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"Welcome to MPower You Podcast, the prime destination for seekers of a more conscious, purpose-driven lifestyle. Our podcast is dedicated to providing listeners with inspirational stories, transformative insights, and practical guidance on how to live a more conscious life in today's fast-paced, digital age. Each episode invites thought-leaders, innovators, and influencers from various fields to explore topics like mindfulness, sustainable living, personal growth, and wellness. Join us as we ...
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Context: Views on Crypto & Culture is hosted by Blake Finucane, an art historian and venture capitalist, who published the world's first academic thesis on crypto art in 2018. This podcast unpacks how crypto impacts culture and vice versa. Expect a long-form, informative, interview-driven pod with industry leaders. Brought to you by Boys Club.
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Who am I? What does it mean to be human? Why does the world seem so screwed up and how do we fix it? You’re invited to join me on my quest to find answers to these and life’s other great questions. Nothing to Lose but Yourself is more than just another self-help or motivational podcast, it’s an engaging and enlightening journey into us. In some episodes, I will invite you to eavesdrop on the insightful and often irreverent conversations that I have with thought-leaders, fellow artists, enter ...
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Blake speaks with the brilliant Nina Chanel Abney, world renowned multidisciplinary artist. Her resume is beyond impressive; her work is in the permanent collections of museums like The MoMa and The Whitney, and she just released her second collaboration with Nike, designing her take on the iconic Jordan 3. Earlier this year, she was the first arti…
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Blake speaks with Francisco Alarcon (FAR) - artist, engineer and co-founder of Taproot Wizards. They dive into all things art on Ordinals, for a fresh look on the topic. FAR outlines the differences between creating art on Ordinals and Ethereum including their unique technical capabilities, community expectations and aesthetic trends. They also tal…
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Blake speaks with Natalie Stone, General Manager for CryptoPunks at Yuga Labs. This is a CryptoPunks interview like you’ve never heard before! There is so much new info that will make you appreciate the collection and crypto art even more. Natalie walks Blake through the 3 pillars of the CryptoPunks brand and explains “the North Star” that the coll…
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Context presented by Boys Club is partnering with Sotheby’s for Season 3! Each month, we'll be working with Sotheby's to bring you an episode on a different digital art based theme. The goal over this season is to help you more deeply engage with digital art and better understand how it intersects with crypto. For the first episode of the season, B…
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Blake speaks with Sebastian Sanchez, Digital Art Sales Manager at Christie’s. Sebastian gives a behind the scenes look at how an auction gets put together (selecting artists, pricing, display, collectors) while talking though Christie’s latest sale Next Wave: The Miami Edit, taking place at Art Basel Miami Beach. Sebastian also details some of Chri…
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My guest on the podcast this week is Darnell L. Moore. Darnell is a media maker, educator, writer and thought leader and the author of the 2019 Lambda Literary Award winning memoir, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America, which was listed among the New York Times 100 Notable Books and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Wri…
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Blake speaks with the incredibly talented artist and digital fashion designer GLITCHOFMIND, who is part of the Syky Collective’s inaugural cohort, and the Designer Lead at Syky, Clare Maguire. They have an enlightening convo about the definition and possibilities of digital fashion and how the genre is still being defined. Glitch explains how digit…
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My guest on the podcast this week is Marija Abney. Marija is a South Carolina native who moved to NY to pursue an arts education at The AIley School at Fordham University and went on to earn her MA in performance studies from NYU. Marija is an actress and dancer who has appeared as a Dora Milaje in "Black Panther" and "Wakanda Forever" as well as "…
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On this special episode, Blake speaks with two incredible artists: Nancy Baker Cahill and Figure 31. She dives into their creative processes: why and how they make art with emerging technology (in particular the blockchain and augmented reality). This leads into an illuminating discussion about the distinct artistic properties of the blockchain (ak…
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"Unearth the profound journey of healing, growth, and self-discovery in our latest MPower You Podcast episode with Steph Annie. Delving deep into the realms of personal trauma, societal conditioning, and the unwavering quest for a safe, collaborative, and loving world, Steph paints a vivid picture of her transformation. How does the weight of past …
