Hey you're listening to a limited hangout on your host Whitney Webb. Though some of the

panic of the recent US banking crisis has subsided and things seem calmer, big things

are still happening beneath the surface that suggests that the crisis hasn't really ended

at all and will likely get worse in time. Not unlike the 2008 financial crisis which

really began to unfold in 2007, the current banking crisis is likely to continue and enter

a new and more troubling phase in the not-so-distant future. Essentially it seems that the current

calm on the surface has allowed the powers that be, or rather the financial powers that be,

to kick the can down the road, giving them time to line things up so they can control and manage

the situation once chaos and panic return. Yet regardless of if and when another crisis rears

its head, the aftermath is likely to be seen as an opportunity by the powers that be, to roll out

or dramatically advance, the long awaited central bank digital currency or CBDC paradigm.

Expected moves by the US Federal Reserve, including the launch of its FedNow service in July,

as well as the regulatory crackdown on any would-be digital currency competitors,

seemed to suggest that the march towards programmable money continues to progress,

crisis or no crisis, panic or no panic. Joining me today to discuss the current financial

situation, the CBDC rollout, and much more is Katherine Austin Fitz. Katherine is the president

of Solary Inc, which publishes the Solary Report, and she is also a managing member of Solary

Investment Advisory Services. Prior to Solari, she held top positions at the Wall Street

Investment Bank, Dylan Riedenco, and was also Assistant Secretary of Housing and the Federal

Housing Commissioner for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For long-time

followers of independent media, Katherine's name should be familiar for her investigations

with Mark Skidmore into the missing $21 trillion stolen out of the US government accounts,

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