Podcast appearances and mentions of Brett Scott

Brett D. Scott of Super-Charged Freedom is known as Super-man & The Success Alchemist who helps individuals and corporations to upgrade their Mindset to achieve outcomes previously eluding them. His coaching journey began with the late great ‘Bob Proctor' notable star of 'The Secret' movie.Having been recognised with many Business awards including; Man of the Year, Coach of the Year & Business Rebel of the Year, a TEDx Talk “How to Unleash Your Inner Superhero”, a Book Excellence award winning book (same name as his business) and speaking on many stages; Brett truly helps people turn their bad habits and negative beliefs into their version of positive success & freedom.SummaryIn this engaging conversation, Jen Hamilton and Brett Scott explore the themes of authenticity, self-care, and personal growth. They discuss the importance of being present, the challenges within the coaching industry, and the journey of transformation that many undergo. The dialogue delves into metaphysics, spirituality, and the impact of trauma and conditioning on personal development, emphasizing the interconnectedness of life experiences and the power of open-mindedness. In this enlightening conversation, Jen Hamilton and Brett Scott explore themes of authenticity, personal transformation, and the importance of truth. Brett shares his journey from a people-pleaser to embodying his version of Superman, emphasizing the significance of integrity and self-awareness. They discuss the concept of 'supercharged freedom' and how it relates to personal growth and helping others. The conversation culminates in reflections on the meaning of life, highlighting the interconnectedness of all beings and the impact of genuine support and kindness.TakeawaysEverything is figure outable.Being in flow means being present and joyful.Self-care is essential for personal growth.Authenticity is crucial in coaching and mentorship.Helping others leads to personal fulfillment.The coaching industry is unregulated and can be deceptive.Trauma can be subtle and often goes unrecognized.Open-mindedness allows for deeper understanding and growth.Conditioning from childhood affects adult behavior.The unseen aspects of life are often more real than the seen. Synchronicities can guide us to deeper connections.Authenticity is recognized through our own experiences of inauthenticity.Transformation requires letting go of old identities.Truth and integrity are foundational to personal growth.Supercharged freedom is about being locked into your purpose.Helping others is a key aspect of living a fulfilling life.The journey of self-discovery is ongoing and never complete.Mindset and learning are crucial for personal development.Collaboration amplifies impact and success.We are all connected in our human experiences.To connect with Brett, his website is: https://superchargedfreedom.com To know more about the work that Jen does, head her the website: www.jenhamilton.coach and work with her through Sanctuary of Self for progammes, coaching and Tantra go to: www.sanctuaryofself.loveDon't forget to follow your host, Jen, on Instagram at www.instagram.com/ jenhamiltonofficial and the podcast at www.instagram.com/ enlifened_podcastThis podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. The host and her guests claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Donald Trump made a very public and very global u-turn on his trade war. Plus: The Houthis have downed three US drones in the last ten days; and Gary Stevenson has fallen foul of Andrew Tate. With Kieran Andrieu, NoJusticeMTG and Brett Scott.

Brett Scott and Zoe McCallum rank all the MCU properties that premiered in 2024! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marvelpluspodcast/support

