Plebchain Radio

Jim Costello joins Avi for Episode 4 of Sunday Brunch. The conversation pinballs from David Lynch deep cuts and the musical fingerprints of Angelo Badalamenti into how Costello’s Phantom Power Media helps independent artists navigate the Bitcoin and podcasting music ecosystem, inspired by daughter Ainsley Costello’s breakout via Wavlake and the broader “open mic / sats flowing” live-scene energy....

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, Avi sits down with Coach Carbon for a wide-ranging conversation that treats football as a laboratory for truth: you can talk your way through many professions, but you can’t talk your way into elite performance. The pitch keeps receipts. They dig into the idea of “proof of workout” and why athletic consistency is the purest anti-fiat mechanism: no bailouts, no n...

In Episode 2 of Say WoT? , Avi sits down with Gzuuus to “debug the intersection of AI and the Web of Trust,” tracing his build path through DVMCP , ContextVM , and his latest project, Relatr , with the goal of engineering machine intelligence that amplifies human reputation instead of harvesting it. Gzuuus explains why ContextVM evolved from an earlier “kitchen sink” approach into a cleaner design...

Avi and guest OpenMike riff on the weird gap between “real-world popularity” and how few followers some incredible musicians have on Nostr, then use that as a springboard into what it looks like to actually build culture: paying creators directly, making venues more resilient, and turning community into infrastructure. The conversation detours into Tunestr and OpenMike’s search for a true “home ba...

Avi opens Episode 147 with “The Return of the Local Oracle,” a sermon on outsourced knowing, supply-chain truth, and rebuilding trust through people you can look in the eye: ranchers, butchers, and neighbors with gardens. Tom Taber returns to unpack his work with the Beef Initiative , arguing that ranching culture runs on integrity, “cowboy code,” and accountability in a world he frames as increas...

Sunday Brunch is your lightning-laced decompression chamber: no sermon, no prepared questions, just coffee, a record player, and a guest DJ, with Value-for-Value splits (90% of boosts/streams during songs go to the artist; talk-time splits go to the guest + show). This episode’s guest is Rod Palmer (Bitcoin Bugle) , spinning a playlist that sparks a wide-ranging riff on staying sovereign through t...

Avi opens with a sermon on “embracing the outsider” and argues that the real mission isn’t winning debates, but building a parallel city, with art as core infrastructure and Bitcoiners as the new patrons. Guest Dion Wilson, former professional dancer (including the touring cast of Disney’s The Lion King ), shares his path from the demanding Broadway ecosystem into Bitcoin and launches Bitcoin for...

Say WoT? with host Avi Burra kicks off by staking the claim that Nostr’s “exit ramp” from addictive, black-box feeds is Web of Trust , and then immediately drops into the engine room with Vitor Pamplona (Amethyst), Derek Ross (Soapbox), and David Strayhorn (NosFabrica) . The trio breaks down NIP-85 trusted assertions as a simple delivery mechanism for portable, personalized trust scores (clients s...

Welcome to the inaugural serving of Sunday Brunch – a new weekly format from Plebchain Radio designed to be your decompression chamber after a long week in the fiat mines. No roadmap grilling, no deep-dive technicals, just coffee, conversation, and a curated playlist of independent Value-for-Value music. To kick things off, Avi is joined by Oscar Merry , the creator of Fountain , to spin tracks, d...

This week, I strip it back. No interviews. No sermon. Just signal. I explore the philosophy of the Exit. Why fighting the system is a trap, why building alternatives is the only winning move, and how to navigate the inevitable friction this creates with the people we love. I perform a reading of four essential essays by Max Hillebrand , woven together with a custom musical score to help the signal...

In the first Plebchain Radio episode of 2026, Avi is joined by Noa Gruman (lead singer of Scardust) and Lahav, for a conversation ranging from Scardust’s Bitcoin-adjacent music lore (including the “RIP” video) to the reality that “Bitcoin is definitely metal” … and prog. Noa shares highlights from Sabaton’s Legendary Orchestra project, a massive arena-scale production where she both conducts and p...

In this episode, Chad F joins the show to dismantle the false dichotomy between the "ancient scrolls" of RSS and the high-speed relays of Nostr. As a longtime Podcasting 2.0 + V4V operator (and “welcoming committee” booster), Chad traces the arc from No Agenda’s time-talent-treasure model through the Alex Jones deplatforming moment that helped catalyze Podcast Index, and onward into Lightning-powe...

Episode 142 is a Nostr year-in-review roundtable with Avi, QW, Vitor Pamplona, and Corndalorian. They reflect on the mid-year “Nostr bear market” in engagement and argue it wasn’t a death spiral, it was infrastructure season: fewer tourists, more plumbers, deeper roots. Vitor breaks down why user drop-off is normal at this stage, and why 2025 felt like “working on the pipes,” with Nostr expanding...