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In this heartfelt episode of the "MPower You Podcast", we are joined by Sally Gimon, a real estate investor and financial educator who turned personal tragedy into a transformative journey. Sally opens up about the profound impact her mother’s health crisis had on her and shares the touching final words they exchanged. From navigating devastating g…
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"Uncover the layers of our deepest fears in the recent episode of the MPower You Podcast, as Erin Slutsky enlightens us on the distinct fears associated with different types. From the fear of boredom to the aversion of vulnerability, each type reveals a unique facet of our psyche. Are you a Type 7 who dreads the mundane, or perhaps a Type 9 who shi…
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"In the latest episode of MPower You Podcast, join us as we dive deep into the intricate tapestry of our body's interconnectedness with guest expert Sara Vatore. Sara enlightens us on how every aspect of our being is interwoven, challenging the common medical mindset that isolates issues rather than viewing the body holistically. From the power of …
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In this enlightening episode of the "MPower You Podcast," host Michael Abney welcomes first-time guest Esther Avant, a seasoned health and weight loss coach with over 17 years of experience in the industry. Together, they delve into Esther’s unique and transformative approach to holistic wellness, which involves not just nutrition and exercise, but…
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In this powerful episode of the MPower You Podcast, we dive deep into conversation with our extraordinary guest, Lucy Byrd Hope. Lucy opens up about her transformative approach to personal growth, discussing her personal philosophy, tools, and tactics that she has used to establish new, more constructive habits in life. Lucy has authored a book cal…
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In this episode of the MPower You Podcast, we explore an enriching conversation with Laurin Mariani, a spiritual guide who transformed her life through self-understanding and acceptance. Laurin shares the evolution of her spiritual journey, discussing how she harnessed her unique abilities and channeled them into creating transformative programs. L…
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In this podcast episode, Samantha Kozuch, the founder of The Maniscripting Journal, discusses her journey of entrepreneurship and the impact her product has had on the lives of women. Despite initially facing the challenge of not knowing how to design, manufacture, ship, and import products, she emphasizes the importance of starting "messy" and tak…
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In this enlightening episode of the MPower You Podcast, Charles Logan, a dedicated student of the Modern Mystery School International and the lineage of King Solomon, takes us through his transformational journey toward self-realization. He discusses the struggle between light and dark, good and bad, and our positive and negative egos, reminding us…
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In this episode of the MPower You Podcast, Elizabeth Kipp, a health facilitator specializing in chronic pain management, sheds light on the nature of chronic pain and the dangers of addictive substances often prescribed to manage it. Kipp begins by differentiating between chronic and acute pain. She defines chronic pain as any discomfort—physical, …
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In this insightful episode, Michael sits down with Alan Hull, a former technical officer in electronics who rode the wave of the 1980s computer revolution. Despite his lucrative career, Alan struggled with a deep-seated addiction to alcohol which he describes as his "elixir of life," a remedy to the stress and tension he constantly felt. This addic…
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In this captivating & trippy episode of the MPower You Podcast, our guest Michou Olivera shares her transformative journey through life, self-discovery, and the influential role of psychedelics. Growing up in a society that didn't understand or accept her masculine nature as a female, she found escape and solace in substances, particularly psychede…
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My guest on the podcast today is singer-songwriter-producer and recording artist Gordon Chambers. Gordon is a success story in the music industry. His solo albums have been nominated for Independent Soul Album of the Year by Soultracks.com. His #1 hits as a lyricist include: Anita Baker’s Grammy- winning hit “I Apologize”, Brownstone’s Grammy-nomin…
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Join us on the MPower You Podcast as we delve into the profound story of Hesron Gomez, a life coach who turned a personal crisis into a beacon of hope for others. Hear his candid confession about infidelity, the impact it had on his life, and how he chose to face it head-on, transforming his life in the process. Despite societal stigmas, Hesron bra…
