Brain Blasts
Brain Blasts
Jason Levin
Refining my thinking. You think it's impossible to get a 6-figure job from posting memes? Episode #2's Liam Killingstad has done it. Want to take over the world and hang out with billionaires? Then listen to episode #4's Ben Wilson.
#16: Christie Smythe - Dating Martin Shkreli aka "Pharma Bro"
Christie Smythe is a journalist and ex-girlfriend of Martin Shkreli, the infamous pharma bro who was freed from prison today.  I connected with Christie after seeing a documentary about Martin.  Christie writes Smirk, a book about her experience dating Skhreli.
May 18, 2022
32 min
#15: Justin Fineberg - Heretical thoughts, the curator economy, and creating content
Justin Fineberg is a good friend and the founder of Reclists, a customizable newsletter that delivers you the reading lists and twitter likes of your favorite thought leaders like Tim Ferriss, Paul Graham, and Balaji Srinivasan.  We chat heretical thoughts, content creation, Lambda School, and more.
May 14, 2022
51 min
#14: Kevin Esherick - Fashion NFTs, impactful books, and running through NYC
Kevin Esherick is working on a fashion NFT project called Material.  He lets people draw on his jeans, mints images of the jeans as NFTs, then lets NFT-holders decide where the jeans go.  Kevin is also a freelance writer and frequently runs health experiments.  
May 7, 2022
56 min
#13: John Januzzi - Selling $300k in NFTs, working at Twitter, and How to Wear Socks
John Januzzi is a writer and artist based out of Brooklyn, NY.  We connected after I minted 5 of his Avius Animae NFTs.  He's written for GQ, Lucky Mag, and had the pleasure of working for Twitter curating their trending moments.  We chat NFTs, Elon, and John's book How to Wear Socks.
Apr 30, 2022
48 min
#12: Austin Schlessinger - Sleeping better, ghostwriting, and Twitter scandals
Austin Schlessinger is a writer focused on health-tech (although he may post a web3 deep dive soon...).  He writes for several brands and you've probably seen his viral threads about health companies around Twitter.  Check out his newsletter!
Apr 23, 2022
50 min
#11: Megan Carnegie - History/Future of Work, Freelance Writing, and the Metaverse
Megan Carnegie is a writer for WIRED, Courier Media, Time Out London, and more.  We linked up after I read her fascinating WIRED article exploring the history of remote work.  We discuss the history/future of work, the business of freelance writing (also coffee shops), and where Marky Mark's Metaverse is going.
Apr 16, 2022
36 min
#10: Nick Greenwalt - $15 million in NFTs, designing, building on YouTube
Nick Greenwalt is the designer behind The Wanderers, a space-themed NFT collection with over $15M in trading volume.  The art is absolutely badass.  This convo was a lot of fun.  Go give him a follow @motionbynick.  
Apr 9, 2022
31 min
#9: Justin Murphy - Rationalism-to-Satanism-pipeline, internet writing, and censorship
Justin Murphy left his job as a professor to go full-time on the internet.  He writes a newsletter called Otherlife.co and tweets spicy opinions to his 30,000 followers on Twitter.  Find him @jmrphy.
Apr 2, 2022
53 min
#8: Jack Raines - working for Litquidity, losing $150,000 in 1 min, and making money writing
Jack Raines is a professional shitposter at Litquidity.  He also writes a newsletter called Young Money - the most fun meme-filled money newsletter out there. We chat shitposting on LinkedIn, making friends while traveling, day trading, and freelance writing.  Jack can be found on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Jason can be found on Twitter.  Subscribe to Brain Blasts for free weekly essays on internet-driven mental frameworks. Correction on CC0: Jack Butcher sold sweatshirts with NounsDAO imagery, not CrypToadz.
Mar 26, 2022
39 min
#7: Jamey Gannon - creator economy, dropout-to-startup-pipeline, freelancing
Jamey Gannon is the 20-year-old cofounder of Continuum, a startup creating the next biggest education platform for creators.  Jamey dropped out of college, pursued freelance design work, and has built up her TikTok to 30,000 followers. We chat:  · Building Continuum at 20 years old · Freelance design work + thrift shopping · Growing on TikTok + getting creators educated and paid Jamey: Twitter | TikTok Jason: Twitter | Newsletter | TikTok
Mar 19, 2022
32 min
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