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Rise Up Scholarship Fund Goes Live: Unlock Protocol Launch + Democracy Under Pressure | Ep 438

Goodnow revolutionaries–

It's launch day. Friends Stella Achenbach and Ceci Sakura from partner Unlock Protocol join us to unveil 2 major community updates: the Rise Up CommUnity Scholarship fund and pay-with-crypto for premium membership.

Evan walks through the scholarship mechanics, governance questions, and why we're seeding it with $2,500 from the RUMS treasury.

The governance conversation pivots to democracy itself—Jerome Powell's pushback against legal subpoenas, Trump's territorial flexes on Venezuela and Greenland, and what we can actually do to fix broken systems.

Alex delivers a…

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