The Other Side of the (Bit)Coin with Ben McKenzie
4/15/20261 hr 37 min
As cryptocurrency continues to embed itself in American politics, Jon is joined by Ben McKenzie, author of "Easy Money" and director of "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money." Together, they investigate why digital currency appeals to those failed by traditional finance, examine how crypto reproduces and amplifies the same exploitative dynamics with even less regulation, and explore how it undermines democratic institutions while enriching the insiders closest to power. Plus, Jon talks pardons, TDS, and DMs! This episode is brought to you by: MINT MOBILE - Shop plans at https://mintmobile.com/tws INCOGNI - Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code Stewart at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/stewart FAST GROWING TREES - Go to https://fastgrowingtrees.com/tws and use code TWS to get 20% off your first purchase. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:
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[upbeat music] Hey everybody, welcome to The Weekly Show podcast. My name is Jon Stewart. It is April 14th. Ah, tax day eve. I think this is coming out tomorrow. What a, what a lovely time we're having. I feel energized, ladies and gentlemen. I feel, uh, I feel as though, like spring, there's a little crack of sunshine in the shit show that we have been living through, uh, thi- this past year and change. Uh, Hungary has offered us a respite. They have shown, "Oh, you don't... Th- there is an opportunity for voters to have the last say." And it, it filled me with a hope, and I urge you to take sustenance and, and resolve from their joy and jubilation in kicking out a corrupt, uh, kleptocracy. I think that's why I have the energy. It could also be because, uh, President Trump did heal me as Jesus Trump, uh, just recently. If you don't know, uh, go to the picture. Uh, but clearly he's given me a little bit of a... It's like a little vitamin B12 shot in the ass really. There's nothing like a glowing orb being placed on your forehead. That combined with, uh, the election, uh, with Orbán. But we're gonna move past all that now. We're gonna,