Playable Characters Show with Brandon Gentile
Brandon Gentile
The “Playable Characters” show is an intimate deep dive in to people of the world who can critically think in the Bitcoin, macro economic, liberty, financial literacy, and business arena.
My mission is to use my experience as a professional hockey player, business owner, investor, father, and husband to arm you with the info you need to protect yourself from out of control cronies and the unproductive class hell-bent on running every aspect of your life.
Enjoy,
Brandon
My mission is to use my experience as a professional hockey player, business owner, investor, father, and husband to arm you with the info you need to protect yourself from out of control cronies and the unproductive class hell-bent on running every aspect of your life.
Enjoy,
Brandon
Episodes
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Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 14min
"Saylor Started Bitcoin SUPER HALVING With STRC" | George Bodine
George Bodine, former naval aviator, artist, and Bitcoin advocate. He discusses geopolitical upheaval framed by the Fourth Turning. He connects AI to modern warfare and information chaos. He examines energy and supply risks, China’s rare earth leverage, and shifts in reserve assets. He talks about Bitcoin as protection, MicroStrategy’s STRC innovation, and the urgency of self-custody.
Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 16min
Bitcoin Expert REVEALS Why 1 Satoshi Will Be Worth $1.00 | Rajat Soni
Rajat Soni, a CFA-trained asset manager turned Bitcoin commentator, breaks down adoption, self-custody, and smart strategies like borrowing against Bitcoin and dollar-cost averaging. Short takes on why stablecoins help now but Bitcoin is the destination. Conversations cover market cycles, Lightning and layer innovation, DAOs reducing banking risk, and how Bitcoin adoption plays out across generations.
Mar 22, 2026 • 1h 7min
20 Year Money Expert: Bitcoin Is Going To Surprise A LOT Of People in 2026 | Terence Michael
Terence Michael, Bitcoin advocate and podcaster who promotes living on a Bitcoin standard. He discusses delayed institutional adoption and why 2025 felt like a letdown. He covers why DCA still works and how banks and brokerages are building Bitcoin gateways. He talks treasury buyers compressing supply, borrowing against Bitcoin instead of selling, and how Bitcoin could become the dominant global savings vehicle.
Mar 18, 2026 • 1h 16min
Jeff Booth: This Is Biggest Investment Opportunity In Centuries
Jeff Booth, entrepreneur and author who champions Bitcoin and decentralization, joins to talk about Bitcoin as a protocol that will reprice assets. They explore cypherpunk values versus market adoption. Conversations touch on privacy tech, Lightning and second-layer growth, how a committed minority can spark systemic change, and why Bitcoin plus AI may be the biggest opportunity in centuries.
Mar 15, 2026 • 1h 4min
Bitwise CIO's $1.5M Bitcoin Call: "Long Term Thinkers Will Be Rewarded" | Matt Hougan
Matt Hougan, Bitwise CIO and veteran ETF strategist, offers a big-picture take on Bitcoin, macro trends, and institutional adoption. He discusses market sentiment shifts, Bitcoin’s role as a nonpolitical store of value, ETF dynamics and transparency, the halving/four-year cycle, and a long-term valuation model that projects major upside for long-term thinkers.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 59min
Luke Gromen: Fed's Nightmare Is Here & About To Reprice ALL These Assets
Luke Gromen, veteran macro strategist and founder of FFTT with 30+ years in equity research. He connects energy, sovereign debt, and monetary systems. He discusses bond market fragility and how oil shocks can reprice yields. He explains geopolitical moves that affect the yuan and global oil flows. He explores Bitcoin as a liquidity alarm and how AI-driven deflation could force massive monetary responses.
Mar 8, 2026 • 1h 22min
The Money Truth About Iran That Both Parties Are Hiding | Scott Horton
Scott Horton, author and foreign policy analyst known for anti-war advocacy, breaks down Iran, the American empire, and the case for separating money and state. He tackles political corruption, how military‑industrial interests drive intervention, and the risks to the dollar. Short, sharp conversations on deterrence, empire’s costs, and what ending interventionism would look like.
Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 12min
Astrophysicist REVEALS math to $100 TRILLION Bitcoin w/ Stephen Perrenod
Stephen Perrenod, an astrophysicist-turned-Bitcoin researcher and associate director at the Scientific Bitcoin Institute, explains Bitcoin as a millennial monetary technology. He explores power laws, log-periodic bubbles, declining volatility, and a quantitative roadmap toward a $100 trillion market cap. He also covers settlement adoption, institutional channels, and why Bitcoin’s technical lineage matters.
Mar 1, 2026 • 1h 16min
TOP BITCOIN ANALYST: “NEXT NEW HIGH GIVES CRITICS NOTHING LEFT TO STAND ON”
James Check (Checkmate), an on-chain Bitcoin analyst and macro commentator known for data-driven charts. He discusses resilience and scenario planning for market shocks. He explains contrarian signals from leveraged traders and why gold surged. He explores institutional flows, miner strategy shifts, verification advantages of Bitcoin, and why a new all-time high would silence critics.
Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 19min
Bitcoin Could Capture $450T If We Stop Making These Mistakes | VC & Climate Expert Daniel Batten
Daniel Batten, a climate-tech investor who builds landfill methane Bitcoin mining projects and coaches Bitcoin leaders. He discusses leadership styles that actually onboard people, how messaging and UX cross the adoption chasm, and real-world projects that monetize methane while cutting emissions. Short, pragmatic conversations about scaling Bitcoin’s environmental and institutional wins.
