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This is a podcast for the deeply online, where we chat about all things tech, crypto, and pop culture news. Brought to you by Boys Club, a NY-based media and creative studio, and hosted by Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins.

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June 18 · 1 hr 35 min· Video
Ep. 241 - Timothée Chalamet Kalshi Ad, NYC Microneighborhoods, Freddy the World Cup Tourist, Building in an AI World with guests Nick Devor (Barrons) and David Rosenberg (Notion)
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:34 Williamsburg Cold Open 01:14 Pride and Internet Bits 05:03 NoDi Micro Neighborhoods 07:06 Why NoDi Went Viral 12:01 Commit to the Bit 13:32 Timothée Chalamet Kalshi Ad 21:02 Neighbor Noise and Sports Vibes 23:52 Is Basketball Scripted 27:18 World Cup Tourist Freddy 31:09 America Middle Class Envy 32:08 NYC Grass Is Greener 32:30 Freddy Goes Viral 35:27 Do You Bet 37:24 Nick Devor (Barrons) 38:06 Kalshi Chalamet Ad 40:06 Sportsbooks Plateau 44:55 CFTC Draft Rules 48:15 World Cup Betting Boom 52:21 Polymarket US Volume 54:58 Sports Shift And Partnerships 57:42 Sportsbook Vs Event Contracts 01:01:07 Five Year Outlook 01:02:52 Kalshi vs Polymarket 01:03:53 Do Fees Matter 01:05:34 World Cup Betting Economics 01:07:30 Guest Swap and Research 01:08:07 David Rosenberg (Notion) 01:09:41 Career Bets Explained 01:13:38 Founder Psyop Debate 01:16:07 Fun Is the Moat 01:18:01 Notion as AI Company 01:20:57 Founder Advice in AI 01:26:01 Model Drops at Notion 01:29:06 Emrata Essay Discourse 01:35:32 Wrap and Thanks
June 11 · 48 min· Video
Ep. 240 - Boys Club LIVE @ ETHConf: Guests Amanda Cassatt (Serotonin), Scott Dykstra (Space and Time), Azeem Khan (Miden), and Chris Yin (Plume Network)
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:34 On the Ground at ETHConf 05:00 Today's Guest Lineup 05:49 Amanda Cassatt (Serotonin) 06:57 Ethereum's Big Mission 10:03 Institutions vs Exit Money 12:12 Talent Drain to AI and Beyond 15:44 Marketing and What Sells Now 17:03 What Excites Amanda Next 18:22 Scott Dykstra (Space and Time) 19:40 Virtual Vaults Explained 22:27 CLARITY Act and Tokenization 26:43 Quantum Threat and ETH Outlook 28:41 Buy The Dip Banter 29:23 Azeem Khan (Miden) 33:28 Privacy Versus Compliance 35:38 Digital Assets Rebrand 36:52 Crypto Maturity Optimism 40:09 Chris Yin (Plume) 40:27 Plume RWA Vaults 42:15 Looping Yield Strategies 45:07 TradFi Culture Clash 47:25 EthCC Closing Thoughts
June 3 · 1 hr 11 min· Video
Ep. 239 - Boys Club LIVE: Phia is a good product actually, Obsession and Backrooms, Peptides Event, Victoria's Secret Stock Bump, Kalshi Knicks Bar Bet, Partiful bugs and NY Tech Week Events with guest Ana Bhoyrul
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:49 Sponsor Vercel 02:35 To Do Lists and Taxes 03:47 Peptides Panel Takeaways 11:54 Sponsor Polygon 13:01 New Hollywood YouTube Horror 23:49 Victoria's Secret Meme Stock 33:10 Tech Week Directory Goes Viral 36:45 A16Z Runs Tech Week 38:50 Partiful RSVP Bugs 40:11 Founder Imposter Dinner 41:23 AI Native Law Firm 42:28 Best Tech Week Events 43:27 Fundraising Power Shifts 46:34 Partiful Ticketing Launch 55:17 Kalshi Knicks Bar Bet 58:20 Phia Celebrity Fundraise 01:04:11 Honey Scam Backstory 01:08:43 Bird Call Finale
May 28 · 1 hr 15 min· Video
Ep. 238 - Boys Club LIVE: The Pope on AI, Enhanced Games, Ferrari's First EV and guest Jacob Taylor from Brookings Institution on "Context-maxxing"
This week on Boys Club Live, Natasha and Quasimatt break down a viral Reddit dating discourse post about a woman who demanded an Uber from Greenwich Village to Williamsburg (7:58), react to Pope Leo XIV's 42,000-word encyclical warning about AI and his tour of Ferrari's polarizing new electric car (16:58), sit down with Brookings Institution fellow and Oxford anthropologist Jacob Taylor to discuss his paper on "Context-maxing" and how to use AI without losing your cognitive agency (36:41), and close out with a breakdown of the Enhanced Games, a for-profit, doping-encouraged athletic competition that somehow drew real Olympic athletes (1:05:06).
