Priv8 Podcast

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Priv8 Podcast episodes

  • Art Curation and Diversity in the New Creator Economy with Iris Nevins
    This week we join Iris Nevins, co-founder of Umba Daima, an NFT Studio building and curating community in Web3. Umba Daima creates virtual galleries featuring multicultural projects by artists worldwide, including the Black NFT Art network and The Unseen Gallery. Iris is a former teacher and software engineering manager at MailChimp. In today's conversation, we take a deep dive into her entrepreneurial journey to talk about the current state of the creator economy, the art of curation, and how her studio is diversifying the NFT ecosystem.
    42 min
  • Cybersecurity and the Future of Digital Identity with Horacio Zambrano
    This week host Derek E. Silva joins  Horacio Zambrano, CMO at Secret Double Octopus, is a software company specializing in passwordless authentication for enterprise environments. We take a deep dive into global privacy laws, what is the holy grail of cybersecurity, and why the future of digital identity will be decentralized.
    40 min
  • China's Great Firewall and the Battle Against Censorship with Simon Sharwood

    This week host Derek E. Silva joins journalist Simon Sharwood, The Register's APAC Editor based in Australia. He covers the region's news and virtualization, data center infrastructure, software, cloud platforms, and more. We take a deep dive into China's great firewall, how it impacts Internet policies worldwide, India's data privacy laws, and the unspoken battle of self-censorship.

    47 min
  • Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the DAO Hack with Matthew Leising
    This week Derek E. Silva joins Matthew Leising, Co-founder of DeCential Media that focuses on telling the stories of the founders, builders and visionaries who are creating a new decentralized economy and internet experience. We take a deep dive into the fascinating early days of Ethereum to discuss Matthew’s critically acclaimed 2020 book “Out of the Ether’ and his quest to solve the mystery behind the DAO hack.
    51 min
  • Free Speech and the Age of Disinformation with Wired's Gilad Edelman

    This week host Derek E. Silva joins Gilad Edelman, a senior writer for WIRED, covering the intersection of tech, politics, and law. Prior to that, he was executive editor of the Washington Monthly. We take a deep dive into the truth about Section 230, the battle against disinformation, social media censorship, and the future of DAOs.

    45 min
  • Julian Assange's Fight for Freedom with Gabriel Shipton

    This week host Derek E. Silva joins Australian filmmaker Gabriel Shipton, the brother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Gabriel talks about what inspired him to become a storyteller and discusses his recent documentary "Ithaka," which tells his brother's story through his family's eyes and gives an intimate behind-the-scenes look at their battle for justice. The film follows his father, John Shipton, and Julian's fiance, Stella, in their campaign to free Julian Assange and their fight for the freedom of the press.

    45 min
  • All About Orchid and the Future of the Internet with Travis Cannell
    This week host Derek E. Silva joins Travis Cannell, Head of Product & Marketing at Orchid. A great conversation on how Travis first met Co-founder Jay Freeman at the College of Creative Studies in Santa Barbara, why Orchid’s VPN is different from other privacy tools, and his predictions on the future of the Internet.
    45 min
  • What's Next for Ethereum 2.0 with Tim Beiko

    This week host Derek E. Silva joins Tim Beiko, AllCoreDevs at the Ethereum Foundation. We discuss Tim’s journey into blockchain, what led him to join AllCoreDevs to help trailblaze the implementation of EIP-1559 last year, and how the team is mapping out Ethereum 2.0. 

    46 min

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We join founders, CEOs, and thought leaders for a weekly dose of commentary on technology, privacy, human rights, and Internet freedom in the digital age. Hosted by Derek E. Silva