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This week Cole reacts to the massive wave of value and success he caught on the previous episode and analyzes what can be learned from it.

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p next, this is Two Ships. It's a brand new one. I love it so much. And you should listen for her on the America Plus podcast interview.200:00:08,520 --> 00:00:13,960Ainsley Costello, as I said, she's on episode 82 of the America Plus podcast.300:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,720This is the America Plus podcast.400:00:17,720 --> 00:00:30,240What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week, another episode. What's going on, everybody? Happy to be here.500:00:30,240 --> 00:00:38,520Folks, it's Sunday, August 13th, 251 in the PM. What's going on, everybody? Happy to be here. It's a beautiful day to be alive, right?600:00:38,520 --> 00:00:44,440Last week, last week was insane, bro. Last week was wild, dude.700:00:44,440 --> 00:00:52,400Last week was nuts, dude. Last week, I interviewed Ainsley Costello. Who remembered that? Who was there for that? Oh, my God.800:00:52,840 --> 00:00:58,680Ainsley Costello, the interview, the Ainsley Costello interview, number 82, folks.900:00:59,400 --> 00:01:08,080Holy crap. Your boy caught a wave. Cole McCormick caught a wave on both Fountain with the sats and on Twitter with the tweets.1000:01:08,080 --> 00:01:15,560Dude, it was crazy. It was nuts, man. We're going through the analytics. We're going through the statistics.1100:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,760We're talking about future posts. We're talking about future content.1200:01:20,280 --> 00:01:31,200Dude, this was insane, man. The last week, dude, the last two weeks, this has been nuts. This has been incredibly impactful and insightful and impressionable, dude.1300:01:31,200 --> 00:01:38,240It's, it's dude. So last week, if you weren't here for that, if you let me just describe to you what happened last week, dude, because.1400:01:39,240 --> 00:01:46,080I interviewed the number one trending pop artist on the V for V value for value websites.1500:01:46,400 --> 00:01:55,160She had over 900000 Satoshi's given to her and I'm talking to this girl and we're having a good time.1600:01:55,160 --> 00:02:05,560And next thing I know, there's just so many more people listening to the show and there's so many more people sending in Satoshi's to the show.1700:02:05,760 --> 00:02:11,800And somebody that was, I was first of all, I was just happy. I was like, hell yeah, dude. Like people are listening.1800:02:11,800 --> 00:02:20,240Like I'm getting a few, like I'm seeing names that I've seen before, but less consistent. I'm seeing them be more consistent.1900:02:20,240 --> 00:02:28,360I'm seeing like more of these faces streaming Sats. That was like one bigger thing. I had a lot of people streaming me Sats.2000:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,200Usually it's just like a single boost, you know, but.2100:02:33,720 --> 00:02:48,320The thing that really, really, really, really just flipped my boat, bro. Like this thing, like I was, I was the mood fucking changed when I started seeing who was sending me Sats, dude.2200:02:48,320 --> 00:02:56,120Next thing I know, I'm on my phone, normal casual Sunday afternoon. Or no, Monday. I have the day off. It's Monday.2300:02:57,320 --> 00:03:06,040I'm on my phone. I'm like, hell yeah, people are coming in. I'm getting a few Sats. Like 55% is going to Ainsley. Like this is great. Like this is probably going to be like a high boost week.2400:03:07,560 --> 00:03:12,280Next thing I know, Adam motherfucking Curry is sending me Sats, dude.2500:03:12,280 --> 00:03:26,560Adam motherfucking Curry, dude. The inventor of fucking podcasting, dude. Holy crap. The Podfather himself, man, was sending me Sats over value for value, man.2600:03:27,160 --> 00:03:34,560The inventor of podcasting was seeing value in my podcast, man. Like this is crazy, man.2700:03:34,560 --> 00:03:49,800I, I, I stepped into this moment, people. I stepped into this upgrade. I stepped into this. I wasn't nervous. I wasn't afraid. I was focused. Like I was totally in it, man.2800:03:50,800 --> 00:04:01,440Like I feel just like, great, dude. I'm seeing Adam freaking Curry sending me 60 Sats per minute, man. He didn't listen to the whole thing. He only listened to like a few sections of it.2900:04:01,440 --> 00:04:13,040But he listened to minutes, dude. He listens to my podcast. Adam Curry listened to my podcast. Adam Curry listened to my podcast. Boosting is loving.3000:04:13,040 --> 00:04:22,600I can't believe that, dude. I can't believe that. And then, and I'll read it later. He gave me a big boost. He gave me the biggest boost of the week.3100:04:22,600 --> 00:04:30,840So it's, we're just breaking records, dude. We're breaking freaking records. So just thank you, Adam Curry, for listening to the show. I'm happy you saw value in it.3200:04:31,840 --> 00:04:39,000Thank you to everyone who came by last week. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I'm going to be, it's, it's a beautiful, like we're just celebrating right now. Like that's what's happening.3300:04:39,000 --> 00:04:51,400We are celebrating last week. We're celebrating number 82. On top of that, that day, when was that? That was like the fourth, the last week I had like, I was successful on Twitter too.3400:04:51,400 --> 00:05:01,800I did this like huge post on value for value. I did this huge post on, on like the episode. I got like 5,000 views. The, the both tweets got 5,000 views each.3500:05:01,800 --> 00:05:08,200Like organically, you know, I wasn't even like trying to promote it. I was just like, I like, I'm just experimenting with Twitter right now.3600:05:08,200 --> 00:05:15,200I'm trying to figure out what type of tweets work. Like when do I tweet or like, should it be like a reply? It's all this like weird stuff.3700:05:15,200 --> 00:05:27,200And I was just like vibing with Twitter last week. Like it just happened to be a good tweet day, a good tweet weekend and the freaking Satoshi's dude and Adam freaking Curry.3800:05:27,200 --> 00:05:35,200Like so many people, dude. I saw Dreb Scott came back and was streaming me stats. So just shout out to all of you there.3900:05:35,200 --> 00:05:45,200What else do I got, dude? I really just wanted to freak out about that. The next thing is Kyren Down, my friend Kyren Down from Australia.4000:05:45,200 --> 00:05:53,200Oh, I said we're going to go, go through statistics. Let me, let me talk about Kyren real quick and then we'll go through more statistics.4100:05:53,200 --> 00:06:03,200Okay. Cause I got a lot to go through, like a few different sections, a few different