Hello Interactors,We often think of the economy as a fixed, objective force, separate from who we are. But what if it actually shapes our identities? Like a DJ mixing a set, economics amplifies certain behaviors and silences others. I saw this firsthand last summer when Calvin Harris performed live in Scotland, dynamically controlling thousands of people with a turn of a dial or push of a button…on tracks he'd already mixed in the studio!Brett Scott, in his recent Substack Remastering Capitalism, uses this music mixing metaphor to show how human nature is molded — elevated or suppressed — by economic systems. His insights remind me of social constructionism, which reveals that what we see as “natural” is often constructed by institutions, including the economy. Our many identities aren't just reacting to the system — they are being shaped by it.But what if Homo Economicus, the rational, self-interested individual, isn't who we truly or solely are? What if these systems are muting our most moral and communal parts? With my last three posts on economics in mind, let's explore how economics and geography construct — and limit — who we become.MARKETS MOLDING MINDSAt the heart of social constructionism is the idea that reality isn't something we passively experience — it's something actively constructed through our social interactions, power dynamics, and the institutions that shape our lives. One of the most powerful institutions in modern society is the economy, which shapes not just markets but the very way we see ourselves and our place in the world. And, as with all social constructs, it is influenced by those who hold power.In Econ 101, we're introduced to Homo Economicus, the rational, self-interested individual who makes perfectly reasoned decisions geared toward maximizing utility without emotional interference. Think Spock from Star Trek. This figure is more than a character or abstract concept; it reflects the values that the market rewards and those in power promote. In environments dominated by capitalist systems — corporate boardrooms, stock exchanges, financial districts — the behavior of Homo Economicus is not just encouraged, it's essential for success. These spaces reinforce particular versions of selves, constructed by the systems that surround them.Critical geographer David Harvey emphasizes how geography and power intersect, asking us to“Imagine, for example, the absolute space of an affluent gated community on the New Jersey shore. Some of the inhabitants move in relative space on a daily basis into and out of the financial district of Manhattan where they set in motion movements of credit and investment moneys that affect social life across the globe...”These elites embody Homo Economicus and reinforce the power dynamics of capitalism, constructing an economic landscape where rational self-interest reigns supreme.But Homo Economicus is not an innate human identity. Like the concept of the “divinely appointed king” in medieval Europe, it is constructed by the economic and social systems around us. Modern capitalism creates and rewards this notion of the self. But this doesn't mean we're trapped in this role — other tracks of human nature are waiting to be heard. The question is, can we turn up the volume on those other selves?MAPPING MONEY'S MIGHTThe dominance of Homo Economicus is not just theoretical — it plays out in real, physical spaces. Economic geography shows us how capitalism manifests in cities, financial hubs, and industrial centers, creating environments that reward certain behaviors while suppressing others. As Doreen Massey, a feminist geographer, notes, social relations are constructed across all spatial scales — from global finance to local communities — and these spaces, in turn, construct us. She writes,“'The spatial' then…can be seen as constructed out of the multiplicity of social relations across all spatial scales, from the global reach of finance and telecommunications, through the geography of the tentacles of national political power, to the social relations within the town, the settlement, the household and the workplace.”Having recently returned from New York and London last summer, I was surrounded by buildings and infrastructure designed to facilitate rapid decision-making and profit maximization. These financial districts are the birthplace of Homo Economicus, where competition, efficiency, and rationality are not only celebrated but engrained in the fabric of the city. But these aren't just neutral places where economic transactions happen — they were actively shaped by human identities to shape other human identities, constructing versions of selves.Yet, capitalism's steady beat doesn't stop at the thumping urban centers. It ripples outward, reshaping rural areas, natural landscapes, and global trade routes. In these spaces, a different identity might have flourished. For example, where I grew up in Iowa, rural areas are shaped by industrial agriculture where economic pressures push farmers to adopt monoculture practices, prioritizing profit over sustainability.My father worked for farm equipment maker, Massey Ferguson in the 1970s and 80s where the company had to respond to John Deere's introduction of industrial-sized articulated tractors sold to increasingly dominant large-scale farmers. Here, the track of Homo Ecologicus — the part of us that values balance and environmental stewardship — was quieted. Meanwhile, the relentless beat of industrial capitalism continues to drown it out.However, these tracks aren't erased. In more peripheral spaces — rural farms, local markets, and environmental movements — Homo Ecologicus still survives, embodying a different approach to the world, one that capitalism often suppresses.A 2023 study showed that if 25% of institutional buyers sourced fresh food from local farms, it could generate an $800 million impact on Iowa's economy, supporting over 4,200 mid-sized farms and creating numerous agricultural jobs. In 2024 alone, Organic Valley, a cooperative that supports organic farmers, brought 40 new family farms in just the first four months of the year and was expected to add 70 more by year-end.The geography of capitalism constructs these different forms of capitalism and the human identities behind them. Where we live and work reminds us that we are shaped by the spaces we occupy. Our identities are far from static — they are deeply influenced by the economic forces, choices, and physical landscapes we inhabit and navigate — the Interplace, if you will, the interaction of people and place.INDUSTRY INFLUENCED IDENTITIESAlthough capitalism has amplified Homo Economicus in both urban and rural spaces, other aspects of human nature persist. Social constructionism teaches us that while dominant systems shape our identities, they can also be resisted. And in moments of rebellion or creativity, tracks like Homo Ecologicus and Homo Absurdum emerge, reminding us of the full spectrum of the human experience.Homo Ecologicus embodies our connection to nature and the desire for harmony with the environment. In communities focused on re-greening — whether through small urban efforts, rural sustainability, or the traditional ecological practices of the Coast Salish, which I've explored previously — these identities resurface. The Coast Salish, like many Indigenous cultures, emphasize balance and stewardship, a mindset echoed in the research of architect and sustainable urbanist, Steffen Lehmann. For example, Lehmann highlights ‘nature-based solutions', as defined by the EU, are “‘inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience (…) and bring more, and more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into cities, landscapes and seascapes, through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions'.” Both Lehmann's findings and the Coast Salish practices show that environmental stewardship and economic growth can coexist, challenging the dominance of Homo Economicus.Homo Absurdum, the playful and imaginative side of human nature, similarly pushes back against the rigid logic of capitalism. My recent piece featuring DEVO, for example, showed how embraced absurdity, irony, and satire could form a critique of conformity and dehumanization wrought by modern capitalist society. DEVO's music wasn't just about self-expression — it was an act of resistance. They reminded us that creativity and play are as fundamental to human nature as rationality and profit-seeking. Homo Absurdum thrives in moments of rebellion, where we reject the idea that our worth is tied solely to economic productivity.Even Adam Smith, the so-called father of modern economics, understood that human identity was more complex than the rational self-interest of Homo Economicus. In The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith emphasized empathy and care, reminding us that“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him.”Smith was also a product of his time, and his economic theories were socially constructed, shaped by the social and political environment of 18th-century Scotland, including the strong influence of Protestant religious values, which emphasized moral responsibility, hard work, and empathy toward others.This brings us to an important realization: Homo Economicus is not the inevitable endpoint of human identity. It's one track, amplified by the systems that hold power today. The human playlist is far more diverse, with room for care, play, connection, and environmental stewardship if we create the conditions to let these tracks play.Economics is more than just markets and numbers — it's a powerful force that shapes who we are. Through the lens of social constructionism, we see how economic systems construct certain identities, amplifying some parts of ourselves while suppressing others. In a world dominated by capitalism, Homo Economicus reigns supreme, but this doesn't mean other tracks of human nature — like Homo Ecologicus, Homo Absurdum, or Homo Communis — are lost. These tracks are still present, waiting to be heard and made part of our collective human experience.Immanuel Wallerstein, in his World-Systems Analysis, reminds us that historical moments like the French Revolution disrupted the structures that had previously determined the dominant identities of the time, legitimizing power in the hands of the people instead of monarchs or legislators.He writes,“The French Revolution propagated two quite revolutionary ideas. One was that political change was not exceptional or bizarre but normal and thus constant. The second was that ‘sovereignty' — the right of the state to make autonomous decisions within its realm — did not reside in (belong to) either a monarch or a legislature but in the ‘people' who, alone, could legitimate a regime.”In the same way, we too can challenge the dominant economic structures of today by reshaping the various ‘selves' that make ‘ourselves.'I agree with Brett Scott when he challenges us to remaster our economic tracks based on these potentialities. To bring forward the voices of care, creativity, and environmental consciousness, and let them play a stronger part of the mix. Homo Economicus may be the dominant track for now, but we have the power to remaster the mix. Let's strive for all the tracks of the human experience to play their part in creating a new, shared, and well-balanced harmony. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

The 2024 fictional film “Civil War” shows an America that has been fractured into armed factions. It's not the dystopian fantasy that interests us here, however, it's the collapse of the currency! In the movie, the US dollar has lost its value, like the fate of Confederate money after the (real) US Civil War. With his imagination piqued by the film, Steve asked Brett Scott, author and monetary theorist, to help us think about the dynamics of commerce, currency, and systemic forces in times of societal collapse and global capitalism. Brett and Steve look at historical cases like Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and Ireland's banking strike. They discuss barter systems, mutual credit, dollarization, and informal credits. The conversation delves into broader themes of pre- and post-capitalist markets, moral logics within economies, and the systemic nature of global capitalism. Highlighting the inadequacy of simplistic elite-blaming narratives, they advocate for understanding economic interdependence and discuss Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as a counter to austerity. Brett Scott is an author, journalist, and activist, who explores the intersections between money systems, finance, and digital technology. He's the author of The Heretics Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money. His latest book is Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets. Find more of his work at https://alteredstatesof.money/ brettscott.substack.com @Suitpossum on Twitter

Brett Scott and Zoe McCallum discuss X-Men '97 and it's impact on fandom! Follow Brett Scott on Twitter and Instagram: @realbrettscott Rate and Review Marvel Plus: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marvel-plus/id1524308260 MARVEL PLUS MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/marvel-plus-podcast Marvel Plus Intro Music: https://youtu.be/mclAqQ5GVaI Support Marvel Plus on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MarvelPlus?fan_landing=true Check out my podcasts everywhere podcasts are heard: Marvel Plus (Disney Plus / Marvel Companion Podcast) https://podfollow.com/marvel-plus Ambassadors of Quan (90's Movie Reviews) https://podfollow.com/1496965266 Long Lost Brothers (Fitness, Self Improvement, Pop Culture) https://podfollow.com/1523182128 Daily BS (entertainment and pop culture) https://podfollow.com/149697543 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marvelpluspodcast/support

Brett Scott muses about the new Agatha All Along trailer, Deadpool and Wolverine trailers and it's potential to restore the MCU and then announces the upcoming LIVE episode of Marvel+ podcast at Animate Columbus --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marvelpluspodcast/support

Join Karen Edwards in this episode of Roofing Road Trips as we delve into the latest partnership between Roofers Choice Insurance and Owens Corning Roofing Contractor Network. Hear insights from industry leaders Brett Scott of Roofers Choice Insurance and Jon Gardner of Owens Corning on navigating the complex insurance landscape and ensuring your business is well protected. Discover how this collaboration is revolutionizing risk management for roofing contractors by offering complimentary audits, identifying coverage gaps and providing tailored insurance solutions. Learn more at RoofersCoffeeShop.com!    Are you a contractor looking for resources? Become an R-Club Member today!  https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/rcs-club-sign-up    Follow Us!   https://www.instagram.com/rooferscoffeeshop/?hl=en  https://www.facebook.com/rooferscoffeeshop/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/rooferscoffeeshop-com  https://www.tiktok.com/@rooferscoffeeshop  https://www.pinterest.com/rcscom/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQTC5U3FL9M-_wcRiEEyvw  https://twitter.com/RoofCoffeeShop    #RoofersCoffeeShop #RoofingProfessionals #RoofingContractors #RoofingIndustry 

