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Tokenized

Fintech Brainfood & Dux Media

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This show is for the builders, who see the Bitcoin ETF as just the first step in a much broader picture. The tokenization of all assets. This show will come to your feed every week featuring the latest news, with views from the operators, to the builders, and the people in markets and in Crypto who see tokenization as the credible future of finance. Join Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa for weekly nerd outs on all things stablecoins and the tokenization of real world as ...
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Podioslave Podcast

Nerdery Productions

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Podioslave Podcast is a podcast for music nerds. Episodes range from commentary on the current music climate (touring, music business, etc), deep dives on specifics bands and albums, and interviews with folks from all walks of the music industry. We nerd out on seeing live music, collecting music, and studying the music industry. No genre is off limits; however, you'll likely hear us discussing rock, hip hop, metal, etc. #nerdery
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Fintech Takes

Alex Johnson

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Fintech moves fast. But here at Fintech Takes, Alex Johnson and his rotating panel of guests move faster so that you can stay on top of the latest and greatest news in the industry without breaking a sweat. Welcome to Fintech Takes—the place where fintech’s biggest nerds come to sit back, relax, and completely geek out. Join Alex and a lineup of fintech’s brightest minds as they dissect what’s happening in fintech and banking. Each week, Alex and his guests recap the most interesting develop ...
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The NEST

Nerd Entertainment and Sports Talk

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Welcome to The NEST! Nerd Entertainment & Sports Talk. Your hosts, Brandon Brewer and Zach Billings discuss their favorite video games, movies, TV shows and sports happenings. Enjoy the show!
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Nerds & Jesus Podcast

Mary Howell & Dezerae Manier

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How should Christian nerds navigate living in the secular world, and be a light in the darkness, while nerding out on all types of TTRPGs/ fandoms pop culture has to offer? Join Mary Howell & Dezerae Manier with various guests as I cover different types of fandoms through the lens of the gospel. Whether you're looking for a Christian podcast to hear the latest nerd/geeky news or want to see how you can share your faith in your nerdy circle, this is the podcast for you! Whether you're looking ...
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Star Wars: Safespace

Circle of Nerds

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"Star Wars: Safespace” is an unapologetically positive force for long-time fans and the Swarsy curious. Free of gatekeeping, judgment, and negative Star Wars theories, we break down a different TV episode or film from the Star Wars franchise each week, in a relaxed, easily accessible atmosphere. This is your Star Wars safe space to learn more about a galaxy far, far away, with people who love Star Wars, even if they don’t always like it.
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You know songs by Metallica, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath... but have you listened to music by Conception, KOIAI, or Stream of Passion? Flow Into Your Mind is a podcast that brings listeners on a journey to explore lesser-known bands and music artists, with a focus on rock and metal. Each episode will put the spotlight on a unique band or musician who deserves worldwide attention. Flow Into Your Mind is joyfully hosted by Matt Dobrosky, a guitar nerd and symphonic metal enthusiast.
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Circle Gherkin

AaronLeigh, Kid Charisma & M0D3Rn

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Circle Gherkin started out as a joke guild in the space-themed MMO, Wildstar. The name was popular among it's guild members for its hilarious and not-so-subtle innuendo. Ultimately the name has stuck with the group ever since, even as they departed the world of Nexus at an attempt to regain their social lives. The founding fathers of the group; AaronLeigh, Kid Charisma and M0dern now have their eyes set on a different goal. To create entertaining and somewhat informative videos, podcasts and ...
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This series is a reclamation. Of how we hold space. Of what makes us trustworthy. Of the body-led, relational, intuitive roots of our work as mother care providers. Whether you’re a coach, birthworker, doula, circle facilitator, or healer, if you support mothers, this podcast is for you. Inside: 🌀 9 essential practices to hold space with more depth, nervous system awareness, and integrity 🌀 The nuance you’ve been craving — language for the things you’ve felt but couldn’t name 🌀 Real talk on ...
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Nerds of the Squared Circle