fields of statistics. I got a t-shirt from Kyren Down. Kyren Down. Thank you very much, sir.4200:06:03,200 --> 00:06:11,200Thank you very much. I got, I, I, I'm not sure what the, what the T what the international t-shirt sound would be, but I don't know.4300:06:11,200 --> 00:06:21,200Whatever. Let me just give you, let me, let me give you this one. Thank you for the t-shirt. It's a beautiful t-shirt. If you're on a modern podcasting app, you should be seeing the photo of me wearing the t-shirt.4400:06:21,200 --> 00:06:37,200This is exclusive folks. I got this exclusive piece of fashion because I gave 100,000 Satoshis to Kyren, Kyren Down's podcast, Mere Mortals, folks.4500:06:37,200 --> 00:06:48,200You got to listen to Mere Mortals. You got to give a hundred thousand sats. They only made 25 t-shirts and I don't know how many they've sent out yet, but I have one of them.4600:06:48,200 --> 00:07:07,200I have one out of 25 and just Kyren, thank you for that, dude. Like I'm, I'm still holding right now. I, the way I'm looking at this, it's so silly. When it came in the mail, I looked at this entire packaging as a giant collectible.4700:07:07,200 --> 00:07:19,200I said, Oh my God, like in my head, it was like, Oh my God, I got the all new Australia post ad. I got the all new Australia post package, dude. Handwritten. Oh my gosh. Kyren Down handwritten this, man.4800:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,200That's how I'm thinking about it right now, dude.4900:07:24,200 --> 00:07:36,200This is the funny thing about like pen pals. First of all, has anyone ever had a pen pal? I had a pen pal when I was in like grade school, like third, fourth grade, whatever.5000:07:36,200 --> 00:07:48,200The interesting thing about like international and like, and handwritten relationships, like how mine is with Kyren is that I was so freaking excited to see, to see his handwriting.5100:07:48,200 --> 00:07:57,200And now I know what Kyren's handwriting is. So Kyren, I like your handwriting, dude. I like your handwriting. It's like, it's similar to mine.5200:07:57,200 --> 00:08:10,200We, you and I are similar in how we have, now, of course you're working with small boxes, but you and I write small. People criticize, I've had girls criticize how I write small.5300:08:10,200 --> 00:08:22,200So I don't know if that's something you've experienced, man, but like I'm telling you, I like your handwriting, man. I like seeing your like weird phone number.5400:08:22,200 --> 00:08:34,200What if I text the phone number? Will it work? Will you answer? What time is it there, Kyren? Anyway, shout out to Kyren. Shout out to Kyren. I'll do my Irish accent.5500:08:34,200 --> 00:08:54,200To Kyren in Australia. Okay. Anyway, statistics. Statistics. Statistics. Honestly, just want to go through a rough thing. Just want to give you, give the community a rough breakdown of how successful the episode was.5600:08:54,200 --> 00:09:07,200Got over 500, 515 downloads slash listens, like total. And that's an organic thing. That's just people listening. I usually get 200 to 230 per episode.5700:09:07,200 --> 00:09:19,200So this week we definitely, like the wave is real. We caught another 300, 300 plus people listening to the show. So if you're coming back and last week was your first one, I'm happy you're back.5800:09:19,200 --> 00:09:33,200So like the show's growing with that. And I also just want to share how there are, last week on the show, we got over 53, the show got over 53,000 Satoshis.5900:09:33,200 --> 00:09:48,200Oh no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 60, 60,000, including all the streams. 60,763 Satoshis, bro. So shout out to all of you who stream boost, dude, who stream sats, because this is some real innovative stuff.6000:09:48,200 --> 00:10:02,200The unique thing that I was doing last week was that I wasn't technically able to do what Adam Curry does and hook up my RSS feed to Ainsley's wave lake wallet.6100:10:02,200 --> 00:10:13,200But what I opted in to do instead was to give her 55%, more than half of all boosts coming in. And it seemed to work in both of our favors.6200:10:13,200 --> 00:10:27,200Just me personally, I think this might be one of the most earning shows that I've ever had while doing value for value. Not even while doing value for value. This is the only time. This is the only timeline.6300:10:27,200 --> 00:10:41,200This is the most successful episode I've had personally, even with my 40% cut. I still got the most Satoshis that I've ever gotten from one episode to my memory. I'm pretty sure that's real.6400:10:41,200 --> 00:10:58,200So people just lean into that. That's my take from that. I'm really trying to use this week, to use 83 as like, what is absorbing within me? What is the lesson here? Where am I leaning towards?6500:10:58,200 --> 00:11:15,200How is this going to change the podcast at all? Because I'll say one thing for sure, music works. Did anyone else have a good ass time with the music? Me doing editing, I wanted to be a little fancy with the transitions.6600:11:15,200 --> 00:11:32,200That's just my nerd thing. But the music itself, just having music available changes the entire mood. It changes the entire flow, man. I would love to incorporate more music. People are so down with that.6700:11:32,200 --> 00:11:46,200Everyone's down with music. I'm definitely making effort to either contact my hosting company to get for them to be able to integrate the technology that Adam Curry uses. It's open source.6800:11:46,200 --> 00:12:01,200Or I got to go open source myself. I need to do it myself and I need a self-host. Either I got to switch over the main show or I got to start a new show. I don't think I really want to start a new show.6900:12:01,200 --> 00:12:14,200I think it would be better if I were to just have music on America Plus. I think it's better if I just have one podcast. Adam Curry has like five podcasts. I think that's insane. I listen to most of them, but at the same time I think it's insane.7000:12:14,200 --> 00:12:26,200I think the music thing qualifies as its own show, but for me personally, I don't think it would make a lot of sense for me to do a music show. So I'm figuring that out.7100:12:26,200 --> 00:12:38,200I'm also thinking about more artists. I want to focus on more artists. I talked about it last week during the outro, but I would love to just speak to more creative people.7200:12:38,200 --> 00:12:54,200Podcasts work with conversations. Podcasts work with two people discussing something. Two people talking about ideas that either they agree or disagree on. Just two honest people.7300:12:54,200 --> 00:13:10,200And I think that's really the biggest thing, just the biggest truth bomb that comes from doing any interview. The other