The Matthew and Rizzle Show
283 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsConversations or shit talking about bleeding-edge projects, artists, and creators in the NFT & crypto space. Hosted by Matthew aka @niftytime & Rizzle aka @NFTland.
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Episodes
Metaverse Musing with the two Matts from Intro To Music Theory
April 21, 2021 22:39 - 33 minutes - 71.6 MBMatthew & Rizzle speak with the two Matts from the China, Hainan-based music group Intro To Music Theory (IMT). The conversation talks about their upcoming June 11th NFT album release, what it's like running a music label from China, metaverse concerts, and more.
Riffing on NFTs & Jazz with Melody Poet Mike Casey
April 14, 2021 23:43 - 40 minutes - 86.5 MBThis week saxophonist and melody poet Mike Casey joins us on MARS. Mike talks about his nearly 20-year creative journey as a musician, how he discovered crypto and NFTs, and his genesis NFT release that's scheduled to drop on OpenSea on April 19th.
Unpacking AsyncMusic with Sam Brukhman
April 07, 2021 23:40 - 55 minutes - 119 MBThis week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Async Art BD manager and the Cryptoartistic Director of the vocal band Verdigris Ensemble about Async Music. The conversation starts off with Sam explaining the mind-blowing first project to launch on Async Music in partnership with Verdigris Ensemble in exquisite detail before orienting around the avenue of music, crypto, and NFTs.
Kick Flipping NFTs with The Love Handlz
March 31, 2021 23:50 - 47 minutes - 99.9 MBThis week Matthew & Rizzle go back to the future by speaking with The Love Handlz, someone the boys met years ago on Cent when they first started recording the podcast together. They talk about that early encounter, catch up on everything that happened in between, and finish off by talking about what The Love Handlz has cooking up in terms of bringing NFTs and crypto to the skateboarding community and beyond.
Making Metaverse Moves with Dirk Lueth, Co-founder of Upland
March 24, 2021 23:14 - 38 minutes - 81.2 MBThis week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the metaverse project Upland. As you'll hear, Upland has A LOT going on. They seem to have combined elements of every metaverse project out there and then some (e.g., cars!). After you're done listening though, go and try kicking the tires on Upland by visiting their website upland.me and report back on your findings.
Introducing NFT Protocol with Blockparty's Vlad & Joseph
March 17, 2021 23:39 - 49 minutes - 107 MBThis week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Blockparty's Vlad & Joseph about NFT Protocol which is a sort of Blockparty 2.0 grounded in the fully decentralized spirit of web3 principles. We cover a lot of ground including the origin story behind NFT protocol, how Vlad often breaks Rule #4 (of the 10 crack commandments) when it comes to buying nifties on his own platform, and end with a fascinating look into the traditional art world and the differences between a Certificate of Authenticity vs Certi...
A Non Fungible Talk with Patricio W., Founder of POAP
March 10, 2021 22:31 - 57 minutes - 121 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Patricio, founder of the Proof of Attendance Protocol aka POAP.
[Spotlight] Talking cryptoart with Colborn & Pablo of MoCA
March 04, 2021 00:27 - 56 minutes - 120 MBA new season of The Spotlight is back where we deep dive into the creative journey of artists and creators and shine a light on the cool shit they are doing when it comes to cryptoart, NFTs, and the metaverse. Our debut episode features a dual conversation with Colborn Bell and Pablo Fraile, creators of MoCA aka the Museum of Crypto Art. We discuss many things including the duo's collector framework, the scarcity vs. abundance debate, how we need to get better at collectively telling arti...
Taking NFTs to the next level with Ben Lakoff & Mango from Charged Particles
February 24, 2021 23:20 - 50 minutes - 105 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Ben Lakoff & Mango of Charged Particles, a project that is taking NFTs to the next level by enabling NFT owners and creators to turn their NFTs into a sort of wallet that can hold other tokens like interest-bearing aTokens from Aave or even other NFTs. We talk about Charged Particle's initial focus on artists and interesting applications in the cryptoart sphere, their insane metaverse launch party last week, future roadm...
A chat with Jeremy Dela Rosa, CEO & Founder of leyline.gg
February 17, 2021 23:03 - 58 minutes - 123 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Jeremy Dela Rosa, CEO & Founder of leyline.gg. Leyline is a nonprofit focused on creating a more compassionate future for folks all around the world. Jeremy has decades of experience working in AAA game studios like Blizzard and played a role in helping to shepherd e-sports into the general public's consciousness. He is pulling on that experience in addition to interesting crypto and NFT tools to help gamify altruism and ...
