Sunday Brunch 4: Jim Costello
By Avi Burra and QW
Aired Feb 1, 2026 · 1h 45m · Last boosted Feb 12, 2026
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Jim Costello joins Avi for Episode 4 of Sunday Brunch. The conversation pinballs from David Lynch deep cuts and the musical fingerprints of Angelo Badalamenti into how Costello’s Phantom Power Media helps independent artists navigate the Bitcoin and podcasting music ecosystem, inspired by daughter Ainsley Costello’s breakout via Wavlake and the broader “open mic / sats flowing” live-scene energy. Big themes: the messy-middle of onboarding (don’t lead with “Bitcoin,” keep it human, meet artists where they are), the very real discovery problem (duplicate feeds, fragmented identifiers), and the rising tide of AI-generated slop and chart-gaming, with a hopeful coun...
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Another great episode, thank you 💗🚀💜
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This was a great episode. Love the jazz picks! Was hoping I could find some decentralized jazz! Also I think @Avi Burra must be the college buddy I never met because I am hearing film terms like Italian neo-realism and French New Wave on previous shows! I haven’t heard those terms since leaving film school 😂. Also a fellow lover of prog rock ✌️
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Great discussion about onboarding musicians with @Phantom Power Music Keysend, lnurl, feeds, arrgh!!!