Best Jason Yap Podcasts (2025)

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Guests: Jason Hill & CJ McDermott 1:23:22

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Get ready to steep in the fun, teabags! This week at my kitchen table, I chat with my friends and fellow Pittsburgh-based podcasters, Jason Hill and CJ McDermott, creators of the You’ve Got Males podcast. As I mention early in the episode, AMKT doesn't exist without these guys, and I appreciate the hell out of how open and helpful they've been as I…

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Why Bitcoin’s Biggest Threat- and Opportunity Might- Come from Quantum Physics 19:50

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“Quantum computing is taking the laws of nature — light, heat, entanglement — and turning them into a new kind of computer. When that happens, the way we think about Bitcoin’s security will have to change forever.” — Charlie Shrem This week on The Charlie Shrem Show, we go deep into the strangest frontier yet: the intersection of Bitcoin, cryptogra…

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Sideshow 152 - Jason Merrill - Gives You A Doggy Bag Of Jokes To Take Home 1:09:44

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Street Jokes are a doggie Bag of comedy shows … something you can tell at the bubbler at the office on Monday and Jason Merrill makes sure that doggie bag is full when you leave his shows. The pride of Lawrence Tech HS, Jason got a late start in comedy but the mentoring and friendships with folks like Dave Rattigan, Dave Russo and Lenny Clark help …

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Putting My Heels Down | Kara Tatelbaum 1:08:40

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It takes a true dreamer to become a dancer, but grit and a bit of luck are often necessary to navigate this challenging world and bring that dream to life. Many dancers know the feeling—when everything seems to be falling into place, the universe can throw unexpected hurdles your way. That’s been my own experience, and it’s part of why Putting My H…

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Guest: Shannon Reichel 49:29

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Shannon Reichel loses her podcast virginity at my kitchen table this week! Our chat began with her recounting her experiences raising a biracial child. But because we veered off-topic, she comments on ideology versus action, family dynamics, and the impact of secrets. Shannon ends up spilling a few drops of tea towards the end of our time as we vee…

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CPP # 276 - As I Was Saying Before I Was Interrupted 1:10:16

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Contexting Education Policy & Reform | Angela Pickard 1:00:41

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Guest: Tim Gallagher 1:03:30

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Tim Gallagher, AKA Dirk Magnum, pulls up a seat at my kitchen table today! Tim is the bass player and vocalist for Tongue 'N Cheek, an 80s band out of Wheeling, WV, that brings the decade of excess in full glory to every show. Tim was very cool to be one of my early recordings when this podcast was all wishes and hopes. We talk about rock & metal, …

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Anatomy of Choice | Alexandra Beller 1:03:11

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Guest: Connie Iorio 1:18:38

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I welcome Connie Iorio at my kitchen table with an adult beverage this week to talk about understanding menopause through the rearview, which is the only view you have when you go through it early but the doctors won't take you seriously! She very candidly discusses what she calls her "crazy years" as we walk through what it feels like when you are…

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CPP Ep. 276 - Continued Success 1:25:09

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Biff is back this episode to catch up with Jacques and Joe and their waaaaaacky adventures! First, Joe returned to RetroWorld Expo in Connecticut for his annual family outing and *almost* beat the Whammy. Then Jacques and Joe laugh it up with Nick and Joe (no relation) at the Found Footage Festival in Harvard Square! And if THAT wasn't enough, Jacq…

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A Depth Within | Winston Reynolds 56:11

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Guest: EJ Post 1:23:47

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Very excited to have EJ Post at my kitchen table this week. I met EJ on threads, which is a plus in the "good" column of being on socials. EJ is a Pittsburgh author, having published her first book Hiding Places in 2024. She is one of those people who, when she sees a need, rolls up her sleeves and jumps in to fill that need. She's deeply committed…

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Growing Older, Dancing Deeper | Sharon Brach 58:47

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Guest: Angela Myers 1:34:45

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Angela Myers pulls up a chair at my kitchen table to talk about her experience with postpartum depression with psychosis. From when she noticed things weren’t right to the wrong medicine to a hospital stay to finding relief in functional medicine, Angela candidly tells a serious story with great humor. Also, she’s my sister. Intro riff by Dale Lytl…

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At My Kitchen Table Teaser 0:23

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Coming soon and with weekly drops, join At My Kitchen Table to hear real stories from real people who do cool things, think fun thoughts, and have overcome big obstacles! Intro riff by Dale Lytle (concert husband). All content edited (I use that term very loosely) by Karen Shaak.By Karen Shaak

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CPP Ep. 275 - Super Sized Summer Spectacular 2:06:45

