You're The Voice Podcast

What is Murph building & why? He's raising $15m for the new 🇸🇻El Salvador project, watch this to learn more - full interview here: https://bit.ly/4p7rBh7 → Please like, comment, share & subscribe — to help me beat the suppressing big tech algorithms & gov. censorship. Thank you! – LINKS – MurphsLife Foundation: https://murphslifefoundation.com X: https://x.com/MURPHSLIFE IG: https://www.instagram.com/murphslife/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MURPHSLIFE ----- Aaron Murphy is the founder of ⁨@MURPHSLIFE⁩ Foundation, a storyteller and builder working across Latin America to turn direct aid into long-term, dignity-first systems. We sit down in El Salvador’s National Palace to talk about what happens when you hit rock bottom—and choose responsibility, faith, and service instead of collapse. Murph shares his journey from addiction, debt, panic attacks, and near-death experiences to building villages, farms, and regenerative communities that have already impacted tens of thousands of people. We talk about why life doesn’t get easier—you simply choose which kind of “hard” you’re willing to live with—and why real sovereignty starts with food, land, shelter, and low time preference. We explore inflation, the fragility of the dollar system, and why Bitcoin matters not as speculation, but as intergenerational infrastructure for families who currently live in survival mode. Murph explains his vision for using Bitcoin to help entire villages escape poverty—not through handouts, but through ownership, education, and long-term incentives. Finally, we go deep into faith, suffering, fasting, and the idea that meaning comes from choosing a mission larger than yourself. X: https://x.com/efenigson Efrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat’s work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat – SPONSORS – → 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 – AFFILIATES – → Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (This is not medical advice and you should consult your MD) → Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, with zero flicker and zero blue light, by design. Thank me later ;-) 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

My guest today is Aaron Murphy, founder of MurphsLife Foundation, a storyteller and builder working across Latin America to turn direct aid into long-term, dignity-first systems. We sit down in El Salvador’s National Palace to talk about what happens when you hit rock bottom—and choose responsibility, faith, and service instead of collapse. Murph shares his journey from addiction, debt, panic attacks, and near-death experiences to building villages, farms, and regenerative communities that have already impacted tens of thousands of people. We talk about why life doesn’t get easier—you simply choose which kind of “hard” you’re willing to live with—and why real sovereignty starts with food, land, shelter, and low time preference. We explore inflation, the fragility of the dollar system, and why Bitcoin matters not as speculation, but as intergenerational infrastructure for families who currently live in survival mode. Murph explains his vision for using Bitcoin to help entire villages escape poverty—not through handouts, but through ownership, education, and long-term incentives. Finally, we go deep into faith, suffering, fasting, and the idea that meaning comes from choosing a mission larger than yourself. → Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing big tech algorithms & gov. censorship. Thank you! – SPONSORS – → 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 – AFFILIATES – → Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (This is not medical advice and you should consult your MD) → Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, with zero flicker and zero blue light, by design. Thank me later ;-) 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 – MurphsLife Foundation: https://murphslifefoundation.com MurphsLife on X: https://x.com/MURPHSLIFE MurphsLife on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murphslife/ MurphsLife on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MURPHSLIFE Efrat’s Twitter: https://x.com/efenigson Efrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch/listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat’s work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat – CHAPTERS – 00:00 – Coming Up… 01:25 – Introducing Murph & Murph’sLife Foundation 06:52 – Childhood Poverty, Responsibility & the Inner Child 10:15 – Anxiety, Addiction, Debt & Hitting Rock Bottom 18:00 - Ad Break: Trezor & Abundant Mines 19:58 – Starting MurphsLife & Leaving Everything Behind 23:50 – COVID & Finding El Salvador 31:48 – Building Villages, Not Charity 35:25 – Bitcoin, Low Time Preference & Generational Wealth 40:16 – Meaning Beyond Comfort & Ego 42:41 - Ad Break 44:44 - “Pick Your Hard” & Surrender to God 49:40 – Why People Resonate With Murph 56:00 – How To Support MurphsLife 1:00:00 – BEHIND THE SCENES: Peek into MurphsLife

