Dan Ashmore Podcasts

Is there anyone out there? It’s time to grab your life jacket, spread out on the door and blow your whistle. We’re discussing James Cameron’s true story about a fake romance… Its time for Titanic. Synopsis James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic, the most luxurious li…

One does not simply watch lord of the rings, they also tune into choose film podcast. We are joined by Filmmaker Dan Reynolds to discuss the original OG, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. Synopsis The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in thei…

Time to change your wardrobe, get your boss the correct coffee & find the new Harry Potter book. We are closing our Underdog Theme with The Devil Wears Prada. Synopsis Andy (Anne Hathaway) is a recent college graduate with big dreams. Upon landing a job at prestigious Runway magazine, she finds herself the assistant to diabolical editor Miranda Pri…

By Nicola Docherty & Gary J Hewitt

Welcome to EP83 of Choose Film. It's time to name your van, get on the road and find your size of shit bucket we're discussing Chloé Zhao's Nomadland with director Jane Ashmore. SYNOPSIS A woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nom…

Alex Kim, BNB Chain's Business Development Manager, joins the podcast to chat all things BNB Chain. See on CoinJournal here. Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various platforms here Find BNB Chain on Twitter: @BNBChain Find out more at www.bnbchain.org…

Welcome to EP82 of Choose Film. It's time to grab you bob sleigh, learn to ride and protect that luck egg. We're joined by filmmaker, fight choreographer and fellow podcaster Carter Ferguson to discuss Cool Runnings. Synopsis Four Jamaican bobsleighers dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a dis…

Welcome to EP81 of Choose Film. Pick up your Chihuahua, pull on your best pink formalwear and get yourself to to Havard. We're joined by editor, writer & fellow podcaster Sarah Buddery to discuss Legally Blonde. Synopsis Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing s…

Avalanche is a newcomer even within the young industry of crypto, having been launched in late 2020. Despite this, it is already among the biggest projects in the space. John Nahas, Vice President of Business Development at Ava Labs, the creator behind Avalanche, joins the podcast to discuss why he thinks Avalanche has solved the blockchain trilemm…

Elijah Tan worked in trad-fi for years. On this episode, he talks leaving Goldman Sachs for crypto after 7 years, where he worked for Binance and is now the VP of Operations at Philippines-based exchange Coins.ph Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various…

Our host Dan Ashmore interviews Sam MacPherson of MakerDAO, the DAO behind the world's largest decentralised stablecoin, DAI. The duo chat about its future, and the stablecoin market as a whole, following the shocking story that BUSD will be gradually shut down amid an SEC crackdown. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on…

Crypto has pulled back massively recently, with mass layoffs and cratering volumes in the industry. Despite this crypto exchange Bitget is not only avoiding redundancies, but it is hiring. We chat with Managing Director Gracy Chen on how this is the case, her journey into crypto, the bear market, the future and more. Listen on Spotify here Other pl…

Welcome to EP80 of Choose Film. Its time to get your ballroom shoes on and hit that dance floor, we are joined by writer / director Catriona MacLeod to discuss Baz Luhrmann debut feature Strictly Ballroom. Synopsis A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventional…

Not quite my tempo. Are you rushing or are dragging. Welcome to EP79 of Choose Film podcast. DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!! We are discussing Damien Chazelle's Whiplash with fellow podcast Martin Harries from Film vs Film Podcast Synopsis Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music co…

Welcome to EP77 of Choose Film . It’s time to Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge as we are joined by fellow filmmaker Mark Peberdy to discuss Rawson Marshall Thurber’s ‘Dodgeball’ Synopsis Average Joe's Gym and its owner, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), are both down on their luck. A fancy competing gym called Globo-Gym, run by the maniacal health nut…

Welcome to 077 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Grab you duffle coat, take a walk down the beaches of Wales and don’t leave the cinema early… the filmmakers will know. We are joined by Niamh Mckeown to discuss Richard Ayoade’s Submarine. Synopsis 15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday…

Welcome to 076 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Hop onboard the Nostromo, dodge a facehugger and remember to talk about the bonus situation? We are discussing Ridley Scott's OG 'ALIEN with Scare Scotland's Stevie Douglas. Synopsis In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules hal…

Welcome to 075 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Its time to munch down on a chapstick, sort out you taxes and get ready to verse jump as we are joined by 'The Director's Toolbox's' very own Robert Macfarlane to discuss 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Synopsis A Chinese immigrant gets unwillingly embroiled in an epic adventure where…

