Escape the Technocracy

Escape the Technocracy is a techno-adventure show on privacy tactics and evading technological tyranny.

Outlast the Upcoming Cyber 9/11 09/13/2026

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234 - Silent Link: Anonymous eSIM Service 09/06/2026

234 - Silent Link: Anonymous eSIM Service Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the admin of Silent Link, a privacy-first mobile service that operates entirely without KYC. The admin explains how foreign eSIMs keep you in permanent roaming mode, making it significantly harder for local carriers and adversaries to track your location or intercept your communications. They discuss the surveillance risks of traditional phone service—from SIM toolkit attacks to voice fingerprinting—and why paying in Bitcoin, Lightning, or Monero is crucial for severing identity and phone number. The admin also addresses the service's limitations: no outgoing calls or texts, the impossibility of true phone number ownership, and why this is still a massive improvement over anything Verizon or AT&T will ever offer you. GUEST → → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → (including consulting) → Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42802140

Internet Anywhere Debriefing 08/28/2026

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233 - Jerm Warfare: The Battle of Ideas 08/23/2026

233 - Jerm Warfare: The Battle of Ideas Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jeremy “Jerm” Nell of the show Jerm Warfare. They discuss his widespread cancellation online and an extended trip to China with some deep and contrarian thoughts on the country: how bad the Chinese Technocracy is and whether it actually works for the Chinese. Also living in South Africa, and his favorite topic: alternative health. 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. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Jeremy background 10:45 – Cancellation story 20:20 – Jerm’s privacy journey 27:30 – Search engine tips 39:30 – Jerm’s trip to China 1:21:00 – South Africa 1:37:00 – Free speech in South Africa 1:43:00 – Alternative health knowledge 1:54:00 – UFC and MMA 1:57:20 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42528105

Watchman's Torch Article: Why I Don't Use a Crypto Hardware Wallet 08/20/2026

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232 - Efrat Fenigson: The Technocratic Experiment - Israel and Elsewhere 08/18/2026

232 - Efrat Fenigson: The Technocratic Experiment - Israel and Elsewhere 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) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Efrat Fenigson 14:50 – Can Israel ever be freedom oriented? 34:20 – Efrat kicked off of Telegram and elsewhere 41:50 – Why “decentralized services” are not a solution 45:40 – Marketing tips 54:30 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42470150

231 - Daniel Sempere Pico: Speak 'Prompt' and Enter 08/12/2026

231 - Daniel Sempere Pico: Speak 'Prompt' and Enter 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 23:40 – Cost of AI (for agentic use) 27:30 – How invasive is your AI use? 30:30 – AI Big Tech ruling our lives 34:35 – Death of self-hosting AI? 37:50 – Art AI 40:40 – Voice consistency while using AI 44:50 – Final thoughts on AI Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42398105

230 - Alejandra Guajardo Sada: Sada Organics 08/08/2026

230 - Alejandra Guajardo Sada: Sada Organics 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 – Travel stories 22:08 – Bitcoin Bookshelf 24:17 – Sada Organics 27:50 – Why beef tallow? 31:10 – Detox tea 34:20 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42362820

229 - Coldcard: The Devastation Begins 08/03/2026

229 - Coldcard: The Devastation Begins 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) → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:35 – The details of the Coldcard exploit 10:30 – Steps to take 18:30 – Creating a new wallet 24:45 – Don’t update your Coldcard (before sending your funds out) 26:25 – More detail about the random generation flaw 29:00 – Who is draining the Coldcard wallets? 31:55 – Coinbase the solution?!? 34:30 – Is Coldcard anti-FOSS positioning what caused the problem? 39:50 – Should we condemn the Coldcard shills? 44:40 – Is this problem only for Coldcard – is AI a problem? 52:05 – Coldcard retweeted Urban? (Destroying their current devices) 55:30 – Was the commit that changed the seed phrase generation a conspiracy? 1:03:15 – Coldcard hack will wreck the history of Bitcoin privacy 1:07:20 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42307685

228 - Privacy Postmaster # 3 07/27/2026

228 - Privacy Postmaster # 3 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 /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42221000

Access Internet Anywhere 07/23/2026

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227 - Sparrow Wallet: Craig Raw & Silent Payments 07/12/2026

227 - Sparrow Wallet: Craig Raw & Silent Payments 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 /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/42051130

226 - James Wesley, Rawles: The Future’s Claim 07/08/2026

226 - James Wesley, Rawles: The Future’s Claim 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) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:40 – Signs of financial collapse 3:55 – Derivatives are a ticking timebomb 6:30 – Gold price 8:25 – Gambling; aka the stock market 12:45 – James Wesley, Rawles was debanked 17:35 – How does one vet a county in the US? 23:00 – Conservatives grouping together presents a target? 25:10 – What power does an American sheriff have? 27:40 – Australians and Canada 31:20 – Latest anti-gun laws 34:10 – Night vision equipment 36:55 – Concealed carry permit strategies 39:50 – “Turn the other cheek” 41:30 – The Black Swan 44:25 – Private purchases 49:10 – Fostering healthy hobbies 52:40 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41963810

