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Ravin' Girls: A Raven Cycle Podcast

Shannon Pack and Nievita Hartness

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We’re Shannon and Nievita, and we’re the Ravin’ Girls! Welcome to our Raven Cycle podcast, where we analyze Maggie Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle as a cycle, taking a look at the connections and foreshadowing running throughout the series. We dissect the themes of the books, discuss the arcs of the wonderfully complex characters, and take “Deep Dives” on the origins, folklore, mythology, history, and fandom that surrounds this iconic young adult series. Each episode covers 3-5 chapters worth of ma ...
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We Are All Just Costumes That Death Wears for a Season Forgotten, forgetful gods (of a sort) walk among us. The Fallen Cycle was created by James Curcio and a rotating team of creative collaborators over the years, this transmedia project intertwines illustrated novels, comics, and a prior foray into audio fiction. Discover more at FallenCycle.com We recommend you start from the first episode and listen in installments.
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Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts. The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Traveler's Dilemma, and the Public Good game. Episodes also include conversations on dilemmas in TV/Movies, sports, and board/card games, as well as the history of military, intelligence (spies), politics, and economics. The objective is simply to think critically about how people make strategic choi ...
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Are there any parallels between real life conspiracies and events in the Star Wars universe? What about conspiracies in the Star Wars universe itself? This podcast discusses both. Open your mind and let the force flow! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/conspiracyintheforce/support
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Season 1, Episode 5: The Raven Wanderer Returns Gran’s story continues. Ayta, Elena, and Nyssa navigate the complexities of the outer city of New Babylon under the guidance of Eluane, the Raven-Wanderer. His mysterious past and true intentions gradually become more clear as he leads them through a chaotic urban landscape to a hidden safehouse. At t…
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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo is a Founder & the Chief Strategy Officer of Ledn. In this interview, we discuss mining Bitcoin in Maduro’s Venezuela, the mining crackdown, escaping hyperinflation, shorting fiat, and how the world will come to Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/escaping-hyperinflation This episode’s sponsors: IREN…
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Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist, investment strategist and General Partner at Ego Death Capital. In this interview, we discuss the unwinding of the Japan carry trade, the Fed cutting interest rates, how broken money leads to social unrest and what all of this means for Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/lyn-alden-on-japans-…
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Andrew Bailey, is a Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Bradley Rettler is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming and Craig Warmke is a Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University. In this episode we discuss their book Resistance Money and the global net-benefits of Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoin…
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Eric Yakes is the Managing Partner at Epoch and the Author of The 7th Property: Bitcoin and the Monetary Revolution. In this interview, we discuss the economic theory of marginalism, how this translates to Bitcoin, Bitcoin adoption cycles and the challenges of investing in Bitcoin companies. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitc…
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In this episode, Nick and Chris discuss black swan events, which are rare and unpredictable events with significant consequences. They explore the criteria for a black swan event and provide examples such as the 2008 financial crisis and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They also discuss the predictability of these events and the impact they have on soc…
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Vivek Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur. In this interview, we discuss fears about America’s current path, burgeoning state power, regulatory capture, dismantling the administrative state, restoring America's prosperity, and why American ideals are fundamentally aligned with Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/will-tru…
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Season 1, Episode 4: The Temple of the Sun In a harrowing turn of events, Ayta, Elena, and Nyssa are led to the summit of the Temple of the Sun, where they face a trial that will test their resilience and bind them in unexpected ways. They are swept into a ritual that marks them in flesh and spirit, intended to bind them as possessions of the city’…
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Luke Gromen is the Founder and President of Forest for the Trees and Preston Pysh is a founder of The Investor Podcast Network. In this interview, we discuss the desperate global debt problem, American decline & global monetary strategies, Bitcoin vs dollar milkshake scenarios, and how the US could back treasuries with Bitcoin to alleviate its loom…
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Matthew Pines is the Director of Intelligence at SentinelOne and a National Security Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. In this interview, we discuss geopolitical flashpoints of destabilisation, global nuclear-threat game theory, the implications of extraterrestrial technology, and the nation-state Bitcoin race. – Show notes: https://www.whatb…
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Rob Hamilton is a co-founder and the CEO of AnchorWatch. In this interview, we discuss polarisation in geopolitical vs Bitcoin spheres, American ethos and the Bitcoin-Trump alliance, the bitcoin-dollar games being played, Bitcoin leverage attacking the dollar, and Bitcoin’s adoption inflection point. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/pod…
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In this episode, the hosts discuss short selling and short squeezes in the stock market. They provide examples from movies like 'The Big Short' and 'Casino Royale' to explain the concept of short selling. They also explain the mechanics of short selling, including opening a brokerage account, borrowing stocks, and monitoring account equity. The hos…
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Christian Keroles is the Director of Financial Freedom at the Human Rights Foundation. In this interview, we discuss the virality and volatility of the adoption chasm, mental models for hyperbitcoinisation, and the rewards of Bitcoin repricing the world. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/a-mental-framework-for-bitcoin This episod…
