Will and Jon cover a lot of ground, from evaluating the trade-offs of various privacy solutions on nostr, to the future of NIPs, to Will’s work on nostrdb.

Jon receives a personalized crash course on radio technology and mesh networking from none other than NVK himself. We cover ESP-NOW, LoRaWAN, Satslink, and what those might have to do with nostr.

Jordan and Hodlbod celebrate Hodlbod's Nostrversary, step back in time to remember the genesis of Coracle, and share their highlights from Nostrasia and Nostrville.

Mike and Jon talk programming languages, Nostrasia, the shortcomings of the inbox/outbox model for relay selection, and possible solutions.

Bonus Episode! After we finished recording episode 20, Arkin0x had one other thing he wanted to talk about.

Jon and Vitor talk about privacy on nostr and how peer-to-peer technology can help supplement nostr’s relay model, as well as ideas surrounding relays, DVMs, communities, and DMs.

Jon and Jordan wrap up their conversation of Samuel James' book Digital Liturgies. They discuss how social media can lead to dislocation, isolation and distraction, how Christ is the answer to all our longings, and how habits of resistance can help us live wisely in this new digital age.

Hodlbod and Arkin0x talk about cyberspace, and why Christians should be at the forefront of designing it — not to extract value from humans, but to edify. You can read more about his vision for the Metaverse here: https://habla.news/u/[email protected]/LgILfOouzSU_hO3EnuUk4

Jon and Jordan continue their discussion of Samuel James' book Digital Liturgies. They talk about authenticity in the digital world, expressive individualism, how social media encourages outrage, and the spiritual and psychological realities of guilt and shame.

Pablo and Jon get technical and talk about relay sets, gift wrap, scheduled notes, and more. They end discussing stoicism, prayer, and the launch of Sovereign Engineering.

Jon and Jordan sit down for another episode of the TGFN Book Club, this time exploring Digital Liturgies by Samuel D. James. This book is a fascinating treatise about the nature of the internet and a thoughtful examination of its effects in reshaping and reorienting our lives and cultures.

Jon and Alex talk about the brain and its limits, biases, and strengths when it comes to social media. They also talk about Austin, information warfare, guilt and shame, and how a shared goal can help people get along.

Jon and Jordan discuss Nicholas Carr's book The Shallows, how modern technology is changing our minds and memories, Taylorism, and embracing our humanity.

In this episode Jon and Jordan talk with Pastorcoin to explore the relationship between justice and love, and what that has to do with Nostr, bitcoin, and working out.

Jon and Jordan are back talking about some of the recent highlights in the Nostrverse, including Nostr.review panel on censorship, Nostr.com on sale for $5MM, Wiki Nostr, Semisol's opinions on gift wrap and his recent release, Noswhere, and a shout out to Iefan forking Hodlbod’s calendar PoC. Not to mention those 9/11 memes and Snowden at Nostrasia...

Jordan talks with Jimmy Song about his thoughts on Nostr, what he thinks about the future of decentralized social media, perceptions of Nostr around the world, Bitcoin, family, God and future plans.

Rabble shares his insight, based on decades working on social media (centralized and decentralized), about what Nostr needs to do to grow up — from moderation, to relay browsing, to bridging with the fediverse and more.

Jon and Jordan discuss how Nostr supports freedom of speech and expression in different cultural contexts, the challenges that missionaries and Christians face in ministering to people around the world, especially places where it's illegal and/or dangerous to be a Christian.

Jon and Fiatjaf talk relays, caching, data vending machines, jQuery, and much more. Fiatjaf shares some of his motivation for why he started Nostr, and how he hopes the world will change as a result.

Jon talks with Alex Gleason about his time at Truth Social, his work on Soapbox, and how ActivityPub's federated model can be reconciled with Nostr's open network. Alex has received funding from OpenSats to work on a new project called Ditto, which offers the best of both worlds.

In this episode, Jon and Jordan discuss James Poulos' book Human Forever and whether Nostr contributes to the technological dehumanization plaguing society today or offers an alternative to popular social platforms that can help lead a rebellion against the depravity that tech platforms generally encourage.

In this episode, Jordan and Jon continue to answer the question, "What is Nostr," discussing how to get on Nostr, key management solutions, popular and well known clients and things to try.

In this episode Jon and Jordan continue answering, "What is Nostr?" and discuss its implications on our social and political culture, including censorship resistance, incentive structures, and privacy concerns.

In this episode, Jon and Jordan discuss the qualities that set Nostr apart from "Big Tech" social media platforms and how it compares to other platforms/protocols that also attempt to decentralize social media.

Jon and Jordan continue establishing the theological issues at play within questions about social media, government, speech, authority, and many more that are at the heart of explaining why Nostr matters.