{"podcast":{"title":"The \"What is Money?\" Show","slug":"the-what-is-money-show-1365694","podcast_index_feed_id":1365694,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI","website_url":"https://whatismoneypodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8862bce3-8814-46a6-9b72-a533960bbd50/fc74b5de-5bf7-4b92-8bab-4c8eb0ed805e/3000x3000/wim-podcast-profile-6.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Robert Breedlove","episode_count":600,"summary":"\"What is Money?\" is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. It is the most important question for finding truth in the world. In this podcast, we will pursue this \"rabbit\" by engaging in a diversity of deep conversations with deep thinkers from different walks of life.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T08:22:53.785372+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694"},"episode":{"title":"The Most Important Question in the World Today | Episode 13","slug":"the-most-important-question-in-the-world-today-episode-13","published_at":"2026-06-12T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694/the-most-important-question-in-the-world-today-episode-13","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694","url":"https://whatismoneypodcast.com/episodes/the-most-important-question-in-the-world-today-episode-13-3eAPR2XI","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/088a85e5-437f-4c81-b306-10b9ff8c3ece/2effec98-bec5-4728-ba08-7a86d776e682/episodes/audio/group/037643b3-1982-4a2d-9f26-4e279f95cd02/group-item/ef01b257-858c-4a6d-9379-dbb21e9bdd92/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=MLdpYXYI","summary":"What is money? It is the rabbit that leads us down every rabbit hole worth following. It is the question that cuts through the noise of economics, politics, philosophy, and power to expose the hidden architecture of civilization itself. In this series, Robert Breedlove pursues this question across a diversity of deep conversations with thinkers from radically different walks of life — philosophers, soldiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and truth-seekers — each one adding another layer to the most important question of our time. Episode 13 draws together insights on money as pure optionality, as psycho-technology, as a call option on all human action, and as the language of power that fiat currency has corrupted into a debt-based counterfeiting cartel. From the five properties of sound money and the history of gold, to the mechanics of how dollars are born into existence at interest, to why Bitcoin is the only monetary system with a supply cap the universe itself cannot override. This conversation explores the deeper forces shaping human behavior, institutions, and the future of civilization.","meta_description":"What is money? It is the rabbit that leads us down every rabbit hole worth following. It is the question that cuts through the noise of economics, politic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4573,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-what-is-money-show-1365694/episodes/the-most-important-question-in-the-world-today-episode-13/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694/the-most-important-question-in-the-world-today-episode-13.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}