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2026-04-02 06:04:09 UTC

“When Starmer came in in 2024, how many people across the entire British state changed jobs?
Two hundred.
One hundred ministers… and one hundred special advisors… And that’s it. And everybody else in that deep state stayed exactly the same.”
https://fountain.fm/episode/tuZpY3c4GgvGqdbO8qnk

2026-03-28 14:35:53 UTC

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Me too. I saw some pre production sequences and the story is amazing and very well documented.

2026-03-28 02:51:57 UTC

On the podcast this week, I join Oswald Horowitz for one of the wildest frontier stories you'll ever hear.
https://fountain.fm/episode/if1YcDueqXZxIaKX9Z2i

2026-03-20 08:01:09 UTC

Architecture is downstream from law.
If your buildings are ugly, inert, overpriced, and impossible to build, the problem is not just aesthetic. It is political.
This week on the pod: Patrik Schumacher on why bad governance produces bad cities.
https://fountain.fm/episode/GGo2awSfGNciGhTGnHnF

2026-03-19 21:57:30 UTC

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Nope. $6 for a month.

2026-03-19 10:03:35 UTC

It's an intense one this week.
Patrik Schumacher is one of the most important and controversial voices in architecture today.
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Early access for subscribers TODAY...
https://fountain.fm/episode/GGo2awSfGNciGhTGnHnF

2026-03-13 09:16:47 UTC

Episode 173 is out: Mailyn Salabarria.
If you think tyranny only arrives overnight, this will change your mind. She’s lived the “hard mode” version and explains the “slow mode” version.
Top line: “same dog, different leash.”
Listen now: https://fountain.fm/episode/gSnY6oQPUDolaXJYgXhF

2026-03-11 13:22:40 UTC

“You can vote your way into socialism, but you can only shoot your way out.”
Subs on @nprofile…cgkr get early access right now...
https://fountain.fm/episode/gSnY6oQPUDolaXJYgXhF

2026-03-06 13:33:48 UTC

“‘They’ll stop you!" is usually a reflex, not a refutation.
Incentives protect alternatives more often than people think.
https://blossom.primal.net/b7ab30d53266e082b8ca261da8a1682a95b14626ace9c85ef40484e917731871.jpg
https://fountain.fm/episode/bX3x7eJ73BWcW3wpOiOh

2026-03-05 09:54:03 UTC

Very popular returning guest on the show this week. Early access for subs on @nprofile…cgkr until tomorrow...
https://fountain.fm/episode/bX3x7eJ73BWcW3wpOiOh

2026-02-27 09:38:53 UTC

Special Economic Zones are marketed as “sandboxes for reform”.
Lotta Moberg says that’s often the wrong story.
In this episode we talk incentives, why failing zones can get more funding, and why free cities like Próspera might be a different category entirely.
https://blossom.primal.net/eca108ad465280b9c8505b9b58e7a4cf2887d2632ca0b5768c3263345e1c8e13.jpg
WATCH: https://fountain.fm/episode/kTVFzEz5YL0pMjWf6DPi

2026-02-21 20:05:46 UTC

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🙏

2026-02-20 10:38:31 UTC

An exit tax is a government admission of failure: they couldn’t make the place attractive, so they make leaving expensive.
Tim Stern is on the podcast this week. We talk incentives, capital flight, and why places like Margarita Island become magnets.
https://fountain.fm/episode/UwKT4mXAS3H0yqrBTz8c

2026-02-19 09:42:23 UTC

"Get out of Europe".
Tim Stern on the pod this week. Early access today for sub's on v4v...
https://fountain.fm/episode/UwKT4mXAS3H0yqrBTz8c

2026-02-13 07:25:07 UTC

Seasteading only scales if it exports something the world wants.
Mitchell Suchner (ArkPad) makes the case for “economics first” and lays out an incremental path: aquaculture as early cashflow, tourism as a demand engine, and later ocean industries (mineral extraction from seawater, offshore data infrastructure, autonomous logistics).
We also get into stability/storm design and the governance implications of flags and jurisdiction at sea.
Listen: https://fountain.fm/episode/6NPTpzR5jaNlv4fmknjg

2026-02-12 11:29:48 UTC

Seasteading isn't just a fad.
Early access to this week's pod for subscribers on @nprofile…am06
https://fountain.fm/episode/6NPTpzR5jaNlv4fmknjg

2026-02-10 21:17:34 UTC

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For auto editing... Autopod is an extension for Adobe Premiere Pro

2026-02-10 21:15:06 UTC

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Opus.pro

2026-02-06 14:40:10 UTC

So many infinite pizza peeps coming out of the woodwork recently.

