TPB80 – Bitcoin Rights are Human Rights with Lyudmyla Kozlovska
“We have to be proactive. Otherwise, if you don’t defend your rights, you lose it.” – Lyudmyla Kozlovska My guest today is Lyudmyla Kozlovska. Lyudmyla Kozlovska is a human rights activist and President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to defending human rights, democracy and rule of law throughout post-Soviet states....
TPB79 – Bitcoin on the Ballot in 2024 with Kyle Schneps
“Bitcoin is designed and decentralized to survive and not be controlled or destroyed. But governments can slow down the adoption we want to see in our lives, our children’s lives.” – Kyle Schneps My guest today is Kyle Schneps. Kyle is a former U.S. Intelligence Officer, former White House fellow under the Obama...
TPB78 – Bitcoin is Punk Rock with Sam from Wavlake
“We’re trying to build a new infrastructure for music, and that’s what needs to happen.” – Sam My guest today is Sam Means. Sam is a musician, podcaster, entrepreneur, co-founder of Hello Merch, founder of Lightning Store and co-founder of Wavlake. Sam joins me to discuss how Wavlake is building a new online...
TPB77 – Empowering African Women through Bitcoin with Marcel Lorraine
“If you’re born in a cage, if you’re born in prison, then freedom will look funny to you. But with a tool such as Bitcoin, this actually opens your eyes to your rights as a human, your rights as a citizen.” – Marcel My guest today is Marcel Lorraine. Marcel is the Founder...
TPB76 – What is Bitcoin? with Ben de Waal
“Bitcoin is money, but specifically Bitcoin is a form of money that isn’t controlled by any kind of centralized entity.” – Ben My guest today is Ben de Waal. Ben is an engineer, technologist, and Bitcoin consultant, having previously led various engineering projects including as Vice President of Engineering at Swan. Ben also...
TPB75 – Mi Primer Bitcoin with John and Reyna
“Bitcoin breeds curiosity. And that curiosity paired with agency over your own life is so powerful” – John My guests today are John and Reyna from Mi Primer Bitcoin. Mi Primer Bitcoin (My First Bitcoin) is a nonprofit based in El Salvador, built around a core concept: that independent, impartial, community-led Bitcoin education...
TPB74 – Bitcoin is Hope with Bryon and Christine
“Bitcoin is Hope.” – Christine We have a special bonus episode this week! My guests today are Bryon and Christine. Bryon and Christine are both educators from the midwest, have been in the Bitcoin space for quite a while and have been leading the way in many regards from the progressive bitcoin side....
TPB73 – Bitcoin’s Mad Progress with Thomas Hunt and The Daniel
“Bitcoin returns to this positive view of the future” – Thomas My guests today are Thomas Hunt aka Mad Bitcoins and Daniel. Thomas is the co-founder of the World Crypto Network and has been creating popular Bitcoin content as Mad Bitcoins, including shows like “The Bitcoin Group,” for over a decade. Daniel is...
TPB72 – Shifting Paradigms in the Middle East with Ahmed Gatnash
“I think humans can fix almost everything and Biticoin is a very powerful tool towards that” – Ahmed Gatnash My guest today is Ahmed Gatnash. Ahmed is author of “The Middle East Crisis Factory” and Executive Director of the Kawaakibi Foundation, an accelerator for thinkers and doers, with a focus on the future...
TPB71 – Scaling Bitcoin with Erik
“Bitcoin is most useful if more people use it.” – Erik My guest today is Erik. Erik is a UX designer and has worked on many bitcoin projects including Hoseki and eNuts, a cashu wallet for android and iOS. Cashu is a free and open-source Chaumian ecash system built for Bitcoin that offers...