Adam Curry on Podcasting with Bitcoin

 
 
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“Paypal de-platform people, MasterCard, which is the processing behind a lot of these systems de-platform people… and the only thing left is Bitcoin.”
— Adam Curry

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Squadcast
Date: Monday 9th November
Project: No Agenda Podcast
Role: Co-Host

Adam Curry, along with Dave Winer are credited as the creators of podcasting in the early 2000s. The idea of allowing anyone to broadcast over the internet in an unfiltered and uncensored manner was revolutionary.

For nearly two decades, podcasting has grown into an industry, which Business Insider predicts will be worth $1billion by 2021. 

With the meteoric rise in podcasting, some podcasts are attracting more followers than mainstream TV shows, for example, Joe Rogan regularly receives more than 10 million listeners per show. 

Advertisers wanting exposure to these audiences is the most common way to monetise podcasting. Adam Curry wants to move away from revenue driven by advertising which he believes is a form of censorship. Again Adam is attempting to revolutionise podcasting with Podcast Index that will, optionally, allow micropayments via Lightning Network to reward podcasters for their content.

In this interview, I talk to the podfather Adam Curry. We discuss the origins of podcasting, COVID-19 & vaccinations, de-platforming & cancel culture and utilising the Lightning Network for podcast micropayments.

TIMESTAMPS

00:03:53: Introductions
00:04:18: COVID-19 vaccines
00:06:22: Election conspiracy theories
00:12:29: MMRI in the UK
00:13:43: The health passport
00:15:00: CBDCs replacing cash
00:17:00: The WEF and the great reset
00:20:45: Other viruses and the HIV/AIDS crisis
00:23:16: China
00:24:31: Hospitals and ventilators
00:27:18: China's penetration of the US
00:30:03: CBDCs and Bitcoin
00:32:00: Adam's introduction to Bitcoin
00:35:06: Origins of podcasting
00:37:25: The beginnings of Podcast Index
00:39:47: Alex Jones and de-platforming
00:43:49: Micropayments on the Lightning Network
00:51:46: Advertising as censorship
00:56:44: Bitcoin's second layer
00:58:25: Podcast Index - where and how
01:02:46: Spotify
01:05:22: Joe Rogan and Alex Jones
01:09:00: Final comments

 

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