225 - Expats Everywhere: All Who Wander 06/29/2026

225 - Expats Everywhere: All Who Wander 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) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:40 – Expats Everywhere background 3:40 – Why Portugal? 6:50 – Overview of Portuguese visas 9:45 – Portugal easiest option for European residency? 10:30 – Hurdles of Portugal visas 13:30 – Portugal citizenship process changed 15:20 – Taxes in Portugal 18:10 – Portugal “crypto friendly”? 19:27 – What makes a successful expat? 22:20 – Alternative cities to Lisbon 25:35 – Biggest hurdles adapting to Portugal 28:00 – Traveling with children 30:45 – How to quickly adapt to a new place 35:00 – EU Entry/Exit System EES 37:50 – Other countries complementary to Portugal 40:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41856225

224 - Douglas Tuman: Leading the Monero Charge 06/22/2026

224 - Douglas Tuman: Leading the Monero Charge Gabriel 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 → MONERO TALK → → XMR BAZAAR → → (Account permanently banned: spread the word) MONEROTOPIA → → XMR CHAT → → MONERONODO → → WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → 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 → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html 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 /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41236510

223 - Paul Rosenberg: The Use of Knowledge 06/15/2026

223 - Paul Rosenberg: The Use of Knowledge Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Paul Rosenberg for a fifth time. They discuss the moral, anarchic, and technological questions that continue to define our world. GUEST → (New Substack profile) → → → 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. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:45 – Clone thought experiment 3:40 – Digital ID 8:30 – Samourai Wallet 12:40 – Judges the biggest part of the problem of government? 16:30 – The Simple Web 20:50 – Wikipedia a decentralist failure? 25:00 – Laissez Faire city failure 32:00 – Quantum Computing 34:05 – Anarchy has no ways to fight off evil 42:50 – Are “defense stocks” immoral 48:50 – VPNs 55:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41236455

222 - The Psychopath Duology 06/08/2026

222 - The Psychopath Duology Episode 222 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – The Psychopath Duology 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 /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/38240550

221 - Max Hillebrand: Evade Censorship with Nostr 05/25/2026

221 - Max Hillebrand: Evade Censorship with Nostr Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about Nostr: a censorship-resistant social media protocol. 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. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 4:15 – Max Hillebrand’s nomad lifestyle 7:35 – Current status of Germany 8:50 – Overview of Nostr 12:30 – Problems with traditional social media 16:10 – Shadow banning and opaque rules distort reality 18:55 – Where did Mastodon go wrong? 20:05 – Which is the biggest thing Nostr has achieved so far? 22:45 – How to run Nostr 27:55 – What are you responsible for as a Nostr user? 31:20 – How do we follow people on Nostr 32:40 – Where does content get hosted? 35:00 – Balance between user-friendly and sovereign 36:45 – Hardcore privacy on Nostr 39:50 – Is Nostr full of only Bitcoin talk? 44:05 – Ongoing maintenance of Nostr 46:30 – Do you have to be in Lightning to use Nostr 49:50 – Quality of life problems 54:00 – Other interesting aspects of Nostr 57:00 – What does censorship-resistance mean? 1:01:20 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41235355

220 - Max Tannahill: A Modest Bitcoin Proposal 05/11/2026

220 - Max Tannahill: A Modest Bitcoin Proposal Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, one of the handful of Bitcoiners who believes in the original vision of the project, and one of the handful of people in the world who actually uses Bitcoin. GUEST → → → (A Decentralised On-Chain Directory for BIP47 Payment Codes) SAMOURAI WALLET SUPPORT → → (TDevD writings) 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 00:00 – Introduction 2:05 – What was the significance of Samourai Wallet in Bitcoin? 8:05 – Upcoming Bitcoin conference – any hope? 14:40 – Latest from Bill (TdevD) 20:50 – BIP-361 25:55 – The BIP process is not Bitcoin 35:10 – BIP-110 40:05 – Worse example of a Bitcoin podcast episode or article 44:22 – Who is worse for sound money: Luke DashJr or Jerome Powell? 47:18 – Opinion on Bitcoin company Strike 50:30 – Max’s BIP-47 suggestion 1:09:10 – Is flying the English flag racist? 1:12:30 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41235330

219 - Maya Parbhoe: Suriname Decentralized 05/04/2026

219 - Maya Parbhoe: Suriname Decentralized Gabriel Custodiet speaks with former Suriname presidential candidate Maya Parbhoe. They discuss this small South American country and Maya’s radical ideas to completely transform it, her backstory, recent controversy related to her presidential run, and where Bitcoin fits in to her ideas. 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. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Suriname 8:00 – About Maya Parhoe 20:55 – Running for president of Suriname 32:20 – How to transform a country like Suriname 51:40 – Maya Parbhoe recent controversy 1:06:20 – Future endeavors for Maya Parbhoe 1:13:15 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41132050

