Episodios

  • 216 - Lauren Rodriguez: A Samourai Wallet Saga
    Apr 10 2026

    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/ (Keonne's "Notes from the Inside")

    WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER
    → https://watchmanstorch.com
    → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy

    MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS
    → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting)
    → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site)
    → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy

    SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM
    → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth.
    → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    4:00 – How is Keonne doing in prison?
    9:35 – Lauren's perspective of the April 2024 FBI raid
    13:05 – Has Lauren's life been complicated by connection to Keonne?
    14:00 – Keonne threatened with solitary confinement for writing from prison
    17:05 – What is Keonne looking for from listeners? (sending letters and books)
    20:15 – Taylor Swift?
    22:25 – Who is The Skinwalker?
    23:50 – The backwardness of prison
    26:30 – Lauren's life and current mission
    29:35 – Lauren's perspective of the Legal Industrial Complex
    35:50 – The Rodriguez's financially crushed by the legal system
    39:50 – Victim of Operation Chokepoint 2.0
    43:20 – SamouraiWallet.com owned by scammers?
    45:40 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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  • 215 - Parallel Mike: System Reboot
    Apr 6 2026

    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
    → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting)
    → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site)
    → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy

    SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM
    → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth.
    → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:05 – Europe in a precarious position – where to go
    7:40 – Iran war: Mike's latest thoughts
    19:05 – Food crisis and solutions
    26:20 – Rise in gold price and present gold dynamics
    34:30 – Acquisition of gold
    39:50 – Best options within the banking systems
    45:18 – Avoiding dopamine hits
    52:00 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    55 m
  • 214 - John Robb: Brave New War
    Mar 9 2026

    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 NEWSLETTER
    → https://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://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:45 – Guerrilla warfare as the way to understanding current events
    4:45 – How us guerrilla warfare like open source software?
    14:15 – How does the powerful force respond to guerrilla movements?
    17:30 – What is "The Network"
    27:20 – Mass SIM network found in New York City
    33:10 – Other examples of dangerous military technology
    41:00 – Race hustling
    45:40 – Fake online content: how influential?
    49:00 – AI futurism
    57:00 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    59 m
  • 213 - NanoGPT: Pay-Per-Prompt AI Service
    Feb 9 2026

    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
    → 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://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:30 – Main changes to Nano-GPT since April 2025
    6:27 – Do you run your own open-source models?
    9:05 – Video AI tips
    14:20 – Various ways to access NanoGPT (via Cake Wallet, etc)
    16:45 – Image AI
    27:50 – Mostly absurdly expensive prompt Milan has ever seen
    29:35 – Creative uses of AI
    34:30 – AI and medical treatment
    36:30 – AI sewage
    38:50 – Final thoughts

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    41 m
  • 3D Printing for Radicals
    Jan 23 2026

    Purchase here:
    → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product-3d-printing-video-course

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    8 m
  • 212 - The Hated One: Privacy or Profit
    Jan 19 2026

    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

    ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY 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://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html


    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    3:00 – Goal of starting The Hated One
    5:30 – Struggle of creating privacy content
    10:30 – Problems with Proton?
    19:50 – Privacy affiliate and sponsor world
    29:20 – Privacy companies The Hated One applauds
    39:15 – What does a society that maximizes privacy look like?
    49:30 – Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash
    56:45 – How Luigi Mangione was tracked down
    1:02:15 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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  • 211 - Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide
    Dec 22 2025

    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.media/


    MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER
    → https://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://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:50 – Choosing privacy as career path
    6:12 – How to onboard normies
    12:12 – The convenience of privacy tools
    13:50 – Flock cameras – a private property conundrum?
    22:15 – Thoughts on Apple ecosystem'
    29:52 – Cool technology that Naomi Brockwell does not use
    33:33 – Bitcoin
    36:40 – Why Naomi doesn't talk about crypto often
    42:40 – Parents exposing their children online
    48:30 – Final thoughts

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    52 m
  • Samourai Wallet Update
    Dec 9 2025

    SUPPORT KEONNE AND BILL OF SAMOURAI WALLET (AND SIGN A PETITION FOR A PARDON)
    → https://billandkeonne.org/

    https://recluso774.substack.com/

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    13 m