I'd like to have a Web3 show on my network, Turpentine.co, but I'd want it to be amazing and differentiated, and it seems like the category is already saturated with great podcasts. Do ya'll have any recommendations of angles or hosts?
Revive JPEG2000. Always loved that one but it went dark end of last year https://open.spotify.com/show/75Q2jSZLXub38kBs4jjy6h?si=ZklUnIcBQ5CLJXokDj6bGA Fresh, fun, relatable, not too technical, good pulse on what’s cool
hungry for knowledgeable web3 insiders, who are actively building in the arena, and who thoughtfully articulate fair and reasoned criticisms. kindasorta like molly white before she lost the plot. eg https://warpcast.com/nonlinear.eth/0x504a16
There was an interesting discussion about there being an overabundance of infrastructure astronauts building web3 infra to handle theoretical demand when there's no indication that web3 usage is bottlenecked by transactions per second anymore.
1/2 A "why crypto matters" angle would be interesting. Could cover broad set of topics: - unpacking money (what is it, how it evolved, future of money etc.) - exploring crypto values (decentralization, censorship resistance, credible neutrality, etc.) ...
Attack Vector - a podcast series highlighting how various bad actors found or infiltrate projects and extract value and the results on the community, perpetrators and projects. Think Quadriga, RFVooors, etc…less about the big mainstream examples and more about in depth analysis of specific moments
“BS v CS” (Balaji Srinivasan vs. Crypto Skeptics) A series of moderated debates.
Hey Erik! @brileigh and I host the Juicecast, a series of conversations w/ web3 builders. If you’re curious, check out ep27 with @frisson and @tommylower from Tally: https://youtu.be/aIoPZD2ki7Y We’ve been thinking of starting another podcast at some point and have some ideas, feel free to DM if you want to chat.
Could you have on some local/regional politicians (but not the total psychopath ones) talk about how they’re thinking about crypto? Eg would love to hear someone in SF talk to @jessepollak.eth about OAK
One that focuses on consumer apps and use cases would be great. Protocols are cool, but people use apps not tech. Have the protocol geniuses on but ask them "but why?" and also foster the conversation around compromises between crypto values and usability.
Comedy. Most of the podcasts aren’t that funny. Maybe uponly, but in general would love to laugh more with folks who get it
Task a normie outside of tech with a web3 goal and interview them until they get it. Needs a smart, savvy, funny host and a team who can vet guests.
Another angle that works (I did two seasons of this in person at Vanderbilt): paint a vision of what different industries look like with web3 underpinning. On-chain voting, network states, micro real estate (intraday transactions of acres), streaming royalties to musicians, etc. Have industry experts on, etc.
Take the crossproduct of {Blockworks,Bankless, Unchained,Daily Gwei,On The Brink,The Scoop,Zero Knowledge} and you'll be orthogonal by definition. I'm liking ZK's technical discussion and Bell Curve's season based in-depth discussions. I think pick a seasonal topic, like: NFT storage, phygitals, TIPIN...
I think there is a lack of builders only podcasts. Probably, Good Game is the only one. But maybe too narrow
What are your favorite web3 podcasts? As a builder in the space there are very few that are consistently worth listening to and deal with the ground truth
The fact that it’s a saturated category can be your edge — there’s just too much out there, even from good podcasts. I can’t listen to 5 hrs of episodes daily about what happened this {week/day/hour}. I’d prefer a weekly, extremely high quality pod with only the best guests and great Q’s. Like CWT <> web3
Crypto lore. The stories people know if they were around then.. So many good stories but nowhere that memorializes them. Like, the DAO hack, segwit wars, Bitcoin hard fork, cryptopunks v1 vs v2. Not just what happened, but how / who was there / what didn’t make the news Even microstories like HODL are awesome lore
I think it really depends on the target audience, are you trying to make the show for people already in crypto or a general audience. People already in crypto: explorative fringe ideas would be the thing I want to hear General audience: why does crypto matter is gud Both: crypto lore is deep and compelling