Author: Mark Stephany

My guest today is climate scientist Dr. Sergio Sejas. Sergio received his doctorate in meteorology from Florida State University and is currently working at NASA Langley Research Center. Sergio does climate research on polar warming, global warming, and Earth’s energy budget.

We cover: 

• Sergio’s research: negative greenhouse effect, earth’s energy budget 
• What does the average climate activist/denialist get wrong about climate change?
• Why does a transition from fossil fuels to RE make sense?
• Interactions with other scientists regarding Bitcoin
• Sergio’s Bitcoin dream

@SergioSejas

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My guest today Andy Schoonover. Andy is Co-Founder and CEO of Crowd health, a community-based means of paying for healthcare. 

We cover:

• Andy’s reason for starting Crowd Health
• The problems with traditional health insurance
• What are the limitations of the model? Who might not be the ideal customer?
• The community focus of Crowd Health
• Incentivizing healthy behaviors within the communities
• How Bitcoin is integrated into the service

https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/

@SchoonoverAndy

My guest today is Lili from Foundation Devices, where she serves as Head of Business Development. Lili is a privacy advocate and expert in Bitcoin privacy best practices. 

We cover:

• Why she cares about privacy in the first place
• The areas of privacy that concern her the most in Bitcoin
• How do we build systems that are inherently private
• Why strong UI/UX is essential for privacy tools
• Tornado Cash
• What it was like to leave the corporate world. 

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My guest today is Brady Swenson, head of marketing and education at Swan Bitcoin. Brady brings a unique perspective to the conversation, having grown up in a politically active Democratic family. 

We cover:

• Growing up in a Democratic family and how Bitcoin fits into his politics
• When the family doesn’t align on Bitcoin
• Did his political views and values change after learning more about Bitcoin
• What does a Bitcoin future look like

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This was a Twitter Spaces with Abe Cambridge. We covered lots of topics and took some fantastic questions from the audience. 

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Something new for today’s episode! Myself and our audio extraordinaire, Tom Maxwell, sit down for a wide-ranging discussion:

• Tom’s life in music
• How has medicine affected Mark’s worldview
• What sacrifices would you be willing to make to ensure the survival of Bitcoin?
• Libertarian Socialism/Anarchism 
• Capitalism is PoS
• What’s the biggest belief that you no longer hold that was most transformed by Bitcoin?
• Dream guests for the podcast
• Do you think we’ll see Bitcoin on par with or overtaking the US dollar as a worldwide means of exchange in your lifetime?

Tom’s definition of Libertarian Socialism was drawn from:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ulli-diemer-what-is-libertarian-socialism

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My guest today is Scott Wolfe. Scott is the Executive Director at the Canadian Association of Community Health Centres and Global Coordinator at IFCHC. He has been a lifelong advocate for health and social policy for historically marginalized communities. Scott views Bitcoin as a new system by which to address many social justice issues. 

We cover:

• Scott’s work in health advocacy and policy
• His Bitcoin journey
• Bitcoin as a new system for social justice 
• Concerns with the “progressive movement.”
• Will Bitcoin eat your lunch?

@ScottAWolfe

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My guest today is Jason Maier. Jason is a secondary school math teacher, who after learning about Bitcoin, realized its potential for aiding in progressive values. He is writing a book entitled A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin whose Kickstarter has already met its goal! But ongoing donations will go toward the audio version – donate below!

We cover:

• Jason’s journey into Bitcoin and why mathematics helped establish his conviction.
• Why is he writing a book about the progressive case for Bitcoin
• The details of his book and why he chose the topics he did
• How to teach Bitcoin
• Why is he focusing on Bitcoin only
• Our call to action

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cjasonmaier/a-progressives-case-for-bitcoin

@cjasonmaier

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My guest today is Daniel Batten. Daniel is an entrepreneur, coach, ClimateTech VC, and author. He is a lifelong environmental advocate who has lent an objective eye to Bitcoin’s environmental impact. Daniel has researched and written extensively on Bitcoin mining and shares his insights during this amazing episode.

We discuss:

• His professional life as a coach to leaders and tech entrepreneurs
• The lessons he has learned during his entrepreneurial career 
• Being open to all ideas
• His long history of environmental advocacy
• Exponential Founders Found
• Bitcoin mining and the environment

https://batcoinz.com/

@DSBatten

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