The SomewhatNerdy Podcast Network

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Welcome to Nerds of the Squared Circle, a weekly podcast were we talk about and review the lasted in wrestling news and events. Join the crew from SomewhatNerdy.com as we talk all things Wrestling. Made for the casual and hardcore fans of the Squared Circle. Nerds of the Squared Circle Podcast is brought to you by the SomewhatNerdy Podcast Network, home of The SomewhatNerdy Radio Podcast and Future Flicks with Billiam. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter there will be links to everything on th ...
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There’s a lot of Star Wars content: The Original Trilogy, the Prequels, Clone Wars, the Sequels, Rebels, Mandalorian... What if we looked at the Universe in chronological order? Join two Star Wars nerds and one newcomer as they look at the Star Wars Saga - from Phantom Menace to the Rise of Skywalker - one step at a time.
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Listen to where it all started ... PowerBomb Nation Pro Wrestling Podcast delivers electrifying discussions on everything happening inside the squared circle! Hosted by passionate wrestling fans and industry insiders, this show dives deep into weekly wrestling recaps, legendary match breakdowns, and the latest news from WWE, AEW, Impact, and beyond. Whether you’re a lifelong wrestling enthusiast or new to the sport, PowerBomb Nation offers thoughtful analysis, bold predictions, and a tribute ...
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The Pete Podcast

