The Signal is Here: Plebchain Radio in the Age of Noise
If 2025 taught us anything, it is that the world is no longer suffering from a lack of information. It is suffering from a lack of Signal.
For the last twelve months, we have all been swimming in static. The sheer velocity of the news cycle, the endless deluge of AI slop, the hysterical screeds of dying legacy media, and the infinite scrolling of hot takes – it has become a deafening roar. It is the sound of a fiat system hyper-ventilating as it runs out of oxygen.
For a long time, Plebchain Radio tried to be a polite guest in that chaotic house. We kept the lights bright. We played the smooth jazz. We kept things palatable. We treated the show like a "Hotel Lobby" – a safe, beige space where we could talk about revolution without upsetting the guests.
That ends now.
As we cross the threshold into 2026, I am done with the Hotel Lobby. It is time to go down to the Engine Room.
This year, I am stripping the paint off the walls. The smooth jazz is dead. I’m tuning out the noise so I can hear the hum of the machinery that actually matters. The mission of Plebchain Radio in 2026 is to embody the sovereign stack.
But this evolution is too big for a single 90-minute show on a Friday afternoon. The signal is getting stronger, and the frequency is expanding.
That is why Plebchain Radio is going to evolve in the new year from a single weekly broadcast into a Network. I’m launching new formats, exploring new technical frontiers, and opening the airwaves to new voices. This will be a station designed not for the passive consumer, but for the Sovereign Individual.
The signal is here. And it sounds different.
The Sonic Rebrand: Anatomy of the Signal
When you listen to the next show (dropping January 3), you’ll notice something different. There is a very different intro – a change in the sonic DNA itself.
The old intro was safe. It was designed for a world that made sense, and it served us well for almost three years. But to match the reality of 2026, I wanted something that reflected the friction of the time. I went into the lab (specifically, a new Logic Pro workflow) and built a soundscape defined by the "Lynchian" tension between dread and clarity.
The new sequence begins with "The Noise" – a dense, suffocating layer of radio static, bureaucratic mumbling, vinyl crackle, an air raid siren, and reversed vocals whispering "Bitcoin is dead. Nostr is dead." It is the sonic equivalent of the FUD we battle every day.
Then, the signal breaks through. A driving, symphonic metal chord that physically pushes the noise aside. It is industrial, raw, and unapologetic. This is a declaration: I’m not here to soothe you to sleep anymore. I’m here to wake you up.
Sunday Brunch: The Decompression Chamber
If the Friday flagship show is the action movie, Sunday Brunch, launching January 11, is the decompression chamber. I’m launching a new format dedicated to the quieter, more human side of the revolution.
The concept is simple: The Guest is the DJ.
Instead of grilling guests about what they’re building, I invite them to curate a playlist of value-for-value music from the RSS and nostr ecosystem. We play their chosen tracks, and in the spaces between, we talk … about what’s up. Just an easygoing conversation you’d expect to have at a Sunday brunch. It is a slower burn. It is a chance to digest the week’s events through the lens of life, culture, and vibration, rather than just raw data.
Say WoT: The Architecture of Trust
If Sunday is for culture, Say WoT is for the architects. This is the new fortnightly technical deep-dive dedicated exclusively to the Web of Trust (WoT).
I’m moving past the surface-level "Nostr is Twitter" narrative to explore the actual machinery of decentralized reputation. In this show, I plan to get into the weeds of graph theory, NIPs, and the mechanics of building a trust layer for the internet. This is where I talk to the builders and the pioneers who are writing the code that will replace the legacy institutions. If you want to understand how we win, not just that we win, this is your classroom.
Decentralizing the Signal
A true Pioneer chain cannot rely on a single point of failure. While I remain the anchor, 2026 is about expanding the network of voices.
I am officially opening the airwaves. Throughout the year, you will see me handing the keys to guest hosts for episodes of Sunday Brunch and Say WoT. There are too many high-signal individuals in this space who deserve a platform but don't have the time to run a full station. I am providing the infrastructure; they will provide the signal. This is about elevating the community and proving that the strength of our network lies in its diversity of thought, not its centralization.
The Tech Stack: Walking the Walk
Finally, none of this matters if we are still renting our freedom from big tech.
This year marks the show’s complete migration to a Self-Hosted Sovereign Stack. The audio you hear is streamed directly from my self-hosted server. And through the magic of NIP-53, it is available on any nostr client that supports streaming.
And the economy is circular. When you stream sats to Sunday Brunch, the V4V model automatically splits those payments to the musicians we play, rewarding the artists directly in real-time.
2026 is the year we stop asking for permission. The infrastructure is ready. The mic is hot.
It’s time to lock in.