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My guests on the podcast this week are the historic and dynamic country music group O.N.E. the Duo. These talented ladies are the first Black mother/daughter duo in country music history and they drop their debut album this summer. In our wide ranging and insightful conversation, I speak to the ladies about the pros and cons of working together, th…
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Experience the eye-opening journey of Inbar Shahar, a woman raised in the throes of conflict, who discovered the transformative power of meditation. In this insightful episode of the MPower You Podcast, Inbar opens up about her life in Israel, a childhood marked by constant fear, and her breakthrough moment in a group meditation session. Immerse yo…
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In this episode of the Empower You podcast, host Michael Abney welcomes former FBI agent Erin Mann. Erin shares her journey from a childhood in a law enforcement family, where both her parents were FBI agents, to becoming an agent herself. From a young age, Erin always knew she wanted to work for the FBI, an aspiration that guided her lifestyle and…
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Blake speaks with Alice Delahunt, the founder and CEO of Syky. Alice is previously Chief Digital Officer and Chief Content Officer at Ralph Lauren, and Global Director of Digital and Social Marketing at Burberry. They have an in depth and educational convo about how to bridge the gap between the traditional fashion and digital fashion industries vi…
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My guest on the podcast this week is Dr. Michael A. Lindsey. Dr. Lindsey is a noted scholar in the fields of child and adolescent mental health, as well as a leader in the search for knowledge and solutions to generational poverty and inequality. He is the Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor of Social Work at NYU Silver School of Social Work, and a…
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In this captivating episode of MPower You Podcast, host Michael Abney sits down with Justin Maxwell, a former school teacher turned financial mentor, for a thoughtful conversation on consciously navigating life, particularly as it pertains to money. Maxwell's journey from teaching to the 'money game' is nothing short of inspiring. He shares his ini…
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Blake speaks with Dani Loftus, CEO and founder of Draup. They chat about all things web3 fashion, including its actual definition (which she breaks down into 3 subcategories), its history, how its developed over time, and its categories of userbases right now. Blake couldn’t help but question if PFPs actually “count” as digital fashion items. Blake…
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My guest on the podcast this week is the dynamic, engaging, and successful journalist and storyteller Naimah Jabali-Nash. Naimah collaborated with acclaimed director, Stanley Nelson,as a producer on Netflix’s Crack: Cocaine, Corruption, Conspiracy, and her work on the sports journalism series, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel earned her five Emmy Awa…
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🎙️ In this illuminating episode of the MPower You Podcast, we're joined by special guest Dana Saperstein, Ph.D., a dedicated clinical psychologist and host of the Fear Me Out podcast. With a life's passion for psychology and podcasting, Dana provides unique insights into the world of mental health from an intuitive rather than medical perspective. …
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Blake speaks with the visionary artist, poet and AI researcher Sasha Stiles, who was the first artist to sell AI-powered literature at Christies. She has been a true innovator and leader in defining and creating an entire new artistic genre: Literary and Poetry NFTs, as well as well as pushing the limits of how writers and poets incorporate AI into…
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My guest on the podcast this week is Raheim Johnson. Raheim is a native of Philadelphia, PA and a son to a single mother of four who at an early age developed a strong desire to travel and see the world. He took his first international trip in the summer 2013 to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and from there it was history. Fast forward 6 years lat…
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Blake has a fantastic convo with Douglass, founder and CEO of Wild, a hyper-curated web3 art platform whose investors include Cozomo de Medici, Crypto & NFT Investor and Kevin Lin, Founder of Twitch. They talk about the definition of “experiential art” and how Wild is at the forefront of discovering and supporting this emerging artistic medium. The…
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My guest on the podcast today is NaTasha Yvette Williams. Natasha is one of the few African American women to consistently star in major roles on Broadway such: Mama Morton in the critically acclaimed Broadway hit Chicago with Brandy, Ms Sophia in The Color Purple with Fantasia, A Night with Janis Joplin as Aretha Franklin, and currently as Sweet S…
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Blake Finucane speaks with the incredible Arianna Simpson, general partner at a16z, whose latest crypto fund is $4.5 billion! She is really a renowned force within the crypto industry and one of the longest standing investors in the space. They chat about how she got into crypto, launched her crypto fund by herself(!) in 2017(!), how she deals with…
