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232 - Efrat Fenigson: The Technocratic Experiment - Israel and Elsewhere
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Efrat Fenigson, a journalist and podcaster who speaks on the global technocratic agendas sweeping our world. Fenigson has much to say in particular about how technocratic her home country of Israel has become, and advocates a range of solutions for carving out extra freedom wherever and however it can be found. GUEST → → (Guest) → (Her Podcast) → → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) →...
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231 - Daniel Sempere Pico: Speak 'Prompt' and Enter
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Daniel Sempere Pico (formerly BTCGandalf) about how he uses AI for his own productivity. GUEST → LEARN AI WITH ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:20 – Daniel Sempere Pico origin story (BTCGandalf) 6:40 – Rebuilding a Twitter audience 8:00 – World travel 11:15 – User experience of AI changing 14:10 – Daniel’s setup 20:55 – What to look for in a text AI model...
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230 - Alejandra Guajardo Sada: Sada Organics
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Alejandra Guajardo Sada, “Miss Bitcoin,” about her journey from a winner of Miss Universe El Salvador to a Bitcoin advocate and natural skincare entrepreneur. GUEST → → → → → → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:48 – Alejandra’s origins 11:52 – Post-Miss Universe 14:22 – El Salvador during rise of Bitcoin adoption 16:00 –...
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229 - Coldcard: The Devastation Begins
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A Torchlight Chat about one of the scariest hacks ever: the Coldcard Bitcoin wallet hack of late July 2026 that has evaporated hundreds of millions of dollars and counting. The carnage will not stop. We discuss what happened, what you should do, and what the conspiracies are…. LINKS → (Urban Hacker) → (our own backup bundle) → (Free brief backup) → (Simpler explanation of the problem) → (posting about this) WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → ...
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228 - Privacy Postmaster # 3
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Beneath a crimson sky, a specter approaches. The Privacy Postmaster rides... THE PRIVACY POSTMASTER → 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. Just truth. → Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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227 - Sparrow Wallet: Craig Raw & Silent Payments
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Craig Raw of Sparrow Wallet about Silent Payments and the latest updates of the Bitcoin wallet as of July 2026. GUEST → → → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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226 - James Wesley, Rawles: The Future’s Claim
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with one of the godfather’s of prepping: James Wesley, Rawles. They discuss the derivatives timebomb and the gold market, Mr Rawles’ recent debanking, the latest anti-gun laws, concealed carry permit strategies, the ethics of self-defense, and private purchases. GUEST → (Rawles website) → (Derivatives Timebomb) → (Survival Retreats & Relocation) → (My recommended book from Rawles) WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) →...
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225 - Expats Everywhere: All Who Wander
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Kalie of Expats Everywhere. They discuss the details surrounding living in Portugal and other EU countries and the mentality of being a successful expat. EXPATS EVERYWHERE → https://www.expatseverywhere.com/ → https://www.youtube.com/@ExpatsEverywhere → Podcast: “ExpatsEverywhere Presents: Let’s Move to Portugal” WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site)...
info_outlineGabriel Custodiet speaks with Douglas Tuman of Monero fame. They discuss all of his Monero projects—Monero Talk, XMR Bazaar, XMR Chat, Monerotopia—as well as practical topics on how to live on Monero, as well as thoughts on figures in the community and banned accounts.
GUEST: DOUGLAS TUMAN
→ https://x.com/DouglasTuman
MONERO TALK
→ https://www.youtube.com/@MoneroTalk
→ https://x.com/MoneroTalk
XMR BAZAAR
→ https://xmrbazaar.com/
→ https://x.com/xmrbazaar (Account permanently banned: spread the word)
MONEROTOPIA
→ https://monerotopia.com
→ https://x.com/MoneroTopia
XMR CHAT
→ https://xmrchat.com/
→ https://x.com/xmr_chat
MONERONODO
→ https://moneronodo.com/
→ https://x.com/moneronodo
WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER
→ https://watchmanstorch.com
ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS
→ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting)
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site)
→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM
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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:25 – Why did Douglas Tuman devote his life to Monero?
3:05 – Has their been a hijacking of Bitcoin?
4:35 – Monero Talk
8:00 – Douglas running for Congress
11:50 – Is being public important for Monero?
15:40 – Struggles of running Monerotopia
18:25 – Other Monero events
21:10 – Does Doug have troubles being publicly connected to Monero?
21:45 – XMR Bazaar
29:10 – Living off of Monero
30:55 – Why don’t privacy influencers talk about Monero?
32:55 – Moneronodo
34:50 – Banned Monero Twitter account
36:05 – Thoughts on Monero Maverick
39:05 – Anti-Jewish sentiment in Monero
41:00 – Medium of exchange vs store of value
44:30 – Should Monero users be more interested in price?
48:00 – Did Doug lose faith in Monero mining after Qubic attack?
50:40 – Final thoughts
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio