🎧 Taiwan sits at the heart of global geopolitics, caught between history, identity, and rising tensions with China. In this episode, Chris Horton takes us inside the island’s struggle for survival and what it means for the world today. Chris is a journalist based in Taiwan since 2015, covering the country’s foreign relations, domestic politics, economy, and society. Chris has released his first book: Ghost Nation: The story of Taiwan and its struggle for survival. Other ways to listen:
🎧 Peter Fzero ( @Fzero ) is a tattoo artist, designer, and decade-long Bitcoiner. He is part of the 2140 Art Collective which includes over 50 artists exploring themes of Bitcoin / privacy / freedom / and consciousness through art. Other ways to watch:
The Dangers Of Reporting On China W/ Peter Langan | The Transformation of Value It has become increasingly difficult, and even dangerous to report on China. What does this mean for journalists covering sensitive topics like military defence, human rights, and politics? Peter Langan is a journalist with extensive experience including almost 20 years with Bloomberg News in various roles such as: Asia Editor-at-Large and Tokyo Bureau Chief. He later worked as senior editor for the China Desk at South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, during the time of the 2019 democracy protests, the emergence of Covid 19, and the imposition of the National Security Law upon Hong Kong. [Other ways to listen.]()
🎧 It has become increasingly difficult, and even dangerous to report on China. What does this mean for journalists covering sensitive topics like military defence, human rights, and politics? Peter Langan is a journalist with extensive experience including almost 20 years with Bloomberg News in various roles such as: Asia Editor-at-Large and Tokyo Bureau Chief. He later worked as senior editor for the China Desk at South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, during the time of the 2019 democracy protests, the emergence of Covid 19, and the imposition of the National Security Law upon Hong Kong. Listen now: Other ways to listen:
🎧 For over 20 years Stiven Kerestegian has been exploring questions of design, innovation, and disruption, working with some of the world’s biggest brands including Microsoft, LEGO, and recently as Head of Global Innovation at IKEA. But since discovering Bitcoin in 2017 everything has changed, Stiven has turned his focus towards applying design thinking to this new form of money, and how we might use it to build a more open and resilient financial system for the world. Other ways to listen:
Why does Bitcoin struggle to find its place in the real economy of supply chains, factories, and things? What role does credit play in building the economy, and could a new layer on top of Bitcoin be the missing piece? Hubertus Hofkirchner is an economist and entrepreneur from Austria. Hubertus is a key figure in developing the Bitcredit Protocol, an open-source initiative focussed on building a flexible credit money layer on top of Bitcoin for enabling businesses to finance working capital needs, using bills of exchange and ecash. Other ways to listen:
I just made my first Lightning payment from my own node! @Umbrel β˜‚οΈ + Ride the Lightning. This is incredible. Not nearly as difficult as I thought. I have connected my node to @ZEUS wallet as well. image This tutorial from Satoshi Radio helped a lot: The only issue I encountered testing payments on Ride the Lightning was the need for a "max-fee" to be set, which was not available on the dashboard payment widget, but which can be found under "Advanced Settings". image Will keep learning! #MOE