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Welcome to alAndar w/ Marcos & Jim, a podcast where two friends, united in their love of art, share and discuss their work, their struggles, and their thoughts on all things creative. Marcos de Jesús “de la Guagua” is a singer, rapper, and song-writer. James Noguera, aka "Jim Nog," is a fiction writer, poet, and university instructor. Let's make the way - al andar!
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Hashing It Out

Corey Petty, Dee Ferguson, Jessie Santiago, Christian Noguera

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Hashing It Out is a podcast which dives into the weeds with tech innovators in blockchain infrastructure and decentralized networks to learn more about what they build and the problems they face head on to overcome.
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Pitch Makeover

Gina Delvac and Natalia Oberti Noguera

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We’re taking the concept of a fashion makeover and applying it to startup pitches. Entrepreneurs pitch, we talk, and then we share what they should keep, delete, and, possibly, more importantly, add to their pitch. Our goal: help #morevoices, as Rihanna says, shine bright like the diamonds that they are. Are you ready for your pitch makeover?
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Common Ground

Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera

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AEI Education’s Rick Hess and USC Rossier School of Education Dean Pedro Noguera, who often fall on different sides of the ideological aisle, push past posturing and polarization to search for understanding and common ground when it comes to the nation’s toughest education questions. Each month, the two talk through the pressing education issues of the moment.
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Education has long been the foundation for America’s success. With a keen eye for the intricacies of the evolving needs of education in an increasingly global marketplace, internationally renowned Professor of Education Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. provides cogent, provocative analyses of the most pressing Education Matters. Both through commentaries and by means of weekly three-to-five-minute vignettes, Noguera engages parents, teachers, school administrators, policymakers and other education stake ...
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New Visions, New Voices

