Best Skip Steward Podcasts (2025)

1
Don’t Say Um with Michael Chad Hoeppner 32:11

Play Pause

6d ago32:11

32:11

Michael Chad Hoeppner is the Founder and CEO of GK Training, a firm dedicated to giving individuals, companies, and organizations the communication skills to reach their highest goals in work and life. Michael has worked with some of the world’s most influential companies and leaders, across a wide range of industries, universities, and professiona…

1
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, The [LAST] Steward of Decentralisation 39:19

7d ago39:19

39:19

The tradition of Epicenter x Vitalik Buterin continued this year as well at EthCC[8], where we got the chance of picking his brain about recent research, interests and Ethereum Foundation’s direction going forward. Join us for a fascinating discussion on biotech and how Vitalik’s Shiba ended up funding it, the utility of blockchains in nowadays soc…

1
Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication with Dr. Andrew Brodsky 30:22

13d ago30:22

30:22

Andrew Brodsky—a Harvard Business School doctoral graduate, award-winning business professor, management consultant, and expert in virtual communication at The University of Texas at Austin—has dedicated his career to unraveling the intricacies of virtual communication. Diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, his treatment led to a lifelong immune def…

1
Stripe: The Stablecoin (R)Evolution - John Egan 1:05:36

15d ago1:05:36

1:05:36

Stripe has established itself as a leading payment solution for both enterprises as well as startups and individual sellers. By abstracting away all the complexities of traditional payment rails through simple plug-and-play APIs, Stripe created a facile route for cross-border payments, simplifying e-commerce. Similarly, Stripe’s recent integration …

1
t1 Protocol: Unifying Ethereum's L2 Liquidity Through Real-Time Proving - Can Kisagun 1:01:41

19d ago1:01:41

1:01:41

While L2 rollups did help scale Ethereum, they also created siloed ecosystems, all fighting over the same liquidity, users and devs. t1 Protocol is building layer-2 infrastructure to achieve seamless cross-rollup interoperability through real-time proving, powered by TEEs. t1's low-latency with 1-second block times provides faster preconfirmations,…

1
3rd Edition of Humble Inquiry with Peter A. Schein 41:02

20d ago41:02

41:02

Peter A. Schein is the co-founder and CEO of OCLI.org in Menlo Park, California. He is a contributing author to the 5th edition of Organizational Culture and Leadership (2017). With Edgar H. Schein he is co-author of Humble Leadership (2018, 2nd ed. 2023), The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, 3rd ed. (2019), Humble Inquiry, (2nd ed. 2021 and 3rd e…

1
DappCon 25: The Ticker Is $ETH - Jerome de Tychey, Joshua Dávila & Nixorokish 1:12:32

26d ago1:12:32

1:12:32

As the summer tour of European crypto conferences landed in Berlin, one of crypto’s cradles, we couldn’t miss DappCon 25, where we got to sit with Jerome de Tychey, Nixorokish & Joshua Dávila to discuss Ethereum’s restructure and whether its culture is still relevant to the wider crypto community. Join us for a fascinating discussion on the impact …

1
Scientific Thinking on our thinking with Kelly Mallery 28:54

27d ago28:54

28:54

I’ve spent my career helping teams and leaders navigate change—not by pushing harder, but by making the process easier, smarter, and, dare I say, even enjoyable. As the Operational Excellence Leader for two Viant Medical sites (New Hampshire and Michigan), I drive continuous improvement in high-stakes manufacturing environments. But my real passion…

1
Lombard: Unlocking Bitcoin DeFi Through Liquid, Yield-Bearing LBTC - Jacob Phillips 1:11:09

30d ago1:11:09

1:11:09

Bitcoin remains an untapped source of net-new liquidity that could be injected into DeFi. This would completely reshape Bitcoin’s utilization from a mere store of value to a liquid asset that can be ported cross-chain and traded like a liquid staking derivative. Lombard’s LBTC builds upon Babylon’s Bitcoin staking primitive and aims to unlock new y…

