Ten podcast episodes to get you thinking about the intersection of crypto and social impact
One of the greatest things about the cryptocurrency and blockchain space is that there is a ton amazing content online, whether its podcasts, blogs, e-books, of videos. There are also an increasing number of podcasts and episodes focused on cryptocurrency and social impact.
For today’s blog, we will share ten podcast episodes exploring some of the intersections between cryptocurrency, blockchain, and social impact, to get you thinking about the exciting potential in this space.
1. Crypto Actually Fixes This: How Code to Inspire Uses Crypto in Afghanistan
Unchained - September 28, 2021
“Fereshteh Forough is the founder and CEO of Code to Inspire, a coding school for girls in Afghanistan. She discusses her background as a refugee, how she uses crypto to fund the school and pay students, and how the US military’s departure has affected student life.”
2. Solar Punk – The DoinGud Platform
The Crypto Conversation – August 19, 2021
“DoinGud is an NFT ecosystem where passion has the ability to create social impact. NFT creators can donate at least 5% of their profits from every sale to charitable causes benefiting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. These goals include creating gender equality, ending world hunger, ensuring all individuals have good health and well-being, and quality education for all.”
3. Blockchain for Social Good with Thessy Mehrain, the Co-Founder of Consensys project Liquality.io
The Women of Blockchain – September 18, 2020
“In today's talk we will hear Thessy sharing her journey into creating Liquality, and what was driving her and her team. We also talked about Blockchain for social good and touched on the basic human rights and where blockchain makes sense as a technology.”
4. The Promise of People Powered Money with CirclesUBI
The Blockchain Socialist - April 11, 2021
“For this interview I spoke to Julio Linares (@Julio_Linares_) an Economic Anthropologist studied under David Graeber at the LSE, Social Outreach at the Basic Income Org, and Research & Community for CirclesUBI (@CirclesUBI). CirclesUBI is a project seeking to provide people a universal basic income using the xDAI ethereum sidechain based on mutual credit.”
5. Cryptocurrency + Fundraising: The Next Frontier?
We Are For Good Podcast – July 28, 2021
“Raise your hand if you're still trying to figure out how the heck cryptocurrency and philanthropy intersect? We've got you! Meet Pat. He merged his nonprofit experience and passion for Bitcoin trading to create The Giving Block, a company helping nonprofits transact cryptocurrency donations. He's giving the simplest explanation into the ins and outs of cryptocurrency, blockchain and the underlying technology needed to accept this new form of currency.”
6. Building a Sustainable Career in Blockchain and Overcoming Gender Inequality with Jillian Godsil
The Women of Blockchain – June 29, 2020
“In todays episode, we discussed the Blockchain space as a viable career choice and how it could be a sustainable source of income. We touched on the most profound barriers to entry for women in technology sectors in general. We also reviewed the main impact that Blockchain is making on societies and we concluded with Jillian's practical tips on how to overcome the common challenges that many women face, build their online presence in Blockchain and successfully transition into the space.”
7. Unconfirmed: Axie Infinity’s July Revenue Tops $200 Million. Here’s How Filipino’s Drove It.
Unchained - July 30, 2021
“Leah Callon-Butler, director of Emfarsis, discusses her documentary, “Play-to-Earn: NFT Gaming in the Philippines,” and the real-world impact that crypto is having in the Philippines.”
8. Funding Musician Co-ops Using Community Tokens with Ampled
The Blockchain Socialist – May 30, 2021
“For this week's episode, I spoke with Austin Robey, cofounder of Ampled, a cooperatively owned music platform owned by artists and workers similar to Patreon. He recently published an article through Forefront titled “How Community Tokens Can Power Cooperatives.” During the interview we talk about how Ampled is working to create a cooperative alternative to Patreon for musicians, the struggle of raising funds for platform cooperatives, and the recent proposal he made for starting a community token around the Ampled platform. The community token would be a type of local currency for the Ampled ecosystem. It would allow for the cooperative to recognize their workers contributions and potentially give them an avenue for paying for things like rent.”
9. Pool Party | Episode 2: GROW Pool
The Cardano Convo – September 12, 2021
“On today's episode of The Cardano Convo Pool Party, we are interviewing Raymond Mata, the founder and operator of GROW Pool. GROW Pool is a Cardano Stake Pool that provides 100% of their profits to various charities including the Save the Children Charity.”
10. Cryptocurrency and Future of Donor Engaged Funds
Nonprofits are Messy – June 26, 2021
“More and more folks are donating to charity with cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, only a few large nonprofits have any idea what to do with it…My guest today is Robbie Heeger who is the CEO of Endaoment, America’s first Community Foundation to be powered by blockchain.”
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