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Buckle Up … this is a long one ... (that’s what she said) … no … no she ever actually said that ever. Management and Jacques boys are in LA … Oasis and Halloween Horror Nights – While Jacques has Joe over to watch more early 70s Match Game Chat passing of the great Ken Dryden, new season of Dexter, playing Atari 2600 games … and parenting tips. Oh …

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Choreographing Your Dance Career | Janaea Rose Lyn 56:06

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Before diving into yet another fascinating season of dance changemakers, we first have some bonus episodes to wet your appetite! Season 3 is primarily about multi-faceted artists who wear many hats and are brilliant at them all. When the opportunity to host an inaugural LIVE book review presented itself, I duly accepted the challenge to tell choreo…

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From Surgeon to CEO: Lessons in Frameworks, Funding, and Founders with Nic Roberts-Huntley of Blueprint Finance 26:11

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What happens when you take the discipline of an Oxford-trained surgeon and apply it to crypto? You get Nic Roberts-Huntley, founder of Concrete and Glow, two of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols. In this episode, Nic and Charlie dive deep into the frameworks, philosophies, and practical decisions that turn ideas into billion-dollar realities. From…

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CPP Sideshow 151 - Kathe Farris: Comedian, Wine Cork Artist, Laser Tag Aficionado 1:02:22

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Kathe Farris got a late start in stand up … and laser tag … but has more than made up for lost time and is one of New England’s favorite headlining comics and she is willing to ruin any 9-year old’s birthday to get on the leader board. Kathe also works with John Tobin Presents booking the most icon comedy spaces like Off Cabot (Beverly MA), Laugh B…

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The Superfood Biohacker Who’s Helping Crypto Millionaires Fix Their Health with Ian Farrar 20:51

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In this episode of The Charlie Shrem Show, Charlie sits down with Ian Farrar, a 30-year biohacker, longtime investor, and founding brand partner at Puriam, a direct-to-consumer superfood company. While the crypto space is full of financial innovation, Ian brings the focus back to the most valuable asset you have—your body. They dive deep into what …

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CPP Ep. 274 Son Sets In LA(FC) 1:06:47

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What a way to boost listener ship of a comedy – pop culture podcast … start with 15 minutes of football (soccer) … BIG news for LAFC (Jax family MLS team) .. Son Heung-min, greatest Korean Footballer signs. Then we chat some of this and some of that. First time in a spell the three clowns are in the same car (on same pod) together in a while. Follo…

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Inside Coinbase’s Plan to Make Bitcoin Your Credit Card Rewards with Michael Rihani 23:47

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In this episode of The Charlie Shrem Show, Charlie is joined by Michael Rihani, Head of Product at Coinbase, to talk about how Bitcoin is finally going mainstream—not just as an investment, but as a spendable, usable financial asset. Michael breaks down the launch of Coinbase’s new American Express-powered credit card, which gives users up to 4% ba…

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CPP Ep. 273 What We Did On Summer Vacation by Joe and Jacques 2:12:39

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Joe talks his epic trip to Mecca (Fun Spot Arcade in Laconia NH) and Jacques chats his current trip to Mecca (Los Angeles). Bit of a long episode (your welcome) … cause it’s been a minute. Joe is having a great vacation full of family time AND candle pin bowling. Jacques LA time … Universal and LAFC games with his kid and meetings with friends of t…

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CPP Sideshow 150 - Cam K Morton ... The K is for Comedy! 55:59

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Producer. Director. Comedian … and easy on the eye, Mr. Glovebox Comedy, Cam is our super fun sideshow guest this week. If you were looking for a podcast with two production nerds talking the importance of 1st meal on set being hot … then THIS is the podcast for you, Jacques crossed paths in the stand-up circles with Cam pretty early on when he fel…

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CPP #272 - Bombs Away! 1:04:17

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Worse schools in the industrialized world but cutting the Department Of Education is somehow … gonna help us catch up to German, Japan … and everywhere else with Math skills? Same way bombing a country in the middle east is gonna make us all safer? What?! That … and some Stanley Cup chat, some video game talk and for those saying I wonder is Joe ca…

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Sideshow 149 - Sitcom Game Shows Cross Overs Part 1 1:16:17

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The thing Joe loves MOST on this planet (sure sure wife and kids …) Old Game Shows and the thing Jacques loves MOST on this planet (comment censored) … old Sitcoms. So when recently watching an episode of The Golden Girls … in which Dorothy ties out for Jeopardy (yes the great Alex Trebek AND Merv Griffen are on this episode) this send the boys dow…

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Bitcoin as Pristine Collateral: Risk Redefined. @PeoplesReserve with @CJKonstantinos 20:31

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During the darkest days of the last bear market, 5 years ago, I met my friend and guest @CJKonstantinos at The Green Flash in Florida. This guy is the definition of OG by doubling down and starting @peoplesreserve. He's creating Bitcoin-backed financial products that are reshaping the way we think about money. Tomorrow we are both speaking at Bitco…

