Flirting With Bitcoin: The Podcast
Long-form conversations about self-custody, monetary policy, creator economics, Bitcoin culture, and the practical work of building a life on sound money. No guests booked for clout. No episodes padded for runtime. Every conversation earns its place.
What This Show Covers
Flirting With Bitcoin started as a simple premise: two people having real conversations about what it means to use Bitcoin in daily life. Not trading. Not speculation. The kind of money questions that matter when you are paying rent, raising a family, running a business, or just trying to understand why the monetary system works the way it does.
Over the course of more than a hundred episodes, the show has covered self-custody walkthroughs, deep dives into monetary history, conversations with engineers building on Bitcoin and Lightning, explorations of how fiat incentives shape culture, and practical strategies for families thinking in multi-generational terms. The tone is deliberate. We do not chase trends. We do not rush to record hot takes after market moves. If something is worth discussing, it will still be worth discussing in a week.
Episodes range from focused solo reflections to extended conversations with builders, educators, and people living on Bitcoin in places where financial freedom is not taken for granted. Whether you are brand new and looking for a solid starting point or have been stacking sats for years and want something beyond surface-level commentary, this show is built with you in mind.
Recent Conversations
The Roman Calendar is Dead: NextBlock's Bitcoin Time Revolution
Time itself is getting a rethink. We explore how Bitcoin's immutable block height is being proposed as a universal timestamp and what it means for how we measure everything from contracts to cultural milestones.
The Gentrification of Bitcoin
What happens when institutions move into a space built by cypherpunks? We examine the cultural tension between Bitcoin's grassroots origins and its Wall Street moment, and whether coexistence is possible.
The Cost of Ignoring Bitcoin
Opportunity cost is the quietest form of loss. We break down what it actually costs individuals and families to sit on the sidelines during a monetary transition that unfolds over decades.
Attention Theft to Viewer's Choice
From algorithmic feeds designed to harvest attention to value-for-value streaming, the media landscape is shifting. We trace the arc from passive consumption to active, sovereign choice.
Staying Sovereign While Engineering
Building software inside corporate structures while holding Bitcoin convictions creates a unique kind of friction. We talk to engineers navigating that tension daily.
Zapstore, Cashu, Blossom, and Beyond
A tour through the tools and protocols expanding the Bitcoin ecosystem right now. Decentralized app distribution, ecash tokens, media hosting, and the threads tying them together.
Building the Future on Bitcoin Island
What does it look like when a community organizes its economy around Bitcoin? We examine the practical realities of circular economies, local adoption, and building from the ground up.
Featured Past Episodes
Some conversations only get more relevant with time. These episodes have held up because the ideas in them were never about news cycles. They were about first principles.
The FTX Files
A detailed examination of the collapse that shook the entire industry and why self-custody was always the answer sitting in plain sight.
Santa Claus is Fiat
Holiday consumerism through the lens of monetary incentives. We unpack how fiat culture shapes traditions and what an honest money alternative might look like.
A Free Iran with Bitcoin
When a government controls the money, it controls the people. This episode explores how Bitcoin provides a financial lifeline in places where freedom is not guaranteed.
Married With Bitcoin
The series that started a broader conversation about how couples and families navigate Bitcoin together. Disagreements, shared custody, and the long game.
Can You Smell What the BlackRock Is Cooking
Institutional interest was a rumor, then it was a filing, and now it is a reality. We examine what the largest asset manager entering Bitcoin actually changes.
How to Listen
Each episode page on this site includes full show notes, key timestamps, and any resources mentioned during the conversation. We publish episodes here first, on our own terms, before they appear anywhere else. No algorithmic feeds decide what you see. You choose what to listen to, when, and how.
If you are new to the show, consider starting with the latest episodes above or browsing the featured past episodes for conversations that have remained consistently relevant. You can also check our Start Here page for a guided orientation to the entire site, including the podcast.
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