May 20 · 1 hr 12 min· Video
Ep: 237- Boys Club Live: Deana's Peptide Stack, Everlane Sells To Shein, Waymos in Nashville, Murdoch Buys NYMag, Cyberdecks and special guest Raees Chowdhury (Tok-Edge)
00:00 Welcome to Boys' Club Live 00:34 Summer Vibes and Weekend Plans 02:16 Touch Grass and Backyard Hole 04:36 Show Preview and Sponsor Polygon 06:37 Meeting a Crypto Macro Trader 09:52 Peptides Stack and Reta Results 20:38 Sam Altman GLP Overdose Story 23:33 Everlane Sells to Shein 33:30 Sponsor Vercel Plug 35:55 Waymo Backlash in Nashville 38:23 Kids Riding Waymo Debate 39:35 Waymo for Rural Safety 42:15 Murdoch Buys New York Mag 46:44 Girls Building Cyberdecks 50:21 Meet Tok-Edge Founder Raees Chowdhury 51:23 Why a Regulated Crypto Fund 54:37 Redemption Token Explained 58:16 TradFi DeFi Tradeoffs 01:03:07 Who Wants This Product 01:09:48 Market Outlook and Wrap
May 14 · 1 hr 42 min· Video
Ep: 236- Boys Club Live: Mira Murati's Thinking Machine demo, Hantavirus Conspiracy, Jake Shane/Kacey Musgraves Moment, Musk/Altman court case, with co-host Quasimatt and guests Rubén Steckel (AirTM), Prince Boucher (LumaAI), Sahil Goswami (Dart Bank)
00:00 Welcome to Boys' Club 01:32 Show Me Your Stack 02:21 QuasiMatt Doxxing Bit 04:24 Thinking Machine Demo 13:06 Altman Texts and Lawsuit 16:43 Kacey Musgraves Discourse 23:14 Rubén Steckel Joins 24:47 Stablecoins Go Mainstream 29:48 Local Stablecoins 101 33:11 Stablecoins In The US 34:40 Institutional Tailwinds 36:51 AirTM Wallet Vision 38:06 Tala Loan Partnership 41:22 What Payments Lack 43:59 Hantavirus Conspiracy 50:59 Meet Prince From Luma AI 51:56 How Luma Works 56:06 Enterprise Adoption Fears 01:01:55 Slop Cannon Culture 01:06:10 Intentional Slop Debate 01:06:43 Inside the Creative Summit 01:07:25 AI Unlocks VFX Creativity 01:09:59 Mission Athletic Club Story 01:11:38 Designing Club Merch 01:12:04 Luma Model Stress Tests 01:12:34 Why Tools Empower Creatives 01:13:27 Show Me Your Stack Plug 01:15:10 Farza and Clicky Clip 01:19:41 New Segment Cash Tips, guest Sahil Goswammi 01:21:04 Sahil's Crypto Banking Path 01:24:10 Clarity Act Breaking News 01:26:02 Stablecoin Yield Fight 01:34:27 Future of Money Programmable 01:36:37 Agentic Payments and Stables 01:40:49 One Minute Cash Tip 01:42:25 Wrap Up and Sign Off
May 6 · 1 hr 30 min· Video
Ep: 235 - Boys Club Live: Roasting Tech Stacks with Julia Rosenberg (Show Me Your Stack), Met Gala Recap with Blake Finucane, Biochar and Green Energy Bitcoin with Josh Phelps (Carbon Country)
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club 00:33 Meet Jules and the New Show, Show Me Your Stack 01:30 Becoming a Media Face 06:00 Episode Two Teaser 07:53 Rate My Stack Explained 09:33 Live Dock Roast Demo 16:09 Notes App Philosophy 19:47 Wrap Jules and Invite Roasts 22:56 Newsletter and Personal Brand 23:43 Meet Blake Finucane, Met Gala Setup 26:26 Met Gala PR Crisis 29:35 Theme Versus Dress Code 33:09 Ranking Looks Begins 36:30 Standout S Tier References 42:01 Op Art Dress Debate 44:00 Robot Hands Gown 45:48 Kim and Lauren Grades 52:14 Pop Art and Heated Rivalry 57:40 Loose Looks S Tier 01:03:12 Meet Josh Phelps and Carbon Country Overview 01:09:35 Biochar Explained 01:12:19 Bitcoin Mining and Solar 01:17:24 Agrivoltaics with Sheep 01:19:21 Wood Vaults and Policy 01:22:14 Community Pushback and Data Centers 01:26:36 Five to Ten Year Vision 01:29:16 LinkedIn Dating Outro
