THE Bitcoin Podcast

"My view for the future is that the way that we keep podcasting open and protect the precious medium that we have is to help podcasters get paid with this open payment protocol called Lightning. And also now with Nostr to help listeners and podcasters and whoever's interested in podcasts to share episodes, discover new episodes, have conversations around episodes without that being locked to any one app or platform or service." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks Oscar Merry, founder of Fountain Podcasting. We talk about Podcasting 2.0, Fountain integrating Nostr, Bitcoin, Lightning, value for value, the future of decentralized media, and a whole lot more. SUBSCRIBE TO "THE Bitcoin Podcast" ON FOUNTAIN: https://www.fountain.fm/show/68gcLZFDRxOzgGeZmXq6 FOLLOW OSCAR: Nostr: merryoscar@fountain.fm npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2 X: https://x.com/MerryOscar ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin) You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here: https://geyser.fund/project/titcoin

“The best beefsteak course is the one that speaks to your tongue." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks Awayslice, AKA "The Beefsteak Guy." Awayslice's Beefsteak events are truly legendary, and he’s managed to create an incredible culture around getting people together to eat meat cooked over an open fire with their bare hands. We get into a lot today including the origin of beefsteak, beef, food in general, building community, whether AI will take chef’s jobs, art vs craftsmanship, hosting events and vibe curation, the effects of social media, and a whole lot more. FOLLOW AWAYSLICE ON NOSTR: awayslice@bitcoinpark.com https://primal.net/p/npub1ejvhdkt8ppefezgz0sgnwdqrn8l4z8muws2k8dz2tv0a57ac2z9st56q8x npub1ejvhdkt8ppefezgz0sgnwdqrn8l4z8muws2k8dz2tv0a57ac2z9st56q8x ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin) You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here: https://geyser.fund/project/titcoin

“It's not just Suriname… It's a chance to have Bitcoin be the unit of account. It's a chance to actually separate money from State.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Suriname Presidential Candidate Maya Parbhoe. Maya is a Bitcoiner and an entrepreneur first, and a politician second. We dig into a lot in this talk including her plans to make Bitcoin legal tender on day one, her vision for the future of Suriname, political corruption, government control, radical transparency, grassroots bitcoin adoption, why it is her goal to make herself, as the president, irrelevant, and a whole lot more. It is truly inspiring to see young, smart, and optimistic people like Maya running for political office. DONATE TO MAYA’S CAMPAIGN: https://geyser.fund/project/maya2025 MAYA'S LINKS: X: https://twitter.com/MayaPar25 Nostr: maya@daedaluslabs.io Npub1h0fd5xu8rfhwdkkjr78ssdhm7rdjyf97hhjqr9acwv77ux0uvf8q23kvcg ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin) You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here: https://geyser.fund/project/titcoin

"We need to go back to the basic problem is that there is no climate crisis. It's all a crock and nothing that we do. None of this control, all of this money spent, none of it's gonna prevent any bad weather at all in 2075 or ever." On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Tom Nelson. Tom is a climate and energy realist, and producer of “Climate: The Movie.” Tom and I get into a bunch of rabbit holes today from the climate narrative, to government control and CBDCs, subsidies creating market distortions, the intellectual elites and their role in pushing government narratives, energy, human flourishing, bitcoin mining, and a whole lot more. You can support THE Bitcoin Podcast on Geyser here: https://geyser.fund/project/titcoin TOM'S LINKS: Links: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1jvyrmymgv8ztemff4mpcfwaquqwfn392ddj4f9zr9e6lp9frds6qjy2yka X: https://x.com/TomANelson ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)

“The thing that you keep in mind while you're stacking sats is, have a dream. I have dreams. I want to accomplish these dreams. And that's what you're working for. We now have a way to save our value and not have it be stolen from us.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with SAT, AKA Lightning Goats. I met Sat through Nostr because I stumbled upon his awesome project where he live streams his goats from his off-the-grid homestead and whenever you zap bitcoin to the goats’ lightning address it automatically feeds them. SHOW NOTES: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/words/f/sat-lightning-goats-goats-bitcoin SAT'S LINKS: herd@lightning-goats.com https://primal.net/p/npub1v60thnx0gz0wq3n6xdnq46y069l9x70xgmjp6lprdl6fv0eux6mqgjj4rp https://lnb.bolverker.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@lightning-goats ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)

