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- Yesterday57 min
Guest: Bri Teresi - Free The Money: Privacy Coins, Self-Custody & Taking Back Control
Matt and Jason sat down with Bri Teresi, host of the Free the Money Show and one of the most prominent voices for financial freedom in crypto, with more than 2.5 million followers across Instagram and X. A former model and golf influencer, Bri grew up questioning the system: her grandfather’s blog was shut down by the government, and her mother taught her about central banking and sound money long before school did. She went all in on crypto in 2019 and now teaches everyday people about privacy coins, self-custody and digital privacy. The conversation covers how Trump’s executive order banning a CBDC was celebrated as a win while the GENIUS Act quietly built a door through that wall. Twenty-one of the world’s largest banks, including Goldman Sachs, Citi and Bank of America, now plan to launch a joint dollar stablecoin in 2027, and every coin must have the built-in ability to be frozen or seized on a court or federal agency order. Bri makes the case for privacy coins like Monero, Zcash and Zano, and for Freedom Dollar (fUSD), a decentralized stablecoin with no freeze key. The episode also breaks down the Zano exploit and month-long rollback that followed Hard Fork 6, how Bitcoin faced a similar crisis in 2010, and how a crypto team owning its users’ losses compares to the 2008 bank bailouts. For the White Pill, Bri walks beginners through moving crypto into a self-custody wallet, swapping into privacy coins and starting with small test transactions. She recommends simple privacy tools like Brave, Signal and Proton Mail, and leaves listeners with one piece of advice anyone can follow: buy some physical silver, and set aside part of every paycheck for hard assets. (Length: 59:28) Guest Links & Resources: Bri Teresi’s YouTube (Free the Money Show): youtube.com/@briteresi Bri Teresi on X: x.com/briteresi Freedom Dollar (fUSD): freedomdollar.com Sponsored by Above Phone — the secure, open‑source smartphone built for privacy and freedom. Learn more. Support The Free Thought Project
- 1 weeks ago57 min
Guest: Chris Rufer - Beyond Democracy: Human Respect And The Pursuit of Happiness
Matt and Jason sat down with Chris Rufer, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity and founder of The Morning Star Company. Rufer started Morning Star in 1970 as a one-truck operation hauling tomatoes to canneries. He built it into one of the world’s largest tomato processors, run through what he calls Mission Focused Self-Management, with no titles or appointed hierarchy of authority. In 2007 he established the Foundation, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to spreading the Philosophy of Human Respect: the idea that initiated violence and theft always decrease human happiness, harmony, and prosperity. He has been named the 2026 FreedomFest Freedom Award recipient, an honor previously given to Thomas Massie and Lyn Ulbricht. Rufer builds the philosophy from the ground up. He separates personal principles, like a diet or the color of the car you buy, which people can compromise, from natural principles like gravity, which are discovered rather than invented and can’t be bargained with. From three axioms (people want to be happy, violence always decreases happiness, and theft always decreases happiness), he derives the moral principle of human respect: if you want to be happy and want others to be happy, don’t use violence or theft. He argues this leaves no room for the state, which he defines as a place where some people hold a monopoly on violence. It also leaves no room for “limited government,” since nobody wants limited theft or limited violence. The conversation digs into why so many people defend that arrangement, from the social contract to “who would build the roads?” Rufer points out that “government” is a concept, not a physical thing, and that every law is ultimately backed by a person with a gun. In his view, voting is hiring an agent to do what you wouldn’t do yourself. He suggests naming the actual person, the bureaucrat or enforcer, instead of hiding behind the word. The discussion also covers divide-and-conquer politics, why most politicians believe they’re doing good, and how moral progress like abolition and women’s suffrage took generations of changed minds. Rufer’s view is that force only hardens beliefs, so talking, writing, and living by example are the tools. On the debate between principle and pragmatism, he sees no conflict: he drives on public roads while arguing for private ones, yet refuses Social Security, Medicare, and government subsidies himself. For the White Pill, the question was what a listener worn down by the corruption of the elite can do right now. Rufer’s answer is simple: build a solid understanding of the natural principle underneath the philosophy, communicate it positively to as many people as possible, and act in ways that reflect those beliefs to the degree you can. If you’re thirty-five years into government service and tied to your retirement, he says, understanding and communicating the principle is enough. His optimism rests on a single point: people want to be happy and free to choose, so the shift beyond democracy toward a society built on human respect will happen. Guest Links & Resources: Chris Rufer’s Website (The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity): harmonyandprosperity.org Support The Free Thought Project
