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Lyn Ulbricht is Ross Ulbricht’s mother. Ross was the founder of Silk Road, who received a double life sentence plus 40 years without parole before being granted an unconditional pardon by President Trump after nearly 12 years of incarceration. Rather than stepping back after that hard-won victory, Lyn channeled her experience, platform, and network into founding MACS (Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing), a nonprofit dedicated to exposing the reality of excessive sentencing inside the U.S. justice system. At the Bitcoin Vegas Conference 2026, she joined me to share what it was like when Trump personally called to announce the pardon, how Ross is adjusting to life on the outside, why she sees Bitcoin colleagues still behind bars as prisoner of war from a war declared over, and why the fight for justice is far from finished.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Check out BTC Prague: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT (code EFRAT = 10% off)→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Lyn on X: https://x.com/lyn_ulbricht MACS (Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing): https://mothersagainstcruelsentencing.org/ Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up…01:12 - Introduction to Lyn Ulbricht03:55 - Bitcoin POWs: The War on Crypto Is Not Over06:37 - The Day Trump Called: Ross's Pardon10:34 - Founding MACS: Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing10:59 - Ad Break: Ledn & Trezor12:34 - Ross After Prison: Freedom & Healing15:12 - Cruel & Unusual: Ross's Sentence & the 8th Amendment17:53 - What’s MACS (Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing)22:12 - Beyond Ross: Sentencing Injustice Across America27:43 - The Prison Industrial Complex: Who Profits from Incarceration30:48 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines32:09 - Prisoners Prefer Torture Over Time in Prison35:21 - Crypto Prisoners & Prison Reform36:35 -Hope Comes From Faith, Miracles & Not Giving Up39:30 - Where to Follow Lyn

Hakeem Anwar is a software engineer with over 20 years in tech, and the founder and CEO of Above Phone, a conscious technology company building open source phones, laptops, and software services that free people from reliance on Big Tech. After years of building web and mobile apps for large corporations, he walked away from corporate life during Covid. He also runs Take Back Our Tech, a weekly show covering the biggest stories in tech - always with solutions. Hakeem has done extensive research into the global digital ID rollout, co-authoring the "Life Under Digital ID" report, which maps how 90% of countries already have operational digital ID or will within three years. In this conversation, we discuss global standards enabling biometric interoperability across borders, why "voluntary" always becomes mandatory, and Hakeem demonstrates the Above Phone on screen, making the case for why the window to migrate to open protocols is closing faster than most people realize.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Enjoy $50 off any Above Phone purchase using the code EFRAT: https://abovephone.com/ → Check out BTC Prague: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT (code EFRAT = 10% off)→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Hakeem on X: https://x.com/takebackourtech Hakeem’s Substack: https://tbot.substack.com/ Take Back Our Tech’s Website: https://takebackourtech.org/ Digital ID report: https://abovephone.com/digital Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up...01:23 - Introduction to Hakeem Anwar07:23 - "Life Under Digital ID" Report: 90% of Countries Already In16:24 - Global Standards Making It Interoperable19:36 - Ad-Break: Ledn & Trezor21:16 - Biometric Tracking, Digital Opt-Out & the 2027 Window30:48 - Above Phone: What It Is and Why It Matters37:15 - Private Messaging: Signal, XMPP & the Funding Problem40:34 - Ad-Break: Abundant Mines41:56 - Decentralized Protocols & the Open Internet47:55 - Above Phone Mission & Features58:50 - GrapheneOS x Motorola & Age Verification Laws1:08:16 - Nostr: Self-Sovereign Identity as Antidote to State Digital ID1:17:09 - Where to Follow Hakeem

NOTE: Donations are critical to help in this battle. Please donate & sign petition here: https://billandkeonne.org/Lauren Rodriguez is the wife of Keonne Rodriguez, co-developer of Samourai Wallet, who was arrested and imprisoned by the DOJ for writing non-custodial, open-source Bitcoin privacy software. Since Keonne's arrest, Lauren has become the relentless voice of the case, speaking publicly, coordinating the community push for a presidential pardon, and keeping the story alive through media, petitions, and outreach. In this episode, recorded live at Bitcoin Conference 2026, we unpack what Samourai Wallet built, why the DOJ's prosecution hid exculpatory evidence and sets a chilling precedent for every developer & affects all protocol participants. → Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Sign the petition & donate: https://billandkeonne.org/ Lauren on X: https://x.com/leamuirleyn Watch our panel from Vegas 2026: https://www.efrat.blog/p/my-most-significant-panel-ever-from Episode #113 with Keonne: https://www.efrat.blog/p/sentenced-for-building-freedom-samourai Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up...01:36 - Introduction to Lauren Rodriguez02:35 - Takeaways from the Panel & The Political Power of Bitcoiners04:44 - Pardon Progress & What's Happening Behind the Scenes07:40 - Ad Break: Ledn & Trezor09:18 - The Night of the Arrest12:36 - What Samourai Wallet Built & the Precedent It Sets17:07 - Notes from the Inside: Keonne's Letters & Life in Prison20:04 - What Keeps Lauren Going21:10 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines22:30 - Free Samourai: Code Is Not a Crime25:18 - Where to Follow Lauren

