Here's a clip from Self-Hosted giving you a quick primer of how the Lightning Network works in junction with Bitcoin.

They go into much more depth if you want to listen to the full episode, but this will get you a rough idea of how it works.

But overall, this is a very good way to not only pay for podcasts in the podcasting 2.0 network in the form of boosts and zaps, but this should also be a way to start also funding developers and the open source ecosystem as well.

https://fountain.fm/clip/Wc7ZlKmmfAoLrotmeX6k