Jo(el) Loew

Upsample with Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff · May 29, 2026 · 59m

The future of getting paid for our songs rests on blockchain vs. bureaucracy, as Will reports back on Australian musician Jo Loewenthal's 19-part "deep forensic investigation" of global publishing. We also touch on the launch of Subvert after opening with a dismissal of the year's biggest Upsample-core story.

(0:00) We're skipping Pysop Geese-gate

(2:35) Subvert launched

(8:55) The joloew publishing investigation

(32:17) Joel Gouveia covers the same story

(39:16) Blockchain?

(53:08) Recommendations

Recs:

Will - watch Living for the City hosted by Hanif Abdurraqib, keeping in mind that Live…