In this episode, Avi sits down with de-commerce builder Eric FJ , creator of Conduit Market, to explore how Nostr and Bitcoin can rebuild the old-school bazaar in protocol form. They dig into NIP-99 product listings, NIP-17 DM-based order flows, and the emerging “infinite product pool” that multiple marketplaces like Shopstr, Plebian Market, and Conduit can all share and filter in their own ways....

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, Avi sits down with Aaron of Essex , the Bitcoiner, hairdresser, and music superfan behind Bitcoin Essex and the New Music Nudge Unit . Aaron shares his 90s-era origin story, from Napster and CDs to discovering Bitcoin and realizing he could help working musicians build parallel rails for their art. He explains how the New Music Nudge Unit works in practice: self...

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, Avi sits down with London-based bitcoiner, artist and playwright Psyfer , caretaker of the legendary Cyphermunk House in Bloomsbury. They trace the unlikely origin of the house back to a 10-day Vipassana retreat in rural India, where Psyfer was flooded with images of fiat collapse and Bitcoin art, eventually leading him to turn a four-story Victorian building in...

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, QW interviews Sam Means (aka Lightning Store, Wavlake), a musician, father, and entrepreneur, discussing his various projects and perspectives on the music, his band The Format and much more. The Format Live on Tonight Show : https://youtu.be/5i9GQzPM8G0 The Format Merch : https://www.theformat.com/home/#merch Hello Merch : https://www.hellomerch.com/?srsltid=Af...

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, Avi talks with Swiss-German Bitcoin artist Yena, aka Lady Block Jane, about how vivid dreams and a forest vision pulled her into Bitcoin and birthed works like Dressed in Entropy and the mermaid piece I’ll Take Yours Too , who quietly stacks sats from our “boating accidents.” They get into the gritty reality of hauling physical Bitcoin art across borders, the bi...

Max Hillebrand returns to the show to map the cypherpunk “freedom stack” for real life. He digs into open source hardware and works up the stack to Nostr-native coordination (from relay hygiene to posting CoinJoin rounds). We talk private, scalable group communication – what’s missing, what’s promising, and how mixnets and layered encryption fit. Max makes the case for value-for-value as the fundi...

This episode of Plebchain Radio features QW and Avi hosting Shadrach, a cypherpunk and Bitcoiner, to discuss Bitcoin, Nostr, A to B, Web of Trust, Meshtadel and building parallel societies. A to B : https://atobitcoin.io/ Finding Home Episode 2 [IndeeHub Code For 21% off: PIONEERCHAIN21 ] Avi Burra's Book 24 BitFest 10% Discount Code: plebchainradio

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, QW and Avi are joined by Ainsley Costello, Heather Larson & Open Mike live from Bitcoin Park in Nashville to discuss the intersection of Nostr and Bitcoin, including the latest developments on the live music front, Nostrrville 3.0, Nostr Shire, and Nostr Valley and more. Finding Home Episode 2 [IndeeHub Code For 21% off: PIONEERCHAIN21 ] Avi Burra's Book 24 BitF...

Summary David Strayhorn, creator of Brainstorm and Grapevine, joins the show to announce a major initiative to build a decentralized Web-of-Trust for Nostr. David explains his journey from neurologist to trust-protocol architect and details how NosFabrica pivoted from healthcare to tackling the foundational problem of trust that all Nostr applications face. The discussion covers David's GrapeRank...

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, QW and Avi welcome back Rob Brinded, author of "Glitch," to discuss his new book, the reception it has received, and the underlying principles of understanding one's own mind. Citadel Garden : https://citadel.garden/ Glitch Book : https://www.glitchthebook.co/ Rob Brinded : https://www.robbrinded.com/ Finding Home Episode 2 : https://indeehub.studio/film/finding...

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, QW and Avi interview Franzap, creator of Zap Store about Paraguay, Fran's work, La Crypta, Web of Trust, Nostr, Bitcoin and more. Zap Store : https://zapstore.dev/ Avi Burra's Book 24 : https://www.amazon.com/24-Avi-Burra/dp/B0CN9NRNNB/ref=sr 1 1?crid=27RW9P8JQ4YMV&keywords=avi+burra+24&qid=1700327391&sprefix=avi+burra+24%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1

In this episode of Plebchain Radio, QW is joined by Rick from CryptoCloaks to discuss Bitcoin home mining, community, 3D Printing, fatherhood, Nostr and the intersection of Bitcoin and real-world issues. CryptoCloaks Store : https://www.cryptocloaks.com/ CryptoCloaks Makers Space Community : https://t.me/+VHijd8LhSv1WCjPK Rigly / Upendo / Alliance Community : https://t.me/+AEvub_E_9hNiYzAx Avi Bur...