The Agora

By Sal Mayweather

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Logic, revisionism, & counter-economics for revolutionaries.

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The Problem With Police

04.01.2021

Pete Quinones & Chris Cofer of Stateless Productions join me to discuss their upcoming film, America's Police Crisis. What, if anything, can be done to reform the police?

The Agora episodes:

04.01.2021 The Problem With Police Pete Quinones & Chris Cofer of Stateless Productions join me to discuss their upcoming film, America's Police Crisis. What, if anything, can be done to reform the police?
03.25.2021 The State of Modern Agorism In the context of Konkin's revolution - Where are we? Where do we need to be? And how do we get there? I ask Derek Broze & Shane Radliff, two of the world's foremost counter-economists.
03.22.2021 Philosophy, Logic & the Social Sciences Ben Burgis & I compare and contrast the logical underpinnings of our respective philosophies; socialism & agorism.
03.16.2021 The Truth About the Civil War The great historian Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss the truth about the Southern War for Independence.
03.09.2021 TradCatKnight Show My March appearance as a recurring guest on the Traditional Catholic Knight podcast, where I discuss current events from an agorist perspective along with host, Eric Gajewski.
03.02.2021 Happy Birthday Murray Rothbard! Walter Block joins me to reminisce on the life & legacy of the 20th century's greatest intellectual, Murray Rothbard.
01.13.2021 Grow Your Own Food Jack Spirko & Curtis Stone drop by the Agora for an epic conversation on growing your own food. Learn why it's crucial for agorism & how ANYONE can do it. You can find all of the resources mentioned by Jack, ...
12.30.2020 How To Become An Entrepreneur, Part 2 Riley Bennett joins us to discuss pathways to entrepreneurship.
12.01.2020 Gold vs. Crypto Roger Ver & I try to persuade the great Walter Block that cryptocurrency is superior to precious metals.
11.12.2020 The BCH Fork w/ Collin Enstad Collin Enstad drops by to discuss the upcoming BCH fork on 11/15! Find out what you need to know & how to prepare.
11.05.2020 3DPrinterGoBrrr Find out how I was introduced to the 3D printing community, where the industry is now, & what that means for agorists & counter-economists. I also cover why you should be excited about the Ender-6, how to use a resin ...
09.09.2020 Listener AMA I answer your questions from Twitter! From Kenosha & Crypto to Counter-Economics & more.
08.19.2020 Homesteading The Agora Vertical counter-economics is all about the creation of local production facilities that bypass parasitical state regulations. What better example of this than the homestead? On that note, Nicole Sauce joins us to breakdown the basics of homesteading. Nicole runs the ...
07.29.2020 Advanced Austrian Economics Two of the world's leading Austrian economists, Dr. Per Bylund & Dr. Walter Block, school us in Advanced Austrian Economics. This episode assumes the viewer has some background knowledge of the field. Topics covered include the Evenly Rotating Economy (ERE), ...
07.07.2020 Introductory Austrian Economics with Timothy Terrell Professor Timothy Terrell delivers a crash course on Austrian economics. In this episode, we cover a wide range of economic topics every libertarian worth their salt NEEDS to know about. Learn methodological individualism, subjective value theory, ABCT, economic calculation & ...
06.18.2020 How to Become An Entrepreneur w/ Riley Bennett Riley Bennett went from wage slave to entrepreneur. He explains how he did it & how you can too.
06.08.2020 Crypto-Anarchism A primer on crypto-anarchism. What it is, why it's important, & how to participate. We cover everything from old-school black market ciphers to modern day blockchains & end-to-end encryption services. "A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of ...
05.26.2020 George Selgin on Bitcoin & the Origins of Money George Selgin takes us to econ school & explains the origins of money! We discuss how Bitcoin challenges traditional economic theories & how those theories can inform Bitcoin's future.
05.11.2020 Schools Out Corey DeAngelis is the Director of School Choice at Reason & an adjunct scholar at CATO. He is the liberty movement's point man on all issues related to education policy. I asked him to come on the show and explain ...
05.09.2020 Becoming Your Own Bank Joel Valenzuela is the host of the Digital Cash Network. He joins us to explain how you can become your own bank and live free of fiat blood-money. What resources, workarounds & services will you have to know about? Find ...
05.04.2020 Bruce Fenton Bruce Fenton is the Cypherpunk Stockbroker. He's the CEO of Chainstone Labs, & founder of Atlantic Financial & Satoshi Roundtable. He's an OG Bitcoiner who's been regulated by the SEC for most of his life & he's here to provide ...
04.21.2020 So you got a 3D Printer? CTRL+Pew & Ivan the Troll lay out a beginner's guide to 3D-Printing with the Ender 3. Go from 0 experience to FGC-9 owner in one week.
04.14.2020 Token Agorist The tokenization of securities & assets will end FINRA's cartelization of the brokerage industry. Find out why agorists are so excited about tokenization & what steps we're taking to benefit financially from the coming tokambrian explosion.
04.04.2020 The Future of Money with Roger Ver Roger Ver & I spoke about the future of money & what that will specifically look like. What role will privacy & tokenization play in shaping the future global economy? How did austrian economics predict the current financial crisis & ...
03.31.2020 WTF Is Agorism? I answer the most common questions people have about agorism & field a bunch more from Twitter!
03.25.2020 The Collapse Is Here I use Austrian Business Cycle Theory to explain how central bank inflation has destroyed the US dollar. I talk about what we can expect economically, socially & politically in the near future. We also cover how agorists are preparing, using ...
01.21.2020 BTC Miami 2020 The North American Bitcoin Conference was a success. There were tons of events and some great speakers. Plus, it's a great excuse to spend a week in Miami. I met a bunch of awesome bitcoin enthusiasts, newcomers and OGs alike ...
