The Bitcoin Standard
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The Bitcoin Standard podcast is releasing a recording of the weekly Saifedean.com discussion seminar.

The seminar is open to learners on Saifedean.com, and focuses on discussing the material of the courses, as well as a broader discussion of Bitcoin, Austrian economics, and various current affairs.
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280. Can Bitcoin Rebuild Civilization?

Saifedean joins Robert Breedlove at the Bitcoin Las Vegas 2025 conference for a wide-ranging discussion on Austrian economics, time preference, morality, fiat money, and the future of civilization.

279. Bitcoin and Tether: Las Vegas Keynote

Saifedean's keynote talk at the Bitcoin Conference, discussing whether Tether can save the dollar. Also included is an interview with Natalie Brunell at the conference.

278. Gaza with Khalil Sayegh

Khalil Sayegh is the founder of the Agora Initiative, and a Gazan who lost family and friends in the Gaza genocide.

277. Lyn Alden Nothing Stops This Train

Lyn Alden, author of Broken Money, discusses the US fiscal situation and bitcoin.

276. Jack Mallers

Jack Mallers is the CEO of Strike and XXI.

275. The Bitcoin Enlightenment with Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Mexican billionaire and hardcore bitcoiner Ricardo Salinas Pliego discusses his new book, The Bitcoin Enlightenment, published today by The Saif House. We are also joined by his coauthors Pascal Hügli and Daniel Jungen.

274. Zawda: Rising from Lebanon's ashes

Odey Qemal tells us the story of how he experienced hyperinflation in Lebanon, was saved by bitcoin, and founded Zawda, a new bitcoin startup in the Middle East.

273. Bitcoin Bushido with Aleks Svetski

Aleks Svetski joins to discuss his latest book The Bushido of Bitcoin: A Code of Virtue for a World on a New Economic Standard.

272. Mises Institute's Tom DiLorenzo

President of the Mises Institute Tom DiLorenzo discusses his work on US history and economics, and the increasing influence of the Mises Institute and Austrian school economics.

271. Trump's Tariffs with Pomp

My interview with Anthony Pompliano on the Trump Tariffs, the dollar, stablecoins, and Bitcoin.

270. Crowdhealth with Andy Schoonover

Crowdhealth founder and CEO Andy Schoonover joins us to discuss the progress Crowdhealth has made at offering a compelling and successful free-market alternative to health insurance.

269. Nomad Capitalist Andrew Henderson

Nomad Capitalist CEO Andrew Henderson joins us to discuss how to achieve freedom in the 21st century!

268. Christianity in Palestine with Omar Harami

Omar Harami is the director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Center in Jerusalem (and Saifedean's high school best friend!) He joins to discuss the state of Christianity in Palestine and the challenges facing Christians and Palestinians.

267. The Big Print with Lawrence Lepard

Lawrence Lepard joins to discuss his new book, The Big Print!

266. Bitcoin Age with Nik Bhatia

Nik Bhatia joins us to discuss his new book, Bitcoin Age!

265. 5 Years of Coronahysteria with Francis Pouliot

Francis Pouliot, CEO of Bull Bitcoin, joins us to reminisce about the time five years ago when the whole world lost its mind.

264. 5 Years of Coronahysteria with Dr. Mary Talley Bowden

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden was suspended and threatened for prescribing cheap drugs that helped thousands of patients, but hurt the bottom line of the fiat medical cartel.

263. Nuclear power and Bitcoin, with Kenji Tateiwa

Kenji Tateiwa is a nuclear engineer with the Tokyo Electric Power Company and a bitcoiner. He joins us to discuss nuclear power, its safety and reliability, and the prospects for Bitcoin mining with nuclear and renewable energy.

262. Shawn Baker, the Carnivore MD

Shawn Baker is a world-record-holding athlete, an orthopedic surgeon, a carnivore, bitcoiner, and an old friend! He rejoins to discuss how he's using dietary intervention to help people regain their health on Revero.com.

February 25, 2025

261. John Perkins: The Economic Hitman

John Perkins worked in the fiat debt slavery business with international financial institutions and wrote an international bestseller on the topic, Confessions of an Economic Hitman.

February 18, 2025

260. Aaron van Wirdum: The Genesis Book

Bitcoin Magazine editor in chief Aaron van Wirdum joins to dicuss his new book on the birth of bitcoin and the anarchists, cypherpunks, and economist who inspired it.

February 11, 2025

259. Cory Klippsten and Swan

Cory Klippsten, founder of Swan Bitcoin, joins to discuss the Age of Scambling, and how he sees the bitcoin market evolving.

February 4, 2025

258. Investment on a Bitcoin Standard

What would capital markets look like on a Bitcoin Standard? Why would people invest if savings appreciate? Would hard money increase or decrease investment? We discuss all these questions in this recent saifedean.com seminar.

January 28, 2025

257. Principles of Economics: An overview

Saifedean gives an overview of his third book, Principles of Economics, at the launch of the Spanish translation of the book at the Rafael del Pino Foundation in Madrid.

January 21, 2025

256. Nomad Capitalist Interview

Andrew Henderson the Nomad Capitalist interviews Saifedean to discuss economic freedom and mobility and how bitcoin helps you live the life you want.

January 14, 2025

255. Is bitcoin a currency or a commodity?

In this seminar with saifedean.com members, we discuss whether bitcoin can best be understood as a currency, commodity, or something else.

January 7, 2025

254. Provoked with Scott Horton

Antiwar.com editor Scott Horton joins to discuss his new book on the Russian-Ukrainian war.

December 31, 2024

253. Semler Scientific on The Bitcoin Standard

Eric Semler is the chairman of Semler Scientific, a company that has followed the Microstrategy playbook by going on a bitcoin standard, and using bitcoin as a reserve cash asset.

December 24, 2024

252. The Gold Standard: Chapters 1-4

In this episode, Saifedean reads the first four chapters of his new book, The Gold Standard: An Alternative Economic History of the Twentieth Century.

December 17, 2024

251. The Gold Standard: Saifedean’s Next Book!

Saifedean introduces his next book, The Gold Standard: an alternative economic history of the twentieth century, where fiat money died in 1915.

December 10, 2024

250. Fiat Architecture and Time Preference

The Yeoman podcast with Geoff Graham hosts Saifedean Ammous, Austin Tunnel, and Jaime Izurieta-Varea to discuss the relationship between easy money and architecture.

December 3, 2024

249. Daylight Computer with Anjan Katta

Anjan Katta has built the Daylight computer, a low-time-preference, paper-like full function computer that's easy on your eyes and great for outdoor use.

November 26, 2024

248. Geyser Fund with Mick

Mick the founder of Geyser Fund crowd-funding platform, joins us to discuss his journey down the bitcoin rabbit hole and how bitcoin helps crowdfunding.

November 19, 2024

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