On today's show, Shane Healey discusses the latest world conflicts. Later, Brett Scott discusses dangers with current monetary system. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, a former Alice Springs resident and an Indigenous man originally from western NSW. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Brett Scott is an author, journalist, economic anthropologist and former financial broker exploring the politics of money systems, finance and digital technology. He's the author of “Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets” (Penguin & HarperCollins, 2022) and “The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money” (Pluto Press, 2013). Brett has a degree in anthropology in South Africa and a Masters in international development at Cambridge University, UK. X: @Suitpossum https://alteredstatesof.money/  

Putting a dollar amount on a single species, or entire ecosystems, is a contentious idea, but in 2023, the New York Stock Exchange proposed a new nature-based asset class which put a price tag on global nature of 5,000 trillion U.S. dollars.  This financialization of nature comes with perverse incentives and fails to recognize the intrinsic value contained in biodiversity and all the benefits it provides for humans, argues Indigenous economist Rebecca Adamson, on this episode. Instead, she suggests basing economies on principles contained in Indigenous economics. "The most simple thing would be to fit your economy into a living, breathing, natural physics law framework. And if you look at Indigenous economies, they really talk about balance and harmony, and those aren't quaint customs. Those are design principles," she says. Hear a related Mongabay podcast interview on the connection between nature and financial systems with author Brett Scott, here. We also recently spoke with National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyan about what Indigenous knowledge has to offer conservation, here.  If you enjoy the Mongabay Newscast, please visit www.patreon.com/mongabay to pledge a dollar or more to keep the show growing. Mongabay is a nonprofit media outlet, and all support helps! See all our latest news from nature's frontline at Mongabay's homepage, mongabay.com, or follow Mongabay on any of the social media platforms for updates. Please send your ideas and feedback to submissions@mongabay.com. Image: The doll orchid. Image courtesy of Bhathiya Gopallawa.  --- (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:30) The Financialization of Nature (00:07:35) Indigenous Economic Principles (00:14:04) Can Putting a Price on Nature Save it? (00:27:15) Redistribution and Reciprocity (00:33:15) The Ubiquity of Violence (00:38:37) The Wealth Gap and Its Implications (00:41:31) The Power of Shareholder Activism (00:44:36) Indigenous Economic Systems and Modern Applications (00:51:57) A Critical Analysis of the Financialization of Nature (01:00:27) Religious Perspectives on Environmental Awareness (01:04:24) Credits

It's Saturday Morning, Bub! Unfortunately my good pal Brett and I just could not get our schedules to lineup to tackle this episode. Luckily, returning guest Steve Banvard was able to step in and help out. We breakdown the final episode of the season and then hold a mega discussion and top list comparisons for the entire season! Should be an amazing episode for you! If you're missing Brett Scott check out his podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WVsLg6tTAn0kcBjPr5o9z?si=e55897db1a9a4066 Email: Talksnikt@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/kU6NfaND Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/TalkinSnikt Until next time, Bub!

It's Saturday Morning, Bub! Last week you heard my special guest Brett Scott (not for the first time, either) as he made a special appearance on this show. Well this week I returned the favor and did a guest appearance on his show Marvel Plus. I am presenting his episode to you here as SMS 78. I hope you like it, and if you do, make sure to check out it out here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WVsLg6tTAn0kcBjPr5o9z?si=LzgId1a4RQKtBkAFLK8aOA Email: Talksnikt@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/qhRCzRdx Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/TalkinSnikt Until next time, Bub!

It's Saturday Morning, Bub! Come listen as special returning guest Brett Scott and I breakdown and discuss X-Men '97 S1E08 Tolerance is Extinction Part 1. Stay tuned afterwards as we speculate wildly about the final two episodes, how the X-Men will shape the MCU when they finally arrive, and even talk about Paramount+ programming! Email: Talksnikt@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Gf7c9RrJ Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/TalkinSnikt Marvel+: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WVsLg6tTAn0kcBjPr5o9z?si=697a12b827e245a9 Until next time, Bub!

In this episode, Brett Scott joins Adam, Doug, and Ryan to discuss: Vertical and horizontal dimensions of money  Crypto capturing attention through an asset-only view of money that people commonly holdCrypto ignoring double-entry accounting and liability side of money by treating units as assets aloneBitcoin's reliance on energy-intensive mining and whether it can truly function as a reliable inflation hedgeBitcoin promoters shifting narratives between Bitcoin being an asset, a monetary system, and a counter-tradeInflation scaremongering as a distraction from real issues like wage stagnation and  wealth distributionConservative monetary ideology benefitting creditors by constraining the political imagination of moneyMMT challenges to traditional assumptions by focusing on resources rather than financial constraintsInterdependence as the starting point for economic analysis rather than independent actors in isolated marketsFor more from Brett, visit his Substack: Altered States of Monetary ConsciousnessAppliedMMT.comAppliedMMT on TwitterDouglas (@MMTmacrotrader) on TwitterDisclaimer: The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or investment advice. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any associated employers or organizations. Listeners should consider their financial circumstances and consult with a professional advisor before making any investment decisions

In this episode, Brett Scott joins Adam, Doug, and Ryan to discuss: Brett's intellectual journey with MMT and how he was exposed to the ideas through different communities and eventsChallenges of separating fact from conspiracy theories Brett's perspective on tensions between using existing monetary systems and building alternative currenciesDiscussion of libertarian and anarcho-capitalist views in early crypto and the concept of "vulgar libertarianism"Evolution of understanding of limitations of blockchain and smart contract technologySkepticism towards claims of decentralization and feasibility of decentralized systemsBrett's arguments for maintaining balances of power in the monetary system through preserving cashImplications of moving to a cashless society in terms of power, data control, and corporate manipulationPotential for central bank digital currencies to expand access to reserves or bypass banking sectorDebate around proposals to issue CBDCs and commercial bank lobbying effortsRohan Gray's E-Cash proposal as a progressive vision for digital cash with privacy protectionsFor more from Brett, visit his Substack: Altered States of Monetary ConsciousnessAppliedMMT.comAppliedMMT on TwitterDouglas (@MMTmacrotrader) on TwitterDisclaimer: The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or investment advice. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any associated employers or organizations. Listeners should consider their financial circumstances and consult with a professional advisor before making any investment decisions