2026-02-06 11:20:29 UTC

GM.
What do the Free Cities crowd and the Network State crowd actually share in common?
Vikram Bharati argues that the overlap is where the most interesting things are happening right now...
https://fountain.fm/episode/XU4TuLuElDrpEQJkK3Mj

2026-02-05 08:20:24 UTC

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Anything is possible. The two main options are Madrid to San Pedro Sula, or through Miami. There aren't any directs from Europe unfortunately. Lay over in USA would be the least crazy in my experience, as long as you can take your time.

2026-02-04 21:24:39 UTC

AI won’t inevitably create tyrants.
It’s just as likely to erase ignorance, making the quietly prepared too expensive to control.

2026-02-04 09:43:24 UTC

New episode just dropped.
Early access for subs until Friday, then on general release to everyone else...
You can support the show with a monthly subscription on @nprofile…cgkr...
https://fountain.fm/episode/XU4TuLuElDrpEQJkK3Mj

2026-01-30 12:35:21 UTC

Mikkel insists that Panama is the best place in the world for both Bitcoiners & libertarians...
https://fountain.fm/episode/trD1QTmuCAShTIli5ixg

2026-01-29 08:52:41 UTC

New episode just dropped. As always, there's early access for all subs on @nprofile…am06 ....
https://fountain.fm/episode/trD1QTmuCAShTIli5ixg

2026-01-23 09:06:21 UTC

One for the nomads amongst you...
https://fountain.fm/episode/7qGA3zBnUxk5KKZVRkNn

2026-01-21 16:44:29 UTC

Venezuela may be reopening faster than anyone expected.
We have a special Free Cities NEWS update from inside the country...
https://fountain.fm/episode/mfLZXe5WpBaEbGs3vz2e

2026-01-21 08:33:26 UTC

You can live almost anywhere tax free.
Early access for V4V subscribers:
https://fountain.fm/episode/7qGA3zBnUxk5KKZVRkNn

2026-01-16 10:32:14 UTC

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No. As in a backup plan.

2026-01-16 09:40:58 UTC

We shouldn't wait for the perfect place. There is no utopia.
@nprofile…35vh is on the show this week revealing his new project: A network of private Plan B citadels scattered over the globe.
https://fountain.fm/episode/pFG0M5jvZgO6PvNwDJcG

2026-01-15 17:04:21 UTC

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Glad you like it. It's the second time he's been on the show. Here's the first: https://fountain.fm/episode/vEuuIykVv3moPkfvcMYA

2026-01-15 09:32:28 UTC

Early access to new episodes for all our subscribers...
https://fountain.fm/episode/pFG0M5jvZgO6PvNwDJcG

2026-01-09 12:49:51 UTC

"This is the last piece in the puzzle for the sovereign individual."
https://fountain.fm/episode/xgFgijYd03ddJVivFJxU

2026-01-03 11:57:14 UTC

"I think Atlas Shrugged will keep happening to us & keep getting worse each time..."
Yaron Brook joins me on our first podcast of the new year.
Happy new year to you all. 2026 is going to be a BIG year for Free Cities. Watch this space!
https://fountain.fm/episode/l3lNkWQXvLYugyO5nzol

2025-12-28 09:42:07 UTC

You will live forever if you choose to.
https://fountain.fm/episode/XvKrTPB30OnS0jaP233l

2025-12-19 16:53:05 UTC

“You are on the cusp of something absolutely dramatic and amazing.”
Swen Lorenz on Free Cities and why it is imperative that we should all start thinking about geo arbitrage.
https://fountain.fm/episode/V5FbUZMJo0ywTxnqDY7x

