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Technology Soup

Put your laser eyes on as Carl Lippert swings through the studio to brew some technology soup. Together, we compile Carl’s global hackathon tour to hear how such curiosity paired with initiative helped this small town technologist explore the world.

From farming to AI, to blockchain networks, to prototyping, to nomading, to atoms, cryptography, and truth, EP81 is loaded with tactics and innovative energy to optimize your time and environments.

As Ben and Carl discuss, when technology is inherently money, it’s less about jargon and maybe we get back to atoms. Add to this concoction of thought, a dash of skeuomorphism, how AI can be magically expensive, robotics in daily life, and space! Enjoy this remarkable episode with EDM in the background, stay wild, and as Carl generously invites us to do – try anything.

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://CarlLippert.com

https://CarlLippert.com/blog

https://linkedin.com/in/carllippert

https://x.com/carllippert

http://tryanything.xyz

Roasted Reflections Break: Replicants

http://Technology-Soup.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

https://BenMcDougal.com/welcome-to-web3

https://BenMcDougal.com/indexing

http://YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

EP3 – Blockchain Orgins 🎙️ Jon Woodard

EP6 – Computer Vision(ary) 🎙️ Brad Dwyer

EP8 – Cryptographic Cowboy 🎙️ Kyle Tut

EP39 – Digital Dawn 🎙️ Will Schneller

EP71 – Still United 🎙️ Alex Myers

EP80 – Audacious 🎙️ scottrepreneur

The Anthology of Balaji – The Types of Truth

Carl’s Wardrobe: https://us.carhartt-wip.com

Roasted Reflections on Discord

https://ReadWriteOwn.com

http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, 2 weeksMarch 12, 2025 ago

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Audacious

scottrepreneur is a nerd you need to know.

How does blockchain layering work? What can composability provide? What’s the value of money being mechanized? Can you translate the difference between centralized, protocol, and blockchain networks? Maybe you’re exploring ways to add digital depth to existing products?

So many questions, here are some answers!

After the 10 Commandments of UX are echoed in the break, we talk about how blockchain can support state management and sourcing truth alongside the power of AI. We brew on getting rugged by Big Tech, tokenomics to incentivize contribution, the lasting value of NFTs, user ownership in social media, Hats Protocol, web3 accelerators, Bitcoin halving, burning digital assets, and zero knowledge proofs. Try to keep up, share with a developer, and stay wild with tons of related episodes below. Let’s keep learning and building… together!

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://scottrepreneur.com

https://x.com/scottrepreneur_

https://warpcast.com/scottrepreneur

http://Audacious.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections NFT – Audacious 👾 #36

https://BenMcDougal.com/Mechanized-Money

http://YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

EP3 – Blockchain Orgins 🎙️ Jon Woodard

EP8 – Cryptographic Cowboy 🎙️ Kyle Tut

EP25 – Stablecoins 🎙️ Chase Merlin

EP38 – Tokenomics 🎙️ Joshua Larson

EP39 – Digital Dawn 🎙️ Will Schneller

EP44 – Do What You Love 🎙️ Scotty Russell

EP71 – Still United 🎙️ Alex Myers

Roasted Reflections on Discord

https://ReadWriteOwn.com

http://web3dsm.com

http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, 3 weeksMarch 5, 2025 ago

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Rock & Radio

Max Schaeffer is an Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Inductee jamming on a new kind of mic. EP79 features a professional conversationalist sharing insight from 40+ years in radio!

This influencer is also an award-winning theatrical director, actor, and producer. Ben and Maxwell discuss timely vs. evergreen content, regulations of radio, metrics that matter vs. opinions of estimates, and curating dollowers beyond passive followers. After the break, we explore how to lead by doing, radical ways for radio to remain relevant, and then Max… as he’s done so many times, in so many ways, closes things down in style.

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BONUS MATERIALS

Maxwell’s Iowa CoffeeCast

https://BenMcDougal.com/content-creation

http://Rock-Radio.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

EP48 – Consistency Counts 🎙️ Michael Libbie

EP59 – Agents of Change 🎙️ Amner Martinez

EP69 – Generative Humans 🎙️ Chris Snider

http://YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

http://CollectorHardbackEdition.com

http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, 4 weeksFebruary 26, 2025 ago

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Still United

🥂 Happy New Year 🥂

Alex Myers and Ben McDougal return from the future to refill our mugs and translate nerd into normal. BEN BOT kicks off 2025 with a compelling thought on accelerationism. The humans then chime in on the evolution of AI, nuerotech, and the confluence of human and machines.

