Best Venkatesh Rao Podcasts (2024)

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ZENPod Season 6, Ep.1 with Sulochana Segera 45:21

9M ago45:21

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From an HR Professional to a Champion for Women! “ZENPod”, Season-6, episode 1, featuring Dr. Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson of the global brand Women In Management( WIM). A Mentor, Counsellor and Investor of Goodwill, a member on the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Labour Relations @ SriLanka. The G…

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ZENPod curtain raiser Season 6 with Sulochana Segera 7:40

9M ago7:40

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From an HR Professional to a Champion for Women! Curtain raiser - Season-6, of “ZENPod”, featuring Dr. Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson of the global brand Women In Management( WIM). A member on the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Labour Relations @ SriLanka. https://www.womeninmanagement.org https://w…

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Myths and Machine Learning with Marianna Simnett 55:43

11M ago55:43

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In advance of the premiere of her new AI fueled gesamtkunstwerk “Gorgon”, the artist Marianna Simnett joins us to dive into mythology, mimicry and the saga of convincing tools to do what you want them to! “Gorgon” (commissioned by LAS) will take place at HAU Berlin from the 13-17th September https://www.las-art.foundation/programme/gorgon Follow Ma…

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The floor is moving with Shawn Reynaldo 1:42:28

11M ago1:42:28

1:42:28

Over the past two decades Shawn Reynaldo has operated in every corner of electronic music. His substack "First Floor", recently anthologized into his debut book, offers a refreshingly candid account of his feelings about the turbulent state of a culture in transition. We dive into some of the choice essays from his book, reflect on some major shift…

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Demystifying AI training law with TechnoLlama 49:03

1y ago49:03

49:03

Everyone and their llama is talking about AI ethics and law, so we invited the high Llama Andres Guadamuz, an eminent researcher in AI and IP, to discuss the particularities and uncertainties of AI training law, in honor of his recent paper on the subject. It is an issue of our time. We make it fun. A Scanner Darkly: Copyright Infringement in Artif…

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The Permaweird with Venkatesh Rao 53:44

1+ y ago53:44

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After some weeks of nativity bliss and medical drama we are back! A joy to invite Venkatesh Rao to take us down a number of his bunny trails, focussing initially on his great piece The Permaweird, the latest in his Great Weirding series. We discuss the tendency to call "crisis!", a generally ambient sense of weirdness, and how the latest developmen…

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Latent space exploration with Damien Roach aka patten 1:06:47

1+ y ago1:06:47

1:06:47

We caught up with Damien Roach, aka patten, aka 555-5555, to discuss the need for new language to navigate the abstract implications of machine learning for our understanding of art, and the limitations of the modernist approach. We also eventually get around to discussing his beautiful new record "Mirage FM" created in part with Riffusion, a text-…

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Mental models and next gen AI tools with Cristóbal Valenzuela (Runway) 1:03:03

1+ y ago1:03:03

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Runway have been on an absolute tear of late offering new AI tools for their creative production suite, so we invited CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela to join us to discuss their approach, and how the mental models of artists and greater society may change in accordance with the shifts happening. Try out Runway: https://runwayml.com Follow Runway: https://…

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Air Age Blueprint, machine sentience and interspecies comms with K Allado-McDowell 1:21:11

1+ y ago1:21:11

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Hey everyone! We recently linked up with the inimitable K Allado McDowell as part of the "Death by Landscape" series at HKW Berlin to discuss their new book "Air Age Blueprint" with a live audience, out now on Ignota Books, as well as recent controversies around AI sentience, and K's own work exploring interspecies communication with machine learni…

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ZENPod Season 5, episode 10 with Savitha Rao 54:47

1+ y ago54:47

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“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 10 featuring Ms. Savitha Rao Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & an Explorer of Environment space. “Spirituality is an Awareness that there is something greater than oneself. Something more to being…

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Curtain Raiser ZENPod Season 5 with Savitha Rao 3:03

1+ y ago3:03

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From A Fashion Entrepreneur to a Sustainability Champion Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Savitha Rao, Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & explorer of Environment sapce. https://www.indiapositivecitizen.co…

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Dadabots: Playing with fire❤️‍🔥and extreme AI music 1:45:44