[Special Interview] A chat with Chris Dawe, CEO of Effect.AI
February 10, 2021 23:30 - 56 minutes - 86 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Chris Dawe, CEO of Effect.AI building out an AI ecosystem. This project is deep. They combine AI, blockchain & crypto, ML, and more, but in a way that feels more approachable than you'd originally assume. Chris is an amazing guest and gave us mile-a-minute responses with some real meat on them. If you're interested in any of the above tech fields you're going to dig this episode. Enjoy your time on MARS yall.
[Special Interview] Jess Sloss, Founder of Seed Club
February 03, 2021 23:48 - 53 minutes - 83 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Jess Sloss, founder and chief instigator at the social money incudbator Seed Club. We talk about all things social money and why Jess chose this particular rabbit hole to dive down into, the future of crypto creators and social money, and much more. Hope you enjoy!
[Special Interview] Eclectic Method, Video Remix & Musical Animations Artist
January 27, 2021 23:35 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with the video remix & musical animations master Eclectic Method about his 23-year video remixing career, how he found crypto, metaverse events like TokenSmart's GTFO NYE bash, music NFTs, and more.
[Special Interview] Twobadour, Co-steward of Metapurse
January 20, 2021 23:41 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with the legend Twobadour who heads up Metapurse, recently dropping $2.2 million on Beeple 20. Let's find out why!
[Special Interview] Snowfro, Creator of artblocks.io
January 13, 2021 23:45 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Snowfro, creator of the on-chain generative art platform artblocks.io. We start off with a background of the genesis behind artblocks including the surprising fact that Snowfro only recently started coding. The conversation quickly shifts to the on-chain "guts" of the project specifically focusing on what actually is on-chain and what isn't. Snowfro elaborates on the independent board he has set up to help guide project cre...
[Special Interview] Leandro, Pixelchain.art Co-founder
January 07, 2021 00:34 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Leandro, co-founder of the pixel art minting platform Pixelchain.art. We discuss the latest update to Pixelchain and DEEP DIVE into the importance of the on-chain art their platform enables artists to create. Leandro is a serial entrepreneur, so of course, we talk about the latest at Crypto Motors and VoxelArchitects, the venture that is literally building out the metaverse, one instance virtual build after the other. Pleas...
[Special Interview] Roneil, Audius CEO & Co-founder
December 30, 2020 23:39 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Roneil, co-founder and CEO of the blockchain-powered music platform Audius. We started off our conversation by digging into Roneil's interesting background starting a bitcoin-focused startup during underground before going to work in VC prior to co-founding Audius. The rest of our chat is focused on the incredible growth of Audius, the insanely cool fact that their users really are in charge of the future of the project, an...
[Special Interview] Nate & Carolin, Mintbase.io
December 24, 2020 00:46 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBNate and Carolin are the co-founder couple behind the NFT minting marketplace known as Mintbase. They're awesome, and they are heads down grinding on putting together the next iteration of their core marketplace product, which will be shifting to the NEAR protocol blockchain. We talk about that, their recent $1 million raise, and the December Advent Calendar event in Cryptovoxels, which just wrapped up its final event today.
[Special Interview] Connie Digital, Danky.Club
December 16, 2020 23:45 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with the legend Connie Digital who just launched his new project danky.club. The conversation we have is far-ranging. After going into the background behind why Connie setup danky.club instead of a discord server like most in the NFT space have, we recount his contributions to the cryptoart, social money, audio NFT, and blockchain-based VR scenes. Then things get spicy. Connie gives some raw takes on a few projects in the s...
[Spotlight] Buy any Tweet with Valuables by Cent
December 14, 2020 23:34 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBWelcome to another episode of the Cent Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators on Cent. This week though, we have a special-edition of the Spotlight featuring the team behind Valuables, the app that lets users buy and sell tweets. Full disclosure, I'm part of that team. We soft-launched Valuables at the WIP Meetup in Cryptovoxels two weeks ago, and since then folks on Twitter have been making a steady stream of offers to buy and mint o...
