Marty sits down with Saifedean Ammous to discuss the Israel/Gaza conflict from the perspective of property rights. Saifedean on Twitter: https://x.com/saifedean Saifedean's Website: https://saifedean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:13 - Infringement of Palestinian property rights 8:00 - Israel’s solution is extermination 13:23 - River & Unchained 14:39 - Religious justification of cruelty 26:29 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 28:06 - Christian Zionism 35:42 - US is a puppet state 55:14 - Can Bitcoin defund the empire? 1:00:27 - They use every crisis to manipulate Shoutout to our sponsors ..read more

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to go over the consequences of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life. Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/TFL1728 Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/ 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - PayPal Mafia 6:07 - Cut past the freeze? 9:31 - River & Unchained 10:46 - The assassination attempt fractured the timeline 14:39 - Everyone knew 26:35 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 28:12 - Divine intervention 32:43 - Working with consequences 35:33 - What happens next and will they try again? 47:21 - Jamie Dimon and economic plans 53:27 - Open source and AI 57:30 - Perspective of ..read more

Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the partnership of the private tech sector with the surveillance state. Whitney on Twitter: https://x.com/_whitneywebb Mark on Twitter: https://x.com/markgoodw_in 0:00 - Intro 1:34 - Trump shooting and media aftermath 10:10 - River & Unchained 11:26 - JD Vance and Palantir 24:10 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 25:48 - Trump’s image & public/private partnership 49:19 - Controlled media 1:04:42 - Using Bitcoin for evil 1:09:58 - Nostr, ecash & stables 1:27:13- Framing bitcoin as money 1:36:27 - All things are us ..read more

Marty sits down with Eric Semler to discuss why Semler Scientific chose to store their value in bitcoin. Semler Scientific: https://www.semlerscientific.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:43 - Bill Walton 4:16 - TCS Capital and post dotcom 10:39 - River & Unchained 11:55 - Parallel between late 90s and today 16:24 - Journey to bitcoin 23:52 - Themes that lead to shorting the best assets 32:20 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 33:57 - Bitcoin’s relative upside potential 35:56 - Bitcoin as treasury asset 42:15 - Board members need more skin in the game 50:36 - Future of bitcoin Shoutout to our sp ..read more

Marty sits down with Jason Mikula to discuss fintech, Synapse, Banking as a Service, and the general state of banking. Jason on Twitter: https://x.com/mikulaja Jason's Substack: https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:42 - Background on the Synapse case 12:19 - River & Unchained 13:35 - Who is at fault? 20:10 - FBO account structure 24:36 - Impact on end users 30:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 32:32 - Unclear resolution and stain on fintech 41:18 - Can small banks compete? 49:46 - SVB and the state of the banking system 57:00 - Are we seeing Chokepoint 2.0 ..read more

Marty sits down with Svetski to discuss his book The Bushido of Bitcoin. Svetski on Twitter: https://x.com/SvetskiWrites Bushido of Bitcoin: http://www.bushidoofbitcoin.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:52 - It’s time to do more than complain 9:23 - Core virtues 18:02 - River & Unchained 19:18 - Justice 24:51 - Unbalanced femininity 31:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 32:43 - Energetic leaders 39:40 - Courage 42:31 - A structure to last the hard times 50:41 - Responsibility 56:36 - Low time preference 1:02:37 - Beauty and truth 1:09:46 - Physically rebuilding America 1:17:03 - Forging allia ..read more

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss his book Quoz and the late-stage fiat breakdown. Mel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelMattison1 Quoz: https://www.melmattison.com/quoz 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Mel’s background 5:34 - Timing the late-fiat breakdown 10:13 - River & Unchained 11:29 - Central bank history 17:00 - Central banks are obsolete 23:55 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 25:33 - The Fed is scrambling, false yield curve 32:25 - Why bitcoin and metals will succeed 37:33 - Was this always the plan? 42:35 - Can we make this the last cycle? 46:38 - Supranational financial ..read more

Back in March, Marty sat down with Andrew Myers to discuss Satoshi Energy. Andrew on Twitter: https://x.com/acmyers Satoshi Energy: https://satoshienergy.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - How regulation harms the energy industry 12:08 - River and Bitkey 13:30 - Mining solves the fragility of centralized power 21:00 - Bitcoin strategies for energy companies 26:37 - Direct payment for energy 34:26 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 36:03 - Determining optimal power mix 44:10 - What miners need to know about power companies 50:13 - Batteries 57:02 - Regulatory attacks 1:00:32 - Sound leadership 1 ..read more

Marty sits down with Peter St. Onge to discuss Trump's rumored plan to replace income tax with tariffs. Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - El Salvador 4:23 - Vibe shift 12:26 - River & Unchained 13:42 - Mass immigration and nationalism 17:51 - Trump’s rumored tariff plan 24:49 - Media and education 29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 30:56 - Countering lies 38:10 - Headwinds for next election 45:40 - Dedollarization 50:42 - Has the melt up already started 1:00:27 - Feeling the inflation 1:06:42 - Bitcoin and Trump 1:14:02 - We’re gonna win 1:1 ..read more

Marty sits down with Chris Buskirk to discuss the destruction wrought by ESG and moving forward with positive vision. Chris on Twitter: https://x.com/thechrisbuskirk 1789 Capital: https://x.com/1789Capital 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Start - ESG destroys innovation 3:53 - Conservative vibe shift 8:38 - River & Unchained 09:54 - Positive vision 15:58 - Positive vision specifics 24:24 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 26:01 - Broken money 28:39 - Electric cars 31:20 - What DC does to good people 35:31 - Take the white pill and think big 41:40 - What regulation did to capital allocation 45:4 ..read more