1+ y ago1:45:44

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Over the moon to welcome titans of AI music Dadabots! We debate the coming obsolescence of human artists, their new open source AI music organization HarmonAI, and discuss what is being prototyped on the bleeding edge of AI sound generation. Follow Dadabots: https://twitter.com/dadabots Dadabots in the AI song contest: https://www.aisongcontest.com…

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Synthetic 3ball and Semilla AI with Hexorcismos 1:34:08

1+ y ago1:34:08

1:34:08

We catch up with Moisés Horta Valenzuela (Hexorcismos) to discuss his remarkable experiments with music and machine learning, and his upcoming software project Semilla that experiments with co-ownership of musician AI models shared for anyone to use. Just...the best. Listen to Hexorcismos: https://hexorcismos.bandcamp.com/ Follow Hexorcismos: https…

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New economic kinks and Extitutional theory with Primavera De Filippi 1:16:07

1+ y ago1:16:07

1:16:07

Primavera De Filippi of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society joins us to discuss her economic experiments, her groundbreaking art project Plantoid, her novel concept on Extitutional theory, and her current thoughts on the state of crypto. Follow Primavera: https://twit…

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Covid space travel and AI rabbit holes with Andy Turner (Plaid) and Emma Catnip 1:14:17

1+ y ago1:14:17

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A great joy to host Andy Turner and Emma Catnip to discuss their work in celebration of the release of Plaid's latest album Feorm Falorx. We discuss their intergalactic space travel over the covid lockdown, our mutual rabbit-holing over the latest AI tools and techniques, and the situation for touring artists as they prepare to take the record on t…

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Other intelligences and prepping for utopia with James Bridle 1:04:20

1+ y ago1:04:20

1:04:20

Hi everyone! Back in the saddle after an enforced little break prompted by a peculiar cluster of medical scare, pregnancy and founding a new organization. What a wild year. Thrilled to host James Bridle to discuss his recent book on ecologies of non-human intelligence "Ways of Being", animal sensing and co-operation, deliberative democracy, the sin…

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Is A.I. good or bad for art? With The Culture Journalist 1:14:11

2y ago1:14:11

1:14:11

Mat joined our friends Emilie & Andrea at The Culture Journalist to cover a brief history of the current wave of AI art, why artist replacement narratives can veer on the absurd, and the work we are doing launching our new organization Spawning. Read and subscribe to the Culture Journalist: https://theculturejournalist.substack.com/ See if you feat…

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Gamer Wagnerism and dog operas with David Kanaga 1:07:18

2y ago1:07:18

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A real joy to welcome one of our favorites David Kanaga, the composer and game designer behind Soft Valkyrie, a recent opera starring Stephen Fry and Attila Csihar, the dog opera Oἶκoςpiel and more. We discuss gaming and modern composition and the fascinating villainy of Wagner. Listen to Soft Valkyrie: https://davidkanaga.bandcamp.com/album/s…

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ZENPod Season 5, episode 9 with Lakshmi Mohanbabu 37:06

2y ago37:06

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“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 9 featuring Ms. Lakshmi Mohanbabu, First Singaporean Artist to send her art to the Moon, an Architect, Fashion Designer, an Artist & a NFT Creator. Two of her sculptures are on the International Space Station, orbiting Earth and will reach the Moon by 2025 as part of the Moon Gallery, the first extra-terrestrial art gall…

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Curtain Raiser ZENPod Season 5 with LAKSHMI Mohanbabu 2:01

2y ago2:01

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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Lakshmi Mohanbabu, an Architect, Fashion Designer, an Artist & a NFT Creator. Two of her sculptures are on the International Space Station, orbiting Earth and will reach the Moon by 2025 as part of the Moon Gallery, the first extra-terrestrial art gallery.She started her career as an Architect, …

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Post-Individualism, Metalabels and Web 3 with Yancey Strickler 1:27:46

2y ago1:27:46

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A joy to welcome Yancey Stickler to discuss his idea of Post-Individualism and his new project Metalabel. We also get into his prior work founding Kickstarter, its parallels to web 3, and new proposals to fund artistic scenes. Metalabel: https://www.metalabel.xyz/ Follow Yancey: https://twitter.com/ystrickler Read Yancey's great blog: https://www.y…

