Hangout #4: Taking Podcasts Onchain

updated on 10 June 2025

For our fourth session in the 10 Years of Ethereum celebration, we sat down with Lucas Campbell (CEO) and Dan Simmons (CTO) of Pods Media — a team on a mission to revolutionize podcasting through Ethereum.

Hosted by Chinmay Patel (@chinmaydoteth) and Marvyn Paul (@mpweb3wordsmith), the conversation explored how Pods is using onchain tools to solve podcasting’s 20-year innovation gap.

What we covered:

  • The birth of Pods Media out of a Bankless experiment
  • Why they chose Base as their foundation
  • The “upload once, publish everywhere” model
  • Real onchain distribution via Farcaster Frames
  • Building meaningful social graphs for creators
  • What works (and doesn’t) in consumer crypto UX
  • The future of creator monetization — beyond ads

This episode is packed with insight for anyone building in Web3, media, or the creator economy.

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