S1E16 - 2 Quants Finding God w/ Avi Burra

First-ever guest episode! I’m joined by novelist and Bitcoiner Avi Burra for a soul-to-soul conversation about art, risk, and what Bitcoin does to our lives and relationships. We unpack his fiction 24 and the sequel July 18 without spoilers—touching on grief, double lives, treasure hunts, OP_RETURN breadcrumbs, and a dash of magic realism inspired by hypnotherapy and Rudolf Steiner. Avi shares how leaving a Web3 job, grappling with the blocksize-era culture wars, and rediscovering craft led him from quant/engineer to writer and filmmaker. We talk frankly about “Bitcoin wrecks relationships,” the strain of mission-driven work on marriage, and how...