“The great thing about technological innovation like Bitcoin is that regardless of what people are able to do about their local politicians or central banks, they can opt in and use Bitcoin. That is now available to 8 billion people, and that's going to change the world.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Natalie Smolenski. Natalie is an Anthropologist, Executive Director of the Texas Bitcoin Foundation, and a Senior Fellow Bitcoin Policy Institute. SHOW NOTES FOLLOW NATALIE: X: https://x.com/NSmolenski Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1kvgw6zj55uwvlz5rdqpjm5a5hqah4j3ggza3pfx4umh5k6j00yaqt6v0p2 Texas Bitcoin Foundation: https://www.txbitcoinfoundation.org/ DON’T TALK TO THE POLICE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)

“The wave hasn't even come… we're just kind of like on the beach and the wave's kind of creeping up, but it's still so much liquidity that's going to come in.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Sam Callahan. Sam is a macro analyst who recently worked on a report with Lyn Alden called Bitcoin: A Global Liquidity Barometer, and we dig deep into this report today. But we also get into the next wave of Bitcoin adoption, the shifting Overton window around bitcoin, the US and global macro environment, fiscal dominance, fiat debasement, whether anything stops this train, the ponzi scheme of social security, and a whole lot more. Sam also just got married this weekend providing that while Bitcoin doesn’t help get you a girlfriend, it can help you find a wife. FOLLOW SAM: X: https://x.com/samcallah Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1fpewuyx9rekj9487v2uawmg2any7tm7hpfw9at4q2r42u9jk792qg9vrkt REPORT with Lyn Alden: https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-a-global-liquidity-barometer/ ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)

“If you want to change the world, you start with the kids.” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Jonny Vance, co-creator and writer of Tuttle Twins TV. If you’re not familiar with Tuttle Twins, it’s an educational animated children’s TV show that teaches kids principles of freedom, Austrian economics, and Bitcoin, all while being incredibly hilarious. Tuttle Twins makes complex topics easy to understand for children (and adults), while teaching them about history and encouraging critical thinking. SHOW NOTES: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/words/f/jonny-vance-tuttle-twins-teaching-kids-economics-freedom JONNY on X: https://x.com/JonnyVance3 TUTTLE TWINS on X: https://x.com/TuttleTwinsTv WATCH: https://www.angel.com/watch/tuttle-twins YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TuttleTwins ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)

“It seemed like a risky thing. But the more I did understand it, the more I was like NOT having bitcoin is the real risk. OK, the price goes up and down. But at the end of the day, even there in the worst of the bear markets, I'd be like, has anything really changed other than the price? Nothing has changed fundamentally. So why would my belief in this change?” On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Mandrik, a Bitcoin OG who started selling Baklava for Bitcoin back in 2011. MANDRIK'S LINKS: Nostr: mandrik@nostrplebs.com https://primal.net/p/npub1qex7yjtuucs6ac49kjujdgytrjsphn5a4pdscu2w3qlprym4zsxqfz82qk X: https://x.com/Mandrik ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)

“For an artist or a writer or creator of any type, you suddenly have the potential to have a worldwide audience, a connection worldwide with anybody and if any of those people choose to support you they can do so instantly and those funds are in your wallet and you can go spend them… It really is magical, and that sounds cheesy, but it truly is.” On this Bitcoin Talk (and Nostr Talk) episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks anonymous Nostr memelords Corndalorian and Quiet Warrior, aka Corn and QW. We streamed this episode live on zap.stream. If you’re not familiar with Nostr, this episode is a great introduction to WHY you should be on Nostr, specific opportunities for content creators to monetize their talents on Nostr within the value for value ecosystem, memes, vibes, and a whole lot more. CORNDALORIAN: corndalorian@nostr.report https://primal.net/p/npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5 QUIET WARRIOR: QW@NostrPlebs.com https://primal.net/p/npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 WALKER: walker@primal.net ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for… > bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet. > EFANI: Protect yourself from SIM swap attacks – go to https://www.efani.com/walker and it’ll automatically apply the promo code WALKER getting you $99 OFF. > Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | HIGHLIGHTER | EVERYWHERE ELSE Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)