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217 - The Politics of Bitcoin (Zelko & Samourai Wallet)
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Zelko of RoninDojo and Samourai Wallet. They unpack the crazy politics in the Bitcoin community: from the fuzzy “red lines” of Bitcoin company, to the gradual diminishment of Bitcoin’s cypherpunk origins, to FOSS gaslighting and the recent Ocean Mining censorship. Oh, and Bitcoin is not for Progressives. Note: Originally recorded December 2023 ZELKO & RONINDOJO → → → (Node comparison) SAMOURAI WALLET → → (Bitcoin: An Experiment in Anarchism) WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → →...
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216 - Lauren Rodriguez: A Samourai Wallet Saga
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Lauren Rodriguez about how her political prisoner husband Keonne Rodriguez is doing in prison, some updates on Samourai Wallet, and some reflections on the injustice surrounding this event and similar events. GUEST AND SUPPORT SAMOURAI WALLET → (Sign the petition and donate to the families) → (Lauren Rodriguez Twitter) → (Keonne Rodriguez Twitter) → (Keonne’s “Notes from the Inside”) WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → ...
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215 - Parallel Mike: System Reboot
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Parallel Mike on the Iran War, the technocratic boot falling on Europe, food crisis and solutions, the rise of gold and its acquisition, working within the banking system, and the fight against dopamine hits. GUEST → → → WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE...
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214 - John Robb: Brave New War
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with John Robb, a futurist military analyst. They discuss his original book, Brave New World, and how thinking about modern warfare involves understanding how cultural movements and politics are shaped by viral moments and the scarcely predictable movements of “the network.” Episode was recorded in late 2025. GUEST → → → MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO...
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213 - NanoGPT: Pay-Per-Prompt AI Service
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks Milan de Reede, co-creator of Nano-GPT.com, a pay-as-you-go AI aggregate service with certain privacy features. De Reede gives an update on NanoGPT and discusses some practical tips for using AI. GUEST → → → Previous episode (173): MY AI PRIVACY COURSE → MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads....
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3D Printing for Radicals
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212 - The Hated One: Privacy or Profit
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with well-known privacy YouTuber The Hated One. They discuss the difficulty of maintaining integrity while recommending privacy tools, the problem with Proton’s expansion into other services, societal changes that would benefit privacy, cryptocurrencies, and current advances of surveillance. GUEST → → → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM →...
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211 - Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide
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Episode 211 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the long-time privacy instructor Naomi Brockwell about her origins, how to onboard normies to privacy, Flock cameras and private property, her updated thoughts on Bitcoin and crypto, and the mistakes parents make exposing their children online. GUEST → → → → MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT...
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Samourai Wallet Update
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info_outlineEpisode 208 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Conrad Rockenhaus: Tor Exit Node and Policing Abuse
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Adrienne Rockenhaus about the abuse and arrest of her husband, Conrad Rockenhaus, and the details surrounding this disturbing event of what seems to be clear policing and judicial overreach.
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→ https://www.youtube.com/@adriennerockenhaus (Videos of raid)
→ https://rockenhaus.com/
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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:38 – Adrienne Rockenhaus background
3:00 – Facts surrounding military-style raid on home and arrest (September 2025)
6:00 – Medical problems Conrad Rockenhaus is facing
8:25 – Lawyer problems
12:25 – Details of the September 2025 raid
15:00 – Bank account shut down?
16:55 – Trigger: running Tor exit node in 2018
21:25 – Going to jail originally
27:55 – Supervised released
30:40 – Catch up on timeline
34:40 – May 2025 raid
40:35 – What is this really about?
43:00 – Final thoughts
45:00 – FBI letter?
47:05 – Final thoughts
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio