ZEROPOD: a zero-copyright video podcast for people who enjoy ethereum

From groundbreaking collaborations to viral content and public good initiatives, and everything in between, 2024 was an all-around banger of a year for Nouns and TNS's Jack Wyldes is here with all the highlights! 🔥 The Great Migration: Nouns embraced decentralization on Farcaster with tools like Nounspace, Rounds, and channels. 🤝 Epic Collabs: From Pudgy Penguins to Ledger, Pizza DAO, and even V...

When Vitalik Buterin buys a memecoin to try your consumer zk social app, you know you’re onto something. Kartik Patel (aka @slokh) joins ZEROPOD to talk about Anoncast— the ZK-powered app that lets you post anonymously and trustlessly to Farcaster and Twitter/X from a web interface at anoncast.org. From hacking RuneScape mods as a kid to pulling endless hours at OpenSea during peak NFT chaos, Kart...

If the internet decides what’s funny, Cameron Armstrong (@cameron on farcaster) has spent his career listening closely to find out. In this edition of our popular ZEROPOD Spotlight series, the Seemore.tv founder shares how he’s helping creators escape the “content algorithm lottery” and why our completionist instinct is one of humanity’s most underrated traits. We explore Farcaster’s journey from...

What does it mean to build a brand without a leader, a strategy, or even a plan? In this episode of ZEROPOD, I sit down with Martin Anquetil, one of the founders of $HIGHER, the headless memecoin brand redefining chaos as culture onchain.  We dive into everything from AI agents breaking bounty bots on Farcaster to an Ethereum stock split, the memecoin meta and the challenges of building a project...

In Episode 2 of ZEROPOD Season 2, we dig in with Ryan Wyatt aka @fwiz about his first full year in the role of Optimism's Chief Growth Officer. Ryan shares how his leadership has helped to drive adoption of Optimism’s open source OP Stack and has attracted some S-tier partners for the so-called Superchain. We also learn about Ryan's interesting background as a lifelong gamer and esports streaming...

October in the Nouniverse was packed: 26 proposals, big wins for governance, and an epic triple-header of Nounish events in LA. JackWyldes is here to recap the highs (new funding flows, creative projects) and the lows (farewell to the Dota 2 team) in a fast-paced Nounish month. Dive in for the latest updates and highlights! --- Timestamps: • 0:00 - Introduction: JacckWyldes Kicks Off October’s Rou...

Whether you made it out to LA for Nouns Town & Nouns Fest 2024, or got stuck FOMO-ing at home, this short film from The Noun Square's own JackWyldes tells the story of his experience in a way that will make you feel like you were right there with him. In his signature authentic style, Jack works through a mini existential crisis live on camera as he struggles to process his experience and figu...

In this episode of ZEROPOD (The Zero Rights Reserved Podcast), host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Naomi Metzger, 10x British national triple jump champion, to talk about her inspiring journey on track and onchain. Naomi shares how she bounced back from missing the Tokyo Olympics (by just 10 cm!), how she created an NFT collection called Afrochicks to fund her training, and her tho...

On ZER0̷P0̷D SP0̷TLIGHT # 2, join us for a deep dive conversation with 4156, the founder of Nouns DAO, into the current proposal to convert Nouns into a Wyoming DUNA. We cover everything from the origins of Nouns to the potential impact of this new legal framework, designed specifically for DAOs. Whether you’re a Nouns member or just curious about the future of decentralized governance, this conve...

Nouns Roundup: September 2024 Recap! 🎉 In this episode, we’re breaking down all the exciting things that happened with Nouns in September! We've got a lot to cover from esports victories to Key accessories and onchain autumn. Here’s what you can expect: 📊 Nouns Esports at The International – Nouns Esports had a huge month! They dominated last year’s champs, Team Spirit, and qualified for DreamLe...

Get ready for Farcaster 101, Episode 3: The Moxie Video... In the new internet, your time and attention are valuable and should be rewarded, right? Moxie plans to grow the GDP of the Farcaster Network by embedding seamless on-chain economies into every interaction, cast, and channel within the community. Powered by Airstack and built on the Farcaster protocol, Moxie enables a future where your fan...

On episode 30 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher from The Noun Square sit down with David Horvath, a legend in the Lifestyle Character Brand world and creator of such cultural heavyweights as Uglydoll and Bossy Bear. In this conversation, we dig into David’s past and his development from a curious child into a creative force. We hear his story about founding Ug...

