Somi Arian Podcast
The Somi Arian Podcast is your gateway to the dynamic terrain of business, technology, and human potential in an AI-driven society. We bring together thought leaders, innovators, and trailblazers from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including art, music, Web3, entrepreneurship, health span, and longevity, to unveil their profound insights and personal journeys. Our mission is to ignite inspiration, impart wisdom, and arm you with the tools to not only survive but thrive in a world marked by rapid transformation.
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Episodes
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Krish Jagirda is the Co-Founder of Internet Game. In this super interesting Web3 gaming initiative, players can have fun playing, while also having the possibility of winning prizes like high-value NFTs.
I discovered Krish through Gmoney’s team since Gmoney will be hosting their game in the coming season and he has invested in their company. So I was curious to learn more about the concept and their business model.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
My guest on today’s show is Jean-Paul Faraj, Head of Community and Partnerships at Unstoppable Games, an ecosystem that allows players to generate real-world value while enjoying the experience of gaming.
Now the interesting thing about this interview is that, as shocking as it may sound, I’ve never played video games in my life. And yet I have some philosophical views on gaming and what it means for the future of Web3 and this new era of emerging technologies that we are entering.
This was a pretty fascinating conversation that I think you will enjoy whether you like gaming or not.
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
My guest on today’s podcast is Olivier Briggs from the GET Protocol, an innovative company that aims to solve the problem of ticket fraud and scalping using blockchain technology.
In this episode, you will learn about smart tickets and how they can revolutionise the way tickets get into the hands of fans and benefit the artists and performers while minimising the need for intermediaries.
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
My guest on today’s episode is Kevin Thrams, who works as a Product Manager at Prysm.xyz, a super interesting tech start-up that allows people to buy NFTs together as a group. This is a fantastic way for friends and family or even random investors to come together to purchase valuable NFTs. It makes it possible for them to mitigate the risk of buying these assets alone, while still having exposure to them.
This was a fun and insightful conversation, covering everything from shared ownership basics to rules and regulations, to cultural implications.
Sponsor of this episode👉 https://www.metabrewsociety.com/
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
My guest on today’s podcast is Ryan Carson, former COO of PROOF Collective and someone who has been deeply involved in the WEB3 space from the early days before creating his own NFT Venture Fund, 121G.
I first learned about Ryan when I won the raffle to mint a Moonbird. He was active in the Moonbirds' Discord and Twitter and came into the ladybirds' channel and spoke to us. He was very attentive, kind and well-spoken. Later when he left PROOF to start his own venture I noticed that he was under a lot of scrutiny from the NFT community.
People seem to analyse Ryan’s every move and put, in my opinion, disproportionate weight on whatever he does and says. So I wanted to talk to him myself and get to know him better and ask some of the common questions that the community had for him.
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
My guest on today’s show is Beryl Li, an entrepreneur in the blockchain gaming space and the cofounder of Yield Guild Games. YGG is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that invests in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are utilized in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games.
Gaming is an area that I know very little about but as we enter the Metaverse, it’s becoming ever more important and I especially want to better understand how blockchain and decentralization will play a role in its future evolution.
Sponsors of this episode:
👉 https://www.metabrewsociety.com/
👉 https://athleticgreens.com/somi
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
My guest on today’s podcast is Gmoney, an NFT thought-leader, entrepreneur and the founder of Admit One who is innovating in the lifestyle and luxury space for the Crypto-native audience.
This is Gmoney’s second time on the show, this time giving us more details about the recent announcement of his new brand, 9dcc.
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
My guest on today’s podcast is Debbie Soon, Co-Founder of HUG, a Web3 company she is building together with Randi Zuckerberg.
HUG has an exciting business model comprising an accelerator for NFT projects and now an NFT review platform.
This was such a refreshing conversation and it felt like a mini course in all things Web3.
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
My guest on today’s podcast is Dmitry Buterin, the father of Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder and creator. Dmitry and I have a lot in common as immigrants. Like myself, Dmitry grew up in a dictatorship. For people like us, decentralisation really makes sense and it becomes super clear why we need it.
It was really fun talking to someone who has had a role to play in bringing one of the geniuses of our time into existence and has a front-row to all things Ethereum.
Sponsors of this episode:
👉 https://www.metabrewsociety.com/
👉 https://athleticgreens.com/somi
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Evin McMullen is the Co-Founder of Disco.xyz, working on building decentralized identity in the metaverse, ensuring that we maintain control of our own data.
In today’s episode of the Somi Arian podcast, Evin takes us deeper into Disco.xyz and the importance of verifiable credentials (VCs) in the Web3 era.