Matyas Kuchar is a Czech Bitcoin OG and co-founder of BTC Prague, Europe's largest Bitcoin-only conference. Born into a country shaped by communist-era currency controls and a deep-rooted distrust of central authority, Matyas sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, monetary sovereignty, and the fast-shifting political landscape of the European Union. He helped spearhead a landmark Bitcoin-friendly legislation package that passed unanimously through the Czech parliament, eliminating capital gains tax on long-held Bitcoin and securing banking rights for crypto companies. In this conversation, he breaks down why the Czech Republic may be the El Salvador of Europe, and why the fight for financial and digital privacy is now a hill worth dying on.* Note to clarify what Matyas meant about MiCA regulation: While MiCA does not directly regulate merchants, its travel rule requirements effectively forced third-party Bitcoin payment processors — e.g. Confirmo & Qerko — to treat fiat conversion as a financial service, requiring them to KYC every customer. Since they aren’t complying, these processors stopped supporting merchant Bitcoin payments, and since most merchants relied on them rather than managing self-custody, they stop accepting Bitcoin altogether.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Check out BTC Prague: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT (code EFRAT = 10% off)→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Matyas on X: https://x.com/Matyas44Cook Check out BTC Prague: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT (code EFRAT = 10% off) Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up...01:29 - Introduction: Matyas Kuchar03:16 - The EU’s Fragility and Bitcoiners as the Future07:05 - Czech Relationship with the EU & the Euro07:37 - Ad Break: Ledn & Trezor15:34 - How Czech Bitcoiners Won Landmark Legislation Against All Odds18:36 - Czech Republic as Europe’s El Salvador22:47 - EU’s MiCA Laws Forcing Thousands of Czech Businesses to KYC Bitcoin25:36 - The Czech National Bank Bitcoin Experiment27:11 - The Risks of The Digital Euro CBDC30:58 - Blackrock’s Redemption Limitations & the Coming Financial Unwind35:19 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines & New Totalitarian Order37:40 - Bitcoin, Privacy, and the Cypherpunk Fight45:09 - What Makes BTC Prague the Best in the World?51:41 - Closing: Stay Hopeful, Use Your Voice

American Hodl is a Bitcoin advocate and libertarian thinker whose fascination with decentralized systems goes back to childhood, when he ran SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) at home from the third grade, hoping to find aliens via shared compute. A proudly American voice who arrived at Bitcoin through a Ron Paul libertarian path with no illusions that conventional political routes would ever deliver real change. In this conversation, recorded at Bitcoin Vegas 2026, we explore the surveillance infrastructure assembled around everyday life, the strategic tension inside Bitcoin culture between engaging the state and building outside it, the Samourai Wallet case, the meme coin era, and reclaiming personal agency by speaking truth.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –American Hodl on Nostr: https://tinyurl.com/3527e5j2 Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up...01:37 - Introduction: American Hodl06:54 - The Surveillance State is Already a Weapon07:45 - Ad Break: Ledn & Trezor11:27 - Smart Cars, Minority Report, and the Closing Net13:42 - Join the State or Hide From It? Bitcoin's Strategic Dilemma17:16 - How to Stay Calm When the World is on Fire20:03 - Crypto vs. Bitcoin: Who's Really Winning in Washington?22:37 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines & New Totalitarian Order25:56 - The Samourai Wallet Case 26:30 - Generation Z: More Awake, More Lost31:53 - Just Do the Thing: Personal Agency and Speaking Truth33:58 - Where to Follow American Hodl

