Shows / Rise Up Media
Rise Up Media
Rise Up is the most trusted source for live crypto education on the internet--join Evan Mann, Alex Popovic, and William Watson plus their expert guests and friends for helpful news, commentary, and answers to your crypto questions wherever you are, whenever you listen! We'll help you learn what blockchain is, why it matters, & how to start using crypto safely in a community where the only thing missing is you 👉 Get the links/schedule to listen live and much, much more at…
Episodes
- Rise Up Media
#320 – Becoming a Web3 Developer w/Zara of Metana – Rise Up Morning Show – June 6, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today’s episode starts with Evan & Will going head-to-head in a Battle of the Boards while Alex takes a personal day (you can support…
- Rise Up Media
#319 – No Dolphin, No Cry: Will in Street Clothes, Circle, Capital Gains – Rise Up Morning Show – June 5, 2025
Goodnow, Revolutionaries— For the first time this week on the Rise Up Morning Show, Will shows up in street clothes, and everyone is up in arms: “Why no…
Rise Up Media#035 – Patent Pending Ponzinomics w/Emily Herrick – Rise Up After Dark 🍻🌗
Tonight we celebrate Emily Herrick’s return to the show by diving into a wide-ranging, wildly entertaining conversation about all things crypto. We break down…
- Rise Up Media
#318 – $TRUMP, Pump, (More) Airdrops, and zkTLS with Dawufi – Rise Up Morning Show – June 4, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Will (aka Flipper, "Free Willy") kicks things off with a market update, and Alex drops two more platforms offering confirmed airdrops…
- Rise Up Media
#316 – $POL Staking Tutorial + Free Willy 🐬 – The Rise Up Morning Show – June 2, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Usually, The Rise Up Morning Show dives deep, but today Will takes it literally and joins in a dolphin suit 🐬— the porpoise? His main…
- Rise Up Media
#317 – More Dolphins, Staking, Airdrops, & TradFi’s Dance with Crypto – Rise Up Morning Show – June 3, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— The dolphin suit is back (OpenSea are you watching this?!) and the guys dive into some rapid fire headlines that surface how TradFi…
Rise Up Media#034 – Airdrops, Katana & Crypto Marketing with Ruto of Polygon Labs - Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Goodnow, revolutionaries— On this edition of Rise Up After Dark, Will and Alex host Ruto from Polygon to dive deep into the current pulse of the crypto…
- Rise Up Media
#315 – DePIN & 4-Year Cycles w/VC Correspondent Geebz – Rise Up Morning Show – May 29, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today, the guys welcome back Gerard aka Geebz, our go-to VC correspondent, for a rich discussion on the state of crypto…
- Rise Up Media
#314 – Will, Alex, & the Seventh Circle of Soundboard Hell – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 28, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today chaos (and hilarity) ensue(s) as Will drives the show & debuts his new soundboard, u-turning into impromptu comedy gold. Alex…
- Rise Up Media
#314 – Zebec, GENIUS, & Blockchain OG William Quigley – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 20, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today the theme is "reunion" on The Rise Up Morning Show as Evan, Alex, & Will are finally back together after Evan’s vacation. We…
Rise Up Media#033 – Ponzi Plundering + Which AI Would You Marry, F%$!, or Kill? – Rise Up After Dark – May 14, 2025
On tonight’s episode of Rise Up After Dark, we’re joined by a couple legends: Green Jeff—ponzi plunderer and DeFi founder extraordinaire—(aka @jeffthedunker)…
- Rise Up Media
#312 – Web3 Gaming Is Inevitable (w/ Sam Steffanina) – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 16, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today’s episode features one of the sharpest minds in Web3 gaming and content: Sam Steffanina—cofounder of WolvesDAO, CMO at Farcade…
- Rise Up Media
#311.5 – BONUS: After the Episode: Pillow Talk, DAOs, & Polygon Vibes w/Nill – May 14, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— We’re back with a bonus live episode immediately episode 311, (yes, Alex dubbed it Pillow Talk) featuring our friend Nill from…
- Rise Up Media
#311 – Marc Boiron on Polygon, the Agglayer, and the Future of Crypto UX – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 14, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today on The Rise Up Morning Show, we’re honored to welcome Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs. Marc shares his journey from lawyer to…
- Rise Up Media
