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

For Unlimited Hangout's investigation on the subjects, check out https://thechain.wiki

For Mark's book on the subject, check out https://thebitcoin-dollar.com

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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

Read the Stargate Argentina article here: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2026/08/…

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, IainDavis.com, Iain Davis, Author at Unlimited Hangout, Substack, and Iain Davis | X.com.

Originally published 12/18/25.

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 World 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: 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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Originally published 02/10/25.

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