TREVOR BELL | Becoming Satan's Lawyer, Why V4V Is More Than BTC & Giving Advice To Podcasters

Trevor Bell is a former lawyer and host of 'The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove' podcast. In Conversation #103, Trevor and I discuss: why he did pro-bono work for the Noosa Temple of Satan, our experiences travelling Mexico in different eras, why he's a big fan of V4V/listener support, the nuances of the value 4 value philosophy, the different monetisation models that podcasters can adopt and why he's not a fan of Bitcoin. Trevor has generously asked for his 30% split to go to the Podcast Index, don't forget to boost! Timeline: (0:00) - Intro (0:19) - Satan's lawyer (5:01) - Journalist's love satanism (8:26) - Don't become a lawyer! (14:59) - Travelling Latin America in the 90's (19:08) - Manufacturing Consent (22:05) - Experiencing other cultures (25:40) - Intro to P2.0 and staying small (31:42) - He's not Anti-V4V, shame on Sam! (33:21) - Is Patreon value 4 value compliant? (37:18) - Our first PayPal donation (40:29) - Say no to paywalls (42:37) - Trevor's making me sweat (44:07) - Where's the subscriptions?! (49:08) - Should the nerdy tech stuff be foremost? (58:16) - BTC has a lot of hurdles (1:07:10) - Framing time and talent (1:11:11) - Advertising bleh (1:14:52) - The Feedback Loop: Say my name (1:19:40) - Definitely fell into that one lol (1:23:10) - The closed vs open business model (1:31:24) - Critical but done with kindness (1:34:46) - Ignorance is bliss (1:37:05) - The Iron Fist & The Velvet Glove Connect with Trevor: Website: https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theironfistandthevelvetglo8763 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcast Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast Support the show