The Stack Podcast

About this podcast

A podcast of technology, books, and money: every kind of stack. We emphasize the beautiful and the lasting. As such, we talk about Urbit, the great experiment in computing; books & ideas, Great and Timeless; finance, emphasizing the generational over the quarterly.

The Stack Podcast

Episodes

2021
Urbit / Asia with ~mirtyl-wacdec
This week we talk with ~mirtyl-wacdec about Asian languages, developing for Urbit, and setting up Urbit Asia and Urbit Asia University. We discuss evangelizing in Asia and the mission to teach Asian languages and history to Martians.
February 28, 2021
45 min
Martian Futurism with ~poldec-tonteg
This week we talk with Anthony Arroyo, Project Manager at Tlon, about the Futurist movement, what technology *is*, the design ethics of Urbit, how governance works in Urbit, and more.
February 14, 2021
68 min
Episode 12: Hold My Tendies
This week, Andy and Josh take on the Great Gamestop Short Squeeze, talk about bastard bankers, horrible hedge funds, and the theft of indigenous lands from young male gamers who then turn to FINANCIAL PIRACY. Look at me. I'm the Tendieman Now.
February 7, 2021
53 min
Episode 11: Across the Hooniverse
This week we talk with ~rabsef-bicrym about learning Urbit's native programming language, Hoon. We discuss Hoon's structure and the particular challenges inherent in understanding how to work with a purely functional language. Hear ~rabsef talk about setting up Hooniversity, the Urbit community's education initiative; then find out how to sign up for the next run of the school so you can make an Urbit native app of your own.
February 1, 2021
53 min
Episode 10: Sichuan
This week, Josh and Andy talk Sichuan, land of spicy food, pandas, and...yes, yes, there is more to it than that. There are rockets and crypto mines, grand waterworks, towering mountains, Tibetan shepherds, seas of grass and bamboo, and more than one Very Large Buddha.
January 24, 2021
58 min
Episode 9: Tech Inside and Outside the Great Wall
This week Andy and Josh discuss the tech landscapes of both China and the US--including where China lags or has surpassed the US--censorship in both political arenas, and where not to run when Twitter decides you’re persona non grata
January 17, 2021
57 min
Episode 8: Dalten Collective with ~sicdev and ~rabsef
This week we talk to ~sicdev-pilnup and ~rabsef-bicrym. ~sicdev and ~rabsef met through Urbit and, with other friends, formed Dalten Collective, an organization dedicated to the ideals of Fellowship, Sustainability, and Sovereignty. Listen as they explain how to use Urbit as a platform for bringing people together to enrich themselves through fraternal feeling and collective entrepreneurship.
January 10, 2021
47 min
2020
New Year 2020
Josh and Andy talk books read in 2020, Turkish riots, and goals and manly prognostications for 2021.
December 31, 2020
47 min
Episode 6: Once More Unto the Breach with Jonathan Pritchard
This week we speak with Jonathan Pritchard, professional mentalist, about how he uses his unique talent to approach every aspect of life, including: lifelong learning, business, art, technology, surviving in the Age of Covid, and of course, Urbit.
December 24, 2020
67 min
Episode 5: Buy Urbitcoin with Christian Langalis
In this episode, we speak with Christian Langalis, "Bitcoin Sign Guy", about his introduction to Bitcoin. We discuss that fateful day in 2017 at the Humphrey-Hawkins testimony where he held up the "Buy Bitcoin" sign, and we talk about how he got from there to deciding to combine Urbit and Bitcoin to create a 'Sound Computer for Sound Money'.
December 17, 2020
43 min
Episode 4: Bitcoin + Urbit with ~timluc-miptev
In this episode, Urbit's ~timluc-miptev joins us from Ukraine via Skype to discuss Bitcoin integration. ~timluc-miptev discusses his journey to Urbit, the agony and ecstasy of learning and programming in Hoon, and the future functionality BTC will bring to the Urbit platform.
December 10, 2020
70 min
Episode Three: Codevilla and the American Classes
In episode three, we discuss the works of Angelo Codevilla, emeritus professor of international relations at Boston University. In particular, we discuss his book "The Ruling Class: How They Corrupted America and What We Can Do About It". In it, Codevilla distinguishes the American Ruling Class from the Country Class and enumerates the origins and peculiarities of both before going on to describe the failures of the former. In the end, he describes a prescription for restoring America with a revitalized Country Class brought back to relevance with a renewed sense of their place in American political life and local authority. Naturally, we also talk about Urbit and its implications for such a project. Have a listen: Codevilla seems more prescient than ever.
December 3, 2020
62 min
Episode Two: Chi Corona
Andy and Josh discuss their experience living in China when the coronavirus outbreak happened & the effect it would have on American society and the 2020 election.
November 26, 2020
48 min
Episode One: "Smol Computing" with John Pathfinder Lester
This week we talk with John Pathfinder Lester about how autonomy & community via small, personal computing devices running Urbit-with-cryptocurrency just might be the first step toward a 'Turing Complete' civilization.
November 17, 2020
44 min
So Goes The Nation
This week we review our election predictions, discuss 'allegations', and talk about how one might improve election integrity using blockchain technology and distributed ID from Chainlink. As usual, we talk a little Urbit.
November 10, 2020
53 min
Setting up the Stack
Josh and Andy kick the tires on The Stack. This episode is a prequel, the purpose of which is to get the audio working for 2 people a world apart. We talk about our journey with Urbit, "a clean slate OS and network for the 21st century".
November 3, 2020
42 min

The Stack Podcast

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The Stack Podcast

Episodes

Urbit / Asia with ~mirtyl-wacdec

Martian Futurism with ~poldec-tonteg

Episode 12: Hold My Tendies

Episode 11: Across the Hooniverse

Episode 10: Sichuan

Episode 9: Tech Inside and Outside the Great Wall

Episode 8: Dalten Collective with ~sicdev and ~rabsef

New Year 2020

Episode 6: Once More Unto the Breach with Jonathan Pritchard

Episode 5: Buy Urbitcoin with Christian Langalis

Episode 4: Bitcoin + Urbit with ~timluc-miptev

Episode Three: Codevilla and the American Classes

Episode Two: Chi Corona

Episode One: "Smol Computing" with John Pathfinder Lester

So Goes The Nation

Setting up the Stack