{"podcast":{"title":"Radio Detox","slug":"radio-detox-6954580","podcast_index_feed_id":6954580,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/3iHnyIWtc7VEUJ131mOV","website_url":"https://fountain.fm/show/IgdKDWtHpDc67T0wqqoO","image_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/3iHnyIWtc7VEUJ131mOV/files/COVER_ART---DEFAULT---7af9d85f-3c04-4204-a79b-f5f454d7e8ce.jpg","author":"Heather Larson","episode_count":34,"summary":"Radio Detox brings the artists & builders in the Bitcoin + Nostr space directly to you.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-detox-6954580"},"episode":{"title":"From Recipes to Relays: Seth’s Zap.Cooking Playbook for Building on Nostr","slug":"from-recipes-to-relays-seth-s-zap-cooking-playbook-for-building-on-nostr","published_at":"2026-01-19T01:48:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-detox-6954580/from-recipes-to-relays-seth-s-zap-cooking-playbook-for-building-on-nostr","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-detox-6954580","url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/3iHnyIWtc7VEUJ131mOV/items/XfSp2dKevVG4HOfOAO2Y/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---ca663961-be49-47d9-a5cb-0a8f01e748f3.mp3","audio_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/3iHnyIWtc7VEUJ131mOV/items/XfSp2dKevVG4HOfOAO2Y/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---ca663961-be49-47d9-a5cb-0a8f01e748f3.mp3","summary":"In this Radio Detox episode, I sit down with Seth, creator of Zap.Cooking and longtime Nostr builder, to trace his journey from the early Damus days in February 2023 to today’s vibrant, builder-led Nostr ecosystem. We explore why Nostr felt like the constructive side of the internet compared to legacy platforms, how Lightning and zaps transformed interactions, and why portable identity + Bitcoin make Nostr a uniquely powerful foundation for everyday apps. Seth shares the origin story of Zap.Cooking—from snagging the domain and posting a bounty for the first build to today’s curated, clutter-free recipe hub that prioritizes usable recipes over ad-stuffed backstories. We dig into community features like the new pyramid-style “Garden” relay, how submissions rise through recency and curation, and the culture of real conversations that’s driving Nostr forward. We also highlight Seth’s newer, vibe-coded projects: Grateful Day (a daily gratitude and affirmation app that posts to Nostr) and SoberKey (a decentralized sobriety support space modeled on 12-step principles). Along the way we talk about attracting non-technical users with simple, purpose-built apps, the growing IRL scene (Nostr Valley returns this October), and the momentum of value-for-value music via Fountain and Wavlake—where listeners can stream sats directly to artists. If you’re Nostr-curious, love food, or want to build community without platform capture, this conversation is a practical blueprint for what’s working—and what’s next. Seth's sites: ‍ https://zap.cooking https://sobrkey.org https://gratefulday.space ⚡️ https://zapvertise.me https://asknostr.io Seth on Nostr: primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs2wguqtndxwfg3j8y8sm6d5k8hjlnfwavzxqf4fw5wjx7tqdpde8q4va8wx Seth on X: https://x.com/zap_cooking Seth's music: Best…","meta_description":"In this Radio Detox episode, I sit down with Seth, creator of Zap.Cooking and longtime Nostr builder, to trace his journey from the early Damus days in Fe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4909,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-detox-6954580/episodes/from-recipes-to-relays-seth-s-zap-cooking-playbook-for-building-on-nostr/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-detox-6954580/from-recipes-to-relays-seth-s-zap-cooking-playbook-for-building-on-nostr.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}