Best John Ganotis Podcasts (2024)

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29: El Salvador, Bitcoin Circular Economy, and Entrepreneurship with Michael Ruiz 1:04:33

8d ago1:04:33

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In this episode, I spoke with entrepreneur and writer Michael Ruiz. Michael has been a long-time Bitcoin proponent who raised concerns years ago about the lack of a Bitcoin circular economy and capture by large financial interests. When El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, Michael decided to visit and is now moving to the country while building m…

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28: Crypto Confidential with Nat Eliason 1:31:18

11d ago1:31:18

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In this episode, I spoke with my good friend (and podcast co-host at Made You Think!) Nat Eliason. His book Crypto Confidential is about his journey into the world of crypto and is one of the best narrative non-fiction books I've ever read. We discussed Nat's crypto experience, his journey as a writer, fiction vs non-fiction, health, and of course …

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27: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons with Kris Newby 1:06:29

5M ago1:06:29

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In this episode, I spoke with Kris Newby, the author of Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons. You may be skeptical about the premise of this book but I promise there is a lot more here than a baseless conspiracy theory. Kris has top tier technical credentials and spent a large chunk of her career at Stanford. Much of he…

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26: The Anthology of Balaji: Technology, Truth, Regulation, and More with Eric Jorgenson 1:14:56

9M ago1:14:56

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Eric Jorgenson, an author and investor, whose latest book is The Anthology of Balaji, a collection of wisdom, ideas, and quotes from technologist Balaji Srinivasan. Balaji is an electrical and chemical engineer, investor (Andreesen Horowitz), and successful entrepreneur, notably in both biotech (C…

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25: Pee & See (Plus TV Shows, DJing, and More) with John Ganotis 50:14

11M ago50:14

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In this episode, I spoke with my friend John Ganotis. John is the creator of a popular iPhone app called Pee & See (the number one number one app!) which helps users measure their hydration and health. John’s progression and journey as an independent creator is super inspiring to me. When he was in middle school, he created a YouTube esque show bef…

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24: What Your Food Ate with David Montgomery and Anne Biklé 59:15

12M ago59:15

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In this episode, I spoke with David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, the authors of What Your Food Ate: How to Heal the Land and Reclaim our Health. I don't mean this lightly - What Your Food Ate is the most impactful book I've read in a long time. The central premise is that the quality of your food is determined by what your food is eating. Plants get …

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23: Value for Value Music with Joe Martin 1:00:55

1y ago1:00:55

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In this episode, I spoke with Joe Martin, a musician from the UK who is pioneeering how artists can leverage value-for-value and Bitcoin to connect directly with fans and take power back from record labels and platforms like Spotify. Joe gets into the details of how value-for-value has worked for him, where the pain points are, what the response ha…

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22: Layered Money with Nik Bhatia 52:31

1y ago52:31

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Welcome back to Outside The System. Today’s episode is with Nik Bhatia, the founder of The Bitcoin Layer and the Author of Layered Money. We spent a good amount of time in this episode talking about the foundations of money, monetary hierarchies, historical money like gold, and where Bitcoin fits in. We also spoke about Nik’s opinions on self-custo…

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21: Skin Health Myths and Truths with Athina Christacos of Feminrgy 1:01:00

1+ y ago1:01:00

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Athina Christacos, founder of Feminrgy, a holistic skin health business. Athina and I worked together at The Estee Lauder Companies, one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world, where she was a cosmetic chemist. Using her background in biology and chemistry, Athina spent years trying to so…

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20: The Unconventional Real Estate Entrepreneur with Shiloe Bear of Creek Development 49:08

1+ y ago49:08

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Shiloe Bear, Founder of Creek Development. Her firm specializes in developing science-related properties and she took a really unconventional path into real estate. She's done build outs for companies like Y Combinator, Lyft, Blue Bottle, and many others. Lots of inspiration here for anyone lookin…

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19: The Generational Bitcoin Adoption Path with Aleks Svetski of The Bitcoin Times 1:10:26

1+ y ago1:10:26

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Aleks Svetski, author of The Uncommunist Manifesto and founder of The Bitcoin Times. We got into topics in and around Bitcoin, including the Three Generation Theory of Bitcoin, merchant adoption, Bitcoin vs the state, cronyism vs capitalism, and a lot more. Aleks is a passionate speaker and this c…

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18: Regenerating Our Soil to Transform Human and Environmental Health with Gabe Brown 50:58

1+ y ago50:58

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Gabe Brown, one of the world's foremost experts on soil health. I came across Gabe through Kiss The Ground, a documentary recommended by Calley Means when he came on the show (episode 14). Gabe held nothing back in this wide-ranging conversation about soil health and its relationship to farmer inc…

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17: Outside The System Labs #1: Unbundling Higher Education With Peter Conley of Unbundl.ed 54:57

