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Propaganda, Art, Health, Regenerative Systems, Great Food, Economic Incentives, and building companies in an increasingly digital world.
These concepts own my mind. This podcast is an opportunity to explore these ideas with world leaders, entrepreneurs, my homies, and people who generally excite or entertain me.
It is called a playground for a reason. This podcast will be as fun as it is informative; we are tackling society's most pervasive issues, but in a way that we are undoubtedly going to fuck up, scribble on, and get hurt.
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NFTs, Art, and the Power of the Internet with Jack Butcher
What if the art isn’t the image, it’s the system? Jack Butcher believes the most interesting thing happening in digital art isn’t beautiful pictures. It’s people digging through a system, trying to figure out what’s rare, what’s worth something, and why anyone cares at all. His latest experiment ran entirely on X Money, turned a flood of payments into a single artwork, and moved faster than any gallery ever could. Jack and I explore the collision of crypto art, NFTs, digital scarcity, and financial markets, from why collectors obsess over rarity to whether Bitcoin has actually fulfilled its original promise. We also get into X Money, the future of banking, AI-driven software development, and why self-driving cars could make today's transportation feel completely absurd. The internet has made it easier than ever to create, distribute, and monetize ideas. But when everyone can build something, what makes anything worth owning?
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03:28 Overnight Success Myth
07:01 Why X Money
10:17 Obsessed With Eight
11:57 Rarity And Value Systems
13:24 CryptoPunk Lessons
17:02 Designing Statements Agency
22:03 Balances Token Explained
25:51 Price Dies, Art Doesn’t
31:29 Crypto Kept Its Promise
35:22 Self-Custody Nightmares
39:20 X Money And New Rails
42:20 Cops vs. Self-Driving
46:16 Tesla’s Hidden Business
48:20 Robotaxis Replace Ubers
50:36 Moving From UK To US
54:40 UK Salaries Are Wild
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15 Oct 2026
The Beautiful Struggle of Becoming an Artist with Wesley Jay
What if the music industry isn't built to reward great artists anymore? What if it's built to reward whoever plays the algorithm best? Musician Wesley Jay joins us to unpack a world where artists are pressured to become content creators, streaming platforms decide what their work is worth, and millions of views can still leave you broke. The deeper question isn't how to go viral. It's whether you can build a creative life without surrendering everything that made you want to create in the first place. We dive into creativity as rebellion, the mental health benefits of turning suffering into art, the morality of separating art from the artist, and how media manipulation shapes public perception. Wesley also opens up about leaving corporate life, surviving financial uncertainty, and finding his voice through music. Somewhere between artistic freedom, cancel culture, and the business of attention, there's a question most creators are afraid to confront: are you making art because you love it, or because you want the world to notice?
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02:42 LA Energy
06:35 Shadow Career
11:54 Music as Rebellion
19:12 Ghost in the Backseat
29:01 Separating Art And Artist
38:46 American Nightmare
44:09 Short-Form Games
47:09 Who Prices Art
52:04 Famous and Broke
59:17 Yellow Hot Take
1:03:18 Stevie Wonder Prank
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8 Oct 2026
How To Turn Being Unemployable Into a Career with Anthony Wynkoop
Anthony Wynkoop might be the most talented unemployable man in Austin. He's a stand-up comedian who rapped his way through Kill Tony, a musician making everything from indie rock to murder rap, and a hibachi chef who somehow turned cooking fried rice into 90 minutes of crowd work. Now he's stepping into a leadership role in San Francisco, despite admitting he's never held a job for more than a year. Anthony and I unpack the chaos of building a life around multiple creative pursuits instead of one conventional career. We get into the nerves of performing on Kill Tony, the strange money flowing through Las Vegas, growing up Vietnamese-American, and why a bowl of pho can carry more family history than most people realize. Somewhere between comedy, entrepreneurship, cultural identity, and an obsessive debate about ramen, a bigger question emerges: What if being unemployable is actually your greatest advantage?
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00:01:18 Undercover Capitalist
00:04:53 Hibachi Empire
00:08:08 Ninety Minutes Crowdwork
00:13:55 Kill Tony Rap
00:18:41 Comedy Connections
00:21:48 Vegas Stories And Mysteries
00:28:45 Hawaiian Food Culture
00:33:49 Pho Family Secrets
00:36:32 Vietnamese Food Roots
00:39:39 Life On Tour
00:41:08 OnlyFans Economy
00:44:04 Banned Books
00:46:58 Growing Up Vegas
00:48:51 Vegas Food Secrets
00:51:15 Austin Ramen Picks
00:58:53 Private Feed Portal
01:00:09 Anthony's Creative Projects
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