Magic Internet Money Podcast

 
 

Bitcoin 101 with Brad Mills

I fell down the rabbit hole and have been following Bitcoin since 2011. The Magic Internet Money podcast is my evolving journey in the world of cryptocurrency as I try to reconcile my bitcoin maximalist philosophy & my respect for the Austrian Economic, Libertarian, and Cypherpunk roots of bitcoin's creation with the desire to stack BTC by investing in the rest of the space. I hope you enjoy the conversations.

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The Cotton Bubble Accomplished with Barry Sheehy

In this episode, Brad taps Barry Sheehy, an accomplished author and historian, to talk about the American civil war's economic backstory. The two get together when Brad visits his family on Canada's east coast and is introduced to Barry. Barry has a wealth of knowledge on an array of issues, including what motivated Lincoln to create the greenback, the origins of the Federal Reserve, and Montreal's secret ties with the Confederacy and the cotton bubble. Also, the Covid pandemic has wrought economic woes and exacerbated existing economic inequalities. What will be the end game? Tune in for these and more. 

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Altcoin Influencers Gave into Greed with Giacomo Zucco

In this podcast we talk about certain influencers in the bitcoin space that typically made lots of sense before the first alt season but were driven off the rails by greed and offerings from alt coin projects with bad intentions. Now they are called scammers and shillers but still make the same points on camera. Does this make them wrong or right? We discuss this throughout the show.

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Mentality in the Rigged Game with Chris Plough

Chris Plough is a Bitcoin investor since 2011, that nobody in the Bitcoin space knows about. Chris is an expert investor and a master of personal development for entrepreneurs in a multitude of different industries. In this podcast, we discuss message and mission. Chris highlights some incredible points on the direction of the podcast and the importance of happiness and fulfilment in the mission towards mass adoption.

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Dr. Vieira - The Evolution of the Federal Reserve

Few of us really ever question the way things are. That includes the finance system, which could be likened to a house of cards. At the same time, we're at a time in history when a lot is happening at once. Despite rapidly expanding technological and economic growth in recent decades, many people remain on the fringes of opportunity. Add a global pandemic - which has triggered an economic depression and an increasing agitation for racial justice. 

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Talking Fomonomics with Scott Melker

Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode with ex-DJ and Expert Trader Scott Melker.

In this episode we talk all about the financial markets of the world. Will the world ever get to a place where Bitcoin explodes while the economies of the world destabilize? Scott shows his probable predictions on what that could mean for the 99% and how that could mean things worse overall.

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The Future of Bitcoin on the Lightning Network with Alex Bosworth

Alex is a technical program manager from SF. Originally drawn to economics at the University of Chicago, Alex left to pursue software development. Alex started working on open-source software for Enterprise deployments, and in 2007 Alex co-founded an indie mobile software studio in Beijing. Back in the USA in 2016 Alex started working in the Bitcoin industry on backend exchange APIs and helped develop a blockchain project used to provide transparency for the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom.

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Thriving Through the COVID-19 Crash with Garrett Gunderson

Garrett Gunderson is an author, standup comedian, financial educator & founder of Wealth Factory.

He's the writer of many bestselling financial books like 'What Would The Rockefeller's Do' & 'Killing Sacred Cows.'

Garrett was one of the few people in the financial industry who was prepared for the Coronavirus Market Crash.

Garrett lost a lot of money during the great financial collapse of 2008, and now he's helping people understand how to get through this crash without losing.

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How Much Does the Public Know About Bitcoin? with Esther Vlessing

Thanks for watching another episode of Magic Internet Money.

This week, we conducted a survey with one of North America's leading surveying companies, Hotspex.

In this podcast we sit down and analyse the results with the Hotspex Associate Director, Esther Vlessing who shared some intricate and interesting opinions on the show.

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B is for Bitcoin with Graeme Moore

On this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills invites children’s book author, Graeme Moore onto the show to discuss teaching kids about Bitcoin in his book, B is for Bitcoin. The two talk politics and the nature of bankers influencing both the Republican and Democratic parties. Brad dissects several altcoin projects and why they aren’t currencies. Graeme shares his experience working at Polymath, a company managing security token assets. Finally, the two discuss the consequences of politicization of cryptocurrencies and how coming regulations may change the markets.

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2 Bitcoiners with Ansel Lindner

Bitcoin has disrupted the finance world and promises to revolutionize how we define finance itself. Being decentralized and granting the regular person financial autonomy is a huge deal in a world where the elites run the show. But Bitcoin is far from perfect, and for something with such significance, there's going to be contention. Also, the establishment is not going to be exactly elated about something that could potentially topple it all. 

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Bitcoin Skepticism with Greg Thomson

In this episode, Magic Internet Money host Brad Mills is joined by Greg Thompson, a long-time friend and early Facebook game developer who, according to Brad, is a polymath, quite educated, and never got into Bitcoin. When listening to Greg's deeply considered views challenging many perceptions on Bitcoin, it's clear to see why Brad tapped him for a sit-down. Tune in for a conversation with a Bitcoin outsider for refreshing views on whether Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme, crypto and taxes, and more.

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Comedian Bryan O’Gorman & Mario Gibney from Blockstream

Mario Gibney is co-host of Unhashed & works at Blockstream. Nearly 3 months ago in May 2019 when Bitcoin price was about $7900, I met Mario at a carnivore dinner in Toronto and brought him along to do a crossover podcast episode with my standup comedian buddy Bryan O'Gorman. We discuss what it's like doing standup overseas, Bitcoin basics from Bryan's point of view, whether being your own bank is a good or bad thing as well as a wide range of other financial & political topics.

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Bitcoin 101 with Standup Comedian Nick Beaton

Nick Beaton is the host of "Third Rail with Nick Beaton: A Comedy Guide To Social Outrage" I listen to Nick's podcast often and we decided to do a crossover episode. Nick doesn't know anything about bitcoin, we discuss the basics of cryptocurrency and I try to convince Nick that Bitcoin is not a ponzi scheme.

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Comedian Hunter Collins Learns he is a NoCoiner

This episode is with my nocoiner friend Hunter Collins, a comedy writer & standup comedian who was part of the marijiuana legalization activist movement in Toronto. Hunter & I used to do sketch & standup comedy together in Toronto in a previous life. I gave up on comedy it to become an entrepreneur & twitter shitposter, but he’s stuck with the comedy thing and is really good at it.

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Bitcoin Maximalist Rodolfo Novak

Rodolfo Novak is the cypherpunk bitcoin maximalist CEO of Coinkite, which is the company behind the Opendime & ColdCard bitcoin wallets. Rodolfo first learned about bitcoin in 2010, and has been a thought leader and community member ever since. Follow Rodolfo on twitter at @nvk

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