1+ y ago54:57

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This episode is the inaugural episode of Outside The System Labs, a new series about extremely early solutions and the people building them. In this episode, I spoke with Peter Conley, the founder of Unbundl.ed, which is a marketplace for buyers and sellers of higher education alternatives. They're working to unbundle the different elements of high…

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16: Building a Cooking Club On Twitter, Creator-Led Brands, and Good Home Cooking With Myles Snider of Mother Tongue Cooking Club 1:28:14

1+ y ago1:28:14

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Myles Snider, founder of the Mother Tongue Cooking Club. Myles is one of my favorite follows on Twitter, mostly because I love eating and he shares a lot of pictures of amazing meals. During our conversation, Myles shared a masterclass on creator-led brands, the food industry, becoming a better co…

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15: Turning $20,000 of Poker Winnings Into a 44 Unit Retail Chain with John-Paul Willett of Red Star Vapor 56:21

1+ y ago56:21

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with John-Paul Willett, the founder of Red Star Vapor. JP first caught my attention in a Twitter thread where he shared how he got the initial funding for his business through winning $20,000 playing poker. Since then, I've gotten to learn more about his entrepreneurial journey and wanted to share it w…

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14: Exposing The Food Cartel Playbook And Why It Matters with Calley Means of True Medicine 1:05:52

1+ y ago1:05:52

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Calley Means, the founder of True Medicine. We focused our conversation on the American industrial food system, especially how food companies manipulate government, institutions, and culture to promote their products. We also talked about how this same playbook is now being applied by the pharmace…

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13: Competing With Netflix and Creating Better Conversations Online With Anna Gát of Interintellect 52:09

1+ y ago52:09

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Anna Gát, the founder of Interintellect which describes itself as "Reinventing the French literary salon for the internet". They host online salons around topics across literature, science, psychology, and tons of other topics. They've hosted over 2,000 conversations so far and have featured speak…

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12: Let's Build The World's Fair Together. Cam Wiese Part 2 33:42

1+ y ago33:42

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke again with Cam Wiese, the founder of World's Fair Co to follow up on our first discussion (Episode 11). If you haven't listened to that episode, I highly recommend starting there to get a deeper sense of what Cam and his team are creating. During this conversation, we focused more on tangible next step…

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11: Bringing Back the World's Fair and Inspiring Millions Along the Way with Cam Wiese 1:19:38

1+ y ago1:19:38

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Cam Wiese, a dreamer with a grand and ambitious vision - to bring back the World's Fair. The original World's Fair was an exhibition for companies and nations to come together to showcase their inventions and grand vision for the future. Cam believes that re-creating this event and telling better …

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10: Building Businesses on Bitcoin's Lightning Network with John Marbach 56:45

2y ago56:45

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with John Marbach, the founder of Encrypted Energy. John is an entrepreneur, growth marketer, and engineer who is an alum of both Y Combinator and the Thiel Fellowship. During the episode, we got into: Our personal introductions to Bitcoin Bitcoin mining and Bitcoin mining businesses How we take energy…

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9: Staying Ahead of Crypto Regulation with Ben Jaffe of CDAS 43:39

2y ago43:39

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Ben Jaffe, an attorney and partner at CDAS who leads their Digital Media & Technology practice. If you've followed the world of cryptocurrencies at all, you know that the threat of regulation has been hanging over the industry. One area in particular that's attracted major scrutiny is securities l…

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8: The Medical-Industrial Complex with Andy Schoonover of CrowdHealth 1:07:13

2y ago1:07:13

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Andy Schoonover, the CEO of CrowdHealth, a company building an alternative to health insurance while helping patients find quality and fairly priced care. They are one of the few companies I was able to find that is truly trying to build a healthcare solution outside the existing bloated, failing …

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7: The Ongoing Collision of Sports and Web3 with Chris Chaney 35:28

2y ago35:28

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Chris Chaney, co-founder and CEO of Fancurve, a Web3 company building the future of digital sports fashion. Prior to Fancurve, Chris was co-founder and CEO of Infinite E-Sports & Entertainment, which was acquired by Immortals Gaming Club in 2019 for $100 million. This background gives Chris a uniq…

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6: Backing Dropouts and Renegades With Zak Slayback 1:03:28

2y ago1:03:28

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Zak Slayback, a partner at 1517 Fund, which describes itself as "investing in teams led by dropouts, deep-tech scientists, and founders working outside of tracked institutions". My conversation with Zak centered on how outsiders drive innovation in complex, traditional industries like energy, biot…

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5: Permissionless Entrepreneurship With Jakob Greenfeld 44:34

2y ago44:34

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Jakob Greenfeld, a physicist turned entrepreneur who is the epitome of building businesses outside the traditional "startup" system. He's started and sold a variety of micro-SaaS tools across several industries. Along the way, he's developed a framework for evaluating startup ideas, building, grow…

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4: Investing in Startups and Having Fun With Eric Jorgenson 1:22:53

