Farmers Finance Show

In this Farmers Finance segment, we dug into the distinction between money and currency, and why so much public confusion begins there. We explored the language of securities, promissory notes, mortgages, bonds and proof of claim, and I pressed the argument that much of modern finance only makes sense once you ask what is actually being secured, by whom, and on what evidence. We also linked that thinking to wider questions of contracts, exchange, trust and whether ordinary people have been trained to spot the difference between a genuine obligation and a mere promise.

From there, producer Paul and I widened the conversation into policing, legal process, Land Registry, the Bank of England, the Howey test, public debt, and the institutions that sit between the public and real ownership. Along the way we reflected on high-trust versus low-trust societies, why people often defer to authority rather than ask basic questions, and how difficult it can be to explain complex financial and legal ideas in plain English. As ever, this was a big picture discussion about power, language, incentives and the systems that shape everyday life.

• The Peter McCormack Show: https://www.petermccormack.com/
• Professor Richard A. Werner: https://professorwerner.org/
• Russell Napier – The Solid Ground Newsletter: https://russellnapier.co.uk/
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): https://www.cftc.gov/
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): https://www.sec.gov/about
• SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. (1946): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/328/293/
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/contents
• HM Land Registry: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry/about
• The Seven Principles of Public Life (Nolan principles): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life
• Bank of England: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/
• BlackRock: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/home
• Vanguard: https://investor.vanguard.com/
• State Street: https://www.statestreet.com/us/en
• B&Q: https://www.diy.com/
• Rupert Lowe MP: https://www.rupertlowe.co.uk/about-rupert/

In this episode of FFT Radio’s Farmers and Finance segment, I was joined in the studio by producer Paul for a wide-ranging conversation about power, politics and public consciousness. We reflected on political violence in Japan, Peru and Britain, discussed why so many people never stop to question the systems they live under, and explored how fear, apathy, media narratives and the promise of comfort can keep people invested in what they see as a broken game. We also touched on justice, law, social conditioning and the difficulty of helping others see a bigger picture once they are deeply attached to the familiar.

We then turned to economics and digital assets, returning to one of the programme’s recurring themes: the distinction between money and currency, and why that matters when trying to understand power. I shared an update on BSV market movement and why I remain convinced economic incentives are what ultimately bring people together faster than political arguments ever will. We closed on a more reflective note, talking about gratitude, spiritual renewal, scripture, and the idea that any real recovery will need more than better policy — it will need a deeper change in how people think, live and act.

• FFT / Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/
• Farmers Finance Show (FFT schedule listing): https://www.fftradio.com/schedule/
• Paul English (FFT host page): https://www.fftradio.com/djs/paul-english/
• Mel K Show: https://themelkshow.com/links/
• The Mel K Show on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheMelKShow
• ColdFusion: https://coldfusion.plus/pages/about
• The Duran: https://theduran.substack.com/about
• Neil Oliver: https://www.neiloliver.com/
• The Light Paper: https://thelightpaper.co.uk/
• BSV Blockchain: https://bsvblockchain.org/
• Bitcoin SV GitHub repository: https://github.com/bitcoin-sv/bitcoin-sv
• Bitcoin.org: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• Jacob Rees-Mogg: https://www.jacobreesmogg.com/
• George Orwell / The Orwell Foundation: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/
• Yuri Bezmenov interview with G. Edward Griffin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmXiapfCs8
• G. Edward Griffin (Freedom Force profile): https://freedomforceinternational.org/g-edward-griffin/
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 (Bible Gateway): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Chronicles+7%3A14&version=KJV
• 1 Samuel 15 (Bible Gateway): https://search.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+15&version=GNT%3BKJV%3BNKJV

On this week’s Farmers and Finance segment, I was joined in the studio by producer Paul for a wide-ranging conversation that began with birds, instinct and the natural world before moving into the ways human beings lose touch with deeper wisdom. We talked about corvid intelligence, animal behaviour before disasters, and why modern life so often leaves us disconnected from the very signals nature seems to provide so freely.