New Visions, New Voices

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New Visions, New Voices brings to public radio some of the nation’s most important diverse and emerging voices, offering the rich and varied perspectives needed to reach an increasingly diverse audience. New Visions, New Voices will use multimedia formats and engage established and emerging talents to produce short-form segments including commentaries, vignettes, and features for public radio. Long-form productions will offer in-depth exploration of topics in education, technology, politics ...
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Writer, traveler, meddler Joe Baur chats with creative types ranging from writers and musicians to craft brewers and journalists about the travels that have helped define their lives in this travel podcast. For more, visit WithoutAPath.com and JoeBaur.com.
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Creative Weekly provides weekly creative writing (fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction) as a low-cost Patreon membership. Jim shares three pieces from the growing collection, one of each genre. Marcos and he discuss mindfulness, natural selection, connectedness, anxiety, fear of death, revenge, violence, and more. TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Teaser (0:12) B…
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Dee and Jessie speak with Cyprien Grau of Status about the future of the Status Network, focusing on their vision for creating an open-source, decentralized crypto communication super app. They explore the intricacies of staking contracts, rollup technology, and the delicate balance between maintaining decentralization and ensuring economic feasibi…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Davick Vorick X - https://x.com/DavidVorick Glow - https://glowlabs.org/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction and Background 03:45 The Concept and Mechanics of Glow 11:05 Addressing Technical and Financial Questions 22:10 Stakehol…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter Logos Discord RESOURCES: Kieran Mesquita X Railgun TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introductions 02:24 Technical Deep Dive: Address Conversion and Privacy 07:19 Use Cases and Benefits 10:52 Gasless Transactions and Relayers 17:06 Multi-chain Support and Deployment 18:31 Challenges and Optimizations in Privacy Protocols 25:29 Tech…
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Loser Gumbo (EP) from Marcos de la Guagua is a collage of idea-dense, cathartic Hiphop/Blues/Gospel in a sonorous soundscape. The title comes from staged rooster fights where one wins and "… some may get mercy, but I’ve seen that some go / into a pot of Loser Gumbo.” We're all the loser at some point. So can we talk about loss and losing? What can …
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Ian Grigg X - https://x.com/iang_fc Ian Grigg - https://iang.org/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:34 Ian Grigg introduction 00:02:29 Evolution of Financial Cryptography 00:02:56 Digital Cash and Smartcard Money 00:0…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Vitalik Buterin X - https://x.com/VitalikButerin Dankrad Feist X - https://x.com/dankrad Dmitriy Ryajov X - https://x.com/dryajov TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:36:18 History of Sharding 00:10:05:06 Challenges in…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Vinay Gupta X - https://twitter.com/leashless Mattereum - https://mattereum.com/ TIMESTAMPS: Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Logos Podcast is a show about building sovereign communities: the peo…
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RESOURCES: Cloudhead X - https://twitter.com/cloudhead Radicle - https://radicle.xyz/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 02:43 Open Source Values and The Radicle Project 07:33 Radicle's Place in the Ecosystem and the Importance of Neutrality 11:24 Content Neutrality and Moderation in Radicle 15:15 Discovering Content and Addressing…
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Headless is a short film largely inspired by the philosophies of non-dualism and determinism. Is there a self? Is there free will? Follow our protagonist as he awakens one day only to lose his head, triggering a crisis for understanding. Immerse yourself in his exploration of consciousness. Watch it ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ (YouTube) or ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TikTok). …
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Hashing It Out is part of the Logos Press Engine. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES Zama: https://www.zama.ai/ Zama X: https://twitter.com/zama_fhe TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:23 What is Zama and Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) 05:57 Im…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Vinay Gupta X - https://twitter.com/leashless Mattereum - https://mattereum.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:09 Introduction and Background 01:26 Tokenizing Real-World Assets 06:02 Establishing Legal Frameworks for Tokenization 11:26 The…
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Problem, Intervention, Change (PIC) is the frame that Jim and Marcos discuss Marcos’ album Early Etudes (EÉ 10), vol 10: Movement Music. Jim shares his writing calendar strategies. They consider why change is difficult, so is art-work, yet the beat goes on. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 -Preview, Problem Intervention Change (PIC), art for praxis 0:25 - alAndar t…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Vinay Gupta X - https://twitter.com/leashless Mattereum - https://mattereum.com/ TRANSCRIPT: [00:00:00] Corey Petty: Quick ability to introduce yourself. Welcome back to check it Out. Got another great interview for you with…
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Jim shares Everything Is Now, a 3-minute film, signaling Jim's first foray into filmmaking. Watch it ⁠here⁠ (YouTube) or ⁠here⁠ (TikTok). With this context, Marcos and he discuss dynamism and determinism and how they come to define the human condition. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro Song 0:24 - Episode Introduction 3:04 - Introduction to Everything Is Now…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork Logos Press Engine: https://press.logos.co/ RESOURCES: LayerTwo Labs: https://layertwolabs.com/ Drivechain: https://www.drivechain.info/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:40 Setup to Interview…BTC is in a Time Capsule 04:58 Bitcoin is Attempti…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter Logos Discord RESOURCES: Danny Ryan X Next Billion Fellowship at the Ethereum Foundation TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introductions 01:56 Protocol first development coordination 05:45 Documentation 10:41 Open development research and academia 17:01 Coordinating all the things 22:50 Advice for optimizing time 30:34 Ephemerality…
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Jim & Marcos discuss cosmic ideas and personal feelings from the recent Marcos de la Guagua album Early Études, vol 9: Good God Talk. Rev. Dean Nelson has described the Good GodTalk EP as: “…the idiom of today with the wisdom of the eternal.” Rev. Reginald Hansome, Jr. has called it: “Musically, aesthetically, theologically and culturally superb!” …
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Ray Redacted X - https://twitter.com/RayRedacted Cisa - https://www.cisa.gov/ High_byte - https://twitter.com/high_byte/status/1744398652888449306 Dash - https://twitter.com/DashHuang TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Round table discussio…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork RESOURCES: Jonny Rhea X- https://twitter.com/JonnyRhea Joe Delong X- https://twitter.com/josephdelong Zak Cole X- https://twitter.com/0xzak TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introductions 01:58 State of P2P 08:26 HIO blockchain infrastructure series 0…
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY Logos Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork Logos Press Engine: https://press.logos.co/ RESOURCES: ZeroSync: https://zerosync.org/ BitVM white paper: https://bitvm.org/bitvm.pdf TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intros – Robin Linus of ZeroSync 5:45 Introducing the Paper: BitVM Compute Anything o…
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Childhood often asks more questions than it answers. Who am I? What am I? Some of us struggle to find clarity. In this episode, Jim reads from an autobiographical short story, “Imitating Life.” Marcos and he discuss the significance of race and identity growing up as an inner-city, "light-skinned" minority. The story was published in 2014 in SNRevi…
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Discussing his albums Making a Scene and Clownin’, Marcos shares from the “sad face” and the “happy face” sides of his musical storytelling. Marcos explains why he is using Bandcamp to share his music. Jim considers the conflict between being and performing in everyday life. They talk about manhood. Tio Jim has some advice for the youngsters. TIMES…
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Corey, D, and Jesse chat with Ameen about the motivations behind Privacy Pools, historical references including Tornado Cash and Z Cash, as well as the mechanics and tradeoffs associated with the approach. Topics Covered in this episode: Motivations and history – Ethereum, Coinbase, Tornado Cash, zk-SNARKs, Zcash. How Privacy Pools work – Setup, de…
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Topics Covered in this episode: 1. History of Status features, challenges, and the road to building a Super App. 2. Challenges in existing infrastructure and Status' decision to build core infra 3. Technical details in delivering data ownership, decentralized messaging, and privacy 4. Decentralized Social and token permissioned communities 5. A loo…
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This is a special episode with someone who has been involved in the Ethereum ecosystem for many years. Jordi, a white hat hacker, has been building common good infrastructure and protecting people on the internet during that time. Topics Covered in this episode: 1. Dapp Node, Giveth, Catalan Independence Movement, and useful technology 2. Technical…
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Jim shares "The Naked Down," a teleplay based on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Naked Now" (S1E3), which is based on a The Original Series episode with the same name. Marcos and Jim discuss Star Trek's TNG series, how it inspired them, crushes, and flaws with the series; other Star Trek series; scenes from the teleplay; finding mea…
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Marcos and Jim consider the “Bronx-ology” of how Hiphop began by discussing the rap verse from Marcos’ recent demo "Meet Me in the Bronx." They ask: How could public policy better nourish BX creatives today? Jim critiques commercial rap’s historic trajectory and affirms the artists’ responsibility to help shape culture. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Marcos: DJ…
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Jim shares pieces from his recently released Love & Other Reasons Not 2 Live, a poetry chapbook based on real-life traumatic events. He and Marcos discuss the story behind the book; the poems themselves; and, broadly, meaning as a means to survive suffering. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Preview 0:32 - Intro song 1:00 - Episode introduction 4:51 - Introduction…
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It’s easy to think that the US Federal government is like a household, but where do dollars come from? Marcos shares his views on the importance and need for modern monetary theory (MMT) - for rappers and for everyone else. Jim helps to build a common understanding of the terms and ideas discussed. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Tax, Spending & Households 1:36 …
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