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Blake speaks to Joe and Dom, co-founders of one of the most most successful NFT projects of all time: Creepz/Overlord. They have an rich convo about how to build a successful web3 brand, the unique characteristics of web3 IP and the development of web3 specific business models. The conversation covers media, fashion and gaming and how an NFT-based brand has unique positioning within all of these verticals. Joe and Dom speak thoughtfully about how a community is the real product within an NFT ecosystem, and what that means in terms of managing communication and product development.   And it is essential to mention that the Creepz/Overlord community is truly top tier…Justin Bieber, Jaden Smith are Brooklyn Beckham are all fans. Need we say more?!   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.--   Creepz Genesis Opensea Dom’s Twitter Joe’s Twitter Jon Lai from Andreessen Horowitz tweet Brooklyn Beckham Vogue Interview

Welcome to a new format for the Boys Club podcast, the Feelings Check-In. No guests, no interview. Just full send feelings. In this episode we talk about the Boys Club Zine, workshopping the DAO's mission and vision, and some feelings that have come up in reflection over the last year's work. We're still doing interviews, but packaging them up in a separate episodes, on this same feed. --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.--    

Blake and the brilliant Tasha Kim connect on a wide variety of topics, including crypto-market fit, how Gen Z’s online behavior impacts crypto products, and what interoperability for crypto companies really means today. Tasha so eloquently walks us through the term “subcultural capital” and why this is so relevant within crypto networks. They continue by digging into the gamification of digital fashion and some of the astonishing user numbers around Minecraft and Roblox. Finishing off, they highlight Ripcache, an up and coming crypto artist you should know about, and the difference between on-chain and off-chain art production.  Not to be left out - an essential convo about Harry Styles fan fiction.   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.-- Treeverse  Ripcache Ripcache, Smile Barbara Kruger  

Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter. Galen Wolfe-Pauly joins the pod to talk about Urbit, a decentralized personal server platform. They talk about what Urbit is, and why owning your own 'space' on the internet is valuable. Galen answers a bunch of questions like, is Urbit a computer? Can you send an email on Urbit? How will Urbit ever get users? This podcast is perfect for Urbit beginners. Draft tweets close out the episode. Feelings check-in to return on the next pod.    Time Stamps Interview: 6:00 Draft Tweets: 33:25   Links Tlon Corporation  

One of the world’s most foremost art critics, Jerry Saltz joins Blake on the show to talk about crypto art as a medium, its’ relationship to money, and why it’s really no different to more traditional art forms like painting or sculpture. He also outlines how social media has been used to invert the art world’s gatekeeping.  Prepare to be inspired as he lays out why it is so important to make and engage with art, and why these are both such personally profound and formative experiences demanding radically vulnerability.   Jerry's big takeaway? Don’t be afraid to make bad art…be afraid if you’re not making any at all.   --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.-- Links: Jerry Saltz Twitter   Jerry Saltz Instagram  Jerry Saltz book Art is Life

Mike Demarais, founder of Rainbow Wallet, joins Natasha and Deana to explain a tweet about LSD. They also chat about NFTs as a loyalty mechanism for brands, and Mike reveals his favorite crypto meme. Natasha and Deana talk about the unlock around DAO Points for Boys Club, and have a feelings check-in about their terrible sales skills. An extremely fun draft tweets that touches on cottage cheese and Oura rings closes out the ep.    ~~~~Subscribe to the free, weekly Boys Club newsletter.~~~~   Links: Alex Danco, Shopify  Pump It Loomdart   Time stamps: Interview: 6:53 What's Happening in the DAO: 29:03 Feelings Check-In: 40:55 Draft Tweets:  48:38

In the inaugural episode, Blake dives into what’s happening in crypto and culture with guest Carly Reilly, host of Overpriced JPEGs. They get into the current renewed NFT volume and market activity, chat about how brands can best implement “phygital” product offerings, and why it is important to consider the consumer spending power of kids and teenagers, particularly when it comes to web3 user acquisition.  They also look into the latest news around the Bored Apes Yacht Club and take an art history detour to Minimalism, and how the understanding of that movement shows just how good the Art Blocks’ Friendship Bracelets really are.    --Subscribe to the free Boys Club weekly newsletter.-- Links: Fanatics news  Carly’s Starbucks rewards podcast episode  Blockworks article on digital goods Trial of Jimmy the Monkey  Game of Thrones NFT  Art Blocks Friendship Bracelet #36 Overpriced Gin

Introducing a brand new podcast in the Boys Club network!  Context: Views on Crypto & Culture is hosted by Blake Finucane. Boys Club loves Blake because she contains multitudes - she's an art historian and venture capitalist, who published the world's first academic thesis on crypto art in 2018. In Season One, Blake is bringing the brains to Boys Club, and will be using this podcast to unpack how crypto impacts culture and vice versa. Expect a longer form, informative pod with absolutely fire guests lined up.

We take a fun look back at the year, reflect on Boys Club highlights, what’s surprised us most about the year, and our favorite failures. We also chat through our best purchases and top memes. We go from vision boards and journaling to Bo Burnham and Succession and hit every beat along the way. Listen for a good time. Subscribe to the newsletter.   Show notes: PANGAIA Sweatshirt Shure Podcast Mic Bo Burnham - Can Anyone Shut Up Monologue Start the rapture meme Kendall Roy meme Gaby.eth Episode Steph Alinsug Episode

Stefen Deleveaux from Govrn joins Natasha and Deana to talk about contribution-based governance for DAOs. They talk about the pros and cons of labor vs. capital-based systems, and how Govrn is building a management layer to solve for many of the pain points that currently exist for DAOs. Then, Natasha and Deana talk about the issues with being risk-averse in a risk-forward industry, and how that is slowing down shipping from the DAO. A special edition feelings check-in follows, where they unpack some recent press and their many, many feelings towards the press itself and how it was handled between them. Meghan and Harry chat closes out the ep.  Subscribe to the newsletter. Time stamps: Interview: 7:05  What's Happening in the DAO: 30:07 Feelings Check-In: 38:45 Draft Tweets: 54:20