Timothy Allen

Free Cities Podcast

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The Free Cities Podcast is the leading podcast covering alternative governance, new jurisdictions, and the global movement to build freer societies. Hosted by Timothy Allen, the show features long-form, in-person conversations with the people building autonomous jurisdictions and real-world pathways to more freedom. We focus on what actually works, the legal structures, incentives, economics, and business models that turn freedom from an idea into a way of life. Builders and sceptics welcome. Free Cities, Charter Cities, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Network States, Startup Societies, Pioneer...

Author

Timothy Allen

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.freecities.fm

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

072 - Fred Roeder: Dubai, Governance & The Evolution of Cities 05.04.2024

Dubai, Evolution of Cities, USA Cities, Healthcare, Education, Pharmaceuticals, Saudi Arabia, Consumer Choice, Innovation, Democracy. Timothy Allen talks with Fred Roeder. Today I have another conversation for you that I recorded in Dubai. I am speaking with a gentleman by the name of Fred Roeder. Fred is the managing director of the Consumer Choice Center which is a consumer advocacy group focusi...

071 - Vera Kichanova: Private Cities, Russian Politics & Saudi Arabia 29.03.2024

Private Cities, USA, Russia, Libertarianism, Honduran ZEDEs, Democracy, Monarchy, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Neom, The line. Timothy Allen talks with Vera Kichanova. Today's show is a conversation I had with the Free Cities Foundation's very own senior economist, Vera Kichanova. Obviously, we take a deep pretty dive into the subject of private cities. Vera received the first ever Phd in the subject....

070 - Danilo Silva: Geoarbitrage, Lifestyle Planning & Flag Theory 22.03.2024

Settee, Geoarbitrage, Flag Theory, Brazil, Digital Nomadism, Portugal, Golden Visas, Georgia, Argentina, Lifestyle Planning Timothy Allen talks with Danilo Silva. Todays guest is the digital nomad and perpetual traveller, Danilo Silva. Danilo is the C.O.O. of Settee, a Brazilian company that, in there own words “Helps Free People Become Citizens of the World”, advising on relocation, geoarbitrage...

069 - Nicole Reese & Oscar Correa: Regenerative Neighbourhoods, Holacracy & Pioneer Communities 15.03.2024

Regen Tribe, Regenerative Movement, Futurism, Mexico, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sovereignty, Pioneer Communities, Eco Villages, Holacracy, Regenerative Neighbourhoods, Kuyabeh, Tulum Timothy Allen talks with Nicole Reese & Oscar Correa. On today’s show we’re delving into one of my least visited sections of the Free Cities Spectrum. I’m talking with two members of Regen Tribe, a startup involved in th...

068 - Tomer Kantor: El Salvador, Bitcoin & The IMF 08.03.2024

Bitcoin, El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, Education, Dollarization, China, Singapore, IMF, Hope, Bond to Unbind. Timothy Allen talks with Tomer Kantor. I’ve got my final Bitcoin film festival despatch for you today. I’m talking with the director of the film “Bond to Unbind. Bitcoin & El Salvador". Tomer’s film is a deep dive into the fascinating story of contemporary El Salvador. Spearheaded by its phen...

067 - Sondre Bjellås: Liberstad. The Norweigan Free City 01.03.2024

Liberstad, Intentional Community, Norway, Non-Aggression, Voluntarism, Technology, Digital Identities, Bitcoin, Freedom, Opting out. Timothy Allen talks with Sondre Bjellås. Sondre is a developer/programmer who is also the co-creator of Liberstad, an innovative Norwegian community founded on the principals of non-agression and voluntarism. In this episode you can expect an overview of the project...

065 - Marc-Felix Otto: Political Risk, Geopolitics & Governance Conspiracies 16.02.2024

Risk Management, Geopolitics, The Fourth Turning, Free City Vulnerabilities, State Conspiracies, Monetary Reset, World Economic Forum. Timothy Allen talks with Marc-Felix Otto. Dr. Marc-Felix Otto is partner and chairman of The Advisory House AG, a renowned strategy and management consultancy serving the European energy industry. His expertise includes risk management for major energy trading orga...