May 4 · 1 hr 26 min
Ep: 234 - Boys Club Live: Show Me Your Stack Launch, AI Psychosis Summit, Elon vs. Altman Trial, Rich Auntie, Shake Social App, Co-hosts Quasimatt and Julia Rosenberg, special guest Tiago Sada (Tools For Humanity, World)
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:11 Hosts and Show Format 00:33 NYC Neighborhood Catch-Up 01:14 Tech Bathhouse Discourse 02:32 Meet Jules and New Show 03:24 Sponsor Shoutout Octant 05:21 Elon vs Altman Trial Talk 06:41 Show Me Your Stack Origin 08:46 Stack Philosophy and AI Tools 13:28 Season Details and Vercel 14:20 YouTube Launch and Subscribe 16:03 Behind the Scenes Plane Chaos 19:30 Rich Auntie Clip Breakdown 24:22 Etiquette and Wealth Rules 27:18 Calendar Invites vs Whats Up 28:20 Auntie Affirmations Mindset 28:45 Lifestyle Leverage Debate 29:32 Reality Show Pitch 30:08 Polygon Sponsor Break 31:04 Meta Creator Payouts 31:24 Tiago Sada Guest Intro 35:15 World Proof Of Human 37:55 WorldID Verification Orb 39:34 Concert Kit Ticketing 41:03 Dead Internet Reality 43:15 Agent Kit For Bots 47:10 Global Roots And Culture 50:34 AI Psychosis Summit 54:45 Taste And AI Art 59:22 Shake Social App Demo 01:00:59 Shaking Social Graph 01:01:37 Group Shake Leaderboards 01:02:06 AI Psychosis Summit Plug 01:02:32 Viral Coffee Shop Photo 01:05:16 Public Screens Privacy Debate 01:08:22 Always On Blast Era 01:09:36 When Conversations Become Content 01:12:09 Show Me Your Stack Launch 01:13:12 Shiv Browser Stack Tour 01:15:04 AI Browsers Agent Mode 01:19:15 Sponsor Vercel V0 01:19:45 Analog Lists And Reminders 01:20:47 Building Shivs Marketplace 01:22:28 Claude Powered Wants Feature 01:26:01 Wrap Up And Subscribe
April 23 · 1 hr 14 min
Ep: 233 - Boys Club Live: Nicest Weather in the USA, Slop Cannon Kids, GPT-2 Image Test Drive, plus guests Anthony Soohoo (MoneyGram CEO) and Stefen Deleveaux (Oasis Onchain)
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:49 Today's Guest Lineup 01:36 Makeup Compact Debate 03:55 Octant Sponsor Update 05:19 Nicest Weather Map 08:43 Thunderstorm Monitor TikTok 09:58 Vercel Sponsor Shoutout 10:35 Slop Cannon Kids 13:32 Testing GPT-2 Image Tool 16:37 Writing the Brand Kit Prompt 26:13 AI Brand Kit Results 31:28 Stefan Deleveaux Joins the Show 33:10 Oasis Onchain Update 34:20 Caribbean Crypto Use Cases 37:12 Fish Fraud Flashback 40:25 Why Stefan Got Into Crypto 41:53 Octant Creator Bootcamp 48:45 Polygon Sponsor Shoutout 49:56 Welcome Anthony Soohoo, MoneyGram CEO to the show 55:25 Stablecoin Remittance Rails 01:00:56 Scaling Markets and Compliance 01:07:19 MoneyGram Beyond Remittance 01:10:08 AI Color Analysis Outro
April 17 · 1 hr 16 min
Ep: 232 - Boys Club Live from a16z: San Francisco Tech Culture, Hudson River Trading's intern class, OpenClaw in China with guests Jimmy Lai (Vercel) on Next.js and AI Agents, and Seun Omonije (x-Google Quantum AI) talks quantum computing and bitcoin
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live From A16Z 03:25 San Francisco Vibes Check 07:47 Hudson River Trading Interns 09:44 High Agency Career Paths 14:05 Guest Jimmy Lai Joins 16:59 Next.js Explained 17:30 Open Source How It Works 21:25 Next.js Growth And AI Agents 24:17 Future Of UI And Interfaces 28:48 Open Source Frenemies 32:23 Why Open Source Matters 35:30 Personal Software And Workflows 39:58 Business Agents at Scale 42:20 Personal Knowledge Base Agent 44:09 Hype Versus Real Value 45:53 Experimentation and Bubble Cycles 51:30 Seun Omonije Intro 54:18 Telephone Entropy Explained 57:19 Slop Incentives and Industry 01:01:14 ELI5 Quantum Breaks Crypto 01:07:23 Qubit Counts and New Architectures 01:09:15 AI Accelerates Quantum Progress 01:11:13 Motives and Defenses in Crypto 01:13:14 Do Your Own Research Closing
