{"podcast":{"title":"The Bitcoin Layer","slug":"the-bitcoin-layer-7070444","podcast_index_feed_id":7070444,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Y2219Riv","website_url":"https://mysoundwise.com/soundcasts/1665708396190s","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/31efc846-0793-410a-9634-9cbb9ab441fd/a42dcdab-5758-48ca-b40a-791279675300/3000x3000/b_black_500x500.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Bitcoin Layer","episode_count":285,"summary":"The Bitcoin Layer is a premium markets research provider, covering bitcoin through a global macro lens | Research, Analysis, & Education Featuring Nik Bhatia, author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Layered Money and USC Marshall School of Business professor. Subscribe to our research publication and YouTube channel to learn about global macroeconomics, bitcoin, Lightning Network, the monetary and financial system, the Federal Reserve, interest rates, and geopolitics. Most importantly, develop a framework for understanding global markets—connect the dots between economic and financial concepts to see the bigger picture. Look no further for your bitcoin and macro education!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T20:19:22.621040+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444"},"episode":{"title":"RISE of the American Empire with Brent Johnson","slug":"rise-of-the-american-empire-with-brent-johnson","published_at":"2026-03-25T11:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444/rise-of-the-american-empire-with-brent-johnson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444","url":"https://mysoundwise.com/soundcasts/1665708396190s","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/8ed6a33d-2ac9-4ae6-bdbb-334a1cbb3f52/93f29295-b98b-46ce-9822-223c512497e8/episodes/audio/group/b357fefd-6eb1-41c2-b4d4-76850d31fe44/group-item/d06853eb-1c92-4313-be2c-557d4b3499e2/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Y2219Riv","summary":"In this episode, Nik welcomes back Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital for a wide-ranging global macro conversation. Brent breaks down the dollar's behavior during geopolitical crises, the deglobalization thesis and fracturing supply chains, and his Rise of the American Empire framework drawing parallels to Rome's transition from republic to empire. They cover the Office of Strategic Capital's push to secure critical minerals and semiconductors, the US-China power competition over chips and rare earths, Persian Gulf risks including fertilizer disruptions and famine, and close with stablecoins, bitcoin as a pure play on global liquidity, and why digital assets are here to stay. The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.","meta_description":"In this episode, Nik welcomes back Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital for a wide-ranging global macro conversation. Brent breaks down the dollar's behavior…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3427,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444/episodes/rise-of-the-american-empire-with-brent-johnson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444/rise-of-the-american-empire-with-brent-johnson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}