Welcome to 074 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. It’s time to take a trip through the slums, go 50-50 and phone a friend. We’re discussing Slumdog Millionaire. Synopsis As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of …

A serial entrepreneur, Corey Wilton tells me his story. A kid from the Gold Coast in Australia, he failed to get into University. Today, he runs a metaverse company, Mirai Labs, out of Vietnam with 75 employees, and has some great tales from the hysteria of the last few years. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube here Rea…

Welcome to 073 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Celebrate Halloween by saying his name three times. Join Gary and Nicola for a bonus episode as we discuss Tim Burton's comedy horror film Beetlejuice. SYNOPSIS After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their co…

We chat all things DeFi, Polygon and Ethereum with Polygon's Head of DeFi & Labs, Hamzah Khan. Read up on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/ Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube here Reach out to Dan on Twitter here: @DanniiAshmore and @CoinJournal Read more on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/…

IOTA has been around quite a while in cryptocurrency terms. They do things a little differently than most, the self-proclaimed "blockchainless blockchain". CoinJournal's Dan Ashmore sits down with IOTA's Christian Saur this week to chat all things IOTA, following the launch of the Shimmer network. Beyond Shimmer, the duo also chat DeFi, the bear ma…

Welcome to 072 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Get ready for a book reading princess, a talking candlestick, a roaring beast, sprinkled with a little bit of Stockholm syndrome, as Nicola and Gary are joined by filmmaker Sarah Grant to discuss Beauty & The Beast. Synopsis Belle, a beautiful young woman, agrees to live with the Beast in…

Venture capitalism and crypto are a pair who have not been married for long, but the results have been explosive. Of course, like everything, it has taken a turn for the worst this week. Dan speaks with longtime VC David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial, about all things VC and crypto. David was a VC for the dot com bubble and the GFC in 2008, so he h…

Welcome to 072 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. We're going through ch, ch, ch changes. We welcome our new Co-Host, Nicola Docherty... Say our goodbyes to Rebecca and discuss the 12 years in the making 'Boyhood', directed by Richard Linklater SYNOPSIS The joys and pitfalls of growing up are seen through the eyes of a child named Mason …

Rebecca's Farewell After a lot of thought, I have sadly decided to leave the podcast. It was not an easy choice to make, but I know it is the right decision. I have loved being a part of Choose Film and have been a fan of the podcast from the very beginning and still am to this day. It has introduced me to and connected me with some wonderful peopl…

Brush your fangs, hop on a boat and take a trip to 18th century London as we discuss Francis Ford Coppola - Bram Stoker's Dracula SYNOPSIS Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a ph…

The phrase "crypto lending" is seen as a dirty one now in the post-Celsius world, as a wave of contagion spreading through the industry caused many firms to go under in a very high-profile manner. Today Dan speaks with Rafael Cosman, the co-founder and CEO of TrustToken, the firm behind the world's fifth biggest stablecoin, TrueUSD, and also the pi…

Charmyn Ho used to be a pre-school teacher who liked gaming. Then she came across a game called Axie Infinity, sporting a curious feature of earning while you play. Today, she's Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, having been bitten by the crypto bug. And she joins Dan on this week's episode of the CoinJournal podcast. She works on a monthly report i…

What blockchain will win? A common question in the world of cryptocurrency. But in truth, the future is likely one of interoperability. Certain blockchains will be bigger than others, but many will exist. I sat down with Ram Ramachandran on the latest episode of the CoinJournal podcast to discuss this issue and more. Ram is the CEO of the Router Pr…

Cryptocurrency can be intimidating. Even to people with a good understanding of the financial markets or technology, wrapping their heads around blockchain can be a challenge. I sat down on the latest episode of the CoinJournal podcast with someone who can be described as a “crypto academic”, who aims to bridge that gap for people. Omid Malekan lec…

Welcome to 069 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. It's time to enter the fashion world, plan a heist and not kill any puppies -- YET. We are discussing 2021's Cruella with Actor Cole Stewart. Synopsis Estella is a young and clever grifter who's determined to make a name for herself in the fashion world. She soon meets a pair of thieves w…

Welcome to 068 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. It's time to suit up! We are off to the opera. Rebecca & Gary are joined by theatre director Lauren Mitchell to discuss the 3hr long epic -- Amadeus. Synopsis Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined a…