12.02.2019 John McAfee John McAfee is back on The Agora to school us in everything blockchain. We discussed Satoshi's identity, privacy coins, the McAfee DEX, the metanet, the coming halving, & much more. We also covered Epstein's "suicide" and John's favorite book.
11.18.2019 History of Agorism w/ Victor Koman OG agorist, Victor Koman, stops by The Agora to give us a history of the early days. Having spent time at the famous "anarcho-village," Koman has a unique perspective to offer. He gives us all the inside details - including ...
11.11.2019 Slave Reparations Walter Block joins us to break down the correct libertarian position on slave reparations. Through the consistent application of the non-aggression principle, Block reaches a conclusion that is both counter-intuitive and logically sound.
11.04.2019 Entrepreneurial Agorism Not all entrepreneurship is agorist, but all agorism is entrepreneurial. Whether you're selling flowers at the local farmer's market, or zip guns to Chinese dissidents, agorists can't avoid entrepreneurship. Per Bylund, a fellow at the Mises Institute & Professor of ...
07.15.2019 The Promise of Apollo This past spring, John McAfee clued myself & listeners of The Agora into a decentralized privacy coin known as Apollo. I began to research the project and was frankly, taken aback. Apollo is an attempt to create an all-in-one blockchain ...
07.04.2019 Bonus: Pete Raymond As requested by patrons, Pete Raymond is back on The Agora! We caught up this past weekend over a few beers & I had the chance to ask him about his experience with the social media censors, and his forthcoming ...
07.01.2019 Crypto-Economics with Jeffrey Tucker Jeffrey Tucker stopped by The Agora to school us in some of the finer points of crypto-economics. We discussed his expectations for Facebook's Libra, the disruptive potential of tokenization, Bitcoin maximalism & currency competition as well as hodling's effect on ...
06.27.2019 Dash with Amanda Johnson With the growing tide of regulations against cryptocurrencies, privacy has become an increasingly valuable aspect in the blockchain ecosystem. Dash is a cryptocurrency agorists can confidently trust to facilitate instant & anonymous transactions. Amanda Johnson stops by for this episode ...
06.03.2019 Stephan Kinsella Stephan Kinsella is a renowned patent attorney and one of the world's foremost libertarian rights theorists. He stopped by The Agora to help us break down some of Craig Wright's recent legal claims, including his attempt to copyright the Bitcoin ...
05.30.2019 Bonus: Urban Gardening Tips Growing your own food is one of the easiest, safest and most enjoyable ways to practice counter-economics. Every produce item grown in your garden denies the state a litany of taxes, including but not limited to sales, gas, & export. ...
05.20.2019 Vin Armani Vin Armani stopped by the Agora! Vin is the CEO of CoinText & an OG agorist so our meeting was well overdue. He drops some knowledge on STOs and the future of tokenization and also tells us what he's looking ...
05.10.2019 Thaddeus Russell Thaddeus Russell stops by The Agora to elaborate on his plans for a School for Agorism! What sorts of classes will be offered? When can you sign up? A historian by trade, he has a unique appreciation for the role ...
04.09.2019 Dr. Craig Wright Dr. Craig Wright is the chief scientist at nChain and is believed by many to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the original inventor of bitcoin. That means he is either a computer science genius or a marketing genius. In either case, I ...
03.25.2019 Gabriel Cardona Gabriel Cardona is head of R&D; at bitcoin.com & one of the most skilled developers in the blockchain community. He stopped by the Agora recently to discuss technological decentralization and we hit all the stops. 3D-printing, AI, tokenization, smart contracts, ...
03.12.2019 Roger Ver Roger Ver, stops by The Agora to discuss voluntaryism, tokenization and bitcoin cash. He is the brains behind a number of projects in the crypto space and a dedicated voluntaryist. I asked him if he agreed with my assessment that ...
02.24.2019 John McAfee Smoking L's, talking crypto, and dippin on the IRS with John McAfee. This is the fun part of the liberty movement.
02.14.2019 Praxeology with Walter Block In logic, an axiom is a statement that is self-evident or otherwise accepted as true. The action axiom is simply that individuals act. It is the foundation of austrian economics and the subject of episode 41 of The Agora. To ...
02.09.2019 The North Cali Trim Scene Each year, trimmigrants from all over the world gather in Humboldt County to prepare the cannabis crop. In doing so they knowingly put themselves at risk; which is perhaps one reason they are rewarded so generously for their efforts. In ...
01.15.2019 Aquaponics Does the state inspect and approve of the food you subsist off of? Do you pay for that food using the counterfeit notes of some banking cartel? If so, congratulations - you're a slave! In this episode of The Agora, ...
01.03.2019 3D Printing for Liberty This episode of The Agora focuses on some of the various use cases for 3D printing counter-economically. From bump stocks to kidneys, 3D printing offers the agorist a myriad of regulations to nullify.
12.31.2018 Meme Wars & Beyond with Pete Raymond In the second installment of my discussion with Pete Raymond we truly cover the gambit. Don't miss out as we discuss everything from the 2018 Meme War to black markets and comic books. Also, hear my take on why agorism ...
12.27.2018 Blockchain Mechanics II Have a general understanding of blockchain tech, but still find yourself at a loss when others start diving into the intricate details? This episode of The Agora is meant for you. Join me for part two of my discussion with ...
12.24.2018 Blockchain Mechanics Professor Abdullah Tansel stops by The Agora to discuss blockchain mechanics! This two part series is designed give listeners a relatively advanced understanding of blockchain technology. In this first installment, Professor Tansel breaks down the basic elements and features of ...

