The Alpha Pod

The Alpha Pod

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The Alpha Pod episodes

  • Could crashing your car change the value of an NFT? w/ Alan Chiu

    Alan Chiu is the founder of Boba Network.  Alan helps companies capture the business insights they need while preserving data privacy, using technology built by Stanford engineering professor Jan Liphardt. Filmed at ETH Denver 2022.

    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the MetaWhips

    ► https://www.metawhips.io

    FOLLOW US

    ►Discord https://discord.com/invite/metawhips

    ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wccmetawhips

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/wccmetawhips

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ►Facebook https://facebook.com/officialwcc

    ►Instagram https://instagram.com/westcoastcustoms

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/officialwcc

    ►Snapchat https://snapchat.com/add/officialwccsnap

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    14 min
  • Turning ADHD into a successful artist Career and utilizing NFTs as a musician W/ Abstract

    Luke Terkovich (Known as Abstract) is known for his immense musical versatility and affinity for providing uplifting music for a turbulent world. With a knack for storytelling, he provides introspective motivation to all who take the time to dive into his work.

    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the MetaWhips

    ► https://www.metawhips.io

    FOLLOW US

    ►Discord https://discord.com/invite/metawhips

    ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wccmetawhips

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/wccmetawhips

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ►Facebook https://facebook.com/officialwcc

    ►Instagram https://instagram.com/westcoastcustoms

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/officialwcc

    ►Snapchat https://snapchat.com/add/officialwccsnap

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    58 min
  • Is there room for photography in NFTs? w/ John Knopf

    John Knopf is an Emmy nominated international award-winning photographer whose work has been recognized by National Geographic, Red Bull, USA Today, Billboard Magazine and Google INC. to name a few. Dedicated to capturing photos around the planet, John has traveled the world for his collection.

    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the MetaWhips

    ► https://www.metawhips.io

    FOLLOW US

    ►Discord https://discord.com/invite/metawhips

    ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wccmetawhips

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/wccmetawhips

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ►Facebook https://facebook.com/officialwcc

    ►Instagram https://instagram.com/westcoastcustoms

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/officialwcc

    ►Snapchat https://snapchat.com/add/officialwccsnap

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    31 min
  • The 1 thing you need to buy when getting into NFTs w/ Hunter Orrell

    Hunter Orrell is a founder of Futureproof Media.  He builds NFT and digital content, as well as the future of the digital economy through strategic investments.

    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the MetaWhips

    ► https://www.metawhips.io

    FOLLOW US

    ►Discord https://discord.com/invite/metawhips

    ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wccmetawhips

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/wccmetawhips

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ►Facebook https://facebook.com/officialwcc

    ►Instagram https://instagram.com/westcoastcustoms

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/officialwcc

    ►Snapchat https://snapchat.com/add/officialwccsnap

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    56 min
  • Solana's Hacker Houses leading the way for developer growth w/ Bartosz Lipinski

    Bartoz Lipinski is an experienced Senior Software Engineer at Solana Labs with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Financial Technology, Software Development, FullStack development including React, TypeScript, and Node. One Half of B+J. Filmed at Solana Chicago Hackerhouse Jan 2022

    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the MetaWhips

    ► https://www.metawhips.io

    FOLLOW US

    ►Discord https://discord.com/invite/metawhips

    ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wccmetawhips

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/wccmetawhips

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ►Facebook https://facebook.com/officialwcc

    ►Instagram https://instagram.com/westcoastcustoms

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/officialwcc

    ►Snapchat https://snapchat.com/add/officialwccsnap

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    20 min
  • Did he help invent NFTs on Solana? W/ Jordan Prince

    Jordan Prince is a developer at Solana Labs known for working on the Metaplex protocol, candy machine and a bunch of other regularly used protocols on Solana. Half of B+J.  Filmed at Solana Miami Hackerhouse Dec 2021.

