Free Cities Podcast
Hosted by Timothy Allen · Timothy Allen
5.0from 53 ratings
- 211
- Episodes
- 42
- Transcribed
- 53
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 559K
- YouTube views
About Free Cities Podcast
The Free Cities Podcast (http://www.freecities.fm) 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 Communities, Intentional Communities, Popup Cities, Governance Innovation, Competitive Governance, Governance as a Service, Regulatory Innovation, Polycentric Governance, Geopolitics, Seasteading, Homesteading, Freesteading, Digital Nomadism, Flag Theory, Freedom, Liberty & Bitcoin. We are the official podcast of the Free Cities Foundation (http://free-cities.org). New episodes every Friday.
- Publisher
- Timothy Allen
- Category
- business · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
42 of 211 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
204 - Bitcoin, Energy and the Reality of Building a Free City | Dušan Matuška
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
203 - Should You Fix Your Country or Leave It? | Raphaël Lima
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
202 - The Cost of Staying Put | Patrick Hiebert
Inside a recent episode
204 - Bitcoin, Energy and the Reality of Building a Free City | Dušan Matuška
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] These are kind of the nuances that we're doing there. What's the haram argument then? I've never heard that one. Why is Bitcoin not haram? So by people saying that, they're like, the main argument is that you shouldn't make profit on it. As in like when you can't lend money out in haram. Yes. So there is something in regards of lending, credit, making profit that is the haram part. I'm not professional on that. I'm not like a... Can I guess what the comeback is? That when Bitcoin increases in value, it's not a zero-sum thing. There's no loser of money. Whereas if you're lending money out, you're basically taking back more than you lent out. […]
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- Dušan Matuška
- Raphaël Lima
- Patrick Hiebert
- Trey Goff
- Erick Brimen
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 558,860
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 11 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 42 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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