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Wed Nov 20 2024

Breaking the Taboo - Alyssa Grenfell's Leap from Mormonism to Freedom

Listen to the full podcast here: https://skmp.supercast.com/ In this enlightening episode, Alyssa Grenfell, an ex-Mormon author and content creator, shares her audacious journey of leaving the Mormon church. Alyssa delves into the complexities of questioning and ultimately stepping away from deeply ingrained beliefs, shedding light on the emotional and psychological hurdles she encountered. From her first sip of coffee to trying marijuana, Alyssa's story is an exploration of breaking taboos and the quest for personal liberation. She discusses the fear and empowerment of challenging lifetime doctrines and the transformative power of embracing one's truth. Join us as Alyssa provides invaluable insights into navigating life changes with courage and authenticity. Follow Alyssa: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alyssadgrenfell/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@alyssadgrenfell TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alyssadgrenfell?lang=en Book: How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion amzn.to/3UOujNc Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Nov 20 2024

Akira the MF Don - Choose Your Programing

Listen to the full podcast here: https://skmp.supercast.com/ In today’s episode, Akira the Don joins us for a deep dive into the complexities of modern parenting, the pervasive influence of media, and the subtleties of societal programming. As a renowned musician and the pioneer of Meaningwave, Akira shares his unique insights and personal experiences on raising children with conscious awareness in an era dominated by digital distractions and societal expectations. The conversation spans a range of thought-provoking topics, from the nuances of living abroad to the critical examination of societal norms and the insidious nature of propaganda. Follow Akira The Don: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akirathedon/ X: https://twitter.com/akirathedon Meaning Wave: https://www.meaningwave.com/ Podcast: The Akira The Don Podcast Spotify / Apple Podcast Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Nov 20 2024

Abel James - On the Business Models of Art, Artificial Creators, and Having Fun While Building the Future

Listen to the full podcast here: https://skmp.supercast.com/ Abel James is a polymath. He throws his creative energy into a myriad of mediums and from reality TV, to Podcasting to Music, he has performed at the highest level. I love talking to Able because we can follow a thread through the landscape of what feels like the entire internet. He is kind, creative, thoughtful, and basically a genius. I am grateful to call him my friend. Thank you for your attention.   Follow Abel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ X: https://x.com/fatburnman Substack: https://abeljames.substack.com/ Podcast: Fat-Burning Man Show Spotify / Apple Podcast Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Thu Sep 22 2022

Betting on the future: Zeitgeist a Web-3 prediction market built with the power of Polkadot on Kusama

Today I am joined by Logan Saether, Chris “Hutch” Hutchinson and David Perry from Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist is a prediction market built with the power of Polkadot on Kusama. Can we use prediction markets to govern our societies, our companies, and maybe, just maybe, start to forecast with a little bit more accuracy into the great unknowable future? Find out by jumping into this wide ranging conversation with Logan, Hutch, and David. As always, additional resources to enrich your experience are below: Topics Covered:  Zeitgeist: How it works/The roles they play (3:58) What is a prediction market?/Validity and morality of these markets (10:14) Prediction market effectiveness (16:40) Futarchy and the effects on society/news (29:40) Austrian Economics (36:52) Keeping people accountable: Court System, Brier Score (39:49) Creator Economy (42:52) Ethereum: The merge, substrate, polka dot (51:50) Big O Notation, Developer Advice (1:05:12)   Additional Resources: Web3 Foundation Website Element Chat Zeitgeist Website Zeitgeist Discord Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Thu Jul 28 2022

The Return of Agyle - The Promise of Polkadot, Myth Making, and the Role of Talisman in the Paraverse

