The ArCast

ArDrive's NFT and blockchain podcast.

About the show

Welcome to the ArCast, ar.io's biweekly podcast featuring interviews and discussions about blockchain, gateways, Arweave and permanent storage.

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Episodes

  • Episode 24: Cowboy Coder

    October 1st, 2022  |  44 mins 22 secs

    An interview with Cowboy Coder, Puerto Rico's favorite blockchain-advocate musician!

  • Episode 23: Myna

    September 19th, 2022  |  23 mins 37 secs

    This week on the ArCast, we talk to Joe David of Myna, a British cryptocurrency accountancy firm that utilizes ArDrive to help their clients permanently and safely archive their financial records.

  • Episode 22: Meteorite Labs

    September 6th, 2022  |  22 mins
    blockchain, crypto, web3

    An interview with Melody Taira about Meteorite Labs and her work in the blockchain space.

  • Episode 21: Xavi Zedd

    August 23rd, 2022  |  29 mins 29 secs

    An interview with NFT artist Xavi Zedd about his influences, the NFT community, and why ArDrive has allowed him to rest easy knowing his work is permanently stored, forever.

  • Episode 20: Arcade.xyz

    August 7th, 2022  |  19 mins 7 secs

    An interview with Gabe Frank, CEO of Arcade.xyz, in which he and Andrew discuss NFT storage, what Gabe's grandfather taught him about business, and how his years playing golf in college helped perfect the skills needed to successfully run a web3 startup one day. Thank you Gabe!

  • Episode 19: SPID3R

    July 24th, 2022  |  51 mins

    An interview with Ryan, creator of SPID3R, on his journey from music into web3. We talk about his inroads into Arweave Build, presenting at the Open Web Foundry, and the time he rented a limo to pitch his demo to Interscope Records.

  • Episode 18: Memory Gardens

    July 10th, 2022  |  23 mins 58 secs

    On episode 18 of the ArCast, Andrew talks to Ben Peeri, creator of Memory Gardens, about how he uses ArDrive and Arweave to create interactive rooms that celebrate life's special moments. They also talk about the concept permanence and how life is like a great video game.

  • Episode 17: Damondrick Jack

    June 26th, 2022  |  57 mins 8 secs

    A conversation with Stanford alumni Damondrick Jack about waffles, web3, producing Grammy-nominated artists, and the future of decentralized storage.

  • Episode 16: Joe Berenbaum

    June 12th, 2022  |  34 mins 10 secs

    The episode of ArCast features an interview with Joe Berenbaum about AFTR.Market and how Arweave helped bring him and his son Tate closer together.

  • Episode 15: Phil Mataras

    May 29th, 2022  |  50 mins 43 secs

    An interview with the founder of ArDrive, Phil Mataras! We talk why he was inspired to start ArDrive, and speculate on where we might be if we were living in the original Star Wars trilogy. Thanks Phil!

  • Episode 14: Lucas Porter-Bakker

    May 14th, 2022  |  43 mins 59 secs

    This week on the ArCast, Andrew talks to ArDrive's Director of Design Lucas Porter-Bakker about kung fu, vaporware, and the next steps to mass web3 adoption. We also talk about the importance of fonts and the challenge that comes with designing new logos. Thank you Lucas!

  • Episode 13: Big Arch

    May 1st, 2022  |  9 mins 21 secs

    An interview with security engineer and YouTuber Archie Crawford about why he loves Arweave from a technical standpoint.

  • Episode 12: Amy J. Smith

    April 17th, 2022  |  26 mins 4 secs

    An interview with Los Angeles-based photography Amy J. Smith on how her photography brought her to California from Indiana, her love of Arweave, and how we can bring more women into the blockchain space.

  • Episode 11: David Whittington

    April 7th, 2022  |  33 mins 18 secs

    This week on the ArCast, Andrew interviews David Whittington about designing indie games, his Arweave-themed YouTube channel, his work with ArDrive, and developments around AR.IO! A great conversation with the man who popularized the elephant emoji. Thank you David!

  • Episode 10: David Watson

    March 17th, 2022  |  23 mins 2 secs

    This week on the ArCast, two-time Emmy winner David Watson talks about what he learned working at Disney and Netflix, and how this can inform the next steps to the mass adoption of Arweave and ArDrive.

  • Episode 9: YTCracker

    February 24th, 2022  |  40 mins 36 secs

    An interview with rapper YTCracker about his blockchain work and the pros and cons of NFTs and web3.