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News just in. Prohibition is back! Governments around the world are clamping down on a dangerous new drug called “free speech” in an effort to stop the spread of common sense. But, like before, there is growing resistance from people who call themselves


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    Dan Held

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 49:03


    Isabel and James are joined by Dan Held, one of the most influential figures in Bitcoin.

    Niall Ferguson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 56:11


    Isabel and James are joined by the world renowned historian, Professor Niall Ferguson. Professor Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of countless bestselling books including his most recent book, Doom. Professor Ferguson regularly writes on cryptocurrency for Bloomberg.

    Rana Mitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 49:12


    Isabel and James are joined by Rana Mitter - a British historian who teaches about the history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford's St. Cross College. Mitter specialises in the emergence of nationalism in modern China and has written nine books about China. He formerly directed Oxford's China Center. 

    Saifedean Ammous

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 49:58


    Isabel and James are joined by legendary Bitcoin investor Saifedean Ammous.  He is also the author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, the best-selling groundbreaking study of the economics of bitcoin.

    Layah Heilpern

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 39:40


    Isabel and James are joined by author and journalist, Layah Heilpern. As an advocate of Bitcoin, Layah published her book Undressing Bitcoin: A Revealing Guide To The World's Most Revolutionary Asset last year. She is also the host of The Layah Heilpern Show on YouTube where she interviews a range of household cryptocurrency names.

    Matt Hancock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 39:56


    Isabel and James are joined by the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, who as Health Secretary led the UK's response to the covid pandemic until his resignation in June 2021. One of the highest profile politicians in the UK, Hancock was an economist at the Bank of England and was an adviser and chief of staff to George Osborne, who would go on to become Chancellor. As a backbencher, he has become a champion of cryptocurrency. 

    James Rickards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 39:13


    Isabel and James are joined by Jim Rickards, who is editor of the financial newsletter, Strategic Intelligence, and negotiated the bailout for Long Term Capital Management, which was the major casualty of Russia's last default in 1998. Jim was involved in the Pentagon's first ever financial war games and is the New York Times bestselling author of The New Great Depression and The Death of Money.

    Mitch Feierstein and Alan D. Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 91:08


    Journalist Isabel Oakeshott and communications expert James Melville are joined by Mitch Feierstein - author of Planet Ponzi, a deep-dive into the financial system and government's role  - and Alan D. Miller - nighttime economy entrepreneur and co-founder of the Together Declaration campaign.

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