SHIPWRECKED #12: Goku & Maria - Our First Couple Interview

In this week’s episode, we did a little something different, again. We brought on our first ever couple, Goku and Maria. 

Goku is a badass artist and collector who has been a champion of the Solana art space since its inception. He is currently the marketing and community lead at Exchange Art. 

Maria Sutherland is an incredible producer, known for planning some of the best executed events in the space such as NFT Now’s Gateway in Miami and Korea.

We dive deep into all things long-term relationships, how Goku and Maria met, their first big breaks in the crypto space, and so much more.

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0:00 Intro
3:58 How did Goku and Maria meet?
5:20 Goku gets his butt tattoo’d 
9:55 How long did it take from dating to engagement to marriage? 
14:30 Benny’s worst dates
20:30 Why are you named Goku?
23:25 When did Maria know she was a badass producer?
26:20 Issues with brands in Web3
41:55 Is Maria a degen?
52:30 Partners’ needs, resilience of babies, shampoo, and Benny playing the Ocarina
58:20 Deeze breaks his arm twice 
1:10:35 Do your parents follow you?
1:13:40 Buying Bitcoin Puppets 
1:19:50 Creating Discords for Celebrities 
1:28:40 Bitconned and other crazy crypto stories
1:37:20 Planning massive events at Korea and Art Basel Miami
1:43:10 Favorite digital display and art vibes
1:59:05 What’s next for you both?
2:10:45 Who has surprised you the most from knowing them online to meeting them irl?
2:16:35 Weirdest Twitter Space hosting locations?
2:23:50 If you were on a shipwrecked island, what album would you listen to on repeat?

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