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The Somi Arian Podcast explores the evolving landscape of business, technology, and human potential in an AI-driven society. We bring together thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers from diverse fields, such as art, music, Web3, entrepreneurship, health span and longevity and so much more, to share their insights and experiences. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower listeners to adapt, thrive, and make a positive impact in a rapidly changing world.
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My guest on today’s podcast is Joe O’Rourke from Forum3, the team behind the Starbucks Odyssey Beta Experience. I’ve been wanting to speak to these guys ever since I heard about their work and we were finally able to make it happen.
There is a lot to learn about how Starbucks is using Web3 technology to build a truly modern and innovative loyalty program.
I really enjoyed this conversation with Joe and I hope you will too.

Monday Mar 20, 2023
#112 - Heather McGowan - Digital Transformation: The New Normal
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Heather McGowan, a future-of-work strategist, keynote speaker, thought leader, researcher, and author.
I discovered Heather through her talks at a number of technology-related conferences, mainly around the use of AI.
Today's episode is a kick-start to a new series that will include more content on the subjects of Web3, AI, Business and Entrepreneurship, Health and Longevity and Women. At InPeak we are creating several new channels in those areas with the aim of reaching your peak potential.
I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

Monday Mar 13, 2023
#111 - Bonglo - Alpha Calling to Mass Adoption
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Bill, who goes by the name Bonglo. He is the Co-Founder & Host of The Builders Block. Bonglo is what you call an Alpha Caller in the Web3 space and in our conversation we explore what Alpha Calling means and how this role is evolving, given the changing nature of Web3 business models.
Whether you’re a season Web3 enthusiast or completely new to the space I think you will really enjoy this conversation and learn a lot from it.

Monday Mar 06, 2023
#110 - Captain CK - Web3 Attention Economy
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Carson, who goes by the name Captain CK. He is one of the bright young minds of Web3, who knows how to hustle and is determined to make his mark on the space.
CK was introduced to me to help run our collaborations for InPeak and I found him very insightful. He is working on a number of projects of his own, which sound very promising and I thought it would be a good idea to get ask him more about them.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Monday Feb 27, 2023
#109 - Hellequin - Web3 Business Models with Llamaverse
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Helle the co-founder of LlamaLabs, an NFT project that’s captured a lot of attention since its inception last year and they’ve since gone on to build a lot of different tools for the Web3 community.
They are a really smart and creative team and have both the vision and the knowledge to keep building and delivering for many years to come.
I really enjoyed this conversation and I will personally keep an eye on their developments over the coming months.

Monday Feb 20, 2023
#108 - Deana Burke - Onboarding the Crypto-Curious with Boys Club
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Deana Burke, the Co-Founder of Boys Club, a community for the crypto-curious, which, although the tongue-in-cheek name, is actually aimed at women and non-binary people but welcoming to all.
In this conversation, Deana and I talk about Boys Club, soulbound tokens, money and empowerment.
I really enjoyed this conversation and I’m sure you will too.

Monday Feb 13, 2023
#107 - Justin Aversano - Where Art Meets Web3
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Justin Aversano, Co-Founder of Quantum Art and SaveArtSpace. He is also one of the most loved and highly-regarded photographers in Web3.
In this conversation with Justin, we talk about pain, his creative process, the business of NFTs and his coming-up project Smoke and Mirrors.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Monday Feb 06, 2023
#106 - Raoul Pal - Transition to Web3 with Real Vision
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision Group.
Recently, Raoul came on to the InPeak platform with Carly Reilly for one of her token-gated sessions available to OPJ holders.
Now that Real Vision is also using InPeak for their token-gated content, I got the chance to speak with Raoul himself.
We covered two big topics, Web3 adoption of large banks and corporations and the future of tokenised communities, social media, and tokenised education.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Monday Jan 30, 2023
#105 - FAROKH - Having Skin in the Game with Rug Radio
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Farokh, an entrepreneur and social media expert, and the founder of Rug Radio, a DAO network where the incentives favour truth, ownership and long-term care for the commons.
This conversation was a lot of fun, allowing me to dive deeper into the Rug Radio ecosystem, from discovering why "Rug" in their name, to learning more about what they’re up to and where they’re going, especially now with their PFP drop approaching very soon.

Monday Jan 23, 2023
#104 - Ian Rogers of Ledger - If Not Self-Custody, Why Crypto?
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
My guest on today’s podcast is Ian Rogers, the Chief Experience Officer of Ledger.
I have to tell you that Ian is one of the nicest people I’ve met in Web3. He’s so passionate about Ledger and the Web3 revolution as a whole and I learned so much from him in this conversation.
The most important thing he mentioned several times during our interview was, “if not self-custody, why crypto”. This is such an important message for anyone entering the space.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did