After the break that invites openess, we discuss the state of web3, corporate networks vs. blockchain networks, state management, material science, and how society can thrive even with information overload. Alex was featured in EP45 last season, so revist that timeless episode (link below) along with this fresh jolt of innovative energy. Stay curious!

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BONUS MATERIALS

Welcome to Web3

YDTNP – EP45 – United We Are

http://PlayforcePrinciples.com

“Read Write Own” -Chris Dixon

Roasted Reflections Break: Open to Next

http://Still-United.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

http://RoastedReflections.com

http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, 3 monthsJanuary 1, 2025 ago

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Generative Humans

Chris Snider is an educator who helps students explore the landscape of communications. Knowing so much information is online, digital communication becomes apart of endless discussion. How does multimedia technologies flow so prevalently within marketing? Chris has been exploring the frontiers of social media and has taught at Drake University for over 15 years!

Listen as we surf the continuum of content creation. We approach the end of 2024 with this modern glimpse inside our university classrooms. Ben narrates Horizons from the Roasted Reflections library, then we jam on generative AI, intelectual humility, and emerging tools we use to connect, communicate, and collaborate.

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://ChrisSniderDesign.com

Generative AI Workshops

http://Generative-Humans.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

https://BenMcDougal.com/content-creation

Reading Break from Roasted Reflections: Horizons

YDNTP on YouTube

Roasted Reflections

http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, 3 monthsDecember 18, 2024 ago

Ben McDougal is an author, founder, technologist, and entrepreneurial ecosystem builder in the connected era.

Ben has been called a polymath. He evolves ideas into reality and accelerates others through the art of connection. Check out the innovations this leader has activated over time!

You’ve likely met Ben or heard him speak.

You Don’t Need This Podcast has been the place to enjoy a podcast every Wednesday morning for a while now! McDougal’s latest creation unites 80+ timeless episodes, each with featured guests in-studio! Listen and watch as leaders brew through the fabrics of an entrepreneurial lifestyle. The content creation never stops either. 160+ writings are now minted into Roasted Reflections. This library is a literary journey for the mind and could present a compelling path toward an all-new format coming soon.

Shifting gears, the quest that is FliteBrite remains compelling and an active part of Ben’s journey as a founder. Since 2012, their electronic serving system and beer festival app have created tech-infused paths for craft breweries and event organizers. This tasty story continues to be written, with fun, friendships, successes, learnings, and more fun, every step of the build.

Alongside his ventures, Ben caffeinates a nationwide movement called 1 Million Cups. After leading 1MC Des Moines for 5 years, Ben now collaborates with the Kauffman Foundation as the @1MCMidwest Regional Rep. He’s been making a ruckus in this position for over 5 years. What glorious collision, with endless generous 1MC organizers, in countless entrepreneurial ecosystems. Ben loves this leadership role brewed to connect and support 1MC organizers from 100+ communities throughout the Midwest and nationwide!

When it comes to nationwide efforts, Ben also had the privilege of teaming up with Techstars as an Entrepreneur in Residence and Ecosystem Builder. Investing 2021-2023 to build through the Iowa Techstars Accelerator was fantastic. That marketing-flavored, community building, culture, and founder-support role allowed Ben to continue accelerating inspired entrepreneurs… while connecting mentors and investors from around the globe.

Such experiential wisdom is translated into BENergy as McDougal speaks with a variety of different audiences. For example, You Don’t Need This Keynote activates students, while other talks accelerate young professionals, founders, side hustlers, and intrapreneurs. Watch fantastic examples here, then let’s chat about your next event, keynote speaker ideas, workshop collaborations, and/or entrepreneurial initiatives.

There’s so much more too. The full story is linked below and a spacious museum will keep you appreciating work that feels like play. As you’ll see through stories, Ben also enjoys travel, golf, EDM expeditions, reading, Seth Godin, philosophy, wine, craft beer, pinball, and spending treasured time with his wife and daughter. May the best of your todays, be the worst of your tomorrows. Cheers!

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