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CPP Ep. 272 - In Jacques We Trust 1:33:36

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Jacques takes a well-deserved break from helping an elderly woman get their house in order on the other side of the country to tell Joe and Biff all about the grueling--yet fulfulling (?)--ordeal in great detail. TL;DR: Set up your family trust TODAY! Plus: Biff is watching anime and the Stanley Cup Final, and Joe is watching episodes of the 1980s …

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From Bitcoin to Boat Storage: Joey Rosati on Diversifying Investments 34:26

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I've gotten to know Joey Rosati (@rosaticorp) over the last 3 years working alonside hime in the VC trenches of Druid Ventures. Let me tell you, the VC world is a funny place and there are gems if you know where to find them. Joey is one of them. He knows that behind every successful business, it's all about people. In today's epic episode, Joey jo…

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CPP Ep. 271 - Carnival Personnel 8th Anniversary Spectacular! 1:27:26

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Just kidding, it's not spectacular in the least. Enjoy another regular old episode of Jacques, Joe and Biff talking about standup comedy, NHL hockey and TV watching. Oh, and Jacques does a very good deed for someone on the end of the country... the better end, some might say. Not to be confused with the "bitter end", to which is what we encourage y…

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CPP Sideshow 148 - Luckiest Man In America Recap 59:43

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Joe and Jacques (and shockingly, more Joe then Jacques) talk the new movie based on the infamous 1984 episode of Press Your Luck where an Ice Cream truck driver from Ohio won over 100k in one day. Was he cheating? Was it an inside job? Was it dumb luck? Is this guy who he says he is? We had fun talking what the movie got right and what (admittedly)…

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CPP Ep. 270 - Midnight Magic With Joe 1:35:55

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Channeling his best David Allan Boucher Joe starts off with a little ASMR … New Pope and New Q’Anon knuckles tattoo cipher guide. More info then ANYONE wants as Jacques breaks his HIPPA rights to over share his medical voyage. Jacques standup update includes looking forward to going to the prom ... yes, he is set to tell his little stories this wee…

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CPP Sideshow 147 - Jeremy Shipp of Winding Path Movies 1:23:12

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Jeremy Shipp is a writer (no, like really a writer … like people pay him to write stuff after lawyers and agents and studios agree that HE is a guy you want to pay to write for you …) he’s also one of our favorite social media content creators who has a passion for films and Hollywood that is infectious. Jeremy loves talking movies and writing so m…

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CPP Ep. 269 - Pope, Politics and Pro Hockey 1:02:37

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Jacques, Biff and Joe talk about the passing of Pope Francis, the latest political shenangeans of a certain dictatorial administration, and the NHL playoffs. Jacques also saw several Boston comedy legends perform during "Comedians in Their Shorts," a screening of several comics' short films at a Boston-area theater. And, um.... honestly, you can sk…

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Bitcoin = Home: The Mortgage Revolution No One Saw Coming with Josip Rupena of Milo 23:44

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Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d say: you can buy a house with your Bitcoin — without ever selling it. That’s the financial revolution Josip Rupena is building. He’s the founder and CEO of Milo, the fintech startup that’s already issued over $60 million in crypto mortgages — loans backed by your Bitcoin, not your bank account. And here’s the k…

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CPP Sideshow 146 - Paul D'Angelo: Comedian, Renaissance Man/ 1:13:27

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11 plus years as a District Attorney … turned headlining comedian … author … musician … actor …. painter … to say Paul D’Angelo is a well-rounded Renaissance Man, is a vast understatement. First things first … Yes, Paul has Dick Doherty stories (sadly, no Dick Bucks) but he has stories about the drive-in theater his family owned in Medford, moving …

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Crypto, AI Agents, and the Future of Decentralized Infrastructure with Chris “Jinx” Jenkins 17:32

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My buddy Chris Jenkins just got back from ETHDenver, and he’s buzzing about the convergence of crypto and AI. He’s the head of operations at the Pocket Network Foundation, and right now, they’re gearing up for their biggest protocol upgrade ever: Shannon. What they’re doing is wild — opening up full permissionless access to decentralized data, from…

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Silk Road to Satoshi: Digging Up Bitcoin’s Buried Past with Pete Rizzo 45:03

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Pete Rizzo Thinks We're Losing Bitcoin's History. I'm Helping Him Fix That. Pete Rizzo’s been called Bitcoin’s historian — and after this conversation, you’ll understand why. He’s spent the past few years diving deep into the stories, people, and drama that built Bitcoin from nothing into a global force. We talk about that work — the threads, the a…