1
Making Lean and Continuous Improvement Work with Darren Walsh 29:35

1M ago29:35

29:35

Darren Walsh is Director & Leadership Coach at Making Lean Work Ltd. A leading management consultancy specializing in helping business leaders and managers unlock the transformative power of continuous improvement. He has over 30 years of experience, working with some of the best in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, energy, technology, financ…

1
Staking Rewards: Is Crypto Staking Killing Decentralisation? - Mirko Schmiedl & Tobias Jung 54:55

1M ago54:55

54:55

Apart from incentivising market participants to secure the network through inflationary rewards, many consider staking as an equivalent of stock dividend yield. As a result, although Bitcoin is regarded as digital gold, protocols are looking for ways to increase its utilisation in DeFi and, ultimately, generate yield. Nowadays, while newer networks…

1
The Block Diagram with Gemma Jones 30:34

1M ago30:34

30:34

Gemma started her career studying Mechanical Engineering at Cardiff University. She quickly discovered the world of Continuous Improvement and spent 20 years working to improve processes and systems within various manufacturing industries including Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Dairy, Cosmetics & Toiletries, Food, and Medical Devices. She has been a …

1
ETHPrague: ETH Renaissance - Austin Griffith, Brenda Loya, Joseph Schweitzer, Marek Olszewski 1:00:25

1M ago1:00:25

1:00:25

After a decade of existence, Ethereum has gone a long way from its initial whitepaper, yet many efforts in scaling and finding product-market-fit have been severely criticized for falling short of their promise. However, despite numerous other ‘Ethereum killers’ being launched over the years, none has managed to attract so many developers and liqui…

1
The Secret to Meetings People Actually Enjoy with Jess Britt 27:27

2M ago27:27

27:27

Jess Britt is an executive coach and consultant who partners with leaders across sectors to transform their organizations through systematic approaches to managing people and work. She specializes in empowering senior leaders and teams in complex, dynamic environments to build collaborative, high-performing, data-driven workplace cultures using a f…

1
The Multi-Chain Avalanche - Emin Gün Sirer 31:52

2M ago31:52

31:52

We couldn’t miss the Avalanche Summit where we sat down with Emin Gün Sirer, co-founder & CEO of Ava Labs, to discuss the evolution of Avalanche’s ecosystem and how HyperSDK ushers in a scalable, interoperable, multi-chain future. Join us for a fascinating discussion on Avalanche’s approach to decentralisation, scalability & interoperability, and l…

1
SIM Labs in Health Care with Dr. James R. Korndorffer 31:09

2M ago31:09

31:09

James R. Korndorffer Jr., M.D., MHPE, FACS, joined the University of Texas Austin, Dell Medical School in January of 2025 and leads the continuum of medical education to train the next generation of physicians and health care professionals. In addition, he leads efforts across The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas System to …

1
Initia: Incentively Aligned Appchains - Ezaan Mangalji, Anil Lulla & Jose Maria Macedo 1:02:08

2M ago1:02:08

1:02:08

Blockchain architecture is constantly being forced to adapt to new technologies, as well as to meet new demands from users and builders. While the idea of apps building their own chains was first explored by Cosmos, it lacked the support and tooling to see it succeed. Later on, rollups also took the centerstage of Ethereum’s scaling roadmap, but du…

1
VITAL BEHAVIOR Blueprint with Dr. Julie M. Smith and Dr. Lori Ludwig 31:20

2M ago31:20

31:20

Dr. Julie M. Smith is a trailblazer in large-scale organizational behavior change. Her methods have garnered global awards and are backed by a wealth of case studies featuring organizations of all types and sizes. She has helped organizations identify and execute a wide variety of Vital Behaviors, from key behaviors related to executive decision ma…

1
Ethereum Foundation: Humanity’s Shared World Computer - Hsiao-Wei Wang & Tomasz Stańczak 1:10:21

2M ago1:10:21

1:10:21

As society evolves, so do its values and principles, but is that desirable for technology that seeks to build the most reliable, trustless and censorship resistant global settlement layer? Ever since the rise in popularity of Solana with its inflow of retail capital in a memecoin gold rush, Ethereum became even more criticized for sticking true to …

