AmeriCOIN feat. Joe Weisenthal

TRASHFUTURE

Comedy

4.6 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week, we speak with Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) of the Bloomberg dot com Odd Lots podcast about minting the coin. But not just any coin: a strange loophole in a ’90s law designed to let the U.S. Mint produce collectors’ coins basically means that, if they wanted to, the director could order the Mint to issue a platinum coin of any denomination. Two dollars. Ten million dollars. One trillion dollars. But will the Democrats use this to completely undercut Republican debt ceiling brinkmanship? Probably not? Check out Odd Lots here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/odd-lots/id1056200096 If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* SSee Trashfuture live in London on February 20 featuring special guest Nish Kumar! Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-podcast-with-nish-kumar-tickets-528472574697 *BERLIN LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're also doing a show on March 11 in Berlin! Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-in-berlin-tickets-525728156067 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to this free episode of Trash Future.
0:17.2	It is myself, Riley.
0:18.4	I'm joined in studio by Milo.
0:22.6	I also have Insane's the three one.
0:24.6	Damn, you...
0:25.6	You left him like hanging, you know, left him waiting for it.
0:28.6	You load him into a full sense of security.
0:30.6	That's what I'm doing.
0:31.6	I'm playing a dangerous game.
0:33.6	I thought I was going to get it.
0:34.6	But I cannot believe that you have embarrassed me in front of the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast host and returning guest, Joe Eisenthal.
0:42.8	Joe, how's it going?
0:43.8	It's good.
0:44.5	Thank you so much for having me.
0:45.9	I'm just psyched to be back.
0:47.4	I was thrilled by the invite to talk about one of my favorite topics.
0:51.4	Oh, we are literally thrumming with excitement about the coin. One of my favorite topics. Oh, we are literally thrumming with excitement about the coin.
0:56.2	One of my favorite topics, the second after Riley explained it to me.
1:03.1	I've been thinking about the coin.
1:05.0	We've been talking about the coin, speculating about what could go on the coin.
1:10.1	Oh, yeah.
1:10.5	You know, I took a road trip with a friend of mine in, uh, 2021 when there was like a
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