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Season 1, Episode 3: Nefalibita In the third episode of the Summer Tree, young Ayta becomes further enthralled by her grandmother’s tales from the Second World, now focusing on Lilith, one of the twelve Fallen. Gran reveals that Lilith’s destiny instigates profound changes across both Alterran and our world, with the threat of future apocalypse eve…
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Brandon Quittem is the VP of Revenue at Swan Bitcoin. In this interview, we discuss The Fourth Turning, how the cycles play out and what they mean, the clear signs we’re in a fourth turning, the possibility of total war and how Bitcoin can be instrumental in the proceeding first turning. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-four…
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Whitney Webb is an independent investigative journalist and founder of Unlimited Hangout & Mark Goodwin is the author of The Bitcoin Dollar. In this interview, we discuss the Bitcoin dollar system, corruption & compromised elites and proliferating the US dollar hegemony. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-us-dollar-heg…
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Season 1, Episode 2: Journey To The Heart Of The Sun We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. The Summer Tree begins in earnest with Gran's fantastic story of escaping the terror of Siberia in the early 1900s and passing through a gate to another world. The focus of her tale to come will be on her journey through this realm, the character…
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Whitney Webb is an independent investigative journalist and founder of Unlimited Hangout & Mark Goodwin is the author of The Bitcoin Dollar. In this interview, we discuss the bitcoin-dollar system, financial terrorism, and how intelligence agencies have captured elites, global finance firms, and tech giants to control a new monetary system. – Show …
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NVK is the founder of Coinkite and a board member at OpenSats. In this interview, we discuss the threat of centralised AI, building a decentralised alternative with Bitcoin, and the power of open source in resisting a surveillance technocracy. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/resisting-a-surveillance-technocracy This episode’s s…
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Charles Guillemet is the Chief Technology Officer at Ledger & Ian Rogers is Chief Experience Officer at Ledger. In this interview, we discuss vulnerabilities and the foundations of secure Bitcoin wallet design, exploits and grey markets, secure silicon vs opensource, and building tools for the future of digital freedom. – Show notes: https://www.wh…
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Matthew Mežinskis is the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast and Porkopolis Economics. In this interview we discuss the history of central bank debt and crises, money destruction & printing, hyperinflation, and Bitcoin’s base money update and price models. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-v-the-us-debt-bomb This episode…
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The Rational Root is a Bitcoin on-chain & cycle analyst. In this interview, we discuss the Bitcoin ETF flows and how this cycle compares to previous ones, where we are on Root’s spiral chart, the supply dynamics at play and how liquid supply is dropping rapidly. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/is-the-bitcoin-cycle-broken This e…
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Season 1: The Summer TreeEpisode 1: Prologue, “The Two Aytas” On Ayta’s seventh birthday, there came a knock on the door, and her namesake stood before her. Gran Ayta. Once a thing of myth, descended from legends. Now she seemed just a stooped old woman, but appearances can be deceiving. Ayta’s lonely childhood was soon transformed by Gran’s fantas…
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Marshall Long is the Head of Architecture for Rhodium Enterprises. In this interview, we discuss the risks of mining centralisation from both the miner & pool perspective and how we can mitigate these and the geopolitical arms race for Bitcoin mining. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-mining-arms-race This episode’s s…
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Aleks Svetski is an entrepreneur, author and Bitcoin advocate. In this interview, we discuss his upcoming book “The Bushido of Bitcoin,” governance & power vacuums, monarchy vs democracy, CEO-kings, and virtues for a Bitcoin world. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/a-bitcoin-society This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining.…
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Checkmate is an on-chain analyst and founder of checkonchain. In this interview, we discuss the Mt.Gox coins that are about to hit the market, where we are in this cycle, ETF flows and the futures cash and carry trade and if Checkmate’s $250k price prediction is still in play. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoins-coiled-spr…
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SummaryIn this episode, the hosts discuss various topics including Chris' recent wedding, changes in Adobe's terms and conditions, and the practice of scalping restaurant reservations. They explore the implications of Adobe's attempt to own the intellectual property of content created on their software and the backlash they faced. They also delve i…
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Michael Goldstein is the co-host of the Noded Podcast and President of the Nakamoto Institute. In this interview, we discuss the re-launch of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, ending the fed, libertarianism, monetary economics, and preserving generational Bitcoin values. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/why-bitcoin-takes-all This …
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Michael Malice is an anarchist, author, and podcaster. In this interview, we discuss US & UK elections, Warren’s corruption, Trump’s legal case and whether Texas will secede from the United States. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-dysfunctional-state This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitc…
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niftynei is a CoreLN contributor and a Bitcoin educator. In this interview, we discuss Bitcoin education, Lightning development, sovereignty, ecash, ossification, covenants, time-locks, tokens, and zero-knowledge tech. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-truth-about-bitcoin-scaling This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining…
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Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss the role of the Fed and central banks, fractional reserve vs free banking, how bitcoin could change these dynamics and if we should actually end the Federal Reserve System. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/will-bitcoin-end-central-banking-lyn-…
