Episodes

  • Kevin Owocki & Rena O'Brien: From Gitcoin to Allo - The Case for Onchain Capital Coordination
    May 12 2025

    Kevin Owocki is the founder of Gitcoin and co-founder of Allo Capital, focused on regenerative crypto economics.


    Rena O'Brien is a web3 strategist and DAO builder with experience spanning Gitcoin and global capital networks.


    In this episode, Kevin and Rena explore why onchain capital allocation matters—and how programmable money can transform how we fund public goods, startups, and impact at scale. They discuss new coordination tools, the philosophy behind capital as a force for good, and what it might look like to fund “missions not markets” in the years ahead.


    If you're curious about the future of funding, DAOs, or the next layer of crypto beyond speculation, this one's for you.

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    LINKS

    Kevin Owocki: https://x.com/owocki

    Rena O'Brien: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaobrien/

    Allo Capital: https://www.allo.capital/


    Timour Kosters: https://x.com/timourxyz

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    ABOUT EDGE CITY ☀️

    Edge City convenes people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe.


    Follow Edge City on Twitter: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity

    Learn more about Edge City: https://edgecity.live/

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    TIMESTAMPS ☀️

    (00:00) Introduction

    (02:51) Why Tokenized Capital Allocation?

    (05:26) The 8 Forms of Capital Explained

    (08:59) The Impact of Gitcoin

    (10:18) What’s Broken with Capital Allocation Today?

    (14:25) The Case for Onchain Allocation Systems

    (17:50) Introducing Allo Capital

    (21:17) Funding Local Projects with AlloIRL

    (28:01) Relevance to Edge City

    (39:36) Owocki's New Book: How to DAO

    (46:36) Gitcoin as DAO

    (54:57) Popup Villages & Human Flourishing

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Why You Should Build the Magically Weird: The Long Journey Residency at Edge Esmeralda
    Apr 25 2025

    In this conversation, we discuss why building the absurd before it becomes consensus is crucial for a flourishing future. Our guests are Lee Jacobs, Cyan Banister, Arielle Zuckerberg, and Z. Mike Wang from Long Journey VC.


    Links

    More info on Edge Esmeralda: https://www.edgeesmeralda.com

    More info on the Long Journey Residency: https://www.edgecity.live/blog/introducing-the-long-journey-residency-at-edge-esmeralda-2025


    This is an edited recording from a live conversation on X Spaces: https://x.com/i/spaces/1LyxBWDQdVEKN/peek


    About Edge City

    Edge City convenes people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe.

    Follow Edge City: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity

    Learn more: https://edgecity.live/


    Socials

    Janine Leger: https://x.com/JanineLeger

    Timour Kosters: https://x.com/timourxyz


    Long Journey: https://x.com/LongJourneyVC

    Lee Jacobs: https://x.com/LeeJacobs

    Cyan Banister: https://x.com/cyantist

    Arielle Zuckerberg: https://x.com/ariellezuck Z.

    Mike Wang: https://x.com/zmwang


    Chapters

    (00:00) Why the Best Ideas Look Absurd (Until They Don’t)

    (01:19) The Long Journey Origin Story

    (06:19) From Zuzalu to Edge City: Building Experimental Villages

    (09:41) What to Expect at Edge Esmeralda 2025

    (14:15) Inside the Long Journey Residency: A Pre-Accelerator for Wild Ideas

    (18:56) From Crazy to Consensus: How Big Ideas Take Off

    (23:10) Why We Need Spaces Like Edge City Now

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    30 mins
  • Brink Lindsey: Human Flourishing, the Triple Crisis, and Societal Experiments
    Dec 13 2024

    What does it mean to lead a flourishing life, and how can we create a flourishing society? In this episode, Brink Lindsey dives deep into these fundamental questions, exploring the intersection of individual well-being and societal health.

    We discuss the "triple crisis" of inclusion, dynamism, and political dysfunction and its impact on progress. Brink unpacks the tension between material prosperity and true human flourishing, offering insights into how agency, respect, and innovation can guide us toward a better future.