Peter Mukisa Amegovu

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I bring you mindset for the elite with actionable insights to help you reach your ambitions and also nurture the talents and skill sets within you. I am Peter Mukisa Amegovu, not the average nerd and I’m from Africa here to give you a window to your dreams because I love helping people achieve their dreams. I’m a big dream believer. I need to change the way our education systems work to help build up talent later on and I look into rewriting the future for Africa as well as the low income co ...
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Welcome to our new miniseries, Engineering the SMB Capital Stack, sponsored by our friends at Fundbox. This four-part series digs into small businesses, small business lending, and the forces reshaping how small businesses access capital. In Episode 1, I sit down with Prashant Fuloria, CEO of Fundbox (and my cohost for the episodes that follow). We…
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On Ep. 55 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Dan Mottice, CEO & Co-Founder @ Beam, Itai Turbahn, Co-founder & CEO @ Dynamic, Matt Marcus, CEO & Co-Founder @ Modern Treasury and Michael Shaulov, Co-Founder & CEO @ Fireblocks to discuss Modern Treasury's acquisition of Beam for payment infrastructure, Fireblocks acquires Dynamic for…
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In episode 294 of the podcast, we chat with Marcos Siega, director of some of our favorite music videos of all time. We dig into Marcos’ roots as a NYHC kid, his start in directing with music videos, and we drill down on videos from Papa Roach, System of a Down, Blink-182 and many others. Marcos is a music nerd at heart, just like us, so naturally …
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For a recent special issue of the early childhood magazine Exchange on protecting play, host Heather Bernt-Santy wrote an article addressing the often asked question, “If I just let children play, how am I still a teacher?” She talks more about this question with Sam Balch. FREE virtual Protecting Play conference: https://hub.exchangepress.com/shop…
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Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined in this episode by three guests — Steve Smith (Co-founder and CEO of Invela; former Co-founder of Finicity and Founder of the Financial Data Exchange), Todd Taylor (Co-head of Intellectual Property; Co-head of Commercial & Technology Transactions at Moore & Van Allen), and Dan Murp…
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On Ep. 54 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Diogo Monica, GP @ Haun Ventures and Michelle O'Connor, Founder @ The Digital Future to discuss Tempo's $500M funding round, the rise of vertically integrated payment blockchains and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:02 Tempo's $500M fun…
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In the finale of our new miniseries, Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts (sponsored by our friends at Pipe), we confront the biggest questions yet, like: How can maturing vertical SaaS companies scale without losing the obsessive focus that made them indispensable? Should they expand into adjacent markets, or double down on their n…
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In episode 293 of the podcast, we look back on 25 years of A Perfect Circle’s ‘Mer De Noms’ We dig into our early memories of the record, the nature of the band’s genesis, its haunting and beautiful musical vibe, Maynard’s vocal performance, and much more. What a record. Spin it today, in headphones, with no distractions. You’ll be happy you did. W…
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On Ep. 1 of Stablecoin Stories, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa and Ran Goldi, VP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Kash Razzaghi, Chief Commercial Officer @ Circle to discuss Circle's multi-chain approach and the Arc blockchain, the difference between using and issuing stablecoins and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:34 Kash's journey…
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Every now and again, host and early childhood professor Heather Bernt-Santy has a little panic–what if by teaching current ideas, theories about good practice, and new research about working with young children, she’s just setting students up to be frustrated or to get in trouble when they work in programs where they don’t see what they’re learning…
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Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Kevin Moss (Senior Advisor at Baselayer, former CRO) to help launch Facing Credit, a new series where we unpack what’s happening in lending right now. We start with student loans. Repayment data is finally flowing back to credit bureaus after years of paused reporting (which hav…
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On Ep. 53 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Morgan Krupetsky, VP of Business Development for Onchain Finance @ Ava Labs and Raagulan Pathy, Founder & CEO @ KAST to discuss the flash crash, market liquidations, $300 trillion PYUSD accidentally minted and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:23 The flash crash and market liquida…
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Welcome back to our new miniseries Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. In episode 5, hosts Alex Johnson and Luke Voiles (CEO of Pipe) sit down with Lacey Ford, CMO at ABC Fitness, to unpack how vertical SaaS companies go to market (through the lens of fitness tech, of course). ABC Fitness is a vSa…
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In episode 292 of the podcast, we give MGMT’s first album, ‘Oracular Spectacular’, the Podioslave treatment. We’re joined by friend of the pod, Kevin K. AKA “PRJCT MGR”. We dig into our early memories of the record, the production, the perfect side A, and everything in between. This record was a monster in the moment, and hold’s up extremely well. …
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On Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis are joined by David Weber, Head of PYUSD Ecosystem @ PayPal to discuss PayPal's strategy for PYUSD and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:35 PayPal's strategy for PYUSD and global expansion 04:53 Stablecoin supply growth crossing $300 …
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Elliot Haspel’s newest book, Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care for All makes a powerful case that ensuring child care for every family who wants or needs access benefits each of us. Listen to host Heather Bernt-Santy’s conversation with Elliot about the way child care for all can support the values of those who b…
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Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we’re absolutely not giving investment advice on. First up is EtherFi Cash, a DeFi-native credit card (from Ether.fi) that flips banking math. You load stablecoins onto the card as collateral. From there, you can either spend them…
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Welcome back to our new miniseries Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. In episode 4, we attempt to tackle the age-old question: build, buy, or partner? Hosts Alex Johnson and Luke Voiles (CEO of Pipe) sit down with A.J. Axelrod, VP Payments & Financial Services at Clio) to explore how Clio’s uniqu…
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In episode 291 of the podcast, we’re joined by Jay Reason to take a 30 year look back at Connecticut Hardcore. Jay needs no introduction, with his involvement in Voice of Reason, The Distance, Blackened, Static Era Records, War God Collective, Diablo’s Den Podcast, Stillborn Records, etc We talk Jay’s come up in the 90s attending shows, starting ba…
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On Ep. 52 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Eric Queathem, Co-Founder @ Velocity and Marieke Flament, 2x CEO, Angel Investor, Advisor, Co-Author of Euro Stable Watch to discuss challenges of Euro stablecoin adoption, banks' concerns with on-chain yield products and more! Timestamps: 00:…
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NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct says, “Above all, we shall not harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, or intimidating to children.” What does this have to do with nap time in child care settings? A whole lot, according to host Heather…
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Welcome back to Fintech Takes. Listeners may remember my first audiobook experiment…well, we’re back, by popular demand! In our second ever Fintech Takes audiobook podcast episode, I take on the subject I can’t stop writing, thinking, and podcasting about (if you know, you know): gambling. In March, I published my deep dive essay on The Biggest Thr…