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Computer Arbitrage, Inefficient Markets, Tariffs, and Monetizing Stranded Energy with Sopris Capital’s Head of Special Situations Dan Wedman 24:33

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Welcome back, everyone! I sat down with my new friend Daniel Wedman, the head of special situations at Sopris Capital. We delved into a variety of topics, focusing on the dynamic world of Bitcoin and crypto investments, and the evolving landscape of capital markets. Daniel's Career Journey Daniel shared his fascinating career trajectory, starting f…

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CPP Ep. 268 - A Tariff On Your Ears 1:18:19

6M ago1:18:19

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Like hearing a mediocre comic talk about his last week of mediocre sets at shows around New England … then this podcast is for you. Jacques tells Joe that YET AGAIN, the highlight to his last couple weeks in stand-up was seeing a Masters Class in Comedy play out in front of him as hero to all comics, Steve Bjork gave a tiny crowd the best show they…

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CPP Ep. 267 - Emo Philips Is A National Treasure 1:39:34

7M ago1:39:34

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Did Joe and Jacques (and Mr. Wayne Russell from Open Mic Pain Podcast) go see Emo Philips last Friday in Portsmouth, NH? Yes. Did Joe and Jacques (and Wayne) hang out with Emo after having been introduced to him as a fellow comic and him treat us all like fellow comics? … YES. Was it the greatest nights of our lives, including over that of the birt…

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CPP Ep. 266 - Sammy Brown Said Jacques Doesn't Suck (At Stand-Up) 1:23:34

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Always nice when it’s all three – Joe and Biff competing to see which one comes close to getting more than three words in over Jacques self-indulgent ramblings. Jacques chats the super fun memorial service for his aunt this past weekend, complete with an Elvis impersonator. Jacques also chat some recent good stand up shows AND meeting a real hero o…

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Real-World Assets and Institutional Crypto: The Next Evolution of DeFi with Joe Flanagan Maple Finance 22:06

7M ago22:06

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In this episode, I sit down with Joe Flanagan, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Maple Finance, a leading institutional lending platform in DeFi. With nearly $6 billion in loans issued, Maple is one of the few crypto companies bridging the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). We cover some of the biggest…

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CPP Sideshow 145 - Sid Singh IS Illegally Funny 57:47

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Sid Singh is a Indian American Human Rights Lawyer … he’s also an amazing comedian living and touring Europe full time. Sid zoomed in from Sweden to chat with Jacques about his new special, “Illegally Funny” on YouTube. A friend of Jacques sent him an IG reel from Sid’s special that went viral and lucky for CPP, Sid didn’t block us when we asked if…

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Fixing Ethereum: Hart Lambur on Cross-Chain Intents & the Future of Interoperability 17:20

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In this episode, I sit down with Hart Lambur, the co-founder of Risk Labs, the team behind UMA and Across Protocol, two projects solving some of the biggest challenges in crypto—cross-chain interoperability and on-chain data verification. Ethereum has scaled, but in the process, it’s fragmented into over 50 Layer 2s, creating a messy user experienc…

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Why Privacy is the Next Big Thing in Crypto – Midnight CEO Eran Barak Explains 25:18

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In this episode, I sit down with Eran Barak, the CEO of Midnight, a groundbreaking new privacy-focused blockchain incubated by IOHK (Input Output, the team behind Cardano). Eran has an incredible background—before diving into Web3, he built the financial world’s digital plumbing at Symphony, a secure communications platform used by thousands of ban…

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The Missed Opportunity of Tokenization – What Comes Next? Tezos Founder Arthur Breitman 19:53

7M ago19:53

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In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Arthur Breitman, the co-founder of Tezos, one of the OG blockchains that has been innovating since 2018. We dive deep into the evolution of tokenization, why the first wave fell short, and how the next iteration can unlock real value. Arthur also shares insights on Tezos’ latest upgrades, the grow…

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CPP Ep 265 - What's In A Name 1:13:15

7M ago1:13:15

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Joe and Jacques chat how NOW, legally … Jacques, is Jacques. Chat the passing off a couple of Jacques aunts and the dread of family functions that follow. Another week in comedy another opening for a New England legion and another show at Nick’s coming up … but the big news is Jacques ISN’T opening for Emo Philips but will go see him with Joe in a …

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CPP Sideshow 144 - Comedian Tim Champa, The Overweight Champ 1:08:28

8M ago1:08:28

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Joe and Jacques we’re so blown away the first time they saw Tim Champa. It was at Nick’s Comedy Stop June 2023 (with their friend All Star Tommy from LA with his wife and daughter) – we talk getting Jacques 12 year old into Nick’s that night and seeing Tim dig out of a massive hole dug by the two … less than stellar comics before him. Tim’s approac…