From there, we turned to money, power and institutions. I reflected on a recent exchange about fiat currency and Bitcoin, and we explored whether economics sits beneath law, politics and social control. That led us into a much bigger discussion about legal systems, morality, cooperation, materialism, and the book Rulers of Evil by F. Tupper Saussy. Along the way we touched on everything from the SEC, the Jesuits and Rome to Henry Ford, the Co-op, classic craftsmanship and the idea that real change may come less from force and more from better principles, sounder money and more honest cooperation between people.

• Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/
• Gary Glendale on FFT: https://www.fftradio.com/djs/gary-glendale/
• The Bowler Hat Farmer (Mark Byford): https://thebowlerhatfarmer.com/
• Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): https://www.sec.gov/
• Rulers of Evil by F. Tupper Saussy: https://newensign.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Rulers-of-Evil.pdf
• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: https://www.eapoe.org/works/poems/ravens.htm
• Alex Belfield: https://alexbelfield.com/
• Chris Rock: https://chrisrock.com/
• Navajo Nation: https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/
• Co-op: https://www.co-operative.coop/
• The Jesuits / Society of Jesus: https://www.jesuits.org/
• The Holy See / Vatican: https://www.vatican.va/
• George Washington at Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington
• Henry Ford at Ford Motor Company: https://corporate.ford.com/
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (historical text mentioned in discussion): https://vault.fbi.gov/protocols-of-learned-elders-of-zion/Protocols%2520of%2520Learned%2520Elders%2520of%2520Zion%2520Part%252001%2520%2528Final%2529/view

This week, Gary and I started with a seemingly simple story from CarFest that turned into a much bigger conversation: what does it really mean when a venue says it will not accept cash? We dug into the difference between money, currency and tokens, why convenience has steadily pushed people towards card-only and phone-based payments, and why that shift raises deeper questions about privacy, control and public understanding. We also explored how little most people are taught about banking and currency in school, and why that leaves so many unable to challenge the systems they use every day.

From there, we moved into Bitcoin and BSV, the distinction between coins and issued tokens, and why clear language matters when discussing finance and technology. We also talked about critical thinking more broadly: how people learn, why questioning authority matters, and how books, history and long-form discussion can help us make better sense of the world. Along the way we referenced everything from wallets and payment apps to classic texts such as The Art of War, Rulers of Evil and Political Ponerology.

• CarFest: https://carfest.org/
• Formula 1: https://www.formula1.com/
• Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• BSV Association / BSV Blockchain: https://bsvassociation.org/
• Apple Pay: https://www.apple.com/apple-pay/
• Google Pay: https://pay.google.com/about/
• Exodus Wallet: https://www.exodus.com/
• HandCash: https://handcash.io/
• ElectrumSV: https://electrumsv.io/
• Food For Thought Radio (FFT Radio): https://www.fftradio.com/
• The Mark Attwood Show: https://themarkattwoodshow.com/
• Neil Oliver: https://www.neiloliver.com/
• Rulers of Evil: https://books.google.com/books/about/Rulers_of_Evil.html?id=dDnSkQEACAAJ
• Political Ponerology: https://www.redpillpress.com/shop/political-ponerology-expanded/
• The Art of War: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/132
• Dr Craig Wright: https://www.drwright.com/
• Stefan Matthews: https://about.me/stefanmatthews
• Krugerrand / South African Mint: https://www.samint.co.za/collectable-coins/bullion/
• Robinhood: https://robinhood.com/us/en/

In this episode, I was joined in the studio by producer Paul for what began as a lively catch-up about his trip to CarFest at Silverstone and quickly turned into a full-on motorsport ramble. We traded stories about Formula 1, legendary drivers, the spectacle of old and modern cars sharing the same track, and the sheer cost of making it in racing. Paul also shared a brilliant story from his younger days of go-karting against an ex-Jaguar test driver, which led us into a broader conversation about talent, opportunity and the financial barriers that stop most people from ever reaching the top.

From there, we brought it back to the bigger themes behind Farmers and Finance: money, power and control. We talked about inflation, fiat currency, surveillance, data harvesting at large events, and the way economic pressure shapes people’s behaviour. That opened into a wider discussion on law, common law traditions, Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, HMRC, and the difficulty of waking people up to how financial and legal systems really operate. We rounded things off by touching on BSV, Bitcoin, Craig Wright, Neil Oliver, Mark Attwood and the argument that real change only gathers momentum when people can see a clear personal and economic incentive to act.

• Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/
• CarFest: https://carfest.org/
• Silverstone Circuit: https://www.silverstone.co.uk/
• Formula 1: https://www.formula1.com/en
• Neil Oliver: https://www.neiloliver.com/
• Mark Attwood Show: https://themarkattwoodshow.com/
• HM Revenue & Customs: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/about
• Magna Carta - UK Parliament: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/originsofparliament/birthofparliament/overview/magnacarta/
• Bill of Rights 1689 - House of Commons Library: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn00293/
• BSV Blockchain: https://www.bsvblockchain.org/
• Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• Bitcoin Foundation: https://bitcoinfoundation.org/
• Craig Wright: https://www.craig-wright.com/
• Behold a Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250014832/beholdapalehorse/
• Michael Schumacher: https://www.michael-schumacher.de/en
• Lewis Hamilton: https://www.lewishamilton.com/
• Rick Astley: https://rickastley.co.uk/
• Lee Mack Entertainment: https://leemackent.com/
• Rob Brydon: https://www.robbrydon.com/
• Carol Vorderman - The Maths Factor: https://www.themathsfactor.com/
• Kelly Brook: https://www.kellybrook.com/
• MADRING: https://www.madring.com/en
• Dunblane Public Inquiry: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-inquiry-into-the-shootings-at-dunblane-primary-school

In this Farmers Finance segment, I sat down with Paul for a wide-ranging conversation about media, money and the battle for attention. We began with the growing visibility of voices such as Mark Attwood, Neil Oliver and Mike Graham, and talked about why communicators who can make difficult subjects digestible are becoming increasingly important. From there, we reflected on the challenge of getting people to focus on root causes rather than surface-level headlines — especially when it comes to economics, the legal system and the stories people are being told about politics, culture and national identity.

We then spent a good stretch exploring Bitcoin, BSV and the difference between money and currency, along with why those ideas can be hard to explain until people are ready to listen. That led into a bigger discussion about education, from university debt and the failure of mass higher education to the possibility of building new ways for younger people to learn practical, economic and constitutional thinking outside traditional institutions. Along the way we touched on Richard Werner, Princes of the Yen, Sir Ken Robinson’s critique of education, and the broader question of how to turn problem-spotting into real solutions.

• The Mark Attwood Show: https://themarkattwoodshow.com/
• Neil Oliver: https://www.neiloliver.com/
• The Joe Rogan Experience: https://www.joerogan.com/
• Talk: https://talk.tv/
• Young Bob: https://linktr.ee/youngbob
• Ellie Hodges: https://linktr.ee/EllieHodges
• Montgomery Toms: https://www.montgomerytoms.com/
• Professor Richard Werner: https://professorwerner.org/
• Richard A. Werner: https://richardwerner.org/
• Princes of the Yen: https://www.quantumpublishers.com/books/princes-of-the-yen
• Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• Bitcoin SV: https://bsvblockchain.org/technology/
• Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin Whitepaper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
• Sony Group: https://www.sony.com/en/
• United Nations: https://www.un.org/en
• League of Nations archives: https://www.ungeneva.org/en/library-archives/archives
• Halsbury’s Laws of England: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/products/halsburys-laws-of-england.html
• Sir Ken Robinson: https://www.sirkenrobinson.com/watch/
• TED – Sir Ken Robinson speaker page: https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson
• GB News: https://www.gbnews.com/
• McDonald’s: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us.html
• PayBit: https://paybit.com/

This week on the Farmers and Finance Show, I sat down with producer Paul to look at the increasingly worrying picture coming from farming and food production. We talked through reports from farmers of lower yields, livestock pressures and disease concerns, and why so little of it seems to be making the mainstream headlines. From stocking up on basics at home to thinking seriously about local food resilience, we explored how food security and supply chains are becoming impossible to ignore, along with the longer historical patterns of control, dependency and engineered scarcity that many listeners feel are repeating themselves.

