The "What is Money?" Show

"What is Money?" is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. It is the most important question for finding truth in the world. In this series, we will pursue this "rabbit" by engaging in a diversity of deep conversations with deep thinkers from different walks of life.

Episode 17 features Chris Sullivan, Dr. Jack Kruse, Peter Schiff, John Papola, Larry Lepard, Luke Gromen, Bram Kanstein, Grant Reichert, and Lucas Maddy.

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00:01:06 – Money is Proof of Work - Chris Sullivan (WiM527)

00:06:03 – Money is Relative Power - Dr. Jack Kruse (WiM545)

00:12:47 – Money Is a Language - (WiM530)

00:19:04 – Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions

00:20:28 – Sound Money vs Fiat Money - Peter Schiff Debate (WiM532)

00:31:13 – Money is an Information Network - John Papola (WiM536)

00:40:58 – Money is a Game - Larry Lepard (WiM555)

00:46:43 – Money is Energy - Luke Gromen (WiM538)

00:47:26 – Money is the Most Sought After Monopolistic Power of Man - (WiM543)

00:52:30 – What is an Ideal Money - Bram Kanstein (WiM526)

01:08:08 – Why Gold Struggles as Money - Lucas & Grant (WiM553)

01:11:13 – Unlock the Wisdom of the Best Non-Fiction Books

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Robert sits down for a two part Q&A episode, answering listener questions on Bitcoin, money, body, TRT, and health.

He shares his Bitcoin price prediction, why the US dollar is headed for hyperinflation, the best way to protect your Bitcoin, MSTR vs. self custody, why all non Bitcoin crypto including Monero is centralized, advice for stacking sats while living paycheck to paycheck, and leaving Plato's Cave to pursue Bitcoin.

In the second part Robert covers whether to start TRT, peptides and cancer fears, libido on anabolic compounds, his best sleep hacks, and how often to run blood work.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:06 - Bitcoin Price Prediction and the Dollar's Hyperinflation
0:05:26 - How to Store Bitcoin, The Case for Multisig
0:10:03 - MSTR vs. BTC and Counterparty Risk
0:15:01 - Why Bitcoin Over Monero
0:17:01 - Stacking Sats While Living Paycheck to Paycheck
0:22:45 - Sponsor: Blockware Solutions
0:24:09 - Hitting a Wall in the Bitcoin Journey
0:31:23 - Is the Bitcoin Space Saturated
0:34:23 - Ask What You Can Do for Bitcoin
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0:45:55 - Do You Recommend Starting TRT
0:56:03 - Peptides, Cancer, and Fasting
1:02:24 - Libido on Anabolics and TRT
1:13:28 - Sleep Hacks, Breathing and Jaw Techniques
1:26:23 - Blood Work and Tracking
1:28:54 - Unlock the Wisdom of the Best Non-Fiction Books

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Robert Breedlove joins Martin Silva to discuss blending Bitcoin, fitness, and philosophy into a personal brand, and the ups and downs of his health and fitness journey.

They cover how the Bitcoin rabbit hole taught him to question conventional wisdom, his path through leaky gut, veganism, keto, and carnivore, why peptides and anabolics will likely go mainstream, how to explain Bitcoin and inflation to a 10-year-old, and the books that shaped his thinking.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:06 - From Bitcoin Twitter to the What is Money Podcast
0:07:18 - Combining Bitcoin, Fitness, and Philosophy
0:11:10 - The Training Journey, Olympic Weightlifting to Bodybuilding
0:19:24 - Moving to Miami, Biohacking, Leaky Gut, and Taking Testosterone
0:24:58 - Sponsor: Blockware Solutions
0:26:23 - Bitcoin Lessons Applied to Health, Conventional Wisdom Turned Upside Down
0:34:51 - Gut Health, Autoimmune Condition, Veganism, Keto, and Carnivore
0:40:32 - Sponsor: Mind Lab Pro
0:41:26 - Peptides and Microbiome Rehab Heal the Gut
0:45:06 - Training Natural vs. Enhanced, Recovery and Benefits
0:51:27 - Explaining Bitcoin and Money Printing To a 10 Year Old
1:00:26 - You Don't Own What Your Money, Equities, and Stocks
1:02:18 - Why All Non Bitcoin Crypto Coins Are Shitcoins
1:07:27 - Books That Shaped Robert's Thinking
1:11:19 - Unlock the Wisdom of the Best Non-Fiction Books

