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The Latin American History Podcast aims to tell the story of Spanish and Portuguese America from its very beginnings up until the present day. Latin America’s history is home to some of the most exciting and unbelievable stories of adventure and exploration, and this podcast will tell these stories in all their glory. It will examine colonial society, slavery, and what life was like for the region’s inhabitants during this period. We will look at what caused the wars of independence, how the ...
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Live From Bitcoin Beach! This channel is an opportunity to showcase the thoughts and views of Bitcoiners coming through El Zonte, El Salvador. Also known as Bitcoin Beach, this location is ground zero of the Bitcoin and Orange Pill revolution sweeping the nation since President Nayib Bukele made Bitcoin legal tender. We showcase the bustling Salvadoran Bitcoin community, thriving day-to-day using BTC as actual money. From local Bitcoiners to to well-known figures like Giacomo Zucco of Plan B ...
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Mats and Miles is a weekly show about yoga, running, and Pilates featuring conversations with everyday people who champion a consistent movement practice. Hosted by Shuva Rahim, you'll learn from inspiring practitioners and instructors, get fitness-related recommendations, and hear race reviews. Go deeper in the stretch or pick up the pace as you learn, get inspired, and have fun reaching your fitness goals.
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Coming from the much loved platform Know Your Caribbean, this podcast is geared entirely to telling the stories of the Caribbean, it's history and culture, food, music and more. Including the fan favourite Gangsta Stories from the Caribbean. Here to uplift, empower through education in ways that make you feel connected to yourself. So get to know yourself through Know Your Caribbean. Hosted by Fiona Compton with special guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Eight! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. After traveling for the better part of a month, it’s good to be back home and back in the podcast studio. As always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there li…
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Hey folks, as always, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. This is just a little episode marking the beginning of a show hiatus. When I was a kid, the auto plant in my town would occasionally shut down for a few months, for “re-tooling” – something necessary when they switched from making sedans to making mini-vans, for example. That’s…
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To celebrate the 100th episode of the Latin American History Podcast, today we have a special episode (the first of two parts) on Latin American music. In this one we look at the significant contribution made by Latin America's Afro-descended populations on many of the region's genres. We discuss some of the musical techniques used in genres such a…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I can’t deny it, it feels pretty good to reach the one hundred show mark, four and a half years and one pandemic after I started this project. The experience has been all the things – interesting, challenging, frustrating, and…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, I sit down with Gerald Wilkie to explore his company's plans to revolutionize Bitcoin mining and repair in El Salvador. Gerald shares their commitment to quality over quantity and their progress towards being fully operational by the end of Q3 with 74 megawatts of mining power. We discuss the challe…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Nine! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. This show is dedicated to the memory of Gary Pinson. Gary lived over in the Missouri Ozarks and every October he and his family would come over to Snake Road in southern Illinois, which is where I first met him. It got to be a…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, join me as I sit down with Dylan LeClair to discuss his incredible journey in the Bitcoin space. In this episode, Dylan shares how he went from being a business school student working manual labor jobs to becoming a key player in the Bitcoin community. We dive into Dylan's recent visit to El Salvado…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, this episode features a captivating conversation with Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike. Join us as we dive into Jack's remarkable journey, from his initial doubts and lack of direction to becoming a driving force in the Bitcoin revolution. Jack shares his experiences in El Salvador, highlighting the coun…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, I'm excited to bring you a captivating discussion with Kristine Cranley on the transformative power of Bitcoin. In this episode, Kristine shares her incredible journey into the Bitcoin space, which began with her work helping women in crisis pregnancies. She discovered Bitcoin as a solution to finan…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, we have a special guest today, the renowned rapper, podcaster, author, and champion women's deadlifter, Zuby. In this episode, we delve into Zuby's first impressions of El Salvador as he visits for President Nayib Bukele's inauguration. Zuby shares his admiration for Bukele, highlighting the signifi…
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It has been quite a while since we looked at what was happening in Spain and Portugal, and while they have not often been directly relevant to the story of Latin America, things are about to change. In this episode we look at the contemporary kings of Iberia and why, although their reigns did saw huge growth in their New World empires, they general…
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In this episode, host Lyla June talks with Maria Azhunova of the Buryat-Mongol Indigenous Peoples, Director of the Land of Snow Leopard Network. Their discussion focuses around the significance of the Snow Leopard, it's meaning and how they are spreading awareness and education on this sacred animal, as well as protecting the animal from humans and…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, join us for an inspiring conversation with Maya Parbhoe, a visionary leader with ambitions to transform Suriname. In this episode, Maya shares her compelling journey and vision for her country, deeply inspired by El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption. Maya provides a captivating history of Suriname, highli…
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In 1555 the Kingdom of France took the dramatic step of attempting to colonise Brazil. This was the first time that a non-Iberian nation had challenged Portuguese and Spanish hegemony on the continent and would set a precedent which would later be followed by other European powers. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sit down with Surfer Jim, a veteran Bitcoiner and construction business owner, to discuss the importance of estate planning for Bitcoin holders. Surfer Jim shares his journey from a construction entrepreneur to a Bitcoin advocate, emphasizing the need for proper estate planning to…
