Episodes
Joel Valenzuela is the host of the Digital Cash Network. He joins us to explain how you can become your own bank and live free of fiat blood-money. What resources, workarounds & services will you have to know about? Find out in this episode. IMHO, this episode is a must listen for everyone serious about counter-economics.
Published 05/09/20
Bruce Fenton is the Cypherpunk Stockbroker.  He's the CEO of Chainstone Labs, & founder of Atlantic Financial & Satoshi Roundtable. He's an OG Bitcoiner who's been regulated by the SEC for most of his life & he's here to provide an insider's perspective on the coming wave of tokenized securities & assets.  Truly, there is no one else on the planet, better suited to explain why tokenization is so disruptive, what chains firms are looking at & the best paths for early...
Published 05/04/20
CTRL+Pew & Ivan the Troll lay out a beginner's guide to 3D-Printing with the Ender 3. Go from 0 experience to FGC-9 owner in one week. 
Published 04/21/20
The tokenization of securities & assets will end FINRA's cartelization of the brokerage industry. Find out why agorists are so excited about tokenization & what steps we're taking to benefit financially from the coming tokambrian explosion. 
Published 04/14/20
Roger Ver & I spoke about the future of money & what that will specifically look like. What role will privacy & tokenization play in shaping the future global economy? How did austrian economics predict the current financial crisis & why does it make us so bullish for cryptocurrency? We discuss all of this & much more!  
Published 04/04/20
I answer the most common questions people have about agorism & field a bunch more from Twitter!
Published 03/31/20
I use Austrian Business Cycle Theory to explain how central bank inflation has destroyed the US dollar. I talk about what we can expect economically, socially & politically in the near future. We also cover how agorists are preparing, using my favorite manta - gold, guns & a getaway!
Published 03/25/20
The North American Bitcoin Conference was a success. There were tons of events and some great speakers. Plus, it's a great excuse to spend a week in Miami.   I met a bunch of awesome bitcoin enthusiasts, newcomers and OGs alike - & got the best of them to briefly answer a range of questions relevant to agorism. From artists to entrepreneurs and CEOs to professors, the one thing everyone I spoke with had in common is their desire to secure a more free and prosperous society.    ...
Published 01/21/20
John McAfee is back on The Agora to school us in everything blockchain. We discussed Satoshi's identity, privacy coins, the McAfee DEX, the metanet, the coming halving, & much more. We also covered Epstein's "suicide" and John's favorite book. 
Published 12/02/19
OG agorist, Victor Koman, stops by The Agora to give us a history of the early days. Having spent time at the famous "anarcho-village," Koman has a unique perspective to offer. He gives us all the inside details - including the role played by a certain former US congressman, inside drama, and what agorism means to him. He also reflects back on the life and work of Sam Konkin.  
Published 11/18/19
Walter Block joins us to break down the correct libertarian position on slave reparations. Through the consistent application of the non-aggression principle, Block reaches a conclusion that is both counter-intuitive and logically sound. 
Published 11/11/19
Not all entrepreneurship is agorist, but all agorism is entrepreneurial. Whether you're selling flowers at the local farmer's market, or zip guns to Chinese dissidents, agorists can't avoid entrepreneurship. Per Bylund, a fellow at the Mises Institute & Professor of Entrepreneuship at Oklahoma State University joins us for episode 52 to break down the inseparable relationship between agorism and entrepreneurship. 
Published 11/04/19
This past spring, John McAfee clued myself & listeners of The Agora into a decentralized privacy coin known as Apollo. I began to research the project and was frankly, taken aback. Apollo is an attempt to create an all-in-one blockchain that encompasses all the best features a cryptocurrency can possess. This is done by marrying extreme privacy standards with a very decentralized ecosystem. AJ Mora, Media & PR Director for Apollo joins us for episode 51 to explain all the details.
Published 07/15/19
As requested by patrons, Pete Raymond is back on The Agora! We caught up this past weekend over a few beers & I had the chance to ask him about his experience with the social media censors, and his forthcoming documentary, The Monopoly On Violence. We also discussed his beef with potential CIA-plant and Chair of the Partyarks, Nick Sarwark. Needless to say, Pete & I have a less than favorable opinion of LP strategy...
