Best The Braintrust Network Podcasts (2024)

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#258: Edging the Moon 39:41

20d ago39:41

39:41

Gleib covers Earth's new moon. The potential end of men. Israel blowing up terrorist Hezbollah pagers. If immigrants are eating cats and dogs. The Trump Kamala debate filled with lies. If we are going to be eating more insects. The world's first 3D printed fish meat. AI clones banned in CA for actors. A three-part phone. The discovery of edging ato…

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#257: No cover up, no hot pix 48:38

1M ago48:38

48:38

Gleib covers Trump admitting he lost and meddled with the election. Katy Perry's genius way to get dishes done. People not being allowed to wear masks in New York. Gen Z not drinking. The real difference between Kamala and Trump. The murder of 6 hostages in Gaza including an American. The rise of far right extremism in Germany. The problem with hot…

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#256: Pressure to Censor 1:03:13

1M ago1:03:13

1:03:13

Gleib covers RFK endorsing Trump. Meth not being watermelon. NASA stranding people in space. Biden pressured META to censor COVID and Hunter's laptop stories. Kim Kardashian skimming and cramming. Taliban's insane new restrictions on women, World's biggest diamond. Israel's preemptive strike on Hezbollah, operations in the West Bank, and rescuing a…

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#255: AI Don't Know About That 58:29

2M ago58:29

58:29

Gleib covers everything from the last week, like Trump's v weird X Space with Elon. Kim K and Jennifer Aniston are doing what with Salmon sperm? Biden speaks at DNC and isn't joking. Kamala communism? And her new economic plans. A living human computer? AI firms not wanting to be liable for major catastrophes. North Korea opening to tourists! Trump…

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#254: The world got too crazy, we back 1:02:38

2M ago1:02:38

1:02:38

Gleib and the podcast are back from retirement! Welcome to a new era for the pod. And the weekly covering of EVERYTHING that happened on Earth during the last week. This episode includes a hurricane with a drug problem, a lesbian wedding, Biden's debate that changed it all, Trump getting shot in the ear, Gleib getting sort of blamed by Piers Morgan…

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#252: The GOAT without the greatness 59:48

2M ago59:48

59:48

Gleib catches us up on everything including his new hour special "THE MAD KING" dropping on Youtube Aug 14! Including his new hour special "THE MAD KING" dropping on Youtube Aug 14! His engagement! FBI raids Trump. Dad jokes. Beyonce changes her lyrics. Russia invades Ukraine. Demi Lovato is a she again. Gun reform passes. Some Kardashian BS. Infla…

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Episode 073: Frameworks for Responsible Crypto Regulation, with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce 28:02

4M ago28:02

28:02

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, we're joined by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who dives into crypto regulation in the EU vs. the US, how she is thinking about regulation for entrepreneurs building in crypto, and what 2024 might bring. Note: This episode was recorded in January 2024.

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Banana Split Podcast #94 F##K Taylor Swift (just kidding that RED album was based) 1:14:34

7M ago1:14:34

1:14:34

No seriously we love her work and would never want to incur the wrath of her millions of dedicated and very internet savvy fans. Anyway this is a podcast about movies, tv and popculture in general its two white guys rambling about stuff that helps them escape their maudlin dreary existence. be kind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati…

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Banana Split Podcast #93 Can't Kill What's Already Dead 1:16:06

9M ago1:16:06

1:16:06

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Braintrust Network

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Banana Split Podcast #92 " Come at us Swifties" 1:20:31

9M ago1:20:31

1:20:31

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Braintrust Network

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Episode 072 - Investing to Build the Ownership Economy in web3, with David Pakman, Partner at CoinFund 1:04:38

9M ago1:04:38

1:04:38

How do the worlds of cryptography, privacy, and AI relate? What is the promise of NFTs for building a user- and creator-owned economy? We dive into these topics and more with Ownership Economy Summit speaker David Pakman. David started his career in tech at Apple, and has been in venture capital for 20+ years at prominent funds Venrock and Coinfund…

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#253: Israel/Palestine Face to Face with Palestinian comedian Sammy Obeid 1:52:19

9M ago1:52:19

1:52:19

After a long hiatus, the podcast returns for an important episode. Gleib is an Israeli American, and his in-studio guest is Palestinian American comedian Sammy Obeid. Since the Israel/Hamas war broke out three months ago, we've all been stuck in separate social media echo chambers. So Gleib wanted to change that and have a face to face conversation…

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Episode 071 - Business Model and Stakeholder Innovation to Scale the Creator Economy, with Maz and Eiman of Crowdmuse 1:11:00