April 9 · 1 hr 44 min
Ep: 231 - Boys Club Live: Spray Tan Adventures, Crypto Taxes, Anthropic's Mythos scare, North Korean Hackers feat. Ben Weiss (Fortune), Marc and Los (Danger Testing), and Josh Harris (PixieChess)
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:33 Draft Tweets Kickoff 01:15 Memecoin Taxes Reality Check 04:10 Spray Tan for San Francisco 07:42 Anthropic Mythos Panic 10:38 Zero Day Vulnerabilities Explained 12:16 Mythos Escapes the Sandbox 15:16 What Gets Hacked Next 19:13 Sponsor segment Polygon and Vercel 22:23 Intro Ben Weiss, Fortune 24:02 Telegram Source Turns Scam 27:37 Fake Zoom Link and Malware Download 31:59 IT Response and North Korea Confirmed 33:35 Telegram Hack Fallout 35:47 Impersonation Token Presale Scam 38:27 Why Non Whales Get Targeted 40:46 Drift Exploit Breakdown 41:46 DPRK Facilitator Playbook 45:54 Security Clues and Fixes 48:51 Sponsor Octant 52:17 Meet Danger Testing Duo Marc and Los 55:41 Weekly App Sprint Process 01:00:57 Distribution Anxiety Lessons 01:02:52 Appstar YouTube for Apps 01:09:53 Viral Backlash and Attention 01:13:13 Dream Collabs and Wrap 01:15:41 Joshua Harris, PixieChess Joins the Show 01:16:32 Lunch Break Meme Coin Lore 01:18:41 What Is Pixie Chess 01:20:39 Why Crypto Gaming Flopped 01:23:26 Launch Lessons and Cheating 01:25:24 Pieces Auctions and Packs 01:29:06 Site Tour and Tournaments 01:31:40 Minting Pieces Live 01:35:16 Quick Play Match Demo 01:42:15 Anti Cheat and Wrap Up
April 1 · 1 hr 26 min
Ep: 230 - Boys Club Live: Tech Merch, Clout, Stablecoins, and the Anthropic Code Leak. Sam Broner of Better Money Company and Alli Pope of Vercel Join As Guests
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:33 Show <3 Vercel <3 Polygon <3 Anchorage <3 Octant <3 01:21 Vercel sponsor spotlight 02:28 Vibe coding and shipping 03:05 Tech merch discourse 06:25 Clout and brand signals 09:59 Merch strategy plug 10:58 <3 Octant <3 13:30 Guest intro Sam Broner 14:34 Building a stablecoin clearinghouse 15:35 What clearinghouses do 16:45 Why stablecoins fail payments 18:35 Genius Act turning point 20:16 Cheaper payments for everyone 22:43 Unbundling credit card fees 23:42 Mastercard and Visa moves 25:38 Agents Need Easier Payments 26:41 Building With AI Agents 27:16 Founder Mode Reflections 29:00 Michael Saylor AI Ad 32:58 AI Slop and Legality 37:36 Meet Alli Pope of Vercel 39:00 SF vs NYC Culture Shock 42:49 Vercel Programs and V0 44:43 Accelerator Trends and Demos 49:13 Hiring Advice AI Native 53:21 Slop and New Media Strategy 56:17 Hot Takes on Content 57:21 Ship It and Post Consistently 57:52 X Algorithm and Content Formats 58:51 AI Lowers the Bar Taste Wins 01:00:27 Personal Websites After AI 01:02:19 Design Decks vs Word Docs 01:09:33 Minimalist Website Philosophy 01:11:20 Anthropic Code Leak Breakdown 01:15:21 Vibe Coding vs Security Ops 01:17:05 Claude Logs Your Profanity 01:21:53 Data Privacy Social Credit Takes 01:24:40 Wrap Up and we love Anchorage!