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Co-creating new music economies with Tim Exile (Endlesss) 1:56:20

2y ago1:56:20

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Such a joy to have on virtuosic musician and instrument builder Tim Exile to discuss his collaborative online musical ecosystem Endlesss, the uneasy state of contemporary music, new folk traditions and what piqued his interest in web 3. Follow Tim: https://twitter.com/timexile Endlesss: https://endlesss.fm/ Tim's music: https://warp.net/artists/912…

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The state of streaming, crypto and perpetual musical nostalgia with David Turner (Penny Fractions) 1:35:12

2y ago1:35:12

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David Turner shares some of the most insightful and thorough analyses on the music industry through his Penny Fractions newsletter. We link up to discuss the current state of streaming, his skepticism about much of crypto, and his positive perspective on the regular recycling of the 20th century in popular culture. Sub to Penny Fractions: https://p…

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Inhuman Intelligence with Anil Bawa-Cavia 2:01:58

2y ago2:01:58

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Anil is one of our favorite thinkers on AI. To celebrate the advent of Anil's debut book "Logiciel: Six Seminars on Computational Reason", we try and pick apart some high level concepts on reason and computation, and discuss why recent deep learning breakthroughs may require a break from traditional conceptions of what we consider to be intelligenc…

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ZENPod Season 5, episode 8 with Shri HK Venkatram 55:37

2y ago55:37

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TECHIE who also makes MUSIC! Season-5, episode 8 of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri HK Venkatram – “HKV”, a Violin Vidwan, a “Ganakala Shree”, “Gaanavaradhi”, “Satyashree” and recipient of “Parur Sundaram Iyer Award for Senior Violinist“. HKV is also an ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Sri Kanchi Kamokoti Peetam, Kanchipuram.A Techie, Social Evangelist, HKV has also p…

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ZENPod curtain raiser Season 5 with HK Venkatram 1:45

2y ago1:45

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A Techie who also makes Music! Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri HK Venkatram – “HKV”, a Violin Vidwan, a “Ganakala Shree”, “Gaanavaradhi”, “Satyashree” and recipient of “Parur Sundaram Iyer Award for Senior Violinist“. HKV is also an ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Sri Kanchi Kamokoti Peetam, Kanchipuram.A Techie, Social Evangelist, HKV h…

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Open Source AI and Stable Diffusion with Emad Mostaque 1:20:16

2y ago1:20:16

1:20:16

A real pleasure to welcome Emad Mostaque to discuss the impending launch of Stable Diffusion, his comprehensive plans for open source AI infrastructure, the impending reconfiguration of how we create everything, and how artists might hope to adapt to it all. Stability.ai - https://stability.ai/ Stable Diffusion Beta: https://stability.ai/beta-signu…

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Future instruments and generative transcultural exchange with Hanoi Hantrakul 1:34:13

2y ago1:34:13

1:34:13

Wonderful to catch up with DDSP co-author Hanoi Hantrakul, whose practice considers transcultural exchange using new technologies from machine learning to 3d printing. We discuss his contribution to the 2022 AI song contest, his VST plugin developed in his new role at Tik Tok, and the fascinating challenge of fair and generative ways to interact wi…

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Marina Abramović on the parallels between performance art and web 3 55:46

2y ago55:46

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We had a wonderfully funny chat with Marina Abramović on AI authorship and digital twins, the urgent need for heroism, and the parallels between performance art and web 3's attempts to value the immaterial. Marina Abramović's debut NFT project with Circa - The Hero 25FPS: https://circa.art/nft/ Marina Abramović: Seven Easy Pieces: https://en.wikipe…

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Experiments in revaluing music with David Greenstein (Sound.xyz) 1:26:43

2y ago1:26:43

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We sit down with Sound.xyz founder David Greenstein to discuss the many different experiments and approaches happening to revalue music within the Ethereum ecosystem, touching on Spotify, TikTok and the traditional music industry in contrast. Full disclosure, we contributed a small sum to Sound's seed investment round. Follow David: https://twitter…

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Doomer Optimism and the Green Pill with Kevin Owocki 1:10:59

