Free Cities Podcast

Charter Cities, Africa, Economic Zones, Urban Development, Governance, Special Economic Zones, Zanzibar, Infrastructure, Political Dynamics, Urbanization, Community Engagement. Timothy Allen talks with Mark Lutter and Carl Peterson from the Charter Cities Institute. In this episode, we explore the evolving landscape of charter cities in Africa, focusing on ambitious projects in Zanzibar and the br...

Freedom, Leadership Coaching, Self-Discovery, Personal Growth, Inner Freedom, Mindfulness, Complexity, Psychology, Self-Leadership, Authentic Living, Career Transition, Spirituality, Viktor Frankl. Timothy Allen talks with Alex Martynov. In this episode, we delve into the intricate dance between inner freedom and external constraints, exploring how our internal dialogues can create either liberty...

Plan B, Second Passports, Digital Nomadism, Perpetual Travel, Second Citizenship, Flag Theory, Tax Optimization, Residency, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Latin America, Economic Zones, Freedom, El Salvador. Timothy Allen talks with Francisco Litvay. Francisco is a Brazilian digital nomad, flag theory expert and the co-founder of Settee , the Portuguese franchise of Staatenlos , companies that both hel...

Honduras, Ciudad Morazán, ZEDE Law, Repeal, Libertarianism, Economic Freedom, Governance, Legal Challenges, Community Development, Incentives, Political Dynamics, Próspera. Timothy Allen talks with Alex Ugorji. Alex is one of the original residents of Ciudad Morazán, the so called 'blue collar Free City' and one of the lesser known Honduran ZEDEs. In fact, as far as I can tell, he is the third-lon...

Seasteading, Floating Homes, Marine Habitat, Sustainable Living, Freedom, Ocean Builders, Technology, Remote Work, Drone Technology, Panama, Freedom, Self-Sustainability. Timothy Allen talks with Grant Romundt. In this episode, Grant Romundt shares his visionary journey of creating floating homes and the future of seasteading. As a co-founder of Ocean Builders , Grant dives into the challenges and...

Libertarian Communities, Bitcoin, Sovereignty, Latin America, Off-Grid Living, Renewable Energy, Community Development, Freedom, Self-Sustainability, EcoVillages. Timothy Allen talks with Patrick Hiebert In this episode, Patrick Hebert, a Canadian entrepreneur and founder of EcoVillages , shares his journey from the software industry to establishing freedom-oriented communities in Latin America. P...

Seasteading, Private Governance, Ocean Builders, Grant Romundt, Seapods, Floating Cities, Cruise Ships, Democracy, Freedom, Legacy Media. Timothy Allen talks with Joe Quirk This conversation with Joe, President of the Seasteading Institute, delves into the transformative potential of Seasteading as a frontier for innovation and freedom. Joe shares updates on the latest developments in the Seastead...

Agenda 2030, Agenda 2050, Agenda 21, Stablecoins, Climate Change, Control, Smart Cities, 15 Minute Cities, Surveillance, Bitcoin, Spiritual Awareness, Fear, Compliance, Resistance. Timothy Allen talks with Efrat Fenigson. This conversation explores the rise of centralised control in a digital age with particular reference to Agenda 2030. Efrat sees Agenda 2030 as a plan to control many facets of h...

Freedom, Economics, Austrian Economics, Free Cities, State Control, Regulation, Agorism, Algorithms, Bitcoin, Decentralization, Internet Frontier, Globalization, Governance. Timothy Allen talks with Per Bylund. This episode delves into the philosophical and practical aspects of freedom, exploring how the internet, as a modern frontier, plays a pivotal role in shaping our current socio-political la...

Elon Musk, Twitter, X, Free Speech, Censorship, Trump, US Election, Liberty, End The Fed, Nostr, Federal Reserve, Bitcoin, Libertarianism. Timothy Allen talks with Natalie Danelishen. It is election week in the US, so I thought we should get some feedback from a local this week. Natalie is well-embedded in the political quagmire as a well-followed Twitter influencer, tweeting about liberty and fre...

Bitcoin, Pensions, Institutional Investment, Austrian Economics, 2008 Financial Crisis, Hyperinflation Risk, Energy Consumption, ESG Considerations, Pension Schemes, Financial Literacy, Financial Planning. Timothy Allen talks with Sam Roberts. Sam is a qualified actuary and director at Cartwright, a UK-based pensions and investment advisory firm that serves institutional clients such as corporate...

Nostr, Social Media, Algorithms, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Cryptography, Anarchism, Hutting, Próspera, Honduras, Fountain App, Amethyst. Timothy Allen talks with Ben Arc. You may have noticed recently that I’ve been talking a fair bit about Nostr on this podcast. We’re even reading out Nostr messages at the beginning of each episode. Well, it’s time to take a deeper dive, but before we do, I...