March 25 · 1 hr 34 min
Ep: 229 - Boys Club Live: Digital Asset Summit, Token Management, Macro Perps, AI Fruit Love Island, with guests Lindsey Winder and Kaledora
00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 01:02 Cait's McDonald's Fit 01:41 The Trouser Skirt Debate 13:27 Lindsay Winder from Anchorage 14:29 Digital Asset Summit Takeaways and Institutional Crypto 20:15 Token Management as Risk Management 22:37 Revenue vs Token Price 26:32 AI Agents and Treasury Risk 28:57 Cap Table Red Flags and Token Launch Vibes 33:18 DAS Prediction Markets Panel 42:31 AI Fruit Love Island 48:49 Sora Shutdown and Disney 54:58 AI Psychosis at Home 01:02:24 Surveillance Pricing 01:06:34 VPN Hacks and Flight Myths 01:07:15 eBay Kitchen Beta Debate 01:08:09 Facebook Marketplace Food Tales 01:11:51 Meet Ostium Founder, Kaledora 01:14:20 Ostium Thesis and Product 01:18:57 Broker vs Exchange Liquidity 01:22:25 Oil Trade 01:24:11 Metals and Macro Volatility 01:27:49 Trader Data Bulls vs Bears 01:33:37 Wrap Up and Goodbye
March 19 · 1 hr 8 min
Ep: 228 - Boys Club Live with Austin Federa of DoubleZero, James Kiernan of Octant and chat about Grimes joining LinkedIn, the Crypto Vanity Fair article, Expensive Basketballs and Cait's Dupe Shopping Skills
00:00 Show intro and hosts 01:19 Haircut chat and cohost banter 02:16 Today's lineup and sponsors 03:00 <3 Sponsor spotlight Octant <3 04:00 Grimes joins LinkedIn 06:48 Robot videos and tennis bot 11:56 <3 Sponsor spotlight Anchorage <3 21:58 intro guest Austin Federa 23:58 What is DoubleZero 27:55 DoubleZero Edge and Solana data 31:02 Scaling debate and launch traction 34:24 Edge vision and global data layer 35:34 Decentralized Price Discovery 36:14 Crypto Flash Crash Lessons 37:25 Data Feeds Roadmap 37:56 intro guest James Kiernan of Octant 40:06 What Is Octant 41:33 Sustainable Grants With DeFi 44:44 Octant / Shutter DAO Partnership 46:31 Octant Vaults Explained 47:55 Octant V2 Modular Suite 51:46 Funding Ethereum Public Goods 53:24 Vanity Fair Side Chat 55:00 Quick Hits Banksy Doxed 58:10 Inflation Basketball Prices 59:57 Fashion Zara Galliano 01:02:44 Dupe Shopping
March 11 · 1 hr 3 min
Ep: 227 - Boys Club Live with Zehra Naqvi (Lore.ai) and Megan Graham (Wall Street Journal), also covering Meta buying Moltbook, Distorted Emoji, Lookalike Competitions and more
00:00 Live Show Kickoff 01:04 Lookalike Competition Talk 03:16 Meta Buys Bot Network 05:25 Distorted Emoji Moment 06:36 <3 Octant <3 08:01 Meet Zehra Naqvi From Lore.ai 09:06 Lore Product Explained 13:18 Launch Video Breakdown 16:06 Social Roadmap And Lurkers 18:09 Consumer AI Hype Check 23:28 Safety And Content Scope 27:55 Founder Obsessions Right Now 31:17 <3 Anchorage <3 32:32 Meet Megan Graham from WSJ 33:27 Viral Pharma Ad Story 34:18 Ozempic Ad Breakdown 35:46 Legal Disclaimers Explained 39:11 Pharma Ads and Consumer Health 41:15 Equinox AI Campaign 42:51 AI Backlash and Brand Risk 45:41 Likeness Rights and Lawsuits 46:37 DoorDash Social Strategy 51:36 Speed and Risk Tolerance 53:57 Social as Insights Engine 01:00:54 Internet Obsession and Wrap-Up
March 7 · 1 hr 22 min
Ep: 226 - Boys Club Live with @quasimatt and @tednotlasso on AI psychosis, defense company swag, and more.