10M ago1:11:00

1:11:00

In this episode, we are joined by Maryam Mazraei (“Maz”) and Eiman Soliman of Crowdmuse, a web3 protocol that brings together creators, fashion designers, suppliers, brands, and consumers, while redefining the incentives within the fashion industry to address its externalities. What sets Crowdmuse apart is its unique approach—it doesn't merely posi…

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Episode 070 - OpenAI: An $85 Billion Dollar Governance Failure, and How it Could Have Been Anticipated, with Dr. Michael Zargham and Amber Case 58:11

11M ago58:11

58:11

Over the last 120 hours, a governance crisis the likes of which we may never see repeated happened at world-leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI, culminating in the firing (and rehiring!) of Sam Altman, with a tectonic shift in their governance in the space of a few days. In this episode we explore what led to this situation, how it could…

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Episode 069 - Innovating on Organizational Structures at Every Segment of the Capital Stack, with Dr. Astrid Scholz of Armillaria and Zebras Unite Co-op 1:06:24

1y ago1:06:24

1:06:24

In episode 069, Jahed sits down with Dr. Astrid Scholz, ecological economist and social entrepreneur, to discuss how her career arc has cut across governance and ownership, and the resulting innovations she and her teams have delivered. Along the way, we cover ecological economics and how it values ecosystems and people in addition to profits, why …

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Episode 068 - Leveraging Digital Communities as an Investment Strategy, with Sarah Drinkwater of Common Magic 44:45

1y ago44:45

44:45

In this episode, Martin and Jahed chat with Sarah Drinkwater, Founder and General Partner at Common Magic. Common Magic invests in European and US start-ups at the pre-seed and seed stage. In the conversation, Sarah walks us through her experience working with early stage founders who are using community engagement and incentive design as a core pi…

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Episode 067 - Economies Full of Meaningful Work and Competitive Companies with Dr. Ellen Frank-Miller, Founder and CEO of WORC 52:21

1y ago52:21

52:21

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, Martin and Jahed sit down with Dr. Ellen Frank-Miller, the Founder and CEO of WORC. A social scientist by training, Dr. Frank-Miller details her research on how investing in people as assets is proven to build more profitable, competitive companies. This episode will be of particular interest to private equ…

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Episode 066 - Policy Innovations and Impediments in the Ownership Economy with Anthony Cimino, Head of Policy at Carta 58:20

1y ago58:20

58:20

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, Martin and Jahed connect with Anthony Cimino Head of Policy at Carta. The conversation discusses challenges and opportunities in the US policy arena to advance broad-based ownership. Anthony walks us through the history of current rules on the books at the SEC and IRS, why they need updating for the world t…

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Episode 065 - Governance and Possibilities: A Political Economy of the Commons, with Jenn and Ilia Murtazashvili 1:18:12

1y ago1:18:12

1:18:12

In episode 065, Martin and Jahed chat with Drs. Jenn and Ilia Murtazashvili, from the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets, and dive into the details of their new book, Towards a Political Economy of the Commons: Simple Rules for Sustainability. In the conversation, they cover the basics of what a commons is, what polycentri…

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Episode 064 - Building Network Effects in Web3 Enabled Marketplaces with Adam Jackson, Co-Founder and CEO, Braintrust Network 44:26

1y ago44:26

44:26

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, Martin and Jahed connect with Adam Jackson, the Co-Founder and CEO of Braintrust Network. The conversation begins by discussing how to jumpstart network effects in marketplaces using blockchain technologies and marginal stakeholder incentives. Adam then discusses what decentralization really looks like with…

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Episode 063 - Creating More Value for More Stakeholders with Tools for Collective Decision-Making with Camille Canon of Apiary.xyz 52:09

1y ago52:09

52:09

In episode 063, Jahed sat down with Camille Canon, founder of Apiary.xyz, and previously founder of Purpose Trust. Camille pioneered the Purpose Trust, a trust built for non-charitable purposes, that creates alternatives for SMEs looking to exit their business whose only option before was PE. Camille talks us through insights learned in the legal e…

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Episode 062 - Building an Equitable Ownership Economy: Insights from Dr. Corey Rosen on Employee Ownership and ESOPs 57:56

1+ y ago57:56

57:56

In this episode of the Ownership Economy podcast, we welcome Dr. Corey Rosen, a champion of employee ownership. Dr. Rosen dives into the shortcomings of the current ownership model, marked by opaque practices and short-term horizons. The conversation shifts to Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), outlining their benefits, limitations, and reason…

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Episode 061 - Why DAOs (and crypto) need a Policy Platform more than ever, with Nathan Schneider 1:13:14

1+ y ago1:13:14

1:13:14

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, Jahed and Martin welcome back Nathan Schneider, a thought leader who enlightened us on the intricacies of platform cooperatives, DAOs, and the burgeoning Ownership Economy in our 2021 conversation. In this episode, we catch up with Nathan to understand the remarkable transformations that have swept these sp…