2025-12-12 16:14:31 UTC

An update on the Honduran general election and how the outcome will likely effect the country's Free Cities...
https://fountain.fm/episode/wsG9HPGke5Tn7GyUcM5b

2025-12-12 12:40:00 UTC

"There is only one freedom. The freedom to leave."
Mark Edge is back on the pod this week to remind you not to feel guilty about being a Libertarian...
https://fountain.fm/episode/4H9JuAJyAy8FAXHMqUnp

2025-12-11 09:22:59 UTC

Subscribers to the pod on @nprofile…cgkr now get early access to all episodes as well as bonus episodes....
New EP out today!
https://fountain.fm/episode/4H9JuAJyAy8FAXHMqUnp

2025-12-05 10:00:31 UTC

"The next constitutional court can say that the previous constitutional court finding was anti-constitutional".
Welcome to the world of Honduran politics..
https://fountain.fm/episode/gfskDya8VUMVseGbEDn4

2025-12-04 15:07:06 UTC

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Jacobin selling the ideas strangely well.

2025-11-28 10:37:41 UTC

With the Honduran general elections just a couple of days away, we're bringing you two consecutive podcasts from the two best-known ZEDEs in the country.
This week, we have Próspera's Chief of Staff, Trey Goff on the show, and next week - after the election - we'll hear from Ciudad Morazán's Massimo Mazzone.
For the lowdown on the main political candidates, listen to the introduction in the AUDIO version of this week’s episode...
https://fountain.fm/episode/PfuQ0pVlQqrlBpgfYIhN

2025-11-22 11:49:47 UTC

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We're all developers now.

2025-11-22 11:43:32 UTC

GM. Give the perfect gift this holiday season.
https://image.nostr.build/a3809ad67478de0e7cb07265ca1d871813b992a9784bfd0f0ca4c9beb6148828.jpg @nprofile…q7kw

2025-11-19 11:17:54 UTC

One of my daughters has just joined Nostr. Are there any horseriders on here? She'd love to connect.
#nevent1q…067p

2025-11-19 11:03:53 UTC

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Nice
https://fountain.fm/track/QrTQRe0oy9PPf4BEMjwp
#nevent1q…24xt

2025-11-15 13:21:14 UTC

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Full Episode: https://fountain.fm/episode/66NqAclTBh7FByIX7lCq

2025-11-14 14:33:15 UTC

Did you know you can pay your taxes in Panama City with Bitcoin? https://video.nostr.build/3ed681c324dc07ab489f013e9ad4de5fc08d183413935ceaca9c01e944148a31.mp4

2025-11-14 12:01:50 UTC

Are these guys building Bitcoin Citadels?
New pod just dropped:
https://fountain.fm/episode/66NqAclTBh7FByIX7lCq

2025-11-13 11:52:12 UTC

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Without a thread of a doubt.

2025-11-07 08:45:46 UTC

Ioni is back on the pod for Part 2 of our epic conversation...
https://fountain.fm/episode/dWyeUOi5Qvj6XUZIUXHy

2025-11-01 07:40:20 UTC

I met her in the courtyard of my building in Prague.
https://image.nostr.build/3ae753f364cfdbd93d1a7c1722fb892c2fb8f90d69f10505c52032e5f42b18c4.jpg

2025-10-31 06:52:52 UTC

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FYI It's and audio only week. The full length video version will be available next week after part 2 is published.

2025-10-31 06:47:45 UTC

'The Medicine of Meaning'.
This week on the pod you've got part 1 of a three and a half hour epic chat with Ioni Appelberg...
https://fountain.fm/episode/3If9Fij1GyuCibjZCje3

2025-10-28 08:37:36 UTC

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Never had a problem.

2025-10-28 08:25:16 UTC

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Starling good alt option.

2025-10-27 18:35:28 UTC

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🫡

2025-10-24 09:56:40 UTC

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https://fountain.fm/episode/LpL83JKMG4eXH6qIupJp?t=739

2025-10-24 09:51:13 UTC

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Ah. That a great looking UX. I want one.

2025-10-24 09:43:19 UTC

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Which node is that?