interviews I've done, if they've gotten sats, but they're also just longer conversations and not the most sats.7400:13:10,200 --> 00:13:27,200This being the episode with the most sats and its conversation and knowing the type of conversation that I had, it makes me just want to lean in to artistry, to all creatives.7500:13:27,200 --> 00:13:40,200And right now the music play, I've got to get more involved with musicians. I've got to get more involved with trying to reach out, trying to talk to them, preferably in person. That's the dream come true.7600:13:40,200 --> 00:13:53,200I'm able to go to these people, but doing a phone call is fine too. I just want to connect with these people because it's these musicians on Wave Lake and the other value for value sites where that's where real innovation is.7700:13:53,200 --> 00:14:07,200That's where real art is happening. If you make a song and you're willing to put it on a website that's using a new payment system, like a brand new non-government controlled payment system, you're willing to experiment with that.7800:14:07,200 --> 00:14:14,200That's art. I don't know what else to tell you. You just self-expressed in a whole new world.7900:14:14,200 --> 00:14:27,200That is some serious stuff. I really want to lean into that. I really want to be the guy or the podcast talking about speaking with innovative artists.8000:14:27,200 --> 00:14:38,200I'm getting nervous right now or anxious or my heart. I feel the energy in my chest right now.8100:14:38,200 --> 00:14:57,200I really feel the energy when I say that. I want to be the platform. I want to be the podcast that allows innovative artists to speak their mind and to be honest and to just talk about things, just to talk about them, their interests.8200:14:57,200 --> 00:15:03,200Do you ever listen to any other interview with an artistic person and it's always the most boring thing ever?8300:15:03,200 --> 00:15:15,200Something that I was experimenting with last week with my questions was I was trying to get the normal industry questions in. Is this how you write? What's the process for you?8400:15:15,200 --> 00:15:23,200I'm also trying to be casual. I'm also trying to allow the person to just try to be comfortable.8500:15:23,200 --> 00:15:38,200That's the only reason why Joe Rogan is popular because his guests actually have a good time being there. Have you ever heard of a person being like, oh yeah, Joe was a dick or Joe was super aggressive in the conversation?8600:15:38,200 --> 00:15:46,200It's in the podcast. It's in the show. You know how a good interview goes.8700:15:46,200 --> 00:16:12,200I just have the instinct right now to just lean into musicians, lean into more artists and to try to just talk about it more. I don't know what it would lead to, but just having some open dialogue within a new system, within the Bitcoin value for value system, that is so bohemian.8800:16:12,200 --> 00:16:26,200I think about, what's the movie with Ewan McGregor? Director by Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman. Dude, it's like a French movie. Oh, the Moulin Rouge.8900:16:26,200 --> 00:16:49,200This is a random thing. This is just me and my brain thing. There's just philosophy in the film Moulin Rouge where the artists, they're called bohemians and the bohemians believe in five different principles and that's love, beauty, truth, and two other things, I think.9000:16:49,200 --> 00:17:09,200I've always thought about that and this ideal, this thing that you're always trying to chase towards, this better world, this better way of doing it, this more open way of doing it, this is the fight. This is the walk. This is the path.9100:17:09,200 --> 00:17:26,200People are always moving towards that and it is always the artists that are bringing in that more open society. So I've talked about seasons of history and seasons of time and how we're in a moment of crisis.9200:17:26,200 --> 00:17:45,200We're in a cycle and we're in the crisis moment of the cycle. We gotta go to the artists and we need to speak to the open minded people to see how we can break out of these oppressive systems that we found ourselves in.9300:17:45,200 --> 00:18:12,200I am trying to be ideological. I'm trying to talk about artists expressing themselves in a way that can help free up other people so that we can actually get out of this mess and we can convince people to use money like Bitcoin and we can convince people that peer to peer transactions over podcasting and music and other forms of media is necessary.9400:18:12,200 --> 00:18:25,200Let's not pay. Let's not give the biggest companies all the money. Let's try to have more direct interactions with the media that we consume.9500:18:25,200 --> 00:18:31,200And it's the same thing with the beef initiative. Just have a deeper connection with the people who produce your food.9600:18:31,200 --> 00:18:43,200This is a way, value for value, the model value for value is a way where you can just have a more direct connection with the people who bring value in your life.9700:18:43,200 --> 00:18:54,200You know, because I might use Twitter, but am I really going to shake Elon's hand? Like do I want to shake Elon's hand for making my life better? No.9800:18:54,200 --> 00:19:03,200I'm not going to use the freaking app, but I want to shake the hand of the dairy farmers. I want to shake the hand of the people who string guitars.9900:19:03,200 --> 00:19:10,200What don't you want to go back in time and shake Jimi Hendrix hand? Don't you want to go back in time and like go to some show?10000:19:10,200 --> 00:19:24,200We all talk about like going to Egypt and Rome and yada yada, but on the list of time travel, aren't you going to go back and see like, see anyone or see Michael Jackson do the moonwalk? Like there's going to be an artist.10100:19:24,200 --> 00:19:32,200Like if you're going to ask yourself the question, where would you go if you had access to a time machine?10200:19:32,200 --> 00:19:44,200There and you can make a list. You're going to put some big artist on that. You're going to want to see art. You're going to want to see what happened when something broke loose.10300:19:44,200 --> 00:19:51,200You're going to want to see the first time when the first time when so and so did this. Like you know what I mean?10400:19:51,200 --> 00:20:03,200Like if I had a time machine and then podcasting is sort of time traveling because you got Adam Curry with the first Boostergram ball episode and that's when the entire thing fucking changed.10500:20:03,200 --> 00:20:13,200Like we have access to these things. We have access to to to creating better systems and changing the times.10600:20:13,200 --> 00:20:21,200And I'm sort of just like lost right now and where I was going with it, but