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By Bilal Zaidi, Jack Butcher, Trung Phan

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Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.


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Episode Date
160: Bitcoin Halvening, MKBHD Humane Review, Airchat & Bluey
Apr 17, 2024
159: NY Earthquake, Solar Eclipse & Airbnb, Amazon’s “Anonymous Indians” AI & Hermes Antitrust
Apr 10, 2024
158: Coinbase’s Base Layer 2, ETH ETF (?), SBF, Gmail at 20 & The Matrix
Apr 03, 2024
157: Boeing Fiasco, Truth Social & Trump SPAC, Reddit IPO & Royal Family vs. British Press
Mar 27, 2024
156: Slerf Memecoin, Google x Apple AI Deal, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson & Netflix Sports Strategy
Mar 20, 2024
155: Memecoins vs. NFTs, Bitcoin ATH, TikTok “Ban”, Dune 2 & When To Sell
Mar 13, 2024
154: Crypto Rally, Memecoins, Bitcoin NFTs, Microstrategy & Elon vs. OpenAI
Mar 07, 2024
153: Bitcoin $60K, Google Gemini Fiasco, Reddit IPO & Wendy’s Surge Pricing
Feb 28, 2024
152: Jack's Creative Process, Sora Text-to-Video and Monster Beverage's 200,000% Stock Run
Feb 21, 2024
151: Best Super Bowl Ads & Memes, Mega-Sports App (ESPN + Warner + Fox) and Masayoshi Son’s Bets
Feb 14, 2024
150: Apple Vision Pro, Farcaster, Ferrari/Lewis & Adam Neumann buying back WeWork?
Feb 07, 2024
149: Neuralink, Value & Audience Capture, Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl Media
Jan 31, 2024
148: Apple Vision Pro, Big Tech VCs, Milei at Davos & Slow Death of Media (Pitchfork, SI)
Jan 24, 2024
147: AMA - Greatest Inventions, NIA Shark Tank, Jack on Design Trends & Psychedelics Breakdown
Jan 17, 2024
146: Trends for 2024, Stanley Cup, GLP-1, Alcohol-Free Drinks, Carta & Bill Ackman vs. BI
Jan 10, 2024
145: Bitcoin ETF, Mickey Mouse Copyright, Luxury Beliefs & NYT vs. OpenAI
Jan 03, 2024
144: 2023 Review - Biggest Win/Loss & Person, Company, Show, Song & Meme of the Year
Dec 27, 2023
143: AMA, Alternative Trends, AI Romance, DEI, 90s websites & top lessons from 2023
Dec 20, 2023
142: Art Basel, $40B Nutella Empire, Time & Taylor Swift and Ohtani’s $700m Contract
Dec 12, 2023
141: Cybertruck, Elon vs. Advertisers, Charlie Munger’s Wisdom & Henry Kissinger Legacy
Dec 06, 2023
140: UAE Breakdown, OpenAI Winners & Losers and Binance $4B Fine
Nov 29, 2023
139: OpenAI vs. Sam Altman, OpenAI history, AGI, Satya/Microsoft and Jack’s collab with Red Bull
Nov 22, 2023
138: Humane AI Pin, Steve Jobs Best Keynotes, MrBeast Water & What’s Wrong With Marvel?
Nov 15, 2023
137: OpenAI Dev Day, GPT Agents, Grok & The SBF/FTX Case
Nov 08, 2023
136: Wrestling Kayfabe, 9-to-5 jobs, Hasan Minhaj vs. New Yorker & How Netflix Won Streaming
Nov 01, 2023
135: Eric Jorgenson on Balaji, Naval & The Future of Book Publishing
Oct 25, 2023
134: FIFA vs. EA, Microsoft’s $69B Activision Deal, Shams vs. Woj & The Best Bread In The World
Oct 18, 2023
133: Beckham Doc, Birkenstock $10B IPO, 2-Hour Marathons & is Shakespeare the greatest ever?
