The Free Thought Project Podcast

This week, hosts Jason Bassler, Matt Agorist, and Don Via Jr. are joined by author and researcher Gavin Nascimento, known for his deep historical analysis of elitism, world government, and control structures. We discussed the political theater surrounding DOGE and USAID, exposing how the "woke" cuts were a distraction while core functions, including ties to a global depopulation agenda, remained fully intact within the swamp. We then dug into the psychological warfare used by the elite—exploring Pavlovian techniques and historical social engineering—to keep the populace compliant, even when their leaders completely sell them out. Gavin took us on a historical trip from the Roman Empire to today, drawing direct parallels on how shadow governments operate outside the democratic process, sliding their tentacles into education and social engineering. Despite the heavy subject matter, we closed on two strong notes of agency: Gavin provided a roadmap for hacking the digital propaganda campaign to create our own narrative, and he laid out the plan for his new project, the Truth Warrior Academy, designed to teach listeners to fight back against psychological control. (Length: 1:20:07)Click Here to Support TFTP.Little Free Thinkers - "Know Your Rights" (Children's Book): https://littlefreethinkers.com/ Get Gavin's book here: https://www.amazon.com/History-Elitism-Government-Population-Control-ebook/dp/B0BSS9W4M5/ The truncated Version on TFTP: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/be-the-change/a-history-of-world-government-population-control-the-great-reset-vs-the-great-revolution Follow Him On FB: https://www.facebook.com/TruthWarriorGavinFollow Him On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthwarriorgavin/Follow Him On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GavinNascimentoFollow Him On Minds: https://www.minds.com/GavinNascimento/Follow Him On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TruthWarriorGCheck Out His Merch: https://a-new-kind-of-human.myshopify.com/Support His Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GavinNascimento

This week, Jason, Don and Matt sit down with Gareth Icke, host of 'Gareth Icke Tonight' on the Ickonic Network and an outspoken voice for sovereignty and free speech. We start off and go deep into the mechanics of the new digital control grid. The conversation quickly connects the policing of speech to the economic endgame: the Digital ID rollout. Gareth dissects the terrifying implications of the Digital ID, explaining how it is the ultimate tool for centralized control, tying our speech to a social credit score that can result in financial execution—with even simple consumer actions like automated checkout lines becoming permissioned and human assistance disappearing. We then tie this in to the staggering UK statistic: over 12,000 arrests annually for "offensive" online speech, a chilling phenomenon used to scare people into speech compliance.  Despite this relentless pressure, we discuss how activists in the UK are pushing back and managing to break through the two-party political illusion, showing that resistance is possible. We explore the critical role of certain popular propagandists who rise to fame pretending to be the true resistance, only to fall in line and sell out their bases when actual noncompliance is required. The conversation gets personal as Gareth opens up about growing up in the unique environment of his family, discussing how the public scrutiny he faced made him and his family stronger and instilled a profound bravery. We end on a powerful white pill, as Gareth explains that the entire digital control system is defeated not by fighting politicians, but by tapping into a simple yet profound truth: personal sovereignty is the solution, and you are the answer. (Length: 1:29:39) Click Here to Support TFTP.Gareth Icke on X: https://x.com/garethickeIckonic: https://ickonic.com/ Gareth's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/garethicke

This week, Jason, Don and Matt sit down with a giant of the liberty movement, the founder of the Brownstone Institute, Jeffrey Tucker. Jeffrey kicks things off by discussing his relationship with our previous guest, Stefan Molyneux, which leads into a candid conversation about his own intellectual shift over the last decade. He explains how he moved from the black-and-white world of pure anarchism to a more nuanced perspective on complex issues like immigration. This candor sets the stage for a raw discussion on the profound cognitive dissonance in modern politics. We explore how the Trump administration is openly selling out its base with tariffs and new stimulus checks, creating a massive divide within the MAGA movement. Jeffrey offers his take on the psychology of what causes people to continue supporting a system that is so openly exploiting them, and we examine Trump's cozy relationship with the very technocrats he claims to fight, like Peter Thiel. This theme of co-option pivots the conversation to the financial endgame: the hijacking of Bitcoin. We break down the news of the first-ever central bank—the Czech National Bank—purchasing Bitcoin alongside US dollar-backed stablecoins. This isn't adoption; it's the establishment hijacking the "Bitcoin" brand to legitimize their real goal: a world of regulated stablecoins and total financial surveillance. We connect this directly to BlackRock's plan for the "tokenization of everything" and their mission to buy the world. We also touch on the internal crypto civil wars, discussing Roger Ver and why he's a target of the Bitcoin maximalists. It's a wide-ranging conversation on the nature of statist co-option, but we end on a powerful white pill, as Jeffrey reminds us that the solution to this high-tech tyranny is a classic one. (Length: 1:12:02)Click Here to Support TFTP. Brownstone Institute: https://brownstone.org/Jeffrey Tucker on X: https://x.com/jeffreyatucker Jeffrey's writing on Epoch: https://www.theepochtimes.com/author/jeffrey-a-tucker

