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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

The Other Side of the (Bit)Coin with Ben McKenzie

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Comedy, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.510.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

As cryptocurrency continues to embed itself in American politics, Jon is joined by Ben McKenzie, author of "Easy Money" and director of "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money." Together, they investigate why digital currency appeals to those failed by traditional finance, examine how crypto reproduces and amplifies the same exploitative dynamics with even less regulation, and explore how it undermines democratic institutions while enriching the insiders closest to power. Plus, Jon talks pardons, TDS, and DMs! This episode is brought to you by: MINT MOBILE - Shop plans at https://mintmobile.com/tws INCOGNI - Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code Stewart at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/stewart FAST GROWING TREES - Go to https://fastgrowingtrees.com/tws and use code TWS to get 20% off your first purchase. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:  > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast  > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod   > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic  Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome to the weekly show podcast. My name is John Stewart. It is April 14th. Ah, Tax Day Eve. I think this is coming out tomorrow. What a lovely time we're having. I feel energized,

0:23.7

ladies and gentlemen. I feel as though like spring, there's a little crack of sunshine

0:31.4

in the shit show that we have been living through this past year and change.

0:41.2

Hungary has offered us a respite.

0:49.1

They have shown, oh, you don't, there is an opportunity for voters to have the last say. And it filled me with the hope.

0:51.3

And I urge you to take sustenance and and resolve from their joy and jubilation

0:57.7

in kicking out a corrupt kleptocracy I think that's why I have the energy it could also be because

1:05.2

uh president Trump did heal me as Jesus Trump just recently.

1:11.6

If you don't know, go to the picture.

1:14.6

But clearly he's given me a little bit of vea.

1:16.6

It's like a little vitamin B12 shot in the ass, really.

1:19.6

There's nothing like a glowing orb being placed on your forehead.

1:24.6

That combined with the election with Orban. But we're going to move past all that.

1:29.7

Now, we're actually going to get into a subject. I don't know an awful lot about it, but I find it

1:35.1

fascinating. And that is the world of digital currencies and coins and crypto and all those

1:41.2

different things. And our guide through this maze is an unlikely one.

1:49.7

He's an actor.

1:51.4

He's a guy you recognize, but he has written a legitimate, like, non-actor book, like an economist book.

1:58.4

And so let's just get to him now.

2:00.7

Ben McKenzie is going to guide us through the labyrinth.

2:08.4

So ladies and gentlemen, this is, I'm delighted today to be able to bring on a gentleman

2:15.2

who has put in the work.

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