- 2 weeks ago1h 25m
Guest: Scott Horton - AIPAC, Israel & The War Machine: Who Really Drives U.S. Foreign Policy
Matt, Jason, and Don sat down with Scott Horton, director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, and host of The Scott Horton Show, which has logged more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. The author of Fool’s Errand, Enough Already, and Provoked, and co-host of the Provoked podcast with Darryl Cooper, Scott has spent decades making the case against American empire, and his recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience carried that message to a huge new audience. Scott opens by arguing that AIPAC’s decision to stop publicly endorsing candidates is damage control for a toxic brand, not a loss of influence, since its super PAC keeps operating. From there the conversation turns to Iran, where he argues that diplomacy was within reach, that Iran was not racing for a bomb, and that the strikes and the killing of the supreme leader have empowered military hardliners and raised the pressure to build one. On Ukraine, he walks through NATO expansion, the Istanbul talks, and why he believes security guarantees are now the central obstacle to a settlement, warning that every month of fighting weakens Ukraine’s hand and that a US promise to fight Russia “next time” would be dangerous. The group also weighs how the midterms could shift American support for the war, and whether artists owe the public a political stance on war, given the career risk of taking one. To close on a positive note, Scott is asked how to channel the growing left-right fatigue with endless war and rising prices into a movement that can dismantle the military-industrial complex. His answer starts with Ron Paul’s lesson that education and public consensus come first. He points to pressure at the state level and in House races, where no lobby can control all 435 districts, stresses that the presidency is where war powers ultimately sit, and names sincere America First figures such as Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent as the kind of leadership that could bring a soft landing for the empire. He wraps up by pointing listeners to the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom, a library of long-form courses designed so anyone can get up to speed on the Middle East, the new Cold War, and the war in Ukraine. (Length: 1:27:37) Sponsored by Above Phone — the secure, open‑source smartphone built for privacy and freedom. Learn more at https://abovephone.com/TFTP Support The Free Thought Project Guest Links & Resources: Scott Horton’s Website (ScottHorton.org) Featured Resource: Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom The Scott Horton Show The Libertarian Institute Antiwar.com Books: Provoked, Enough Already, Fool’s Errand, and more at the Libertarian Institute book catalog
- 3 weeks ago1h 13m
Guest: Whitney Webb - Beyond Epstein & Maxwell: Revisiting The Machinery of Blackmail
This week, The Free Thought Project revisits our conversation with investigative journalist Whitney Webb of Unlimited Hangout, recorded just one day after she finished writing One Nation Under Blackmail. With Ghislaine Maxwell’s 20-year prison sentence central to the original discussion, we explored a question that extends far beyond either individual: Who enabled this operation—and who escaped accountability? Webb examines Epstein and Maxwell’s connections to powerful institutions, reported intelligence ties, links to Israel, and the history surrounding Robert Maxwell and Iran-Contra. We also discuss secrecy and redactions surrounding the case, Epstein’s little black book, his attempt to acquire an airline, questions surrounding Mark Middleton’s death, and reported connections involving Disney and the CIA. Throughout the conversation, Webb makes the case for understanding blackmail as a tool of influence and political control—and for keeping public pressure on the institutions implicated in the broader story. Presented again with its original recording context, this interview offers a deeper framework for examining the Epstein case beyond the headlines. (Length: 1:17:48) Sponsored by Above Phone — the secure, open‑source smartphone built for privacy and freedom. Learn more at https://abovephone.com/TFTP Whitney’s work: Unlimited Hangout Whitney's book: One Nation Under Blackmail Support The Free Thought Project
- 4 weeks ago1h 4m