This week, Jason and Matt sit down with Stefan Molyneux, a philosopher, author, and host of one of the longest-running philosophy shows in the world, Freedomain. For decades, he has been a prominent voice in the liberty movement and a foundational thinker on the principles of peaceful parenting.The conversation kicks off immediately, jumping straight into one of the most polarizing topics on the right: the rise of Nick Fuentes. Jason asks Stefan for his take on the current brouhaha surrounding Fuentes's popularity and whether he sees parallels between the establishment's attack on Fuentes and the political persecution he himself faced years ago. We explore whether this signals a major shift in the culture—a new Gen Z political class that's rejecting sanitized talking points and demanding raw authenticity, even if it's inflammatory.From there, we dive into the mechanics of modern propaganda, using the recent Charlie Kirk "out of context" smear as a perfect case study of how the establishment manufactures its own reality.This leads to a raw discussion on the new political climate and the uncomfortable debate for all libertarians: pragmatism vs. principle. When does sticking to "libertarian purity" actually undermine the fight for liberty itself? Finally, after diagnosing a culture addicted to coercion, we pivot to the ultimate white pill: the solution. Stefan lays out how the principles of peaceful parenting are the fundamental antidote to this entire cycle, and gives his advice to parents trying to raise sovereign, resilient children in a post-truth world. (Length: 1:19:55)Click Here to Support TFTP.Freedomaine: https://freedomain.com/Stef's New Peaceful Parenting Book: https://peacefulparenting.com/Stefan on Twitter: https://x.com/StefanMolyneux

This week, Jason and Matt sit down with Mark Goodwin, the former Editor-in-Chief of *Bitcoin Magazine* and one of the sharpest minds in the crypto space. Mark is the author of "The Bitcoin-Dollar" thesis and a leading voice on the intersection of state power, financial control, and the future of money. We dive deep into one of the most dangerous psyops in modern finance: the stablecoin trap. Mark explains why "compliant," centralized stablecoins like USDC are not the free-market alternative to a CBDC, but are, in fact, *more dangerous*. They are the Trojan horse for the exact same surveillance grid—a CBDC in sheep's clothing, built by corporate partners and designed to be fully permissioned, frozen, and censored at the state's command. Mark breaks down the macro-picture, revealing how stablecoins backed by U.S. Treasuries are the empire's new, high-tech scheme to kick the can down the road. As the national debt hits escape velocity, the state is now "tokenizing its debt," creating a new digital wrapper to prop up the dollar ponzi. We explore the perfect bipartisan consensus that's building this digital prison: the MAGA right rails against CBDCs while embracing "federally approved" stablecoins, while the left demands the very regulations that make them instruments of surveillance. Both roads lead to the technocratic end-goal voiced by BlackRock's Larry Fink: the tokenization of *all* assets. We also explore the dark theory of whether Bitcoin itself was an intelligence agency "limited hangout" designed to herd us into a traceable system. Finally, we end on a powerful white pill. If centralized stablecoins are the trap, the only way out is through *permissionless* technology. We discuss the critical need for true privacy tools—like Monero, Zcash, and Zano's fUSD—that are *technologically incapable* of being co-opted, and how the market is finally waking up to the demand for real financial freedom. (Length: 1:18:47)Click Here to Support TFTP.Mark on Twitter: https://x.com/markgoodw_in Mark's writing on Unlimited Hangout: https://unlimitedhangout.com/author/mark-goodwin/The Bitcoin Dollar: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/collections/books/products/the-bitcoin-dollar-book