Welcome to the Cryptonaut Podcast hosted by Marc Storrs, Chris Carnicelli and Rob Morphy. Exploring everything from Aliens, Cryptozoology, Cryptids, Ghosts, Monsters, The Occult, Paranormal Phenomenon, UFOs, Ufology and Unsolved Mysteries .... all while keeping a close eye on our reptilian overlords that dwell in the flat, hallow, robot infested Earth. This is the Cryptonaut Podcast.
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The Agenda podcast explores the promises of crypto, blockchain and Web3, and how everyday people level up and improve their lives with these new technologies. It covers everything from new blockchain tech to Bitcoin mass adoption and cultural shifts in Web3. Every two weeks, Cointelegraph’s The Agenda podcast tackles a new topic by speaking with the innovators and experts building the Web3 the world actually needs. After all, crypto is for everyone, not just rocket scientists, venture capita ...
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#365: Veggie Man Redux Part 2: Commander Zarcon
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After a series of bizarre UFO sightings, and his mother’s close encounter with a tiny, leash bound devil, it would seem that Jennings Frederick and his family had already maxed out their high strangeness quota. But it turns out that the world of weird was far from finished with this cloistered clan, as an array of eccentric entities were still wait…
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Metaverse or omniverse, AI will be there — Should we be afraid? (feat. Tracverse)
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Tracverse founder Amos Thomas explores the importance of storytelling and protecting content creators’ IP rights from AI LLMs. In addition to explaining Tracverse’s role in creating an “omniverse,” Thomas stresses the need for businesses and content creators to balance the future potential for AI rights with human IP rights. The Agenda is brought t…
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#364: Veggie Man Redux Part 1: UFOs, Blue Books And The Tethered Devil
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oining the venerable ranks of West Virginia’s already extraordinary metaphysical menagerie, the Vegetable Man is a seemingly inexplicable synthesis of animal, plant and predator. But, while a young bow hunter’s run-in with this inexplicable organism is now the stuff of legend, what is less known is the supernatural s***storm that lead up to, and fo…
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#363: F The Woods Vol. 3: Camping In Alien Hell
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For those who love it, camping is supposed to be an escape from the drudgery of daily life, but for one Chilean couple, their long anticipated excursion into the wild swiftly devolved into a night long odyssey of psychedelic horror; one that—to their ever accelerating dismay—seemed to be occurring against the hellish backdrop of a full-scale, destr…
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Bitcoin finds new use case in life insurance industry (feat. Meanwhile)
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Meanwhile director of wealth management Danny Baer explains how Bitcoin has found a new use case in the life insurance industry, and how BTC holders can use life insurance to enhance the tax efficiency of their investment portfolio. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hosted/produced by Ray Salmond and Jonathan DeYoung. Follow Cointel…
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#362: Indiana Muck Monsters: Plant 9 Oil Pit Squid And The Cistern Creeper
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Slithering up from the viscous muck, we have a pair of curious accounts involving off-the-wall (and as yet unclassified) tentacle-bearing beasts, who were not, as one might expect, discovered by marine biologists in the briny depths, but found squirming in an industrial sludge pit as well as a hand dug cistern, both of which were—against all odds—l…
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#361: Batsh*t Crazy Cryptids Vol. 3: Weirdos Of The Wild
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The world we live in is an extraordinary place full of wild wonders and odd events so strange they leave us questioning our place in the universe… but on the fringes of these already nebulous realms are anomalous entities that are so guano caliber nuts, even the most open minded paranormal enthusiast will find themselves uttering the immortal phras…
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How blockchain improves international aid and empowers communities (feat. Mercy Corps)
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Mercy Corps chief investment officer Scott Onder explains how the international NGO uses blockchain to streamline aid relief and breaks down its strategy for investing in crypto projects in emerging markets, particularly in the Global South, to help build community resilience and fight climate change. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph a…
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#360: Aquatic Kids: Citizens Of The Sea
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According to scores of eyewitnesses, distinctly humanoid entities can be found anywhere from the vast, dense swathes of forests connecting Canada and the U.S. to cruising the cosmos in extraordinarily advanced interstellar vehicles. But, for all of the many mythologies dealing with these quasi-human beings, one that is often overlooked deals with t…