    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the MetaWhips

    ► https://www.metawhips.io

    FOLLOW US

    ►Discord https://discord.com/invite/metawhips

    ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wccmetawhips

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/wccmetawhips

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ►Facebook https://facebook.com/officialwcc

    ►Instagram https://instagram.com/westcoastcustoms

    ►Twitter https://twitter.com/officialwcc

    ►Snapchat https://snapchat.com/add/officialwccsnap

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    37 min
  • He formed a company over a Twitterspace? W/ Farokh

    Farokh Sarmad is the founder of Rug Radio, as well as an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, community builder, degen, and self-proclaimed Cryptopunk.


    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io

    Check out the ► MetaWhips

    FOLLOW US

    ► Discord

    ► Instagram

    ► Twitter

    About West Coast Customs

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.

    FOLLOW US

    ► Facebook

    ► Instagram

    ► Twitter

    ► Snapchat

    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    27 min
  • West Coast Customs Pimped Out an Ethereum Mining Rig? w/ Kurt Zendzian

    Kurt Zendzian, AKA "Kid Viral", Co-Founder and CCO of NVRLand Labs has been an innovator in the crypto space since 2017. KZ has a history of breaking mainstream artists by helping them go viral. 


    NVRLand Labs is a web3 Gaming Studio building a Car Customization, Collecting and Racing game on the blockchain with West Coast Customs called Empire Ave. Empire Ave will sit in the NVRLand world along with the MetaWhips and the MetaRacers’s mini drag game, the CryptoDads “Dadlands” lawnmower racing game and ever expanding metaverse. You can find out more by visiting, ► https://www.nvrland.io


    Check out the MetaWhips   

    ► www.metawhips.io 

    FOLLOW US  

    ► Discord

    ► Instagram

    ► Twitter  

    About West Coast Customs 

    Founded in 1993 by Ryan Friedlinghaus, West Coast Customs is the premiere vehicle modification shop, internationally recognized for its original designs, beyond your imagination concepts, impeccable quality, cutting-edge technology and unparalleled craftsmanship. On this channel, you can find epic car designs, makeovers, behind the scenes clips, celebrity appearances from Justin Bieber to Jeffree Star, making of the cars, inside looks at our showroom, and so much more! Recognized as the game-changing car customization phenomenon that was MTV's Pimp My Ride, West Coast Customs' pop culture status and appeal has catapulted worldwide with state-of-the-art West Coast Customs franchises negotiated for Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan.  

    FOLLOW US 

    ► Facebook  

    ► Instagram

    ► Twitter

    ► Snapchat  


    * None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording. While this show is brought to you by the West Coast Customs NFT division and NVRland Labs, all opinions expressed are a reflection of Jusup or the guest and not of the company. *

    41 min
  • The Alpha Podcast Trailer

    With 10 Episodes dropping April 4th, 2022, Jusup, dives into the world of Web3 and the rapid changing landscape. 

    To help you understand how the blockchain can revolutionize industries like finance, entertainment, or gaming, the show's host, Jusup interviews guest IRL (in real life) to get the inside scoop of what to expect in the future of Crypto, DeFi, GameFi and NFTs.

    What is Alpha? Alpha in Crypto means information that isn’t known by many and sometimes info that you get to hear first. 

    Guests range from Solana Developers; Jordan and Bartosz, NFT collectors; Farokh, Hunter Orrell, John Knopf, Professional Athletes and Artists; Evan Mendoza, Abstract, and Founder/CEOs from OpenDive, Frax Finance, Boba Network, and Many more.

    None of what you'll listen to is financial advice, nor do we endorse any of the guests or projects on the show. This is simply meant for educational purposes, and often times we're learning about these guests and projects in real time, as we’re recording.

    2 min

About The Alpha Pod

From the publisher's feed

The Alpha Pod, hosted by Jusup, initially started as a deep dive into the world of Web3 and the rapid changing landscape. With a mission to help understand how the blockchain can revolutionize industries like finance, entertainment, or gaming, the show speaks with leaders IRL (in real life) to get the inside scoop of what to expect in the future of Crypto, DeFi, GameFi and NFTs.