My guest today is Zuby, a British-Nigerian rapper, author, podcaster, and public speaker, raised in Saudi Arabia and known for building an independent career outside traditional gatekeepers. We sit down in El Salvador’s National Palace to talk about why money doesn’t create courage, it only amplifies the character you already have, and why simply telling obvious truths has somehow become “brave” in modern society. Zuby reflects on speaking out during COVID-era, the incentives that keep public figures silent, and how courage is a muscle that either grows through use or atrophies through avoidance. We also explore the monetary crossroads ahead: Bitcoin as self-sovereign digital money vs. CBDCs as programmable control, the coming decentralization of states and culture, and why most people struggle to engage with money at all. Zuby argues that learning Bitcoin is one of the best time-ROIs you can make, and makes the case for a simple first step: get off zero. Finally, we go deeper into faith, the “black pill” trap, and why hope, meaning, and urgency come from remembering we don’t live forever. → Please like, comment, share & follow - to help me beat the suppressing big tech algorithms & gov. censorship. Thank you! -- SPONSORS -- → 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 – 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 and you should consult your MD) → Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, with zero flicker and zero blue light, by design. Thank me later ;-) 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 – Zuby’s Twitter: https://x.com/ZubyMusic Zuby’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/zubymusic Zuby’s episode with Jack Mallers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zg1ydyAE8k Efrat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/efenigson Efrat's Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch/listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat's work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat -- CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up… 01:42 - Introducing Zuby: A Multi-Talented Personality 04:42 - Courage, Wealth, and Speaking Out 11:22 - Ad Break - Trezor & Abundant Mines 18:22 - The Craziness of Covid 21:42 - The Godly Spark 30:35 - Creating An Independent Career 37:15 - The Future of Money & Bitcoin 50:26 - Resistance to Change & Learning About Money 59:16 - How Zuby Shows “Fix The Money Fix The World”? 1:19:16 - Spiritual Awakening & Faith 1:30:06 - Inspiration & Hope

My guest today is Lea Petrasova, co-founder and CEO of Vexl, a peer-to-peer bitcoin app that lets people exchange bitcoin privately, without identification (KYC) or any middlemen. Lea is a prominent voice in the European cypherpunk community, dedicated to privacy, digital freedom, and restoring bitcoin’s original peer-to-peer design. We discuss why identity-linked bitcoin undermines true self-custody, how tightening cash controls and app-store censorship accelerate financial surveillance, and why Vexl chose to remain open-source and non-profit. Lea explains Vexl’s reputation-based trust model, the real risks of “dirty fiat,” and the growing global push toward CBDCs and digital IDs. We also explore how Vexl is evolving into a local marketplace for everything from food to services to hardware, showing how private, person-to-person exchange can quietly rebuild resilient, grassroots economies. → Please like, comment, share & follow - to help me beat the suppressing big tech algorithms & gov. censorship. Thank you! -- SPONSORS -- → 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 – 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 and you should consult your MD) → Be good to your eyes & health, and get the Daylight tablet - a healthier, more human-friendly computer, with zero flicker and zero blue light, by design. Thank me later ;-) 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 – Lea’s Twitter: https://x.com/LeaPetras Vexl’s Twitter: https://x.com/vexl Vexl’s Website: https://vexl.it/ Efrat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/efenigson Efrat's Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch/listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat's work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat -- CHAPTERS – 00:00 Coming Up… 01:23 Introduction to Lea 05:58 Leah's Journey: From Academia to Bitcoin 09:08 The Birth of Vexl 12:33 Ad Break: Trezor & Abundant Mines 15:28 The Problem Vexl is Solving - Purchasing Bitcoin As Intended 23:08 Vexl Locality & Reputation’s Model 31:56 Ensuring User Safety & Bad Actor 33:48 The 1984 Apple Campaign Hypocrisy on Privacy 37:08 Launching The Freedom Store 40:08 Privacy In Today’s Surveillance Reality 43:58 Privacy in Bitcoin 47:00 Balancing Trust & Usability in Privacy Tools 54:00 Sustaining Open Source Projects, via Grants 55:20 What Keeps Lea Motivated?

My guest today is Lorraine Marcel, founder of Bitcoin Dada and its technical arm Dada Devs for women across Africa. She’s a financial activist reshaping Africa’s fintech landscape by training women across 12 countries in financial literacy, Bitcoin fundamentals, and technical development. We talk about how mobile money like M-Pesa, limited banking access, and cultural barriers around property shape the economic reality for African women, and why Bitcoin in much of Africa is used first for payments and day-to-day survival rather than long-term savings. We also explore the expanding reach of CBDC and VASP regulation, and why women-led projects such as Tando and Dada Devs are critical for building practical, grassroots Bitcoin economies that actually serve people on the ground. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! -- SPONSORS -- → 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 – AFFILIATES – → Get 10% off on Augmented NAC, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice and you should consult your MD) → Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat → 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 → Join me in any of these upcoming events: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events -- LINKS – Lorraine’s Twitter: https://x.com/marcelorraine Lorraine’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorrainemarcel/ Bitcoin Dada Website: https://btcdada.com/ Dada Devs Website: https://dadadevs.com/ Efrat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/efenigson Efrat's Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch/listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat's work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat -- CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up… 01:50 - Lorraine's Background & Intro 04:33 - Financial Challenges of African Women 07:33 - Discovering Bitcoin & Initial Struggles 09:33 - Building “Bitcoin Dada” For Women 11:40 - Ad Break: Trezor & Abundant Mines 20:45 - Lorraine’s Mission Improves Lives 23:13 - Women’s Teaching Approach 25:46 - Digital Payments & CBDCs in Kenya 28:55 - Ad Break: Expat Money & New Totalitarian Order 31:02 - Bitcoin Adoption & Regulation in Kenya, Surveillance & KYC 33:58 - True Financial Empowerment 34:58 - Women As Bitcoin Developers - Tando’s Case Study 38:48 - Circular Economies in Africa 42:48 - HODLing vs. Using Bitcoin for Payments 47:58 - Recognition in Lorraine’s & Dada’s Impact 51:10 - How to Support Bitcoin Dada & Dada Devs