Special episode with Ted + Quasimatt!! 02:10 Ted Topic 1: GLP-1s, Hedge Funds, and the "Does Ozempic Kill Ambition (or Love)?" Debate 08:45 Ted Topic 2: "Bops:" IG-to-OnlyFans Funnels, Teen Incentives, and Internet Permanence 15:30 Natasha Topic 1: Hot Girls in Palantir & Anduril Merch 23:40 Natasha Topic 2: AI Moments: Bots Talking to Bots, Sora War Videos, and AI Psychosis 32:15 QuasiMatt Topic 1: Love Is Blind Villains and Tech-Grifter Archetypes 40:05 QuasiMatt Topic 2: Agentic Payments & Giving AI Your Credit Card 48:20 McDonald's Big Arch Live Review
March 7 · 1 hr 55 min
Ep: 225 - Citrini Doomsday article, Justin Brill from Anchorage, Nicholas Cary from Blockchain, & Katherine Dee aka @Default_Friend
00:00 Cold Open: Weird Austin Airbnb, Snow in NYC, and Weather Discourse Fatigue 07:20 Citrini Doomsday article and Flop Tweets 10:45 Snow Removal, Mamdani, and Doomsday Anxiety About AI + Unemployment 08:10 Justin Brill (Anchorage) Joins: ETHDenver Vibes, Stablecoins, and Institutional Adoption 20:45 Nicholas Cary (Blockchain) Joins: 2011 Origins, Surviving Every Cycle, and Agentic Payments 35:30 Market & Drama: Stripe vs PayPal, ZachXBT Tease, and Insider Trading Speculation 42:10 AI "Ghost GDP" Article: Will Automation Hollow Out the Consumer Economy? 48:00 Feel-Good Internet: Bad Haircut TikTok and Collective Coping 52:30 Catherine (Default Friend) Joins: AI Cryptids, Reborn Dolls, and Manosphere Culture 01:05:00 Wrap-Up: Clavicular Discourse, TikTok AI Edits, and Officecore in Austin
February 18 · 1 hr 22 min
Ep: 224 - Brian Armstrong vs. Bryan Johnson, RFK + Kid Rock, MrBeast's Business Breakdown, Big Fundraising from Thrive and Dragonfly, Special Guest Jose Mejia on "taste discourse", Girl Scout Cookies Business Breakdown, OpenClaw
00:00 Cold Open & ETHDenver for Republicans 00:29 Mar-a-Lago Check: World Liberty Financial Summit Explained 02:16 Who's Showing Up: Brian Armstrong, FIFA, Kevin O'Leary & the Weird Guest List 03:58 What Even Is ETHDenver? 04:55 Brian Armstrong vs Bryan Johnson 06:55 RFK + Kid Rock 'Wellness' Video: Cold Plunge Fever Dream 11:28 Sponsor Break: Octant's Vaults, Grants, and Migration Day! 12:54 MrBeast Business Breakdown: Media Revenue vs Products vs Marketplace 19:02 MrBeast Expansion Mode: Step Banking App, Beast Mobile, and Trust Issues 19:51 Big Fundraises: Thrive's $10B and Dragonfly's $650M (Stablecoin Thesis) 23:03 AI Agents That Pay Their Own Compute: Wallets, Revenue, and Runaway Automation 25:24 Sponsor Break: Anchorage Digital and TGE and Banking Infrastructure 26:37 Jose Joins + Bagel Order Discourse (Scooping Is a Red Flag) 28:42 Logan Paul's $16.5M Pokémon Card Sale & Tokenization Controversy 34:42 Taste Discourse Begins: Paul Graham, 'Clothing Doesn't Matter,' and What Taste Really Is 38:33 Why Great Art Needs a Great Audience (and Better Taste) 40:47 Can Tech Companies Have Taste? Merch, Events & Unreasonable Hospitality 42:01 When "Taste" Becomes a Rigid Aesthetic: Gatekeeping & the Soho-ification Problem 45:32 Taste vs Capitalism: Markets, Monetization, and Letting Culture Marinate 47:58 Addison Rae as the Case Study: Contrivance, Effort, and