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Casey Rodarmor is a bitcoin developer and the creator of the ordinals, inscriptions, and runes protocols. In this interview, we discuss ordinal theory & inscriptions, the purpose of runes and why these projects have received so much backlash. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/breaking-bitcoin-with-casey-rodarmor This episode’s sp…
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Marty Bent is a Venture Partner at Ten31 and founder of the Bitcoin-focused media company TFTC.io. In this interview, we discuss the state of corporate media, how the deep state is fighting bitcoin and the game theory of Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-white-pill This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mini…
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Erik Voorhees is the founder of Satoshi Dice, ShapeShift & Venice.ai. In this interview, we discuss the size and role of government, the growth of Bitcoin & how it can help restrain the power of the state as well as Venice AI and the future of artificial intelligence. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/erik-voorhees-on-bitcoin-ai …
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Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, we discuss AI and its progression towards artificial general intelligence, the implications of AI in warfare, issues of censorship and governance, and the potential for misuse of AI in the future. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-ai-threat-t…
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Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and activist. In this interview, we discuss Trump & Bitcoin, the Ross Ulbricht case, the rise of the technocratic state, surveillance & privacy and the AI digital arms race. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-technocratic-state This episode’s sponsors…
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Tuur Demeester is a Bitcoin investor and economist. In this interview, we discuss government corruption and the spending spiral, the creep of communism, the need to embrace volatility, if we can salvage democracy in a humble revolution, and why 2024 is the year of Bitcoin mass adoption. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitco…
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Zack Voell is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Botanix Labs and Willem Schroe is Co-Founder and CEO at Botanix Labs and the Inventor of the Spiderchain. In this interview, we discuss how and why Botanix are bringing an Ethereum Virtual Machine to Bitcoin, the culture clash and building on Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoi…
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Parker Lewis is a Bitcoin writer and educator and Head of Business Development at Zaprite. In this interview, we discuss scaling self-sovereignty vs sound money, code-changes, covenants, and risks in the regulatory, ETF, mining, and social layers. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoins-economic-incentives This episode’s spons…
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Avik Roy is president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity think tank and a policy Editor at Forbes. In this interview, we discuss why Trump is supporting Bitcoin & crypto, the power of the growing Bitcoin voter base, and the coming fight with regulators. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-back-on-the-ballot…
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Ben Carman is a co-founder of The Bitcoin Company and contributes to many projects in Bitcoin, and Tony Giorgio is the co-founder and CEO of Mutiny Wallet. In this interview, we discuss the regulatory pressures on bitcoin developers, fighting for inalienable rights, sovereignty and building a robust ecash future. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitco…
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Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy. In this interview, we discuss ossification, user rights, sovereignty, funding Bitcoin development, the political war over digital asset regulation, and the sly roundabout revolution. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-is-forever-money This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Minin…
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Matt Corallo is a Bitcoin Core developer and ​​open-source engineer at Block/Spiral. In this interview, we discuss wallet software, money laundering, and government, decentralisation and privacy, Bitcoin’s big design challenges, and the path forward. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/an-existential-threat-to-bitcoin This episode’…
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In this episode, the hosts discuss the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy, which is when outcomes are analyzed out of context, giving the illusion of causation rather than attributing the outcome to chance. They provide examples of this fallacy, such as the alcohol industry pushing back on labels that state alcohol causes cancer. They also touch on the nar…
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Junseth is an OG Bitcoiner and the former co-host of Bitcoin Uncensored. In this show we dissect what started as a scam phishing call to Junseth and turned into an interview of the scammer, how people are vulnerable to scams, and how to protect yourself. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-scammer-uncensored This episod…
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Daniel Roberts is the co-founder of IREN. In this interview, we discuss surging demand vs power scarcity chokepoints, balance sheet strategies, changing AI & Bitcoin energy use narratives, mining in a bull-run and a multi-decade outlook. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-ai-power-scarcity This episode’s sponsors: IREN - B…
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Macro Alf is the founder of The Macro Compass, an investment strategy firm. In this interview, we discuss QE & debt in Japan, instability from artificial stability, if a recession is imminent, and the globally managed fiat decline. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-vs-the-fiat-decline This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitco…
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NVK is the founder of Coinkite and a board member at OpenSats. In this interview, we discuss new incentives with increasing attacks on privacy, oppressive vs small government, market stoicism, and how entrepreneurs change the world. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/how-bitcoin-changes-the-world-with-nvk This episode’s sponsors: …
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Lawrence Lepard is an Investment Manager and Austrian Economist and Quoth The Raven is an independent financial researcher. In this interview, we discuss how the dollar could fall, signals in the bond market, what central banks can do, and the debt spiral unwinding. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-fiat-apocalypse This episo…
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