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Adam O'Brien Show

Adam O'Brien Show

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Adam O’Brien Show is a podcast dedicated to the relentless pursuit of objective truth through conversations with Bitcoiners and other truth seekers. Hosted by entrepreneur and Bitcoin Well founder Adam O’Brien, the show explores the ideas shaping our world, from bitcoin and macroeconomics to sovereignty, technology, culture, and faith. Through long-form conversations with investors, authors, builders, and independent thinkers, Adam breaks down complex topics like broken money, financial systems, and the societal shifts happening around us. The goal is simple: help the next generation think more clearly about the world they’re inheriting and the systems that influence it. Whether it’s understanding bitcoin, questioning accepted narratives, or exploring deeper philosophical questions about truth and responsibility, each episode invites listeners to step outside the noise and engage with ideas that matter. If you’re curious about bitcoin, interested in macro and the future of money, or simply searching for honest conversations about the forces shaping our world, this show is for you.Copyright 2026 Economics Personal Finance Spirituality
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  • 07: The Future of Bitcoin, Fiat Currency & Schooling with Daniel Prince

    07: The Future of Bitcoin, Fiat Currency & Schooling with Daniel Prince
    Jun 9 2026
    Are we ruining Bitcoin by centralizing it?In this episode, I chat with Daniel Prince, a British Bitcoin podcaster, author, and digital nomad known for sharing how Bitcoin reshapes real lives. We get into how homeschooling, unschooling, and world schooling challenge the traditional education system, and why lived experience often teaches more than any textbook.We also get into spirituality and the Bible, including how you can actually trust it and why that matters when you start questioning bigger systems. I reflect on how following incentives changes how you see everything from Bitcoin and financial systems, to health conversations around vitamin B3 niacin and natural light.Daniel shares how stepping away from conventional paths led him to rethink parenting, learning, and what freedom actually looks like for a family. This conversation hit close to home as I navigate homeschool vs public school, screen time, and raising kids who can think for themselves.You’ll Learn:[00:00] Introduction[03:06] Who actually owns the science, and what they do with it[10:38] Why Daniel walked away from a 15-year forex career to travel the world with his kids[40:50] The 1902 secret meeting that built every system you grew up inside[49:57] Why Bitcoin, of all things, led Daniel straight to Jesus[59:00] What ancient tablets, a dying prophecy, and a NASA eclipse confirm about the Bible[01:13:34] Fallen angels, the Nephilim, and what the Bible says caused the flood[01:27:41] How Macron's homeschool crackdown exposed the indoctrination hiding in plain sight[01:30:29] The word no one wants to say and the paper trail that proves they should[01:40:00] The slow-motion capture of Bitcoin most people refuse to see[01:48:38] How Bitcoiners are building community offline and why the code war still mattersResources Mentioned:The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss | Book or AudiobookNiacin: The Real Story by Andrew W. Saul MS PhD et al. | BookThe Grant Williams Podcast | WebsiteTrustedHousesitters | WebsiteWillard Krehl’s Vitamin B3 research | PubMedJohn Holt’s Growing Without Schooling | WebsitePeter Gray | WebsiteJohn Taylor Gatto | WebsiteDr. Naomi Fisher | WebsiteDaylight Computer | Websitef.lux® | WebsiteFind more from Daniel:Daniel Prince | XOnce BITten Podcast | WebsiteChoose Life by Daniel Prince | BookFind more from Adam O’Brien:Adam O’Brien | XAdam O’Brien | InstagramAdam O’Brien | SpotifyStay connected with Adam’s latest insights by following along on all social platforms.
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    2 hrs and 10 mins
  • 06: Why Bitcoin Is The Only System That Can't Be Corrupted By Power | Tomer Strolight

    06: Why Bitcoin Is The Only System That Can't Be Corrupted By Power | Tomer Strolight
    May 26 2026

    Can Bitcoin really protect humans from corruption?


    Nobody tells you that the worst sentiment in Bitcoin's history arrived right alongside the best fundamentals on paper. Governments buying, institutions stacking, every business able to accept it, and yet the mood feels like a funeral. Tomer Strolight has a theory about why, and it starts with what new buyers were never taught.


    Most systems of law punish you after you break the rules. Bitcoin won't let you break them in the first place. That single distinction reshapes everything, from how we think about governance to why politicians accumulate wealth that their salaries can't explain.