2y ago1:10:59

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Celebrating the release of his first book "Greenpilled: How Crypto Can Regenerate The World" we welcome Kevin Owocki to discuss regenerative crypto-economics, doomer optimism, impact DAO's, public goods and crypto's relationship to the state . Buy Greenpilled and take the pledge: https://greenpill.party/#book Sub to The Green Pill Podcast: https://…

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Building a Web 3 Sci-Fi Film Franchise with The Fringe 2:00:45

2y ago2:00:45

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Our favorite projects at the moment are finding ways to harness the generative potential of Discord communities to coordinate ambitious projects, and what THE FRINGE are building is remarkable. Already having created a bespoke successful Sci-Fi universe with their debut film PROSPECT, they are turning to Web 3 to build a more expansive, co-created …

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Cloud money and the Case for Cash with Brett Scott 1:35:29

2y ago1:35:29

1:35:29

Wonderful to chat with Brett Scott in advance of his new book "Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for Our Wallets" (Penguin) about the creeping incursions of cashlessness, the naivety of crypto and why cash is maybe worth keeping around! Follow Brett: https://twitter.com/Suitpossum Preorder "Cloudmoney": https://www.amazon.com/Cloudmoney-C…

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ZENPod Season 5, episode 7 with Aayushi KC 48:04

2y ago48:04

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Nepali entrepreneur turns trash into cash..... Season 5, episode 7 of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Aayushi KC, A Social Entrepreneur and Founder, CEO of Khaalisisi , ️ A socially inclusive waste management platform dedicated to transform Nepal’s waste dumping sector to Waste Management sector. Aayushi is a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree in Asia, & Asia 21 Y…

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ZENPod curtain raiser with Aayushi KC on ZENPod 3:21

2y ago3:21

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Nepali entrepreneur turns trash into cash Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Aayushi KC, A Social Entreprneur and Founder, CEO of Khaalisisi , ️ A socially inclusive waste management platform dedicated to transform Nepal’s waste dumping sector to Waste Management sector. Aayushi is a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree in Asia, & Asia 21 …

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Headless Bands and Lore with Songcamp 1:47:57

2y ago1:47:57

1:47:57

Excited to chat with one of the most exciting projects in the music and crypto field, Songcamp, and the world's first headless band, Chaos! Camp Chaos: https://www.chaos.build/ Songcamp: https://songcamp.mirror.xyz/ Follow Mark: https://twitter.com/markredito Follow Matthew: https://twitter.com/matthewchaim Follow Songcamp: https://twitter.com/song…

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Genetic algorithms and limit experiences with Harm van den Dorpel 1:21:06

2y ago1:21:06

1:21:06

Welcoming crypto art legend and valued Interdependence subscriber Harm van den Dorpel on the podcast to discuss scarcity, genetic algorithms, managing expectations, limit experiences and his upcoming work, Markov's Dream Follow Harm: https://twitter.com/harmvddorpel Check out Harm's Work and writing: https://harm.work/ Check out Markov's Dream: htt…

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🌀Mayan AI music, ancestral technologies and spirals with Debit 🌀 1:07:50

2y ago1:07:50

1:07:50

Celebrating the release of Debit's album "The Long Count", composed using machine learning tools trained on the worlds largest archive of Mayan wind instruments! We discuss the genesis of the project, working with the gorgeous grain of nascent AI instruments, ancestral technologies, travels through Mexico, the plague of musical conservatism, and th…

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Arguing cryptos case in music with the Money 4 Nothing podcast 1:39:38

2y ago1:39:38

1:39:38

Hi everyone! Something different this week. After listening to some great episodes pulling apart the Bandcamp Epic Games acquisition and showing some skepticism about Web 3, I approached Money 4 Nothing podcast to have a convivial discussion about crypto for a collaborative episode. We discuss common concerns and skepticisms, debate the motivations…

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Prepping for the metaverse with Sterling Crispin 1:35:23

2y ago1:35:23

1:35:23

We are happy to be back after Mat's COVID trip, discussing art prepping, Sterling's upcoming ArtBlocks piece, and his expert opinions on the state of ML, AR, VR and what is worth watching (and ignoring) about the impending metaverse. Sterling's upcoming ArtBlocks reveal: https://www.artblocks.io/project/279 Sterling's art: http://www.sterlingcrispi…

