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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

Dr. Saifedean Ammoussaifedean.com
Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective. Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion. The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.
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Episodes

289. The Fiat Standard Lecture 8: Fiat Food

The Fiat Standard Lecture 8: Fiat Food explains how fiat destroyed modern food, as governments optimize farming policy & nutritional guidelines to mask inflation, industrial sludge replaces meat & animal fats, cheap crops are subsidized, and soil & health suffer. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signi...

Sep 02, 202549 min

288. The Fiat Standard Lecture 7: Fiat Life

The Fiat Standard Lecture 7: Fiat Life discusses how fiat raises time preference, breaks the bond between effort & reward, inventivizes debt, erodes culture, & undermines families. Bitcoin, as hard money, restores savings, long-term vision, and civilization. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signing up to ...

Aug 26, 202548 min

287. The Fiat Standard Lecture 6: What Is Fiat Good For?

Fiat's superior salability across space enabled global adoption, financed governments, & entrenched fractional-reserve banks, at the cost of losing value across time. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signing up to a membership on saifedean.com/membership...

Aug 19, 202553 min

286. The Fiat Standard: Lecture 5: Fiat Balances: Universal Debt Slavery

The Fiat Standard Lecture 5: Fiat Balances shows how fiat’s unquantifiable, irreconcilable, tentative, revocable, and negative balances kill saving, reward debt, and lock in servitude, unlike Bitcoin’s precise, irrevocable private-key control. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signing up to a membership on saifede...

Aug 12, 202548 min

285. The Fiat Standard: Lecture 4 - Fiat Mining

Lecture 4 of The Fiat Standard explains how fiat is mined through credit creation, incentivizing everyone to get into debt, causing prices to rise, which is covered up with the nonsensical CPI. Saylor's explanation of prices as a vector is far better for understanding inflation. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by s...

Aug 05, 20251 hr 2 min

284. The Fiat Standard: Lecture 3 - Fiat Technology

Lecture 3 of The Fiat Standard explains the underlying technology behind fiat: a centralized network where money is created from credit expansion, devaluing existing holders' wealth, externalizing default risk onto society, & undermining savings, trade, & capital accumulation. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's course...

Jul 29, 202542 min

283. The Fiat Standard: Lecture 2 - The Never-Ending Bank Holiday

This is Lecture 2 of Saifedean's online course The Fiat Standard , based on his book by the same name. The course began last week and will include all 18 lectures. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signing up to a membership on saifedean.com/membership...

Jul 22, 202535 min

282. The Fiat Standard: Lecture 1

Starting this week, Saifedean will be sharing the full 18 lectures of his online course The Fiat Standard, based on his book by the same name. You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS , where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download. You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signing up to a membership on saifedean.com/membership...

Jul 15, 202553 min

281. How Bitcoin Defunds The War Machine

Saifedean joins Ben Wehrman to discuss how Bitcoin can bring peace by defunding the war machine. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitcoin - ...

Jul 08, 20252 hr

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardc...

Jul 01, 202552 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifede...

Jun 24, 202545 min

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. The Agora Initiative: https://theagorainitiative.org/ Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifed...

Jun 17, 202544 min

277. Lyn Alden Nothing Stops This Train

Lyn Alden, author of Broken Money, discusses the US fiscal situation and bitcoin. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitcoin - TheSaifHouse.co...

Jun 10, 20251 hr 10 min

276. Jack Mallers

Jack Mallers is the CEO of Strike and XXI. Strike's published financials: https://x.com/Strike/status/1915446080512180502 Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off...

Jun 05, 20251 hr 32 min

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. Ricardo Salinas's website: https://www.ricardosalinas.com The Bitcoin Enlightenment on The Saif House: https://thesaifhouse.com/ Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics cours...

May 30, 20251 hr

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean &amp...

May 20, 20251 hr

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 1...

May 13, 20252 hr 32 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books b...

May 06, 20251 hr 59 min

271. Trump's Tariffs with Pomp

My interview with Anthony Pompliano on the Trump Tariffs, the dollar, stablecoins, and Bitcoin. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitcoin - T...

Apr 29, 20251 hr 11 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin bo...

Apr 22, 20251 hr 19 min

269. Nomad Capitalist Andrew Henderson

Nomad Capitalist CEO Andrew Henderson joins us to discuss how to achieve freedom in the 21st century! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitco...

Apr 15, 20251 hr 27 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif ...

Apr 08, 20251 hr 37 min

267. The Big Print with Lawrence Lepard

Lawrence Lepard joins to discuss his new book, The Big Print! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitcoin - TheSaifHouse.com...

Apr 01, 202559 min

266. Bitcoin Age with Nik Bhatia

Nik Bhatia joins us to discuss his new book, Bitcoin Age! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedean & more delivered worldwide, with 10% off for paying in bitcoin - TheSaifHouse.com...

Mar 25, 20251 hr 5 min

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. Links: 1. Epidemiology as Pseudoscience: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1257082952028172288 2. Bitcoin and the Collapse of Fiat: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1255642546300227587 3. Lockdowns: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1297215756954996737 4. Bitcoin and Inflation: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1358442770508185604 5. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): https://...

Mar 18, 20252 hr 8 min

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. She established an independent practice, sued the FDA and won, and continues to fight against the dangerous and highly profitable drugs of pharmaceutical companies. She joins us to offer her perspective on 5 years of coronahysteria. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast semi...

Mar 11, 20251 hr 15 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif H...

Mar 04, 20251 hr 31 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - H...

Feb 25, 20251 hr 52 min

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. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin bo...

Feb 18, 20251 hr 17 min

260. Aaron van Wirdum: The Genesis Book

Bitcoin Magazine editor in chief Aaron van Wirdum joins to discuss his new book on the birth of bitcoin and the anarchists, cypherpunks, and economist who inspired it. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com ! The Saif House - High quality cloth hardcover bitcoin books by Saifedea...

Feb 11, 20251 hr 38 min
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