Episodes

  • Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent cyberattack against The Internet Archive, details about how the company and its services function, and some thoughts about how we can start backing up the Internet ourselves.

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    Harddrive image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive#/media/File:Incoming_additional_storage_at_Internet_Archive.jpg

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • A discussion of cults and how they operate: including Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple, Aum Shinrikyo, Heaven’s Gate, and OneCoin

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mike of Parallel Systems about the benefits of owning your own boat, of living in Poland to prepare for economic collapse, and of owning strategic denominations and versions of gold and silver. Mike also explains The Great Taking and his contrarian take on Javier Milei.

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    → Coins of the realm episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUy08kMhCQ

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:24 – Father is a well-known British gangster
    8:10 – Why is Poland the place to await economic collapse?
    13:20 – How to own a boat
    20:52 – The Great Taking
    26:22 – Reading list: the corrupt monetary system
    30:03 – Recommendations for gold and silver
    40:04 – Is Javier Milei anti-establishment?
    45:10 – Final thoughts

  • Bitcoin Self-Sovereignty Course now available at https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/bitcoin-self-sovereignty/

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    →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Shane/Rayo2 of the Vonu Podcast. They discuss a variety of topics regarding becoming invulnerable to coercion and escaping the servile society. Such strategies include unjobbing, living in a van or a shipping container, escaping to Mexico, and developing a homestead. Gabriel gets Shane’s thoughts on the recent 3D printed gun drama, Samourai Wallet, and self-sufficiency. His show is the Vonu Podcast.

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    →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:37 – What is Vonu?
    5:23 – Unjobbing
    9:30 – Living in a Van
    12:40 – Police interactions
    15:05 – Mexico an anarchist paradise?
    18:30 – Living in a shipping container
    20:05 – Thoughts on 3D printed gun drama
    22:25 – Shane’s views on Samourai Wallet
    25:10 – Developing a homestead and producing one’s own food
    29:35 – Other important aspects of self-sufficiency
    32:00 – What is P.A.Z.NIA?
    36:20 – How to organize anarchists?
    39:15 – Final thoughts

  • Why yes… yes they are.

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  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Morgan Lerette, a former mercenary with the private military company Blackwater in Iraq. They discuss the mechanics and geopolitics of PMCs.

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:50 – How do people react to your former occupation?
    3:00 – Fallujah
    3:50 – Relation to higher-ups at Blackwater
    5:50 – Blackwater enticements
    8:00 – Blackwater world-class facilities
    11:12 – Diplomatic immunity
    16:25 – Any personal consequences of being a mercenary?
    17:30 – Do PMC employees have to be of the same country of origin as the company?
    20:10 – Lerette’s big picture views of PMCs as their role in the world
    23:50 – Rapid Fire
    25:00 – High suicide rates for mercenaries
    25:55 – Utopian view of PMC proponents
    29:10 – Mistaken reasons to be in Iraq and Afghanistan; culture ignorance
    33:40 – Origins of human violence
    38:00 – Equipment as a mercenary
    42:10 – How to run your own PMC
    44:00 – Getting mind ready for daily conflict
    46:05 – Mercenaries vs traditional military
    50:00 – Reflections from military intelligence
    54:00 – Final thoughts

  • Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain PGP and how to use it.

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:30 – Origins of encryption
    5:10 – Ways we use PGP without knowing
    8:50 – Why should someone get into PGP?
    11:05 – Using PGP for authentication
    17:50 – How can people start making use of PGP?
    22:10 – Do we really need PGP today?
    27:10 – How to get a PGP key: Kleopatra or Protonmail
    31:52 – Downsides of generating PGP key from Protonmail
    37:45 – How Signal takes takes encryption to the next level
    48:20 – Final thoughts

  • Discussion of the Lebanon and Syria pager explosions of September 2024.

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • I discuss the privacy legend Michael Bazzell and why he is still the standard.

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • In this Torchlight Chat Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent released of a Samourai Wallet fork, Ashigaru Wallet: and what steps it takes to vet this kind of software.

    ASHIGARU WALLET LINKS
    → http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/download/
    → https://ashigaru.rs/
    → https://ashigaru.rs/news/

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    →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the legendary Barry Reid of Paper Trip fame. They discuss Barry Reid’s latest Paper Trip (Paper Trip 5) about setting up a DBA to have a convenient business identity to become an independent contractor with separation from one’s personal identity.

