In this 2024 addition of my annual roundtable conversations, we reflect on the year past, touching on key events and developments that shaped the world. But as is often the case, the discussion takes a turn into philosophical territory, exploring deeper questions about the nature of connection, the search for meaning,

Guy is a libertarian and bitcoiner who hosts the long running Bitcoin Audible podcast, and more recently the Ai Unchained podcast. Guy has been a long time advocate for decentralised technology, cypherpunk values, Austrian economics, voluntarist philosophy, and how all of these fields intersect. **Guest** Twitter: http

Johnny Vedmore is an independent investigative journalist based in Cardiff, Wales. His work shines a light on the dark histories of all kinds of influential and powerful figures in the world, both currently and in the past. **Guest** Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnnyVedmore Website: https://johnnyvedmore.com/ Newspas

Hrvoje Morić is a historian and the host of the Geopolitics & Empire podcast. Hrvoje hails from the United States and was bred between the two worlds of America and his ethnic homeland of Yugoslavia/Croatia. He is also a naturalized Mexican, now residing in Guadalajara, and hosts The Hrvoje Morić Show on TNT Radio. Hrv

Jonny Hodl of The Staying Free Podcast discusses the increasing censorship facing independent media and mistakes alternative platforms have been making. His central concern is the threat of the coming Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) combined with Digital Identity. Sam Altman's Worldcoin and Elon Musk's X are ex

Robert Breedlove is a writer, philosopher and freedom maximalist who has found his life’s work in the Bitcoin space as a contributor to the separation of money and state. Through his writing and media work, Robert aims to elucidate the importance of freedom and self-sovereignty across all spheres of human action. Guest