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Camila is the founder, CEO, and editor in chief of The Defiant. She is also the author of the seminal book on Ethereum, the Infinite Machine, as well as founder of Des Femmes Magazine and the ACJR Network. In episode 10, Pedro Solimano and Camila Russo discuss her journey into world known media publication (Bloomberg), the shift she sees in mainstream media, her opinions about ads on different cry...

Leigh has worked as an international correspondent covering the Israel - Palestine conflict, along with some much-needed coverage on the sex industry. Nowadays, Leigh is the editor of digital assets at Forbes, co-founder of Des Femmes, and co-founder at the ACJR Network. Episode chapters: 0:00 intro 1:36 Articles in this industry can move markets - Why I became a journalist 6:18 Tips for the newco...

Phil Gomes is a PR veteran. He’s worked at the largest PR firm in the world, Edelman’s, and is now the CCMO of Bloq, along with Marketing Lead for Hemi. We dive into the world of PR in crypto, and try to discover if people need one or not. Episode chapters: 0:00 intro 1:25 I didn't know communications & PR is a career path 4:13 First time learning and working in bitcoin 7:24 Getting a &quo...

Charlie is the co-founder of Blockspace Media, a company focusing on B2B Bitcoin mining. He is also heavily involved in Ordinals, and was once the battle mage for Ordicord the Ordinals Discord. He is a battle-tested Bitcoin miner from Oklahoma and a true-blue bitcoiner. Charlie also dabbles in [redacted] coins. Episode chapters: 0:00 intro 1:25 The radio as a communication channel is bigger then y...

“Ethereum’s whole purpose is to create this hive mind” — Dan Kuhn Daniel Kuhn is a senior journalist and editor at The Block. He was previously the op-ed overlord at CoinDesk. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school, and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program. Episode chapters: 0:00 intro 1:36 From working at a wine st...

Isabel is a communications mastermind. She was the comms director for Casey Rodarmor as Ordinals launched. Nowadays Isabel is the GP of the first Ordinals-focused investment firm, Unbroken Chain Fund. Pedro and Isabel talked about how Isabel got into bitcoin, where did she learn about it, her point of view as the Head of Comms for the Ordinals protocol and why nobody cared for that project, how’s...

"There's no end to fraud or finance scams or strange movements of money and trying to get to the bottom of it, and that's the best part of journalism. Trying to dig through the weeds and find these crazy stories." Cas is the investigations lead for Protos, and co-host of the Crypto Critic's Corner. He is known for his truth seeking and non-negotiable I-will-find-out-what'...

“I don’t care what people say, speed matters” Dan Roberts is a veteran journalist with more than 14 years following the sports, finance, and crypto beats. He was Editor at Large at Yahoo Finance, and Editor in Chief of Decrypt, and Variant Fund. Follow us on: → Twitter: https://x.com/beyondthebeat__ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-the-beat-podcast → YouTube: https://www.youtube...

Molly J. Zuckerman is the Opinion Editor at Blockworks and a journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering crypto. In this interview we cover Molly's perspective on being a journalist covering crypto rather than a crypto journalist, how she approaches opinion pieces, what's so weird about crypto, and why we should all be reading more fiction. "Crypto is crazy, people reportin...

Laura Shin is the founder of Unchained, one of the most listened-to podcasts in crypto. In this interview, we cover Laura's journey from traditional media to crypto, the lessons she has learned along the way, and what you need to become an award-winning journalist today. "I'm not necessarily trying to take people down, but I am always thinking 'what is the thing people really want...