I'm telling you, man, like I feel freaking good with it.10700:20:21,200 --> 00:20:27,200I'm speaking to the artists and we're bringing in this new world. We're bringing in America Plus.10800:20:27,200 --> 00:20:33,200We're bringing in the new way of thinking, the new way of living. Like this is the only way, man.10900:20:33,200 --> 00:20:41,200Value for value is an international lifestyle. Like there is no other way to freaking put this.11000:20:41,200 --> 00:20:52,200And if anyone is going to challenge me and I'm being dead fucking serious, I'm sorry I'm cursing so much, but like this is like I feel like it's serious and it's like incredibly silly at the same time.11100:20:52,200 --> 00:21:02,200Because I'm speaking to this pop girl. I'm speaking to this pretty punk girl and we're literally revolutionizing the entire system.11200:21:02,200 --> 00:21:09,200We are literally burning the old model to the ground while we're building a new one.11300:21:09,200 --> 00:21:19,200Like there's no other way to say it, man. There's no other way to say it. I'm alone in my apartment and I'm changing the world.11400:21:19,200 --> 00:21:30,200Do you agree? Tell me what you think about that. More analytics, more analytics.11500:21:30,200 --> 00:21:40,200Where am I going now? Oh, Adam Curry. Adam Curry posted some analytics about value for value in music. Let me go to them in my photos. I got the photo up.11600:21:40,200 --> 00:21:50,200In the app right now for this chapter, this is the amount of value sent to artists in the first three episodes of his show.11700:21:50,200 --> 00:22:07,200And over four million Satoshis, over four million Satoshis equaling to 1100, pretty much 1200 bucks was sent directly to artists through people just listening and streaming and boosting.11800:22:07,200 --> 00:22:17,200And on the left hand side, that's the list of apps used. The biggest one, the biggest app is our good friend Fountoon. What up Fountoon?11900:22:17,200 --> 00:22:23,200It's basically, you put Bitcoin with anything and all of a sudden that is more efficient.12000:22:23,200 --> 00:22:34,200Hell yeah, dude. Fountain with the most Sats being sent through. Fountain is like the main route of sending Sats to artists. Isn't that interesting?12100:22:34,200 --> 00:22:44,200And then it looks like Podverse coming in close to a second. Yeah, man. KaryoCaster. This is crazy. These are big numbers. This is four million Sats.12200:22:44,200 --> 00:22:53,200Four million Sats is a lot, man. And for these artists to earn, you know, Ainsley last week was just talking about how she just got like 60 bucks or whatever.12300:22:53,200 --> 00:23:00,200What is a million Sats right now? How much is a million Sats? I don't know. It's probably just like a couple hundred bucks.12400:23:00,200 --> 00:23:15,200You know, that's pretty much life changing. Like that is, that can be life changing. If you were to get 200 bucks every week, 200 bucks every two weeks, and you're just like singing.12500:23:15,200 --> 00:23:21,200200 bucks every two weeks and you're just posting music. What else are you doing? Posting more music?12600:23:21,200 --> 00:23:32,200Like a million Sats is just for one song. She got a million Sats for one song. How many more songs are you putting out? How many more podcasts are you putting out?12700:23:32,200 --> 00:23:46,200Like how much more value can you give? And so it's just interesting to see Fountain and just how much value is actually going through these apps.12800:23:46,200 --> 00:23:56,200Because this is where you see the real numbers. Seeing these numbers is where we can actually share real numbers now.12900:23:56,200 --> 00:24:06,200Like it's not just a concept. Value for value, Bitcoin and podcasting, Bitcoin and music. It's not theory.13000:24:06,200 --> 00:24:20,200Theory will only take you so far. We set off a nuclear bomb the last two weeks, folks. That's what happened. We set, and I'm a part of it. I'm a part of it. I'm a part of the whole mess.13100:24:20,200 --> 00:24:30,200I listened to the song and I reached out to her. That's all I did. And all of a sudden we got more value sent to us because we wanted to be honest.13200:24:30,200 --> 00:24:43,200Like how... I can't keep bringing it up. It's incredible. It's revolutionary. It's mind boggling, man. Mind boggling.13300:24:43,200 --> 00:24:52,200So I want to do more artists. I want to talk to more artists. I was thinking about doing an artist interview once a month.13400:24:52,200 --> 00:25:01,200Maybe that could be replacing Sasslinger once a month. So we go from Sasslinger to speaking to an artist at the beginning of the month.13500:25:01,200 --> 00:25:09,200That's sort of what I'm thinking right now. That's the rough idea. I want to do more with the music. I really enjoyed editing the music in with the episode.13600:25:09,200 --> 00:25:16,200Maybe I can do that more. Maybe it can be a different experience with the artist. So I'm experimenting with those ideas.13700:25:16,200 --> 00:25:23,200I'm not sure what artist I'll speak to next, but right now I think it's smart to go with once a month.13800:25:23,200 --> 00:25:31,200Let's figure out how to actually do the music in a legitimate manner because I want to switch wallets. That is the innovation.13900:25:31,200 --> 00:25:42,200I need to learn that. I need to just dig my feet. I need to be humble and figure that out somehow. And we'll see. We'll see who wants to do it.14000:25:42,200 --> 00:25:48,200I know there's a few artists in LA. There's a few singers out here. Maybe they would want to hang out. Maybe they would want to do a podcast.14100:25:48,200 --> 00:26:01,200It just depends on who catches my ear. It doesn't always have to be some trending person. I don't think that would be even smart to stay in the trending.14200:26:01,200 --> 00:26:09,200I would like to look for just whoever I think is cool. I would love to just connect with that person. I don't want to follow a trend.14300:26:09,200 --> 00:26:17,200I want to just listen to the music, support who I support, and reach out who I want to reach out to. That's some Joe Rogan shit.14400:26:17,200 --> 00:26:26,200You want to be like Joe Rogan? Then be Joe Rogan. I don't know what that's from. I just said that. That's funny.14500:26:26,200 --> 00:26:36,200Do you think that's a good idea? Do you think doing once a month singing and musician interviews is a good idea?14600:26:36,200 --> 00:26:44,200I think it is. I think it can really work. So, focusing on that, man. Focusing on that.14700:26:44,200 --> 00:26:51,200An incredible week, incredible time to be alive. Value for Value is just like the real... It's the real deal, dude. It's the real deal.14800:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,200And with that, folks, we are