Today's episode is hosted by author and labour journalist Sarah Jaffe who is joined by two thinkers whose work on money, neoliberal capitalism, the state and its discontents, cryptocurrency, conspiracy theories, and so much more have overlapping and fascinating insights for how we see the political world today. Quinn Slobodian's most recent book is Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracy published by Metropolitan Books in the US, Penguin in the UK and elsewhere. He is professor of international history at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, contributing writer to New Statesman, co-editor of Contemporary European History and co-director of the History and Political Economy Project.Brett Scott is a journalist, campaigner, monetary anthropologist and former financial broker. He's the author of Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets (Penguin: 2022), and The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance (Pluto Press: 2013). He writes the Altered States of Monetary Consciousness newsletter at brettscott.substack.com. Me: sarahljaffe.comWork Won't Love You Back Brett Scott: Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets Going cashlessThe War on Cash (review of Cloudmoney)The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance Quinn Slobodian: Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracy Book excerpt: Inside Silicon Valley's dream of capitalism untethered from democracyMonster of the Mainstream (on Javier Milei) Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol (With William Callison)  The Wonderful Death of a StateEverything You Thought About Free Trade Is WrongGlobalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of NeoliberalismThings We Mentioned:  Argentina's General Strike Melinda Cooper, Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social ConservatismThe Anarchists series Find the full MACRODOSE READING LIST here: uk.bookshop.org/shop/macrodosepod - for each book you buy from the list Macrodose gets 10% of what you pay, so for every book you buy, you'll be supporting our independent, climate-focused economic journalism. Sign up to our newsletter The Fix: mailchi.mp/45d9275470d6/macrodose A massive thank you to all of our existing Patreon subscribers, your support keeps the show running and we are very grateful. If you have the means and enjoy our work, head over to patreon.com/Macrodose and subscribe today. SOCIALS:⁠⁠⁠⁠ linktr.ee/macrodosepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ We want to hear from you! Leave a comment or get in touch at ⁠⁠macrodose@planetbproductions.co.uk⁠⁠ For more about the work we do at Planet B Productions, go to ⁠⁠⁠planetbproductions.co.uk⁠

In episode 216 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Brett Scott. Brett is the author of ‘Cloud Money: Why the War on Cash Endangers Our Freedom'. Brett also has a SubStack called ‘Altered States of Monetary Consciousness' where he explores the frontiers of modern money and in his words ‘draws pictures of it to help you see our economic system with new eyes'. In this episode we begin by discussing what it was like for Brett growing up at the tail-end of apartheid South Africa and navigating that as a white man. We then chart Brett's professional career, from working in left-wing politics, to being a financial trader and where he is today. Afterwards, we do a deep dive into Cloud Money through a mental health lens and the implications of a 'cashless' society on how we spend our money, live our lives and our local communities. We also discuss how financial institutions accelerated the move towards a cashless society during the Covid-19 period and their motivations for doing it. For Brett's mental health, we discuss his diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the challenges that has brought his mental health from adolescence through to adulthood. In February 2022, these OCD symptoms caused Brett to have a mental health breakdown where he experienced huge anxiety, burnout and at one point, psychotic episodes. All of this overlapped with the writing of and publication of Cloud Money and we discuss how it impacted his mental health and how he overcame it. As always, #itsokaytovent You can purchase a copy of Cloud Money here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/439997/cloudmoney-by-scott-brett/9781529111484 You can subscribe to 'Altered States of Monetary of Consciousness' here: https://brettscott.substack.com/ You can follow Brett on social media below: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suitpossum Support Us: Patreon: www.patreon.com/venthelpuk GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-vent-supp…ir-mental-health Merchandise: www.redbubble.com/people/VentUK/shop Music: @patawawa - Strange: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d70wfeJSEvk

In this LIVE episode from GalaxyCon in Columbus, OH , Brett Scott and Alejandro Martinez (with a little help from the LIVE audience) discuss every MCU project released so far in 2023! Follow Brett Scott on Twitter and Instagram: @realbrettscott Rate and Review Marvel Plus: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marvel-plus/id1524308260 MARVEL PLUS MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/marvel-plus-podcast Marvel Plus Intro Music: https://youtu.be/mclAqQ5GVaI Support Marvel Plus on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MarvelPlus?fan_landing=true Check out my podcasts everywhere podcasts are heard: Marvel Plus (Disney Plus / Marvel Companion Podcast) https://podfollow.com/marvel-plus Ambassadors of Quan (90's Movie Reviews) https://podfollow.com/1496965266 Long Lost Brothers (Fitness, Self Improvement, Pop Culture) https://podfollow.com/1523182128 Daily BS (entertainment and pop culture) https://podfollow.com/149697543 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marvelpluspodcast/support

We're heading towards a cashless society. With the dominion of Visa and Mastercard showing no sign of shrinking, it's becoming increasingly necessary to scrutinise what this shift towards virtual money really means. Brett Scott is an author and former banker who is deeply committed to evaluating the dangers of removing cash as a payment system. […]

In this episode I spoke with Brett Scott, an independent scholar, writer, and defender of physical cash from a left point of view. Brett was involved in the early Bitcioin communities and one of the first guests of the podcast back in 2020 so it was nice to be able to talk to him again after so many years and since his latest book Cloudmoney was published.During the interview we discussed how the monetary system actually works, the contradictions of libertarian money fantasies, and his recent writing on crypto titled Zero is the Future of Money. Be sure to check out Brett's great Substack to learn more about his work on money.If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month. It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter (@TBSocialist) or Mastodon (@theblockchainsocialist@social.coop) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion.Support the showICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who's work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.

It's Saturday Morning! And that means a brand new Saturday Morning Sniktoons! This is a special series retrospective for X-Men The Animated Series in which I rank each season, mention my favorite quotes from my favorite heroes, and then list off my top five episodes of the series. Afterwards we hear from some guest hosts and listeners as they discuss their own favorites! Thanks so much for listening! Special thanks to all my previous special guest hosts: Maxton, Landy, Arianna, Brett Scott, Noelle Reed, Jamie Sherman, Kirt Bishop, Dave Horrocks, Rob Luther, Kirklan, Ryan Sainio, Kurt Schmidt, Quinn Hesters, and Steve Banvard email: Talksnikt@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/nvUY2J9z Until next time, Bub!

Our discussion on the newest live-action show continues, with the third episode of the Ahsoka series discussion shows, discussing Part 4: Fallen Jedi! Mike is joined by Brett Scott this week, to continue the conversation! The duo discuss many aspects of this episode & the show so far, including Baylan Skoll's fighting style, the World Between Worlds, Sabine's character, *that cameo*, Star Wars Rebels and so much more! In case you you haven't already, make sure you listen back to the five episodes of Rebels Reviewed, where Dave, Maff & Mike talk about each season of Star Wars Rebels as they prepared for Ahsoka! Subscribe to the podcast feed of Comics In Motion & youtube.com/GenuineChitChat! Find Brett @RealBrettScott on Twitter & Instagram and make sure you check out his shows & Youtube: https://youtube.com/DailyBS - Daily BS: https://podfollow.com/1496975431 - Marvel Plus: https://podfollow.com/marvel-plus - Long Lost Brothers: https://podfollow.com/1523182128 For more Ahsoka-related content, check out; Mike speaking with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/1df29c⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mike also appeared on Star Wars Timeline to talk about Ahsoka: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/-qo3tVHyC1U⁠⁠⁠⁠  Mike & Dave spoke about the Tales Of The Jedi animated series, featuring more Ahsoka: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/152525⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Mike hosts Star Wars: Comics In Canon every week on Comics In Motion & YouTube and you can find all of Mike's podcast shows & social media details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Make sure you rate/review and send Mike the screenshot, so he can send you some free bonus content of your choice (including reviews/overviews of the canon Thrawn novels) - send via social media or to GenuineChitChat@outlook.com! To support Mike, you can rate/review the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & other podcast apps, you can share the show or support financially. You can give a one-off payment/donation at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/genuinechitchat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  or you can subscribe monthly at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Patreon.com/GenuineChitChat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - either option will give you access to the exclusive “Afterthoughts” episodes. Patreons get access to weekly episodes plus every past episode (even when paying £1 a month) while Ko-fi tippers will be able to choose some episodes, depending on how much they give - any and all support of this nature is hugely appreciated! Find us on social media at @ComicsInMotionP or email us at comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comics-in-motion-podcast/message