[Special Interview] Mark Rendar, Co-founder of rendar.org
December 09, 2020 22:56 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Mark Rendar, co-founder of rendar.org which is a gallery for digital collectibles specifically from some of the most renowned urban artists. We catch up on what Mark and co. have been up to since he hosted the WIP back over the summer, listen to Mark talk about the golden age of street art in the UK, dive into the major pain points that the cryptoart market poses to urban artists as well as the major promise it poses before...
[Spotlight] Parsing Cryptoart Concepts & Themes w/ Skygolpe
December 03, 2020 13:50 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWelcome to another episode of the Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators in the creator crypto space. On this episode, I speak with the deep and thoughtful crypto artist known as skygolpe aka /msart on Cent about the golden age of street art, his creative journey to cryptoart, and deep dive into the central concept of his whole recent body of work: identity. Skygolpe is an incredibly thoughtful individual. He's passionate and profound ...
[Special Interview] A chat with powerSurge⚡, cryptoart news curator
December 03, 2020 00:09 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with powerSurge⚡, the man behind the wildly entertaining and successful short Twitter video updates where he covers the latest cryptoart sales. We start the conversation off by digging into Surge's background. From there we take a trip back in time to when Surge first came across crypto, then NFTs, and ultimately the cryptoart space. We also talk about the future direction of the space, whether Surge sees himself as a collector,...
Thanksgiving Short & Podcast Preview
November 26, 2020 16:54 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBHey everyone. No new episodes of The Spotlight or Matthew & Rizzle Show this week. Just want to say thank you to everyone who has tuned in this year and gave us a listen. So immensely thankful to each and every one of you🙏 In the weeks and months ahead you all can look forward to interviews and discussions with the following artists, creators, and projects: Pablo & Colborn of the MOCA project Jenisu Trevor Jones Spaced Painter Ocular Delusion Skygolpe Jokreg Mintbase PowerSurge Re...
[Spotlight] Drawing Parallels b/w Punk & Cryptoart with Angie Taylor
November 19, 2020 12:24 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBWelcome to another episode of the Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators in the creator crypto space. On this episode, I speak with the amazing Angie Taylor about punk, cryptoart, and the whole metaverse in between. We stroll back in time stopping at the key points of her creative journey, including the initial inspiration her elder brother provided as a young child and the absolutely idyllic year spent in Jamaica learning wood carvin...
[Special Interview] Viktor Radchenko, Founder of Trust Wallet
November 18, 2020 23:49 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Viktor Radchenko, founder of Trust Wallet. We start the conversation off by asking why Trust is so damn good. Next, we dive into Viktor's supremely surprising path to founding Trust including tomato farming, ping pong, and being forced to abscond from Ukraine. Other topics touched on include a deep dive into what it was like to be acquired by Binance back in 2018, an overview of the shockingly small team and how they appro...
[Special Interview] The Terra Virtua Squad
November 11, 2020 23:45 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBRizzle and I had a blast recording this special interview with (nearly) the whole Terra Virtua squad. We had co-founder & CTO Jawad, CSO Jeff, and growth associate Franky on the show and we really chopped it up. Terra Virtua has been around for a few years now and it's incredible they've managed to keep what they've been building under wraps for as long as they have. Not only does Terra Virtua have an art & collectibles marketplace selling items incorporating some of the most legendary ci...
[Spotlight] Talking scarecrows, bodies & cryptoart with Kitty Bast
November 10, 2020 09:05 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBWelcome to another episode of the Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators in the creator crypto space. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with crypto artist Kitty Bast for this week's Spotlight. My conversation with Kitty was illuminating. We dove into her creative journey, which according to her earliest memory, began by drawing a certain scarecrow over and over in front of her dad. From there we wade into deeper waters ...
[Special Interview] Robi C., Founder & CEO of ARK Gallery
November 04, 2020 22:49 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBOn this episode of the MARS podcast, Matthew & Rizzle speak with ARK Gallery founder and CEO Robi C. ARK Gallery made a big splash a couple of months back when they introduced their smart contract that allowed folks to wrap CryptoPunks and turn them into ERC-721 tokens to facilitate easier trading on various NFT marketplaces. But ARK Gallery has designs on becoming a lab that will run many more crypto experiments. Topics discussed include Robi's career as a fine art dealer and gallerist in...
[Special Interview] Kyle Lu, CEO of dapp.com
October 28, 2020 23:32 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBRizzle and I spoke with Kyle Lu, CEO of dapp.com, the cross-chain platform for decentralized app discovery. We dug into the origin story of dapp.com and its current mission, some of the unique insights that Kyle has into NFTs and other parts of crypto across the entire blockchain ecosystem, his vision of a multi-chain future, and the NFT projects that he's most interested in.