now heading on into the boosts.14900:26:55,200 --> 00:27:02,200America Plus is a value for value show. That means that I put as much value as I can. I'm putting info as much as I can.15000:27:02,200 --> 00:27:12,200I'm putting effort. I'm putting thoughts. I'm putting energy into speaking as you can hear right now.15100:27:12,200 --> 00:27:19,200I'm going through the boosts, and then I want to talk about my animated short film, Magic Mushroom Fun Time.15200:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,200So, stick with me here. This isn't the official end of the show.15300:27:23,200 --> 00:27:29,200But with Value for Value, you can be a part of the community. I'm growing it on Fountain.15400:27:29,200 --> 00:27:35,200You can just follow along. You can just give me your time by just listening.15500:27:35,200 --> 00:27:40,200You can give me your talent by sending in a boost and sending in a funny comment if you want.15600:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,200Or you can send me some treasure. You know, time, talent, treasure. If you want to send me treasure.15700:27:44,200 --> 00:27:52,200I prefer Fountain, but you can send it in from anywhere. I will accept your Satoshis from any wallet, from any player.15800:27:52,200 --> 00:27:59,200And yeah, I'm going to be reading the smallest boost to the highest boosts. Who do we got right now?15900:27:59,200 --> 00:28:06,200We got... Okay, so I mentioned how we got over 60,000 Sats from streaming.16000:28:06,200 --> 00:28:12,200I want to read the comments, the messages, the boost-o-grams. The boost-o-grams.16100:28:12,200 --> 00:28:21,200This first one comes from user 4232147414248740. They send in 100 Sats.16200:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,200They go, nice interview. Thank you.16300:28:25,200 --> 00:28:35,200Boost. At Ottomanapia, sending in 100 Sats. They go, nice interview skills. Liked how the conversation flowed casually. Thank you.16400:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,200Boosting is loving. Thank you, Ottomanapia.16500:28:39,200 --> 00:28:46,200We got at Shannon P. Shannon Passi. What up? 333 Sats.16600:28:46,200 --> 00:28:55,200She goes, great interview and so cool to learn more about the music industry and independent artists. Excited to follow Ainsley's career.16700:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,200Yes!16800:28:57,200 --> 00:29:03,200And now, as the French say, it is time for the boost.16900:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,200Thank you, Shannon.17000:29:05,200 --> 00:29:14,200We got at Jeromy73. He sends in 1000 Sats. He says, nice interview. Love your excitement about value for value. Yeah, bro.17100:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,200It's basically, you put Bitcoin with anything and all of a sudden that is more efficient.17200:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,200Yes, sir!17300:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,200We got at...17400:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,200Hang on.17500:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,200Wow.17600:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,200Excuse me.17700:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,200We got at...17800:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,200I think it's...17900:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,200Itting Store?18000:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,200ITNG Store.18100:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,200Itting Store?18200:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,200Okay. Ittings Tor.18300:29:40,200 --> 00:29:51,200They send in 1234 Sats. That's 1234. That's a special number. Thank you for that. They go, great show. Thank you.18400:29:51,200 --> 00:29:58,200Go to value for value dot info for more info. Then download the fountain dot FM app. It's the best way to support the show.18500:29:58,200 --> 00:30:03,200Go to value for value dot info for more info. You can get a whole breakdown on the value for value model.18600:30:03,200 --> 00:30:11,200I'm doing my best to expand it. I'm doing my best to implement it on the other mediums and the other platforms that I like to use.18700:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,200Value for value is the future.18800:30:14,200 --> 00:30:21,200This next one is at Mirror Mortals podcast. This is Kyren Down right here. This is Kyren Down. What up, Kyren?18900:30:21,200 --> 00:30:26,200He sends in a row of ducks. 2222 Sats.19000:30:26,200 --> 00:30:34,200He says, the best person to do this interview. Fantastic job, Cole. I've been blown away with all the amazing music.19100:30:34,200 --> 00:30:40,200And Cherry on Top has also been my favorite of the bunch. Ainsley has got a bright future ahead of her.19200:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,200And I think value for value music is going to be a part of that future. Yes, sir!19300:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,200Boosting is lovely.19400:30:46,200 --> 00:30:47,200Go to value for value...19500:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,200Whoops.19600:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,200There you go.19700:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,200Boostar, boostar.19800:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,200That's the Kyren one. That's the Kyren one.19900:30:52,200 --> 00:30:58,200Next one from our boy at Joel W.20000:30:58,200 --> 00:31:03,200He sends in a 3333 Sats.20100:31:03,200 --> 00:31:08,200He says, while keeping Purple Man Chicken a priority,20200:31:08,200 --> 00:31:14,200ever give producing music videos any thought?20300:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,200Yeah, I actually have.20400:31:16,200 --> 00:31:22,200And now, as the French say, it is time for Le Boost.20500:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,200Yeah, I have given music videos a hand.20600:31:26,200 --> 00:31:32,200So Joel, what you're talking about is me doing music videos for value for value artists.20700:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,200I've thought about that. I'm into that. I'm open to it.20800:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,200And we'll just see where the journey takes me.20900:31:39,200 --> 00:31:46,200Earlier this year in January, I did three or four music videos for another friend.21000:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,200And I had a really good time making those.21100:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,200I had a good time trying to think about the themes and think about the music21200:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,200and