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#359: The Cryptonaut Podcast X Let’s Get Haunted - E.S.M.B. Listener Stories Part 33: The Whooper, The Peeper And The Demon Scumfoot
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The wild spaces of our world are filled with myriad dangers that most of us are all-too familiar with; even if it's mostly from afar. But for even the most intrepid trekkers, there are things lurking in the unspoiled wilds that not only defy expectations… but leave those who’ve encountered them questioning the very nature of reality….. Featuring Al…
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#358: T.V. Terrors: Lurkers In The Airwaves
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A familiar fixture in nearly every room of the modern house, television has forever changed the way we interact with each other and the world around us. But as profound—and arguably negative—as these alterations have been, they pale before the truly terrifying interactions that some claim to have had with an array of undeniably dangerous and utterl…
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Humanity will be better off if AI is decentralized and democratized (feat. Dr. Ben Goertzel)
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Dr. Ben Goertzel, CEO and chief scientist at SingularityNET, explains why decentralizing AI is critical to the development of artificial general intelligence. He also explores AI’s potential to solve human aging and shares his thoughts on what sentience might look like in an artificial general intelligence. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointeleg…
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#357: E.S.M.B. Listener Stories Part 32: Flyers And Freakazoids
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If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, then this wild and often wonky world we call home is chock full of enigmatic entities that both defy description and beggar belief. But—as eccentric as these evolutionary oddities may be—if there’s one thing that fellows of Fortean lore have learned to count on, it’s the fact that these bedeviling beings w…
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#356: Bedroom Invaders Vol.1: Bizarre Beasts And Boogymen
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There are few places in the world that should offer more comfort and security than the refuge known as the bedroom. As an adult, if one is lucky, it’s a place of rest, intimacy and a glorious relief from the stresses of the day. But for a child—especially in the black of night—the bedroom can be less a sanctuary and more a chamber of horrors filled…
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Biometric verification doesn’t have to be a privacy nightmare (feat. Privado ID)
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Sebastian Rodriguez, chief product officer at Privado ID, breaks down how services and users alike can verify their identities while maintaining privacy in a trustless environment using blockchain technology. He also explains how Privado ID differs from Worldcoin, how it can help fight misinformation online, and the security risks of biometric data…
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#355: Mikey’s Story Part 5: The Kiss Army
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After a series of increasingly violent interactions with a ferocious family of feral forest dwellers, 10-year-old Randy Cutrara’s once idyllic existence had spiraled into a surreal cyclone of memory manipulation, supernatural Sasquatch and a clandestine cabal of Indigenous MIBs going toe-to-toe with a rogue, well-armed faction of the KISS Army... a…
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#354: Mikey’s Story Part 4: The Body
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After surviving an attack by a family of diseased cow devouring monsters, 10-year-old Randy Cutrara thought the worst was behind him. But little could he have known that he was about to be sucked into an insidious conspiracy involving crazy cryptids, amateur autopsies, shallow graves and a clandestine contingent of Indigenous intelligence agents wh…
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Genomic data value is ‘infinitely higher’ than most people think (feat. Genomes.io)
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Aldo de Pape, co-founder and CEO of Genomes.io, joins The Agenda podcast to discuss the genomic mapping industry’s privacy challenges and their impact on users, including why people should be more cautious with their genetic data amid an atmosphere of hacks and companies selling your DNA data. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hoste…
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#353: Mikey’s Story Part 3: Hell Night
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10-year-old Randy and his father were bleeding and terrified; trapped in the back room of an old barn while an enraged, red-eyed, monster named “Mikey” ripped through the rotten walls searching for its human prey. Suddenly, the shrill shriek of police sirens gave the cornered family their first glimmer of hope… but, pray though they might, this nig…
