Best Christy Maguire Podcasts (2024)

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Context S3: What’s the Difference between “Bitcoin Art” and Ordinals? w/ FAR, co-founder of Taproot Wizards 34:00

1M ago34:00

34:00

Blake speaks with Francisco Alarcon (FAR) - artist, engineer and co-founder of Taproot Wizards. They dive into all things art on Ordinals, for a fresh look on the topic. FAR outlines the differences between creating art on Ordinals and Ethereum including their unique technical capabilities, community expectations and aesthetic trends. They also tal…

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Context S3: The Ultimate CryptoPunks Guide w/ Natalie Stone, GM of CryptoPunks 41:32

2M ago41:32

41:32

Blake speaks with Natalie Stone, General Manager for CryptoPunks at Yuga Labs. This is a CryptoPunks interview like you’ve never heard before! There is so much new info that will make you appreciate the collection and crypto art even more. Natalie walks Blake through the 3 pillars of the CryptoPunks brand and explains “the North Star” that the coll…

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Context S3: Digital Art Through the Decade w/ Michael Bouhanna 39:00

4M ago39:00

39:00

Context presented by Boys Club is partnering with Sotheby’s for Season 3! Each month, we'll be working with Sotheby's to bring you an episode on a different digital art based theme. The goal over this season is to help you more deeply engage with digital art and better understand how it intersects with crypto. For the first episode of the season, B…

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A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Art with Sebastian Sanchez from Christie’s 45:36

7M ago45:36

45:36

Blake speaks with Sebastian Sanchez, Digital Art Sales Manager at Christie’s. Sebastian gives a behind the scenes look at how an auction gets put together (selecting artists, pricing, display, collectors) while talking though Christie’s latest sale Next Wave: The Miami Edit, taking place at Art Basel Miami Beach. Sebastian also details some of Chri…

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Context Special Ep: Defining Digital Fashion with GLITCHOFMIND & Clare Maguire of SYKY 33:13

7M ago33:13

33:13

Blake speaks with the incredibly talented artist and digital fashion designer GLITCHOFMIND, who is part of the Syky Collective’s inaugural cohort, and the Designer Lead at Syky, Clare Maguire. They have an enlightening convo about the definition and possibilities of digital fashion and how the genre is still being defined. Glitch explains how digit…

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Context Special Ep: Creativity With Emerging Technology - How Artists are Harnessing New Mediums with Nancy Baker Cahill and Figure 31 37:06

8M ago37:06

37:06

On this special episode, Blake speaks with two incredible artists: Nancy Baker Cahill and Figure 31. She dives into their creative processes: why and how they make art with emerging technology (in particular the blockchain and augmented reality). This leads into an illuminating discussion about the distinct artistic properties of the blockchain (ak…

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Context S2: Building the luxury fashion design houses of the future | Alice Delahunt, Syky 50:47

1y ago50:47

50:47

Blake speaks with Alice Delahunt, the founder and CEO of Syky. Alice is previously Chief Digital Officer and Chief Content Officer at Ralph Lauren, and Global Director of Digital and Social Marketing at Burberry. They have an in depth and educational convo about how to bridge the gap between the traditional fashion and digital fashion industries vi…

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Context S2: Haute Couture Onchain - Digital Fashion is the next meta 42:53

1y ago42:53

42:53

Blake speaks with Dani Loftus, CEO and founder of Draup. They chat about all things web3 fashion, including its actual definition (which she breaks down into 3 subcategories), its history, how its developed over time, and its categories of userbases right now. Blake couldn’t help but question if PFPs actually “count” as digital fashion items. Blake…

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Context S2: Can NFTs disrupt the $100 Billion Dollar Publishing Industry with Sasha Stiles 49:15

1y ago49:15

49:15

Blake speaks with the visionary artist, poet and AI researcher Sasha Stiles, who was the first artist to sell AI-powered literature at Christies. She has been a true innovator and leader in defining and creating an entire new artistic genre: Literary and Poetry NFTs, as well as well as pushing the limits of how writers and poets incorporate AI into…

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Context S2: AR, VR and the new frontier of art production with Douglass, founder and CEO of Wild 47:03

1y ago47:03

47:03

Blake has a fantastic convo with Douglass, founder and CEO of Wild, a hyper-curated web3 art platform whose investors include Cozomo de Medici, Crypto & NFT Investor and Kevin Lin, Founder of Twitch. They talk about the definition of “experiential art” and how Wild is at the forefront of discovering and supporting this emerging artistic medium. The…

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Context S2: Running a $4.5 Billion fund with Arianna Simpson, General Partner at a16z 47:32

1y ago47:32

47:32

Blake Finucane speaks with the incredible Arianna Simpson, general partner at a16z, whose latest crypto fund is $4.5 billion! She is really a renowned force within the crypto industry and one of the longest standing investors in the space. They chat about how she got into crypto, launched her crypto fund by herself(!) in 2017(!), how she deals with…

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Context S2: Talking AI Art with Eileen Isagon Skyers 40:20