think about how to hold the camera and where to do it.21300:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,200It was like a little Steven Soderbergh experiment for me.21400:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,200I liked it a lot.21500:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,200So I want to do more.21600:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,200So if you're a value for value artist, maybe reaching out to them,21700:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,200maybe that means I can do a music video or I can make some video for them21800:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,200you know, whatever, you know, ideas.21900:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,200We got Sam Samskis.22000:32:13,200 --> 00:32:19,200He sends in a whopping five thousand sets.22100:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,200He goes, vamos.22200:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,200Bustadar, bustadar.22300:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,200Vamos.22400:32:25,200 --> 00:32:30,200At I Love Sushi, they send in ten thousand sets.22500:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,200They go perfect timing.22600:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,200I've been enjoying hearing Ainsley's music on some of Adam Curry's podcasts22700:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,200and wanted to know more about her career.22800:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,200Great interview. Thank you.22900:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,200Boost.23000:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,200Thank you, Sushi.23100:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,200And then we got the last one.23200:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,200The last, but certainly not least.23300:32:50,200 --> 00:32:57,200Coming in with a insane 25,000 sets.23400:32:57,200 --> 00:33:06,200We got Adam C. 1999, otherwise known as Adam Curry.23500:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,20025,000 sets.23600:33:08,200 --> 00:33:13,200He goes, love the exposure of the value for value model.23700:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,200Boosting is loving.23800:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,200Whoops.23900:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,200Boosting is loving.24000:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,200Yes, sir. Yes, sir.24100:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,200Basically, you put Bitcoin with anything and all of a sudden that is more efficient.24200:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,200As the French say, it is time for the boost.24300:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,200Boosting is loving.24400:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,200Adam Curry, Adam Curry, my mentor from afar, my podcasting mentor,24500:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,200even though we've never really discussed, you've retweeted me a few times.24600:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,200Sir, I take your value.24700:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,200I take your stats with an open heart.24800:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,200And I take your wisdom with an open mind.24900:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,200I really listened to you.25000:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,200I really listened to you intently.25100:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,200So thank you if you're listening to this again.25200:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,200Shout out to you, dude.25300:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,200Shout out to your innovation.25400:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,200Shout out to you inventing podcasting.25500:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,200Shout out to you changing the world.25600:33:59,200 --> 00:34:04,200I would love to be in some similar position that you are one day.25700:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,200Like, I would love to have an impact on the world as much as you have.25800:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,200Like, that's nuts, dude.25900:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,200That's nuts.26000:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,200Anyway, that is value for value, folks.26100:34:13,200 --> 00:34:14,200Those are the boosts.26200:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,200And thank you to everyone who streams Sats.26300:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,200That is the way it goes.26400:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,200That is how you connect with artists.26500:34:21,200 --> 00:34:25,200That's how you connect with your audience and your favorite podcaster26600:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,200through a little thing called Bitcoin, dude.26700:34:29,200 --> 00:34:34,200The last section, the last chapter of this show today,26800:34:34,200 --> 00:34:40,200I want to talk about Magic Mushroom Fun Time and my animated short film coming out on26900:34:40,200 --> 00:34:46,200Christmas Day, December 25th, 2023, this year, coming up.27000:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,200I'm still picking the music for it.27100:34:48,200 --> 00:34:53,200It's going to be this like Fantasia story, this like Fantasia experience27200:34:53,200 --> 00:34:57,200meets like a Marvel end credit scene.27300:34:57,200 --> 00:35:01,200And you're going to get like a little debut about Purple Manchikin,27400:35:01,200 --> 00:35:06,200who goes through a wild transformation that's inspired by Dr. Manhattan.27500:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,200Okay?27600:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,200That's all I can tell you.27700:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,200That's all I can tell you.27800:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,200I will be releasing, and now I said this on Twitter,27900:35:14,200 --> 00:35:19,200I will be releasing this exclusively on X.28000:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,200Okay?28100:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,200That's the big thing.28200:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,200That's what I wanted to talk about.28300:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,200I'm putting out the short film exclusively on Twitter,28400:35:25,200 --> 00:35:30,200and I'm getting more used to saying X