Tantra Talks

Tantra Talks

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Tantra Talks episodes

  • The Meaning of Life - Tantra Talks
    Episode 26 — Join Russell and Brekkie for a company update and a philosophical discussion about life and what really matters:
    • What’s the latest with Tantra Labs? We tease some details about our upcoming retail app, why we’re going to focus on retail, as well as some back end updates like new engineering hires.
    • The Meaning of Life… we don’t actually figure it out but we dive into happiness and meditation and how to create meaning in your life, as well as how that all fits into our goals at Tantra Labs.
    • Link to the YouTube video at the beginning of the show
    • Philosophy in Rick and Morty, as mentioned in the show
    • How to Meditate by Swami Satchidananda (How Brekkie learned to meditate) — this album is highly recommended
    • The ISHA Foundation and Russell’s guru, Jaggi Vasudev aka Sadhguru
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      • 1 hr 7 min
    • The New Bitcoin Epoch with Ped Hasid & Brett Morrison - Tantra Talks
      Episode 24 — Join Brekkie for a conversation with Tantra’s CEO, Ped Hasid, and Tantra’s Chief Innovation Officer, Brett Morrison:
      • We dive into Brett’s Bitcoin story, what drew him to it in the early days and why he is still so incredibly passionate about Bitcoin to this day.
      • We talk current events like the Halving (and why it’s a nonevent) as well as the bullish change in sentiment that’s occurring among members of the mainstream media like Joe Squawk as well as more conservative figures in the traditional finance world like Paul Tudor Jones.
      • Follow Ped Hasid on Twitter and LinkedIn.
      • Follow Brett Morrison on Twitter and LinkedIn and check out his blog at BrettMorrison.com
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        • 1 hr 1 min
      • Meet the Team with Joshua Horosny - Tantra Talks
        Episode 24 — Join Brekkie & Russell for a conversation with Joshua Horosny, Quantitative Developer at Tantra Labs:
        • Talk about fun! On this episode we catch up with Josh and talk about why he is so passionate about his work at Tantra Labs.
        • From working in accounting, to falling down the bitcoin rabbit hole, getting sidetracked with manual shitcoin trading, before finally learning the ins and outs of trading algorithmically as well as the peace of mind that it brings.
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          • 53 min
        • Oil Market Updates and the Tantra Story with Tom Kivisto & Ped Hasid - Tantra Talks
          Episode 23 - Join Brekkie for a conversation with two of Tantra’s co-founders, Ped Hasid & Tom Kivisto:
          • Drawing on his years of expertise, Tom gives us an update on global oil markets, sharing thoughts on the ongoing feud between the Saudis and Russians as well as the effects on the American oil industry.
          • From breaking apart computers and putting them back together, to starting his own IT company at 15, Ped tells us about his early days and how he got into Bitcoin and founded Tantra Labs.
          • We then tie the episode together with Ped & Tom’s infamous airplane story. Stuck on the runway for hours, with nothing to do but talk to each other, Ped introduced Tom to something called Bitcoin, and by the time they landed in LA, they were already planning to go into business together.
          • For more from Ped, follow him on Twitter & LinkedIn
          • For more from Tom, follow him on LinkedIn and read some of his thoughts, on Medium.
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            • 1 hr
          • From Precoiner to Bitcoiner with Danielle Giunta - Tantra Talks
            Episode 22 - Join Brekkie & Russell, for a discussion on Danielle’s first steps down the Bitcoin rabbit hole:
            • Danielle recently joined the Tantra Labs team in our sales department, and while she is new to Bitcoin, she knows positive change when she sees it!
            • We touch on Danielle’s background with Isha Foundation and how she first met Russell while they were both studying with Sadhguru in India
            • We talk about why Bitcoin is important, and why Danielle sees NOW as the time for Bitcoin.
            • This episode was a lot of fun to record, and Danielle is HOOT! We can’t wait for her to continue her Bitcoin journey and bring her passion for helping people to the world of Bitcoin.
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              • 51 min
            • Market Watch with Nik Bhatia - Round 2 - Tantra Talks
              Episode 21 - Join Brekkie & Russel for a discussion on current market conditions with expert bond trader, Nik Bhatia.
              • Recorded on April 17th, 2020
              • Nik shares his macro level thoughts on the economy and Bitcoin in light of the economic contraction and unprecedented actions by the Fed to try to prop up the economy.
              • Stay tuned. We will be releasing more “Market Watch” episodes in the days to come.
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                • 1 hr
              • Bitcoin Mining with Marshall Long - Tantra Talks
                Episode 20 - Join Brekkie & Tantra’s Head of Ops, Will Pangman, for a discussion on mining with Bitcoin OG and longtime miner, Marshall Long:
                • What is bitcoin mining?
                • How the bitcoin space has matured since the early days
                • Is mining centralized and is collusion a real problem? Marshall shares his thoughts on this as well as hardware centralization.
                • Mining efficiency improvements like new ASICs and oil cooling
                • Follow Marshall on Twitter
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                  • 1 hr
                • Market Watch with Joe McCann - Round 2 - Tantra Talks
                  Join Brekkie & Russel for a discussion on market conditions with technologist and trader, Joe McCann:
                  • Recorded on April 10th, 2020
                  • A quick recap and thoughts on Arthur Hayes’ latest article in which he starts off with “All in motherf$ckers on Bitcoin and gold!”
                  • Why Joe doesn’t want to “Fight the Fed” and how some companies SHOULD be allowed to fail
                  • Explaining the huge disconnect between the stock markets and rising unemployment: “The stock market is not the economy. The economy is not unemployment. Unemployment is not fear.”
                  • Apple & Google teaming up to create Covid tracking tools and whether this is a problem for individual privacy
                  • Investing like Nassim Taleb with Fat Tails strategies
                  • Understanding options vs equities trading
                  • Follow Joe on Twitter, and if you’d like to follow his trades, check out his incredible Telegram channel.
                  • For updates on Corona Virus, check out Joe’s Corona Bot on Telegram
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                    • 1 hr 29 min
                  • Sasha Fleyshman, Arca, and Bitcoin Energy FUD - Tantra Talks
                    Episode 18 - Join Brekkie & Russel as they sits down with Sasha Fleyshman to discuss:
                    • Alex’s “crypto” story and how things used to be exciting (and still are!)
                    • Investing in the Bitcoin/Crypto space and Alex’s role as a trader at Arca
                    • Alex’s extensive energy research and this thoughts on Bitcoin Energy FUD
                    • For more from Alex, follow him on Twitter
                    • Note: Recorded pre-Corona Virus, when times were simpler…
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                      • 56 min
                    • Market Watch: Oil & Gas with Tom Kivisto - Tantra Talks
                      Episode 17 - Join Brekkie & Russell for a discussion on the Energy Sector with Tantra Co-founder and Oil & Gas expert, Tom Kivisto:
                      • Recorded March 26th, 2020
                      • Tom gives us an overview of the Energy sector with a brief history lesson on oil markets in the United States and abroad
                      • We discuss what effects the Corona Virus Pandemic is having on supply & demand in relation to oil
                      • Bitcoin as a hedge for oil producers in the United States
                      • The ongoing feud between the Saudis and Russians.
                      • Tom’s predictions on how the Corona Virus Pandemic and Saudi/Russian oil feud will play out and affect global oil prices
                      • Stay tuned. We will be releasing more “Market Watch” episodes in the days to come.
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                        • 46 min

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                      Official company podcast for Tantra Labs. Join CTO Russell LaCour for an inside look into Tantra Labs as well as an exploration into the world of tech and crypto.