218 - Ray Youssef: The War Chief in Chains 04/24/2026

218 - Ray Youssef: The War Chief in Chains Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Ray Youssef, a crypto entrepreneur formerly of Paxful, who was abducted by federal agents and taken to the US where he is currently facing troubling allegations. He gives an update on his situation and also discusses some of his other views on the Global South, why he is persona non grata at Bitcoin conferences, and why decentralization is not the best process for human freedom. 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. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Ray Youssef introduction 19:00 – Ray Youssef captured 20:50 – Stepped down from NoOnes.com 30:15 – Is decentralization the goal? 34:45 – Ray banned from Bitcoin conferences 38:15 – Ray is building a video game 43:20 – Goethe’s ‘Faust’ 50:03 – Testosterone as critical for comprehending the truth Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/41005850

Watchman's Torch Privacy Newsletter: One-Year Anniversary 04/20/2026

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217 - The Politics of Bitcoin (Zelko & Samourai Wallet) 04/17/2026

217 - The Politics of Bitcoin (Zelko & Samourai Wallet) 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 → → 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. → /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/40902895

216 - Lauren Rodriguez: A Samourai Wallet Saga 04/10/2026

216 - Lauren Rodriguez: A Samourai Wallet Saga 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 → (including consulting) → (Gabriel's personal site) → SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 4:00 – How is Keonne doing in prison? 9:35 – Lauren’s perspective of the April 2024 FBI raid 13:05 – Has Lauren’s life been complicated by connection to Keonne? 14:00 – Keonne threatened with solitary confinement for writing from prison 17:05 – What is Keonne looking for from listeners? (sending letters and books) 20:15 – Taylor Swift? 22:25 – Who is The Skinwalker? 23:50 – The backwardness of prison 26:30 – Lauren’s life and current mission 29:35 – Lauren’s perspective of the Legal Industrial Complex 35:50 – The Rodriguez’s financially crushed by the legal system 39:50 – Victim of Operation Chokepoint 2.0 43:20 – SamouraiWallet.com owned by scammers? 45:40 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/40797880

215 - Parallel Mike: System Reboot 04/06/2026

215 - Parallel Mike: System Reboot 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 00:00 – Introduction 2:05 – Europe in a precarious position – where to go 7:40 – Iran war: Mike’s latest thoughts 19:05 – Food crisis and solutions 26:20 – Rise in gold price and present gold dynamics 34:30 – Acquisition of gold 39:50 – Best options within the banking systems 45:18 – Avoiding dopamine hits 52:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/40691740

214 - John Robb: Brave New War 03/09/2026

214 - John Robb: Brave New War 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 TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:45 – Guerrilla warfare as the way to understanding current events 4:45 – How us guerrilla warfare like open source software? 14:15 – How does the powerful force respond to guerrilla movements? 17:30 – What is “The Network” 27:20 – Mass SIM network found in New York City 33:10 – Other examples of dangerous military technology 41:00 – Race hustling 45:40 – Fake online content: how influential? 49:00 – AI futurism 57:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/40316190

213 - NanoGPT: Pay-Per-Prompt AI Service 02/09/2026

213 - NanoGPT: Pay-Per-Prompt AI Service 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. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:30 – Main changes to Nano-GPT since April 2025 6:27 – Do you run your own open-source models? 9:05 – Video AI tips 14:20 – Various ways to access NanoGPT (via Cake Wallet, etc) 16:45 – Image AI 27:50 – Mostly absurdly expensive prompt Milan has ever seen 29:35 – Creative uses of AI 34:30 – AI and medical treatment 36:30 – AI sewage 38:50 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/40026865

3D Printing for Radicals 01/23/2026

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212 - The Hated One: Privacy or Profit 01/19/2026

212 - The Hated One: Privacy or Profit 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 → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 3:00 – Goal of starting The Hated One 5:30 – Struggle of creating privacy content 10:30 – Problems with Proton? 19:50 – Privacy affiliate and sponsor world 29:20 – Privacy companies The Hated One applauds 39:15 – What does a society that maximizes privacy look like? 49:30 – Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash 56:45 – How Luigi Mangione was tracked down 1:02:15 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/39777095

211 - Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide 12/22/2025

211 - Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide 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 INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – Choosing privacy as career path 6:12 – How to onboard normies 12:12 – The convenience of privacy tools 13:50 – Flock cameras – a private property conundrum? 22:15 – Thoughts on Apple ecosystem’ 29:52 – Cool technology that Naomi Brockwell does not use 33:33 – Bitcoin 36:40 – Why Naomi doesn’t talk about crypto often 42:40 – Parents exposing their children online 48:30 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /episode/index/show/watchmanprivacy/id/39476425

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