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We Them Media · contributor-owned · since 2021

Field journalism, built in public.

Eight people across Philadelphia, Lagos, Abuja, Nairobi, and Charlotte. Free to watch. Free to read. Paid first. On-chain since 2021.

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A note from Maceo

I’m Maceo. Five years in, nine countries deep in the Ethereum ecosystem. I went out alone in Denver with a camera and shot 100+ street interviews on zero budget. Now I’m looking for storytellers and interviewers to figure this out with me this summer. Every community bounty we get, we match dollar for dollar.

See the Denver pilot and what’s shipping now →

The podcast

The conversation, in session.

Cohosted with BetterCallZaal (founder of The ZAO) and Ohnahji B (founder of Ohnahji University). One question runs through every episode: who actually benefits from the way this is being built?

Guests so far · in order of appearance
Episode 01

Kenny

Bitcoin journalist · building poidh

Submitting to Bitcoin Magazine since the early days. Now building poidh, the bounty platform we use to crowdfund stories.

Episode 02

Swarthyhatter

Decentralizing journalism

Years in grassroots politics before crypto. Building a stack for decentralizing journalism — the protocol-level work that actually makes a fourth estate possible.

Episode 03

Kiba

Zu City Japan · Nagano

Ten years in crypto, ex-Consensys, DeFi summer veteran. Now buying houses in Nagano — Zu City Japan, a co-op for nomads who want a real place to land.

Episode 04

Cryptablo

Ghana

Building from Ghana. Episode notes coming.

Episode 05

Fidesio

Kenya

Came on as a guest, stayed on as catalogue editor for the network. Also building Hustle Yangu, telling the stories of African entrepreneurs.

Full podcast page → Watch on YouTube → Six episodes · new guests booking now
Live, lately

Conversations in the open.

LTAE · Newest episode

The latest drop.

The most recent Let’s Talk About ETH: Around The World conversation, fresh off the livestream.

Fireside · Chat #1

Fireside Chat #1.

A long-form fireside conversation, recorded live with the community.

Watch party

Let’s Watch the Ethereum Movie.

A community watch party for The Ethereum Movie, with live commentary and reactions.

Fireside · Chat #2

Fireside Chat #2.

Round two of the fireside series. The conversation continues.

All livestreams → More live drops every season
Elsewhere

The mic, turned around.

We Them Media is built on conversations. Sometimes the cohosts go on other people’s shows. These are a few of those.

Not Another Bitcoin Podcast

Maceo, on the show.

A live conversation about decentralized journalism, Ethereum on the ground, and where the work is going.

Crypto with Kamal

Sit-down with Kamal.

Crypto, culture, and the through-line back to journalism. A conversation in long form.

Guest appearance

Another conversation.

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Community
700+
Discord members across 22 countries
Catalogue
400+
Videos shipped since 2021
Denver pilot
100+
Street interviews · zero budget
Operating since
2021
Independent and onchain. Receipts on everything.
We’re recruiting

Looking for partners who’ll make this possible.

I ran the pilot in Denver. Now I’m looking for partners to produce on Season 01. The number is $40,000 for the first three months.

Each token of patronage is one ETH at the auction. We use Nouns Builder to mint them, but to be clear, they’re not Nouns. They’re tokens of patronage. Patrons get EP credit on every release. The first patron unlocks the $10K bounty match pool, which is what actually funds reporters in the field.