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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#749: Lyme Disease and Biowarfare with Kris Newby

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8804 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Marty sits down with Kris Newby to discuss the hidden history of tick‑borne bioweapon research, the rise of Lyme and Alpha‑Gal allergies, and what it means for public health today.

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.9

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.3

Chris, welcome to the show.

0:37.5

Thank you for joining me.

0:38.8

Hi, Marty.

0:39.6

Thanks for inviting me on.

0:41.5

Well, I'm very excited to do this for the audience out there.

0:44.3

Who may not know, sitting down with Chris Newby, who's an award-winning science writer, investigative

0:49.2

journalist and senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary under our skin.

0:53.7

She also wrote a book called Bitten, The Secret History of Lime Disease and Biological

0:58.0

Weapons in 2019.

1:01.0

You won three awards for that book, but I think most importantly, you're delving into this

1:08.0

particular line of investigative reporting started because you and her husband were

1:12.7

bitten by ticks, Martha's Vineyard in 2002, and basically went on a wild goose chase to figure

1:20.2

out what happened to you. And through that process, sort of went bankrupt and went down this rabbit hole.

1:29.7

So this is a beat you've been covering for over two decades now at this point.

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