Podcast Hype ~ SAIFEDEAN on "LIBERTY LOCKDOWN"
A well established rising legend of Austrian Economics — in many ways, the modern Murray Rothbard of Bitcoiners — this week is going on the show of my favorite libertarian interviewer of Bitcoiners
You’ve probably heard the phrase “signal to noise” ratio.
A lot of podcasts have a lot of noise.
But not here. Not this coming episode.
This is gonna be extremely “high signal”:
Clint Russell’s next interview:
Dr. Saifedean Ammous
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023
I’m extremely hyped for this.
Clint Russell is the man.
He’s my FAVORITE — if I had to pick just one — libertarian interviewer of Bitcoiners.
Which is saying a LOT.
And, of course, Saifedean himself is a widely respected living legend of the Bitcoin community.
“Saif” wrote THE quintessential book on the subject:
The popularity of this book — which was named in reference to the old “Gold Standard” — is so ubiquitous among Bitcoiners that its popularity itself has even become a relevant meme.
One of many examples that I just happened to stumble upon recently on “Bitcoin Twitter” (“X”):
Notice what book is being held in this meme (and many others like it):
“The Bitcoin Standard” by Saifedean Ammous!
This has become its own meme sub-niche within the broader niche of Bitcoiner memes.
The same book.
It’s THAT popular among Bitcoiners.
Saifedean has been on several of the world’s biggest podcasts:
Dr. Jordan Peterson — fall 2021 — over a MILLION views on YouTube alone
the Tom Woods Show — multiple times
Lex Fridman — May 2022 — over HALF a MILLION views on YouTube alone
Mises Institute affiliation:
They sell all three of Saifedean’s books on their website.
That’s a pretty massive endorsement.
“Principles of Economics” — “This book is unapologetically Austrian in its approach. It tackles major economic concepts and topics independently…”
That puts Saifedean’s contributions to the field of economics — his academic body of work — in a VERY respectable category.
Comparable to other absolute legends like Mises and Rothbard themselves.
Nation state level BTC adoption:
Saifedean even recently became an official economic advisor to the world’s first Bitcoin country.
Specifically as a consultant directly in contact with Bitcoiner Presidente Nayib Bukele.
The fact that Clint gets to do a one-on-one long form conversation with Saifedean is incredibly exciting.
Honestly… I’m kinda intellectually fanboying a bit here vicariously.
No shame about it either.
Clint Russell and Saifedean Ammous combined have successfully articulated the merits of Austrian Economics to MILLIONS of new listeners.
I unapologetically admire their work over the past several years!
The list of prominent Bitcoiners whom Clint Russell has already interviewed so far includes:
Guy Swann — FIVE times in total so far
Greg Foss — twice
Marty Bent — specifically discussing the evils of ESG
Adam Curry — “the Podfather” himself
Texas Slim — founder of the Beef Initiative
Daniel Prince — soon to be twice (alongside Stephan Livera)
Professor Peter St. Onge
Aleks Svetski and Mark Moss — authors of “The UnCommunist Manifesto” on the anniversary of Karl Marx’s death
Alex Gladstein
Shane Hazel — cohost of the “Bitcoin Veterans” podcast as a prominent antiwar U.S. military veteran and Bitcoiner himself
Nik Bhatia — author of “Layered Money”
Jordan Schachtel — an independent journalist here on Substack who also has 261k followers on Twitter/“X” and is a Bitcoin maxi as well
Three of Saifedean’s greatest interviews — so far — on other big shows:
Dr. Jordan Peterson — fall 2021 — over a MILLION views on YouTube alone
the Tom Woods Show — multiple times
Lex Fridman — May 2022 — over HALF a MILLION views on YouTube alone
Lex Fridman — May 2022 — over HALF a MILLION views on YouTube alone:
Tom Woods — MULTIPLE TIMES over the past three years:
And most recently for the launch of Saifedean’s new book “Principles of Economics”:
The overlapping list of people — whom Clint has interviewed, that have also been on Saifedean’s own podcast — includes:
Tom Woods
Greg Foss — a month ago
Daniel Prince
POTUS candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — specifically discussing ESG
Marty Bent
Professor Peter St. Onge
Nik Bhatia
Andy Schoonover — CEO of CrowdHealth
Mikkel Thorup — host of “ExPat Money Show”
…and probably others.
The list of Saifedean’s OTHER most prominent guests on his own podcast so far includes:
(Just to name a few highlights…)
Michael Saylor — literal rocket scientist from M.I.T. turned billionaire “business intelligence” software CEO of MicroStrategy and famous Bitcoin whale
Jeff Deist — former President of the Mises Institute
Alex Epstein — author of “Fossil Future”
Walter Block — another Austrian Economics expert from the Mises Institute who literally “wrote the book” on the stereotypical “who will build the roads?” question
Prince Philip of Serbia — a literal royal and also a Bitcoiner
Matt Odell — Marty Bent’s cohost of “Rabbit Hole Recap” every Thursday
And now for some more misc. links:
I’ve mentioned a BUNCH of podcast episodes above.
I’ll leave you with a few of those links again as embeds here:
https://rumble.com/v2dgv9q-guy-swan-and-greg-foss-economic-deep-dive.html
https://rumble.com/v24m3wm-alex-gladstein-on-the-imf-and-world-bank-apex-economic-hitmen.html
363k views on this 40 minute extract from Saifedean’s 4 hour Lex Fridman interview — mentioned above — which has half a MILLION views:
If you appreciate my work putting all of this together…
Almost 900 words…
Probably about 20 different full podcast episode links…
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