Published 07/04/19
Jeffrey Tucker stopped by The Agora to school us in some of the finer points of crypto-economics. We discussed his expectations for Facebook's Libra, the disruptive potential of tokenization, Bitcoin maximalism & currency competition as well as hodling's effect on the velocity of cryptocurrencies. We also had a chance to discuss his new book The Market Loves You: Why You Should Love It Back which explores a brilliant thesis thus far unexplored in economics. This episode has something for...
Published 07/01/19
With the growing tide of regulations against cryptocurrencies, privacy has become an increasingly valuable aspect in the blockchain ecosystem. Dash is a cryptocurrency agorists can confidently trust to facilitate instant & anonymous transactions. Amanda Johnson stops by for this episode of The Agora to explain how this is made possible by utilizing a unique secondary layer of masternodes. We also discussed the advantadges of Dash's treasury system and some of the development goals Amanda...
Published 06/27/19
Stephan Kinsella is a renowned patent attorney and one of the world's foremost libertarian rights theorists. He stopped by The Agora to help us break down some of Craig Wright's recent legal claims, including his attempt to copyright the Bitcoin White Paper, as well as some of the torts he's filed. Does a copyright application imply CSW is Satoshi Nakamoto? Can he use the courts to force individuals to refer to him as such? This is a great opportunity to learn to some of the legal aspects and...
Published 06/03/19
Growing your own food is one of the easiest, safest and most enjoyable ways to practice counter-economics. Every produce item grown in your garden denies the state a litany of taxes, including but not limited to sales, gas, & export. Not to mention it saves you and your loved ones from state mandated pesticides and chemical additives. Unfortuantely, available planting space has become increasingly rare, particularly for young folks. So, with that in mind, Alex Utopium joins us to share...
Published 05/30/19
Vin Armani stopped by the Agora! Vin is the CEO of CoinText & an OG agorist so our meeting was well overdue. He drops some knowledge on STOs and the future of tokenization and also tells us what he's looking forward to in crypto's near future. We also got to discuss an amazing article he wrote for the recent May issue of Counter Markets titled Emerging Opportunities to Profit on The Bitcoin Blockchain.
Published 05/20/19
Thaddeus Russell stops by The Agora to elaborate on his plans for a School for Agorism! What sorts of classes will be offered? When can you sign up? A historian by trade, he has a unique appreciation for the role counter-economics has played throughout human affairs. From the freedom-fighting sex workers of yesteryear to Gandhi's satyagraha, we put a close lens on the heroic agorists throughout time.
Published 05/10/19
Dr. Craig Wright is the chief scientist at nChain and is believed by many to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the original inventor of bitcoin. That means he is either a computer science genius or a marketing genius. In either case, I thought it would be wise to acquaint ourselves with him and his ideas. We spoke about Bitcoin Satoshi Vision, nChain - and although he isn't an anarchist, we may have even found a bit of common ground regarding central banking.
Published 04/09/19
Gabriel Cardona is head of R&D at bitcoin.com & one of the most skilled developers in the blockchain community. He stopped by the Agora recently to discuss technological decentralization and we hit all the stops. 3D-printing, AI, tokenization, smart contracts, DAOs, biomimicry & more. 
Published 03/25/19
Roger Ver, stops by The Agora to discuss voluntaryism, tokenization and bitcoin cash. He is the brains behind a number of projects in the crypto space and a dedicated voluntaryist. I asked him if he agreed with my assessment that the tokenization of securities and assets will be a death knell for the FINRA cartel & the SEC. You'll be as pleasantly surprised as I was to hear his encouraging repsonse.
Published 03/12/19
Smoking L's, talking crypto, and dippin on the IRS with John McAfee. This is the fun part of the liberty movement. 
Published 02/24/19
In logic, an axiom is a statement that is self-evident or otherwise accepted as true. The action axiom is simply that individuals act. It is the foundation of austrian economics and the subject of episode 41 of The Agora. To help shed some light on the topic, I asked the world's leading praxeologist, Walter Block, to help us sort thru the minutiae. 
Published 02/14/19