2y ago1:22:53

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In this episode of Outside the System, I spoke with Eric Jorgenson. Eric is the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness, which is a great and easy to read collection of wisdom shared by Naval Ravikant over the years. He also started an early-stage fund called Rolling.fun. During this episode, we spent a lot of time…

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3: Escaping The Higher Education Debt Trap With Mitch Earl of Praxis 1:00:50

2+ y ago1:00:50

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In this episode of Outside The System, I spoke with Mitch Earl, COO of Praxis. Praxis is a college alternative that guarantees a full-time job, without income share agreements (ISAs). Mitch and I spoke about the current state of higher ed, why everything costs so much, college debt, how the system can improve moving forward, and much more. Links: I…

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2: Music NFTs, Fan Experiences, and Building Products with Lyrah 1:04:52

2+ y ago1:04:52

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Follow Lyrah on Spotify Lyrah's Foundation Profile: https://foundation.app/@lyrah Music NFT platform sound.xyz: https://www.sound.xyz/ Lyrah's getting setup document for music NFTs: https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/How-to-get-set-up-jlXdAAkW2kbtbLi67pPtr Lyrah's Taken Experience NFT: https://foundation.app/collection/taken Create/OS Record Deal Simula…

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1: Streaming Value, Podcasting 2.0, and Decentralized Media with Oscar Merry of Fountain 52:40

2+ y ago52:40

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Fountain allows you to support your favorite podcasts directly using bitcoin. Podcasting 2.0: https://medium.com/@everywheretrip/an-introduction-to-podcasting-2-0-3c4f61ea17f4 Podcast Index: https://podcastindex.org/ Adam Curry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry Bitcoin Lightning Network: https://lightning.network/ Strike (referral - get $10…

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Welcome to Outside the System! 1:33

2+ y ago1:33

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Outside The System is an exploration of ideas, technologies, and people that are building alternatives to broken traditional systems. With my guests, we’ll be exploring the future of media, money, specifically crypto and web3, music, culture, and much more. Kevin Kelly's 1,000 True Fans Theory: https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ You can sup…

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29: El Salvador, Bitcoin Circular Economy, and Entrepreneurship with Michael Ruiz 1:04:33

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28: Crypto Confidential with Nat Eliason 1:31:18

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27: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons with Kris Newby 1:06:29

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26: The Anthology of Balaji: Technology, Truth, Regulation, and More with Eric Jorgenson 1:14:56

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25: Pee & See (Plus TV Shows, DJing, and More) with John Ganotis 50:14

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24: What Your Food Ate with David Montgomery and Anne Biklé 59:15

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23: Value for Value Music with Joe Martin 1:00:55

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22: Layered Money with Nik Bhatia 52:31

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21: Skin Health Myths and Truths with Athina Christacos of Feminrgy 1:01:00

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20: The Unconventional Real Estate Entrepreneur with Shiloe Bear of Creek Development 49:08

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19: The Generational Bitcoin Adoption Path with Aleks Svetski of The Bitcoin Times 1:10:26

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18: Regenerating Our Soil to Transform Human and Environmental Health with Gabe Brown 50:58

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17: Outside The System Labs #1: Unbundling Higher Education With Peter Conley of Unbundl.ed 54:57

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16: Building a Cooking Club On Twitter, Creator-Led Brands, and Good Home Cooking With Myles Snider of Mother Tongue Cooking Club 1:28:14

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15: Turning $20,000 of Poker Winnings Into a 44 Unit Retail Chain with John-Paul Willett of Red Star Vapor 56:21

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14: Exposing The Food Cartel Playbook And Why It Matters with Calley Means of True Medicine 1:05:52

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13: Competing With Netflix and Creating Better Conversations Online With Anna Gát of Interintellect 52:09

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12: Let's Build The World's Fair Together. Cam Wiese Part 2 33:42

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11: Bringing Back the World's Fair and Inspiring Millions Along the Way with Cam Wiese 1:19:38

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10: Building Businesses on Bitcoin's Lightning Network with John Marbach 56:45

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9: Staying Ahead of Crypto Regulation with Ben Jaffe of CDAS 43:39

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8: The Medical-Industrial Complex with Andy Schoonover of CrowdHealth 1:07:13

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7: The Ongoing Collision of Sports and Web3 with Chris Chaney 35:28

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6: Backing Dropouts and Renegades With Zak Slayback 1:03:28

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5: Permissionless Entrepreneurship With Jakob Greenfeld 44:34

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4: Investing in Startups and Having Fun With Eric Jorgenson 1:22:53

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3: Escaping The Higher Education Debt Trap With Mitch Earl of Praxis 1:00:50

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2: Music NFTs, Fan Experiences, and Building Products with Lyrah 1:04:52

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1: Streaming Value, Podcasting 2.0, and Decentralized Media with Oscar Merry of Fountain 52:40

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