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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

00:00 Welcome to Boys' Club 01:32 Show Me Your Stack 02:21 QuasiMatt Doxxing Bit 04:24 Thinking Machine Demo 13:06 Altman Texts and Lawsuit 16:43 Kacey Musgraves Discourse 23:14 Rubén Steckel Joins 24:47 Stablecoins Go Mainstream 29:48 Local Stablecoins 101 33:11 Stablecoins In The US 34:40 Institutional Tailwinds 36:51 AirTM Wallet Vision 38:06 Tala Loan Partnership 41:22 What Payments Lack 43:59 Hantavirus Conspiracy 50:59 Meet Prince From Luma AI 51:56 How Luma Works 56:06 Enterprise Adoption Fears 01:01:55 Slop Cannon Culture 01:06:10 Intentional Slop Debate 01:06:43 Inside the Creative Summit 01:07:25 AI Unlocks VFX Creativity 01:09:59 Mission Athletic Club Story 01:11:38 Designing Club Merch 01:12:04 Luma Model Stress Tests 01:12:34 Why Tools Empower Creatives 01:13:27 Show Me Your Stack Plug 01:15:10 Farza and Clicky Clip 01:19:41 New Segment Cash Tips, guest Sahil Goswammi 01:21:04 Sahil's Crypto Banking Path 01:24:10 Clarity Act Breaking News 01:26:02 Stablecoin Yield Fight 01:34:27 Future of Money Programmable 01:36:37 Agentic Payments and Stables 01:40:49 One Minute Cash Tip 01:42:25 Wrap Up and Sign Off

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club 00:33 Meet Jules and the New Show, Show Me Your Stack 01:30 Becoming a Media Face 06:00 Episode Two Teaser 07:53 Rate My Stack Explained 09:33 Live Dock Roast Demo 16:09 Notes App Philosophy 19:47 Wrap Jules and Invite Roasts 22:56 Newsletter and Personal Brand 23:43 Meet Blake Finucane, Met Gala Setup 26:26 Met Gala PR Crisis 29:35 Theme Versus Dress Code 33:09 Ranking Looks Begins 36:30 Standout S Tier References 42:01 Op Art Dress Debate 44:00 Robot Hands Gown 45:48 Kim and Lauren Grades 52:14 Pop Art and Heated Rivalry 57:40 Loose Looks S Tier 01:03:12 Meet Josh Phelps and Carbon Country Overview 01:09:35 Biochar Explained 01:12:19 Bitcoin Mining and Solar 01:17:24 Agrivoltaics with Sheep 01:19:21 Wood Vaults and Policy 01:22:14 Community Pushback and Data Centers 01:26:36 Five to Ten Year Vision 01:29:16 LinkedIn Dating Outro  

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:11 Hosts and Show Format 00:33 NYC Neighborhood Catch-Up 01:14 Tech Bathhouse Discourse 02:32 Meet Jules and New Show 03:24 Sponsor Shoutout Octant 05:21 Elon vs Altman Trial Talk 06:41 Show Me Your Stack Origin 08:46 Stack Philosophy and AI Tools 13:28 Season Details and Vercel 14:20 YouTube Launch and Subscribe 16:03 Behind the Scenes Plane Chaos 19:30 Rich Auntie Clip Breakdown 24:22 Etiquette and Wealth Rules 27:18 Calendar Invites vs Whats Up 28:20 Auntie Affirmations Mindset 28:45 Lifestyle Leverage Debate 29:32 Reality Show Pitch 30:08 Polygon Sponsor Break 31:04 Meta Creator Payouts 31:24 Tiago Sada Guest Intro 35:15 World Proof Of Human 37:55 WorldID Verification Orb 39:34 Concert Kit Ticketing 41:03 Dead Internet Reality 43:15 Agent Kit For Bots 47:10 Global Roots And Culture 50:34 AI Psychosis Summit 54:45 Taste And AI Art 59:22 Shake Social App Demo 01:00:59 Shaking Social Graph 01:01:37 Group Shake Leaderboards 01:02:06 AI Psychosis Summit Plug 01:02:32 Viral Coffee Shop Photo 01:05:16 Public Screens Privacy Debate 01:08:22 Always On Blast Era 01:09:36 When Conversations Become Content 01:12:09 Show Me Your Stack Launch 01:13:12 Shiv Browser Stack Tour 01:15:04 AI Browsers Agent Mode 01:19:15 Sponsor Vercel V0 01:19:45 Analog Lists And Reminders 01:20:47 Building Shivs Marketplace 01:22:28 Claude Powered Wants Feature 01:26:01 Wrap Up And Subscribe  

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:49 Today's Guest Lineup 01:36 Makeup Compact Debate 03:55 Octant Sponsor Update 05:19 Nicest Weather Map 08:43 Thunderstorm Monitor TikTok 09:58 Vercel Sponsor Shoutout 10:35 Slop Cannon Kids 13:32 Testing GPT-2 Image Tool 16:37 Writing the Brand Kit Prompt 26:13 AI Brand Kit Results 31:28 Stefan Deleveaux Joins the Show 33:10 Oasis Onchain Update 34:20 Caribbean Crypto Use Cases 37:12 Fish Fraud Flashback 40:25 Why Stefan Got Into Crypto 41:53 Octant Creator Bootcamp 48:45 Polygon Sponsor Shoutout 49:56 Welcome Anthony Soohoo, MoneyGram CEO to the show 55:25 Stablecoin Remittance Rails 01:00:56 Scaling Markets and Compliance 01:07:19 MoneyGram Beyond Remittance 01:10:08 AI Color Analysis Outro

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live From A16Z 03:25 San Francisco Vibes Check 07:47 Hudson River Trading Interns 09:44 High Agency Career Paths 14:05 Guest Jimmy Lai Joins 16:59 Next.js Explained 17:30 Open Source How It Works 21:25 Next.js Growth And AI Agents 24:17 Future Of UI And Interfaces 28:48 Open Source Frenemies 32:23 Why Open Source Matters 35:30 Personal Software And Workflows 39:58 Business Agents at Scale 42:20 Personal Knowledge Base Agent 44:09 Hype Versus Real Value 45:53 Experimentation and Bubble Cycles 51:30 Seun Omonije Intro 54:18 Telephone Entropy Explained 57:19 Slop Incentives and Industry 01:01:14 ELI5 Quantum Breaks Crypto 01:07:23 Qubit Counts and New Architectures 01:09:15 AI Accelerates Quantum Progress 01:11:13 Motives and Defenses in Crypto 01:13:14 Do Your Own Research Closing