The Banana Bread and Circus Republic Podcast

43. Speculating reality

In this episode, we go deep into the mysteries of existence and the nature of why we are here to experience and learn something about ourselves and our world. The monetary system is breaking down, the global dollar standard is running its course and now is the time to prepare for the great reckoning. We continue to investigate this through the lens of monetary history, defining the true meaning of capitalism, and how money is entangled with individual freedom.
We vote with our dollar. Voting for sound money represents personal prosperity. When we come to terms with the reality at hand we can see clearly how the system as a whole is designed to enslave the working class and transfer all the wealth we work to create to those who own the system.  We invite everyone to research what's happening for themselves and make their own choices with the hand they've been dealt so we can build a much better system that puts the con artists out of business.  
Big shout out and thanks to Mike Maloney for his Hidden Secrets of Money series on YouTube. Check that out! His Episode 3: From Dollar Crises to Golden Opportunity features Jim Rickards, a best-selling author of numerous books including, The New Case For Gold. Thank you Jim and Mike for all your hard work educating the public about what's just around the corner for the world monetary system. Reality is not as dandy as people wish to believe. 
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ChrisP & Tono

42. A swarm story of "things work out"

In this episode, we sat down on the back deck to discuss a recent turn of events that reinstilled our faith in the creative process. Things work out when we let them unfold in their own right. Providing just the right amount of intervention, and knowing when to step back and get out of the way, is a crucial part of the process coming to fruition. As humans, it isn't easy to work with natural forces and allow Nature to take its course, especially when we think we are in charge of the outcome all the time. So we feel it's necessary to celebrate humility as a human trait that knows how important it is to take action as well as to take non-action because Nature is far smarter than we are whether we realize it or not.
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ChrisP & Tono

41. Hashgraph and heart-mindfulness

This episode was recorded in mid-September 2023 when we sat down to discuss where things are headed these days with the new distributed ledger technology (Header Hashgraph) and what it can do to achieve levels of consensus no one had believed was possible. It puts timeless fables such as The Byzantine General's Problem into full perspective as we begin to wake up and realize what our monetary system (and the internet itself) is in its truest nature: a network of agreements in the form of interactions. 
What this technology is capable of can either enslave us or liberate us to the highest degrees of individual sovereignty and prosperity, if only we could synchronize our heads with our hearts and learn how to laugh a time or two, remembering that at heart we are spiritual beings first and everything else second. We hope you enjoy this episode. Cheer folks! 
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40. Patience, energy & hope

This episode was recorded in early September 2023, when we talked about the survivalist priority rooted in hope and proliferates to greater and greater necessities for life to thrive in the field that surrounds us and that which we are intimately woven into. We talked about Alfred North Whitehead's Process Philosophy (the philosophy of an organism), coherence vs. incoherence, and the fact that nature is a process seeking equilibrium as the future pole draws us in. This begs the question: why do hope and patience matter? How can we come to terms with the fact that we are alone in this world? How can we make this world a better place for life beyond our finite ride? We hope you enjoy this episode, thanks for listening!
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We're also at the Waterbury Farmer's Market! Come check us out and try some craft ciders and meads! 
We invite you to learn more about us on our website https://www.humbiont.com/
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ChrisP & Tono
 

39. Freedom and the watercourse way

In this episode, we discuss how our freedoms are in jeopardy due to the financial system constantly trying to manipulate market dynamics. We have forgotten that our founders had forsaken the taxation and control tactics that the government of the time had ruled over the people. The people represent the real wealth in the economy, and prosperity comes from free markets and sound money. When individual liberty is allowed to flourish, we can be more in tune with what nature is telling us.
The watercourse way (wu wei), or the Tao, is a natural force of intelligence that operates with an effortless sensitivity to circumstances. Our human qualities reflect this principle as the flow state, where actions are created by liaisons of other actions that preceded it. As Bruce Lee so eloquently put it: "Be like water." The economy is an ocean of energy that will ultimately balance the scales and it is our responsibility to reclaim what is ours before it's too late. 
Big thanks to Shane Gillis for the hilarious bit that Tony shared with us during this episode. And a big shout out to Max Kaiser from Episode 10 of Mike Maloney's fantastic series on YouTube: The Hidden Secrets of Money. 
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38. Human services in a more-than-human world

This episode was recorded in late January 2024, where we discussed a variety of topics related to fungal intelligence, the evolutionary aspects of mycelial networks and the fungal kingdom, and the symbiotic roles that plants play with human neural receptors, specifically the role cannabis plays on human memory receptors. Our co-host, ChrisP took this opportunity to vent about some deep-seated discontent he's had within his career as a human services provider - mainly from the standpoint of how disappointing it has been to work in a field of short-sightedness, where reinventing the wheel is the norm.
This episode is attributed to how vast and magical the more-than-human world is when we step outside the confines of our anthropomorphic models of conventionalism and modern convenience. Wonder and awe are the remedies we need to pacify our egocentricity and human-centricity.   
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Feel free to follow us on Instagram @humbiontfermentary and @harmonic_homesteading. 
And be sure to check out Cognitive Liberty wherever books are sold!
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37. Do free markets still exist?

In this episode, we raised our glasses to toast cinco de mayo, in honor of a holiday that originated out of a culture that revolted against another culture's domination, or at least attempted to dominate...nice try French. Naturally, the conversation evolved into questioning the roles of government, and how money plays a role in a tyrannical takeover, where fiat currency tricks the public. Ultimately, the free markets will prevail, and overrule the fiat-based monetary system that has lied to us all along. Money costs for a reason. You cannot print or borrow your way to prosperity forever. All of those pigeons come home to roost eventually, as they say.
Thank you, Jim Rickards for your amazing work! Be sure to check out his book, The New Case For Gold, available on Amazon or wherever books are sold. 
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Be sure to check out our website https://www.humbiont.com/
Feel free to follow us on Instagram @humbiontfermentary and @harmonic_homesteading. 
And be sure to check out Cognitive Liberty wherever books are sold!
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ChrisP & Tono

36. Living with it, not on it

In this episode, we assess the dilemmas of our time. And explore how we can use our abilities to have a sense of self-directed behavior modification when we recognize that we are headed toward a waterfall in a raft flowing toward it. Like the ability to live with the land instead of on it. We are solar beings at heart, we need to just let our hearts shine. Hope you enjoy this conversation. Stay safe out there, cheers!
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35. Remember who your friends are

This episode was recorded in early September of 2023, where we discussed the dangers of the banking system, in that we have lost our way as a social species. Our primary survival mechanism has been to work together as a team, and not allow the bankers to dictate our means of survival for us. With the advent of the Federal Reserve, and the banking system trying to artificially prop up the economy in the ideological echo bubble that it is, we are in for a massive existential reckoning that will test our ability to think and work together so we don’t crash and burn our bridges in the process. Be skeptical of the motives of others (especially the banksters), and don’t take your true friends for granted.
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34. Dreaming the dream

In this episode, we discuss some pretty heady implications of what dreams mean to our sense of consciousness in our journey through life. Like revitalizing the mind and domesticating it at the same time. But how do you stay in touch with the past and simultaneously keep the future in focus, while enjoying the present at the same time? 
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ChrisP & Tono