2025-10-24 07:34:44 UTC

It's a wild one this week. I've got Alex Jones on the pod...
https://fountain.fm/episode/LpL83JKMG4eXH6qIupJp
@nprofile…qa67

2025-10-23 18:55:15 UTC

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Lol. I wish!

2025-10-23 08:55:31 UTC

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Doesn't always work. https://image.nostr.build/66544481c077c6c587ea3bee66ba3d10edf14bf612e0398cefd73433d4f49eef.jpg

2025-10-21 09:13:59 UTC

In case you missed it: One of our most popular shows this year on @nprofile…cgkr
One for the Nostr peeps...
https://fountain.fm/episode/3M16xIw3SijaibF4pwIu @nprofile…slk3

2025-10-20 07:06:31 UTC

What is it about human nature that makes this happen?
https://image.nostr.build/504de7e872296e2ae9a30f930233af672b1bda984bc6908b6078b1c1b8101e7c.jpg

2025-10-17 09:31:34 UTC

What is Liberland's latest strategy for nation building?
We've got Thomas Walls, Liberland's Minister of Foreign Affairs on the pod this week...
WATCH or LISTEN: https://fountain.fm/episode/3QgWqI2RQ4l357plwP1q

2025-10-17 08:16:19 UTC

2035: The home you own in the UK:
1. Council Tax
2. Wealth Tax on its value appreciation
3. Net zero penalties for energy-inefficiencies
4. Stamp duty land tax when you sell it
5: Exit tax when you decide to move abroad looking for a better life

2025-10-17 08:02:56 UTC

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We have the juiciest fly agarics here.

2025-10-17 06:30:24 UTC

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Brecon Beacons?

2025-10-14 08:19:32 UTC

Politics mask the deeper divide between authoritarian control and libertarian freedom.
Left and right is just a veneer. The core question is always how much power individuals have versus the state.

2025-10-10 11:52:34 UTC

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Everyone has a bad back.

2025-10-10 11:45:03 UTC

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Fire wood for winter.

2025-10-10 11:29:49 UTC

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Enjoy.

2025-10-10 11:23:51 UTC

Desk job finished for the week. Down to the wood shed away from it all. Early autumn nip in the air. Bitcoin podcasts streaming in the background. This is my perfect fucking life rn.
https://blossom.primal.net/e0549507209d6bdbb9da57cfe4771bc58eb6a010e5aa0ac27ebf82c03afae5c1.jpg

2025-10-10 10:58:08 UTC

"We're going to head into choppy waters, potentially war. I think it could lead to collapse."
@nprofile…2zl8 is on the show this week...
Don't forget, the VIDEO version is uploaded on @nprofile…cgkr too!
LISTEN & WATCH: https://fountain.fm/episode/5eywvN3WYjtcSS3CC4sA

2025-10-08 17:55:32 UTC

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This book might interest you: https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities-book/

2025-10-08 08:27:25 UTC

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When democracy is not the system I would personally like to see a contract-based model, where individuals voluntarily engage with competing providers of security, justice, and infrastructure. Essentially replacing state functions with market-driven services. Disputes would be resolved by independent arbitration, not political decree.
As to whether every human should be held accountable to the same standards, that would depend on the particular contract that they chose to sign with the service provider.
I would also have to counter your claims that democracy fractionalises power to the individual. In reality, we see the opposite. By its nature, democracy favours the collective over the individual and as a result free speech under democracy is , as you rightly mentioned, 'allowed' speech.
The greatest opportunity offered by Bitcoin as money is that its takes away the state's ability to create money to fund itself. It is a forcing function making states become more productive and efficient and ultimately, much smaller and limited in function.

2025-10-06 08:52:24 UTC

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'Avail a Bale' is my new company selling straw and hay to small holders.

2025-10-06 08:42:14 UTC

Stop using their money.
https://blossom.primal.net/dc0161a5884a170c175e2818610b06480bf6e0d58e7b50c5c314dd08c3f8fc19.mp4
https://fountain.fm/episode/CaozvsQq50O2pKNYI8n6

2025-10-05 15:47:47 UTC

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It's a new feature when you host on @nprofile…am06 . You can make video default in the settings.