Whether you’re a long-time Nouns fan or new to the community, our monthly Nouns Roundup videos are packed with everything you need to know to stay up to date on the latest happenings in the Nouniverse! On this episode, we showcase memorable moments from the community for the 3rd anniversary of Nouns (aka Nouniversary!) We show how Nouns made a difference recently with the Variety Bash, a 9-day car...

On this Episode of The Based Builders Show, Toady Hawk and Carlos Melgar dig in with Chris Carella and Binji Pande from Optimism to learn all about The SUNNYs, a new awards show for the Superchain on Ethereum. Learn all about it, and how you can apply if you're a builder.

Let's get into this month's NOUNS ROUNDUP from The Noun Square, produced and hosted by JackWyldes. Highlights from the month of July: 🎥 Nouns a Movie: Rise of Blus won Best Series at the Animator International Short Film Competition. 🏆 Nouns Explainer Video by Ordinary Folk won Silver at the Collision Awards. 🦆 Quack, the cutest Instagram duckling in noggles, partnered with Duolingo and...

In this inaugiral episode of ZERØPØD SPØTLIGHT, we dive deep into Rounds.wtf with our special guest, Seneca, cofounder of both Nouns and Rounds.wtf. Discover the origins of this game-changing protocol, from its roots in Nouns to the evolution from Prop. House, and learn how Rounds.wtf is transforming community engagement and funding through decentralized, permissionless technology. Seneca shares i...

On episode 29 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder from The Noun Square sit down with Will Papper, Nouner and co-founder of Syndicate.  In this conversation, we learn about Will's career journey, which involves being a trailblazing founder, first in the field of AI and later crypto. We talk about how his company, Syndicate aims to facilitate cooperation and com...

Welcome to the Nouns Roundup with Jack Wyldes from The Noun Square! It's the end of the month, and we've got some incredible updates for you. 🚀 Highlights: 🔸 Prop 100 Update: Did you know you can see a pair of yellow noggles from space? 🔸 Nouns a Movie - Episode 3: "A New Normal" was released plus behind-the-scenes footage of the orchestral score by Budapest Scoring. Watch out...

On episode 28 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Amir Bandeali, the co-founder and co-CEO of 0x and Matcha. In this 45 minute conversation, we learn about Amir's crypto and career journey, his pioneering work with 0x protocol and we learn all about all the useful features of the Matcha DEX. We also chat about the recently announced partners...

On episode 27 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with James Ross, founder of a modular OP Stack L2 called MODE Network, which is aiming to bring more defi energy to the Superchain.  We hear about James' crypto and defi journey and find out why he wanted to build on Ethereum and on the Optimism stack. We chat about Eigen Layer (which he advised p...

Welcome to this week's Nouns Roundup! We've got an exciting 3-minute update on everything happening in the Nouns universe. From cutting-edge collaborations to thrilling esports events and innovative artistic ventures, there's a lot to cover. Let's dive in! Highlights: 🔥 Ledger x 360 Nouns Collaboration: Get your hands on the custom Ledger Nano S Plus, designed by Greta Gremlin and...

On episode 26 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down for part one of a two part Home & Away podcast with Nick Hollins from UFO. In this one, Toady puts Nick in the hotseat to find out all about his career and crypto journey. We talk about everything from onchain media and web 3 distribution to open source and DAOs, and we hear firsthand what’s next...

On episode 25 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Hong Kim aka Noun 40, cofounder and CTO of Bitwise for a deep dive on all things Nouns! We learn about what attracted Hong to Nouns, and chat about the importance of figuring out ways to fund the things nobody wants to fund (public goods.) We chat about the forthcoming $NOUNS fungible token, the...

On episode 24 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Jacob Horne, cofounder of Zora to talk about everything onchain. We hear about Jacob's early days at Coinbase, talk about how Zora came to be and how it has evolved over the past 4 years, what Farcaster and onchain content means for the future of media distribution and much, much more-- inclu...

On episode 23 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder from The Noun Square sit down with Mike Demarais, cofounder of Rainbow Wallet to hear his story. We go deep down the Rainbow Road and chat about buying weed on the Silk Road, why he built a crypto wallet and why they called it Rainbow, his thoughts on Farcaster, BASE and Nouns, and much, much more... including a fe...