The Blue Frontiers Podcast
by Blue Frontiers
The Blue Frontiers podcast is a show about seasteading, the environment, special economic zones, and innovation in science, technology, governance, and society itself. Blue Frontiers is focused on innovating with sustainable peaceful floating islands based on voluntary cooperation, to help communities adapt to sea level rise and to promote emergent and self-organized ways of living. The Blue Frontiers podcast is hosted by Nathalie Mezza-Garcia and is edited by Joe Wagner.
Episodes
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Systems & Complexity: Yaneer Bar-Yam - Episode 21
In this episode of the Blue Frontiers Podcast you’ll be able to hear how Yaneer Bar-Yam and his team at the New England Complex System’s Institute, NECSI, predicted financial crisis of 2008 and the Arab Spring one year before it happened. Yaneer Bar-Yam, President of one of the most influential...
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Real Estate on the Blockchain: Oleksii Konashevych - Episode 20
Do you want to know how to register a property on the blockchain, hold a private key to that property, yet allow its transpass in case of decease of divorce? Find out in this episode of the Blue Frontiers Podcast, where our Seavangelesse, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, speaks to Oleksii Konasevych about...
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The Pacific Cryptocurrency Connection and Origin of Money: Daniel Nagy - Episode 19
Daniel Nagy has a PhD in Information Theory and is an expert on data compression and encryption. He's also an Ethereum developer working on swarm (decentralized storage protocol) and an advisor to Blue Frontiers. Join Nathalie and Daniel as they discuss cryptocurrency, economics…
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Innovating in Governance with Innovative Zones: Mark Lutter - Episode 18
Do you want to find out why can’t you text 911, what makes Dubai so special or what makes Disney such a safe place? Find out in this episode of the Blue Frontiers Podcast, where our Seavangelesse, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, speaks to Mark Lutter, the Director of the Centre for Innovative Governance...
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Granting Legal Personhood to Natural Systems: Kara Dentice - Episode 17
In this episode, Kara Dentice, a Maori descendant from Te Ureeera, speaks with our Seavangelesse, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, about granting legal personhood to natural systems. Kara has been involved in two legal processes in New Zealand that gave legal personhood to the Whanganui river and the Te...
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Happiness, Wellbeing, Natural Assets & Blockchain: Mark Anielski - Episode 16
In this episode, Mark Anielski, author of The Economics of Happiness and The Economics of Wellbeing, speaks with our seavangelesse about his books. The conversation touches points such as the limitations of indexes, such as GDP and proposes to measure and back the wealth of communities with…
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Bonus Episode: Robert Viglione, co-founder of ZenCash, Sits Down With Randy Hencken of Blue Frontiers
Robert Viglione 2nd degree connection2nd Co-founder of ZenCash, President of the Zen Blockchain Foundation at Zen Blockchain Foundation sits down with a chat with Randy Hencken. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-viglione-2780634/ Twitter: @robviglione–––JOIN US ON...
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The Decentralist Manifesto: Max Borders - Episode 15
This episode was a complete surprise for our seavangelesse. The chat was recorded at the Startup Societies Summit in Washington D.C. Max Borders, co-founder of Voice and Exit, and guest of this podcast, speaks with our seavangelesse, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, about all her favorite subjects:...
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Bonus Episode: Randy Hencken Talks with JP Thor
In this episode, Randy Hencken chats with JP Thor, CEO and Co-founder of CanYa, technology enthusiast, aeronautical engineer, former Royal Australian Air Force pilot, early Bitcoin adopter and Ethereum ambassador. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-thor/ Twitter: @jpthor_ John-Paul Thorbjornsen /...
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The Values of ZenCash and Blue Frontiers: Robert Viglione - Episode 14
Description The guest of this episode is Robert Viglione, co-founder of ZenCash. In this friendly conversation with our Seavangelesse, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, Robert speaks of the long-plans of ZenCash, its partnerships and, of course, seasteading. This chat is a one hour conversation about why…
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Cindicator and Blue Frontiers’ Strategic Partnership: Yuri Lobynstev - Episode 13
This episode of the Blue Frontiers Podcast is the first of the Varyon Series. The guest is Cindicaor’s Co-Founder and CTO, Yuri Lobynstev. In this episode Yuri talks to our seavangelesse about the key concepts at the core of Cindicator, such as hybrid intelligence and its future global strategy....
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Bonus Episode: Randy Hencken Talks to Dorjee Sun
In this episode, Blue Frontiers co-founder and COO Randy Hencken speaks with Dorjee Sun, a social entrepreneur based in Singapore. His work for Carbon Conservation was the subject of the international feature documentary The Burning Season in 2008. He currently serves as Director of Who Gives,...
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Engineering will Make us Free: Rutger de Graaf van Dinter - Episode 12
TimestampsThe guest of this episode of the Floating Architecture, Engineering & Design Series is Rutger de Graaf van Dinter, a civil engineer with a very special vision. In this conversation with our seavangelesse, Rutger speaks of how floating architecture can make human societies more…
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Startup Societies Consortium for Puerto Rico: Joseph McKinney - Episode 11
Description This episode is the second part of the podcast with Joseph McKinney, CEO of Nuhanse Network and the Startup Societies Foundation. The chat is focused on the Startup Societies Summit at the George Mason University, organized with the purpose of creating a consortium about how can...
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Startup Societies and Experimentation in Governance: Joseph McKinney - Episode 10
Description The guest of this podcast is Joseph McKinney, CEO of the Startup Societies Foundation and Nuhanse Network. In this insightful podcast, Joe explains what a startup society is and why it is so important to create localized experiments of governance, and how can exiting make a society…
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Freedom & Friedman’s Family Trajectory: David Friedman - Episode 09
This episode of the Blue Frontiers Podcast is the first of the new Blue Frontiers Global format, where we will showcase friends of seasteading and Blue Frontiers. The guest of this episode is the legendary economist David Friedman, the father of Patri Friedman, the intelectual parent of...
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Climate Science and Seasteading Solutions: Bart Roeffen - Episode 08
This episode is about climate change. The guest is the Lead Architect of Blue21, Bart Roeffen. In this talk, Bart explains from scratch the science behind climate change and coral bleaching. The podcast starts with the evolution of water management in the Netherlands and how the government of...
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The Science of Large Floating Structures: Chien Ming Wang - Episode 07
This episode is about engineering and materials of seasteads. The episode’s guest is Professor Wang Chien Ming. Professor Wang is the Blue Frontiers’ advisor in structural engineering of very large floating structures. In this very entertaining and insightful episode, Professor Wang describes…
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Floating Real Estate: Karina Czapiewzka - Episode 06
The guest of this episode is real estate expert Karina Czapiewska, from the architecture firm Blue21. This episode is the first of the Floating Architecture, Engineering and Design Series of the Blue Frontiers Podcast. In this episode Karina speaks about architecture and design details of the...
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BONUS EPISODE: The Seavangelists Forbidden Winecast (Part One)
This winecast episode is the first part of a 5 hours chat between Joe Quirk, the Seavangelist of The Seasteading Institute and co-founder and managing director of Blue Frontiers and Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, the seavangelesse of Blue Frontiers. This first part explains how our seavangelesse became…
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AI, Automation, Robotics, & Innovation on the High Seas: Egor Ryjikov - Episode 05
This episode is the fifth and last of the Founder Series of the podcast. The guest is co-founder Egor Ryjikov. Egor feels passionated about robotics and engineering. In this episode Egor and Nathalie talk about uses of robots on seasteads, floating farms, floating data centers and artificial...
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Organizing Seasteading Communities on the Blockchain. Nicolas Germineau - Episode 04
The fourth episode of the Blue Frontiers Podcast brings Nicolas Germineau, co-founder and managing director of Blue Frontiers and ex strategical advisor of The Seasteading Institute. This episode goes into details of what Blue Frontiers is working on at a society level to bring together people...
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Seasteading as Governance Innovation with Seavangelist Joe Quirk - Episode 03
In this special two hours and a half episode, Joe Quirk speaks of his experience as a seavangelist and how has it been to spread the message of seasteading to every corner of the world. Joe, co-founder and managing director of Blue Frontiers and president ot The Seasteading Institute, is the…
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Seasteading History 101: Randy Hencken - Episode 02
This is the founders series of the Blue Frontiers Podcast. Today we have Randy Hencken, managing director and co-founder of blue frontiers. In this podcast, Randy tells the story of all the previous seasteading attempts that were necessary to reach the point where we are now, after having signed…
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How the Floating Island Project was born. Marc Collins - Episode 01
This is the Founders Series of the Blue Frontiers podcast. Today we have Marc Collins, Managing Director and co-founder of Blue Frontiers. Marc is the Tahitian visionary who saw how seasteading could continue the Polynesian tradition of ocean innovation and seafaring, and how floating islands…
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About this show
The Blue Frontiers podcast is a show about seasteading, the environment, special economic zones, and innovation in science, technology, governance, and society itself. Blue Frontiers is focused on innovating with sustainable peaceful floating islands based on voluntary cooperation, to help communities adapt to sea level rise and to promote emergent and self-organized ways of living. The Blue Frontiers podcast is hosted by Nathalie Mezza-Garcia and is edited by Joe Wagner.
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