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Episode 060 - Expanding Access to Real Estate Ownership with Tokenized Co-living, with Dakotah Apostolou, CEO Cohere Network 1:01:57

1+ y ago1:01:57

1:01:57

In episode 060, Martin and Jahed sit down with Dakotah Apostolou, CEO of Cohere Network, to learn how Cohere is expanding access to the real estate asset class by tokenizing equity in a global co-living network. In the conversation, we cover Dakotah’s background training as an architect at Taliesin, The School of Architecture started by Frank Lloyd…

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Episode 059 - Redefining the Social Contract with John Paller: The Rise of DEOs and the Employment Commons 1:07:11

1+ y ago1:07:11

1:07:11

In this podcast, we explore the evolution of the social contract between employers and employees, discussing how the traditional framework has remained relatively unchanged since the early 1900s, while loyalty as a core belief has largely eroded in modern times. With a predicted 50% of the US labor force participating in freelance and gig work by 2…

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Episode 058 - Making it Easy for Businesses to Leverage Equity to Drive Value With Stakeholders, with Tyler Morrey of Upside Cooperative 1:05:59

1+ y ago1:05:59

1:05:59

In episode 058, Jahed & Martin sit down with Tyler Morrey of Upside Cooperative. In the conversation, we cover how difficult it really is for companies to share their equity with a large number of stakeholders, the state of the art for equity ownership for SMEs, ESOPs, and legal structures, and the innovations that Upside Cooperatice is unlocking b…

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Episode 057 - Creating an Equitable Data Economy to Value Ecosystem Services, with David Dao of GainForest 1:15:53

1+ y ago1:15:53

1:15:53

In this episode, Jahed sits down with David Dao, founder of GainForest and PhD candidate at ETH Zurich, to discuss how GainForest is blazing the trail for valuing natural assets with bottom-up participation of land stewards. In the conversation, we cover what ecosystem services are, how they contribute to the economy, various ownership and property…

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Banana Split 91 " 2022 best and worst list " 1:26:19

1+ y ago1:26:19

1:26:19

I can barely remember now but I know we covered the biggest films and TV of the year. lots of fun was had on the old couch and I hope you enjoyed it too! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Braintrust Network

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Episode 056 - From Open Access to Carbon Pollution, to Common Pool Resource: Building Carbon Financial Infrastructure with Raph Haupt, CEO Toucan Protocol 1:11:40

1+ y ago1:11:40

1:11:40

In this episode, Martin and Jahed speak with Raphaël Haupt, co-founder and CEO of Toucan Protocol. In the conversation, they cover the historical arc of the carbon markets, how we got to the market we have today through greenwashing and in some cases fraud, and what Toucan is building to enable transparent and auditable climate finance at scale. Th…

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Episode 055 - Steward-Ownership, Purpose-Trusts, and Exiting to Community with Zoe Schlag, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Common Trust 48:29

1+ y ago48:29

48:29

In this episode of the Ownership Economy podcast, Martin and Jahed speak with Zoe Schlag, a co-founder and Managing Partner at Common Trust. Zoe has spent her career as an entrepreneur and investor. Prior to Common Trust, Zoe served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s family office, where she designed and led their Shared Ow…

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Episode 054 - Creating Value as an Entrepreneur, Investor, and DAO Contributor with Nick Ducoff, Partner at G20 Ventures 49:19

1+ y ago49:19

49:19

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, we connect with Nick Ducoff, currently a partner at G20 Ventures. Nick started his career as an attorney and quickly shifted into entrepreneurship. We discuss his learnings as an entrepreneur, investor, and DAO contributor and how these roles have impacted his view on creating value. As Nick is currently in…

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Episode 053 - Balancing Tech and Governance Innovation with Compliance in Building the Ownership Economy, with Sean Lee, co-founder Odsy Network 1:11:20

1+ y ago1:11:20

1:11:20

In episode 053, Martin and Jahed sit down with Sean Lee, co-founder of Odsy Network, the access control layer for blockchains. In the conversation, Sean covers his extensive experience in the space from working in the early days of the open source economy, realizing the need for economic support and incentive design, and shifting toward web3 models…

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Episode 052 -The Profit Paradox, Market Power, and the Fight for Democratic Capitalism with Professor Jan Eeckhout 1:10:29

1+ y ago1:10:29

1:10:29

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, we connect with Professor Jan Eeckhout, a macroeconomist and labor economist and a Professor of Economics at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Professor Eeckhout is the author of The Profit Paradox, which explores the secular trend since the 1980s in a consolidation of corporate power in t…