It's Saturday Morning! Put on your PJs, pour a bowl of cereal, and join me and special returning guest Brett Scott of Marvel Plus on today's Saturday Morning Sniktoons! On our sixty sixth episode Brett and I chat at length about our hopes and dreams for the upcoming X-Men TAS sequel series X-Men '97. We also talk about current ish X-Men comics, as well as our excitement for Deadpool 3 and X-Men in the MCU. Afterwards, we continue our chronicle of X-Men The Animated Series, picking up with the seventh episode of the fifth season: Old Soldiers. If you like the show and want to keep the conversation going you can email me at TalkSnikt@gmail.com. Please join us in the Talkin Snikt Discord: . Until next time, Bub!

“Does it matter if you pay with cash, card, iPhone, or Bitcoin?”Cole and author Brett Scott delve into that question when discussing Scott's book, Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets. Scott's work explores the idea of how a digital monetary system has resulted in anti-cash messaging. The conversation covers the players in the current financial system and how cash is no longer king.

每天早晨8:30 讓我們一起解讀財經時事 參加財經皓角會員 : https://yutinghao.finance 主持人：游庭皓（經濟日報專欄作家、小一輩財經人話翻譯機） 音頻收聽請在Podcast或Soundcloud搜尋『游庭皓的財經皓角』 Telegram: https://t.me/yu_finance 我的粉絲專頁:https://reurl.cc/n563rd 網站參加會員手冊 https://reurl.cc/0Xlnob 歡迎來信給小編幫您處理 jackieyutw@gmail.com """"" 打賞網址 ：https://p.ecpay.com.tw/B83478D """"" 書名：AI時代的現金戰爭 作者： 布萊特．史考特 原文作者： Brett Scott 譯者： 閻蕙群 出版社：采實文化 出版日期：2023/05/25 https://reurl.cc/3x3V9L (YT抽書的朋友要公開訂閱我們財經皓角頻道唷♥️) (FB抽書的朋友要公開分享直播影片+您想要抽書留言♥️) 《早晨財經速解讀》是游庭皓的個人知識節目，針對財經時事做最新解讀，開播於2019年7月15日，每日開盤前半小時準時直播。議題從總體經濟、產業動態到投資哲學，信息量飽滿，為你顛覆直覺，清理投資誤區，用更寬廣的角度帶你一窺投資的奧秘。 免責聲明：《游庭皓的財經皓角》頻道為學習型頻道，僅用於教育與娛樂目的，無任何證券之買賣建議。任何形式的投資皆涉及風險，投資者需進行自己的研究，持盈保泰。

It's Saturday Morning! Put on your PJ's, pour a bowl of cereal, and join me and special guest host, Brett Scott from Marvel Plus, on today's Saturday Morning Sniktoons! On our fifty seventh episode Brett and I discuss Frank Miller's seminal Daredevil Born Again, and then share a top five of mutants we want to see that have yet to see a live action debut in movies. And I think we had our first ever no crossover top five! Loved Brett's choices, and I'm pretty proud of mine too. Afterwards, we continue our chronicle of X-Men The Animated Series, picking up with the fifteenth episode of the fourth season: The Lotus and The Steel. Of course, we do our usual episode breakdown and then go down a rabbit hole of Japanese influences in our pop culture tastes, Tom Cruise movies, and even discuss the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Honestly, there's two episodes of content in here, so I hope you enjoy all the extra banter! If you like the show and want to continue the conversation you can send me an email at Talksnikt@gmail.com or if are looking for something with a little more community, consider joining the Talkin Snikt discord by clicking the following the link: https://discord.gg/c3N3vdsU. Until next time, Bub!

Join us for worship this Tuesday, April 4, Holy Eucharist with music from the Banquet Band. The Rev. Philip DeVaul as Celebrant and Brett Scott as Preacher. Music from the Church of the Redeemer Banquet Band.

Steve always says the beauty of MMT is “it takes the most convoluted spaghetti diagram and turns it into a straight line.” When it comes to banking, the financial industry, financial technology, and privacy, has the MMT community developed that straight line yet? Today's guest, Raúl Carrillo, thinks we can get there:“I don't think we quite have, but I think the straight line flows right through everything else we've done. Just as we don't want banks to be heavily involved in the public provisioning process... We have to pay just as much attention to Silicon Valley, and then start thinking about what it looks like to actually build a democratic public money system that operates on MMT principles.”It's been two years since we've had Raúl on the podcast, but the conversation is continuous, and it includes our episodes with Rohan Grey and Brett Scott.Steve and Raúl discuss Raúl's recently published white paper, "Seeing Through Money: Democracy, Data Governance, and the Digital Dollar." It is essentially an intervention in the discussion about the future of money. It includes analysis of the way government agencies use financial technology today and how it is linked to a broader public money story and an MMT story. Currently, banks are intermediaries between the public and the state. In other words, banks are part of the plumbing. But what's to stop the government from using financial technology for the public purpose and cutting the middlemen?Today, however, it's more than just the banks.“The inclusion of new technological partners in the plumbing changes many, many things. If a Silicon Valley firm – whether it's a big stablecoin firm like Circle or PayPal – gets a master account at the Fed, we're living in a different terrain for MMT analysis ... I think it's just very important that we keep an eye on Silicon Valley in this sense and take the time for self-assessment when we talk about what kind of public money systems we're building.”The conversation goes into privacy issues where, again, the lines are blurred between the private sector and the government. Or maybe “blurred” is the wrong word. Their lines of communication are not necessarily visible to the public. What has been blurred is, in some cases, the distinction between left and right.Some take-aways from the episode. Financial surveillance can have extreme consequences. Think of a state with draconian anti-abortion laws. If the government can't get a hold of your medical records, they can simply track your payments. After the Dobbs ruling, some suggested using cryptocurrency to pay for abortion, but guess what? It turns out blockchain is not private in the way most people think it is. That's another take-away from the episode.Whatever the idealized intentions of the early developers of digital currency (remember how it would address the racial wealth gap?) it has mutated into a world of grifters and fraud. As Raúl says, “It's not a cool party anymore, if it ever was. When you've got the cops and the bankers there, it's time to leave.”Raúl Carrillo is the Deputy Director of the LPE Project (Law and Political Economy) and an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School. He is on the board of Modern Money Network and the chair of Public Money Action.@RaulACarrillo on Twitter

