Celebrities Love Cryptocurrencies - and it's lame (Feat. Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman‪)‬ Crypto Critics' Corner

Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Ben McKenzie (star of Gotham, Southland, and The O.C.) and Jacob Silverman (author of Terms of Service and writer for The New Republic and Slate) who discuss the ideas behind their upcoming book about cryptocurrency, their issues with celebrity shilling of speculative assets, and how it really feels like corporate greed is eating our democracy.



Here are some of the books and movies mentioned during the interview:

Lying for Money by Dan Davies - https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Money-Legendary-Frauds-Workings-ebook/dp/B078WFT5JV

The Future of Money by Eswar Prasad - https://www.amazon.com/Future-Money-Revolution-Transforming-Currencies/dp/0674258444

The China Hustle - https://www.amazon.com/China-Hustle-Dan-David/dp/B07BQH2LQG



This episode was recorded on Monday, February 14th, 2022