Tales from the Crypto | Part I: The Hype

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this first installment of our cryptocurrency mini-series, co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dive into a viral tweet about NFTs aiding Ukrainians with the war effort against Russia, as well as plans for a crypto island paradise that was never meant to be.

****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson. Mixing and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.

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0:06.1	that have gone missing, all told by tenacious public radio storytellers who refuse to let
0:11.5	mysteries go unsolved.
0:13.7	Don't miss season 3.
0:15.1	Out now.
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0:20.1	WBWR Podcasts.
0:22.8	Boston.
0:27.8	Where were you on the morning of February 27th, 2022?
0:34.8	This is a great deposition now.
0:42.8	Ben and I are grilling a guy named Jatheon Sadowski.
0:46.9	I have reason to believe that you were on Twitter.
0:50.4	I was making a tweet that soon made a lot of people really mad at me is what I was doing.
0:56.8	Ah yes, the thrill of kickstarting the social media outrage machine.
1:01.4	Like the mad hatters first cup of tea in the morning, Loki got a mischief swinging his
1:06.3	legs out of bed.
1:08.2	And on what topic was Jatheon about to tweet and live in infamy 4?
1:13.2	Not his opinion on the new Amazon Lord of the Rings TV series or making guacamole with
1:18.2	peas.
1:19.2	Don't do that guys.
1:21.8	Not the dress.
1:23.6	No, Jatheon was about to tweet about the most popular topic in Elon Musk's tweet replies.
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