We're back, as are Mando and Grogu, for another season of gunslinging Mandalorian action! Mike is hosting weekly discussions on season 3 of the live-action series that has kicked off a new era of Star Wars, with a variety of guests; some familiar faces and some newbies to these discussions! First up is Brett Scott, talking about the first episode of season 3; Chapter 17: The Apostate! The talk about live-action Star Wars series as a whole, how content has been since Mando season 2 and their concerns & wants for season 3. The duo then delve into the episode itself, discussing elements they enjoyed, aspects they question, how this sets up what's to come, special effects and more – plus, along the way Mike gives a bunch of information about some species & planets seen in the show! You can listen to this on any podcast app, or watch the video version (uploaded a few hours after this audio version) at https://youtube.com/genuinechitchat! Find Brett @RealBrettScott on Twitter & Instagram and make sure you check out his shows & Youtube: https://youtube.com/DailyBS- Daily BS: https://podfollow.com/1496975431- Marvel Plus: https://podfollow.com/marvel-plus- Long Lost Brothers: https://podfollow.com/1523182128 Episode/season 1 of Mike, Maff & Dave's new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now too, so go listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659 - https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68 Mike hosts Star Wars: Comics In Canon every week on Comics In Motion & YouTube and you can find all of Mike's podcast shows & social media details here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Mike's Other SW Content: Mike & Dave spoke about the Tales Of The Jedi animated series here: https://pod.fo/e/152525 Mike was on Stevie B's YouTube to talk Star Wars: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM And Mike was on Ike's Flame podcast to talk about Phase 1 of The High Republic: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4 If you want to hear more from Mike, consider going to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat, where he has released several exclusive Star Wars Legends book reviews & overviews AND he releases at least 1 episode of “Afterthoughts” each week, with over 150 in the back-catalogue, the majority are Megan & Mike's reviews with some solo book reviews from Mike, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of his Genuine Chit-Chat podcast and more! To hear to a free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan's Tom Hanks watch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1 Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike's shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: https://pccnewsletter.com Find us @ComicsInMotionP on Twitter & Instagram and facebook.com/ComicsInMotionPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/message

It's Saturday Moorening! Put on your PJ's, pour a bowl of cereal, and join me and special returning guest host Brett Scott, for a stroll down memory lane on today's Saturday Morning Sniktoons! On our forty seventh episode Brett and I discuss the importance of the Claremont Run of X-Men and its everlasting effect on the fandom. From there we discuss at length, Watchmen, Graphic storytelling and Alan Moore. Afterwards we continue our chronicle of X-Men The Animated Series by picking up with the second episode of the fourth season: A Deal With The Devil. If you like the show and want to continue the conversation you can reach out to me via email at TalkSnikt@gmail.com, or if you're so inclined you can join the Talkin Snikt Discord here: https://discord.gg/zFxghbz7. Until next time, Bub!

He comes in and sits down across the desk from me and he says, hey, I have got this great plan for your life. I know exactly what you should be doing from now on. I've got it all worked out. And guess what? You don't have to worry about the direction of your life anymore. So come on, let's go. So of course, I get up and I grab my coat and off we go. It, it's a great, it's a great mental picture and something we would all want to have happen, to have Jesus actually show up and clearly tell us what we should be doing, what our purpose in calling is, right? It's what we would want, right? Isn't it? Is it though? Because of course, when I really stop to think about it, maybe it's not what I want. I suspect we all want some level of plausible deniability in our relationship with Jesus. If we can claim that we can't really know what Jesus personally wants from us, then it is left up to us to determine all of that. That feels safer somehow.

This week's podcast I was asked to go on Brett Scott's podcast who owns and runs Barbell Therapy and Performance which specializes in rehabbing and coaching athletes to perform at their highest abilities. They offer physical therapy and recovery services, personal training, and performance coaching for barbel athletes and gymnasts.We have a great conversation about positive changes that have happened in gymnastics, but also things that coaches, gymnasts, and medical providers are still struggling with. Such as how many hours should young gymnasts train, gymnasts lifting weights, injuries, and in particular back injuries.We discuss:How much training is too much training?Should gymnasts, especially in the pubescent/adolescent stage be training gymnastics year-round? Or should they be focusing on being a multi-sport athlete?What is overtraining? Where do you start with someone who's not hit puberty, not got their menstrual cycle, and has a stress fracture/ type of pain or injury?How many calories do gymnasts burn? How many times a week should someone be doing a legitimate strength and conditioning type program for gymnastics? And what should that include?And…Should every gymnast be stretching? We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show!Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

This Episode we interview Jennifer Nuzzo, Dr. Brett Scott, Nathan & Alex Edwards about their take on being a Gym Owner. Welcome to the Gym Lords Podcast, where we talk with successful gym owners to hear what they're doing that is working RIGHT NOW, and to hear lessons and failures they've learned along the way. We would love to share your story! If you'd like to be featured on the podcast, fill out the form on the link below. https://gymlaunchsecrets.com/podcast

Rohan Grey always uses cool cultural references. Six minutes into the episode he brings up Tintin. Later we hear about Wile E. Coyote, Star Trek, Teletubbies and Wagnerian opera.The Tintin tale concerns a treasure hunt that required Tintin to find three maps; only when they were overlaid could he see the location of the treasure. Rohan Grey relates this to the critical juncture of law, political economy, and technology. He reviews the relationship of all three throughout the history of money.Rohan and Steve also revisit the (relatively short) history of the MMT community – what they got right as well as missed opportunities. Brett Scott was at the first MMT conference talking about privacy and the war on cash. These issues are more vital today than they were then, yet have never become part of the MMT canon, which tends to stick to the original hits, like the Rolling Stones still performing “Satisfaction” half a century later.“If crypto, quote/unquote, wins the public consciousness, I think that's a net loss for a lot of things MMT cares about. I'm anti crypto in that sense – as in capital C, crypto. What it stands for as a historical phenomenon right now is the empowerment of a group of people, the dominant strain of which is pro capitalist, pro massive wealth inequality, pro grift and fraud, pro right wing libertarian monetary theories, pro contempt of collective governance.”Rohan and Steve discuss how to organize around what is useful from the crypto space without defending it. The distrust of government is healthy – many are illegitimate and corrupt – but Rohan asks why the same critique isn't applied to property rights. How can it be acceptable for Ted Turner to be a billionaire owning half of Montana? Why does the state become illegitimate only when it wants to tax him? Rohan suggests leaning into pockets of relevance. There's value to be gained by understanding the opposition.Rohan asks our listeners to support #MintTheCoin and to check out the Freedom Box Foundation as well as the work being done with Creative Commons and copyleft.Rohan Grey is an Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and the founder and president of the Modern Money Network. MintTheCoin.org@rohangrey on Twitter

As we approach the end of 2022 we decided to briefly discuss some of the notable episodes & guests we've been lucky enough to talk with, we also chat about the rise of remote mental health treatment and the latest AI 'ChatGPT', we discuss the chronic rise in loneliness and the cruel side effects of isolation, and we finish up by addressing a discord members sense of being overwhelmed by all the problems of the world. Harriet's notable episodes: #70: Videogames & programmable desire! (ft. Dr Alfie Bown): https://www.patreon.com/posts/70-videogames-ft-60288828 #77: Overcoming Paranoid Schizophrenia (ft. Tracey Higgins): https://www.patreon.com/posts/77-overcoming-ft-62473314 Ikoi's notable episode: #103: Life after a Cult (ft. Alisa Mahjoub): https://www.patreon.com/posts/103-life-after-1-70475184 Liam's notable episodes: #105: Escape Fantasies of Tech Billionaires (ft. Douglas Rushkoff): https://www.patreon.com/posts/105-escape-of-ft-71144751 #119: Fully Automated Corporate Capitalism - why 'cashless' is a trap (ft. Brett Scott): https://www.patreon.com/posts/119-fully-why-is-75254248 -- References: ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ ChatGPT, what would my hero's do?: https://twitter.com/ncasenmare/status/1605612804563537928 The original chatbot, ELIZA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84QouA9Sm4E From adolescence to old age: who do we spend our time with?: https://ourworldindata.org/time-with-others-lifetime Four panel meme: (attached to the patron post): https://www.patreon.com/posts/76504009/ -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet's other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message