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Matthieu Pageau, author of The Language of Creation, joins Robert Breedlove to explore the question "What is Money?" from a symbolic and biblical perspective. Using Pageau's framework of form, formlessness, and the in-between, they ask whether money is a tool meant to serve a higher purpose or a trap that becomes idolatry.
They cover the story of Joseph, commodity money versus credit money, fiat as a broken promise, the biblical link between interest and snake bite, whether internet ID mandates could threaten Bitcoin, CBDCs and Mark of the Beast, and why the love of money is the root of all evil.
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0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:06 - How the Conversation Came About

0:04:57 - Money and the Story of Joseph

0:06:03 - Form (Adam), Formlessness (the Snake), In-Between (Eve)

0:09:04 - Money as Formlessness That Should Serve Form

0:12:30 - Defending Your Own Form, Culture and Dissolution

0:14:16 - "Humans Are a Cancer on the Planet" as Contradiction

0:16:30 - Snake Criticism vs. Eve's Criticism

0:19:14 - The State and The Snake

0:22:11 - Politicians and Non-Consensual Exchange

0:24:05 - Sponsor: Blockware Solutions

0:25:32 - Formlessness as Novelty, Risk and Reward

0:28:40 - Joseph as Prepper, Grain as a Natural Currency

0:31:53 - Is Credit the Most Fundamental Money

0:33:19 - Coinage for Foreigners, Credit for the Familiar

0:34:52 - The Story of Tamar and Paying with Credit

0:35:51 - Confusing Commodity Money with Credit Money

0:37:55 - Magic, the Snake, and Interest as Snake Bite

0:40:24 - Why Someone's Face Should Be on the Coin and "In God We Trust"

0:44:57 - Legal Tender, Shifting Responsibility, Use by Force

0:49:03 - Credit and Charity Do Not Scale, the Trust Problem

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0:55:00 - Money as the Trust-Minimized Asset and Manipulating Gold

0:59:30 - Why Can't Someone Just Copy-Paste Bitcoin

1:12:04 - Bitcoin and Gold as Commodity Money

1:14:57 - Credit, Reputation, CBDCs, and the Mark of the Beast

1:22:43 - The Snake, Privacy, Corruption

1:32:29 - Selective Enforcement of the Law and Insider Trading

1:35:37 - CBDCs, Surveillance, and the Smartphone

1:36:42 - Centralized Internet as Bitcoin's Weak Point

1:43:34 - Technology vs. Politics

1:48:44 - Social Media Toxicity and Addiction

1:52:54 - Render unto Caesar as Tribute to a Foreign Power

1:54:44 - "The Love of Money" as the Root of All Evil

2:00:27 - Where to Find Matthieu Pageau on Substack

2:01:30 - Unlock the Wisdom of the Best Non-Fiction Books

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"What is Money?" is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. It is the most important question for finding truth in the world. In this series, we will pursue this "rabbit" by engaging in a diversity of deep conversations with deep thinkers from different walks of life.

Episode 16 features Richard Dawkins, Mel Mattison, John Vervaeke, Peter Crone, Obi Nwosu, Mitchell Askew, Monika Bravo, Tom Bilyeu, Christos Palios, Aneesh Karve, and Devon Eriksen.

The 'What is Money?' series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2jAZ0x9H0bQK3QrEDDfxj8_-fFNvL4j4

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00:01:06 – Money is Psychological - Mel Mattison (WiM474)

00:05:44 – Money as a Metaphorical Tool - John Vervaeke (WiM473)

00:13:44 – Money is a Conversation - Peter Crone (WiM480)

00:16:04 - Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions

00:17:28 – Inverse Use Case of Money - Obi Nwosu (WiM519)

00:28:40 – Money is a Tool for Scaling Human Rationality - Robert Breedlove (WiM486)

00:37:02 – Money is a Tool that The Free Market Chooses - Mitchell Askew (WiM511)

00:40:33 – Money is Freedom - Monika Bravo (WiM513)

00:41:33 - Mind Lab Pro

00:42:40 – Money is a Tool for Measuring Utility - Tom Bilyeu (WiM483)

00:46:39 – Money as a Token of Barter - Richard Dawkins (WiM476)

00:49:38 – Money as an Embodiment of Subjective and Objective Value - Christos Palios (WiM484)

00:53:54 – Money is the Ultimate Abstraction - Aneesh Karve (WiM520)

00:59:49 – Money is a Language / Money is a Measure of F** Given - Devon Eriksen (WiM510)

01:11:43 – Unlock the Wisdom of the Best Non-Fiction Books

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