1
Plot the Dots with Gemma Jones 28:20

2M ago28:20

28:20

Gemma started her career studying Mechanical Engineering at Cardiff University. She quickly discovered the world of Continuous Improvement and spent 20 years working to improve processes and systems within various manufacturing industries including Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Dairy, Cosmetics & Toiletries, Food, and Medical Devices. She has been a …

1
Taiko: Scaling Ethereum in a Decentralised Manner - Joaquin Mendes 1:08:05

2M ago1:08:05

1:08:05

Taiko is a decentralized, Ethereum-equivalent (type I) rollup scaling solution which uses ZK technology. Taiko's goal is to scale Ethereum efficiently while maintaining security and decentralization. Being a type I zkEVM, Taiko retains full Ethereum equivalence, which creates a seamless DevEx, although this comes at the expense of UX as slower proo…

1
What’s Love got to do with it? With Julie Simmons 34:01

3M ago34:01

34:01

Julie Simmons, now retired, worked with her husband Scott as part of the Scott Wade Simmons & Associates, LLC providing leadership coaching and training in Strategy Development and Deployment, Leadership Development, and the Improvement Kata & Coaching Kata. Julie always had a passion for helping others develop their skills, capabilities, and confi…

1
Mysten Labs: How Sui Leverages Move to Build the Composable Web3nternet - Adeniyi Abiodun 1:03:09

3M ago1:03:09

1:03:09

Founded by former Meta Diem team members, Sui is a high-performance, layer-1 blockchain designed for horizontal scaling and low-latency transactions. It uses an object-centric data model and the Move programming language to enable transaction parallelization which can handle >200,000 txs/s. Sui’s goal is to combine the benefits of blockchains with …

1
Maple Finance: On-Chain Institutional Yield & Lending Markets - Sidney Powell 54:49

3M ago54:49

54:49

With an extensive experience in traditional money markets, Maple Finance was envisioned as an institutional capital marketplace which combines the transparency & capital efficiency of blockchains with the regulatory framework of TradFi. Unlike many DeFi protocols that require over-collateralized loans (e.g. Aave), Maple also specializes in under-co…

1
Managing on Purpose with Mark Reich 30:11

3M ago30:11

30:11

Mark Reich spent 23 years working for Toyota, starting in 1988 with six years in Japan in the Overseas Planning Division, where he was responsible for Product Planning and collaborated with Chief Engineers to define vehicle specifications for overseas markets. This pivotal time was when Toyota introduced the Lexus to the world. In 1994, Mark return…

1
Tally: The Software Layer for Tokenized Organizations - Dennison Bertram 1:01:21

3M ago1:01:21

1:01:21

Tally is a software platform designed to support tokenized organizations, particularly Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and crypto communities. It provides tools for launching tokens, governing protocols, and enabling staking to foster community participation and growth. Tally facilitates onchain governance, allowing transparent and de…

1
Getting UNSTUCK with Andrew Williams 29:11

3M ago29:11

29:11

Andrew is the Founder and Managing Director of Agility Consulting Group. He is a leadership enthusiast who is passionate about building leadership capacity to help organisations to make progress on big complex problems. He has been an Adjunct Faculty at the Australia Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the University of NSW for 15 years where h…

1
Using Key Behavioral Indicators For Predictive Success with Jacob Raymer 31:44

3M ago31:44

31:44

Jacob Raymer is an internationally recognized speaker who addresses corporate, public and university audiences on the subjects of leadership roles and responsibilities, cultural transformation, and how to achieve organizational excellence with the right behavior and sustainable long-term results. As the Shingo Institute’s former Director of Educati…

1
ENS V2 Cross-Chain Domains & Namechain - Nick Johnson 48:42

3M ago48:42

48:42

Namechain is an L2 developed by ENS Labs, to enhance the scalability and efficiency of managing decentralized identities on Ethereum. It is designed to work in tandem with ENS V2, which introduced a hierarchical registry system for more efficient subdomain management and custom resolvers. A key vision for Namechain is to unify multi-chain user iden…

1
Driving Improvement in Rehab with Stephen Hunter 29:06

3M ago29:06

29:06

Stephen Hunter PT, DPT, OCS, FAPTA received his Bachelor of Arts in physical therapy from University of Utah in 1984, and his clinical doctorate in 2008. He is board certified in orthopedic physical therapy. Currently, Stephen continues to treat patients and is the director of Internal Process Control for Intermountain Health’s rehabilitation servi…