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ZENPod Season 5,episode 6 with Smt. Ranjani~Gayatri 46:21

2+ y ago46:21

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Season-5, episode 6 of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Ranjani ~ Gayatri Ranjani & Gayatri, the sister duo are world-renowned versatile musicians whose musical contributions include studio recordings, television performances, radio programs, concerts, festivals and lecture demonstrations. Ranjani & Gayatri gave their debut performance at the prestigious In…

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Making Web3 human legible, constructive speculation and the shock of the nude with Context 1:45:33

2+ y ago1:45:33

1:45:33

Hey y'all, after many references to this project in previous episodes we are really happy to welcome Adam and Luke from Context! We discuss their efforts to make Web3 activity legible to humans, debate criticisms of the speculative nature of the Web3 art space, discuss the antecedent of drop culture, the shockwaves caused by making previously hidde…

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ZENPod curtain raiser with Ranjani Gayatri in Season 5 2:50

2+ y ago2:50

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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Ranjani - Gayatri, Ranjani & Gayatri, the sister duo are world-renowned versatile musicians whose musical contributions include studio recordings, television performances, radio programs, concerts, festivals and lecture demonstrations. Ranjani & Gayatri gave their debut performance at the presti…

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Transitioning to Web 3 by building a research DAO with Cherie Hu (Water & Music) 1:33:22

2+ y ago1:33:22

1:33:22

Hey everyone! This week we host the inimitable Cherie Hu to discuss the evolution of Water & Music into the first contributor led research DAO for the music industry, the changing definitions and focus of music & technology, Tik Tok and the politics (and occasional burden) of relatability. It was fun and revealing to work through the particularitie…

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Hyperstructures & the future of ZORA with Jacob.eth 1:54:11

2+ y ago1:54:11

1:54:11

Jacob from ZORA runs us through his latest essay, Hyperstructures, and the future of ZORA protocol. We pull apart how permissionless protocols and cc0 projects are gathering significant momentum and what this might mean for the future of the internet and art making! We also dive down the rabbit hole of some pretty psychedelic NFT use cases. Super f…

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ZENPod Season 5, episode 5 with Julie Lewis 44:39

2+ y ago44:39

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Social Media intro for Ms. Julie Lewis - Season 5, episode 5 “ZENPod”, Season-5, episode 5, featuring Ms. Julie Lewis, Julie Miles Lewis is a British motivational speaker, author, personal leadership specialist and founder of Mountain High. An Author of the C-Suite Best Seller book “Moving Mountains – Discover the Mountain in You” Julie has been be…

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Curtain Raiser ZENPod in conversation with Julie Lewis 4:40

2+ y ago4:40

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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Julie Lewis, Julie Miles Lewis is a British motivational speaker, author, personal leadership specialist and founder of Mountain High. An Author of the C-Suite Best Seller book “Moving Mountains – Discover the Mountain in You” Julie is a Professional speaker, an Adventurer, Entrepreneur, Resilie…

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Permanently archiving music and its context with Nina 2:03:46

2+ y ago2:03:46

2:03:46

A wonderful conversation with Jack Callahan, Eric Farber and Mike Pollard of Nina, who are building a protocol for permanent collections of music on the fast and affordable Solana Blockchain. Made all the more special that we come from similar experimental music scenes, we discuss the critical importance of establishing and archiving context for ma…

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ZENPod Season 5, episode 4 with Shri Amarjeet Sporty Sikh 45:15

2+ y ago45:15

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“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 4, featuring Shri Amarjeet Singh, also known as the “Sporty Sikh”, the only 60 year old blind person in the world to run 101 half marathons. Amarjeet has till date done over 200 plus runs and that is the official tally. Sighted till age 13, he started losing vision gradually and attained the condition of Total Blindness …

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ZENPod curtain raiser with Shri Amarjeet Sporty Sikh 3:49

2+ y ago3:49

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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri Amarjeet Singh, also known as the “Sporty Sikh”, the only 60 year old blind person in the world to run 101 half marathons. Amarjeet has till date done over 200 plus runs and that is the official tally. Sighted till age 13, he started losing vision gradually and attained the condition of Total B…

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