Peter St Onge is an economist and former MBA professor holding positions at the Heritage Foundation, the Mises Institute, and the Montreal Economic Institute. In this conversation, we discuss what the Strait of Hormuz blockade means for different countries, the parallels between today and the 1930s, why AI will raise wages rather than destroy jobs, how central banks function as a permanent bailout mechanism for reckless banking, how to protect yourself during this chaos, and why free speech determines whether the West survives what is coming.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Join me at Camp Nakamoto, a family-friendly Bitcoin retreat on a private island, June 18–21. Code EFRAT gives you 15% off: https://campnakamoto.com → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Peter on X: https://x.com/profstonge Peter on Substack: https://www.profstonge.com/ Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up...01:22 - Introduction: Peter St Onge04:49 - Strait of Hormuz: What the Middle East War Means for You18:17 - Ad-Break: Camp Nakamoto, Ledn & Trezor21:11 - Historical Parallels: The 1930s, Resource Wars and the WWII Rhyme23:40 - Peter's Take on Trump: Economics, Wars & Free Speech27:55 - Why AI Will Raise Wages & Improve Economy39:04 - Ad-Break: Abundant Mines & New Totalitarian Order41:26 - The WEF's UBI Trap & Why AI Doom Is Propaganda47:11 - How Should You Protect Yourself Now00:52:12 - Community Q&A: Bitcoin, Bank Bail-ins, Stablecoins01:01:30 - Shirts, Content Creation and Just Showing Up01:07:18 - Technocracy, Surveillance & the Free Speech Battle01:18:02 - What Gives Peter Hope01:22:52 - Where to Follow Peter St Onge

Today I’m sharing something different: I was interviewed by Mike Peterson on the Bitcoin Beach podcast while I was in El Salvador in Nov. 2025. Mike wrote: “What if the real trap is not working hard, but spending your best years building someone else’s empire earning money you do not even trust?Mike Peterson sat down with Efrat during “Bitcoin Historico” for a direct conversation about the fiat system, corporate life, and why “growth for growth’s sake” eventually stops making sense. She explains how years of being great at driving revenue for other people pushed me toward a bigger question: who is this all really for?Before Bitcoin, Efrat was deep in the tech world, first as a video games developer in Australia, then rising to executive roles. She shares about being a woman in tech on male-dominated teams, her career reality and the moment she realized work was not the same as purpose.She also shared more personal stuff: what happened when she spoke out during Covid, how backlash followed, and why free speech became a line she wouldn’t cross, even if it cost her socially and professionally. Bitcoin enters this conversation through one sharp question that changed everything, “can they touch it?” Efrat describes why self-custody, sound money, and censorship resistance felt like freedom tech more than a finance solution."→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Join me at Camp Nakamoto, a family-friendly Bitcoin retreat on a private island, June 18–21. Code EFRAT gives you 15% off: https://campnakamoto.com → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –The original interview on Bitcoin Beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHqnSc4JVMMBitcoin Beach on X: https://x.com/BitcoinBeach Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Intro08:13 - How do you become a global CMO?09:18 - How can single motherhood and divorce debt push someone to pursue financial independence and retire early?10:26 - Why do high earners quit corporate jobs?17:24 - What happens when you speak out during Covid?21:10 - Can the government seize Bitcoin? 34:25 - Is Bitcoin still being used in El Salvador? 42:41 - Why do merchants accept Bitcoin in El Salvador? 43:34 - Why is Bitcoin called freedom tech?

Karla Joy Treadway is a serial entrepreneur, marketing strategist for freedom-minded entrepreneurs, writer, speaker, and host of the Sovereign Sphere podcast, broadcasting from an island on Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, where she and her family hunt, fish, fly their own plane, and homestead off the beaten path. Covid lockdowns cost her everything: her studio, her income, her community. Being canceled overnight for questioning medical mandates cost her the rest. Rather than go quiet, she went harder. In this conversation, Karla and I cover the Freedom Convoy and its consequences; what sovereign, self-reliant living really looks like day to day; the AI content tsunami quietly reshaping entrepreneurship and the narrow window entrepreneurs still have to build real trust; Canada’s MAiD program as a window into where government-controlled healthcare ultimately leads; and what keeps Karla grounded, when the world feels like it’s heading toward a point of no return.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Join me at Camp Nakamoto, a family-friendly Bitcoin retreat on a private island, June 18–21. Code EFRAT gives you 15% off: https://campnakamoto.com → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Karla on X: https://x.com/thesovereignceo Karla on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlajoytreadway/ Karla on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesovereignsphere Karla on Substack: https://karlatreadway.substack.com/ Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up...01:47 - Introduction: Karla Treadway07:32 - The Canadian Trucker Convoy & How Life Changed16:25 - Bitcoin as a Freedom Weapon17:36 - Ad Break: Camp Nakamoto, Ledn & Trezor20:30 - Bank Freezing, Media & Waking Up23:21 - Gun Confiscation, Land Rights & Creeping Seizures27:45 - Sovereign Living: Homesteading on Lake of the Woods32:25 - Raising Children With Real Skills37:47 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines & New Totalitarian Order41:04 - AI, Entrepreneurship & the New Business Landscape55:54 - The Fourth Turning: What Are We Actually Building & Why?1:09:48 - Canada as a Crystal Ball: Mark Carney & Government Overreach1:18:11 - MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) When the State Expedites Depopulation1:23:29 - Faith, Darkness & Finding the Northern Lights1:29:38 - Where to Follow Karla