1y ago40:20

40:20

Blake speaks with the brilliant Eileen Isagon Skyers: an incredible artist, curator, academic, writer, TED speaker and CCO of Gemma Projects. They have a fascinating and genuinely educational convo about AI art; talking through how is it defined, how it interacts with crypto, who makes it, the biases to contend with around machine learning networks…

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Context S2: Tokenized Media and Beyond with Matt Medved CEO of NFT Now 43:29

1y ago43:29

43:29

Blake speaks with the incredible Matt Medved, CEO and Editor-In-Chief at NFT Now. They have a super illuminating conversation about all things web3 media. They get into the nuanced and layered definition of “tokenized media,” and the opportunities (and necessity!) around it. They also touch on literary NFTs, a term you’ll be hearing a lot more abou…

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Context S2: Bobby Hundreds - NFTs are a Scam, NFTs are the Future 52:24

1y ago52:24

52:24

Blake speaks with streetwear legend Bobby Hundreds, co-founder of The Hundreds. He’s seen it all, and brings his 20 years of building his business to create a really helpful ~context~ for how to better understand the world of NFTs. They speak about the state of NFT culture and how to build a strong community that exists and stands for more than sim…

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Context S1: Marjorie Hernandez on building a blueprint for the creative digital economy 54:07

1y ago54:07

54:07

Blake chats with Marjorie Hernandez, co-founder and CEO of the Lukso blockchain and The Dematerialised. Marjorie outlines how Lukso is providing tools for creative expression outside of traditional institutions, and how to build a brand and community around an emerging blockchain. The convo also turns to web3 fashion. Marjorie, who has done collabs…

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Context S1: Building web3 fan communities with Straith Schreder, Palm NFT Studio 52:09

1y ago52:09

52:09

Blake speaks with the brilliant Straith Schreder, Executive Creative Director at Palm NFT Studio, who has been a part of designing and launching web 3 integrations for some of the most notable IP and artists on the planet including Batman and Damien Hirst. As expected, Blake can’t help but do a little art history detour to emphasize just how import…

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Context S1: gmoney on the future of NFTs, luxury fashion & not being afraid to throw up a bid 55:36

1y ago55:36

55:36

Blake talks with one of the NFT GOATs: gmoney. They speak about how he built his influence in the space, his time as an equities trader, how he applied that skillset to trading NFTs, and his thesis for continued growth and importance of NFT technology in the long term. They also cover his super innovative web3 luxury fashion brand, 9dcc and how he’…

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Context S1: Dev Moore, Co-Creative Director of Felt Zine, from Tumblr to collabing with Givenchy 57:15

1y ago57:15

57:15

Blake speaks with Dev Moore, the co-creative director of Felt Zine, literally one of the coolest publications on the internet. They talk about net art, new media, hip hop as its own social network, and how to work with the internet as a medium of artist production. They touch on a lot of fashion related topics including Felt Zine’s recent collabora…

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Context S1: Co-founders of The Creepz on Building a Successful Web3 Brand & the Unique Upsides of Web3 IP 1:01:44

1y ago1:01:44

1:01:44

Blake speaks to Joe and Dom, co-founders of one of the most most successful NFT projects of all time: Creepz/Overlord. They have an rich convo about how to build a successful web3 brand, the unique characteristics of web3 IP and the development of web3 specific business models. The conversation covers media, fashion and gaming and how an NFT-based …

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Context S1: Tasha Kim on Subcultural Capital and what Gen-Z is buying online 49:50

1y ago49:50

49:50

Blake and the brilliant Tasha Kim connect on a wide variety of topics, including crypto-market fit, how Gen Z’s online behavior impacts crypto products, and what interoperability for crypto companies really means today. Tasha so eloquently walks us through the term “subcultural capital” and why this is so relevant within crypto networks. They conti…

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Context S1: Jerry Saltz on Art as the Greatest Operating System 51:32

1y ago51:32

51:32

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 a…

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Context S1: Carly Reilly, Overpriced JPGs. Rise of “Phygital”, BAYC launches, Art Blocks. 44:25

1y ago44:25

44:25

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 teen…

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TRAILER - Context: Views on Crypto & Culture 1:26

1y ago1:26

1:26

Context: Views on Crypto & Culture is hosted by Blake Finucane, an art historian and venture capitalist, who published the world's first academic thesis on crypto art in 2018. This podcast unpacks how crypto impacts culture and vice versa. Expect a long-form, informative, interview-driven pod with industry leaders. Brought to you by Boys Club, subs…

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The Top 10 Things I Learned in My 40s 21:36

1+ y ago21:36

21:36

This the last episode and the final show in my 4-part finale. My last episode on The Five Things I l Learned This Year, after I'd done the show for a year proved to be quite popular, so I'm closing out with what I learned in this past decade. I learned so much and enjoyed reflecting on it. Let me know if any of it resonates with you here! It's hard…

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How to Dive Into Your 40s: Michelle Wright, 40 40:11

