Podcast Transcripts

Jana Petkanic – DeFi Scams, Evaluating S**tcoins, and Starting Meetups

Posted on February 15, 2022

Thanks to Jana for coming onto the podcast!   To get started buying your first bitcoin, solana, and ethereum, sign up for Newton today: https://web.newton.co/r/NY371Z  Twitter: www.twitter.com/eugenefds  Instagram: www.instagram.com/fernandeseugene/  YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3SoM1kuW8mW…  Website: www.eugenefernandes.com — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-fernandes1/message

James Rosen-Birch: Canadian Monopolies, Health Care, and Entrepreneurship.

Posted on February 2, 2022

Click to listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | All Others Thanks to James for coming onto the podcast! You can find him (and his thoughts) on the following platforms: provisionalideas.com https://twitter.com/provisionalidea Twitter: www.twitter.com/eugenefds  Instagram: www.instagram.com/fernandeseugene/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3SoM1kuW8mWAB1pNZ5aPJw Website: www.eugenefernandes.com — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-fernandes1/message

Frank Hepworth – How to Make 20% APY on Your Stablecoins (!), The Threat Crypto Poses to Lawyers

Posted on January 15, 2022

Click to listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | All Others Thanks to Frank Hepworth for coming onto Letters from a Contrarian! To get started buying your first bitcoin, solana, and ethereum, sign up for Newton today! https://web.newton.co/r/NY371Z Topics Discussed: etherscan.io The Block Explorer Terra Luna The Anchor Protocol (to make 20% interest): https://www.anchorprotocol.com NDAX, Newton, Coinbase, Shakepay. Contact Frank: On Twitter: https://twitter.com/frank_hex Twitter: www.twitter.com/eugenefds Instagram: www.instagram.com/fernandeseugene/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3SoM1kuW8mWAB1pNZ5aPJw Website: www.eugenefernandes.com

Mackenzie Putici – How to Pick Profitable NFTs, Getting Into Yield Farming, and Selling a Bored Ape Yacht Club!

Posted on December 16, 2021

Click to listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | All Others Thanks to Mackenzie Putici for coming onto Letters from a Contrarian! The *iconic* Bored Ape Yacht Club: https://opensea.io/collection/boredapeyachtclub Solana Platforms like OpenSea on which you can trade NFTs: Digital Eyes: https://digitaleyes.market Solanart: https://solanart.io Solana Wallets: To get started buying your first bitcoin, solana, and ethereum, sign up for Newton today! https://web.newton.co/r/NY371Z Other Topics Discussed: Impermanent loss Uniswap and Sushiswap for yield farming ethereum. Places to yieldRead More→

Nicholas Merten – Founding and Running Digifox, The Value of Bitcoin, and Energy Stocks

Posted on December 2, 2021

Click to listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | All Others Full disclosure, I happen to work at Digifox, and Nicholas is my boss. But as a 23 year old who’s responsible for the salaries of ~2 dozen people and a Praxis graduate, Nicholas is an extremely impressive guy. In this episode, we discussed his background and origins, the rise and potential of crypto as an asset class, the failures and inefficiencies of the banking system, andRead More→

IJ Makan – Cultural Appropriation, Crypto, NFTs, and Future Cities

Posted on November 16, 2021

Click to listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | All Others IJ and I met over twitter! We covered a lot of ground in this episode, including discussions about Canadian identity (or lack thereof), the potential that blockchain and crypto has, how he got started creating his NFT collection of philosopher kings, and how we’ll build cities in the future. Also, the video doesn’t show my face for the first hour or so because I forgot toRead More→

Steve Paolasini – Jumping Down the Crypto Rabbit Hole

Posted on November 1, 2021

Steve Paolasini joins us once again to talk about his journey into crypto and all of its possibilities! — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-fernandes1/message

Pandemic Populism – Season 2 Wrap Up

Posted on October 20, 2021

In Season 2 of Letters from a Contrarian, I sought to understand what went wrong with Canada’s pandemic response, and what a more ethical, constitutional, and tolerable response would’ve looked like. I summarize my two answers to these questions based on the conversations I had with my guests in Season 2 in this episode. I also go through why crypto, web3, and decentralization is the best way to preserve liberal values without the use of naked power. — Send inRead More→

