{"podcast":{"title":"Firewall with Bradley Tusk","slug":"firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228","podcast_index_feed_id":7228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/firewall/","website_url":"http://firewall.media","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/afcf80f3-8e38-470f-9c9a-4ad0e7715aab/kD2dvIHk73sOfvzUVEEQiv29.jpg","author":"Firewall","episode_count":200,"summary":"Politics, technology and the pursuit of happiness. Twice a week, Bradley Tusk, New York-based political strategist and venture investor, covers the collision between new ideas and the real world. His operating thesis is that you can't understand tech today without understanding politics, too. Recorded at P&T Knitwear, his bookstore / podcast studio, 180 Orchard Street, New York City.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T18:21:06.953956+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228"},"episode":{"title":"Crypto in a Collared Shirt","slug":"crypto-in-a-collared-shirt","published_at":"2026-04-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228/crypto-in-a-collared-shirt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228","url":"http://firewall.media","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/99d6873b-7bb5-4b6c-b434-0ae098d7b410.mp3","summary":"Amid meme coins, scams, and scary price swings, something more consequential is quietly happening in the crypto world: stablecoins are offering a faster, cheaper way to transact — the original promise that Bitcoin made but never quite delivered on. Bradley talks to Tusk Strategies partner Eric Soufer about how the regulatory framework is being engineered to survive future administrations that might not be as friendly. Despite the banking industry's loud objections, Eric's verdict is blunt: \"I don't see tons of small businesses in the Rust Belt suddenly pulling their deposits out of community banks.\" FIREWALL NOMINATED FOR A WEBBY! Vote today and support us for best individual episode - interview or talk show -for Bradley's interview with then-candidate Zohran Mamdani in April 2025. We’re up against Oprah, so we’ll need all the votes we can get! It only takes 10 seconds - thanks in advance: https://bit.ly/firewallwebby This episode was taped at P&T Knitwear at 180 Orchard Street — New York City’s only free podcast recording studio. Send us an email with your thoughts on today’s episode: info@firewall.media . Subscribe to Bradley's weekly newsletter and follow Bradley on Linkedin + Substack + YouTube .","meta_description":"Amid meme coins, scams, and scary price swings, something more consequential is quietly happening in the crypto world: stablecoins are offering a faster,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3367,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228/episodes/crypto-in-a-collared-shirt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228/crypto-in-a-collared-shirt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}