Oct 11, 2023
132: AMA - FIRE Movement, Our Professional Highlights, Founder-Market Fit & How To Say “No”
Oct 04, 2023
131: Conversational ChatGPT, Spotify AI, Netflix vs. Blockbuster & End of Hollywood Writer’s Strike
Sep 27, 2023
130: Roman Empire Memes, Elon Bio, Autoworker Strike & Tesla’s Manufacturing “Algorithm”
Sep 20, 2023
129: George Mack on Ignored Ideas, Creativity Hacks, Game Psychology, US vs. UK & Finding The Right Metrics
Sep 13, 2023
128: Soren Iverson on Design, Memes, Comedy, UX Secrets & 100 Day Challenges
Sep 06, 2023
127: Grayscale vs. SEC, Instacart & Klaviyo IPOs, How Stock Exchanges Work, TikTok’s Spotify Competitor
Aug 30, 2023
126: Friend Tech, App Store vs. Crypto, Community Notes & ARM IPO
Aug 23, 2023
125: Barstool Sports/Dave Portnoy, Cocaine vs. Kale Phone & Arnold Schwarzenegger Doc
Aug 16, 2023
124: AMA - Podcast Plans, PayPal Stablecoin, Superconductors, Twitter Monetization & Finding a Mentor
Aug 09, 2023
123: Investing in India, VC vs. Bootstrap & Immigrant Hustle w/ Romeen Sheth
Aug 02, 2023
122: Twitter to X, Oppenheimer vs. Barbie and Messi/Mbappe
Jul 26, 2023
121: Psychology of Disneyland, AI Actors & Twitter Monetization
Jul 19, 2023
120: Twitter vs. Threads with Turner Novak
Jul 12, 2023
119: Taylor Swift’s $1B tour & Favourite Travel Cities
Jul 04, 2023
118: Imposter Syndrome, Agency Model, Best Books/Pods & Expat Life
Jun 28, 2023
117: MrBeast Burger, Twitter Roadmap, Twitch Drama & TradFi vs. Crypto
Jun 21, 2023
116: Reddit Protest, Messi MLS Contract & Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary
Jun 14, 2023
115: Apple Vision Pro Breakdown & Jack's Christie's Auction Recap
Jun 07, 2023
114: The iPhone Story
May 31, 2023
113: 1000 True Fans, AI Hype-Cycle, Raising Entrepreneurial Kids & Business Setbacks
May 24, 2023
112: Sotheby’s vs. Christie’s, Twitter’s New CEO & Google’s AI Play
May 17, 2023
111: Pepe Coin, Hollywood Writers Strike & Blumhouse’s Business Breakdown
May 10, 2023
110: Car Dealership Guy on EVs, Tesla, Auto Loans & Lease vs. Own
May 03, 2023
109: SpaceX Starship Launch, AI vs. Record Labels & Tucker’s Fox Exit
Apr 26, 2023
108: Drake’s AI Music, Coachella Economics & Steve Jobs Archive
Apr 19, 2023
107: Super Mario Bros Blockbuster, Nintendo IP, Europe vs. US Tech
Apr 12, 2023
106: Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Thick vs. Thin Desires & Power of Memes
Apr 05, 2023
105: The Pope Coat, MidJourney Breakdown & AI Art Trends
Mar 29, 2023
104: Balaji $1m Bitcoin Bet, Banking Crisis, Ryan Reynold’s Business Empire & GPT-4
Mar 22, 2023
103: Ideas that changed our lives
Mar 15, 2023
102: Chris Rock Special, Balaji’s Book & The Miracle Obesity Drug
Mar 08, 2023
101: The Art of Quitting
Mar 01, 2023
100: Lessons From 100 Podcast Episodes
Feb 21, 2023
99: Dan Runcie (Trapital) on Rihanna Super Bowl, Streaming Economics & Cash Money vs. Def Jam
Feb 15, 2023
98: Checks Deep Dive, Tiffany / Nike Collab & Google Bard vs. ChatGPT
Feb 08, 2023
97: Should TikTok Be Banned? Twitter's For You Page & Kevin Systrom's New App
Feb 01, 2023
96: AMA - Tech Layoffs, Advice for 20yr Old, Naming Your Brand, AGI, Dream Dinner
Jan 25, 2023
95: Checks #1 on OpenSea, Prince Harry & Tesla with Whole Mars Catalog
Jan 18, 2023
94: Jack Butcher’s Checks NFT, CES roundup & Microsoft's $10B OpenAI Deal
Jan 11, 2023
93: Trung’s new startup (Bearly AI) & top AI predictions for 2023
Jan 04, 2023
92: Year in Review, Biggest Wins & Losses, Meme/Company/Person of The Year
Dec 28, 2022
91: World Cup Final, Bachelor Parties & Ideas For Twitter Blue
Dec 21, 2022
90: SBF Arrested, White Lotus, Avatar & Best Shows of 2022
Dec 14, 2022
89: Douglas Boneparth on ChatGPT, OpenAI vs. Google & Investing
Dec 07, 2022
88: Jordan Schneider on China protests & Twitter vs. Apple
Nov 30, 2022
87: Joe Pompliano on Qatar World Cup, LIV Golf & $10B Sports Teams
Nov 23, 2022
86: Ric Burton on FTX COLLAPSE, SBF Red Flags & What’s Next For Crypto
Nov 16, 2022
85: FTX Collapse, SBF vs. CZ & revisiting our crypto predictions
Nov 09, 2022
84: How can Elon fix Twitter? And a Linkedin deep dive with Jack Raines
Nov 02, 2022
83: Rishi Sunak, AI Hype Cycle & Reddit NFTs with GallowBoob
Oct 26, 2022
82: David Senra (Founders Podcast): Business of Podcasts & Lessons From Steve Jobs, Arnold, Kobe & more.
Oct 19, 2022
81: PayPal SCREWS UP, TMZ Business Breakdown, AI-Gen Podcasts
Oct 12, 2022
80: Mr Beast's $1bil Offer, Kim Kardashian vs. SEC & AMA
Oct 05, 2022
79: GBP Collapse, Hello Kitty’s $89B empire & Gautam Adani Richer Than Bezos
Sep 27, 2022
78: Why Jack LOVES Figma, Porsche IPO & The Biggest Short Squeeze Ever (VW)
Sep 21, 2022
77: Jon Wu on Ethereum Merge, Starbucks/Polygon & Kanye’s Business Deals
Sep 14, 2022
76: Mr. Beast Burger, Andrew Tate DEPLATFORMED & Where Memes Come From
Sep 07, 2022
75: Vitalik Packing Heat, AI & Hollywood, Ryan Reynolds Wrexham AFC, Euro Energy Crisis
Aug 31, 2022
74: AMA - Favorite Books & Pods, Crypto Tribalism, MBA vs. Startups, Businesses To Start, Next Trillion Dollar Company
Aug 23, 2022
73: Tetranode (9-figure Whale) on ETH Merge, Bitcoin, DeFi & NFTs
Aug 16, 2022
72: Mary Childs, Planet Money: Bond Market, Bill Gross, Crypto & Substack Revolution
Aug 10, 2022
71: The LVMH Strategy, Tiffany’s Punks & Luxury Marketing
Aug 03, 2022
70: Amazon’s Best Acquisitions + AMA (First Jobs, Jack’s NFT Trades, Solopreneurship)
Jul 27, 2022
68: Ted Gioia: The history of music innovation, Silicon Valley vs. Hollywood
Jul 23, 2022
67: Saylor Reaction, BTC vs. ETH, 3AC Crash, TikTok’s Secret Sauce
Jul 20, 2022
66: Michael Saylor on Bitcoin’s killer app, Ethereum, Web3 & inflation
Jul 12, 2022
65: How Minions Went Viral & The Michelin Guide Business Model
Jul 06, 2022
64: Generalist vs Specialist, NFT NYC, Compound Content & Kings of New Media
Jun 29, 2022
63: AMA - Becoming Recession-Proof, What We’re Invested In, Starting From Scratch, Where To Live
Jun 21, 2022
62: Interview w/ Rainbolt (Google Maps pro), Crypto roundup (BTC/ETH crash, Celsius, Web5)
Jun 15, 2022
61: Apple BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later), Saylor on the iPhone, Jon Wu explains OpenSea Case
Jun 08, 2022
60: Building vs. Betting, Bull & Bear Markets, Permissionless Apprenticeships
