Wow, someone pinch me! I’ve been the Host of The for a year already?! HackerNoon Podcast Happy Podiversary, Hackers! It’s me, Amy Tom - your podcast host of t and self-proclaimed best friend. I’m wishing you, my beautiful podcast listeners, a wonderful 1-year podiversary! The HackerNoon Podcas 1 year ago, I released my first podcast episode of The HackerNoon Podcast. 🎉 The Podcast: How it All Began HackerNoon A few years ago, the HackerNoon team started The HackerNoon Podcast. In its infantry, it was hosted by various HackerNooners, including CEO David Smooke, (former) VP Natasha Nel, VP Utsav Jaiswal, and others. When I joined HackerNoon (as employee #16 at the time 🥺), I started as an Editor. A few months after I joined the team in December 2021, we decided we wanted to launch a new short series on the podcast, and we weren’t sure who would host it. Looking back, I can’t remember if I was asked or if I volunteered haha - but I somehow ended up as the host of the series. And on March 26th, 2021, I released my first episode as host of What I thought would be a fun project to run with for a few episodes turned into one of the largest projects of my career as a Content Creator to date. The HackerNoon Podcast. What I’ve Learned as a Podcast Host It may have been easier to title this section - “ ” What didn’t I learn as a podcast host? The HackerNoon Podcast, across the 90+ episodes I’ve produced over the year, has grown so much - and so have I! Not only did I learn about audio production, but I also got to chat with some REALLY COOL people. I talked to , the CEO of the American Ultimate Disc League, and learned after the launch and success of Dapper Labs and NBA’s Top Shot. Steve Hall about the NFTs they created I talked to my international HackerNoon colleagues about . At the time, we laughed and guessed that they would . After the official name change, we laughed some more. Facebook’s name change to Meta before it was officially announced change their name to MetaBook I did a series where I interviewed the founders of the startups nominated for HackerNoon’s . I talked to the like from Lately.ai, from Mux, from Stream, from tastytrade, from Camino Financial, and so many more. Startups of the Year awards founders of tech startups from around the world Kate Bradley Chernis Jon Mux Thierry Schellenbach Tom Sosnoff Sean Salas During pride month, I talked to my HackerNoon coworkers about . We discussed how it seems like some during pride month by offering pride-related merchandise without donating very much or bringing more discussion into the space. rainbowification big companies exploit the LGBTQIA+ community And then, who could forget the time I talked to a . told me about investing $300 into Dogecoin and watching it grow. We talked about Elon, Dogecoin, and decentralized partying. It was perhaps the strangest podcast episode I’ve ever done. Dogecoin millionaire Garry LaChance The Top 5 HackerNoon Podcast Episodes of 2021 Let’s take a lil’ throwback to the top 5 episodes of over the past year. The HackerNoon Podcast 1. What is Web 3.0 and Why Do We Need It? This is an episode I recorded with Jaro Šatkevic, the Head of Product at Mysterium Network, where we talked about Web3.0. We released this episode right after the 30th anniversary of the first webpage, which felt very appropriate. Listen to that episode here: https://podcast.hackernoon.com/what-is-web-30-and-why-do-we-need-it/ 2. How Decentralized Can We Get in the Modern World? This was the very first episode I released! It was with Sharmini Ravindran, the CMO at Mysterium Network. We talked about the implications of a decentralized internet for the world, world news and censorship, and more. If you listen back to this one, sorry for the nerves. We’ve come a long way y’all. 😅 Listen to that episode here: https://podcast.hackernoon.com/how-decentralized-can-we-get-in-the-modern-world/ 3. Demystifying DeFi, DEXs, and AMMs with AllianceBlock Team On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Utsav was the host. He chatted to some super cool people from AllianceBlock about DeFi and DEXs. Rachid Ajaja (CEO), Houman Falakshahi (CRO), and Matthieu Mariapragassam (Head of Quantitative Analytics) were the guests on this episode. Listen to that episode here: https://podcast.hackernoon.com/demystifying-defi-dexs-and-amms-with-allianceblock-team/ 4. Media Conglomerates Are Taking Over The World This was an episode of the podcast where we discussed what went down This Week On Planet Internet. David, Utsav, and I discussed the world of big media conglomerates - think Facebook, Disney, Comcast, ATT - and how they rule the world. This seems a VERY KEY discussion again now that Elon owns Twitter. Listen to that episode here: https://podcast.hackernoon.com/media-conglomerates-are-taking-over-the-world/ 5. Document Databases Vs. Relational Databases On this episode, I talked to Eric Bishard and Arun Vijayaraghavan from Couchbase about the differences between a Document Database and a Relational Database. LOL, guys, can I make a confession to you? I distinctly remember recording this episode and watching a YouTube tutorial to prep for the episode to figure out how to say JSON out loud. Again, wow, we’ve come a long way 😂 Listen to that episode here: https://podcast.hackernoon.com/document-databases-vs-relational-databases/ Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Hackers, thank you so much for tuning into The HackerNoon Podcast over the past year. It’s been such a blast, and I’ve loved every single second of it. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to talk to you not only about technology but also its impact on the world. I’m proud to have discussed how technology relates to gender equality, world relations, wealth disparity, and more. But most of all, I’m so honoured to be your host, and I love y’all so much. Thank you for listening to The HackerNoon Podcast! Until next time, stay weird, and I’ll see ya on the internet 😉

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