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1 year later: Catching up with CryptoHarlem, OriginTrail and Blockchain Socialist
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Three of The Agenda’s first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025. CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell, OriginTrail co-founder Tomaž Levak, and Blockchain Radicals author Joshua Dávila sit down with Ray and Jonathan for the second half of this two-part episode. The Agend…
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#352: Mikey’s Story Part 2: The New Kid
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In the dog days of the summer of ‘77, a bunch of boyhood buddies stumbled into the adventure of a life time when they befriended the new kid in the neighborhood; but what at first sounds like the synopsis for a classic ABC After-School Special is skewed by the fact that the “new kid” was a young Bigfoot and the odyssey that ensued is one of the str…
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#351: Mikey’s Story Part 1: An Unforgettable Summer
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While on a camping trip in 1977, a group of Michigan boys claimed to have had an all-too close encounter with a hairy, forest dwelling wild-man that resulted in the abduction of one their friends. This terrifying incident would trigger a massive manhunt and lead to one of the craziest cryptozoological cases ever chronicled. Art References: https://…
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1 year later: Catching up with Cryptonauts, LaborDAO, Nym and Wetspace
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Five of the Agenda's first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025. Allie Rae from WetSpace, Nym's own Harry Halpin, LaborDAO founder Larry Williams, Jr., and Cryptonauts host Nathan Leung sit down with Ray and Jonathan for Part 1 of a two-part episode. The Agenda is brou…
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The paranormal realm is full of inexplicable incidents and entities, but few can be more baffling than the alarming array of reports hailing from folks across the globe—particularly young people—who claim to have had… at times disturbing, occasionally terrifying and always bizarre run-ins with crawling, seemingly self-motivated, disembodied human h…
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#349: Phantom Felines & Crazy Cat Critters
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Whether worshiped as an embodiment of the divine or reviled as agents of the diabolical, since a time immemorial cats have been associated with paranormal lore. In modern times, the domesticated cat has become a staple in millions of households worldwide but —be they fiend, family or familiar—frightening encounters with truly freaky felines are bei…
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Real-world asset tokenization puts everything on blockchain (feat. Kinto)
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Ramon Recureo, co-founder and CEO of Kinto, joins The Agenda podcast to explain how tokenized real-world assets open up new opportunities for institutional and retail investors and how tokenization will eventually integrate blockchain into all areas of the financial industry. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hosted/produced by Ray …
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#348: E.S.M.B. Listener Stories Part 31: The Restless Dead / Aliens Attack Family
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Growing up is hard. Between the constant confusion, biological flux, peer and parental pressure, and all of the other multifarious hardships of youth, it’s a miracle anyone reaches adulthood intact. But, as difficult as the process may be for everyone involved, for two young boys their youthful encounters with the unknown—ghosts and aliens, respect…
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#347: Granny X And The Demon Teddy Bear
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With a whimsical imagination evidently amplified by paranormal powers, a young British girl was able to conjure, seemingly from the ether, fantastical playmates for her enjoyment. Her mythical menagerie was a source of endless delight until the day she accidentally called forth something much more sinister from the etheric realms… The Cryptonaut Po…
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Crypto for good: DeFi credit unions and value-driven DApps (feat. BankSocial & Morph)
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The Agenda podcast is joined by John Wingate of BankSocial and Azeem Khan of Morph to discuss the ways blockchain and crypto can be used to financially empower regular people and make the world a better place through DeFi-focused credit unions and value-driven layer 2s. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hosted/produced by Ray Salmon…
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#346: The Wild, Weird World Of Werecats
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Though nowhere near as celebrated as their carnage crazy canine cousins—the notoriously vicious Werewolves—for centuries eyewitnesses claim to have encountered bizarre, bipedal, felid-humanoids known collectively as Werecats. But unlike their clearly crytozoological contemporaries, many reported run-ins with these anthropomorphic animals give the i…
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