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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...

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 a...

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 ac...

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...

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 Mi...

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 i...

Emma Bates, founder of Diem, joins Natasha and Deana on the pod to talk about the future of social media. They talk thorugh an idea called collective media, and why a different type of social-centered search experience is needed. Then, Natasha and Deana discuss the Boys Club roadmap, and round out the episode with some more Friday Night Lights chat.  **Note, feelings check-in will return next week...

Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter. Jess Sloss joins Natasha and Deana to talk about Seed Club , a DAO accelerator. They talk about tokenized communities, and the magic that can happen when a group of people come together with a shared sense of alignment and ownership. Then, Natasha and Deana talk about a potential media company spin-off, and what the web3 layer is within that. Then feelings ab...

Kim Milosevich and Jeff Amico join Natasha and Deana to talk about the a16z Crypto Startup School , an accelerator designed around the specific needs for builders and founders in web3. Then, they do a critical feelings check-in, and talk through some named and unnamed fears. In the DAO update, they channel some optimism after spending a week working on the roadmap for Boys Club. They close out the...

**Note this episode was recorded on 10/30, before the FTX/Binance news** Carly Reilly, host of Overpriced JPGs, joins Natasha and Deana to talk about the arc of the metaverse, and her new documentary about creators, crypto and Puerto Rico. They discuss the future of the metaverse being driven by consumer demands for convenience and value, and how the orgs that best design for this will win out ove...

Ben Huh joins Deana and Natasha to talk about Origami, a platform for communities to launch and grow DAOs. They talk through Origami's pragmatic approach to organizing DAOs (shout out to org charts) and the legal ambiguity in this space. Then, Natasha and Deana talk about the need to set vision for the Boys Club DAO, and have a juicy feelings check-in about a imposter syndrome moment for Natasha....

Gaby Goldberg, an investor from TCG Crypto, joins Deana and Natasha to talk about storytelling using blockchain data. They go into the many opportunities in contextualizing on chain data, and somehow manage to bring the conversation around to Taylor Swift and true crime podcasts. Then, Natasha and Deana talk about 'The Innovators Dilemma' live from Bogotá, and chat about the Howey Test and Bechdel...

Steph Alinsug aka @ cryptohun3y joins Natasha and Deana to talk shop about DAOs. They went deep on DAO leadership, and how to design for resilience in failure. Then Deana and Natasha dig into governance token allocation design, and the stress of doing this with work without a roadmap. In the feelings check-in they talk about the impact of overcommitting. Saucy Loom-related draft tweets close out t...

Allie Joy Tsahey from Baddies in Tech joins Natasha and Deana to talk about her community for women of color to break into and belong in tech. They talk about her journey in the tech industry, and how she is transitioning Baddies in Tech to a DAO. Then, Natasha and Deana talk treasury diversification and Boys Club grants. In the feelings check-in, they explore how to maintain brand continuity whil...

Rachael Horwitz and Breck Stodghill from Haun Ventures join Natasha and Deana to talk about NFTs as a fundraising vehicle, and the changing role for venture capital in web3. Then, Natasha and Deana talk about looking for the Holy Grail (aka revenue) and making the distinction between short term revenue drivers and long-term, big revenue bets. They also discussed the flywheel effect of a shared tre...

Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki joins Natasha and Deana to talk about what public goods are, and why they matter. They talked about how Boys Club is creating anti-fragility in crypto, and took a hit from Kevin's web3 optimism pipe. Next, Deana and Natasha talked about web3 media models, and closed out the episode discussing Natasha's gambling strategy.

Packy McCormick joined Deana and Natasha to talk about what a not-sketchy and compliance-first future for CeFi could look like. They talked around the relationship between yield and risk, and how much money banks are taking home (wow, a lot). Then, Natasha and Deana discussed a recent transparency hangover, and the responsibility of DAO governance. As ever, they unpacked some insecurities in the f...

Musician and curator Anna Bulbrook joins Natasha and Deana to talk about Metalabels, the creator economy in web3 and why releasing work in 'multiplayer mode' is more fun. Then, Natasha and Deana talked through DAO entity design and Minimum Viable Communities. Preventative Botox and LARPing closed out the ep.  Links: Anna Bulbrook on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annabulbrook Boys Club DAO v1, The M...

Evin McMullen, founder of Disco and web3 visionary, joins Natasha and Deana to talk about data autonomy and surveillance capitalism, through the lens of the recent Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade. Then, Natasha and Deana talk about why they want to transition the conversation around Boys Club from women in web3, to women building together using web3. Then, they reminisce on NFT NYC and talk ab...

Special guest David Hoffman, host of Bankless, joins Natasha and Deana to play Explain the Tweet. They dig into interest rates, The Merge, Boys Club monetary policy, seamless DAO contribution and more. During Feelings Check-In, Natasha and Deana unpacked big bear market feelings and then talked about smoking in Paris during Draft Tweets.    Explain the Tweet: 3:39 What is The Merge: 20:42 Ask The...

Natasha and Deana talked NFT project roadmaps with Alexander Bercow from OpenSea, and dreamed about life as a wildly in-demand Solidity dev. They covered the DAO Town Hall and web3 flywheel effects, and introduced a new segment called 'Ask the Boys'. 

This week Alli Pope from Variant Fund drops some Dave & Busters alpha and talks about the pros and cons of token-gated communities. Then, Deana and Natasha debrief on the Permissionless conference, talk Zaddy learnings and discuss the agents of chaos on the Boys Club core team. 

Special guest Dan Wu from Orca Protocol comes on the pod to explain his tweet about staking and yields. Natasha and Deana talk about the strategy for the upcoming NFT drop, and plans for pre-Permissionless facials. 

In this episode, Leighton Cusack schools Natasha and Deana on Milady's and copy pasta. Natasha and Deana talk about balancing DAO momentum vs. making a few big bets. Finally, they play K/F/M: Bad Bunny edition.

Natasha and Deana talk about Seed Club Demo Day, and get into Bachelor Nation with guest Nicole d'Avis.