{"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":"Why Central Banking Incentivizes Corruption (And Bitcoin Doesn’t) w/ Robin Seyr","slug":"why-central-banking-incentivizes-corruption-and-bitcoin-doesn-t-w-robin-seyr","published_at":"2026-02-20T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694/why-central-banking-incentivizes-corruption-and-bitcoin-doesn-t-w-robin-seyr","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694","url":"https://whatismoneypodcast.com/episodes/why-central-banking-incentivizes-corruption-and-bitcoin-doesnt-w-robin-seyr-7EBMmKHN","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/088a85e5-437f-4c81-b306-10b9ff8c3ece/2effec98-bec5-4728-ba08-7a86d776e682/episodes/audio/group/55a4d0b5-34bc-485e-a67e-c390d2f512ca/group-item/1de5cedb-4d87-4b03-a424-04790a94635d/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=MLdpYXYI","summary":"From the pandemic response to central banking, media narratives, and Bitcoin adoption, we examine a simple heuristic: if the product is free, you are the product. This isn’t conspiracy thinking — it’s incentive analysis. When you stop listening to what people say and instead examine how they’re incentivized, the world looks very different. We explore how Bitcoin restructures incentives away from coercion and toward cooperation, why violence becomes less profitable in a Bitcoin world, and how self-custody changes the calculus of power.","meta_description":"From the pandemic response to central banking, media narratives, and Bitcoin adoption, we examine a simple heuristic: if the product is free, you are the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3224,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-what-is-money-show-1365694/episodes/why-central-banking-incentivizes-corruption-and-bitcoin-doesn-t-w-robin-seyr/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/why-central-banking-incentivizes-corruption-and-bitcoin-doesn-t-w-robin-seyr.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}