Ted Reese is a Marxist and the author of: Socialism or Extinction, Humanising Production, and the upcoming book The End of Capitalism: The Thought of Henryk Grossman. In this podcast Ted and I talked through the left wing or “Marxist” case against more covid restrictions, particularly the vaccine passports. We talked about why…
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Chatter #223- Dr Paulo Gerbaudo on GameStop, Digital Revolution, and the End Of Neoliberalism [Live]
Paolo Gerbaudo is a political sociologist and the director of the Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London. He is the author of Tweets and the Streets (2012), The Mask and the Flag (2017), and The Great Recoil (2021). HELP ME CROWDFUND MY GAMESTOP BOOK. Go to https://wen-moon.com to join the crowdfunding…
Chatter #225 – Steven Boykey Sidley & Simon Dingle: Beyond Bitcoin – DeFi and The End Of Banks
I’ve been having a lot of conversations with people about Bitcoin, DeFi, and other crypto-currencies and blockchain technology and about how they are going to change the world of finance. However, it wasn’t until I got the chance to read Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks by Steven Boykey Sidley…
What Is Parasite Stress? Is This Strange Phenomenon Altering Our Politics? Did It Lead To World War 2?
The concept of parasite stress is one that has been studied by my guest Dr Randy Thornhill for decades – it’s the idea that the more infectious disease that is prevalent in a country, the more right-wing and collectivist a population is. With a very strong correlation. With that in mind, I was…
Chatter #220 – Max Hillebrand On Privacy, Freedom, and Cypherpunk Philosophy
Max Hillebrand is free software engineer an economist who started reading Keynes when he was 9 and got into Bitcoin at the age of 16. He says “Bitcoin is for everyone”, even his grandmother runs a Lightning node. Max came across my radar as a Bitcoin enthusiast, but he really peaked my interest…