On this episode of Sandwich Society: Molly Barton, the co-founder and CEO of Serial Box - an audio entertainment startup that is artfully blending together the best of series television and the convenience of ebooks and audiobooks to bring readers a new form of story telling - talks about bringing the radio shows of old and the podcasts of new together and taking it to new places in this exciting digital entertainment vertical and how Serial Box works with book authors, Hollywood, and the superheroes of Marvel and DC.

Molly recommends for first time Serial Box listeners:
Bullet Catcher: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/bullet-catcher
Black Widow: Bad Blood: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/black-widow
Serial Box: https://www.serialbox.com/

Show notes are here: http://www.sandwich-society.com

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Sandwich Society; http://www.sandwich-society.com
RISE Offstage: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zniLKC4MapdE7VmhZUDC2?si=BWA_OLeRSWCUXZ3UFWoEwA
RISE: http://www.riseconf.com
Web Summit: http://www.websummit.com
Casey Lau on Twitter https://twitter.com/casey_lau

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Other Sandwich Society podcasts:
VR: http://www.sandwich-society.com/martina-welkhoff-of-wxr-fund/
Synthetic Humans: http://www.sandwich-society.com/digital-clone-synthetic-human-hour-one/
Cyberpunk: http://www.sandwich-society.com/cyberpunk-2077/
TikTok: http://www.sandwich-society.com/attention-factory-tiktok/

On this podcast, I welcome Tom Blair, founder of the Robots Radio Network and the host of the Cyberpunk Lorecast a podcast DEVOTED to all things Cyberpunk 2077 from its tabletop roots to the upcoming video game — Tom’s podcast network includes podcasts on all the popular video games so who better to help me and you get a better handle on the biggest thing in gaming since, well, Animal Crossing, but as you’ll hear on this podcast a bit more….adult!

So jack in to the system with me and Tom Blair, as we find out why Cyberpunk 2077 is so hot and what it means for the future of next gen consoles, streaming gaming, and micro-communities.

SHOW NOTES

Robots Radio Network https://robotsradio.net/
Cyberpunk Lorecast Podcast https://robotsradio.net/robots-radio-podcasts/cyberpunk-lorecast/
Cyberpunk Lorecast Twitter https://twitter.com/CyberpunkLore
Cyberpunk 2077 Official Site https://www.cyberpunk.net/
Cyberpunk 2077 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4zyoIAzmdsgpDZQfO1-lSA
Project CD RED Official Site https://en.cdprojektred.com/
Google Stadia https://stadia.google.com/
Sony Playstation 5 https://www.playstation.com/en-ca/ps5/
Microsoft Xbox Series X https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/consoles/xbox-series-x
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Sandwich Society; http://www.sandwich-society.com
RISE Offstage: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zniLKC4MapdE7VmhZUDC2?si=BWA_OLeRSWCUXZ3UFWoEwA
Web Summit: http://www.websummit.com
RISE: http://www.riseconf.com
Casey Lau on Twitter https://twitter.com/casey_lau

I welcome Matthew Brennan, author of the new book "Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance" to the Sandwich Society podcast and we talk about the beginnings of the biggest digital entertainment social media app in the world as well as what the future holds.

This episode is definitely meant "for your page," so grab a bottle of Ocean Spray cranberry juice and bob your head to this podcast with my guest: Matthew Brennan.

SHOW NOTES

Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JXuhQL

Matthew Brennan on Twitter https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina

Matthew Brennan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-brennan/

Sandwich Society; http://www.sandwich-society.com

RISE Offstage: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zniLKC4MapdE7VmhZUDC2?si=BWA_OLeRSWCUXZ3UFWoEwA

Web Summit: http://www.websummit.com

RISE: http://www.riseconf.com

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TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/

Douyin https://www.douyin.com/

Toutiao https://www.toutiao.com/

Bytedance https://www.bytedance.com/en/

Musically https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/musically-shutdown-tiktok-bytedance-1202893205/

Mindie https://medium.com/@rrhoover/want-to-feel-badass-a-design-teardown-of-music-app-mindie-58228684b4a2

Kuaishou https://www.kuaishou.com/

Likee https://apps.apple.com/us/app/likee-let-you-shine/id1251790681

Taobao https://world.taobao.com/

Virtual gifting https://technode.com/2016/05/05/virtual-gifts-are-still-the-top-earner-in-chinas-live-video-streaming-market/

Live streaming e-commercehttps://www.mytotalretail.com/article/the-rise-of-livestreaming-for-e-commerce/

What are furries? https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/animals-and-us/201707/what-s-the-deal-furries

“Fur and Loathing” the CSI episode on furries https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0534691/

What is a KOL https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/key-opinion-leaders

Doggface vs Fleetwood Mac https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/doggface-gives-the-world-a-smile-with-juice-a-skateboard-and-all-the-vibes

M to the...

On this episode, I welcome Calvin Jiang from Castbox — a podcast distribution platform headquartered in the U.S. and China with over 30 million registered users and available in over 175 countries and 70+ languages.

Calvin is Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Castbox, and we talk about the future of podcasting as he has some bold predictions about the future of his industry.