064 - Massimo Mazzone: Ciudad Morazán. The Blue-Collar Free City 09.02.2024

Libertarianism, Ciudad Morazán, Honduras, ZEDEs, Legal Battles, Passion Projects, Morazán's Urban Plan, Blue-Collar Free City, Special Economic Zones. Timothy Allen talks with Massimo Mazzone. On today's show I’m talking with somebody who I consider to be one of the key individuals in the Free Cities Movement. He is the incredibly successful entrepreneur who is both the brains and the finance behi...

063 - Rémi Forte: Bitcoin Origins, CBDCs & Social Credit Scoring 02.02.2024

Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, Film, ARTE, Blockchains, Authoritarianism, CBDCs, Social Credit Scores, Cypherpunks, Privacy, Freedom, The Satoshi Mystery. Timothy Allen talks with Rémi Forte. Rémi is a film director who created what I would call one of the most influential Bitcoin films ever created. 'The Satoshi Mystery' has been viewed officially more than 8 million times. It's a 6 part film series...

062 - Tatiana Bugrova: Buying Land in Montelibero, Community & Montenegro 26.01.2024

Moving to Montenegro, Montelibero Community, Libertarianism, Permaculture, Digital Nomadism, Lockdowns, Russia. Timothy Allen talks with Tatiana Bugrova. Tatiana is an active member of the Montelibero community who has bought a plot of land at 'MTL City', their fledging libertarian community site. I caught up with her at the MTL clubhouse in Bar, Montenegro and we discussed her motivations for mov...

061 - Mark Littlewood: Libertarianism, Devolution & Decentralisation 19.01.2024

IEA, Libertarianism, Free City in London, State Competition, Socialism, USA, Hong Kong, Viability of Free Cities, Federalisation Timothy Allen talks with Mark Littlewood. Today's guest will be well known to many of you. He was, at the time of this interview, the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, the leading free market think tank in the UK. Formerly he was the chief press spok...

060 - Ivan Ko: Leaving Hong Kong, UK Charter Cities & Global Citizen Passports 12.01.2024

Hong Kong, Protests, International Charter Cities, Singapore, Free City Design, BNO Visa, UK Free City Project, Global Citizen Passport 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 disc...

059 - Filip Karađorđević: Monarchy, Low Time Preference & Bitcoin Adoption 05.01.2024

Absolute Monarchy, Serbia, Jan3, Bitcoin, Nation State Bitcoin Adoption, Low Time Preference, Hyperinflation, Family. Timothy Allen talks with Filip Karađorđević. Also known as Prince Filip of Serbia, Filip is a former asset manager turned Bitcoiner currently traveling the word spreading the gospel of censorship-resistant money with 'Jan3', Samson Mow's organisation dedicated to promoting nation-s...

058 - Vít Jedlička: Starting a New Country in Europe 29.12.2023

Liberland, Micronations, Claiming Free Land, Croatia, Serbia, The Singularity, Consciousness, Community, Free Republics. Timothy Allen talks with Vít Jedlička. Vit is the founder and president of the Free Republic of Liberland, a new micronation formed in 2015 which claimed an uninhabited parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube, between Croatia and Serbia. This was my first time...

057 - Joe Quirk: Seasteading, Evolutionary Psychology & The Surveillance State 22.12.2023

Seasteading, Flotels, Aquapreneurs, Evolutionary Psychology, Climate Change, Burning Man, Surveillance State, Distributed Problem Solving, Underwater Hotels. Timothy Allen talks with Joe Quirk. I really enjoy my conversations with Joe. The first time I met him was at our conference two years ago when I interviewed him for a film and it was instantly obvious that he is a great orator and overall ex...

056 - Marthinus Grobler: Free City Design, Fiat Architecture & New Urbanism 15.12.2023

Urban Design, Modernism, The Elite Class, Progressivism, Fiat Architecture, Central Planning, New Urbanism, Dubai & The Emirates. Timothy Allen talks with Marthinus Grobler. Todays’ show is an episode about architecture & Free City planning with Marthinus Grobler. Marthinus is the chief architect at Tipolis, a company that I would describe as being at the forefront of planning, building and operat...

055 - Marnix van Suylekom: Buying an Abandoned Village in Spain 08.12.2023

Abandoned villages, Agorism, Galicia, Spain, Free Commune of Panadexo, Governance. Timothy Allen talks with Marnix Van Suylekom I know that many of you, myself included, have secretly dreamt of buying an abandoned village and turning it into the utopia of your dreams. Well today’s guest has embarked on one such project and I sat down with him recently in Prague…. Marnix Van Suylekom has a grand pl...

054 - Christopher Beaumont & Swen Lorenz: Sark. Past, Present & Future 01.12.2023

Island of Sark, Repopulation, Independence, Channel Islands, Move to Sark, Investment in Sark, Sark Masterplan. Timothy Allen talks with Christopher Beaumont & Swen Lorenz. On today's show I'm in discussion with two gentlemen involved in the self-governing island of Sark which is located just off the coast of Normandy. Christopher Beaumont, the 23rd Seigneur of Sark and Swen Lorenz, a Sark immigra...

053 - Aleks Svetski: Bushido of Bitcoin, Feudalism & Artificial Intelligence 24.11.2023

Bushido, Bitcoin, Warrior Culture, Chivalry, Feudalism, Collectivism, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, Warfare. Timothy Allen talks with Aleks Svetski. Todays guest will be well known to the Bitcoiners amongst you. Aleks is an entrepreneur and the co-author of the 'Uncommunist Manifesto' with Mark Moss, also, well known for the “Wake Up Podcast’. I caught up with him at BTC Prague and we ta...

052 - Jeremy Kauffman: New Hampshire Free State Project & Libertarian Politics 17.11.2023

New Hampshire Free State Project, Libertarianism, Politics, Frontier Spaces, Ideological Communities, Alarmism, A.I., Regulation, PorcFest. Timothy Allen talks with Jeremy Kauffman. Jeremy is a tech entrepreneur and a well-known activist in the American Libertarian movement. He is deeply involved in the New Hampshire Free State Project, which is the focus of our conversation. He lives in New Hamps...

051 - Adam Bartha: Free Markets, The European Union & CBDCs 10.11.2023

The E.U., Freedom, Brexit, Open Borders, Bitcoin vs CBDCs, City Gentrification, Inflation, Money Printing, Tik Tok, Democratisation of Ideas, Free Markets. Timothy Allen talks with Adam Bartha. Today I’m releasing a conversation that I recorded just over 6 months ago. It's worth noting that deciding which show to air each week is by no means an exact science and this episode has been near the top...

050 - Titus Gebel: Free Private Cities Book Update 03.11.2023

Timothy Allen talks with Titus Gebel. Today we have Titus Gebel back on the show. This time we’re talking about the update to his classic book ‘Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete for You’. What’s new? What’s gone and what lessons have we learnt since the last edition was published just over 5 years ago. Of particular interest to me were questions that I had about the preferred archite...

049 - Natalie Danelishen: Twitter, Homeschooling & Ending the Fed 27.10.2023

Timothy Allen talks with Natalie Danelishen. This week on the podcast I’ve got another episode for you from Liberty In Our Lifetime and it's a light hearted chat I had with one of the newest additions to the Free Cities Foundation's team, Natalie Danelishen . I need to confess something before you listen. When we originally arranged to record this conversation a few weeks ago, the only free slot N...

048 - Mason: Free Cities at Sea, Atlas Island & Seasteading 20.10.2023

Timothy Allen talks with Mason Leschyna. Today I have the first episode recorded at 'Liberty in Our Lifetime' 2024. I had a number of conversations on my bucket list for the conference and one of those was speaking to somebody about Seasteading, something that I was fortunate enough to do on two separate occasions. One of those was with Joe Quirk, the President of the Seasteading Institute and the...

047 - Nik Oraevsky: Bitcoin Predictions, CBDCs & Global Citizenship 13.10.2023

Timothy Allen talks with Nik Oraevsky. Today I have a fascinating show for you about monetary and personal sovereignty with Bitcoin Reserve CEO, Nik Oraevsky. Nik wasn’t always a Bitcoin OG but his background in traditional finance has helped him to navigate the perilous regulatory environment surrounding the foundation and running of a Bitcoin company. As a result he has excellent insights into t...

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