We also moved into the finance side of the discussion, looking at currency, central banking, interdependence, and why alternative systems such as Bitcoin and BSV remain a major point of interest. Along the way we touched on everything from the Bank of England and the national debt to Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, scripture, and the need for people to understand both law and money in plain language. It was a wide-ranging conversation about food, freedom, resilience and what practical preparation might look like when trust in institutions is wearing thin.

• Food For Thought Radio (FFT): https://www.fftradio.com/
• Gary Glendale (FFT host page): https://www.fftradio.com/djs/gary-glendale/
• Eric Von Essex (FFT host page): https://www.fftradio.com/djs/eric-von-essex/
• Mark The Bowler Hat Farmer: https://www.fftradio.com/shows/mark-the-bowler-hat-farmer/
• Avatar (film): https://www.avatar.com/movies/avatar
• J D Wetherspoon: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/
• McDonald's UK: https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb.html
• Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (white paper): https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
• BSV Blockchain: https://bsvblockchain.org/
• Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincash.org/
• BlackRock: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate
• Larry Fink: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/leadership/larry-fink
• Vanguard: https://investor.vanguard.com/corporate-portal
• State Street: https://www.statestreet.com/us/en/about
• Bank of England: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about
• Magna Carta (UK Parliament): https://www.parliament.uk/magnacarta/
• Bill of Rights 1689 (UK Parliament): https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/overview/billofrights/
• Book of Daniel, chapter 2: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+2&version=KJV
• David Rockefeller: https://rockarch.org/resources/about-the-rockefellers/david-rockefeller/
• Henry Kissinger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger
• Mao Zedong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
• Chiang Kai-shek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek
• Joe Biden (official archived biography): https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Official-Biography-of-President-Joe-Biden-1.pdf
• Michelle Obama: https://www.obama.org/stories/michelle-obama/
• Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli PMO page): https://www.gov.il/en/pages/event-flight270726
• Ridley Scott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott
• Marshal Michel Ney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ney

In this episode of Food for Thought Radio, I sat down with producer Paul for a wide-ranging conversation about banking, currency, inflation, and the way financial systems shape power. We unpacked the Monopoly analogy of a bank that never runs out of money, explored the distinction between money and currency, and talked about why so many people never question the structure they live inside. From there, we moved into broader questions of dependency, manipulation, social division, and the way financial power can influence politics, media, and the legal system.

We also spent a good chunk of time on Bitcoin, digital signatures, privacy, and the future of peer-to-peer communication. I reflected on recent conversations with Mark Attwood and others in the space, while Paul and I discussed BSV, TerraNode, scaling, and why private messaging and decentralised media may matter more and more going forward. It was a lively, provocative discussion about truth-seeking, technology, institutional power, and why more people need to understand the systems that govern everyday life.

• lastminute.com: https://us.lastminute.com/
• Telegram: https://telegram.org/
• Monopoly (Hasbro): https://play.hasbro.com/monopoly
• The Mark Attwood Show: https://themarkattwoodshow.com/
• BSV Blockchain: https://bsvblockchain.org/
• Teranode documentation: https://bsv-blockchain.github.io/teranode/topics/teranodeIntro/
• Bitcoin whitepaper (hosted by Bitcoin.org): https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper
• Pretty Good Privacy / OpenPGP: https://www.openpgp.org/about/
• Cynthia Dwork: https://seas.harvard.edu/person/cynthia-dwork
• Moni Naor: https://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~naor/
• WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/
• Royal Mail: https://www.royalmail.com/
• SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. (GovInfo): https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-328/USREPORTS-328-293/context
• Rupert Lowe MP: https://www.rupertlowe.co.uk/
• Wes Streeting MP: https://www.gov.uk/government/people/wes-streeting
• Henry Ford biography (Ford Motor Company): https://corporate.ford.com/corporate/corporate/articles/history/henry-ford-biography/

This week on the Farmers and Finance segment, Paul and I ranged from the dry summer and worries over food supply into a much bigger conversation about the condition of farming, the fragility of the wider economy, and the way ordinary people are encouraged to think about price rather than value. We revisited my recent chat with Justin Walker and the history of the Bradbury Pound, using it as a jumping-off point for a wider discussion about sovereign currency issuance, banking power, and why language matters when we talk about money, currency, credit and value. We also touched on M1 money stock, the way economic education frames the system, and the cultural habits that keep people focused on accumulation rather than substance.