Guest: Matt Taibbi - 8 Years After The Purge: Revisiting Our Talk With Journalist Matt Taibbi
On October 11, 2018, The Free Thought Project was swept up in the mass purge of independent media from social media. Years of work and an audience of millions disappeared. Matt Taibbi was one of the few mainstream journalists who recognized the stakes, interviewed us for Rolling Stone, and treated our removal as a serious threat to free speech. Eight years later, we’re revisiting our March 2025 conversation with him. With this week’s guest canceling and Jason traveling next week, we’re bringing back an interview that means a great deal to us—with a new introduction from Jason Bassler and Matt Agorist reflecting on the purge, its lasting consequences, and what stood out when listening again. In the original interview, we explore how Taibbi came to cover our deplatforming and what his reporting helped us understand about the apparatus surrounding it. We discuss the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, accusations that misrepresented our work, and the overlap between government interests, Big Tech, and organizations claiming to fight “disinformation.” The conversation also examines censorship across party lines, including Trump’s executive order concerning anti-Israel speech on college campuses. Taibbi shares his experience of having his reach suppressed on Elon Musk’s platform after helping expose censorship through the Twitter Files—and the financial and personal toll that followed. These discussions were recorded in March 2025. We’re sharing them again because the anniversary deserves more than a passing mention—and because rebuilding an independent outlet doesn’t erase what happened to it. ▶️ Listen to the replay, featuring our new introduction. They called it fighting disinformation. We got to call it rebuilding our livelihood. Sponsored by Above Phone — the secure, open‑source smartphone built for privacy and freedom. Learn more at https://abovephone.com/TFTP Read Matt: https://www.racket.news/ Follow Matt: https://x.com/mtaibbi Support The Free Thought Project
- Oct 5, 20261h 7m
Guest: Ford Fischer - Fall of The Boogaloo: Big Guns, Hawaiian Shirts, & Federal Informants
Matt and Jason sat down with Ford Fischer, the independent journalist and filmmaker behind News2Share, in his first return to the show in nearly six years. Ford is editor-in-chief of the News2Share streaming platform, which specializes in raw video journalism on political activism. His footage from Charlottesville appeared in the PBS documentary Documenting Hate: Charlottesville, which earned an Emmy honor. For more than a decade, he has filmed protests, militias, and activists on every side that mainstream outlets avoid, and he has kept at it despite censorship and demonetization by big tech platforms. His new multi-part docuseries, Fall of the Boogaloo, is the most ambitious project of his career. The conversation traces how Ford went from documenting militia members keeping the peace at Charlottesville to following the Boogaloo movement: a decentralized, internet-born subculture of gun enthusiasts, libertarian-leaning anti-police-violence activists, and meme culture that mainstream media badly misunderstood. Ford explains how he earned the trust of these armed, paranoid groups and why he thinks his refusal to editorialize is what let him in. He describes the story that made him realize there was a documentary to be made, the FOIA records he gathered to test what he was being told, and the infighting and paranoia that tore the movement apart. The discussion covers the role of informants in these groups, what the Inspector General's report found about confidential sources at January 6, and how misleading narratives about armed Boogaloo "fire teams" made their way into the impeachment fight. It also explores provocateurs at rallies, the tactics used to push people toward crimes, and the continued reliance on informants today across the political spectrum. Ford shares how he stays calm around armed and hostile crowds, the de-escalation that has kept him safe, and how he responded when the FBI reportedly asked him, through a source, to delay a this documentary. For the White Pill, the conversation turns to whether peaceful, unified movements can survive federal interference. Ford argues that the answer starts with refusing to let fear and finger-pointing tear groups apart, and with being honest with one another when the feds come knocking. He makes the case for public disclosure, and for movements and trusted independent journalists to form a coalition of mutual interest in exposing what the state is doing. He also hopes viewers on the left and right will recognize themselves in the Boogaloo story and understand that this could happen to them. Along the way, the discussion highlights moments when the movement came together across lines of race and ideology, including Boogaloo members and BLM 757 standing together in Richmond and pushing out white supremacists, as proof that unity is what the establishment fears most. (Length: 1:09:53) Sponsored by Above Phone — the secure, open‑source smartphone built for privacy and freedom. Learn more at https://abovephone.com/?above=thefreethoughtproject Guest Links & Resources: Ford Fischer's Website (News2Share) Featured Video/Resource: Fall of the Boogaloo, Episode 1 News2Share on Instagram Ford Fischer on X Support The Free Thought Project