Governance, Bitcoin, Intentional Communities, Libertarianism, Próspera, ICSID Arbitration, Dubai, Liberty In Our Lifetime, Seasteading, Sark renovation, Liberland. Timothy Allen talks with Peter Young. So, how can I sum up the last 100 episodes? Well, it's been a phenomenal journey for me, which has taken me all over the world, meeting exceptional people who are really pushing the boundaries of wh...

Privacy, Identity, Future State Congress, Network State, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Open Source, Nomadism, Regenerative Cities, Digital Utopias, Intentional Communities. Timothy Allen talks with Dr. David Bovill. David is a former medical scientist, hacker, programmer, and artist, currently known as—and I’ll quote his brief bio from the current Future State Congress website here—“Liquid dem...

Nostr, Surveillance State, Religion, Bitcoin, Great Filters, Acceleration Theory, Family, Decentralised Networks, Defiance. Timothy Allen talks with Selfbankt. I've got another pseudonymous guest for you again this week. He's somebody I originally met through Twitter some years ago, subsequently forging a good friendship in real life, you may know him from Twitter yourself, in fact. He was a well-...

Bitcoin, Forestry, Stoicism, Próspera, Volatility, Risk, Anti-fragility, Nostr, Identity, Land Ownership, Parallel Networks, Freedom, Citadels. Timothy Allen talks with Ben Gunn. Pseudonymous Ben is somewhat of an elusive character.. and I mean that in the best possible way. He’s a grafter, a proof-of-worker and he doesn’t sit down and do podcasts very often. I drove up the Welsh borders to visit...

Socialism, Communism, 1989, Gold, Bitcoin, Central Banking, Dollar Hegemony, Stablecoins, Governance, Rebellion. Timothy Allen talks with Niko Jilch. Today I have for you my last recording from Prague's 2024 Bitcoin conference. Niko is an Austrian financial journalist who’s been covering financial markets, monetary history/policy and macro economics for over 10 years. Interestedly for me, he’s bee...

Parenting, Liberated Children, Stoicism, Feminism, Voluntarism, Socialism, Gender Roles, Gender Wars, Liberty, Freedom. Timothy Allen talks with Pavla Karon. Pavla is an entrepreneur and freedom maximalist who co-runs her family business, but outside of that she’s all about family and personal growth. When our paths cross, I always have great chats with her and this one is no exception. Core topic...

Zaha Hadid, Architecture, Próspera, Liberland, Metaverse, Parametricism, Digital Cities, Free City Design, Modular Buildings, Free Market. Timothy Allen talks with Shajay Bhooshan Shajay runs the computation and design group at Zaha Hadid Architects and he worked on the designs for some well known Free City projects including Próspera, Praxis and Liberland's metaverse project. Zaha Hadid definitel...

Self Sovereignty, Overlanding, Landsteading, Bitcoin Adoption, Digital Identity, BTC Map, Flag Theory, Freedom. Timothy Allen talks with Nathan Day. Nathan is a former global IT systems optimiser who managed to gain a degree of financial freedom after he sold his business a few years ago. Consequentially, this lead to him and his wife to ask themselves the question: “If we were terminally ill and...

New media, A.I., Media Bias, Ukraine, Social Media, Communications, Liberty, Gender Equality, Fake News. Timothy Allen talks with Tania Rak. Today’s guest is Ukrainian journalist and PR expert Tania Rak. Tania works within the liberty movement spreading ideas of freedom at places like Fox news, CNN and BBC to name but a few. As you would expect, this conversation revolves around the 'science' of c...

London Gateway, Free Port, Thames Estuary, Special Economic Zone, Free City Design, BNO Visa, UK Free City Project. Timothy Allen talks with Ivan Ko. Ivan is a real estate development and finance veteran from Hong Kong who more recently has turned his hand to the production of 21st century charter cities in his role as CEO of Victoria Harbour Group. In this conversation we discuss Ivan's ambitious...

KYC, Buenos Aires, Cypherpunks, Travel, Europe, Inflation, UAE, Argentina, Vexl, Bitcoin, Dubai, Governance, Tax, Digital nomadism. Timothy Allen talks with Lea Petrášová. Lea is a cypherpunk & privacy advocate best known as the co-founder and CEO of Vexl, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading network . Our conversation revolves around the intersection of decentralized governance, privacy, security and...

Bitcoin, Collapse of Fiat, Venice, The Sovereign Individual, Governance, Democracy, Lyn Alden, Broken Money, Mercantile Republic. Timothy Allen talks with Allen Farrington. The Bitcoiners amongst you will know Allen well. He’s the co-author of the book ‘Bitcoin is Venice’, a very well respected book about modern economic theories… both the good ones and the bad ones. The title of the book comes fr...

Liberland, Gornja Siga, Croatia, Border Dispute, Serbia, Government, Settlers, Police, Diplomacy, Legacy Media, Politics. Timothy Allen talks with Thomas D. Walls. Thomas is Liberland's minister of foreign affairs and I caught up with him at ARK, the so called ‘Liberland village’ located just over the border from Liberland’s territory in Serbia. If you’re new to the story then I would say that thi...