In Episode 2 of ZEROPOD Season 2, we dig in with Ryan Wyatt aka @fwiz about his first full year in the role of Optimism's Chief Growth Officer. Ryan shares how his leadership has helped to drive adoption of Optimism’s open source OP Stack and has attracted some S-tier partners for the so-called Superchain. We also learn about Ryan's interesting bac…

October in the Nouniverse was packed: 26 proposals, big wins for governance, and an epic triple-header of Nounish events in LA. JackWyldes is here to recap the highs (new funding flows, creative projects) and the lows (farewell to the Dota 2 team) in a fast-paced Nounish month. Dive in for the latest updates and highlights!---Timestamps: • 0:00 - I…

Whether you made it out to LA for Nouns Town & Nouns Fest 2024, or got stuck FOMO-ing at home, this short film from The Noun Square's own JackWyldes tells the story of his experience in a way that will make you feel like you were right there with him. In his signature authentic style, Jack works through a mini existential crisis live on camera as h…

In this episode of ZEROPOD (The Zero Rights Reserved Podcast), host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Naomi Metzger, 10x British national triple jump champion, to talk about her inspiring journey on track and onchain. Naomi shares how she bounced back from missing the Tokyo Olympics (by just 10 cm!), how she created an NFT collection c…

On ZER0̷P0̷D SP0̷TLIGHT # 2, join us for a deep dive conversation with 4156, the founder of Nouns DAO, into the current proposal to convert Nouns into a Wyoming DUNA. We cover everything from the origins of Nouns to the potential impact of this new legal framework, designed specifically for DAOs. Whether you’re a Nouns member or just curious about …

Nouns Roundup: September 2024 Recap! 🎉In this episode, we’re breaking down all the exciting things that happened with Nouns in September! We've got a lot to cover from esports victories to Key accessories and onchain autumn. Here’s what you can expect:📊 Nouns Esports at The International – Nouns Esports had a huge month! They dominated last year’s …

Get ready for Farcaster 101, Episode 3: The Moxie Video... In the new internet, your time and attention are valuable and should be rewarded, right? Moxie plans to grow the GDP of the Farcaster Network by embedding seamless on-chain economies into every interaction, cast, and channel within the community. Powered by Airstack and built on the Farcast…

On episode 30 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher from The Noun Square sit down with David Horvath, a legend in the Lifestyle Character Brand world and creator of such cultural heavyweights as Uglydoll and Bossy Bear. In this conversation, we dig into David’s past and his development from a curious child into a c…

Whether you’re a long-time Nouns fan or new to the community, our monthly Nouns Roundup videos are packed with everything you need to know to stay up to date on the latest happenings in the Nouniverse! On this episode, we showcase memorable moments from the community for the 3rd anniversary of Nouns (aka Nouniversary!) We show how Nouns made a diff…

On this Episode of The Based Builders Show, Toady Hawk and Carlos Melgar dig in with Chris Carella and Binji Pande from Optimism to learn all about The SUNNYs, a new awards show for the Superchain on Ethereum. Learn all about it, and how you can apply if you're a builder.

Let's get into this month's NOUNS ROUNDUP from The Noun Square, produced and hosted by JackWyldes. Highlights from the month of July: 🎥 Nouns a Movie: Rise of Blus won Best Series at the Animator International Short Film Competition. 🏆 Nouns Explainer Video by Ordinary Folk won Silver at the Collision Awards. 🦆 Quack, the cutest Instagram duckling …

In this inaugiral episode of ZERØPØD SPØTLIGHT, we dive deep into Rounds.wtf with our special guest, Seneca, cofounder of both Nouns and Rounds.wtf.Discover the origins of this game-changing protocol, from its roots in Nouns to the evolution from Prop.House, and learn how Rounds.wtf is transforming community engagement and funding through decentral…

On episode 29 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder from The Noun Square sit down with Will Papper, Nouner and co-founder of Syndicate. In this conversation, we learn about Will's career journey, which involves being a trailblazing founder, first in the field of AI and later crypto. We talk about how his company, Syn…

Welcome to the Nouns Roundup with Jack Wyldes from The Noun Square! It's the end of the month, and we've got some incredible updates for you. 🚀 Highlights:🔸 Prop 100 Update: Did you know you can see a pair of yellow noggles from space? 🔸 Nouns a Movie - Episode 3: "A New Normal" was released plus behind-the-scenes footage of the orchestral score by…

On episode 28 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Amir Bandeali, the co-founder and co-CEO of 0x and Matcha. In this 45 minute conversation, we learn about Amir's crypto and career journey, his pioneering work with 0x protocol and we learn all about all the useful features of the Matcha DEX. We a…

On episode 27 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with James Ross, founder of a modular OP Stack L2 called MODE Network, which is aiming to bring more defi energy to the Superchain. We hear about James' crypto and defi journey and find out why he wanted to build on Ethereum and on the Optimism stack. …