UnHerd's Flo Read mets Brett Scott, author of Cloud Money.Read the Post here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**Happy New Year from Real Progressives and Macro N Cheese. If you would like to help us continue to bring you great content, please consider becoming a monthly sponsor at patreon.com/realprogressives. Your contributions help pay for the tech platforms and equipment that keep this podcast alive.**This week's episode is the recording of a recent RP Live webinar with Brett Scott, author of Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets.In terms of its politics, the digital money movement is largely only discussed by the mainstream media, ever ready to promote the interests of big finance and big tech. Brett makes the case that leftists and MMTers need to get involved. Those of us with knowledge of the monetary system are particularly well-situated to recognize potential minefields and see through lies that are being passed off as fact. For example, there is the notion of inevitability. Once the automobile was invented, it was only a matter of time before the horse cart would disappear. We're also led to believe that the move to replace cash with digital comes from the bottom up—from ordinary people. We need only consider who is pushing this so-called cashless society. And who profits from it. Crypto itself is simply another commodity to be bought and sold with... money.Brett presents interesting ways of considering the war against cash and the future of money. In the second half of the episode, he takes questions from attendees. If you haven't heard his interviews on Macro N Cheese, now would be a good time to do so.Brett Scott is an author, journalist, and activist, who explores the intersections between money systems, finance, and digital technology. He's the author of The Heretics Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money. His latest book is Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets. Find more of his work on brettscott.substack.com@suitpossum on Twitter

Who benefits from a cashless society and who gets left behind? We talk with economic anthropologist and former financial broker Brett Scott about his excellent book 'Cloudmoney - Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets'. "Cloudmoney tells a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. Diving beneath the surface of the global financial system, Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure waging a covert war on cash, as banking and tech companies promote a cashless society under the banner of progress." We discuss how physical cash is currently holding capitalism back, why 'financial inclusion' is actually enclosure, how money systems and capitalism are one and the same, how the dollar is NOT a single currency, financial mass surveillance and controlling people on welfare, the entrepreneurial drive to automate human interactions, the possible delusion of fully automated luxury communism, the lie of tech increasing leisure time, crypto as a speculative carnival & the need for a heroic narrative, and how corporate capitalism isolates & strips away meaning from peoples lives. References: Cloudmoney - Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62897686-cloudmoney The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: A Guide to Creative Financial Activism: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17368973-the-heretic-s-guide-to-global-finance First They Came for the Poor: Surveillance of Welfare Recipients as an Uncontested Practice: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283845413_First_They_Came_for_the_Poor_Surveillance_of_Welfare_Recipients_as_an_Uncontested_Practice -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet's other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message

LIFE IN PRISON TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORST! This week Mike talks about the ninth episode of Andor called Nobody's Listening, and he is joined by a Brett Scott of Marvel Plus and Daily BS! They discuss the prison, the variety of character perspectives, the spark that ignites the rebellion and more! Also, how far will the Empire push its citizens? Find Brett on Twitter @RealBrettScott (https://twitter.com/RealBrettScott) and listen to his shows Marvel Plus: https://podfollow.com/marvel-plus and Daily BS: https://podfollow.com/1496975431 on the usual podcast apps or watch Daily BS on YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailybs! Brett's Marvel Plus and CiM collaborated on episode 4 of She-Hulk, for a dual-feed discussion show: https://anchor.fm/marvelpluspodcast/episodes/She-Hulk-S1E4-Is-This-Not-Real-Magic-e1nkeqp/a-a8akq4m And you can find all of Mike's podcast shows & his social media details here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Mike, Megan, Ria & JAC discussed all 9 episodes of Star Wars Visions S1 here: https://pod.fo/e/f9b4b Please subscribe to Mike's YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, playlists filled with episodes of GCC, a huge amount of Star Wars content and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat For more Star Wars content, check out Mike's show Star Wars: Comics In Canon every Saturday on the feed of Comics In Motion or on his YouTube channel, plus check out his conversations with Star-Wars-related individuals including Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray, Paolo Villanelli, Dominic Pace and other non-Star-Wars guests! Email us at comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on social media @comicsinmotionp Intro & outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/message

This episode is sponsored by Circle and Near.Can financial inclusion be achieved without a bank account or a digital money solution, such as crypto?Host Michael Casey is solo on this episode of “Money Reimagined,” to speak with Brett Scott, journalist, financial hacker, activist, and author of ‘Cloud Money: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for Our Wallets.' According to Scott's thesis, digitizing money is putting humanity at risk. He argues that cash, with its unique capacity to preserve privacy and avoid central surveillance, is an important escape valve for societies to sustain their freedom. And while those concerns align with the views of many in the crypto community, Scott is not a big fan. However, if crypto is to evolve, his perspective is an important one for people to absorb. This is a must-listen episode. This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with announcements by Adam B. Levine and our executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Shepard.”-NEAR is a simple, revolutionary Web3 platform for decentralized apps, created by developers for developers. More than 700 projects are now building on NEAR's fast, secure and infinitely scalable protocol, from DeFi apps to play-and-earn games, NFT marketplaces and more. Start your developer journey now by visiting NEAR at near.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"If you're looking at the broad trajectory of corporate capitalism, it's towards institutional intermediation in everything... This 'unbanked' concept is always presented as if somehow it obviously represents a step up in the world. But [really], you're getting captured within an institutional framework or a type of conglomeration of institutions." In this Green Dreamer episode, we welcome Brett Scott, a journalist, campaigner, monetary anthropologist and former financial broker. He is the author of Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets (2022), and The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance (2013). He publishes the Altered States of Monetary Consciousness newsletter and tweets as @suitpossum. Some of the topics we explore in this conversation include how the banking sector functions to extract and centralize financial wealth, the questionable presumptions behind "financial inclusion," how the cash system might ironically serve as a constraint to corporate capitalism, and more. (The musical offering featured in this episode is The Witness by Rowan Rain. The episode-inspired artwork is by Carolina Altavilla.) Green Dreamer would not be possible without the direct support from our listeners. Help us keep the show alive by reciprocating a gift of any amount today: GreenDreamer.com/support

Brett Scott is an author, journalist, and financial hacker exploring the intersections between money systems, finance, and digital technology.  He is also a Senior Fellow of the Finance Innovation Lab, an Associate at the Institute of Social Banking, and an advisory group member of the Brixton Pound local currency. His latest book is titled Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets.

