Ep: 228 - Boys Club Live with Austin Federa of DoubleZero, James Kiernan of Octant and chat about Grimes joining LinkedIn, the Crypto Vanity Fair article, Expensive Basketballs and Cait's Dupe Shopping Skills

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:34 Williamsburg Cold Open 01:14 Pride and Internet Bits 05:03 NoDi Micro Neighborhoods 07:06 Why NoDi Went Viral 12:01 Commit to the Bit 13:32 Timothée Chalamet Kalshi Ad 21:02 Neighbor Noise and Sports Vibes 23:52 Is Basketball Scripted 27:18 World Cup Tourist Freddy 31:09 America Middle Class Envy 32:08 NYC Grass Is Greener 32:30 Freddy Goes Viral 35:27 Do You Bet 37:24 Nick Devor (Barrons) 38:06 Kalshi Chalamet Ad 40:06 Sportsbooks Plateau 44:55 CFTC Draft Rules 48:15 World Cup Betting Boom 52:21 Polymarket US Volume 54:58 Sports Shift And Partnerships 57:42 Sportsbook Vs Event Contracts 01:01:07 Five Year Outlook 01:02:52 Kalshi vs Polymarket 01:03:53 Do Fees Matter 01:05:34 World Cup Betting Economics 01:07:30 Guest Swap and Research 01:08:07 David Rosenberg (Notion) 01:09:41 Career Bets Explained 01:13:38 Founder Psyop Debate 01:16:07 Fun Is the Moat 01:18:01 Notion as AI Company 01:20:57 Founder Advice in AI 01:26:01 Model Drops at Notion 01:29:06 Emrata Essay Discourse 01:35:32 Wrap and Thanks

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:34 On the Ground at ETHConf 05:00 Today's Guest Lineup 05:49 Amanda Cassatt (Serotonin) 06:57 Ethereum's Big Mission 10:03 Institutions vs Exit Money 12:12 Talent Drain to AI and Beyond 15:44 Marketing and What Sells Now 17:03 What Excites Amanda Next 18:22 Scott Dykstra (Space and Time) 19:40 Virtual Vaults Explained 22:27 CLARITY Act and Tokenization 26:43 Quantum Threat and ETH Outlook 28:41 Buy The Dip Banter 29:23 Azeem Khan (Miden) 33:28 Privacy Versus Compliance 35:38 Digital Assets Rebrand 36:52 Crypto Maturity Optimism 40:09 Chris Yin (Plume) 40:27 Plume RWA Vaults 42:15 Looping Yield Strategies 45:07 TradFi Culture Clash 47:25 EthCC Closing Thoughts

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:49 Sponsor Vercel 02:35 To Do Lists and Taxes 03:47 Peptides Panel Takeaways 11:54 Sponsor Polygon 13:01 New Hollywood YouTube Horror 23:49 Victoria's Secret Meme Stock 33:10 Tech Week Directory Goes Viral 36:45 A16Z Runs Tech Week 38:50 Partiful RSVP Bugs 40:11 Founder Imposter Dinner 41:23 AI Native Law Firm 42:28 Best Tech Week Events 43:27 Fundraising Power Shifts 46:34 Partiful Ticketing Launch 55:17 Kalshi Knicks Bar Bet 58:20 Phia Celebrity Fundraise 01:04:11 Honey Scam Backstory 01:08:43 Bird Call Finale

This week on Boys Club Live, Natasha and Quasimatt break down a viral Reddit dating discourse post about a woman who demanded an Uber from Greenwich Village to Williamsburg (7:58), react to Pope Leo XIV's 42,000-word encyclical warning about AI and his tour of Ferrari's polarizing new electric car (16:58), sit down with Brookings Institution fellow and Oxford anthropologist Jacob Taylor to discuss his paper on "Context-maxing" and how to use AI without losing your cognitive agency (36:41), and close out with a breakdown of the Enhanced Games, a for-profit, doping-encouraged athletic competition that somehow drew real Olympic athletes (1:05:06).

00:00 Welcome to Boys' Club Live 00:34 Summer Vibes and Weekend Plans 02:16 Touch Grass and Backyard Hole 04:36 Show Preview and Sponsor Polygon 06:37 Meeting a Crypto Macro Trader 09:52 Peptides Stack and Reta Results 20:38 Sam Altman GLP Overdose Story 23:33 Everlane Sells to Shein 33:30 Sponsor Vercel Plug 35:55 Waymo Backlash in Nashville 38:23 Kids Riding Waymo Debate 39:35 Waymo for Rural Safety 42:15 Murdoch Buys New York Mag 46:44 Girls Building Cyberdecks 50:21 Meet Tok-Edge Founder Raees Chowdhury 51:23 Why a Regulated Crypto Fund 54:37 Redemption Token Explained 58:16 TradFi DeFi Tradeoffs 01:03:07 Who Wants This Product 01:09:48 Market Outlook and Wrap