[Spotlight] Mining Metaverse Alpha with WhaleShark
October 28, 2020 11:39 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBI hope you're ready for an epic podcast. I sat down with WhaleShark, the legendary NFT collector and founder of the $WHALE Community, and let it rip. Topics discussed include: entrepreneurship as a form of creative expression, the value of hard work, the origin story of The Vault & $WHALE Community, a suggested formula to properly evaluate NFT value, a reflection on the decision to stop purchasing art on KO and SR, principles of community curation, opportunities in the metaverse, and much mor...
[Special Interview] Brian & Jon, Blocklete Games
October 21, 2020 23:30 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBMatthew and Rizzle speak with Second Legion & GigLabs co-founders Brian and Jon on this special interview of the MARS podcast. If you're interested in the intersection of NFTs, blockchain, and gaming, this episode is for you. We cover their partnership with Turner Sports/Blocklete Games, why other mainstream media corps are showing an increased interest in the NFT gaming space, wade into some speculative territory, and discuss future visions of blockchain-powered gaming and VR, and of course ...
[Spotlight] Making analog pixel art history with MattiaC
October 19, 2020 16:23 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBOn this Spotlight interview, I speak with crypto artist MattiaC about his historic milestone of creating 100 works on SuperRare; his current project focused on increasing the adoption of cryptoart by artists call 'Adoption,' the unique creative partnership with fellow crypto artist Skygolpe; his experience on Cent and much more.
[Special Interview] Katy Arrington, Crypto Artist
October 14, 2020 22:31 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBMatthew and Rizzle speak with popular crypto artist Katy Arrington for this particular interview of the MARS podcast. Topics discussed include Katy's creative journey, the role life coaching has played in her becoming the artist and person she is today, her experiences coaching other artists through their creative struggles and doubts, a hilarious discussion on the other cryptoart marketplaces in the space, and how she identifies as being a child of the internet.
[Special Interview] Josie Bellini, Crypto Artist
October 07, 2020 22:45 - 49 minutes - 46.1 MBMatthew and Rizzle speak with famed crypto artist Josie Bellini for this special interview of the MARS podcast. Topics discussed include Josie's path to cryptoart, $BTC vs. $ETH, Collector Experience (CX), the distinct benefits of listing cryptoart on AsyncArt, NiftyGateway, and OpenSea, the top secret project Josie is working on, and the Behind the Art live Twitch stream.
[Spotlight] Big Talk with OG Centian Green Giant
October 05, 2020 09:59 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBI'm really excited to share the Spotlight interview I recorded with /GreenGiant. GG is a Cent OG hailing back to the 2018 vintage on Cent. He witnessed Cent morph from a general blockchain-based social network into a cryptoart dominated community and grew into an artist in his own right in the process. Throughout our interview, we discuss what it's like to be a part of a fast-changing community, how he shifted from being a right-click-save skeptic of cryptoart to a selling crypto artist, and ...
[Special Interview] Joe Bender, Blockstack Developer Evangelist
September 30, 2020 21:07 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBOn this special interview on the Matthew & Rizzle Show, the dynamic duo talk with Joe Bender, developer evangelist at Blockstack. Topics covered include: the origin story and history of Blockstack, the value of being blockchain agnostic, the distinct value of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and Blockchain's upcoming updates.
[Special Interview] Simona Pop, Head of Community at Status.im
September 23, 2020 22:50 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBOn this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show our special guest is Simona Pop, Head of Community at Status.im
[Spotlight] Mixing music & crypto together with Indonesian music collective Sekud Beats
September 22, 2020 04:42 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBOn this episode of the Spotlight interview series, I speak with Imam, co-founder of Sekud Beats, an Indonesian EDM community label. Topics discussed include the niche but growing EDM scene in Indonesia, difficulties facing musicians in Indonesia and how crypto fixes them, the acute impact of high Ethereum gas fees on Indonesian DeFi traders, and some Indonesian musicians to watch out for.
[Special Interview] Hugo McDonaugh, Cofounder of Cryptograph
September 17, 2020 03:31 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBThe special guest on this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show is Hugo McDonaugh, cofounder of the NFT project Cryptograph. Topics discussed include: the background and origin story of Cryptograph, how Hugh convinced some of the biggest celebrity names including Paris Hilton and Ashton Kutcher to mint their first NFTs on Cryptograph, Ethereum scaling issues, and much more.