Welcome to this week's Nouns Roundup! We've got an exciting 3-minute update on everything happening in the Nouns universe. From cutting-edge collaborations to thrilling esports events and innovative artistic ventures, there's a lot to cover. Let's dive in! Highlights: 🔥 Ledger x 360 Nouns Collaboration: Get your hands on the custom Ledger Nano S Pl…

On episode 26 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down for part one of a two part Home & Away podcast with Nick Hollins from UFO. In this one, Toady puts Nick in the hotseat to find out all about his career and crypto journey. We talk about everything from onchain media and web 3 distribution to open sourc…

On episode 25 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Hong Kim aka Noun 40, cofounder and CTO of Bitwise for a deep dive on all things Nouns! We learn about what attracted Hong to Nouns, and chat about the importance of figuring out ways to fund the things nobody wants to fund (public goods.) We chat…

On episode 24 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, host Toady Hawk from The Noun Square sits down with Jacob Horne, cofounder of Zora to talk about everything onchain. We hear about Jacob's early days at Coinbase, talk about how Zora came to be and how it has evolved over the past 4 years, what Farcaster and onchain content means for the future of …

On episode 23 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder from The Noun Square sit down with Mike Demarais, cofounder of Rainbow Wallet to hear his story. We go deep down the Rainbow Road and chat about buying weed on the Silk Road, why he built a crypto wallet and why they called it Rainbow, his thoughts on Farcaster, BAS…

In Episode 2 of our educational series Farcaster 101, JackWyldes from The Noun Square and The Yellow Collective shows you how to Find Your Tribe on Warpcaster using the Channels feature. (Bonus Episode for ZeroPod subscribers.) Join us on Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/~/invite-page/3642?id=1b5f4984

On episode 22 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder from The Noun Square sit down with crypto twitter legend, fashionista and web3 founder winny.eth! We hear about her crypto journey, and the career path that lead her to the founding of Gossip Protocol, and her newest venture "Chipped", a line of NFC-enabled acrylic …

In episode 1 of a new series called Farcaster 101, JackWyldes from The Noun Square answers the question "WTF is Farcaster, and why should you care?" (Bonus Episode for ZeroPod subscribers.) Join us on Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/~/invite-page/3642?id=1b5f4984

On Feb 8, neokry from the Builder DAO team joined Prof and Toady for BuilderBox LIVE to talk about the Bali Upgrade that will allow Builder-launched DAOs to migrate to L2! BuilderBox LIVE hosted every other week as a streaming broadcast on the Unlonely.app, and distributed to the TNS YouTube + as a bonus episode on the Zero Rights Reserved podcast …

On this episode of This Week in Nouns, TNS's JackWyldes brings you up to date on all things Nounish in less than four minutes. Here are some of the highlights:- TNS successfully launches yellowcollective.xyz- Nouns Esports News- Book of Nouns, a Nounish Anime releases some teasers- The Line drops teasers of their nounish film too- Nouns Short Short…

We're starting 2024 off with a bang as Jesse Pollak joins us for episode 21 of ZEROPOD! Jesse is a longtime Coinbase alum and leads the team for their Ethereum L2, BASE. On this episode, Toady Hawk and Benbodhi from TNS ask Jesse about his crypto journey, his thoughts on the recent BTC EFT approval, and about his vision for the future of BASE. They…

On January 5, Chris Carella joined us as the first guest of the new BuilderBox LIVE, now hosted every other week as a streaming broadcast on Unlonely.app, and distributed to the TNS YouTube and as a bonus episode on the Zero Rights Reserved podcast feed. ICYMI, here is the video of episode 1!

2023 was another big year for the Nouns community, from parade floats to sail boats, coffee shops to charity ops, and esports denomination to custom animation! In this special "Last Year in Nouns" wrap-up episode of our This Week in Nouns series, JackWyldes takes us for a walk down memory chain, reminiscing about all the many things that happened i…

It's the crossover episode you never knew you needed -- on episode 20 of ZEROPOD, our very last episode of 2023, BoysClub cofounder Deana Burke joins us to talk about building a community media organization on the new "ownable internet." We hear about her background, how BoysClub came to be, and what to expect in 2024, with many more interesting to…

On Episode 19 of the Zero Rights Reserved Podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder sat down with Roy aka Zeneca, founder of ZenAcademy and the 333Club, cohost of the Two Bored Apes podcast and beloved web 3 educator! We talked with Roy about his journey, from playing poker professionally to teaching NFT-curious people when to hold'em! We ask what …

On this bonus episode for the ZEROPOD feed, we are re-broadcasting a conversation with Pifafu from OP Labs that took place on our weekly RETRO RADIO Twitter Spaces all about retroactive public goods funding from Optimism, Gitcoin, Nouns and others. Pif takes us through her career, including stints at Patreon and GitHub before joining OP Labs, and t…

Episode 18 of the Zero Rights Reserved Podcast is a special one because it’s the first time we’ve ever streamed an interview live. We did so on the Unlonely web3 streaming platform, which only seemed natural, as ZEROPOD’s Toady Hawk and ProfWerder were hosting Grace and Brian Guan, the founders of Unlonely! We talked to them about their individual …