Bruce Pardy – Vaccine Passports

Posted on September 1, 2021

Bruce Pardy is a law professor at Queen’s University.  Link to Anchor (where you’ll find links to Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, etc). References for Pardy’s claim that you’re just as likely to catch COVID-19 if you’ve been vaccinated than if you haven’t: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0730-mmwr-covid-19.html https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7031e2.htm?s_ci https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/30/1022867219/cdc-study-provincetown-delta-vaccinated-breakthrough-mask-guidance?t=1628295537352 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1 https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/british-study-shows-covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-wanes-under-delta-2021-08-18/ — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-fernandes1/message

D. Jared Brown – Revelations from Cross-Examining Manitoba’s Health Experts in Court

Posted on May 28, 2021

D. Jared Brown is a litigator and Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario. References: Section 3 of Manitoba’s Public Health Act:  “If the exercise of a power under this Act restricts rights or freedoms, the restriction must be no greater than is reasonably necessary, in the circumstances, to respond to a health hazard, a communicable disease, a public health emergency or any other threat to public health.” Transcript and YouTube Video: eugenefernandes.com/letters-from-a-contrarian Show-notes 2:51 How the JCCF tapped BrownRead More→

Dr. Doug Allen – The Flaws in COVID-19 Modelling (Epidemiological and Economic)

Posted on May 1, 2021

Dr. Doug Allen is a professor of economics at Simon Fraser University. Link to YouTube Link to Anchor (which has links to Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc). References: Allen. Covid Lockdown Cost/Benefits: A Critical Assessment of the Literature. April 2021. http://www.sfu.ca/~allen/LockdownReport.pdf Atkeson, Kopecky and Zha. “Four Stylized Facts about COVID-19.” August 2020. doi = 10.3386/w27719 Timestamps: 2:15   His original thoughts on the pandemic when it first hit, and then how his thoughts changed. 6:10   What were the four false assumptionsRead More→

Dave Redman – Models, Mismanagement, and Emergency Planning

Posted on March 31, 2021

Here’s a link to the YouTube video. References: The World Health Organization’s 2019 guide on Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/329438/9789241516839-eng.pdf 0m 38s Emergency management looks out for hazards, for those most vulnerable to the hazard, and then connects the relevant stakeholders. For some reason, the government decided that COVID wasn’t a societal-wide emergency, but rather, just a health emergency. We knew back in February who was dying from COVID-19.Read More→

Dr. Ari Joffe: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Lockdowns

Posted on February 28, 2021

Thanks for checking out the episode! Here’s a link to it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, and YouTube.  A few notes: Group think caused us to adopt lockdowns, not good thought. The strongest predictor of lockdown adoption was whether neighbouring countries did so too. Lockdowns should be voluntary rather than mandatory – people who are willing to take the risk should be free to do so. The exit will be when the R value of COVID is lessRead More→

Season 2 Trailer

Posted on February 27, 2021

I’m back. Table of Contents: [0:00] The government and my fellow citizens don’t seem to be responsibly balancing public health with our rights and freedoms. This makes me sad and worried.  [0:40] The curfew in Quebec is unreasonable. I don’t think it would pass the Oakes test. Walkthrough of all 4 steps.  [7:54] My fellow citizens seem to be experiencing cognitive dissonance. They speak in favour of the restrictions, but break the law over and over again. More broadly, supportRead More→

Ryan Elson: No Humble Opinions, Dialogue, Social Connection, and Changing Minds

Posted on December 29, 2020

For our last episode of 2020, Ryan Elson, the host of No Humble Opinions, joined us. You can learn more about Tribe and No Humble Opinions by finding him on facebook. He’s also pretty damn friendly, so make sure to say hi! Thanks for coming on Ryan. www.employmeet.com www.tribebelonging.com.au www.nohumbleopinions.com https://www.facebook.com/nohumbleopinions/ — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-fernandes1/message