Some of the takeaways you will hear include what language is a big upcoming market, how Twitch for Audio also known as live-streaming might be the next big money maker, and how the China podcast market differs from the rest of the world not to mention what Calvin thinks of Spotify’s foray into podcasting.

Yes, this is podcast inception – a podcast talking about podcasts on a podcast platform.

Castbox
http://www.castbox.fm

iVoox
https://us.ivoox.com/en/

GVR Podcast Market Report
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/podcast-market

Last Podcast on the Left Patreon page, has 12K subscribers earning roughly 67K per month
https://www.patreon.com/lastpodcastontheleft

Investing in the Podcast Ecosystem in 2019
https://a16z.com/2019/05/23/podcast-ecosystem-investing-2019

Will Audio Live-streaming Take off in America
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/20/will-audio-livestreaming-take-off-in-america

Spotify needed a huge podcast, and it just bought one of the biggest
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124201/bill-simmons-the-ringer-spotify-acquistion-podcast-purchase

Matthew Ball on AudioTech
https://www.matthewball.vc/all/audiotech

Web Summit
http://www.websummit.com

RISE
http://www.riseconf.com

The future of digital clones and synthetic humans, believe it or not, is already upon us.

On this episode I welcome Natalie Monbiot from Hour One a startup that is creating lifelike synthetic humans at scale - this is such a fascinating conversation that you probably should pause this and go to HourOne.ai to have a look at what we are about to talk about.

Are you ready to be digitally cloned?

Will I be presenting onstage at Web Summit via my digital clone?

Or will they just replace me with a digital clone of Robert Downey Jr that can present in 100 languages simultaneously?

Fasten your seatbelts as the future of synthetic humans pours through your ears, here we go: please welcome Natalie Monbiot from Hour One;


Show notes

Natalie Monbiot: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natlikethat/
Hour One: https://www.hourone.ai
Lil Miquela: https://www.instagram.com/lilmiquela/
Samsung Neon https://www.neon.life/
Imma https://aww.tokyo/
Virtual humans
Web Summit: https://websummit.com/

I met Jacklyn Dallas at Web Summit where she was on center stage doing a live gadget unboxing with other gadget YouTubers - at only 18 years old she amazed me with her gadget insight, her professionalism, and as you are about to hear, her ensuing media empire expansion plans, you will be as inspired by her vision as I am.

Jacklyn is behind the successful YouTube channel Nothing But Tech with over 140,000 subscribers, and over 8 million views! Alongside review videos, she also works with brands like Samsung, Apple, and OnePlus and travels the world to create interesting content.

We talk about YouTube, TikTok, Discord, crowdfunding and 1000 true fans; please welcome Jacklyn Dallas from Nothing But Tech to talk about building her own digital media empire starting with YouTube.

Head on over to www.nbtjacklyn.com to find links to her YouTube, Twitter, Podcast and even her clothing line.

I post all the episodes of the podcast here at www.sandwich-society.com so check out episodes on VR, mobile games, console wars and more and Follow me on Twitter @casey_lau

Web Summit returns this December 2-4 online so check out websummit.com for the latest speaker announcements and to get your tickets today!

Today on the podcast I welcome Blake J Harris the author of the book Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that defined a generation - the incredible true story of the amazing war for the future of entertainment that is now a documentary directed by Blake out this week on CBS All Access.

We talk about the book, we talk about his newer book about the creation of Oculus, we talk about Seth Rogen, promoting a documentary during a pandemic and the future of documentaries on streaming services, and even the future of publishing - this episode has it all - come for Sega vs Nintendo but stay for the future of the history of the future on this episode of Sandwich Society.

Nintendo has been having a pretty great time during the pandemic with their Switch device almost impossible to get and it shows in their incredible recent quarterly report but where does the Switch go from here and how will they be affected by the upcoming release of Sony’s Playstation 5?

On this episode of the Sandwich Society, I sit down with Dr. Serkan Toto the founder of Kantan Games a game consultancy in Tokyo, Japan that has been analyzing and tracking the games market for the past 10+ years and is a resource for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg on the gaming industry and the future of gaming. We talk about Animal Crossing, China and Tencent Games and take a look at what happens to gaming when we can all go outside again.

On this episode of the Sandwich Society, I talk to Martina Welkhoff co-founder of WXR Fund who is investing in the next generation of VR startups and making sure it's as diverse as possible.

Martina is a VR founder herself having pushed the boundaries in social VR and in doing so has recognized the unique opportunity that the creation of a new computing platform provides for women and underrepresented minorities.

Now with her fund and accelerator, she is focused on the female lead VR startup and has invested in some very promising startups in different verticals but we focus on the entertainment and media ones in our chat - we talk about the art of storytelling, hosting events in virtual reality and the business case for VR.

Links to everything we spoke about is here: http://www.sandwich-society.com/martina-welkhoff-of-wxr-fund/

Before we kick off the Countdown to Web Summit later this Fall, I am joined by leaders and innovators in the digital entertainment and media space on Sandwich Society. I plan to cover VR/AR, gaming, online events, virtual idols, streaming and The Metaverse.

In this premiere episode, I sit down with Bunch founder and CEO Selcuk Atli to talk about the future of mobile game parties.

www.bunch.live

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