1+ y ago40:11

40:11

Michelle Wright and I talk about how you can dive into your 40s, which is exactly what she did. We discuss the fit by 40s program she created for herself (and it’s not what you think it is!), about how to be more than a mother, how depression caused her to learn what she needed, and why laughter is so important to our well-being. This is the third …

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Do the Thing: Skye Pillsbury, 49 45:56

1+ y ago45:56

45:56

Would you confront the friend who had publicly hurt you in middle school decades later? That’s just what my guest Skye Pillsbury did on an episode of the Heavyweight podcast. I had questions. This is the second in a 4-part finale for the show, and I’m so grateful to Skye for letting me share it with you since we recorded it right before the pandemi…

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Update + The Art of Quitting 13:32

1+ y ago13:32

13:32

I’m popping in for an update about where I’ve been these last few years, and for a mini-episode on the art of quitting. I recently turned 50 and have created the show’s finale. Tune in tomorrow for a new interview with Skye Pillsbury and next week with Michelle Wright. After that I’ll do a final episode on what I learned in my 40s. So often we reac…

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Seeing Wonder All Around Us: Kathleen McKitty Harris, 49 53:11

4+ y ago53:11

53:11

Today I’ve changed up my content calendar to bring you an episode that speaks more to where we all find ourselves today – dealing with the uncertainty of a global pandemic. I had this conversation last week with Kathleen McKitty Harris and feel this is an especially timely episode because she challenges us to see the wonder all around us, every day…

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Mini-Ep. 5 - Five Things I’ve Learned This Year 17:00

4+ y ago17:00

17:00

This week marks the one-year anniversary of Forties Stories! So, I wanted to jump in here with a mini-episode about what I’ve learned this year. Do any of these resonate with you? To stay tuned to more future midlife content, please sign up for my newsletter at: www.christymaguire.comBy Christy Maguire

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Lessons for Midlife: Jacqueline Kerr, 48 56:41

4+ y ago56:41

56:41

Today we’re talking about what a midlife crisis might teach us. I had a great, and uplifting, conversation with Jacqueline Kerr. We talk about conscious parenting, why the question “what do I want?” is so difficult, and how her relationships improved after a midlife crisis. We also talk about why it’s important that our kids see us struggle and the…

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The Intuition to Heal: Catherine Schweikert, 49 55:58

4+ y ago55:58

55:58

I had an interesting and insightful conversation with Catherine Schwikert. We talk about how your triumphs and traumas affect your health and body, the power of using your intuition, and how she felt a deeper calling in her 40s. She discusses her idea of pragmatic compassion and how we can practice it in our lives to heal our bodies and souls. Cath…

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You Are Strong in Midlife: Halelly Azulay, 49 50:51

4+ y ago50:51

50:51

What better way to ring in the new year (and decade!) then to discover your strengths and use them to create meaningful work and a fulfilling life. I wanted this conversation to go live on the last day of 2019 because it is more practical and action-oriented than my usual episodes. There’s a lot of excitement – and hype! – around 2020 and many of u…

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Living Out Loud in Midlife: Allison Hare, 45 47:52

4+ y ago47:52

47:52

I hope that today’s conversation and past episodes on this show will leave you inspired to live out loud. By sharing our stories, we feel connected. We feel seen. We feel less alone. And that’s my mission. Allison Hare and I talk about being multipassionate, how women too often suffer in silence, and how she regained her voice and power on the birt…

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The Myth of Having it All: Johanna Selth, 43 55:50

4+ y ago55:50

55:50

A special thanks to my friend Johanna Selth for joining me for an interview this week! Johanna and I talk about her career twists, how her mom’s death made her feel about aging, and why we should ask other women for help. We also talk about sacrifice and the myth of having it all. Johanna is an Australian human rights lawyer who has lived and worke…

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Building Healthy Boundaries: Helen Snape, 43 41:30

4+ y ago41:30

41:30

Today we are talking about the insidious business of people pleasing. It’s something that so many of us do without even thinking. It’s become a habit that my guest Helen Snape gently reminds us that we can change. She’s been there herself. Helen became a transformational relationship coach after 19 years in Human Resources and Development. She work…

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How to Reinvent Yourself: Manuela Powell, 46 44:22

4+ y ago44:22

44:22

What do you want? Manuela Powell asked herself that very question and then totally disrupted her life. We talk about how her life changed at 39 when her mom came to visit, a recent solo adventure she challenged herself to do, and how awareness is the first step toward shifting a spiraling mindset. She also shares what happened when she finally star…

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The Amazing Power of Being Honest: Judi Ketteler, 45 55:49

5y ago55:49

55:49

Are we telling ourselves the truth? Today we dive into the topic of honesty, which is the subject of Judi Ketteler’s forthcoming book, “Would I Lie To You? The Amazing Power of Being Honest in World That Lies.” Judi and I talk about the roots of lying in her own life, how honesty isn’t as simple as you might believe, and why in this fractured time …

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