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What are Christian Icons? How do they help us draw closer to God? IJ Makan gave up a promising career in tech to start painting sacred images to help draw people closer to God. Listen to his story.More episodes - https://thetransformationofvalue.com/IJ Makan on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan/

We look for truth in many places. From Bitcoin and science to AI and technology, but where does truth come from, and what does Christ mean in our always-online digital world?More episodes - https://thetransformationofvalue.com/

Technocracy was a 1930s movement that wanted to replace elected governments with engineers and scientists running society through rationality and systems. What does it mean today in our world of algorithms and Big Tech?Anton Cebalo is a writer and historian. He has been published by Noema, The Guardian, The Brooklyn Rail, and Palladium.Anton's substack - https://novum.substack.com/Welcome to the Technocracy article - https://donotresearch.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-technocracy Anton's website - https://www.antoncebalo.com/Support my work - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support

What are loot boxes in video games? What about market places for in-game weapons and character "skins"? How can we look at the way game companies like Valve design economies around these systems and act as virtual central banks? What can this teach us about Bitcoin and the wider economy?I talk with my friend Anthony Lam, a serial entrepreneur and builder, as well as founder of a fintech advisory company. Anthony is based between Hong Kong and Tokyo. Support this show - https://thetransformationofvalue.com/

What is the difference between reporting and journalism? Is the news a "product" or can it be something more?Christ Gilbert is an NZ journalist living in Japan.Chris Gilbert IG - https://www.instagram.com/cagilbz/Chris Gilbert LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopheralangilbert/Chris Gilbert's company - https://www.itsferret.com/

Where did this show come from? How did it start? What does The Transformation of Value mean for me?--The Transformation of Value by Cody Ellingham - https://thetransformationofvalue.com/🎧 Music by Simon James French - https://kyotoinsound.com/

My writing and thoughts - https://codyellingham.substack.com/See more episodes - https://thetransformationofvalue.com/

Neoliberalism is the political-economic system that has dominated the world for 40 years, but what does it really mean and how does it relate to Bitcoin?Free markets, deregulation, and a disdain for the state are all hallmarks of Bitcoin thinking, but these echo the same political ideas that shook the world since the 1980s.Roger is the author of Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?: The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin in Techno-Nationalist China. Roger is a frequent Bitcoin commentator and speaker, writing for publications such as Forbes.We talk about the complexity and contradictions of neoliberalism, as well as the place Bitcoin plays in it.SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportWould Mao Hold Bitcoin?: The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin in Techno-Nationalist China - https://www.amazon.com/Would-Mao-Hold-Bitcoin-Techno-Nationalist/dp/B0D7672L8XUnderstanding Neoliberalism as a System of Power, Damon Silvers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLtkJ-AgLuYBeyond the New Right - Markets, Government and the Common Environment, John Gray - https://www.routledge.com/Beyond-the-New-Right-Markets-Government-and-the-Common-Environment/Gray/p/book/9780415107068The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age, James Dale Davidson,  William Rees-Mogg - https://www.amazon.com/Sovereign-Individual-Mastering-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720A Brief History of Neoliberalism, David Harvey - https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Neoliberalism-David-Harvey/dp/0199283273

RECORDED 26th February 2026.In the 1970s Mehdi Bassiri worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Government of Iran, including as an attache in London before coming to Tokyo, where he rose to the position of first secretary at the Iranian Embassy. In 1979, the Iranian revolution took place and Mehdi found himself navigating between the old and the new regimes.Support my work - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support

What is the underpinning of the modern world? Where do we get our morals from? Have we forgotten our past?James Kierstead co-hosts Free Kiwis!, a podcast dedicated to free speech in New Zealand, and previously was a Research Fellow with the New Zealand Initiative, focussing on higher education policy, including academic freedom.James studied classics at Oxford and Ancient History at the University of London, and holds PhD in Classics from Stanford.Free Kiwis! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPbHlVTOvfAby8JY47SLdWkgA0kvxneQ6SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support