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What's The Agora about?

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The Agora episodes:

The Problem With Police

The State of Modern Agorism

Philosophy, Logic & the Social Sciences

The Truth About the Civil War

TradCatKnight Show

Happy Birthday Murray Rothbard!

Grow Your Own Food

How To Become An Entrepreneur, Part 2

Gold vs. Crypto

The BCH Fork w/ Collin Enstad

3DPrinterGoBrrr

Listener AMA

Homesteading The Agora

Advanced Austrian Economics

Introductory Austrian Economics with Timothy Terrell

How to Become An Entrepreneur w/ Riley Bennett

Crypto-Anarchism

George Selgin on Bitcoin & the Origins of Money

Schools Out

Becoming Your Own Bank

Bruce Fenton

So you got a 3D Printer?

Token Agorist

The Future of Money with Roger Ver

WTF Is Agorism?

The Collapse Is Here

BTC Miami 2020

John McAfee

History of Agorism w/ Victor Koman

Slave Reparations

Entrepreneurial Agorism

The Promise of Apollo

Bonus: Pete Raymond

Crypto-Economics with Jeffrey Tucker

Dash with Amanda Johnson

Stephan Kinsella

Bonus: Urban Gardening Tips

Vin Armani

Thaddeus Russell

Dr. Craig Wright

Gabriel Cardona

Roger Ver

John McAfee

Praxeology with Walter Block

The North Cali Trim Scene

Aquaponics

3D Printing for Liberty

Meme Wars & Beyond with Pete Raymond

Blockchain Mechanics II

Blockchain Mechanics

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