[Special Interview] Steve McGarry, Co-founder of Grow Your Base
September 09, 2020 21:50 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBRizzle and I spoke with Grow Your Base content creator & co-founder Steve McGarry about the origins of GYB, it's current growth strategy that marries crypto projects and their native digital assets with eager collectors and users, as well as the future of the NFT space.
[Spotlight] Cataloging Metaverse Fashion with WWWearable
August 31, 2020 14:45 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBFor this week's Spotlight, I speak with Avocuddle and Lolaroses, the couple behind WhoWhatWearable, the leading authority on the NFT wearable world. Topics discussed include: the backstory behind WhoWhatWearable, tge future of virtual fashion, and digital identity in the metaverse.
[Spotlight] Cherishing the Luxury to Create with Headplant
August 24, 2020 14:29 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBOn this Spotlight interview, /matthew speaks with the mixed media artist known as /headplant about his creative journey, the difference between creating professionally versus independently, his perspective on crypto art as someone who has not (yet) tokenized their art, and the luxury of creating. .
[Special Interview] Jesse Johnson, Creator of Bullionix.io
August 18, 2020 04:28 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBMatthew and Rizzle chat with Bullionix.io creator Jesse Johnson and dig into the gold-backed digital NFT minting project. They talk about a future with $DGX gold-backed digital wearables (!), the myriad partnerships Bullionix has been striking with artists and projects like Axie Infinity and the Moonshot World Cup in Decentraland, as well as their plans for a gold-backed digital future. Follow Jesse on Twitter @gldnXross
[Spotlight] Waxing Poetic with the Poet Positioned
August 17, 2020 14:58 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBOn this episode of the Spotlight, I speak with poet /Positioned about mechanical engineering (seriously), rap & hip hop, sharing poetry in public vs. private, as well as discuss why /Positioned has never been able to write poems about love.
[Special Interview] Alex Salnikov, Rarible Co-founder
August 12, 2020 15:29 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MB/rizzle and I had the chance to speak with Alex, who heads up product and is a co-founder at Rarible about all of the experiments they've been running. We cover the slew of updates they've pushed live since we spoke last in February, $RARI and their aspirations to set up a user-controlled DAO, plans to address the issues of wash trading on their platform, and what the future of Rarible might look like.
[Spotlight] Making moves with Gif Master Edmotions
August 06, 2020 12:37 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBOn this week's Spotlight, I speak with gif master edmotions. We discuss the unconventional path Ed took to becoming an animator, including long stops in music and film studies before diving into VFX in graduate school when he returned to Spain. Other topics discussed include: the perfection of imperfection, the differences between the large established creator networks like IG and Giphy and emerging creator crypto networks, as well as the immense potential crypto holds for creators.
[Special Interview] Vii, CTO of Lendroid
August 05, 2020 11:23 - 33 minutes - 31 MBHaving been in the crypto space for as long as I have, I've seen and heard a lot of crazy amazing ideas. So it's not every day that I come across a concept that really makes my mind explode. Well, I'm really happy to say that the conversation I had with /rizzle and Vii, CTO of the /Lendroid, last week was one of those mind-expanding moments. I'm still tripping off of what we talked about. Over the course of our chat, we cover the origin of the Lendroid project and how it was carving out a nic...
[Spotlight] Telling Interactive Stories with Creative Technologist Hool
July 30, 2020 03:27 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBThis week I speak with creative technologist /hool about his playful yet deadly serious Rubber Dinghy avatars which themselves are just a piece of a much larger multi-player web browser augmented reality project. We dive into his background as a 3d character animator, his focus on building out art.evolve, a project focused on bringing interactive 3d storytelling and digital asset ownership to the masses, and touch on the significance of the blockchain on digital art.
[Special Interview] Luke & George, The NonFunGerbils
July 28, 2020 14:38 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThe background for our recording is that NonFunGerbils will be hosting the WIP meetup at their eponymously named HQ in Cryptovxels this Thursday to as a way to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the show, so as a way to promote that event and give proper attention to that significant milestone, we all agreed to hop on the mic together. We do a lot of looking back in this episode to the pre-origin and origin stories of the NonFunGerbils as well as look forward to what's next for their podcast...