Episodes

Keynesian economics meets Bitcoin sovereignty. Watson & B. Sovereign break down why effective demand — not supply — controls employment, and what that means for builders today.In Episode 15 of Bitlemmas, Watson and B. Sovereign do a deep dive into John Maynard Keynes' General Theory of Employme…

The Dawn of Everything — A BitLemmas Book Review Episode 14 | The BitLemmas Podcast What if everything you were taught about the origins of civilization was not just wrong — but politically limiting? In this episode, Watson a...

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Four Counterintuitive Truths About How Systems Survive (or Fail) When institutions decline, what do people actually do — and what should they do? In Episode 13, Watson and B. Sovereign dig into Alber...

Governing the Commons: A Review of Elinor Ostrom What if the tragedy of the commons was never really about the commons at all? In this episode, Watson and B. Sovereign do a deep dive into Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor ...

BitLemmas | Episode 11: Book Review — Digital Technology and Democratic Theory by Bernholz, Landemore & Reich Who really controls what you see, who gets heard, and who gets silenced online? In Episode 11 of BitLemmas, Watson,...

BitLemmas | Episode 10: Book Review — The Right to Repair by Aaron Perzanowski Do you really own the devices you buy? In Episode 10 of the BitLemmas podcast, Watson, Drew, and B. Sovereign review The Right to Repair by Aaron ...

Episode 9: Thinking in Systems What if the reason most problems keep coming back isn't bad luck or bad people — but bad structure? In this episode, Watson and B. Sovereign break down Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows, on...

Is Your Money Real? | A Review of ‘Layered Money’ by Nik Bhatia Money is not a single thing; it is a pyramid of claims. In this episode, Watson and B. Sovereign dive into Nik Bhatia’s seminal book, Layered Money , to provide ...

Episode 7: A Review of The Democracy Project by David Graeber What if democracy isn't something you have — it's something you do? In this episode, Watson, B. Sovereign, and Drew dig into David Graeber's The Democracy Project ...

Broken Money: Ledgers, Power, and the Future of Money The Ledger Framework of Money. In Episode 6 of the BitLemmas Podcast, Watson and B. Sovereign provide a comprehensive review of Lyn Alden’s book, Broken Money . The discus...

If you've ever wondered whether Bitcoin can actually compete with Visa, or why it currently can't, this episode is for you. In the fifth episode of The Bitlemmas Podcast, Watson, B. Sovereign, and Drew dig into Mastering the ...

Episode 4 | The Block Size War: How Bitcoin Survived Its Own Civil War What happens when powerful groups fight over who controls the rules of a system no one owns? In this episode, Watson, B. Sovereign, and Drew review The Bl...

The Bitlemmas Podcast – "Slicing Pie: Fair Ownership Without Fantasy Valuations"Host: Watson | Guests: B. Sovereign & DrewBreaking down Slicing Pie by Mike Moyer, the must-read book on startup equityWhy fixed splits (50/50, 33/33/33) feel fair but almost always backfire solution: a dynami…

What if the most resilient organizations in history succeeded precisely because they had no leader to overthrow? In the second episode of The Bitlemmas Podcast , host Watson breaks down The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Braf...

In this debut episode of the BitLemmas Podcast , Watson walks through a detailed review of Jeff Booth's The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation Is the Key to an Abundant Future . The discussion covers Booth's core argument that ...