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    →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:40 – Origins of Paper Trip in Vietnam War
    8:40 – Were the hippies really anti-establishment?
    11:05 – How did the original Paper Trip work?
    12:45 – Name change has always been acceptable in common law tradition
    14:55 – What does “defrauding” mean?
    18:10 – What is the REAL ID Act?
    20:45 – Which Paper Trips should one buy?
    22:20 – What is a DBA?
    26:30 – How to remember your new name
    27:50 – Picking Barry’s brain about IDs without one’s birth name
    31:50 – Do you do consulting? (No)
    32:30 – Barry’s underlying philosophy
    35:00 – Existentialism question
    38:00 – Final thoughts

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nick of the YouTube channel The Linux Experiment. They discuss a variety of Linux topics: Apple compatibility, the “problem” with Linux packages, choosing hardware best optimized for Linux, Wayland, Linux kernel “bloat,” criticism of Mozilla, Arch Linux, and how to game on Linux computers.

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    →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:40 – Where is Microsoft headed?
    4:55 – Apple computers vs Linux
    8:40 – The “Problem” with Linux packages (downloading programs)
    14:05 – Flatpak “not verified”
    17:30 – Scenario: finding the best version of a program such as a crypto wallet
    19:55 – Going beyond Linux Mint
    23:20 – Choosing best hardware for driver compatibility
    27:50 – Problems with Linux-specific laptop companies
    31:10 – Linux kernel has increased by 2700x lines of code since inception
    33:35 – What is Wayland?
    38:50 – Thoughts on Mozilla?
    44:20 – Thoughts on tablets
    47:20 – Gauging France’s temperature on FOSS, privacy, etc.
    51:45 – Nick’s audience’s preferred distro (Arch Linux)
    54:00 – Linux gaming 101
    59:10 – Final thoughts

  • LINKS
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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Joel Skousen who consults and builds security and privacy shelters.


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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:55 – Joel Skousen’s consulting
    3:40 – What’s the most basic way to get a high security shelter?
    6:00 – How to determine if your property can handle a basement
    6:50 – Most elaborate shelters Joel has designed
    9:00 – How difficult is it to dig out a new basement?
    10:10 – Non-basement shelters
    12:55 – Shelters outside the USA
    14:40 – How to build a shelter without anyone knowing
    18:55 – Secret compartments in vehicles
    19:20 – Best secure home techniques
    23:30 – South Africa stories
    25:10 – Famous compounds (Putin and Zuckerberg)
    28:00 – Fighting vs. fleeing
    30:35 – Strategic relocation: common mistakes
    33:55 – Security systems: privacy concerns
    36:30 – 100% chance of nuclear strike in USA in next 10 years
    42:26 – Final thoughts

  • Torchlight Chat 1 with Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hernandez – discussing the bizarre assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

    LINKS
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    → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrfDDrPOtlo (Vice Documentary)
    → https://www.thejc.com/news/world/truth-behind-killing-of-iran-scientist-dhrzqyei

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Dallas of PrivacyPost.io about all things South Dakota nomad residency.

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:27 – The Third Party Doctrine
    5:00 – Types of postal boxes and secondary addresses
    9:15 – Insider info from the US mailing industry
    12:20 – What is PrivacyPost.io
    16:30 – What is a registered agent?
    19:18 – Becoming a South Dakota nomad resident
    23:30 – Using PrivacyPost to get nomad residency
    26:20 – Does registering to vote sign you up for jury duty?
    28:35 – Voting as a South Dakota nomad resident
    29:40 – Car insurance as a South Dakota nomad resident
    31:49 – Final thoughts on South Dakota
    33:45 – WorldPost.io (new service)
    38:50 – Portugal as entry to EU
    42:55 – Using an EIN (TIN) in place of an SSN
    44:10 – Corporate Transparency Act
    46:30 – Final thoughts

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Roger Huang about the past and present of China’s technological control over its people. His book is Would Mao Buy Bitcoin?

    GUEST LINKS
    → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/
    → https://x.com/Rogerh1991
    → Nostr: [email protected]
    → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/?p=126 (A Comprehensive Guide to e-CNY/Digital Yuan)

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    →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:10 – Who is Roger Huang?
    4:00 – Cultural Revolution and build-up to present China
    13:25 – Is China a Socialist/Communist state?
    19:17 – Understanding China’s currency situation
    25:20 – How do visitors to China use Chinese currency?
    29:10 – Is it okay for successful Chinese to leave China?
    35:45 – Social credit score?
    42:15 – Hukou system in China
    45:55 – Chinese Bitcoiners vs Western Bitcoiners
    56:25 – Final thoughts

  • Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the morality and usefulness of torrenting.

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio