The Unlimited Hangout Podcast with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin

The Unlimited Hangout Podcast Ep #03 - The Bitcoin-Dollar (w/ Whitney Webb)

In this episode, Whitney and Mark discuss their actual (and often misrepresented) views on Bitcoin and stablecoins and how both are due to be used in tandem to expand dollar dominance, address the US’ debt issue, and perpetuate “crypto-colonialism” around the world.

0:00 Intro, AI Op-Eds, BTC vs AI

22:00 Why Discuss Bitcoin?

26:00 The Bitcoin-Dollar overview, Petrodollar analog

36:00 Lockdowns, "The Birth of The Bitcoin-Dollar" in 2020

48:00 GFC 2008: The Hope and Change Bait ’n’ Switch

55:00 The Techno-Dollar, Digital ID and Money

1:10:00 CBDCs vs Stablecoins, Public-Private Partnerships

1:19:00 The Stablecoin Wars, GENIUS ACT Bankruptcy Clause

1:30:00 The Debt Problem, Bitcoin as the Debt Sink

1:39:00 Gold, Bitcoin and The "Multipolar" World

1:56:00 The Bitcoin Culture War

2:03:00 AI’s End Game, The False Binary

2:17:00 Stablecoin's Destabilization in LatAm Coming Home To USA

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The Unlimited Hangout Podcast Ep #02 - Stargate Argentina

In the second episode of The Unlimited Hangout Podcast, Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin discuss their latest investigation into OpenAI’s Stargate Argentina data center and the man behind it Emiliano Kargieman. They discuss how Kargieman is a part of a close-knit group of Argentines sponsored by the American group Endeavor that have blurred the lines between Argentina’s tech sector and Silicon Valley. In addition, they note that his company Satellogic is working closely with Palantir and SpaceX to create a global satellite surveillance network that aims to soon “predict the future.”

The discussion also covers the proposal for Stargate Argentina and how Emiliano Kargieman has suggested that OpenAI may not end up being the ultimate user of the center once built, due to an AI debt bubble. He further seems to suggest that the Argentine State will likely use it as it "digitally transforms" under Javier Milei into an AI-powered surveillance state.

0:00 Introductions

2:50 Discussion Overview

10:31 What is Stargate Argentina?

19:28 Who is Emiliano Kargieman?

26:00 What is Satellogic? Debt From Above Overview

30:00 Early Life: Endeavor, Core Securities, Hacked By Owls, Whuffie Bank

46:20 The Creation of Satellogic at Singularity University

55:15 Ames Research, Pete Worden, Mike Griffin and BlastOff!

1:01:01 DC-X into SpaceX, SDIO and the Private Space Nexus

1:07:01 Merlin: Palantir in Space, AI + SATL = Predictive Surveillance

1:20:00 Stargate Argentina, “A Source of Dollars”, Pax Silica

1:37:01 Bubbles Build Infrastructure, AI and Enron Overlaps

1:47:01 Pre-Crime, Digital Twins

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Read our 2024 investigation into Satellogic, Debt From Above, here: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/04/…

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In the pilot episode of The Unlimited Hangout Podcast, Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin discuss their latest investigation into Polymarket and how the company was born out of a desire to resurrect the US military's controversial Policy Analysis Market, also known as the Terrorism Futures Market, from 2003.

Also discussed is the largely unknown background of Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan, the role of oligarch Peter Thiel in privatizing failed DARPA programs like the Policy Analysis Market, and how Coinbase helped sunset Polymarket's unofficial predecessor Augur after Coinbase's earliest employees poured money into Polymarket shortly after its founding.

0:00 Intro, Why A New Video Show, and Latest Piece Reactions

7:29 Brief History of Prediction Markets

18:57 DARPA, PAM, and Robin Hanson

32:07 Privatizing the Information Awareness Office

39:30 The Napsterization Model and Sean Parker

48:56 Shayne Coplan Before Polymarket

56:17 Joey Krug, Augur, Thiel Fellow and Founders Fund

1:05:52 Augur = Napster, Polymarket = Spotify

Read Part 1 of UH's Polymarket investigation here: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2026/06/investigative-series/the-secret-history-of-polymarket-part-1/

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Iain Davis joins Whitney Webb to discuss his forthcoming book, The Technocratic Dark State, which explores how the so-called “counter-elites” and tech billionaires behind much of the second Trump administration’s policies envisage a world remarkably similar to, and perhaps even worse than, that of the globalist oligarchs long reviled by Trump’s electoral base.

Show notes.

Follow Iain: Pre-Order The Technocratic Dark State : Trump, AI, and Digital Dictatorship, http://IainDavis.com, Iain Davis, Author at Unlimited Hangout, Substack, and Iain Davis |http://X.com.

Originally published 12/18/25.

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The PayPal Presidency Part IV: Teaching Technocracy with John Klyczek

Whitney and John Klyczek discuss how Big Tech, led by the PayPal Mafia, and neo-conservative think tanks are converging to influence Trump administration education policy and education financing.

Show notes.

Follow John: Unlimited Hangout, @ProfessorTaoist | X, School Worldhttp://Order.com, TrineDay

Originally published 08/22/25.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by Mark Goodwin to discuss how the passage of the GENIUS act is the culmination of decades of the PayPal Mafia's efforts in the digital finance space.

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Follow Mark: Unlimited Hangout, @markgoodw_in, The Chain Series

Originally published 07/24/25.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by Iain Davis to discuss his recent article series on the philosophy and political theories that motivate the PayPal Mafia and their most prominent members like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.

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Follow Iain Davis: https://iaindavis.com, Substack, OffGuardian, Unlimited Hangout, Geopolitics & Empire, Books by Iain Davis

Originally published 03/31/25.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by UH contributor Max Jones to discuss the influence of the PayPal Mafia's Peter Thiel on Trump's HHS, the likely policies of a RFK-led HHS, and what the expansion of the contracts between HHS and the Thiel-founded Palantir portend for the expansion of the surveillance state.

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Follow Max: @maxyyjones, Max Jones | Substack, Max Jones | Unlimited Hangout

Originally published 02/10/25.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by Dr. Jacob Nordangard to describe the early influence of oligarchs like the Rockefeller clan in the development of the UN and other international institutions, efforts to hijack the environmental movement to further corporate control of planetary resources, and the UN policy agendas seeking to digitalize and surveil both people and planet.

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Follow Jacob: jacobnordangard.se, Amazon.com, Skyhorse Publishing, Jacob Nordangård - YouTube

Originally published 11/25/24.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by independent media veteran James Corbett to discuss the upcoming US presidential election, how it differs from previous cycles and why rejecting the corrupt political duopoly is more important than ever.

Published 10/25/24.

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Follow James:
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In this episode, Whitney, along with UH contributor Mark Goodwin, talk to John Titus about the recent US economic crises, the role of BlackRock on US fiscal policy during crisis events, and the brazen criminality of Wall Street and how deeply corrupted financial institutions enable their plunder of taxpayer wealth.

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Follow John Titus :
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Originally published 10/04/24.

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Whitney is joined by Unlimited Hangout contributor Stavroula Pabst to discuss Peter Thiel, the man behind Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance and the CIA-linked architect of key aspects of the technocratic surveillance state.

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Follow Stavroula: @stavroulapabst / X and Stavroula Pabst | Substack

Originally published 07/25/24.

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In this episode, Whitney and Mark Goodwin discuss their recent article on GREEN+ and its efforts to impose a carbon market on Latin America through satellite surveillance and opaque contractual agreements as well as attempts to obfuscate a shift to totalitarianism as "free market" capitalism and altruism.

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Follow Mark: @markgoodw_in, BTC Magazine.

Originally published 04/29/24.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by UH assistant and podcast producer Star to discuss key aspects of the AI "revolution" including its short and long term effects and if it is possible to use AI without succumbing to its negative impacts.

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Originally published 02/01/24.
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In this episode, Whitney and Ryan discuss how the epidemic of narcissism feeds the ambitions of the powers that be and leads many to invest in a false, virtual self.

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Originally published 09/19/23.

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Whitney is joined by Bitcoin Magazine's Mark Goodwin to discuss how bitcoin is being used by some to dollarize the world and entrench the very same financial power structures, particularly in the developing world, that bitcoin was ostensibly created to challenge. Also discussed are suspect stablecoins and the roles of some in crypto in building out the global digital surveillance panopticon and testing those technologies on vulnerable populations.

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Follow Mark Goodwin: @markgoodw_in, Bitcoin Magazine Store, and Articles by Mark Goodwin - Bitcoin Magazine.

Originally published 06/02/23.

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In this episode, Whitney talks to Stavroula Pabst about the reconstruction efforts in Ukraine and how much of Ukraine's government and infrastructure has been outsourced or sold off to Western corporations that are using the country as a testbed for 4IR technologies.

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Follow Stavroula: @stavroulapabst and Substack

Originally published 05/11/23.

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Whitney is joined by Catherine Austin Fitts to discuss the current financial situation and what to expect in the short term, why the US government is using the crisis to push for greater bank consolidation, the FedNow service and the role commercial banks are set to play after the rollout of CBDCs.

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Follow Catherine: Solari Report

Originally published 04/18/23.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by Maddie Bannon to discuss FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and his role in removing regulatory obstacles for the "healthcare" related wearable, implantable devices and other emerging technologies seen as crucial to the advance of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

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Follow Maddie: TLAVagabond Substack, Manufacturing Reality, @llspacejellyll

Originally published 04/03/23.

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In this episode, Whitney is joined by Marty Bent and Mike Krieger to unpack the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the financial instability that has ensued and interrogate the flimsy narratives used to justify, among other things, the SVB bail-out and the shutdown of Signature Bank.

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Follow Marty on Twitter @Martybent, TFTC.com, TFTC - YouTube, Rabbit Hole Recap

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Originally published 03/17/23.

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