Neon and I discuss their story of personal growth and identity, exploring hobbies during lockdown such as tattoo art, motorbike riding, and creating a personal website, and much more.

Digby discusses his experience growing up on the upper northern beaches in Avalon, commuting to school at Knox, his experience as the social justice prefect, and navigating college life through COVID.

Netra and I discuss her mooting experiences at USyd Law School, economic incentives in a capitalise society, environmental sustainability, identity security and trust-based systems, the potential for pseudonymous economies and much more.

Josh and I discuss his experience across multiple finance internships and how it has impacted his career direction, early experiences investing and researching blockchain technologies, and an overview of some interesting NFT projects. Timestamps: 1:00 - Josh's internship history 13:55 - Network effects and flywheel investment screening 19:45 - Introduction to blockchain and cryptocurrencies - how Josh started out 47:12 - Information sources to learn about blockchain/crypto 54:25 - NFT projects and experience with gas fees 56:27 - Degods Solana NFT project 1:01:51 - Piggy Sol Gang NFT project 1:05:40 - Peep NFT project Resources: a16z podcast:  UpOnly podcast:  Packy McCormick twitter CoinMarketCap Alexandria  DeGods NFT PEEPS (thepeeps.show) Piggy Sol Gang (piggygang.com)

Rob and I discuss sports viewership in Australia and implications for community and friendships, the challenges and opportunities of switching degrees, keeping up to date with current affairs, and much more.

Claire and I discuss intermittent fasting, personal branding in the internet era, leaning into social life when moving away from home, adapting to the college environment, and current affairs conversation communities at St. Andrew's College.

Sam chats through life as a day student at the Armidale school, his experiences playing high-level hockey for NSW and coaching the Rosebowl Hockey team, transitioning from hockey to other sports and the social benefits of playing different sports, and much more. 

Welcome to Open Talks, a new series of the MyStory podcast featuring casual and authentic conversations about life at college.  On this podcast, I chat with Nick Reynolds about the impact of COVID on social life at college, transitioning from a single-sex high school to a co-ed college, his senior year project creating a feature-length film, his experience playing basketball through high school, and much more. 

Kiran discusses his unconventional journey to college, finding an affinity for music and developing a name for himself as a musical performer at Sydney Grammar, navigating the nerves of O-Week, and his experience getting into journalism.

Tom chats through his experience moving from Sydney to Melbourne and back, his ventures in different sporting teams in high school and at Drews, and his decision to run for a role on House Committee as an Intercol Representative