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My guest this week is author, attorney, media personality, and journalist Eboni K. Williams. Eboni is the host and executive producer of Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams in addition to hosting The Grio with Eboni K. Williams, which airs on The Grio cable television network owned by Mr. Byron Allen. In our wide ranging conversation, Eboni and I …
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Blake speaks with the brilliant Eileen Isagon Skyers: an incredible artist, curator, academic, writer, TED speaker and CCO of Gemma Projects. They have a fascinating and genuinely educational convo about AI art; talking through how is it defined, how it interacts with crypto, who makes it, the biases to contend with around machine learning networks…
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My guest this week is author, attorney, media personality, and journalist Eboni K. Williams. Eboni is the host and executive producer of Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams in addition to hosting The Grio with Eboni K. Williams, which airs on The Grio cable television network owned by Mr. Byron Allen. In our wide ranging conversation, Eboni and I …
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Blake speaks with the incredible Matt Medved, CEO and Editor-In-Chief at NFT Now. They have a super illuminating conversation about all things web3 media. They get into the nuanced and layered definition of “tokenized media,” and the opportunities (and necessity!) around it. They also touch on literary NFTs, a term you’ll be hearing a lot more abou…
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My guest on the podcast this week has been called the most famous astrophysicist of our time. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the author of the #1 bestselling Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, among other books. He is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has served since 1996. He …
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Blake speaks with streetwear legend Bobby Hundreds, co-founder of The Hundreds. He’s seen it all, and brings his 20 years of building his business to create a really helpful ~context~ for how to better understand the world of NFTs. They speak about the state of NFT culture and how to build a strong community that exists and stands for more than sim…
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Blake chats with Marjorie Hernandez, co-founder and CEO of the Lukso blockchain and The Dematerialised. Marjorie outlines how Lukso is providing tools for creative expression outside of traditional institutions, and how to build a brand and community around an emerging blockchain. The convo also turns to web3 fashion. Marjorie, who has done collabs…
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Blake speaks with the brilliant Straith Schreder, Executive Creative Director at Palm NFT Studio, who has been a part of designing and launching web 3 integrations for some of the most notable IP and artists on the planet including Batman and Damien Hirst. As expected, Blake can’t help but do a little art history detour to emphasize just how import…
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Blake talks with one of the NFT GOATs: gmoney. They speak about how he built his influence in the space, his time as an equities trader, how he applied that skillset to trading NFTs, and his thesis for continued growth and importance of NFT technology in the long term. They also cover his super innovative web3 luxury fashion brand, 9dcc and how he’…
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Blake speaks with Dev Moore, the co-creative director of Felt Zine, literally one of the coolest publications on the internet. They talk about net art, new media, hip hop as its own social network, and how to work with the internet as a medium of artist production. They touch on a lot of fashion related topics including Felt Zine’s recent collabora…
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Blake speaks to Joe and Dom, co-founders of one of the most most successful NFT projects of all time: Creepz/Overlord. They have an rich convo about how to build a successful web3 brand, the unique characteristics of web3 IP and the development of web3 specific business models. The conversation covers media, fashion and gaming and how an NFT-based …
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Blake and the brilliant Tasha Kim connect on a wide variety of topics, including crypto-market fit, how Gen Z’s online behavior impacts crypto products, and what interoperability for crypto companies really means today. Tasha so eloquently walks us through the term “subcultural capital” and why this is so relevant within crypto networks. They conti…
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One of the world’s most foremost art critics, Jerry Saltz joins Blake on the show to talk about crypto art as a medium, its’ relationship to money, and why it’s really no different to more traditional art forms like painting or sculpture. He also outlines how social media has been used to invert the art world’s gatekeeping. Prepare to be inspired a…
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