The Transformation of Value with Cody Ellingham

What is Ecash and how does it related to Bitcoin? Why is a layered approach to digital money important? Why is it important to get the UX of payments right? In 2024 Erik Cativo left his design job at Ericsson in Sweden...

Athena Tong previously served as Director of Public Relations for the now disbanded pro-democracy Demosistō party in Hong Kong. Now based in Japan as a visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo, Athena focuses on...

Greg Girard is a Canadian photographer who has spent much of his career capturing the urban landscapes and people of Asia. He has authored several photographic books, including City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled...

What are charter cities? Is law really just like computer code that can be forked and modified? How do you bootstrap an economy? Patri Friedman founded The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit exploring the creation of...

Kevin Whitmore is Chair of the Bitcoin Policy Institute New Zealand, and CEO of Cashbucket. On November 12th, 2025, the institute held its official launch event in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, and released its...

Taiwan sits at the heart of global geopolitics, caught between history, identity, and rising tensions with China. In this episode, Chris Horton takes us inside the island’s struggle for survival and what it means for...

Peter Fzero is a tattoo artist, designer, and decade-long Bitcoiner. He is part of the 2140 Art Collective which includes over 50 artists exploring themes of Bitcoin / privacy / freedom / and consciousness through art...

It has become increasingly difficult, and even dangerous to report on China. What does this mean for journalists covering sensitive topics like military defence, human rights, and politics? Peter Langan is a journalist...

For over 20 years Stiven Kerestegian has been exploring questions of design, innovation, and disruption, working with some of the world’s biggest brands including Microsoft, LEGO, and recently as Head of Global...

Mishima Yukio was an iconic Japanese author who wrote on the deepest questions of beauty, life, and death. But who was he as a man? Paul McCarthy holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard, and...

How does population density effect the economic development of an entire continent? What about agricultural and manufacturing industrial policy? What lessons can we learn from the economic growth of Asia for...

What does it mean to have the ability to simply exit and walk away from a nation state or a company? What does it mean when you can’t? In the situations where it is harder or impossible to leave, what is the role of...

Why does Bitcoin struggle to find its place in the real economy of supply chains, factories, and things? What role does credit play in building the economy, and could a new layer on top of Bitcoin be the missing piece?...

What do we mean when we talk about mass adoption of Bitcoin? Is it even possible? Or is something like parallel resistance more likely? SUPPORT ME -

How do American prison gangs facilitate money, trade, and economics behind bars? What causes this and what can we learn from it? David Skarbek is Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Center for Philosophy...

Who are we, and what grounds us? Mike Grimshaw is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Mike writes and speaks about New Zealand history, economics, education, and culture. In...

Keyan Kousha is the founder of Stacker News, an online forum where you can share and discuss articles and content without the attention manipulation of social media. Instead of “likes” or invisible algorithms, Stacker...

Johan Nylander is an award-winning author and freelance correspondent from Sweden. His work covering Asia has been published by CNN, National Geographic Travel, and Forbes. Johan wrote "The Wolf Economy Awakens...

Parker Lewis is the author of Gradually, Then Suddenly, A framework for understanding Bitcoin as money. Parker previously worked in finance in the heart of wall street before discovering Bitcoin in 2016. He is now the...

Erik Cason, author of Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin. Erik is a regular speaker and essayist, focussing on the social, political, and philosophical aspects of bitcoin. Erik's new...

Mike Brock writes extensively about democracy, liberalism, and what he sees as the decline of the American Republic. Mike has an extensive tech background formerly working as an executive at Cash App as well as being...

Paul Knight is a city planner and architectural designer at Historical Concepts in New York Paul serves as the Director of Research at the Doug Allen Institute, a nonprofit organisation exploring the lessons of history...

Paul Sheard is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Power of Money: How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help us all Prosper. As a financial markets economist Paul has extensive experience including...

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Allen Farrington co-wrote Bitcoin Is Venice and Only The Strong Survive, and is a co-founder of Axiom, a Bitcoin-focused venture firm. We discuss the future of stablecoins and taproot assets. A Half-Baked Thesis on...