Commons Based Peer Production on the Blockchain feat. Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation
This week I spoke to Michel Bauwens, the founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, ...
31 Okt 20201h 15min
One WEIRD trick: A Radical Strategy to Finance the Revolution feat. Jonathan Beller
This week I spoke to Jonathan Beller, a professor of Media Studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY with a forthcoming book “The World Computer: Derivative Conditions of Racial Capitalism.” He recen...
17 Okt 202058min
The dystopian future of smart cities built by LLCs and the socialists that ignore the signs
For this week's episode I took a closer look at the company Blockchains LLC which bought the German startup Slock.it who was working on creating blockchain-enabled smart locks. Digging deeper I found ...
11 Okt 202056min
What Would Marx think about Cryptocurrency? feat. Mark Alizart, author of Cryptocommunism
This week I spoke with Mark Alizart, a philosopher and the author of The Climate Coup, Dogs, and most recently Cryptocommunism which has recently been translated into English from French and publish...
27 Sep 20201h 7min
Why the Left Should Care about Value Accounting feat. Dr. Sarah Grace Manski
This week I spoke with Dr. Sarah Grace Manski, she has a PhD in Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara and is now a professor at George Mason University. On one side she’s done quite a bit of work for u...
13 Sep 202049min
Art, Weed, and Blockchain feat. Chibu Ichiban from afuturemodern
This week I spoke to Chibu Ichiban, a founding member of afuturemodern, a network of coops delivering liberation tech to the masses through art, culture, and basic services. Their mission is to drive ...
16 Aug 20201h 7min
Giving the Power of Money to the People through Decentralized Mutual Credit Networks ft. Aleeza Howitt from Trustlines
This week I spoke to Alleza Howitt (@aleezagroks), a contributor to the Trustlines protocol. Trustlines is a mPoS (minimal viable Proof of Stake) sidechain to Ethereum and stores transactions for a s...
4 Aug 202057min
Are Public Goods Always “Good” and Will Personal Tokens Just Lead to Slavery ft. Annaliese Milano
This week I sat down with PhD student at the London School of Economics under David Graeber and Laura Bear in Anthropology and occasional CoinDesk contributor, Annaliese Milano (@AnnalieseMilano). I...
26 Jul 202044min