On Episode 17 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk hosts artist, designer and talented doodler extraordinaire Vinnie Hager. We talk about his early art beginnings making small custom pieces for his friends back in high school, and follow his trajectory all the way through to becoming one of the most iconic and versatile physical & digital artists in our space. T…

On Episode 16 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Prof Werder sit down with Dan Romero aka @ dwr, founder of Farcaster. We talk about his Coinbase origins, his days as a Twitter API dev, and why he and his co-founder chose to tackle the important problem of Decentralized Social. We also talk about Nouns, Network States, permissionless proliferation and so m…

On this episode of This Week in Nouns, host JackWyldes talks about Nouns: A Movie, an historic TI12 run by our Nouns Esports team, a Noggled-up musical in China, a super-cool Nounish LED keychain, and a charity Christmas party for children in Australia. Let's go! _______________________00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Nouns: A Movie 00:55 - Nouns at The Inter…

On Episode 15 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk sits down with Noah Davis aka CryptoPunkNoah. We talk about his experience working at Christie's, where he brokered the famous $69 Million Beeple deal, and ask him about the differences between the trad art world and the world of NFTs. We also talk about Cryptoadz, his love for CC0 and his collection Howlerz, pl…

October 23/2023 On Episode 14 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher sit down with Chris Waters and Eric Towner from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, makers of Robot Chicken, Marvel's MODOK, and soon a full-length feature documentary all about Nouns called [REDACTED] (you'll have to watch the pod to find out!) First with Eric, we delve into his memories o…

"So, we're thinking of starting a company that competes in professional esports while producing full-length animated feature films, designing custom timepieces and distributing residential bidets. What do you think?" Welcome to This Week in Nouns, all the news from around the Nouniverse, in 4 minutes or less!_________________________00:00 - Intro 0…

OG Nouner Brennen.eth and Nouns DAO founder 4156 have a weekly show on tavern.fm where they interview selected Nouns Proposers about their active proposals. On this week's episode, they hosted Sumiez, who wants to make a nounish Action Rogue-Lite Game, and WideEyedKarl who is proposing to create a nounish children's playground in China. In collabor…

October 16/2023 On Episode 13 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk sits down with skateboarding legend, philanthropist, and brand new Nouner Bob Burnquist! Bob talks about his childhood growing up in Brazil under an oppressive regime that actually banned skateboarding in public, and how he made it from those humble beginnings to tearing up the X Games and pullin…

October 11/2023 On Episode 12 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Prof Werder host Bitcoin OG, Nouner and founder of Pizza DAO— Snax! We chat with him about how he went from studying mathematics at University to travelling around the world hosting crypto-onboarding pizza parties, and everything in between. Please LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy! — …

OG Nouner Brennen.eth and Nouns founder 4156 have started a new weekly show on tavern.fm where they interview selected Nouns Proposers about their active proposals. In this inaugural episode from last week, they hosted skateboarding legend Bob Burnquist, as well as Chris Waters from Stoopid Buddy, the studio that brought you Robot Chicken. In colla…

It's time for another episode of This Week in Nouns, where we break down everything that happened in the Nouniverse this week in 5 minutes or less! In this episode, we give you the low-down on the new TNS Yellow Collective, highlight a new nouner-developed Twitter Spaces alternative called Tavern.fm and a new custom skateboard deck shop called boar…

October 2/2023 On Episode 11 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Robotfishgirl host one half of the dynamic duo behind Deadfellaz — @psych_nft! We battled against a raging Australian wind storm that caused several wifi interruptions for our guest, determined to persevere and hear about his journey as an artist, the Deadfellaz story, his views on Nouns, and …

In this bonus ZEROPOD ICYMI Episode, we are Proliferating With Permission Noun 40's recent appearance on Chase Chapman's "On The Other Side" Podcast. We found this interview very inspiring for anyone interested in what Nouns is really all about, and reached out to Chase to offer to amplify their pod for our audience. So without further ado, enjoy! …

Sept 25 2023------In this episode of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, The Noun Square's Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher interview artist, musician and stop-motion animator Ed Balloon.We'll hear about his journey as an artist, how the pandemic forced him to think of new ways to engage with this fans, and why he wants to collaborate and use his platfor…

September 19/2023 On "The Purple Pod", Episode 9 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Robotfishgirl sit down with artist and 2-time non-DAO founder Chris Carella. We learn about his career and crypto journey, chat about his role as one of the founders of the Farcaster-supporting collective “Purple DAO” and the artist-supporting collective “Energy,” and we as…

Welcome to TWIN (This Week In Nouns) for the week of Sep 10, 2023! Catch up on everything you might have missed in the Nouniverse in 5 minutes or less, directly from TNS's JackWyldes. This week, it's all about the first Nouns Fork, a new Nounish video game proposal, some great Noun-fiction reading and more. __________________________0:00 - Intro 0:…

September 11/2023 On Episode 8 (how fitting) of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Cardno host the one and only Jack Butcher, founder of Visualize Value and the man behind the Checks and Opepen art projects. We learn about Jack’s childhood in the UK, how he ended up Stateside, and all about his journey as an artist and a creative. We then delve into the ethos…