    Links

    Brink Lindsey: https://x.com/lindsey_brink

    Timour Kosters: https://x.com/timourxyz


    Edge City convenes people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe.

    Follow Edge City on Twitter: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity

    Learn more about Edge City: https://edgecity.live/


    Chapters

    (00:00) Introduction

    (02:05) Brink on "The Permanent Problem"

    (04:05) Keynes’ Predictions on Work Hours and Wealth

    (11:46) The Crisis of Governance and Social Trust

    (17:01) Defining Human Flourishing

    (24:33) The Triple Crisis (Inclusion, Dynamism & Politics)

    (34:33) Barriers to Technological Innovation

    (42:48) Reconciling Environmentalism with Technological Growth

    (51:41) Reviving Community in the Age of Individualism

    (59:36) Building Decentralized Futures

    (01:08:10) Reflections on Edge City Lanna

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Matt Prewitt: Social Technology, Community Currencies, and RadicalxChange
    Oct 31 2024

    We chat with Matt Prewitt from RadicalxChange about rethinking communities through intentional design and social technology. The conversation explores various types of intentional communities, including affinity communities, individualist escape communities, and responsible experimenters.

    Matt highlights how responsible experimentation can create more sustainable and impactful spaces and argues that mutual vulnerability is essential for building trust and shared identity. This is illustrated by RadicalxChange's use of community currencies like "∈dges" at Edge City’s pop-up villages, an experiment to incentivize local exchange and keeping value circulating in the community.

    The chat closes with ideas on how such social technologies can cultivate human flourishing by combining global connectedness with robust, locally supportive systems.


    Links

    Matt Prewitt: https://x.com/m_t_prewitt

    Timour Kosters: https://x.com/timourxyz

    RadicalxChange: https://www.radicalxchange.org/

    Edge City: https://twitter.com/joinedgecity

    Edge City Lanna: https://www.edgecity.live/lanna


    Chapters

    (00:00) Introduction

    (02:14) RadicalxChange’s Mission and Theory of Change

    (06:45) Georg Simmel and the Power of Secrecy in Communities

    (14:23) Three Types of New Community Initiatives

    (24:53) The Importance of Social Technology

    (33:29) Associative Obligations and Mutual Vulnerability

    (47:42) Reimagining Money: Community Currencies

    (59:35) Lessons from Community Currency Experiments

    (1:11:36) Community Currency Experiment at Edge City

    (1:21:43) Pop-up Villages and the Future of Intentional Communities

    (1:24:53) Human Flourishing

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Devon Zuegel & Janine Leger: Building Edge Esmeralda, popup villages, and new towns
    Sep 15 2024

    In this inaugural episode of the Edge City Podcast, host Timour Kosters sits down with Devon Zuegel and Janine Leger to explore Edge Esmeralda, a pop-up village experiment they organized in June 2024 that brought together 1,300 people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen.

    Devon is an accomplished writer and thinker with a background in software engineering and a deep passion for cities. She’s currently working on Esmeralda, a new town project in Northern California. Janine, Timour’s co-founder at Edge City, previously led the grants program at Gitcoin and was a co-creator of Zuzalu, a pioneering popup city that explored new models of communal living and collaboration.

    Links

    Devon Zuegel: ⁠https://x.com/devonzuegel⁠

    Janine Leger: ⁠https://x.com/JanineLeger⁠

    Timour Kosters: ⁠https://x.com/timourxyz⁠


    Edge Esmeralda Recap: ⁠https://edgeesmeralda.com/2024⁠

    Esmeralda: ⁠https://esmeralda.org/⁠

    Edge City: ⁠https://twitter.com/joinedgecity⁠

    Edge City Lanna: ⁠https://www.edgecity.live/lanna⁠


    Chapters

    (00:00) Introduction

    (02:40) What was Edge Esmeralda?

    (05:30) Inspiration and historical context

    (10:37) Building community and culture

    (17:41) Highlights of Edge Esmeralda

    (29:03) Challenges and learnings

    (36:54) Looking ahead: future plans

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    45 mins