Building New Pop Culture 50:31 The End of Jobs? Post-AI Work, Experience Creators, and an Abundance Future 55:52 Sponsor Break: Anchorage Digital meets QVC 57:01 Girl Scout Cookie Legend Pim: Viral Funnel, Scarcity, and Storytelling 01:01:29 Inside the Girl Scout Cookie Business: Revenue Split, Volume, and Product Hits 01:09:38 OpenClaw Gets Acquired: Timeline FUD, Open Source Promises, and Anthropic's Miss 01:15:24 Running OpenClaw in Slack: Privacy Fears, Setup, and What It's Actually Good For 01:21:43 Wrap-Up: Hallucinations, Lessons Learned, and Closing Thanks
February 12 · 1 hr 31 min
Ep: 223 - The Messy Olympics, Gigi Claudid our AI agent, Tatum Hunter on Internet Culture, Mashal Waqar and Artem Brazhnikov from Octant on sustainable funding models, Nick Devor of Barrons on Kalshi, Polymarket and the Super Bowl
00:00 Introduction to Boys Club Live 00:44 The viral Vogue clip 03:46 Market Talk 07:13 Shoutout to Octant 11:29 AI Etiquette and Social Contracts 15:19 Gigi Claudid: Training our AI agent 20:49 Norwegian Athlete's Emotional Confession 23:34 Unpacking Relationship Drama 24:44 Messy Olympics: Scandals in Sports 25:32 Partner Shoutout: Anchorage Digital 27:27 Podcast Recommendation: The Rest is History 29:40 Interview with Tatum Hunter: Internet Culture Insights 30:06 Deepfakes and AI Ethics 38:43 Personal Surveillance and Trust Issues 48:52 TikTok's Mental Health Rabbit Hole 52:16 Shill Minute: Best Cookie in Crown Heights 53:08 Introduction to Octant: Innovating Funding Models 54:52 Funding Ethereum: Grants and Sustainability 56:50 Octant V2: Revolutionizing Community Funding 58:43 Sustainable Growth and the Future of Ethereum 01:05:56 The Intersection of Venture Capital and Sustainable Funding 01:11:25 Guest Nick Devor of Barrons on Prediction Markets 01:12:50 Gambling and Insider Trading in Prediction Markets 01:23:01 CFTC Challenges and the Future of Regulation 01:26:11 Free Groceries: A Marketing Strategy 01:29:50 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Dec 19, 2025 · 1 hr 58 min
Ep: 222 - Year end special, AI design with Jamey Gannon (@Techbimbo), Disrupting the payment stack with John Egan (Polygon), retail investing in 2026 with Andrew McCormick (eToro US), and Quasimatt on Cultural Moods
Thank you to 0x and Polygon for supporting this stream. 00:00 Introduction to Boys Club Live 01:32 Guest Lineup and Show Overview 02:33 Big News with Polygon 06:53 Year in Review 17:58 AI Design and Branding with Jamey Gannon 36:09 The Payment Stack with John Egan 43:04 Challenges of Cross-Border Transactions 43:58 The Role of Stablecoins and Blockchain 45:38 Competing with Established Brands 47:58 Polygon's Unique Position and Vision 53:21 The Future of Global Payments and AI 57:52 Retail Trading with Andrew McCormick 01:14:40 Throuples in WSJ 01:25:31 Introducing @Quasimatt 01:26:32 True Religion Jeans Comeback 01:29:22 Cultural Moods of 2025 01:40:22 Pete Davidson's Tattoo Removal 01:45:32 Six Seven Meme and Cultural Trends 01:51:46 Personal Cultural Moods for 2026 01:57:19 Closing Thoughts and Wrap-Up

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