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Episode 050 - From MFi to ReFi: Impact Investment Insights and Possibilities, with Tim Rann of Mercy Corps Ventures 1:16:16

1+ y ago1:16:16

1:16:16

In episode 050, we sit down with Tim Rann, Managing Partner at Mercy Corps Ventures, and dig in to his background building businesses across Afghanistan, Cambodia, and other locales, and how he’s applying his insights in development finance to impact investing at MCV. We cover the opportunities for uniting impact with digital product design, how Ti…

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Episode 049 - Exploring the Promise (and Pitfalls) of Blockchain Technology in International Development, with Erin Grover. 48:29

1+ y ago48:29

48:29

In episode 049, Martin and Jahed sat down with Erin Grover, who formerly worked in international development in Afghanistan and India, and in investigative journalism, who transitioned into working in web3 in 2016. Erin covers her work on the ground with suppliers as diverse as farmer cooperatives, textile cooperatives, and the governments she work…

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Episode 048 - Nature-Based Solutions, Natural Assets and the Opportunities and Limits of Blockchain with Dr. Margot Clarvis 1:04:57

1+ y ago1:04:57

1:04:57

In episode 048, Martin and Jahed sit down with Dr. Margot Clarvis, PhD, an environmental scientist working in the field of nature-based solutions (NbS), interfacing with the growing natural asset and carbon markets. In the course of the episode, Margot speaks to the trends that are at work turning nature into an ownable asset class with revenue pot…

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Episode 047 - Virtual On-Chain Option Plans and Early Stage Venture Approaches to Ownership Allocations: A Conversation with Sascha Kellert from Ownco and Jessica Van Meir from Mintstars 44:46

1+ y ago44:46

44:46

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, we check back in with Sascha Kellert from Ownco and Jessica van Meir from Mintstars for an update on their progress. Sascha walks us his new model for Virtual On-Chain Option Plans and discusses how an initial ten organizations are using the plan in practice. We then dive into how both entrepreneurs are thi…

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Episode 46 - Fixing a Broken Refund and Resell Market for Property Bookings: TripsTrade, with Stephen Martin 55:00

1+ y ago55:00

55:00

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, we speak with Stephen Martin from TripsTrade. Steve comes from a background in the property rental market, a $2.3 trillion industry. Along with his co-founder Petro Sideris, Steve is working to build a new model for short-term property rentals, like vacations and hotel bookings. We all have at one point or …

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Episode 45 - Multiscale Energy Coordination as a Global Public Good: The Plurigrid Project, with Amber Case 1:16:58

1+ y ago1:16:58

1:16:58

In this episode, we sit down with Amber Case of the Plurigrid project. In the conversation, we talk about the intersection of open source software economic models, cybernetics, anthropology, and how combining the three can open up new possibilities in distributed energy resources management and distributed, resilient, microgrids. We hope you enjoy …

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Episode 044 - Breaking the Crypto Trilemma: How to Make Decentralization Work with Development Economist and Algorand Foundation CEO Staci Warden 52:52

2y ago52:52

52:52

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, we speak with Staci Warden, the CEO of the Algorand Foundation. Staci previously ran the Center for Financial Markets at the Milken Institute, and before that worked as an executive at JPMorgan and Nasdaq. She started her career as a development economist at the United States Department of the Treasury. In …

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Episode 043 - Challenges in Structuring and Scaling Early Cooperatives: A Deep Drive on Seed-Stage Asset+Labor Cooperative Marketplace with Alissa Orlando 1:07:45

2y ago1:07:45

1:07:45

In this week’s episode of the Ownership Economy, we brought on Alissa Orlando, a co-founder of the Driver’s Cooperative, to discuss her experience in helping to build the company from the ground up. We go a bit deeper into Alissa’s motivations and expectations in setting up the cooperative and how things played out over the first 18 months. This ep…

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Episode 042 - Social and Economic Dynamics in DAOs: A Conversation with Reka Macy from Guild.xyz 1:02:42

2y ago1:02:42

1:02:42

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, Jahed and Martin speak with Reka Macy from Guild.xyz and Agora. The conversation discusses token gating, guilds, and other interesting aspects of DAOs and the future of work. We hope you enjoy the episode.

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Episode 041 - The Cosmos Network, Collaborative Finance (Co-Fi), and the Empowerment of Monetary Localism with Cosmos Co-Founder Ethan Buchman 58:55

2y ago58:55

58:55

In this episode of the Ownership Economy, Jahed and Martin connect with Ethan Buchman, Co-Founder of Cosmos and Tendermint and current CEO of Informal Systems, a worker-owned cooperative that develops software for Cosmos Network. Ethan walks us through how the architecture of Cosmos is powering a multi-chain, or multiple blockchain, future with int…

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