This conversation goes deep into the invisible architecture most people never see. John Burnett is an entrepreneur with experience across hospitality, real estate development, and technology. A freedom lover and lifelong student of the control system, John’s "mosaic of truth" is piecing together how the financial system, the legal system, false history, and emerging technocracy all connect as layers of a single structure designed to extract human energy and suppress human potential. John also shares why Bitcoin held in genuine self-custody is humanity's most important tool for choking off the energy supply to the control machine, how his free digital privacy course is helping folks navigate the digital jungle, and why, despite it all, he believes we are the greatest most powerful creatures.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat→ Join me in any of these upcoming events: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events– LINKS –John on X: https://x.com/truthinlogicBTCJohn on Nostr: https://tinyurl.com/4svum6zb Free Digital Privacy Course on X: https://x.com/DigitalPrivacyX Free Digital Privacy Course: https://digitalprivacysessions.io/ The recommended film - Thrive 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2MCxXn3vg Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 Coming Up...01:51 Introduction: John Burnett06:21 Waking Up: The Allegory of the Cave, Ontological Shock & the Black Pill14:51 Ad Break: Camp Nakamoto, Ledn & Trezor18:53 False History, Suppressed Technology & the Hidden Reset20:46 The Legal System as a Consent & Control Machine00:26:43 The Last Great Reset - in the Late 18th Century39:41 Ad Break: Abundant Mines & New Totalitarian Order44:10 Legal Cases Are Financial Investments Via CUSIPs & Securitization48:26 The Straw Man: Birth Certificates, Debt Bonds & Collateralized Humans51:03 Pillars of Sovereignty: What We Can Actually Do54:39 The Digital Fork in the Road: Technocracy vs. Freedom Tech01:00:10 John's Free Digital Privacy Course & Community01:10:51 Protecting Bitcoin from Co-option: Nodes, Implementations & Self-Custody01:22:47 John's Wake-Up & Life in Digital vs. Analog01:29:40 Spirituality, the Ever-Present Now & Grounding Practices01:32:05 Books & Resources John Recommends01:35:47 Special Treat For Awakened Souls - Avatar, Anunaki, Religions, Gods

Nick Anthony is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation, and author of Digital Currency or Digital Control? He's back for his quarterly appearance, and honestly, there's no one I trust more to dissect CBDCs, financial privacy, and government overreach. Nick tracks the global CBDC landscape in real time through his CBDC tracker, doing the painstaking work of distilling hundreds of pages of central bank reports, legislation, and speeches into intelligence that the rest of us can actually use. Whether he's working across the aisle in Washington, dissecting stablecoin bills for hidden surveillance hooks, or documenting the moment a sitting Treasury Secretary openly declared his belief in financial surveillance - Nick is on it. → Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Join me at Europe’s largest bitcoin conference - BTC Prague, June 11-13, 2026. Code EFRAT for 10% off: http://btcprg.me/EFRAT→ Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, zero blue light & flicker. Use code EFRAT for $25 off: https://bit.ly/Efrat_daylight → Get a second citizenship and a plan B to relocate to another country with Expat Money, leave your details for a follow up: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat→ Join me in any of these upcoming events: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events– LINKS –Nick’s Twitter: https://x.com/EconWithNick Nick’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-anthony-042/ Nick’s Substack: https://bankingbureau.substack.com/ Nick’s Nostr: https://tinyurl.com/yk5aarhz The CBDC Tracker: https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up... 01:16 - Introducing Nick Anthony 05:00 - The Digital Euro & CBDCs - The Rollout13:13 - The 70 Economists Letter to the European Central Bank16:51 - Ad-Break: Ledn & Trezor 18:30 - The Public’s Compliance Problem & 22:24 - Good News From The CBDC Tracker: Countries Rejecting CBDCs 30:19 - Stablecoins as a CBDC Backdoor: The Clarity & GENIUS Acts 36:52 - Ad-Break: Abundant Mines & New Totalitarian Order 39:19 - The US Bank Secrecy Act & Scott Bessent's Confession 43:35 - How America Lost the Plot: From 1940’s to 9/11 46:58 - WEF Davos: The Chair of Banque de France Gets It Wrong 54:19 - Fiat System & Professionals vs. Financial Freedom 1:01:29 - Criminalizing Privacy Tech: The Samourai Wallet Case 1:07:51 - Is the Dollar Being Weakened on Purpose? 1:11:46 - Where to Follow Nick