Hello to all readers! Thank you for being here. Read on for music, podcasts and radio news.
Is it odd to start a newsletter with an announcement of an announcement? Probably. But we really do have a lot to share in the coming weeks. We've been working behind the scenes to take the UFO radio station higher. Teaming up with creators, DJs and collectives to expand the network. Building technology integrations to make things possible.
Ahead of those exciting and definitely real community updates (soon) we have more news for you today.
Pods x UFO
Pods is the place for bringing your podcast onchain. A new way to publish, discover and own your favourite podcasts. That's where our originating UFO show goes to air these days. We're friends and share their vision for onchain podcasts.
This week we integrated Pods into the UFO website which means you can discover and tune into podcasts like Higher Together, UFO and others from the radio. Bringing together live streams, DJ mixes, podcasts and other media formats in one place.
Chat is live on ufo.fm
We went for a piece of web2 internet with live chat functionality. It's fairly basic. You can join anon or set up a profile, add a profile picture and chat any time 24/7 on the UFO website. The chat is universal across the site so you can talk with people while navigating around.
This will be a great feature to have during live streams and broadcast events. Artists can invite friends to join the chat while playing on the radio. People can talk to each other while listening to a podcast. Tuning in from work. Let's see what happens.
Latest podcasts
67 Creating Onchain Media with Pods — Lucas
Lucas is the Founder of Pods. A new way to publish, discover, and own your favourite podcasts. The place for bringing your podcast onchain.
He's also a Co-Founder of Fire Eyes DAO, a collective of crypto-natives who designed token economic and governance systems for projects including Optimism, ENS and Gitcoin. And was also an early employee at Bankless.
We talk about what we've learned from a few years experimenting with onchain media. How minting works like a broadcast signal. And creators using platforms like Layer3 and Boost to amplify distribution by offering token incentives and rewards for people to collect their content.
68 Art, Music and AI with ORIGIN STØRIES — Sean Bradford
Sean Bradford is an artist, musician and creative technologist. Founder of ORIGIN STØRIES, a creative tech studio producing custom AI-powered tools for co-created experiences.
He's lived many lives. As a vocalist and recording artist signed to a major label. Performing on Broadway. A DJ who spent a lot of time in Berlin, before moving to Stockholm and now Amsterdam. A crypto native, deeply immersed in AI and generative systems.
Exploring how these creative tools can be used to transform relationships and enable world building between artists and audiences.
UFO Podcast Sponsors
Towns — towns.com
↑ Higher — aimhigher.net
International Meme Fund — imf.bz
06 Higher Together with MARTIN
A conversation on the $higher token launch and creating Aether, the infinite idea machine.
Annahstasia - Sunday
Jon Hopkins — Abandon Window
Julien Mier — New Eyes
Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto — Haru
GoGo Penguin — You're Stronger Than You Think
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