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Welcome back to our new miniseries Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. In episode 3,  we dig even deeper into the fintech strategy behind embedded finance within vertical SaaS (platforms that are the IDEAL distribution channel for B2B financial products). But how does the process of embedding fina…
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In episode 290 of the podcast, we’re joined by Sonia Sturino, vocalist and guitarist of Weakened Friends. We dig into their formation as a band, making a name for yourself as a band repping Maine, touring, and the writing process behind their excellent 3rd LP, ‘Feels Like Hell’, out October 10th on Don Giovanni Records. We’re huge fans of the new r…
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Author, educator and community organizer Dr. Megan Madison joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about her First Conversations children’s book series, children’s developing sense of justice and fairness, book bans, and more. This conversation will leave you feeling determined and hopeful, as it did Heather. More about the book series, including do…
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Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my partner-in-recapping, Jason Mikula. First up: the uneasy détente in open banking is over. Jason and I haven’t had a chance to debrief on Plaid’s deal with JPMorgan Chase to pay for API access (so we do). Payments use cases remain the most expensive, Plaid is eating the fees (…
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Hello, and thanks for joining us for the fourth and final episode of Cash Flow Conversations, a new miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. In episode 4, I sit down with Chris Hansen, GM, Cash Atlas Solutions at Nova Credit. Chris has probably thought more than anyone I know about how cash flow data is going to reshape the credit data and analytics ec…
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Hello, and welcome back to Cash Flow Conversations, a new miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. Episode 3 is my conversation with Matt Zalubowski, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Atlanticus, a subprime lender focused on offering credit cards and personal loans. The challenge in this market is finding more ways to fairly and r…
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On Ep. 50 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Edward Woodford, CEO & Founder @ zerohash and Keith Grose, Senior Country Director of the UK @ Coinbase to discuss zerohash raising $104 million and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 zerohash raises $104 million from Morgan Stanley an…
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Welcome back to our new miniseries, Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. Vertical SaaS platforms are experiencing major growth; they’ve become the operating system for every industry (with financial products and services baked right into workflows that SMBs already live in every day). Vertical SaaS…
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In episode 289 of the podcast, we’re joined by Snow Ellet (guitar/vocals) and Ryan Nolen (vocals/guitar) of the Chicago band Footballhead. We dig into their musical come up, what lead them to forming Footballhead, playing Riot Fest, new music, and their big 2026 coming up. Ryan and Snow are awesome, and Footballhead is poised to do big things in th…
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Hello, and welcome back to Cash Flow Conversations, a new podcast miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. We’re exploring how cash flow data moves from theory (“this is intriguing”) to practice (“wow, that worked!”) across the consumer lending lifecycle. It’s risky to try something new; especially when said new thing has the potential to increase cred…
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Hello, and welcome to Cash Flow Conversations, a new podcast miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. If you’ve followed my work, you’ll know that I’m obsessed with cash flow data (and underwriting more specifically). That’s because it has enormous potential to positively reshape consumer lending in the U.S. As banks, credit unions, and fintechs move f…
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Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by David Roos, Partner at Core Innovation Capital — an early-stage fintech investor (founded in 2010) that backs scalable businesses built to drive financial inclusion for low- and middle-income consumers. We dig into how Core really sizes up founders and business models, what’s sh…
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It’s time for the second installment of Free the Teachers! In this episode, Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by Richard Cohen, Carol Garboden Murray, Stacy Benge, and Tiffany Pearsall to talk through the ways we can be free of traditional calendar, circle, and other large group times and to share new ways of thinking about gathering with young childre…
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Flow Into Your Mind is back with another episode! This time, I'm excited to give you details about the progressive metal band Lost in Thought. Show Lost in Thought some support: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eaEhax0Mj4NNXxvWEtnUF Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lit_band/# Follow the podcast to discover more underground artists: L…
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On Ep. 49 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Stani Kulechov, Founder & CEO @ Aave Labs to discuss BlackRock's intention to tokenize all of its ETFs over time, and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:19 Bank of England plan to limit stablecoin holdings in the UK 06:04 Implications of …
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Welcome to our new miniseries, Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. This six-part miniseries explores how Vertical SaaS (vSaaS) platforms are becoming the operating systems for every industry. They’re experiencing tremendous growth because they solve the challenges unique to SMB owners. Increasingl…
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In episode 288 of the podcast, we’re joined by Pat Cozens, vocalist of the hardcore punk band Restraining Order. We dig into Pat’s come up, the formation of the band, signing to Blue Grape Music, and their awesome new album, ‘Future Fortune’, out everywhere. Pat is a real one, and this new album has a timeless sound we think you’ll dig. Photo Credi…
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In this episode taken from Tokenized Live in London, Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly, Stani Kulechov, Founder & CEO @ Aave Labs and Guy Young, Founder @ Ethena Labs to discuss how DeFi goes mainstream and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:10 Aave protocol overview and tokenized assets on Horizon 02:18 Ethena's synthetic dollar and yie…
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Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I riff about fintech companies we’re absolutely not giving investment advice on. (Speaking of Simon, he’s got a new day job: he’s joining Tempo, a payments-first blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. Will this lead to spicier payment takes? We shall see!) We kick things of…
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In this week’s episode, host Heather Bernt-Santy interviews Amy Reyes-Hauff, Early Learning Specialist with the Wyoming Department of Education’s school success divistion. They talk about traditional circle time practices in early childhood settings and Amy suggests that it’s time to scrap circle time in favor of more developmentally informed pract…
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On Ep. 48 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, is joined by Garrett Harper, Head of Partnerships & Comms, Squads, Ran Goldi, VP Payments, Fireblocks and Basak Toprak, EMEA Head, Kinexys Digital Payments, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan to discuss how stablecoins and deposit tokens will coexist and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introdu…
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In episode 287 of the podcast, we’re joined by Ryan Zwiefelhofer (bass) and Kaylan Cloyd (guitar) of the band Acceptance. We dig into 20 years of ‘Phantoms’, from their early signing to Columbia Records, its initial release, and their decision to re-record it with guest features from the likes of Teddy Swims, Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low) and many o…
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We’re at the finish line of Source of Truth, the new podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at SOLO. And much like in a relay race, Eric Woodward (CEO at FinatIQ, who shaped one of the most successful digital payment platforms in the U.S. as the former Group President at Early Warning, the parent of Zelle) is the anchor tha…
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