Jun 02, 2022
59: The genius of Steph Curry with Coach Nick & Collin, YouTube in 2012 vs 2022, Why MJ is GOAT
Jun 01, 2022
58: Snap 40% implosion, Adpocalypse, MonkeyPox, Costco's legendary hot dog
May 25, 2022
57: Crypto cycles, NYT headlines, McDonald's is a real estate co, Terra UST update, Lil Nouns NFT
May 18, 2022
56: UST (Terra / Luna) blowup, Tech sell-off, Now vs. Dotcom, Tesla vs. Porsche EV
May 11, 2022
55: How George Lucas built a $10B Star Wars empire, Yuga virtual land sale, Obama O’s NFT
May 04, 2022
54: Elon’s $44B deal (+ funniest takes), NIA 1-year anniversary, SBF on DeFi
Apr 27, 2022
53: Move2earn w/ STEPN, Moonbirds NFT, Netflix vs YouTube, CNN+ Doomed & Elon Update
Apr 20, 2022
52: Web3 Games & Pseudonymity w/ @BoredElonMusk, Elon vs Twitter’s Board, Bitcoin Miami Recap
Apr 13, 2022
51: Why Did Elon Buy 9.2% of Twitter? Nick Maggiulli on Building Wealth, Buying The Dip & Crypto
Apr 06, 2022
50: The Slap, Oscar’s Downfall, $625mil DeFi Hack & Angel Investing 101 w/ Alex Cohen
Mar 30, 2022
49: Brett Harrison, President of FTX US on working with SBF, NFTs, Memes, the Larry David ad & Solana vs ETH
Mar 23, 2022
48: Yuga (Bored Apes) Buys CryptoPunks, Roman Abromovich & Chelsea, History of Oligarchs, AMC Buys A Gold Mine
Mar 16, 2022
47: Crypto War Bonds, Commodity Crisis (Oil, Wheat, Gas), Nickel Short Squeeze, History of Batman
Mar 09, 2022
46: Ukraine-Russia, Sanctions, Crypto/Bitcoin Effect, Big Tech Response, Information Battle
Mar 02, 2022
45: OpenSea Hack, Trudeau Emergencies Act, Bitcoin & The Right To Transact, The Bank of Starbucks
Feb 23, 2022
44: Super Bowl Crypto Ads, Genius Coinbase QR Code, Nouns DAO NFT, $24m Punk Sale, Razzlekhan Playbook
Feb 16, 2022
43: $3.6B Bitcoin Heist, ENS Controversy, Genius of Jony Ive, Early Stripe & ETH stories (with Ric Burton)
Feb 10, 2022
42: Joe Rogan Spotify Controversy, ARK's $1mil Bitcoin Target, Coachella NFTs & India Making Crypto Legal
Feb 02, 2022
41: Why Crypto + Stock Market Is Down, Arkk vs Berkshire Hathaway, McDonald’s Earned Media, Nelk Boys + Twitter NFT PFPs
Jan 27, 2022
40: Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard, Google Antitrust Allegations, Brands Entering Web 3, Coinbase NFTs + Larva Lads
Jan 20, 2022
39: Signal Founder On Web 3, Vitalik’s Response, LooksRare Launches OpenSea Competitor, Nas NFT Drop + Paradigm Invests In Citadel
Jan 13, 2022
38: Trading The Metagame, BAYC Flips CryptoPunks, PFPs, Worst Predictions + How Blackberry Fumbled The Bag
Jan 05, 2022
37: Jack Dorsey Web 3 Beef, Tokens vs Equity + Silicon Valley Talent Leaving For Crypto?
Dec 29, 2021
36: Virgil Abloh DAO, The InterMET, When Jobs Met Bezos + Did Coca-Cola Create Santa Claus?
Dec 22, 2021
35: Decentralized Brands, Adidas Metaverse, Jack Character NFTs + Apple in China Controversy
Dec 16, 2021
34: Square Becomes BLOCK, Future Of Twitter, Web 3 Music + Jack Dorsey Appreciation
Dec 08, 2021
33: Decentralized Hollywood, Cameo, Music Royalties, Anon Accounts + Thanksgiving Inflation
Dec 02, 2021
32: ConstitutionDAO, Axie Infinity Decline, Domino's The Tech Company + Franchise DAO?