- Sep 28, 202652 min
Guest: Mark Maresca - The White Pill Roadmap: Reimagining Society For A Voluntary Future
In this episode of The Free Thought Project podcast, Matt Agorist and Jason Bassler sit down with Mark Maresca, a prominent advocate for voluntaryism and the creator and host of The White PillBox podcast and Substack. Maresca has established himself as a vital voice in the liberty movement, dedicated to dismantling the illusion of political authority and equipping individuals with positive, solution-oriented frameworks to overcome state overreach. The conversation begins with a clear, grounded definition of voluntaryism, illustrating how everyday consensual interactions prove that people already operate under stateless principles in their private lives. The discussion dives deep into the 30,000-foot view of statism, exploring how the persistent belief in political authority is sustained through state-driven legitimacy narratives and media control rather than sheer physical force. From deconstructing classic objections like the "warlord scenario" and the "social contract" myth to analyzing effective communication strategies that plant seeds of liberty without triggering psychological defenses, the dialogue highlights the steady erosion of state legitimacy. This awakening is further demonstrated by growing, organic pushback against pervasive surveillance infrastructure—such as the widespread deployment of Flock automated license plate readers—proving that public skepticism toward centralized control is accelerating faster than ever. Closing on an inspiring "white pill" note, the discussion emphasizes how the decentralized structure of the internet permanently waters down state propaganda, allowing individuals to discover parallel networks and embrace true self-sovereignty. Rather than falling into demoralization or endless political cycles, the path forward relies on voluntary association, counter-economics, and local community building. Looking decades into the future, a genuinely free society is framed not as an unattainable utopia, but as a practical world defined by peaceful cooperation, direct competition, and the absolute freedom to opt out of centralized state monopolies in education, utilities, and daily life. (Length: 53:05) Guest Links & Resources: Mark Maresca's Substack: Mark Maresca on Substack Support The Free Thought Project
- Sep 21, 20261h 14m
Guest: Charlie Robinson - Two Factions, One Agenda: Unmasking The Octopus of Population Control
In this episode of The Free Thought Project Podcast, hosts Matt Agorist and Jason Bassler sit down with returning guest Charlie Robinson. Charlie is a researcher, author, host of the Macroaggressions podcast, and owner of Activist Post. He is also the author of The Octopus of Global Control and his latest work, The Octopus of Population Control. Known for bringing a massive paper trail of direct receipts to expose centralized agendas, Charlie breaks down how top-down engineering shapes everyday life. The conversation opens with a deep dive into the mechanisms behind depopulation agendas, contrasting the technocratic, system-builder approach of historical eugenicists against more destructive geopolitical factions. The discussion moves into how traditional eugenics was strategically rebranded as transhumanism, leading straight into modern technocracy, algorithmic conditioning, and the hyper-addictive parasocial nature of AI companion platforms. The episode addresses demographic shifts, manufactured economic scarcity, biological stressors, and the psychological impact of demoralization, while also taking a side trip into the world of live debates and the growing public appetite for raw, unfiltered discourse. Ending on a high note, the final portion of the episode focuses on keeping humanity unbroken in the face of heavy topics. Drawing on insights from Doug Casey, the discussion centers on focusing strictly on what individuals can control: daily actions, local resilience, personal health, and physical community. Rather than falling into demoralization or learned helplessness, the show emphasizes practical steps to decouple from broken systems, preserve sovereignty, and actively starve the machine through conscious lifestyle choices and solution-oriented media. (Length: 1:16:32) Guest Links & Resources: Charlie Robinson's Website: The Octopus of Global Control Activist Post: ActivistPost.com Macroaggressions Podcast: Macroaggressions.io Featured Book: The Octopus of Population Control Support The Free Thought Project
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