This episode explores the economic challenges of our time, from inflation and hyperinflation to the Federal Reserve’s role in deepening division and corruption. Rudy provides sharp insights on how the 2020 financial crisis amplified the failures of 2008 and discusses Bitcoin’s potential to tackle systemic issues, while addressing political polarization and offering a fresh perspective on finding common ground.

CHAPTERS :

00:00 - 1:41 - Intro 

02:51 - The Story Behind the Rudy’s Persona

04:51 - Why the CPI Metric Is a Scam

06:11 - The Devastating Impact of Hyperinflation

07:56 - How the Federal Reserve Is Destroying Lives

09:56 - Why Building a Following on X (Twitter) Matters

15:21 - Is Hyperinflation Unavoidable?

20:31 - The Hidden Failures of TARP Explained

23:54 - 2020: A Financial Crisis on Steroids

28:51 - Rudy’s Take on the Occupy Wall Street Movement

30:11 - Why Rudy Almost Voted for Bernie Sanders in 2016

34:06 - How the Federal Reserve Fuels Division and Corruption

38:00 - Democrats vs. Republicans: Why It’s a Dead-End Debate

41:09 - Unpacking Doubts About Trump’s Election

44:25 - Short-Term Solutions for Federal Reserve Reform

49:12 - The Middle-Class Crisis in America

53:51 - Inflation’s Real Impact on Everyday Lives

1:01:21 - Bitcoin’s Role in Addressing Economic Issues

1:04:21 - Institutions Are Taking Over Bitcoin – What It Means

1:07:30 - The Importance of Focusing on Shared Goals

1:11:31 - How Bitcoiners Recognize the Real Issues

1:14:30 - The Decline of Public Education in the U.S.

1:16:27 - What’s the True Rate of Inflation?

1:23:00 - Why the Fed Will Never Solve Inflation

1:26:30 - The Controversial Death of United Healthcare’s CEO

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Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Luongo to discuss if the current financial system can survive without Bitcoin. 

We also get into what Tom thinks about ending the federal reserve immediately, the odds that trump can make it to inauguration day alive, and of course we cover how Tom thinks all the different markets will perform during all of this.

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Today’s episode with Bob Burnett, the CEO of Barefoot Mining who has become a good friend and mentor to me was recorded several weeks ago but I still think there is a tremendous amount of signal in here as Bob always packs a punch. We talk about wars over hash rate, Bob’s most famous patent, the future of block space, how countries could possibly be sovereign in a bitcoin world and towards the end of our conversation we turn to some tough, hard topics like suicide, retirement, quality of life and true happiness.

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Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and he is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources. Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’s product development efforts as Chief Technical Officer. He has founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space and is an evangelist and educator for Bitcoin and its importance to the world’s future. 

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JJ Carrell recently retired from the United States Border Patrol after a twenty-four year career as a Deputy Patrol Agent in Charge. Carrell brings a different view on immigration and on what is now transpiring in this forgotten and unknown place known as the border. 

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For the 200th episode, I sat down with our good friend Pierre Rochard, who makes his record-setting sixth appearance on the show to discuss the Trump assassination, Elizabeth Warren’s puzzling crusade against Bitcoin, divine intervention, Chartalism, Munchausen Syndrome, why Bitcoin stands above governments and how they can play speculative defense.

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Pierre Rochard has researched and written about Bitcoin since 2013. He co-founded the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute in 2014 to curate the best primary source literature. In addition to developing open-source Bitcoin software, Pierre is an outspoken advocate for Bitcoin’s decentralized governance. Pierre served as the Bitcoin and Lightning product manager at Kraken for three years before joining Riot as the VP of Research.

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In this episode, I had a blast with Professor David B. Collum trying to deconstruct everything happening in the world right now as best we can.

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Dr. David B. Collum, MA, MS, Ph.D. is a Professor at The Cornell University.    He received a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in the City of New York.    His research interests are Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physical Organic Chemistry, Organolithium Chemistry, Organosodium Chemistry, Kinetics, Reaction Mechanism.

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In this episode, I sit down with Tomer Strolight to discuss 4 of his articles related to political philosophy, theory and Bitcoin. 

A New Separation of Powers

A New Peaceful Transition of Power

The United State of Bitcoin

Bitcoin: An Empire For Us All

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"Bitcoin is a decentralized bank digital currency. So, if it becomes centralized by definition it is a CBDC. Bitcoin is a CBDC waiting to happen. It's a nightmare unless we can get it back on track. It's something we're sleepwalking into."  

- Bitcoin Mechanic 

In this episode, I sit down with Bitcoin Mechanic the Chief Boiling Officer over at decentralized mining pool Ocean to discuss the threat from the centralization of bitcoin mining, filtering vs censorship and if Bitcoin is going to eventually turn into a CBDC one day if we continue on our current path.

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In this episode, I sit down with Luke Dashjr to discuss the current state of bitcoin mining, the ingenious nature of the latest spam wave attacks and if there’s an existential threat to bitcoin right now.

Luke Dashjr is a Bitcoin Core developer and the founder of Ocean mining pool. He has made over 200 contributions to Bitcoin Core, and maintains the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals section on GitHub

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In this episode, I sit down with Daniel Prince on his Once Bitten podcast. I haven't done many like this so I'd love to hear your feedback. 

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