Agyle is back for round 2 Agyle is the pseudonymous co-founder of Talisman. Talisman is a community-owned wallet built for a multi-chain future. It allows users to take control of their crypto assets, leverage novel use cases enabled by Polkadot, and help shape the end of the project via a social layer. To learn more about Talisman head to the links section. Agyle has been one of my favorite guests on this podcast. He is someone who thinks incredibly deeply about the world and his place in it. Each time we speak my understanding of the world shifts slightly in a profound way. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did. Welcome to the Sky King’s Mental Playground Polkadot, Kusama, Web3, & NFT edition. I am releasing public episodes from Sky King’s Mental Playground private feed because I am on a quest to find a technical co-founder. We are building a new media business model, and we need those who want to realize the vision of Web3 to join us on this journey. If this tickles your curiosity, learn more here: https://bit.ly/SKMPOFS . References, links, and miscellaneous things Check out all things Talisman talisman.xyz wearetalisman stillagyle Discord Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Jul 27 2022

BLR from Exiled Racers the first Blue Chip NFT Project on Moonbeam

Welcome to the Sky King’s Mental Playground Polkadot, Kusama, Web3, & NFT edition. I am releasing public episodes from Sky King’s Mental Playground private feed because I am on a quest to find a technical co-founder. We are building a new media business model, and we need those who want to realize the vision of Web3 to join us on this journey. If this tickles your curiosity, learn more here: https://bit.ly/SKMPOFS. Exiled Racers is an insanely high-fidelity blue chip NFT project on Moonbeam. The art is fantastic, and they even include a bonus game that you can play with the art here. To learn more from BLR and the team, head to:https://twitter.com/exiledracers https://www.exiledracers.com/ **https://blog.exiledracers.com/**You can purchase keys on the secondary market here BLR is the co-founder of Exiled Racers, a high-end NFT Play to enjoy the game on Moonbeam. Before this, he worked for Google for 10 years and has been working in the Web3 space since 2017, when he helped Status.IM something ICO raise $100MM Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Jul 27 2022

Momin Ahmad - Chasing MOments, The power of neighbor vigilantes and solving problems

Welcome to the Sky King’s Mental Playground Polkadot, Kusama, Web3, & NFT edition. I am releasing public episodes from Sky King’s Mental Playground private feed because I am on a quest to find a technical co-founder. We are building a new business model of media, and we need those who want to realize the vision of Web3 to join us on this journey. If this tickles your curiosity, learn more here: https://bit.ly/SKMPOFS Momin is a creative force to be reckoned with. He is a connector, an operator, a musician, and a really fun dude. I wanted him on this podcast to understand how you go from no coding to writing smart contracts in three months, why on earth he decided to create a music festival in fuck-all Texas, and more insight into how we should raise money for Stoa. Favorite quotes and ideas from the podcast. "How to go from No-code to writing smart contracts in 3 months." Have a strong "why." Look, it's a fucking cliche, but it's also true like many. Mo saw that software was eating the world. He knew he didn't want to be an appetizer, so he set out to learn more. Find your Yoda - Mo met his co-founder Neil who showed him what was possible when combining creativity and coding. Neil also offered up a challenge CTND Mo realized that he wanted to build something with Neil. To join, Neil said, go write a smart contract. Mo now had a deep why and a challenge to overcome. But, like any hero on a journey, the story was beginning. He took a three-month coding boot-camp course that taught him a bunch of useless stuff, but the valuable thing it gave him was an understanding of logic. Use the terminal - try and do everything you normally do, but from the terminal. Find a problem you want to solve and solve it. "How to understand risk as we move into a more volatile world." "In crypto, you need to adjust your mindset. First, you have to look at the worst thing that can happen. Then, multiply it by ten and assume that it will happen 4x per year." "Smart people with data, make smart decisions" - Mo. "People don't understand how difficult it is to translate data off the blockchain. Understanding, consuming, and processing data from the blockchain is not as easy as it sounds because you have to rely on a human being to translate it for you before consuming it. That's why we're making Credmark. The way we solve it is open source. "Understanding money gives you an understanding of human behavior" - Mo. References, links, and time stamps. Credmark - https://credmark.com/ Momin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mostarz93 Momin on Medium - https://mostarz93.medium.com/ Mofest IG - https://www.instagram.com/mo.fest/ Texas String Assembly - https://www.instagram.com/texas_string_assembly/ Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Jul 27 2022