There are hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, with more popping up every single day. With the industry still only a few years old, however, most of these are private companies. Coinbase led the way in changing this, however, going public last year to much furore. North of the border, Canadian platform Coinsmart followed suit…

Hokkaido Inu were one of the many memes that rode the coattails of Dogecoin’s success. Peaking at a mouth-watering $800 million in market cap, it was since abandoned by the founders and crashed down 99%. Today, however, it’s reinventing itself as a DeFi player “powered by memes”. Whatever you think about memes, they are definitely interesting. Ther…

"(Inflation) is the most important political issue in existence" If you're only going to listen to one episode of the CoinJournal podcast, I would make it this one (in my extremely biased opinion). I sat down with Michael Kong, the CEO of Fantom, one of the biggest cryptocurrencies around. But Michael is a deep thinker and understands the world has…

The concept of identity is quite a polarising one in cryptocurrency. People forget sometimes that Bitcoin grew out of a niche corner of the Internet, birthed from ultra-libertarian ideals with self-sovereignty, anonymity and independence central to the thesis. Of course, cryptocurrency has involved beyond Bitcoin, and today we have numerous differe…

Welcome to 067 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Grab your marmalade sandwich, plan a prison break and get home before your Aunt’s 100th birthday. We are discussing the pretty perfect Paddington 2 with Actor and Filmmaker Paul Longley. Synopsis Settled in with the Brown family, Paddington the bear is a popular member of the community wh…

Joe and Dan talk to Jake Yocom-Piatt, founder of top-100 cryptocurrency Decred (DCR). In this wide-ranging discussion, Jake and the boys talk about the importance of sovereignty, crypto scams, privacy, CBDCs, and more. Read Dan's write-up on CoinJournal.net. Decred is a cryptocurrency with a hybrid Pow/PoS consensus algorithm that aims to build on …

Joe and Dan talk to Slava Rubin, founder of alternative investment search engine Vincent. Vincent recently launched their actively managed investment product, VALT, which Read Dan's piece on alternative assets here. Alternative assets are just assets outside the realm of the traditional stalwarts like stocks, bonds, commodities, and forex. This inc…

Welcome to 066 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Grab your broomstick, get lost in the woods and find yourself talking to a demonic goat as we discuss Robert Eggers' folk horror debut The VVitch. Synopsis In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly vanishes. The…

Welcome to 065 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Grab your mic, sing your heart out and try to block out those subliminal messages as we discuss 'Josie & The Pussycats' with playwright and theatremaker Rachel O’Regan. Synopsis Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Melody (Tara Reid) and Val (Rosario Dawson) are three small-town girl musicians det…

Joe quizzes Dan on his latest article, which dives into the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) that has followed Tether and its USDT stablecoin for years. Read the full analysis. Read more about Tether. Stablecoins—crypto tokens pegged to the value of real-world assets like the US dollar—have come under the microscope in recent weeks after one of t…

Dan and Joe discuss the fallout from the Terra/LUNA/UST fiasco, and the effects it is likely to have on the broader crypto market. Also on today's agenda: how Colombians would pronounce Lloyd's Bank. Learn more & connect with us: Coinjournal.net Coinjournal YouTube Coinjournal SpotifyBy Joe

Welcome to 064 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. It’s time to cross the border, listen to some political jargon, and avoid getting your head blown off as we discuss 'Sicario". Rebecca and Gary are joined by Cinephile & Film Critic Jim Ross to breakdown the best bits of Denis Villeneuve's tense, gritty and violent film Synopsis After ris…

Welcome to episode 063 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Join Rebecca and Gary as they wrap up the 'DATE NIGHT' season and discuss their perfect date nightmovie choices, followed by the listeners reel.

Welcome to 062 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. It’s time to hold up your local bookstore, steal some petty cash and try a life on the run as we discuss Wes Anderson’s debut feature Bottle Rocket with writer & director Paul Morris. Synopsis Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run. Upon his release from a menta…

Welcome to 061 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Find a cupboard, clench your fists and travel back in time as we discuss Richard Cutis' heartwarming classic 'About Time. Gary and Rebecca are joined by actor Gwilym Roberts to discuss this lovable time-travelling classic. Synopsis When Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) is 21, his father (Bill …

Welcome to 060 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Stage a breakout, stick it to the man and fall in love with an aquatic creature as we discuss Guillermo del Toro's bizarrely, beautiful 'The Shape Of Water' with editor, writer and fellow podcaster Mary Palmer. Synopsis Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hid…