    Tomer spent a decade as a convinced atheist building a career in corporate boardrooms. Then depression, psychedelics, and a deep study of Bitcoin's design pulled him somewhere he never expected to go. The guy who once dismissed faith ended up being baptized in the Atlantic Ocean at a Bitcoin conference.


    This conversation covers civilizational decay, the aligned incentives that make Bitcoin ungovernable, why democracy might be the god that failed, and what happens when a philosopher stops fighting the idea that the universe has a creator.


    You’ll Learn:


    [00:00] Introduction

    [01:56] What Bitcoin cycles, the Ethereum hard fork, and Satoshi's sacrifice all have in common

    [13:27] Why Bitcoin's incentives make cheating the system impossible

    [17:05] Free will vs. predestination: why God had no choice but to give us one

    [21:32] Why a Holocaust-era family and the 2008 bailouts destroyed his faith in Western institutions

    [34:51] The case that democracy was always going to fail, and what Bitcoin does about it

    [58:22] Bitcoin as civilization's foundation: the system where breaking the rules is impossible

    [01:07:38] Why unchecked government power has a genuinely demonic quality

    [01:16:56] What the BIP 110 debate reveals about Bitcoin's developer problem

    [01:40:58] From atheist to baptized believer: the psychedelic experience that led him to God


    Resources Mentioned:


    Bitcoin is Generational Wealth - A Short Film | YouTube

    Ethereum | Website

    Mt. Gox | Wikipedia

    Silk Road | Wikipedia

    Square | Website

    Genesis Block | Wikipedia

    2008 Financial Crisis | Wikipedia


    Find more from Tomer:


    Tomer Strolight | X


    Find more from Adam O’Brien:


    Adam O’Brien | X

    Adam O’Brien | Instagram

    Adam O’Brien | Spotify


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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • 05: AI's Hidden Dangers, Bitcoin Culture & YouTube Secrets | Julian Figueroa

    05: AI's Hidden Dangers, Bitcoin Culture & YouTube Secrets | Julian Figueroa
    May 12 2026

    At some point, every system breaks when people stop thinking for themselves.


    I’m joined by Julian Figueroa, a bitcoin educator and filmmaker known for turning complex ideas around hard money and self-custody into content people actually stick with. We keep coming back to the same underlying problem: what happens when you stop thinking from first principles and start outsourcing judgment, whether that’s to AI writing tools, authority figures, or the crowd.


    There’s a clear difference between content built on conviction and content that’s engineered to perform, and that gap shows up in everything from content creation to how ideas spread. The same pattern starts to appear in unexpected places: how people treat Bitcoin, how they think about privacy, even how belief systems form and fracture over time.


    At a certain point, the question stops being about tools or strategy and becomes about responsibility… Who's actually doing the thinking?


    Somewhere between the pressure of the YouTube algorithm, the pull of certainty, and the temptation to defer, there’s a line that’s easy to cross and hard to notice.


    You’ll Learn:


    [00:00] Introduction

    [06:11] Why AI can't replace a writer who thinks from scratch, and what strong conviction has to do with it

    [14:33] What it actually takes to make a Bitcoin video go viral

    [28:30] Why the Bitcoin philosophers who never spend it are missing the point

    [37:21] Bitcoin's privacy problem, and why it matters more than most Bitcoiners admit

    [40:57] The three types of governments that will exist on a Bitcoin standard

    [01:01:51] How much history can actually be trusted, and the archbishop who found Marcus Aurelius in the ruins

    [01:05:12] Decentralized church, false doctrine, and why Bitcoin maxis and religious followers make the same mistake

    [01:16:15] The danger of outsourcing your thinking to AI, leaders, or anyone else

    [01:29:05] Pascal's Wager and why Bitcoin conviction follows the same logic as faith

    [01:39:00] Bitcoin is a foundation; it changes how you value your time and everything else


    Resources Mentioned:


    Pascal’s Wager | Website

    Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius | Website

    Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Nakamoto, S. | Article


    Find more from Julian:


    Julian Figueroa | X

    The Exit Manual | YouTube


    Find more from Adam O’Brien:

    Adam O’Brien | X

    Adam O’Brien | Instagram

    Adam O’Brien | Spotify


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    1 hr and 42 mins
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