Three Chicago area tattoo artists, Cody Wallenius, Matt Forkenbrock, and Ashley Camp join the program to discuss their career in tattoo arts, including the apprenticeship phase. SpeakerCone: Tattoo You by The Episodic w/ Michael Finney Cody Wallenius, Matt Forkenbrock, and Ashley Camp join the program to discuss their career in tattoo arts, including…podcasters.spotify.com

My interest in artificial intelligence predates the attention I paid to crypto and extended reality. I wish I had gone deeper into AI years earlier when I was in school but didn’t cross paths with it at the time. As I see it, the three topics fit together and I believe the recent metaverse surge endorses that inevitability. The scale of content creation and distribution occurring now requires the filters and mechanisms that augmenting ourself with automation will require. I also don’t believe an autonomous intelligences are going to wait on human scales of time.

I make a lot of content in all formats. While loathing the phrase “content creator”, I am, however, a creative. It started years ago as a musician, playing in bands and writing songs. Recording albums and selling them at gigs. …

David Strausser of Shark Bite Biz joins the program to discuss branding as well as his podcasting work, career, and the current state of media. 10 Step Branding with David Strausser by The Episodic w/ Michael Finney David Strausser joins the program to discuss branding as well as his podcasting work, career, and the current state of…podcasters.spotify.com

Little more than a few years ago, I was merely aware that virtual worlds existed, like a thin blanket of digital content over the bedrock of our reality. Yes, I’d had experiences with VR headsets but they were just novelties that I didn’t dedicate much longterm attention to after using them. Read the rest of the article on Substack

The Turquoise Serpent by Alexander Palacio (a pen name for Conan, Esq on Twitter) features Cuyacali and Tezca in a Mesoamerican themed “sword and sorcery” adventure that reaches an excellent climax in the final pages of the story before leaving the reader curious for the next installment of the series. …

Dan Romero joins the program to talk about the Merkel Manufactory, the Farcaster protocol, and the Warpcast social network as well as Ethereum and blockchain at-large. Spotify for Podcasters Get to know Spotify for Podcasters, the free, all-in-one podcast platform for every creator.podcasters.spotify.com

Relic: The Element and Cryptic Tales is an audiobook collection of four stories and made available exclusively on Audible. It includes audioplay productions with sound effects and music as well as a voice-only reading of the each story. “Relic: The Element” is my first published fictional short story and collected…

John Kropf joins the program to discuss his book “Color Capital” which explores the crayon industry and history of Sandusky Ohio. Innovators Series: John Kropf - Color Capital by The Episodic w/ Michael Finney Conversation-focused audio from wherever we intersect. Interviews, technology, art, compilations - pretty much whatever…podcasters.spotify.com