From there, Paul and I explored digital assets, Bitcoin and BSV, the difference between speculation and investment, and why so many people still measure everything in fiat terms. Along the way we referenced films, books, interviews and historical episodes that have shaped our thinking, from Richard Werner and Tucker Carlson to Hobson’s Choice and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As ever, it was a lively, free-ranging conversation about finance, control, perception, and the need to keep questioning the assumptions most people never stop to examine.

• Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/
• A Stand in the Park: https://www.astandinthepark.org/
• Telegram Messenger: https://www.telegram.org/
• Justin Walker: The Bradbury Pound and Fraudulent Banking: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/justin-walker-the-bradbury-pound-and-fraudulent-banking
• Bankers, Bradburys, Carnage And Slaughter On The Western Front: https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/bankers-bradburys-carnage-and-slaughter-western-front
• Bradbury / Withdrawn Banknotes (Bank of England): https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/withdrawn-banknotes
• Richard A. Werner official website: https://professorwerner.org/
• Tucker Carlson Network: https://tuckercarlson.com/
• S.E.C. v. W. J. Howey Co. (1946): https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-328/USREPORTS-328-293
• M1 Money Stock (FRED): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1SL
• Bitcoin.org: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• BSV Blockchain: https://bsvblockchain.org/
• Bitcoin Protocol Documentation (BSV): https://protocol.bsvblockchain.org/
• McDonald’s: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us.html
• Earthfiles: https://www.earthfiles.com/
• Lockheed Martin: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (BFI): https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/aecc4cb7-a9e7-5db6-9028-ac98ae07f1fd/breakfast-at-tiffanys
• Hobson’s Choice (The Criterion Collection): https://www.criterion.com/films/1078-hobsons-choice
• The Challenge of Peace – President Nixon’s Address to the Nation on a New Economic Policy: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/1971/08/the-challenge-of-peace-president-nixons-address-to-the-nation-on-a-new-economic-policy/

On tonight’s Farmers Food and Finance segment, Paul and I began, improbably enough, with bananas, digestion and the small comforts of supper before moving into a much bigger conversation about power, secrecy and the stories that shape public understanding. We touched on Admiral Byrd and Operation Highjump, media narratives, conspiracy culture, the limits of physical resistance, and the idea that control is now exercised less through open force and more through finance, surveillance, payments infrastructure and information management.

From there, we spent most of the episode on Bitcoin, BSV and the speakers’ belief that an alternative monetary and data network could become a genuine challenge to entrenched systems. We discussed BTC versus BSV, liquidity, exchanges, Michael Saylor, court rulings around Craig Wright, communication barriers for newcomers, and why simple public education may matter just as much as the technology itself. It was a wide-ranging conversation about money, truth, strategy and whether a more transparent network could offer a practical recovery path when conventional institutions appear captured or compromised.

• Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/
• Gary Glendale (FFT host page): https://www.fftradio.com/djs/gary-glendale/
• Eric Von Essex (FFT host page): https://www.fftradio.com/djs/eric-von-essex/
• Redacted: https://redacted.inc/
• Operation Highjump overview (U.S. Navy history reference): https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/january-29.html
• Richard E. Byrd (U.S. Navy history reference): https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/richard-e-byrd.html
• Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
• Bitcoin white paper: https://bitcoin.org/bit-coin.pdf
• BSV Blockchain: https://bsvblockchain.org/
• Teranode documentation: https://docs.teranode.group/welcome/overview
• WhatsOnChain: https://whatsonchain.com/
• Michael Saylor: https://www.michael.com/en
• Strategy: https://www.strategy.com/
• Rumble: https://corp.rumble.com/
• Telegram: https://telegram.org/
• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/about/
• Treechat: https://treechat.ai/
• Visa: https://www.visa.com/en-us
• Mastercard: https://www.mastercard.com/us/en.html
• Federal Reserve: https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed.htm
• COPA v Wright judgment: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/copa-v-wright/