Steve is a childhood friend who's always tinkering and creating things online. We talked about how he started on YouTube creating reviews for electronics when we were in high school, and how that turned into making music, art, and now tattoos. We also talked about the struggles between making art and working a day job, being free, the creative process, and more. 

Eric Savics is an entrepreneur and bitcoiner. 

We talked about The Silent Male Energy Genocide: the effects of social media and pornography addiction on men's' energy and relationships. We also talked about how he started a business and his struggles with it, problems with bitcoin, the "dollar milkshake theory," central bank digital currencies, remote work, migrations to small towns, localism, the winners and losers of covid19, global outsourcing of digital jobs, his love for Taleb but disagreements, big tech and antitrust, and more.

This one was fun because we recorded in-person. 

I'm not on social media right now, if you enjoyed this episode share it. Word of mouth!

Are we animals or Gods?

I talked to Vance (@MyLatinLife) about his life in Mexico and travels across Latin America.

We talked about his first trip, how he survived, and eventually thrived, as a freelancer and blogger in Mexico City. We eventually became each other's therapists and talked about deep realizations he's had throughout almost a decade in Latin America.

If you want to learn how to plan your first trip to Latam, or learn how to make it permanent move, he's your man.

Check out MyLatinLife.com for a deeper dive into a modern day Casanova.

This impromptu episode happened because my friend and former Twitter poster Gordon "GT" Fang said I should talk to Maximillian, since we had similar philosophies on life. I expected to talk for 30 minutes and we went for 2 hours because we indeed have a lot in common.

We talked about tinkering with different projects, jobs and ways of life, and how to embrace volatility and emotional alignment without going too far into negative habits. Lots of talk about the philosophies of Nassim Taleb, Paul Portesi, and surviving the 4HL while trying to find payoffs on the side and freedom. 

I also talked too much about my transition into a life as a contractor and journalism, and Maximillian shed light on what its like being an emergency medical technician (EMT) while learning to code and trying to end his bad habits.  

Joe Hedberg (@jordanhedberg) is a Colorado rancher and the owner of the Wet Mountain Tribune. 

Joshua Collins is a freelance journalist in Colombia. I wanted to talk to Joshua after reading his reporting on mass protests in Ecuador and how he escaped abduction from Venezuela's intelligence agency. He's also written extensively about the Venezuelan diaspora in Colombia.

You can find him on Twitter (@invisiblesmuros) and at Murosinvisibles.com

I went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole with entrepreneur and host of the "Protocol Podcast," Eric Savics.

I found Eric on Twitter after reading one of his threads on monetary policy. Turns out we both live in Vancouver, so I asked him to come on the pod to RED PILL people who STILL don't understand Bitcoin. 

We discussed:

• The Austrian School of Economics.
• How governments debase FIAT money and your savings.
• How "hard money" changes our time preference incentives from spending to saving. 
• The potential of Bitcoin as the Internet's hard money.
• The HODL subculture.
• How Bitcoin mining works.
• How Bitcoin might stop climate change and localize the world's economies.
• Protecting your Bitcoin.
• Bitcoin vs Shit coins.
• Why EVERYONE should consider Bitcoin.
• A Bitcoin Maximalists meetup in Vancouver.

You can find Eric on Twitter @ericsavics1 and at ericsavics.com

I spoke to journalist Chris Feliciano Arnold (@chrisarnold) about his reporting in Brazil and his book "The Third Bank of the River."

We talked about chaos in the Amazon, the effects of the Olympics and the World Cup in Brazil, the migration of Venezuelans through Brazil, the plight of indigenous groups, and the trials of being a freelance journalist.

Check out his book out in paperback NOW!

Denise Hearn is a researcher and co-author of "The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition."