Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, one of the handful of Bitcoiners who believes in the original vision of the project, and one of the handful of people in the world who actually uses Bitcoin. GUEST → https://x.com/maxtannahill → https://t.me/maxtannahill → https://bip47db.github.io (A Decentralised On-Chain Directory for BIP47 Payment Codes) SAMOURAI WALLET SUPPORT → https://billandkeonne.org → https://recluso774.substack.com (TDevD writings) WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https:...
May 11, 2026•1 hr 21 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with former Suriname presidential candidate Maya Parbhoe. They discuss this small South American country and Maya's radical ideas to completely transform it, her backstory, recent controversy related to her presidential run, and where Bitcoin fits in to her ideas. GUEST → https://x.com/MayaPar25 → https://x.com/srdecentralized WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (incl...
May 04, 2026•1 hr 18 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Ray Youssef, a crypto entrepreneur formerly of Paxful, who was abducted by federal agents and taken to the US where he is currently facing troubling allegations. He gives an update on his situation and also discusses some of his other views on the Global South, why he is persona non grata at Bitcoin conferences, and why decentralization is not the best process for human freedom. GUEST → https://x.com/raythewarchief → https://therayfund.com WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM N...
Apr 24, 2026•59 min
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Apr 20, 2026•7 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Zelko of RoninDojo and Samourai Wallet. They unpack the crazy politics in the Bitcoin community: from the fuzzy "red lines" of Bitcoin company, to the gradual diminishment of Bitcoin's cypherpunk origins, to FOSS gaslighting and the recent Ocean Mining censorship. Oh, and Bitcoin is not for Progressives. Note: Originally recorded December 2023 ZELKO & RONINDOJO → https://twitter.com/BTCxZelko → https://twitter.com/RoninDojoNode → https://www.podpage.com/citadeld...
Apr 17, 2026•1 hr 30 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Lauren Rodriguez about how her political prisoner husband Keonne Rodriguez is doing in prison, some updates on Samourai Wallet, and some reflections on the injustice surrounding this event and similar events. GUEST AND SUPPORT SAMOURAI WALLET → https://billandkeonne.org/ (Sign the petition and donate to the families) → https://x.com/leamuirleyn (Lauren Rodriguez Twitter) → https://x.com/keonne (Keonne Rodriguez Twitter) → https://www.therage.co/tag/samourai-wallet/ ...
Apr 10, 2026•48 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Parallel Mike on the Iran War, the technocratic boot falling on Europe, food crisis and solutions, the rise of gold and its acquisition, working within the banking system, and the fight against dopamine hits. GUEST → https://substack.com/@parallelmike → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYt8UcqG2wvkehnmiF_9Akw → https://x.com/parallel_mike WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → http...
Apr 06, 2026•55 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with John Robb, a futurist military analyst. They discuss his original book, Brave New World, and how thinking about modern warfare involves understanding how cultural movements and politics are shaped by viral moments and the scarcely predictable movements of "the network." Episode was recorded in late 2025. GUEST → https://johnrobb.substack.com/about → https://x.com/johnrobb → https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-War-Terrorism-Globalization/dp/0470261951 MY PREMIUM NEWSLET...
Mar 09, 2026•59 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks Milan de Reede, co-creator of Nano-GPT.com, a pay-as-you-go AI aggregate service with certain privacy features. De Reede gives an update on NanoGPT and discusses some practical tips for using AI. GUEST → https://nano-gpt.com/ → https://x.com/milan_dereede → Previous episode (173): https://youtu.be/WhoB66PILfc MY AI PRIVACY COURSE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-bundle/ MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → ...
Feb 09, 2026•41 min
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Jan 23, 2026•8 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with well-known privacy YouTuber The Hated One. They discuss the difficulty of maintaining integrity while recommending privacy tools, the problem with Proton's expansion into other services, societal changes that would benefit privacy, cryptocurrencies, and current advances of surveillance. GUEST → https://www.youtube.com/@TheHatedOne → https://www.patreon.com/thehatedone → https://x.com/The_HatedOne_ WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCA...
Jan 19, 2026•1 hr 5 min
Episode 211 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the long-time privacy instructor Naomi Brockwell about her origins, how to onboard normies to privacy, Flock cameras and private property, her updated thoughts on Bitcoin and crypto, and the mistakes parents make exposing their children online. GUEST → https://naomibrockwell.com/ → https://youtube.com/naomibrockwelltv → https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell → https://www.instagram.com/nbtv.m...
Dec 22, 2025•52 min
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Dec 09, 2025•13 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the trendsetting Bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet. Keonne was inexplicably arrested in a violent and oppressive military-style raid of his property in April of 2024. He was charged with the bizarre accusation of conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmitter despite never transmitting money. Keonne tells his story and explains how he has been condemned to prison and stripped of his constitutional rights. SUPPORT KEONNE AND BILL OF SA...
Nov 29, 2025•51 min
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Nov 13, 2025•25 min
In this episode, I share a free excerpt from my premium newsletter covering two important updates: Watchman Privacy's strategic pivot toward the premium newsletter model due to ongoing free podcast monetization challenges, and the exposure of "M_Solidus," a plagiarist who has been stealing Watchman Privacy content while providing dangerous privacy advice to followers. More detailed documentation about M_Solidus will be released in the coming weeks. MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER (THE FUTURE OF WATCHMAN P...
Oct 14, 2025•10 min
Episode 208 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Conrad Rockenhaus: Tor Exit Node and Policing Abuse Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Adrienne Rockenhaus about the abuse and arrest of her husband, Conrad Rockenhaus, and the details surrounding this disturbing event of what seems to be clear policing and judicial overreach. GUEST → https://www.youtube.com/@adriennerockenhaus (Videos of raid) → https://rockenhaus.com/ → https://x.com/adezero → https://www.facebook.com/adrienne.rockenhaus/ MY PREMIUM NEW...
Oct 08, 2025•48 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, alternative Bitcoin commentator. GUEST → https://x.com/maxtannahill → https://www.p2prights.org/donate.html MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER (THE FUTURE OF WATCHMAN PRIVACY) → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALIS...
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Marco Wutzer: former slave, current cryptocurrency fund manager, and world adventurer. GUEST → https://secondrenaissance.com (Crypto investment fund) → https://twitter.com/MarcoWutzer → See episode 49 for first interview MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER (THE FUTURE OF WATCHMAN PRIVACY) → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's persona...
Sep 29, 2025•55 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with June of The Beef Initiative about the dystopian landscape of the American food system: especially beef. GUEST → https://x.com/beefinitiative → https://beefmaps.com/ → https://sofaf.org/ MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER (THE FUTURE OF WATCHMAN PRIVACY) → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watch...
Sep 25, 2025•46 min
Beneath a crimson sky, a specter approaches. The Privacy Postmaster rides... THE PRIVACY POSTMASTER → https://privacypost.io MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER (THE FUTURE OF WATCHMAN PRIVACY) → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Jus...
Sep 18, 2025•1 hr
Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a third time with the anarchist philosopher Doug Casey. They discuss the "metaphysics of war," better paths for young men, the nature of evil, dueling, and places Doug would never visit again. GUEST → https://www.amazon.com/Preparation-Become-Competent-Confident-Dangerous/dp/B0FLRKZCKL → https://youtu.be/ynl1vWQy5k0 (Episode on the above book) → https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Incorrect-Conversations-Doug-Casey/dp/0988285134 → https://www.youtube.com/@DougCaseysTake →...
Sep 15, 2025•39 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks Robert Malone, the famous physician and biochemist who was widely canceled during the COVID era for sharing his thoughts on vaccines. Malone shares his thoughts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk (which happened less than 24 hours from recording this episode), RFK, new details about his cancellation, how pharmaceutical companies operate, synthetic content on social media designed for propaganda, how Coca Cola helped to cancel him, Candace Owens going "off the rails," a...
Sep 11, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Matt Smith about his recent book: The Preparation. The book and the conversation cover what young men can do instead of joining a university or getting straight into the work force. In other words, how to make the first step to become a "Renaissance Man." GUEST → https://www.amazon.com/Preparation-Become-Competent-Confident-Dangerous/dp/B0FLRKZCKL (The Book) → https://www.thepreparation.com/ (The Substack for the book) → https://www.maximsmith.com/ (The Substack of ...
Sep 10, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Doug Casey. Remastered audio from Episode 51 and 88 of the Watchman Privacy podcast. GUEST → https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Incorrect-Conversations-Doug-Casey/dp/0988285134 → https://www.youtube.com/@DougCaseysTake → https://highgroundseries.com/ → https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Investing-Rest-Douglas-Casey/dp/1559721774 MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (in...
Sep 08, 2025•56 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nuclear Hazelnut (Jenifer Avellaneda), a nuclear energy advocate. They discuss all the basics of nuclear energy and try to understand why it is not so popular when it is probably the best option humans currently have... GUEST → https://x.com/NuclearHazelnut → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenifer-avellaneda MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consult...
Sep 03, 2025•53 min
Gabriel Custodiet and Urban listen to the victims of a scary and tragic Bitcoin scam that affected a would-be donor to an El Salvador charity helping rape victims and others in need. Alejandra Guajardo (the organizer of the charity) and Ali (the victim of the scam) give their perspective of what happened, andhow the wallet in question (Atomic Wallet) responded to them. Urban then explains where the funds possibly ended up, and what we can do to make sure this doesn't happen to the rest of us. Pl...
Sep 01, 2025•58 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the famous "hacker" from Darknet Diaries who was arrested unjustly in Uruguay. The story reveals how your physical possessions, willingness to help, and dependence on tech-illiterate judges can cost you your freedom and sanity. YOUTUBE VERSION WITH CAPTIONS → https://youtu.be/nMgvDE-rg1E GUEST → https://x.com/ADanielHill → linktr.ee/adanielhill → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L592FG7 (Hill's book) MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive ...
Aug 30, 2025•1 hr 12 min
PDF AND AUDIOBOOK PACKAGE AVAILABLE HERE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/privacy-and-utopia-a-history-e-book/ ADDITIONAL SAMPLE → https://youtu.be/Z-86qGSDUV4 BOOK DESCRIPTION The more we elevate and seek out privacy, the more it seems to diminish. Such is the paradox we have inherited. It is no coincidence that the word privacy was popularized in the 1890s as the West began its flirtation with centralization and top-down planning. The progressive pursuit of heaven on earth—of Utopia—...
Aug 27, 2025•21 min
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with a private investigator based in the United States. GUEST → Email me and I can connect you with the guest. MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → http://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://wat...
Aug 25, 2025•1 hr