1
Lido V3: Ushering in Institutional Staking Through stVaults - Hasu 1:19:32

4M ago1:19:32

1:19:32

Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake created a unique set of conditions (i.e. lack of protocol-level delegation, 32 ETH requirement, long exit queues, etc.) that led to Lido’s liquid staking model to gain huge traction, significantly eclipsing other LSD providers on native PoS chains. stETH added on-demand liquidity, bypassing…

1
Daily Management with Jose R. Ferro 34:32

4M ago34:32

34:32

By founding Lean Institute Brasil in 1999 to disseminate the principles and practices of lean thinking to Brazilian companies, Ferro helped catalyze a global movement to establish lean institutes in other countries, which ultimately grew into the Lean Global Network, chartered in 2007. In the late eighties, he was a visiting scholar in MIT’s Intern…

1
Ronin: How Axie Infinity Kickstarted the Blockchain Gaming Revolution - Jeff Zirlin 54:34

4M ago54:34

54:34

While DeFi’s ultimate goal is to provide an alternative for TradFi, blockchain gaming caters to retail masses, onboarding millions of users to crypto through incentives and fun gameplay. The greatest success story in Web3 gaming thus far has been, without a doubt, Axie Infinity. Apart from creating an engaged community whose early adopters also exp…

1
Creating a Culture of Alignment with Dr. Rusty Holman 30:24

4M ago30:24

30:24

Rusty is the founder and CEO of Resonate Leadership Lab, a healthcare leadership development consultancy with a mission of “Building Leadership Capabilities.” His passion for developing leaders and shaping organizational culture are hallmarks of his 30 years as a physician executive. Rusty has degrees in both Religious Studies and Psychology, and c…

1
Solana: From On-Chain Nasdaq to the Pump Fun Craze - Anatoly Yakovenko 1:18:28

4M ago1:18:28

1:18:28

Solana needs no introduction. Ever since its inception, it pushed throughput scaling on a single chain, without the need of sharding or rollups. Despite its ups and downs that culminated at the bottom of the bear market after the FTX crash, it managed to not only survive, but build a vibrant community around crypto's (arguably) most prominent PMF (…

1
"But we don't make widgets here!" with Michael Gallagher and Priya Oscar 24:35

4M ago24:35

24:35

Michael Gallagher is an Executive Lean Leader with GE Aerospace. After 14 years in the auto industry Michael has held several roles in 14 years with GE including Lean Six Sigma Leader, Quality Leader, and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Leader before taking his current position leading the Finance Kaizen Promotion Office at GE Aerospace. Michael…

1
Build on Bitcoin: Combining Bitcoin's Security With Ethereum's Versatility - Alexei Zamyatin 1:10:10

4M ago1:10:10

1:10:10

Bitcoin’s security and reliability as a store of value are undeniable. However, its liquidity remained untapped for too long due to a lack of trustless bridges and native smart contract capabilities. As BTC is only native to Bitcoin’s L1, any attempt to include it in DeFi relies on the trust assumptions of third party custodians that wrap it. Build…

1
The DNA of a Safety Problem with Dr. Charles Leiner 31:32

4M ago31:32

31:32

Derek Leiner trained in internal medicine at VCUHealth and the Richmond VA Medical Center. In 2018, he completed a year as Chief Resident for Quality and Safety, a national VA QI and safety training program then began as a staff physician at the Richmond VA Medical Center. His career has included teaching, education leadership as an Associate Progr…

1
Puja Ohlhaver: Why Community Currencies Are Crucial for Governance in DeSoc 1:04:42

5M ago1:04:42

1:04:42

In the digital networked age, people’s attention often overlooks local problems in favour of global ones, which don’t necessarily impact them in their daily lives, or over which they don’t have a say due to the skewed Pareto distribution of power in modern day societies. Puja Ohlhaver, in her recent research paper ‘Community currencies’, proposes a…

