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- FF-278: Eloy Vera Beltrán on Javier Milei's recent controversies
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This was originally recorded on 18 February 2025.Eloy Vera Beltrán is a law student and journalist in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. We discuss the controversy regarding Javier Milei's tweet about the LIBRA memecoin, which crashed quickly after the tweet. We discuss Milei's speech at the World Economic Forum. We also discuss Milei's breaks with Victoria Villarruel, Diana Mondino, and Ramiro Marra.
1 hr 13 min - FF-277: Chjango Unchained on decentralized technology including cryptocurrency
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This was originally recorded on 14 February 2025.Chjango Unchained is an expert on decentralized technology including finance, organizations, and intelligence. We discuss all of those topics.
1 hr 3 min - FF-276: Maria Lobo Murga on Javier Milei's speech to the 2025 World Economic Forum
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This was originally recorded on 11 February 2025.Maria Lobo Murga is a professsor of economics in Argentina and is making her third appearance on the forum. We analyze Javier Milei's speech at the World Economic Forum on 23 January 2025. We respond to some of Milei's comments about LGBT issues.
1 hr 22 min - FF-275: Albert Nyakundi on the corruption of USAID and life in Kenya
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This was originally recorded on 10 February 2025.Albert Nyakundi is an independent film maker who has lived his whole life in Kenya. He talks about making movies in Africa and life in Kenya. He also talks about the corruption of USAID and the corruption of other organizations which allegedly exist to help people in Africa.
He is on Twitter here:
https://x.com/AlbowaSinema1 hr 11 min - FF-274: Eléonore Blanc on programmers being arrested for writing code
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This was originally recorded on 10 February 2025.Eléonore Blanc is a "libertarian crypto mama" who lives in the Netherlands. She founded CryptoCanal in 2019. She has been organsing ETHDam, the largest crypto conference and hackathon in Amsterdam since 2023.
She talks about the Tornado Cash court cases and the prosecutions of two programmers--Alexey Pertsev or Roman Storm. Tornado Cash is a mixer for smart contracts. She also talks about Ethereum and DAO's (decentralized autonomous organization). She talks about how code is free speech and arresting programmers violates their free speech.
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https://linktr.ee/cryptocanalHer Twitter is here:
https://x.com/blockblanc1 hr 7 min - FF-273: Jayant Bhandari on India's corrupt information technology industry
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This was originally recorded on 31 January 2025.Jayant Bhandari comes back for a fourth show. He was born and raised in India and travels all over the world. He discussed the information techology industry in India and why it doesn't work. He talks about diploma mills and how many college degrees from India have little value.
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www.jayantbhandari.com1 hr 32 min - FF-272: Andrew Bernstein on the great successes of Western Civilization
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This was originally recorded on 31 January 2025.Andrew Bernstein is author of many books, fiction and non-fiction:
_Heroes, Legends, and Champions_
_A Dearth of Eagles_
_Objectivism in One Lesson_
_Capitalism Unbound_
_Capitalist Solutions_
_American Racism_
_Reckoning_He has also written Cliffs Notes for three of Ayn Rand's novels. He has taught philosophy at many colleges and has given lectures all over the world.
He discusses the many successes and virtues of Western Civilization. He compares it to the history of other societies. He talks about the values of the Enlightenment and how it created a foundation of reason and liberty.
Andrew's web site is here:
https://www.andrewbernstein.net/His page on Amazon is here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrew-Bernstein/author/B001IODPPE1 hr 3 min - FF-271: Derrick Broze on the surveillance state, Peter Thiel, and the Trump administration
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This was originally recorded on 23 January 2025.Derrick Broze is a journalist and founder of the Conscious Resistance Network. We discuss Peter Thiel and the surveillance state. We discuss In-Q-Tel and how the CIA has funded and worked with big tech in the USA.
The Conscious Resistance Network is here:
https://theconsciousresistance.com/His Twitter is here:
https://x.com/DBrozeLiveFreeDerrick also writes here:
https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/41 min - FF-270: Lainie Liberti on world-schooling, travel, nomad life, and "parternship parenting"
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This was originally recorded on 21 January 2025.Lainie Liberti is counselor to teens and a mother who world-schooled her own son. She currently lives in Mexico. She is author of _Seen, Heard, and Understood_. She also discusses the school shooting in Wisconsin in December and how coronavirus policies impacted teenagers.
Her services are here:
https://transformativementoringforteens.com/
https://projectworldschool.com/
https://partnershipparent.com/1 hr 41 min - FF-269: Daniel Lacalle on Saifedean Ammous's criticism of Javier Milei
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This was originally recorded on 21 January 2025.Daniel Lacalle is an economist in Madrid, Spain, and has been friends with Javier Milei since 2017. We respond to criticism from Saifedean Ammous, who is a prominent Austrian economist and advocate for Bitcoin. We also discuss Milei's very successful first year and why the strategies proposed by Ammous would lead to disaster.
Saifedean Ammous's comments are here on Twitter:
https://x.com/saifedean/status/1877717156420341885Daniel's personal site is here:
https://www.dlacalle.com/His business site is here:
https://alphastrategyconsulting.com/Daniel is here on Twitter:
https://x.com/dlacalle
https://x.com/dlacalle_IA1 hr 3 min
About Fountainhead Forum
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The Fountainhead Forum is a show dedicated to discussing many important topics that are key to living a great life. This includes libertarian politics, the values of the Enlightenment, and self-improvement. I may not endorse or agree with every guest on the Forum. However, I do attempt to bring on people who are sincerely looking for understanding and knowledge. This may include guests whose values seem to be polar opposites on the outside, but are very much alike on the inside.
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