S10 E3 | Innovative Organizational Structures w/Dr. Nick (FactoryDAO)
In this episode, we’re speaking with Dr. Nick Almond, a physicist turned DAO enthusiast and now CEO of Factory Labs, about cybernetic governance frameworks in DAOs, the current state and challenges of DAOs, and the potential of decentralized AI in governance.
Art, Music and Festival Culture with Refraction — Malcolm, Raf, Greg
Malcolm Levy, Raf Katigbak and Greg Liburd are co-founders of Refraction. An artist-owned community leading the next wave of digital art, music and culture — online, onchain and IRL. They all have extensive backgrounds in media, culture, festivals, films, brands. As artists, designers, writers, producers and creative people. Raf was early at VICE. Greg did a bunch with Jordan. Malcolm was the Director of the New Forms Festival 2001-16, and Curator of CODE Live during the 2010 Olympics Games. Today we reveal that Refraction and UFO are teaming up via our radio station. And exclusive alpha is shared for the future of Refraction for the first time on this show. Sponsors: Your crypto wallet for everything onchain — zerion.io Create, distribute and monetize on your own terms — paragraph.xyz Higher is a lifestyle — aimhigher.net Home of onchain ticketing — onopen.xyz Where group chats make more money — lore.xyz
Creativity with Extinction Rebellion — Charlie Waterhouse
Charlie Waterhouse is a co-founder of the Art Group and Media team at Extinction Rebellion based in London. He’s Creative Director of This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll, and a director of the Brixton Pound. We talk about the origins of Extinction Rebellion, a global movement using non-violent direct action to persuade governments to take action on climate, and inspire public consciousness to the cause.
Playing Piano with Zora and FWB — Yuri Rybak
Yuri Rybak is a musician and producer. Partnerships at Zora. Early member at Friends With Benefits, including as a producer at NFT Pirate Radio with Chuck Anderson. We talk about writing and producing music, the music industry, and what we see as emergent for music NFTs and artist collectives. We get into Yuri’s musical path through life, leading to early involvement with FWB on the scene for many experiments in NFT releases from artists including Glassface, Pussy Riot, and Eric Hu. Experiences from the inside at Zora, their brand and creative, zorbs, minting to 1155 contracts, and the rising ecosystem of Nouns Builder projects.
Onchain record labels with Coop Records
The inaugural episode of the Coop Records Podcast featuring the core team - Cooper, Ramie, Jake and Cece. We cover the origins of Coop Records and everything you need to know about running an onchain record label in 2024.
NFT Ticket Case Study: Queen George on Growth Hacking Collectors
This episode, from Mint Season 4, Episode 21, is a pivotal moment in my journey as a web3 founder. It significantly contributed to the development of Bello through the insights gained from my conversation with Queen George, a crypto-native jazz-pop artist, who has been exploring web3 since April 2021. We discuss our strategy in building a collector base in web3 and the success of her live concert at ETH Denver in February 2022, where she effectively minted tickets as NFTs, attracting 120 collectors. This conversation documented our thoughtful experimentation with NFTs and planted the seed for a whole new chapter in my life.
Ep 54 - 33 Below
Were joined by rising artists 33 Below to talk about his first headline tour, opening for RL Grime and winning the Optimism art contest.
Ep 35 - Lucas Campbell
We're joined by Lucas of Pods to chat about the future of onchain media. We cover his journey building a career in web3 out of college and dive into new form factors for the next bull market.
Pods Onchain Podcasts
This episode of OP Radio features Lucas, the founder of Pods: a platform for putting podcasts onchain. Together we get in to the value proposition of onchain media and how this new paradigm it empowers both creators and collectors alike.
OpenSea with Devin Finzer - Episode #2
We talk to Devin Finzer of OpenSea in April 2019 about: - OpenSea’s first customers, platform power users, and NFT games using the marketplace - The marketplace's unique revenue share business model with NFT developers - Open game economies, DAO-ifying OpenSea and open game economies This is one of the earliest podcasts with Devin and OpenSea, well before NFTs had any recognition in the space.
Ep 33 - Jadyn Violet
We're joined by Jadyn Violet, fresh off the mint of RAVER REALM. We cover the origin of UVR and bringing a new audience onchain.
Ep 32 - Peter 'pet3rpan'
Peter 'pet3rpan' of 1kx joins us to share his story as an early DAO founder turned onchain enthusiast. We cover the depths of crypto consumer apps.
Ep 31 - IYK
We're joined by co-founders Ryan Ouyang and creeefs to unpack the IYK Platform and their $16.8M seed round lead by a16zcrypto. Dive into the future of digi-physical experiences.
OP Radio #49: Why Binji is Optimistic About the Future
In this week's episode of OP Radio, we spoke with OP Labs' team member and Optimism Collective contributor Binji about a wide variety of topics, including AI, deep fakes, consumer facing crypto products, and Retroactive Public Goods Funding.
OP Radio #5: The Past, Present, and Future of the Optimism Collective
Hear from one of the co-founders of Optimism and the current Executive Director of the Optimism Foundation Jing on Optimism's past, present, and future of the Optimism Collective.
OP Radio #34: Bedrock Upgrade with Karl & Ben
In this episode of OP Radio, we talk with OP Labs CEO Karl Floersch and Optimism Co-founder Ben Jones about the the Bedrock upgrade. Bedrock is a big deal for a number of reasons, not the least of which is it lays the foundation for the OP Stack with a simplified, modular codebase. Hear about this significant Optimism milestone from two of the individuals who have been at Optimism from the very beginning.
OP Radio #50: OP Stack Fault Proof Alpha
Optimism co-founder and OP Labs CEO Karl Floersch visits us on OP Radio to discuss the alpha release of the OP Stack's fault proof system. Karl walks us through what a fault proof is, the purpose it serves, and how the modular OP Stack is designed to for redundancy in every component of the system.
OP Radio #11: Supreme Optimist Kelvin Fichter
The notorious smart contractor extraordinaire Kelvin Fichter joins this episode of OP Radio to discuss his Ethereum origin story and why he's dedicated his life to building Optimism.
Ep 30 - Sound of Fractures
We're joined by Sound of Fractures to chat about his artist token and his upcoming album - Scenes. We unpack his background as a pop producer in the UK and share an inside look at his creative process.