because it's getting more relevant.28500:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,200Like X is becoming more normal, but I still want to say tweets.28600:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,200I'm still saying tweets.28700:35:35,200 --> 00:35:41,200So pretty much what I'm thinking, it ties into my Twitter strategy.28800:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,200I'm trying to play the Twitter game, right?28900:35:43,200 --> 00:35:48,200I'm trying to play both the centralized and the decentralized game.29000:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,200And I still got to set up like Nostra, and I still got to set up like that whole thing.29100:35:52,200 --> 00:35:57,200But I'm playing the game on Twitter.29200:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,200I need to get a certain amount of impressions.29300:36:00,200 --> 00:36:05,200I need to reach through a threshold to start getting paid from Twitter.29400:36:05,200 --> 00:36:10,200And ideally, I would like to put my short film on Twitter29500:36:10,200 --> 00:36:17,200and potentially have the impressions of that tweet, of that post,29600:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,200generate money.29700:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,200I think that would be really interesting.29800:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,200And I think that would work because it's original work,29900:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,200and I only want to use the value for value music.30000:36:27,200 --> 00:36:31,200And so there wouldn't be any contract issues with the music,30100:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,200and it'd be all AI stuff.30200:36:33,200 --> 00:36:40,200Or not all of it, but it would be stuff like AI stuff that I would legitimately pay for.30300:36:40,200 --> 00:36:45,200When it comes to the AI lawsuits, I'm so not afraid of any of that.30400:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,200I'm so not worried about that. I'm just using it.30500:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,200I'm using AI to do my thing.30600:36:50,200 --> 00:36:55,200So I figure by the time Christmas comes around,30700:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,200they'll be able to have longer form videos.30800:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,200I can put up a 15-minute video.30900:37:00,200 --> 00:37:06,200And hopefully, I'll be able to just have a good time,31000:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,200and people will follow me, and people will engage with it,31100:37:10,200 --> 00:37:16,200and I'm using Twitter to further out my reach for growing the community,31200:37:16,200 --> 00:37:21,200and to build a following, and to try to make money online.31300:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,200I see it as a game, and I see it as an opportunity,31400:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,200and I see Twitter as a bit different,31500:37:28,200 --> 00:37:35,200and maybe committing to putting it out on one platform for a moment of time,31600:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,200while hopefully it can generate some money.31700:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,200Hopefully, I can reach the threshold to start making money by December.31800:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,200That threshold is 5 million impressions.31900:37:46,200 --> 00:37:52,200Right now, my analytics on Twitter are like 100,000.32000:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,200Let me check right now.32100:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,200They're definitely at 100,000.32200:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,200So I'm like one-fiftieth of the way there.32300:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,200I'm one-fiftieth of the way to even be eligible to start getting paid.32400:38:03,200 --> 00:38:10,200But when I do cross that, then I'll be better at tweeting,32500:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,200and I'll have a better understanding of what to talk about.32600:38:13,200 --> 00:38:18,200And of course, I wanted to all funnel into this event.32700:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,200I'm imagining building up the hype.32800:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,200I am the center of the hype.32900:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,200I am the center of the brand.33000:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,200I am the center of this thing.33100:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,200And so that means I'm the engine.33200:38:30,200 --> 00:38:36,200And so I'm responsible for building up the event that is Christmas Day 2023,33300:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,200and that's when Magic Mushroom Fun Time comes out.33400:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,200I've got to create that narrative.33500:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,200I've got to create some sort of a following.33600:38:47,200 --> 00:38:51,200I've got to have some sort of virality, or not even virality.33700:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,200That's not the right word.33800:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,200I've got to have some sort of notoriety,33900:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,200to have something that people can look at my page and be like,34000:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,200oh, this is this guy, this is that guy.34100:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,200This guy does, I don't know what that might be yet.34200:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,200I'm not sure what that title might be.34300:39:05,200 --> 00:39:12,200Right now I just have podcaster on Twitter, podcaster and storyteller,34400:39:12,200 --> 00:39:17,200but people will identify me as someone who talks about value for value34500:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,200and Bitcoin and podcasting, and he makes his own movies.34600:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,200That's sort of the rough thing.34700:39:23,200 --> 00:39:24,200Oh, this is this guy.34800:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,200Cole makes his own movies and he does a podcast and whatever.34900:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,200He's doing it.35000:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,200That's the dream.35100:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,200And from those tweets, I make money,35200:39:34,200 --> 00:39:40,200and that allows me to put more money into either an AI subscription35300:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,200or some sort of class that I go through for animating35400:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,200or some sort of whatever, man.35500:39:46,200 --> 00:39:50,200And that's money coming from all avenues, too.35600:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,200I'm just trying to open up the avenues.35700:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,200That's all I'm trying to do here.35800:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,200And I think it's smart, man.35900:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,200I think of releasing something, an original animated film on Twitter,36000:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,200like that's something.36100:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,200That's something.36200:40:06,200 --> 00:40:10,200And I think people are willing to click on it.36300:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,200If I edit it right, if it's intriguing enough,36400:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,200if it's cool enough, if it's interesting enough,36500:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,200then people will watch it, people will react to it,36600:40:19,200 --> 00:40:23,200and hopefully people will just see value in it, honestly,36700:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,200because I want, like this short film is like low key,36800:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,200like sort of, it's like a bridge.36900:40:29,200 --> 00:40:33,200It's like a spiritual bridge into how I'm going to be building my Star Wars,37000:40:33,200 --> 00:40:39,200how I'm going to be creating this new fantasy world of mine,37100:40:39,200 --> 00:40:44,200how I'm trying to replicate what Lucas did in my own way.37200:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,200But bare bones, that's what I'm trying to do.37300:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,200I'm just trying to replicate Lucas in my own way.37400:40:50,200 --> 00:40:55,200And so this Magic Mushroom Fun Time is sort of like my THX 1000,37500:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,200or whatever that title of the movie is.37600:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,200It's his short film.37700:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,200George Lucas has this crazy THX short film.37800:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,200And so like I want Magic Mushroom Fun Time to be that,37900:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,200to be equivalent to that.38000:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,200I think it's going to be cool, dude.38100:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,200It's going to be badass, and maybe no one will see it.38200:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,200But we'll see, man. We'll see.38300:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,200That's the plan.38400:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,200That is the plan.38500:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,200And of course I'll post about the music, I'll post about value for value.38600:41:23,200 --> 00:41:28,200The idea is that I post about everything I'm already talking about here,38700:41:28,200 --> 00:41:33,200but in a more Twitter functional, practical way.38800:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,200And people are like, okay, this is cool, because I think Wave Lake is simple.38900:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,200You know, Fountain is simple.39000:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,200These aren't complicated topics.39100:41:41,200 --> 00:41:46,200So I can be the guy, I can be like the open door to this new world39200:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,200while I produce my art.39300:41:48,200 --> 00:41:49,200While I produce my work.39400:41:49,200 --> 00:41:50,200I think it's smart, dude.39500:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,200I think I'm on something.39600:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,200I think I'm really on something, not just marijuana.39700:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,200And with that, folks, I'm going to wrap it up there.39800:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,200Thank you so much for listening.39900:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,200That is in episode 83, folks.40000:42:02,200 --> 00:42:08,200If you saw any value in that, if you feel any value in the last couple of weeks,40100:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,200tell me about it, send me some sats.40200:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,200You have the ability to be a part of this feedback loop40300:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,200and tell me how you think I might be able to navigate.40400:42:17,200 --> 00:42:25,200Tell me your ideas to how to move through this new crazy world that we're living in.40500:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,200This is a crazy new world.40600:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,200This is legitimately a whole new world.40700:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,200And not just a ladder.40800:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,200A whole new world.40900:42:34,200 --> 00:42:35,200No, I'm kidding.41000:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,200Tell me what you think, man.41100:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,200Tell me what you think.41200:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,200And maybe we can connect, we can vibe, we can jive.41300:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,200We can just send sats to each other.41400:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,200Anything else, dude?41500:42:47,200 --> 00:42:48,200Is there anything else I don't have?41600:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,200I only had a few notes.41700:42:51,200 --> 00:42:55,200What artist should I interview?41800:42:55,200 --> 00:42:56,200Tell me that.41900:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,200What artist should I interview?42000:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,200And maybe I'll reach out to them.42100:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,200With that, folks, that's America Plus, bitch.42200:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,200Stay free.42300:43:02,200 --> 00:43:11,200Whoops.