Nov 24, 2021
31: ETH Names, $ENS Airdrop, Why Elon Sold Tesla Stock + The Genius of Costco
Nov 18, 2021
30: Next Trillion Dollar Company, Stripe vs Square vs Coinbase, NFT NYC, Rise of Formula 1 + Highest Paid Athletes
Nov 11, 2021
29: Understanding The Metaverse, Facebook Rebrands To Meta + The Threat Of Inflation
Nov 04, 2021
28: Bitcoin All-Time High, BTC ETF, Apple vs Intel, FB Metaverse + Keeping Your NFTs Secure
Oct 28, 2021
27: Web 3 Inflection Points, DAOs, Axie Infinity, Play-To-Earn Model + Social Tokens
Oct 21, 2021
26: NFTs in 2030, Decentralized Brands, Sam Bankman-Fried + Exclusive Interview w/ Ozy's First Employee
Oct 14, 2021
25: Ozy Media Fiasco, Chris Dixon Web 3 Backlash, Unrealized Cap Gains + Monetizing Attention
Oct 07, 2021
24: Citycoin Deep Dive w/ Patrick Stanley, Stacking Miamicoin + Evolving Cities
Sep 30, 2021
23: Mirror, Crypto Publishing, NFT Communities, Opensea Insider Trading, Miamicoin + New iPhone
Sep 23, 2021
22: Cryptoadz, Coinbase vs SEC, Theranos Trial, Dune Analytics + Opensea Walkthrough
Sep 16, 2021
21: Future of Philanthropy, Jack's NFTs For Afghanistan + Using Technology For Good
Sep 09, 2021
20: Behind Tom Osman's $1.3mil Ether Rock Flip, Discord vs Slack & Tokenized Communities
Sep 02, 2021
19: Future of Retail, How To Compete With Amazon, Ethereum Sign-in + Messi Football Analytics
Aug 23, 2021
18: Infrastructure Bill's Impact On Crypto, Axie Infinity, Vail Resorts + Chris Dixon's Web 2 to Web 3 Shift
Aug 19, 2021
17: Genius of Virgil Abloh, Tom Sachs Rocket Factory, Luxury + Scarcity in Internet Culture
Aug 12, 2021
16: Nas The Investor, Google + YouTube Deep Dive, Future of Advertising + Non-Fungible Performance Art
Aug 05, 2021
15: SpaceX vs Blue Origin, Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey + Cathie Wood On Bitcoin + Janky Heist NFTs
Jul 29, 2021
14: England v Italy Post Mortem, Crumbling Nation-States, Delta Variant Surge + Join Our Group Chat
Jul 22, 2021
13: Greatest Ads Of All Time, Joe Rogan The King Maker + First Day At Work Stories
Jul 15, 2021
12: Lumber Trader Explains What's Going On With Lumber (Bonus Episode)
Jul 13, 2021
11: Tech's Impact On Culture, Jay-Z Buying NFTs, Jack Dorsey Playing 4D Chess + History Of Sriracha
Jul 08, 2021
10: Decentralized Disney, Bored Ape Cinematic Universe, Peter Thiel's $5bil Roth + Audience Q&A
Jul 01, 2021
9: 20VC Fund, Call Her Daddy Spotify Deal, Tokenization of Creators, Mark Cuban's DeFi Bet + Q&A
Jun 23, 2021
8: Packy McCormick - Ethereum Deep Dive, El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin + Volcano Energy
Jun 17, 2021
7: Bitcoin Miami, Citycoins, DAOs + Buying .btc domains
Jun 10, 2021
6: Amazon Buying MGM, Stanley Druckenmiller's Interview, Biden's Budget + Latest In Crypto
Jun 03, 2021
5: How Jack and Bilal Got Into Crypto
May 28, 2021
4: Crypto Crash Recap, Decentralized Social Networks + A Special Guest // Not Investment Advice
May 21, 2021
3: Bored Ape Yacht Club, Rise of Memecoins + The New Benjamin Graham
May 13, 2021
2: Jack's Twitter Takedown + Early Internet Stories
May 07, 2021
1: Anti-Life Portfolio, Meme School + European Super League
Apr 29, 2021
0 - Jack Sold An NFT For $150k, Balaji on Tim Ferriss & Coinbase IPO
Apr 15, 2021
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Apr 15, 2021