ZEROPOD #10- "Art Led Me to Nouns." - Ed Balloon Pops By

Sept 25 2023 ------ In this episode of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, The Noun Square's Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher interview artist, musician and stop-motion animator Ed Balloon. We'll hear about his journey as an artist, how the pandemic forced him to think of new ways to engage with this fans, and why he wants to collaborate and use his platform and stop-motion character "Ed B" to bring the culture of Nouns to a brand new audience. (Check out Nouns Proposal 372.) Enjoy! -------- 00:00 - Teaser - Ed gets Noun-pilled by Short Shorts 1:45 -Intro 2:10 - The Ed Balloon Journey 4:25- The Pandemic’s effect on artists 5:52 - Ed B the Puppet 11:31 - Moving into web 3 13:45 - Ed rates TNS Twitter Spaces 18:18 - Ed’s creative process 19:58 - Ed B the Puppet as a Cathartic Medium 23:44 - Toady’s Random Canadiana: Ed the Sock 28:28 - Building culture takes time 29:35 - The web series 30:09 - How he got noun-pilled by Nouns Short Shorts 37:18 - It’s not a cult, it’s a movement 40:57 - Noggles as an icon 42:11 - The great Noggle Off 47:33 - The artist exposure trope 55:11 - Nouns Proposal 372 1:00:00 - A little bit of name-dropping 1:05:05 - How will he integrate Nouns culture into this project if funded? (It’s gonna be weird.) 1:09:00 - Run Ed, Run 1:12:00 - Go and vote! 1:15:00 - Banter and outro. ------- Podcast recorded and edited by Toady Hawk. Hosted by Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher. Music by SuperTightWoody. Zero Rights Reserved, remix any of our content as much as you like! Follow @ thenounsquare on Twitter for daily content about Nouns, NFTs, Ethereum and more.