Building a more generative internet with Charles Smith CEO of Nifty Island

Welcome to the Sky King’s Mental Playground Polkadot, Kusama, Web3, & NFT edition. I am releasing public episodes from Sky King’s Mental Playground private feed because I am on a quest to find a technical co-founder. We are building a new media business model, and we need those who want to realize the vision of Web3 to join us on this journey. If this tickles your curiosity, learn more here: https://bit.ly/SKMPOFS. We did a unique art piece for this launch collaborating with EMA-1 and JesseArt. I think it turned out great. If you want to own this fantastic 1 of 1 or any of our pieces, head to our collection on RMRK. Jesse crushed this. Check out the rest of his work and their project. I am too excited for all of y'all to listen to this episode with Charles Smith. Charles is the CEO and co-founder of Nifty Island, an open, social game world powered by web3. He is a big-brained mother fucker who has built something spectacular in a crazy amount of time. I look up to him and his team's ability to produce, think incredibly long-term, balance with riding the current wave, realize the opportunity that Web3 presents, and build from first principles. If you want to understand gaming, Web3, the metaverse, building a company in crypto, raising funds, and just being an all-around legend, Charles is your dude. Enjoy! Please follow Charles and Nifty Island on Twitter, head to their website, and join the discord. Books and articles mentioned: The Other Path - Hernando De Soto From 3rd world to 1st world - Lee Kuan Yew Critical Path - Buckminster Fuller Confronting Modernity Means Overcoming Humanism Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Jul 27 2022

Explaining NFT's to your Mom/The King's get RADICAL!

Welcome to the Sky King’s Mental Playground Polkadot, Kusama, Web3, & NFT edition. I am releasing public episodes from Sky King’s Mental Playground private feed because I am on a quest to find a technical co-founder. We are building a new media business model, and we need those who want to realize the vision of Web3 to join us on this journey. If this tickles your curiosity, learn more here: https://bit.ly/SKMPOFS. I am working on simplifying and communicating topics that I am obsessed with, which are often complex. This podcast was an opportunity to attempt that. I thought a great opportunity to do that was to try and explain NFTs to my mom. We quickly devolved/evolved to a massive generational discussion which was quite fun. We talk about the world the baby boomers have left us, the evolutionary survival of a meme, NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, and the future of the world. I expressed a lot more of my radical ideas. I hope you enjoyed the podcast as much as we did. There was a lot of stuff that we discussed towards the end of the podcast in economics that were directionally true but might have been precisely incorrect in our examples. Please DYOR! Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wed Jul 27 2022

Agyle from Talisman - Solve original ideas only, the structural benefits of opacity, and the importance of pragmatic truths

Welcome to the Sky King’s Mental Playground Polkadot, Kusama, Web3, & NFT edition. I am releasing public episodes from Sky King’s Mental Playground private feed because I am on a quest to find a technical co-founder. We are building a new media business model, and we need those who want to realize the vision of Web3 to join us on this journey. If this tickles your curiosity, learn more here: https://bit.ly/SKMPOFS . Agyle is the co-founder of Talisman. He initially studied game design and 3d art. He has been working in Web3 since 2017 and helped launch a bunch of ICO's at his Web3 venture studio Talisman is a community-owned wallet built for a multi-chain future. It allows users to take control of their crypto assets, leverage novel use cases enabled by Polkadot, and help shape the end of the project via a social layer. Agyle is my first pseudonymous podcast, but it is a concept that I am sure you are all familiar with at this point as this point in the podcast. I am hyped to offer more opportunities for anonymous and pseudonymous creators. References, links, and miscellaneous things talisman.xyz https://flexdapps.com/ wearetalisman stillagyle Discord Summer Heights High Siddartha - by Herman Hesse Snow crash - Neal Stephenson The Brass Check - Upton Sinclair Paul Saladino's new IG [Loss Aversion](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/loss-psychology.asp#:~:text=According to prospect theory%2C people,can lead to negativity bias.) Social Justice Pseudonymity Ser Have You Heard Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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