Is the growing ascendance of digital money simply an organic evolution away from the purported inconveniences of physical cash? Or is this transition actually a nefarious, corporate-engineered, neo-enclosure of money by Big Finance and Big Tech? In his latest book, Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets, author, journalist, and financial hacker Brett Scott lays out an extremely compelling case arguing that corporations are engineering an enclosure of money — transforming it into a completely digital form which they alone will control. In this Conversation, we take a deep dive beneath the surface of the global financial system to explore the technical and political differences between various forms of money, why corporations are attacking physical cash and plotting to completely replace it with digital money, who will really benefit from a cashless society, and why the fight for ownership of our digital footprints is one of the most pressing battles of our time. Thank you to The Pixies for the intermission music. Upstream theme music was composed by Robert Raymond. Support for this episode was provided by the Guerrilla Foundation and by listeners like you. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at www.upstreampodcast.org/support Also, if your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming episodes, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on social media: twitter.com/UpstreamPodcast Instagram.com/upstreampodcast You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcast and Spotify: Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3bW70wR Spotify: spoti.fi/2AryXHs

A cashless society - one where paper and coin currency is no longer used and instead replaced with electronic transactions. Many countries are already moving in this direction with benefits noted as including lower crime rates and reduced money laundering, and of course convenience. But going cashless does have its downsides. Brett Scott is the author of Cloudmoney, a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. Diving beneath the surface of the global financial system, He uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure waging a covert war on cash, as banking and tech companies promote a cashless society under the banner of progress.He joins us to dive deeper into the thesis behind his book and to share his views on how cryptocurrency and blockchain fits into this.Topics covered in this episode:Brett's background and how he got into the Fintech spaceThe central thesis of CloudmoneyThe meaning of 'not all money is created equally'The arguments around Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of TerrorismPrivacy and the value of digital payment dataCentral bank digital currencyBrett's views on the blockchain industryIOU vs money as a commodityWhere to buy Brett's bookEpisode links: CloudmoneyBrett's newsletterBrett on TwitterJoin Epicenter as our Community ManagerSponsors: Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ -This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/456

"We want a cashless society." That's what Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said in 2019. And while the war on cash may be a strong trend for investors, it's also important to understand the implications of a world that only takes cards (or Apple Pay). Jason Moser caught up with Brett Scott, author of the new book “Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets” to discuss: - Incentives in the war on cash - How money transforms when it moves from your wallet to a Venmo account - Why cash is like an emergency staircase - How COVID changed the way we use money Stocks mentioned: BAC, V, PYPL, SQ, MA Host: Jason Moser Guest: Brett Scott Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

Robert Hockett joins Steve to talk about his latest book, The Citizens' Ledger: Digitizing Our Money, Democratizing Our Future. The episode is right at home in our archive of interviews around the topics of fintech, digital wallets, cryptocurrency, CBDCs, and privacy. We urge our listeners to look up past episodes featuring https://realprogressives.org/podcast_episode/episode-181-cloudmoney-with-brett-scott/ (Brett Scott) and https://realprogressives.org/podcast_episode/episode-123-defining-the-world-of-crypto-and-the-digital-commons-with-rohan-grey/ (Rohan Grey). Just about everyone acknowledges that digital payment systems offer enormous convenience, but we're equally aware they come with a cost – we lose all claim to privacy. Bob presents sound arguments for halting the private takeover of the public commons. “If we think in terms of the commons ... you might say that what the private sector fintech industry is trying to do, and what the private sector crypto industry seems to be trying to do, is to displace actual physical cash; in effect to take away that commons and replace it with a bunch of proprietary fiefdoms.” Cryptopians, as Bob calls them, are touting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as creating some kind of democratic new world of sovereign selfhood. This is patently absurd. Bob makes the case that we could develop a digital system – a digital wallet – with all the attractive attributes of cash, including privacy and universal accessibility. Bob describes a way for individuals to pay, receive, and save, while completely bypassing private banks and financial institutions. He says it could be run by the Fed, the Treasury, or both. The Fed would have new monetary tools that directly benefit people instead of banks. Steve and Bob discuss concerns about government overreach and consider the kinds of regulatory laws that would need to be in place. As for privacy, well, do you have a smartphone with GPS? Are you making purchases online? Or with a credit card? It's already too easy to peer into our lives. Unlike private entities, neither the Fed nor the Treasury are profiting from our transactions. “Obviously it's like a never-ending quest to get our data protected and to prevent overreach by federal agencies ... But all I mean to say is that I don't think that introducing the system introduces new vulnerabilities that aren't already there.” Bob usually has a rosier view than we do at Macro N Cheese, but he always gives us something to chew on. This episode will have you thinking about history, policy, and possibilities. Robert C. Hockett is an American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate. He holds two positions at Cornell University and is senior counsel at investment firm Westwood Capital, LLC. His latest book is The Citizens' Ledger: Digitizing Our Money, Democratizing Our Future. @rch371 on Twitter

At first glance, HBO's new documentary series The Anarchists looks like fun. It's got the sexy circle-A symbol in the title and… Well, at second glance, that's all it has going for it. The title. If you're hoping to find the intellectual heirs of Emma Goldman and Bakunin, you'll be disappointed. These aren't even the scrappy anarchists of punk rock or the raucous groups waving black banners at demonstrations. HBO's Anarchists are the one percent. They are tech billionaires and cryptocurrency hucksters. This is the 21st century, where left-wing rhetoric is gobbled up and regurgitated, having been scrubbed clean of its urgency. Brett Scott is the perfect guest for someone confused by The Anarchists. He doesn't refer to that show but, in a way, he's been preparing us for it since his first appearance on this podcast in 2019. He has taken us through the history of fintech, explained the uses of blockchain, and dispelled the myths about cryptocurrency. He makes the case that the war on cash is a war on class. This week, Brett talks about his new book, Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets. Just like the so-called anarchists of HBO's series, in the unholy marriage of big finance and big tech the state is the enemy. Digital financial transactions are being sold to us as liberating and convenient. Steve and Brett question the assumption that high speed “frictionlessness” is a virtue. They ask whose interests are served through these and other mainstream narratives. “We'll see these news stories that say something like, cashless society is an inevitability. We will all be moving towards this ever more digital future, and so on. Whenever I see that, all I see is the commercial interests of large corporations being presented as the general interest of all people.” Brett brings his background in anthropology to look at some of the less obvious consequences of replacing state money - a public utility - with a massive global system that is almost impossible to track or understand. What happens when we have no interaction with the people we depend upon? Brett Scott is an author, journalist, and activist, who explores the intersections between money systems, finance, and digital technology. He's the author of The Heretics Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money. His latest book is Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets. Find more of his work on brettscott.substack.com @suitpossum on Twitter

Brett Scott (Cloudmoney, The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance) is an author, journalist, and financial broker. Brett joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how important economic anthropology is, how secondary monetary systems actually work, and why society is being pushed to become a cashless system. Brett and Dax talk about why early cypherpunk movements started, what cryptocurrency really represents, and how currency might work in the meta-verse. Brett explains how cash economies can have a political impact, how payment systems can be a form of digital tracking, and how technology often alters society to necessitate its own existence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We speak with Brett Scott about the "cashless economy," and how - under the guise of convenience - another public utility (the money system denominated by cash) is being privatised into what are essentially digital casino chips controlled by banks and payment acquirers. Preorder Cloudmoney here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118048/cloudmoney/9781847925879.html Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/66354189