1
Process Analysis with Gemma Jones 33:05

5M ago33:05

33:05

Gemma started her career studying Mechanical Engineering at Cardiff University. She quickly discovered the world of Continuous Improvement and spent 20 years working to improve processes and systems within various manufacturing industries including Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Dairy, Cosmetics & Toiletries, Food, and Medical Devices. She has been a …

1
Nevermined: Payment System for the AI Agentic Economy - Don Gossen 1:04:38

5M ago1:04:38

1:04:38

Even though current LLM providers usually charge flat rates regardless if the subscriber is a ‘power user’ or not, as AI agents become the workhorses of the online economy, a dynamic AI-to-AI payments infrastructure would prove crucial for proper remuneration. Nevermined proposes a blockchain-agnostic, AI-agnostic credit system, that each builder c…

1
A closer look at Obstacles with Gemma Jones 30:12

5M ago30:12

30:12

Gemma started her career studying Mechanical Engineering at Cardiff University. She quickly discovered the world of Continuous Improvement and spent 20 years working to improve processes and systems within various manufacturing industries including Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Dairy, Cosmetics & Toiletries, Food, and Medical Devices. She has been a …

1
Turtle Club: Helping Web3 Users Monetize Their On-Chain Activity - Esfandiar Lagevardi 1:09:25

5M ago1:09:25

1:09:25

As more and more protocols compete for marketshare, user acquisition represents one of the most important elements of the GTM strategy. Web3 projects, through their governance tokens, can incentivise users directly to participate in meaningful activities for each protocol, subsidising their revenue generation through vested upside in the project. T…

1
Improvement Work is Vulnerable Work with Jenn Christison 31:17

5M ago31:17

31:17

Jenn Christison grew up wanting to change the world as a teach Worker, social worker, or stand-up comedian. After exploring all three, she discovered her most significant impact could be made by leading organizational transformation. With over 15 years of experience as a performance improvement consultant, senior leader, facilitator, and coach acro…

1
Story Protocol: Tokenizing Intelligence Into Programmable IP Assets - Jason Zhao 58:54

5M ago58:54

58:54

As online content becomes predominantly AI-driven, intellectual property (IP) rights should not be neglected as (human) creators will heavily rely on them. While the main use cases for blockchains revolve around financial applications, one could argue that our everyday lives constantly intersect IPs in different forms. Although the legal framework …

1
You’re The Leader, Now What? With Dr. Richard Winters 29:52

5M ago29:52

29:52

Richard Winters, M.D. is an emergency physician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is the director of leadership development for the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a member network of over 47 national and international healthcare systems. Dr. Winters develops and delivers leadership programs and provides executive coaching for leaders around the…

1
Balancer: Custom AMMs and Liquidity Solutions - Fernando Martinelli 1:04:35

6M ago1:04:35

1:04:35

While AMMs (automated market makers) represent a DeFi innovation in themselves, research and experimentation have pushed the possibilities well beyond the limitations of the classic x*y=k constant product formula originally used by LPs. One of the main innovators in this field remains Balancer - from multi-token pools with different weights replica…

1
What are we trying to achieve? With Gemma Jones 29:18

6M ago29:18

29:18

Gemma is an Improvement Coach, Trainer, and Visual Facilitator, based in the UK and working globally. Gemma started her career in Engineering and quickly found a passion for Improvement. She spent 20 years in Manufacturing across numerous industries, then in 2019 she left employment to build her own business. Gemma's mission is to help organization…

1
Kiln: Democratising Value Creation in Digital Assets - Laszlo Szabo 59:58

6M ago59:58

59:58

Kiln operates as a staking-as-a-service platform, primarily focused on Ethereum, enabling users to stake assets programmatically, managing validators, rewards, and commissions through an API-first approach. In addition, it offers white-label solutions that allow institutional clients to integrate staking functionalities into their own offerings, wi…

1
Elevate CI with AI with Kian Gohar 49:05

6M ago49:05

49:05

Kian Gohar is a futurist, AI researcher, and Founder/CEO of Geolab, a research lab helping organizations build the next frontier of Human-AI collaboration through training and strategy. A former executive director of the XPRIZE Foundation and Singularity University, Kian has coached the leadership teams of dozens of Fortune 500 companies on AI, inn…