Speaker · Writer · Event Producer · Community Organizer
Catherine (Cat)
Bleish Bonandin
A speaker with a public record—and a life still being written.
Cat has appeared on CNN, TruTV, Coast to Coast AM, and Kansas City public radio. Her writing has been published by Bitcoin Magazine and Cointelegraph. She speaks at gatherings including Anarchapulco, Liberpulco, and PorcFest, and helps produce events that bring freedom-minded people together.
Freedom is something we practice.
I started by asking politicians to change the world. Over time, that question became more personal: What can I take ownership of? What can we build together?
Today my work connects authentic living, self-directed education, and accountable community. At Greenbriar in Central Texas, I teach Game of Village and Good Citizenship, contribute to community life, and help support the school’s development.
My stage work grows from the life I’m living: grassroots activism, early bitcoin travel, motherhood, event production, and the ongoing work of choosing relationships and systems that reflect my values.
I want people to leave feeling brave, inspired, and confident that they can create a life that feels like their own. I’m writing the longer story in Memoirs of a Radical.
Grassroots organizing, Kansas City radio, national television, and Coast to Coast AM.
Bitcoin travel experiments and published dispatches in Bitcoin Magazine and Cointelegraph.
Stage talks, panel moderation, event production, and education through life at Greenbriar.
Selected television & radio appearances
Three entry points into the interview record.
CNN · Anderson Cooper 360
Interviewed by Drew Griffin about political activism and government watch lists.
Read the appearance coverage →
Coast to Coast AM
A conversation with John B. Wells, alongside John Bush, on self-sufficiency and sovereign living.
View the episode →
TruTV · Jesse Ventura
An appearance on Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura discussing fusion centers.
Read the appearance coverage →Speaking, moderating, connecting.
Recent talks and panels, with dates and original event sources.
Community
Living & learning in community
A main-stage session at Anarchapulco 2026, bringing Greenbriar into the conversation.
View the official program →Concentration
of Liberty Lovers
Choosing community
A Liberpulco talk on bringing freedom-minded people together.
View the event archive →Walk the Walk
From ideas to daily life
A conversation about putting the principles of freedom into practice.
Watch the panel →Published writing
Firsthand essays and dispatches from the road.
24 days on bitcoin
A firsthand account of putting alternative money to work on the road.
Read the essay →
The Bit Mom’s Journal
A five-part series from the road with the bitcoin bus.
Start with part one →Bitcoin Lifestyle
A six-week holiday road trip
Observations from a longer experiment in everyday bitcoin use.
Read the essay →What I’m bringing to the room now
Game of Village & Greenbriar
Learning through play, responsibility, practical decisions, and community life. Stories from my work in experiential education.
Explore Game of Village →Authenticity, freedom & accountability
The choices involved in creating a life of our own, and the shared responsibility involved in building community.
About Cat
Catherine (Cat) Bleish Bonandin is a speaker, writer, event producer, community organizer, and mother of three. Her work spans grassroots activism, early bitcoin adoption, self-directed education, and intentional community. She lives at Greenbriar in Central Texas, teaches Game of Village and Good Citizenship, and helps produce Anarchapulco and Liberpulco. Through Sovereign Living, she shares her evolving understanding of authenticity, personal freedom, and accountable community. She is writing Memoirs of a Radical.
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