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Hugo Wong's book 'America's Lost Chinese' tells the fascinating - and often forgotten - story of a group of Chinese emigrees who made a home for themselves, first in California and then Mexico. It is a story which spans the full spectrum of human experience – involved in it are meetings with presidents and successful business ventures, but also rev…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sit down with Camila Campton, a passionate advocate for Bitcoin, who shares how the decentralized currency is forging new paths for wealth creation right at home. Camila discusses the transformative potential of Bitcoin in Latin America, where people can now build generational wea…
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In the final part of our series on the conquest of Chile, the conquering stops and a long drawn-out war begins. This will begin a pattern which will continue to the present day, as the Mapuche people fiercely resist outside incursions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, we dive deep into the transformative potential of Bitcoin as a superior form of money, perfectly aligned with modern technological advancements. Join me as I sit down with renowned economist Saifedean Ammous, author of "The Bitcoin Standard," to explore how Bitcoin's hard money prin…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Seven! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I just got back from a great herping trip to Suriname. You may remember my conversation with Dick and Lieke back in episode 79 and it was fun to go visit and see how they operate herp tours there, and the answer is they do ve…
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The next phase of Valdivia's campaign was one of expansion. Things were going well, and new settlements were founded. It wasn't all easy however, he faced internal dissension and difficult weather slowed his progress. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircl…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sat down with Nico from Simply Bitcoin to explore the seismic shift we're living through—the separation of money and state—and how Bitcoin plays a pivotal role in this transition. Nico shares his experiences in El Salvador, where Bitcoin has been embraced as legal tender, and how …
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In this episode host Lyla June talks with Shelly Covert, spokesperson for the Nisenan Indigenous Nation, native to Grass Valley & Nevada City areas of northern California. Co-founders of CHIRP (California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project) Shelly Covert and Ember Amador discuss their $2.4M GoFundMe campaign to recover sacred lands stolen during…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, join me as I sit down with the one and only BTC Sessions, the popular Bitcoin educator and YouTuber from Canada. In this episode, we dive into his inspiring journey into the world of Bitcoin and his mission to create informative and easy-to-understand educational content for the masses. Discover the…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Six! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s the last Sunday in April which means that this is the last episode in Season Four – we start Season Five on the first of May and I should have a show out around the middle of May, after I return from a trip to Suriname. An…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, as we dive deep into a fascinating conversation with Preston Pysh, a prominent voice in the Bitcoin community and a former Buffett enthusiast turned Bitcoin maximalist. We delve into Preston's transformative journey from adhering to Warren Buffett's investment strategies to embracing Bitcoin. Throug…
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After all his difficulties preparing for his expedition, Valdivia was finally ready to march down into central Chile. While what he found there wasn't as inhospitable as his countrymen back in Peru believed it to be, it wasn't easy either. The first years of his new colony were a constant struggle to survive as setbacks came from every direction. S…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Lawrence Lepard. We dive deep into Lawrence's intriguing journey from a technology investor to an advocate for sound money and Bitcoin. Lawrence shares how the 2008 financial crisis radically shifted his perspective, leading him to explore and eventually embr…
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Today we start a series on the conquest of Chile. In today's episode we introduce the main protagonists, and the difficulties preparing for a venture which most Spaniards thought was madness. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt…
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Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, where I have the pleasure of hosting Mike Germano, President of Bitcoin Magazine, to talk about the remarkable influence of Bitcoin in El Salvador, especially during the Bitcoin halving 2024. We explore the cultural and social dimensions of Bitcoin and how it has reshaped his family's outlook on it.…
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Almost at the same time that Miguel de Buria was founding his brief free kingdom, another man was doing the same in Panama. Bayano would prove to be even more of a problem for the Spanish than his counterpart in Venezuela. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://red…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Five! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of new Patreoners! – Derek Gillespie and Paul Duren, thank you both so much for supporting the show! Much appreciated! And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to ke…
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Today's episode is an interview with Camilla Townsend about her new book The Aztec Myths. In it we discuss the origins of the Aztec, the workings of their calendar, the codices which provide us with a vital insight into the Aztec world, and how Aztec religious practices were impacted by Christianity after the conquest. The book can be pre-ordered h…
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Join Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, as we dive deep into a fascinating conversation with Albert Wolframm, a traveler, Bitcoin enthusiast, and advocate for small, local businesses. Albert shares his experiences visiting El Salvador, specifically the Berlin area and its impressive rapid Bitcoin adoption among local merchants and th…
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In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Marina Thomas, a curly haired, light skinned Onk Akimel O'odham mother fighting for the existence of our culture so our kids can play in the water. Their discussion focuses around the intense urbanization, colonization, distortion of their history and water theft the Akimel O'odham people are facing in the…
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