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Chad and Reeds Podcast
The Chad and Reeds Podcast is two guys building on the new internet, out loud. Chad and Reed each found their way into Podcasting 2.0, Bitcoin, and Nostr, spent a while vibe-coding sites and apps with them, and figured it was time to team up — turn the tinkering into a show, and grow a community around it. Expect honest conversations about the tools, the feeds, the payment rails, and the rabbit holes: what they're shipping, what's broken this week, and why open protocols beat walled gardens. Powered by value-for-value — stream sats, send a boost, and help shape where this goes.
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Recent Episodes
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011. Leading with culture
This week, Reed and I caught up after a week off and I recapped my Kansas City trip for DuhLarien's 33rd birthday meetup with the Bowl After Bowl crew. We talked about what it was like finally meeting so many online friends in real life, recording a live Homegrown Hits episode from a moving car with a hacked-together mobile rig, and why those in-person moments matter so much when you’re trying to build something lasting around podcasting, music, Bitcoin, and Nostr. The big theme that stuck with me coming home was …
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010. Jihobbyist 2.0 Electric Boostaloo
In this episode, Reed and I go back to the July 17 Podcasting 2.0 conversation that felt like the turning point for everything we’re doing now. We play through key clips, trace the rise and decline of Lightning inside Podcasting 2.0, and talk about how Candr really started: right as the bigger project was sounding discouraged, we were deciding to build anyway. We break down the old Sphinx → LNPay → Alby path, the shift away from Keysend, the cost of hosted nodes, and why so much of the “Lightning is dead” narrativ…
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009. yawn-boarding
This week, we got back on the mic after a few near-misses with internet hiccups and recording anxiety, then dug into what I’ve been shipping in Boost Me Bitch and Boost Me Buddy. We talked through the new playback-speed controls, why the app now exists both as a PWA and a Zap Store Android app, and how both versions are powered from the same repo with separate deployments. Reed also shared detailed real-world feedback after using the app as a daily driver, including what’s working well, what still feels rough arou…
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008. What is the Value of a podcast?
In this episode, Reed is back and we catch up on what’s been shipping around the show and in our little corner of Podcasting 2.0. I talk through updates to the Candor site, including a past-episodes page and global transcript search, plus the latest Boost Me Bitch changes with downloads and a play queue. We also dig into Booster Bot, the idea of using Nostr as a discoverability layer instead of a replacement for everything, and why surfacing boost data in public can unlock new ways to find shows, music, and listen…
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007. The show must go one
In this solo episode, I took a short detour from our usual Chad-and-Reed format and went back through some foundational clips from early Podcasting 2.0. I revisited Adam Curry’s explanation of value for value, why it works differently from a subscription model like Patreon, and why leaving the value decision up to the listener creates a healthier relationship between creators and audiences. From there, I played and reacted to a long clip from November 2020 where the idea of bringing Bitcoin Lightning into podcasti…
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006. I play favorites :)
In this episode, we reflect on how quickly this show has found its rhythm after just six episodes, then settle into a deeper software-update conversation about what we’ve each been building. I share the latest on Boost Me Buddy, now live on Zapstore under its family-friendly name, along with the work of turning it into a better mobile-first PWA and a more realistic daily-driver podcast app. We also dig into a new favorites spec for Podcasting 2.0 GUIDs over Nostr, why keeping that spec simple matters, and how Reed…
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005. Set it and forget it
In this episode, Reed and I compared notes on what it actually looks like to build Podcasting 2.0 and Nostr-native apps in public. We dug into the messy but exciting reality of “vibe coding,” from reusing proven open-source components and leaning on Claude for implementation help, to the limits of trust when Lightning payments and wallet permissions are involved. We also talked about why interoperability matters so much right now: shared favorites, cross-app discovery, public boost data, and lightweight patterns t…
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004. Your new "favorite" app
This week, Reed and I finally got the livestream working after a couple hours of pre-show audio chaos, which felt oddly fitting for a podcast about building in public. Once we were up and running, we talked about the show starting to find its lane: less rehashing old Podcasting 2.0 talking points, more sharing what we’re actually building, what’s breaking, and what seems worth exploring in real time.A big part of this episode was the idea I’ve been working on for a cross-app favorites layer using Nostr and Podcast…
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003. Dimly LIT
In this episode, we settled into our new weekly rhythm and talked through what it means to build live, open, Podcasting 2.0-native tools in public. Reed unpacked the vision behind OnlyBoosts as a discoverability layer for podcast and music boosts shared on Nostr, while I reflected on the feedback it got from the Podcasting 2.0 crew and why that criticism around Nostr login friction was fair. We also compared notes on building from opposite directions — one of us starting with Nostr and adding podcasting, the other…
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002. Idea Economy
In this episode, we unpack the basics of what a podcast actually is: an RSS feed, hosted media, and the open ecosystem that lets apps, indexes, and listeners all work together without a central gatekeeper. We walk through the roles of podcast hosts, the Podcast Index, and modern podcast apps, then explain why we chose Podhome for this show and how features like chapters, transcripts, podrolls, funding tags, live notifications, and value time splits make Podcasting 2.0 so exciting to build on.We also connect the do…
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001. Chad and Reed Start a Podcast
In this first episode, Reed and I introduce ourselves, compare the very different paths that brought us to the same intersection of Podcasting 2.0, Bitcoin, Nostr, and vibe coding, and explain why we decided to start a show together. I share how a decade of listening to No Agenda pulled me into the Podcasting 2.0 ecosystem, which then led me into Bitcoin, Nostr, and building small tools of my own. Reed tells the mirror-image version of that story: he came in through Bitcoin podcasts, found value-for-value through …