2025-10-05 15:45:44 UTC

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We started 11 months ago posting every day. Just about to reach half a million views. For anyone else thinking of trying, regularity seems to help massively. Our feed: https://www.tiktok.com/@freecitiespodcast

2025-10-03 12:41:06 UTC

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note1vhcvkhtr5tm8lr0vud560fr4e6w20fzkqnz2zhj2ajmu5pv7jm9sjgaqp5

2025-10-03 12:05:38 UTC

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Hey mate. It's on @nprofile…cgkr with video too..
https://fountain.fm/episode/CaozvsQq50O2pKNYI8n6

2025-10-03 09:57:54 UTC

Me & @nprofile…3hw8 are trashing democracy this week on the pod.
Off to the gulags we must go!
Also.... don't forget, there's also a VIDEO version available on @nprofile…cgkr too...
https://blossom.primal.net/ea36b6424b1723f2aae576944c3f516792458ac91e52a7af73a5f31c7bf9df14.png
LISTEN HERE: https://fountain.fm/episode/CaozvsQq50O2pKNYI8n6

2025-10-01 10:13:37 UTC

New BONUS Episode just dropped...
Availabale to all our subscribers on @nprofile…cgkr .
Recorded in San Salvador: Nearly 4 hours of candid discussion with Jake Hamilton, an Urbit developer, covering topics from technology and consciousness to philosophy and the future of humanity.
https://fountain.fm/episode/727p2ykSx85aTmeNbC8N

2025-09-30 12:52:03 UTC

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No. As far as I understand it. Lords act as a check, suggesting amendments or delaying. Their power is limited by parliament acts.

2025-09-30 11:28:46 UTC

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In reality the commons has more power than the lords

2025-09-30 10:54:36 UTC

When I worked at a national newspaper in London, the two biggest public demonstrations against UK govt policy that I covered were: 'Don't go to war in Iraq' & the Countryside Alliance's 'Don't ban hunting'.
Neither had any effect on policy.
This will be the next learning experience for another chunk of the UK population. They all add up in the end.
https://blossom.primal.net/2c3ff9e3c4578ced3a95374383f357bcf3fc1e8af44dcc3ea3ef63d15280516c.png

2025-09-26 11:43:20 UTC

I've got the president of Liberland on the pod this week..
https://fountain.fm/episode/6eZjWxHDVebEFG4pPESp

2025-09-26 08:18:27 UTC

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Yes.

2025-09-24 10:56:12 UTC

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Great for privacy. Not so great for LLM. Point in case, ChatGPT would have answered more intuitively from this prompt in my experience. I wasn't expecting that answer.

2025-09-24 07:27:17 UTC

Finally had to wade into the knots vs core debate. Don't understand all the fuss.
https://image.nostr.build/c7faf76490b2c9082c27ffde05c2063ec11dcfc1babf83a70b8d6c5062977d29.jpg

2025-09-23 09:40:09 UTC

Why is Israel so important in the geopolitical landscape?
https://video.nostr.build/4457db4e7aa4c7ad64c7c6ff46f89d7ce01386fe505652e0533687e3fa00e8b3.mp4

2025-09-21 11:08:37 UTC

It is well documented that extremely powerful political actors sometimes use armed force, organized violence, or war to move, expel, or otherwise reshape populations for strategic, political, or demographic ends.
https://blossom.primal.net/0abd410ef94da291dad077fb4af34bf5d10f2ad3f5f2e1bbdf3b037a56d6045b.mp4

2025-09-19 15:48:35 UTC

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Thanks. BTW I can't zap you either

2025-09-19 10:38:48 UTC

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*Henningsen

2025-09-19 10:21:15 UTC

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Patrick is incredibly interesting.

2025-09-19 09:55:56 UTC

Is there a grand conspiracy?
We're talking geopolitics, Ukraine, The Middle East and the New World Order on the pod this week with political analyst, Patrick Henningson...
LISTEN: https://fountain.fm/episode/XIiKUFNCzaKkPNp4c1tt
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgpVqVGanLY

2025-09-12 21:29:47 UTC

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@nprofile…pvzu & @nprofile…2eqt

2025-09-12 21:21:09 UTC

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Yes I'm here. @nprofile…2eqt