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A central question is whether legislative guardrails should depend on assumptions about intent. Even if programmable money is developed with beneficial goals, should reasonable safeguards be established before it becomes part of our financial infrastructure? What protections would be prudent regardless of whether the ultimate outcome is positive or negative?
Ricardo interviews returning guest Nathan Siles about the biophysics of sleep and why modern indoor, artificial environments have disrupted it, increasing risks like cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration when sleep is too short or too long.
The first three episodes of John Titus’s War for Bankocracy series, which examines the hidden power of central banks, aired in February and March 2025. While patiently awaiting the next installment, we chose the three initial episodes—titled “Warning Shot,” “A Government unto Itself,” and “The Lie of Fed Independence”—as our Documentary of the Year for our 2024 Annual Wrap Up on Protecting Your Assets.
The War for Bankocracy
Episode IVa
The United States of Addiction
A Series by John Titus
EPISODE IV a
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John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts open with the U.S. 250th anniversary and preview Titus’s “War for Bankocracy” episode 4A on Alexander Hamilton, the Bank of New York, and private credit addiction.
Carlos Alegría and Ed Dowd of Phinance Technologies highlight many invaluable data-driven insights on the inflation we are currently experiencing.
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Introduction
A major, multipronged push is underway by both public and private players to move currency, bank deposits, and stocks and bonds onto distributed ledgers (…
As we navigate the acceleration in technological innovation, data scientist and software developer Travis Oliphant is someone who can help us understand and manage the growing presence of AI in our lives.
Efforts are underway to compromise the governance of 401(k)s in a manner that could lead to inappropriate access by alternative investments, including crypto, private equity, and hedge funds. Tiffany Cianci and Catherine discuss what is happening and consider some of the other meltdowns in our financial regulation and standards.
The ongoing sabotage or destruction of oil and gas production and refining and transportation facilities worldwide is an important pattern, as are rising costs or renegotiated agreements relating to trade channels and bottlenecks.
John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts argue the Iran conflict can be “lost” on three circuit breakers—military, energy, or financial—and contend the U.S. effectively lost due to inflation, energy constraints, and financial pressure rather than battlefield outcomes.
Returning guest Keidi Obi Awadu discusses food as medicine and also looks at how game theory can help us understand current events.
Susan Luschas returns with an update on her latest cash-related efforts in South Dakota. At a time when Mr. Global is trying to build a freedom-throttling “three-lock” transaction system that allows surveillance and interference by outside parties, she shows that transacting with physical cash is not only a powerful and satisfying form of pushback, but one that is fun!
John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts discuss their theme “Who’s in charge?” as geopolitical and market “theater” intensifies, focusing on Iran’s surprising strikes, the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed, Yemen’s Red Sea ban on Israeli-linked shipping, and the idea that the U.S. is banking on economic war while Iran pushes militarily, with central bankers and the bond market ultimately “calling the shots.”
Elze van Hamelen’s new blockbuster report, Mr. Global in Your Street: Local Politics and Money Are the Last Line of Defense, will help you recognize how UN-inspired policies are playing out in your locality and to provide you with a practical and strategic manual for pushback.
John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts frame the episode around “American Psychos,” comparing public officials’ cheerful talk of violence and confiscation to American Psycho, then discuss Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent bragging about seizing Iranian crypto and properties without due process.
Dr. Jon Padfield offers a wealth of intelligence on how you can protect your privacy in the face of ever-encroaching technology.
Fourth-generation cattle farmer Will Harris tells the story of White Oak Pastures, a highly successful, vertically integrated regenerative farm that produces and sells meat direct to consumers and through retail stores around the country.
If technocracy is the operating system, the dialectical engine is what keeps the participants too busy fighting each other to look at the architecture. Courtenay Turner refuses to stay inside the daily dialectic, instead tracking the institutions, founders, methodologies, and funding lineages that explain how we arrived where we are.
Catherine and John use Trump’s “not even a little bit” remark as a theme to discuss shifting realities in geopolitics, finance, and domestic governance.
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Note: This is a dynamic checklist, first published on April 16, 2025. As new developments arise, we are adding them to the checklist, noting the date of their additio…
New mothers are propagandized before they ever become pregnant. In Jessica Bell’s view, the antidote is not to do battle with the old system but to patiently construct a new one—guided by mentors and peers who have already walked the path.
John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts warn to “brace for impact,” arguing a depression is coming and that US leadership can only “do well” by plundering the population as a debt-based system turns parasitic.
Alastair Crooke’s perceptive Middle East and global geopolitical analysis diverges sharply from the boilerplate Anglo-American policy consensus. The word Crooke chooses to describe the road ahead is “catharsis.” His insights inspire our pathway forward.
“A Legislator’s Guide to Programmable Money, Part Three” serves as a follow-up to the in-depth discussion of programmable money in the February and March briefings.
Catherine and John frame an “inside trader’s apocalypse,” questioning insider trading, prediction markets, and a staged “assassination” narrative they argue is used to push a costly White House ballroom distraction while highlighting Vance’s role in advancing stablecoins and digital tokens.
Living plasma reminds us of something that ancient civilizations always maintained: that the charge of true power resides in the stars.
Book Review: Charged by Gerald Pollack
The Unexpected Role of Electricity in the Workings of Nature (2025)
by Ulrike Granögger
University of Washington professor Dr. Gerald Pollack featured…
The 1st Quarter Equity Overview looks at what has happened so far this year in the global markets and reviews variables with the potential to affect the markets in the coming months.
On May 19, 2026, Congressman Thomas Massie will face one of his most high-profile primary elections yet. Its outcome will have significant implications not only for Kentucky politics but for the American political system as a whole.
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