My guest today is Carol Souza, co-founder of Area Bitcoin, one of the largest Bitcoin education platforms in Latin America, reaching hundreds of thousands across Brazil and the Portuguese-speaking world. Her path began not in tech or finance, but as a dentist, where Brazil’s inflation, POS payment fees, and daily operational fragilities pushed her to study money and ultimately adopt Bitcoin as a survival tool for her clinic. We discuss Brazil’s long history of hyperinflation, savings confiscation, and the deep fiat mindset that still shapes economic life. Carol explains how PIX, open banking, and the proposed Drex CBDC form a sophisticated financial-surveillance architecture, and why she sees Bitcoin as a sovereignty instrument rather than a speculative asset. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! -- SPONSORS -- → 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 → Shield your bitcoin with time-delayed transactions over multisig with BitVault: https://bit.ly/bitvault_efrat → Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat – AFFILIATES – → Get 10% off on Augmented NAC, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice and you should consult your MD) → Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat → 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 → Join me in any of these upcoming events: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events -- LINKS – Carol’s Twitter: https://x.com/carol_bitcoin Area Bitcoin’s Twitter: https://x.com/areabitcoin Area Bitcoin’s Website: https://www.areabitcoin.co/ “Bitcoin 4 all” English Course: https://www.areabitcoin.co/preview/bitcoin4all-en Efrat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/efenigson Efrat's Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch/listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat's work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat -- CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up 01:42 - Intro To Carol Souza: Bitcoin Advocate 03:40 - Carol's Journey to Bitcoin 07:00 - Bitcoin & Broken Money in Brazil 11:15 - Ad Break 12:40 - Outcomes of Bitcoin Education 13:50 - Challenges of Accepting Solutions Like Bitcoin 18:30 - Is Digitalization a Barrier? 21:20 - Crypto vs. Bitcoin 23:20 - Brazil's CBDC - Pix & Drex 26:55 - Ad Break 29:05 - CBDC in Brazil Contd. 31:30 - Big Tech Censorship & Surveillance 34:00 - Bitcoin Education and Activism 37:00 - Open Source Education, AI & Vibe Coding 45:00 - Designers & Developers Training in Bitcoin 47:00 - Teaching Complex Bitcoin Concepts 48:40 - The Future of Bitcoin Education

🎉 100 episodes of You’re The Voice! What a journey. 100 voices, one mission — truth, freedom, and sovereignty. I’ve had the honor of speaking with some of the brightest, most fearless minds of our time. Thank you so much, my guests, and thank you — my incredible community — for watching, engaging & sharing, and keeping the fire alive. This is just the beginning. 👉 Ready for another 100 episodes?

My guest today is Jeff G, privacy advocate and builder of censorship-resistant communication systems using Nostr and open cryptographic infrastructure. Jeff works on White Noise, a decentralized encrypted messaging project designed to remove single points of failure from private communication. We explore how the internet was built without native money and how that mistake created a surveillance economy where users became the product. We break down why “nothing to hide” is a psychological trap, how self-sovereign digital identity works through public-private key pairs, and why portable social graphs threaten centralized platform control. We also cover the global push for digital ID and CBDCs, the structural weakness of centralized messengers like Signal, and why real freedom now depends on rebuilding parallel, permissionless systems instead of trying to fix broken institutions. *This interview was filmed at Plan B Forum in Lugano. → Please like, comment, share & subscribe - to help me beat the suppressing big tech algorithms & gov. censorship. Thank you! -- SPONSORS -- → 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 → Shield your bitcoin with time-delayed transactions over multisig with BitVault: https://bit.ly/bitvault_efrat → Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat – AFFILIATES – → Get 10% off on Augmented NAC, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice and you should consult your MD) → Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat → 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 → Join me in any of these upcoming events: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events -- LINKS – Jeff’s Twitter: https://x.com/erskingardner Jeff’s Nostr: https://primal.net/jeffg White Noise App: https://www.whitenoise.chat/ Efrat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/efenigson Efrat's Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch/listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat's work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat -- CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up 01:09 - Introduction & Meet Jeff: Privacy Advocate and Tech Innovator 03:30 - Personal Responsibility, Privacy Online, and History of Internet Payments 06:20 - Misconceptions About Privacy 08:30 - The Future of Digital Identity and Decentralization 09:15 - Ad Break 12:00 - CBDCs & Digital IDs - Excessive Control 13:05 - Nostr: Revolutionizing Digital Identity 20:19 - White Noise: Revolutionizing Secure Communication 22:12 - Quick Fire Questions 27:10 - Final Thoughts & Call to Action