues, from gold and bitcoin to fertility to government financing.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in week...
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2:11:57
236. CFA and Bitcoin with Rajat Soni
Rajat Soni is a CFA who read The Bitcoin Standard and became a bitcoiner, which caused him some trouble with the CFA Institute. He joins to discuss his transformation and why the investment industry may not like bitcoin.Enjoyed this epi...
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1:15:47
235. The Google Archipelago with Michael Rectenwald
Former Marxist professor Michael Rectenwald joins to discuss his transformation into a libertarian, and his books on surveillance and economic control.Links: Michael Recetenwald's website -
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1:30:53
234. NPCs for Genocide with Konstantin Kisin
How are NPCs programmed to cheer for a genocide thousands of miles away? I hosted Konstantin Kisin and found that it's done by programming them to view any Israeli murder of civilians as justified self-defense, to believe everything the Israeli...
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1:21:28
233. Deflation with Jeff Booth
Jeff Booth, author of The Price of Tomorrow, joins us to discuss deflation and economics, as well as the Fedi protocol.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifed...
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1:13:47
232. Coinbits with Dave Birnbaum
Coinbits is back better than before, and we are joined by their VP of product Dave Birnbaum to discuss their new product offerings.Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, a...
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1:02:07
231. Kenya, Energy & the IMF with Jusper Machogu
Kenyan farmer Jusper Machugo joins us to tell us about the awful reality of agriculture without hydrocarbons, and how the Kenyan government, the IMF, and international organizations make it harder for Africans to get the energy they need.
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1:41:02
230. China with Arnaud Bertrand
Is China carrying out a genocide? Is it a rising imperialist power exploiting and dominating poor countries? Is it a capitalist or communist regime? How does it compare to the American regime? Arnaud Bertrand is an entrepreneur based in China a...
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2:04:56
229. XBTO with Philippe Bekhazi
XBTO are offering an investment fund denominated in bitcoin, their CEO and founder Philippe Bekhazi joins to discuss why they are one of the first asset managers to go on a bitcoin standard!Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online ...
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