Paul English Live 012926, From Bretton Woods to BSV: Gary Glendale on Fixing Money

Weather grumbles aside, we dove straight into a lively two-hour conversation on power, money, and how we can build parallel systems that actually serve people. Eric Von Essex joined me to trade barbs and banter before we pivoted to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity,” the state of public discourse, and why facts bounce off captured institutions. From there we explored tech leaps (yes, even a MrBeast-sized view of the future), localism in food and crafts, and how smarter coordination—plus a dash of AI—could stitch communities and customers back together.Our guest, Gary Glendale (FFT Radio), unpacked a century of financial architecture—from Bretton Woods and Executive Order 6102 to the Howey case, CFMA, and the 2010 flash crash—and then laid out a practical path forward: legal, scalable digital cash and data integrity on Bitcoin SV (BSV). We discussed why signatures matter, courts of record, Magna Carta and the UK Bill of Rights, and how all of this ties to building private, resilient commerce (hello, Food Finders Hub) that can’t be quietly deleted. We even took a caller, wrestled with streaming gremlins, and ended on a cheeky musical note. Buckle up; this one’s equal parts history lesson and how‑to manual for parallel economies.'Paul English Live' website: https://paulenglishlive.com/'Food For Thought Radio (FFT Radio)': https://fftradio.com/'Food Finders Hub' (local food directory): https://foodfindershub.org/'MrBeast' YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast'BSV Blockchain' (official site for Bitcoin SV): https://bsvblockchain.org/'JFK: The President and the Press' (April 27, 1961) – JFK Library transcript/audio: https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-newspaper-publishers-association-19610427'War Is a Racket' by Smedley D. Butler (Project Gutenberg Canada): https://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/butlersd-warisaracket/butlersd-warisaracket-00-h.html'Bretton Woods Conference' – IMF historical timeline overview: https://www.imf.org/external/about/timeline/index.htm'Executive Order 6102' (overview): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102'SEC v. W. J. Howey Co.' (U.S. Supreme Court, full text – LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/328/293'Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000' (Congress.gov dossier): https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/5660'Findings Regarding the Market Events of May 6, 2010' (SEC/CFTC joint staff report PDF): https://www.sec.gov/about/reports-publications/newsstudies2010marketevents-reportpdf'Bill of Rights 1689' (UK Parliament overview): https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/collections1/collections-glorious-revolution/billofrights/'Magna Carta (1297)' (official UK legislation portal – collection entry): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/1297'Six Inches of Soil' (official documentary site): https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/'Kevin MacLeod – Farting Around' (ISRC reference on Incompetech): https://music.kevin.macleod.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/isrc_to_name.php'EuroFolk Radio' (mentioned network): https://eurofolkradio.com/