Episode 36: Natalie Brunell - Bitcoin and Journalism

Natalie Brunell joins the show to talk about Bitcoin and her journey through a career in both traditional media and podcasting. Natalie is an Emmy award winning journalist who spent over ten years in traditional media before leaving that role to go full-time into being a Bitcoin educator and communicator with her podcast 'Coin Stories'. She also produces a Bitcoin series on YouTube called 'Hard Money' where she creates short educational content that is a great resource to share with people interested in Bitcoin.

 

Natalie's Links: https://linktr.ee/nataliebrunell

Hard Money Show: https://www.youtube.com/@Swan_Bitcoin

 

00:00 - Intro

01:54 - Immigrating to the US from Poland as a child

06:04 - Choosing the journalism path

09:16 - How travel helped shaped her world view

12:04 - Introducing Bitcoin to people for the first time

20:15 - Ayn Rand's influence in the Bitcoin space

23:30 - Winning a Catamaran on The Price is Right and donating it to The Kind Campaign

27:15 - How Natalie deals with time management

31:10 - How Bitcoin can crush the rat race

35:45 - Career progression after college

43:50 - Deciding to start her own podcast

47:20 - Outro

 

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