#310 – A Taste of Culture from Consensus – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 13, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— We’re coming to you live from Toronto at Consensus 2025, and today’s episode is a celebration of the real value in crypto…
- Rise Up Media
#309 – "Powered by Polygon" + Privacy by Design w/Stefaan (Akave) – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 8, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Big news today: The Rise Up Morning Show and Rise Up After Dark are now officially Powered by Polygon!! To kick things off, Evan and…
Rise Up Media#032 – Emily Herrick (Foolproof) on Mimetics, Misogyny, $TRUMP & The AI That Spoke at a Murder Trial – Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan opens the show solo with one of the wildest AI use cases we’ve seen yet: a murdered man, recreated in video using AI…
- Rise Up Media
#308 – Web3 101: Picking a Wallet, Christina's Rugpull, & Finding Your People (w/Justin Vogel) – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 7, 2025
Goodnow, Revolutionaries— It’s another Web3 101 Wednesday on The Rise Up Morning Show! After sharing the latest crypto headlines, Evan & Alex walk through the…
- Rise Up Media
#307 – "You Are So Early to Web3" with Morgan Kuphal (Chainlink, Tunnl) – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 6, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Today on The Rise Up Morning Show, Evan and Alex are joined by Morgan Kuphal—who got into web3 via a Chainlink hackathon, became a…
- Rise Up Media
#306 – Can $47.5B Save Tiktok? + Deepfake Slipper Scams – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 6, 2025
On today’s episode of The Rise Up Morning Show, Evan reflects on his appearance at TikTok Town Hall with guest Reid Rasner—the guy currently bidding ($47.5…
- Rise Up Media
#305 – The First Time We Heard 'Bitcoin' + Elliot Wave TA – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 3, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— To wrap the week, the guys kick things off with a little storytime: when did you first hear about Bitcoin? Evan, Alex, and Will each…
Rise Up Media#31 – NFT War Stories, Roasts, & Staking $SOL: The Rise of Nicky Scannella – Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, the crew is joined by Nicky Scannella (@nickyscanz), Business Development at Marinade Finance (@marinadefinance) We kick it off…
- Rise Up Media
Episode #304 – When AI Moves Fast, Crypto Moves Wrong, and GDP Goes Red – The Rise Up Morning Show – May 1, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Today for Web3 101 Wednesday, Evan & Alex kick things off with a big topic: Consumer AI is moving fast—so where’s it going? How do…
- Rise Up Media
#303 – Mug 2.0 & My Angry Yakuza Girlfriend: Web3 Gaming w/Sinjin Jung – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 29, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Today Evan retired the first Official Rise Up Morning Show mug (rest well, my friend ☕️) and commissioned his new mug with its first…
- Rise Up Media
#302 – The 5th Most Famous Alex Popovic on Perplexity – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 26, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Today on the show, we shine a light on dark pools—both on the XRPL and across crypto generally—to separate hype from reality and…
- Rise Up Media
#301 – Scammy Googlers, Solid Gold, and Smarter Crypto – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 25, 2025
Goodnow, revolutionaries— In today's episode, Alex kicks off the show with the tale of a pretty sophisticated scam attempt, targeting him by impersonating…
Rise Up Media#30 – Grading Your Altcoin Bags, Dings & Gwumps Deployed – Rise Up After Dark – April 24, 2025
Tonight we did what we do best (well, what we do, anyways...)—good ol’ fashioned altcoin research with live picks from our Discord community! Will brought the…
- Rise Up Media
#300 – Trading vs. Investing; the Rise Up Rewind; & POAPs – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 24, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Today marks 300 episodes of The Rise Up Morning Show—and on this Web3 101 Wednesday, Evan & Alex break down a fundamental…
- Rise Up Media
#299 – Cats, Cows, & (DeFI)Llamas – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 22, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Today’s episode comes straight from the DeFi barnyard with a full walkthrough of DeFiLlama’s newest features—farmer Alex shows you…
- Rise Up Media
#298 – Base Drama, Bitcoin Charts & Katy Perry – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 21, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— Evan, Alex, and Will are back with a full-spectrum episode covering some of the most important questions in crypto right now. They…
Rise Up Media#029 - Altcoin Reviews & Alpha w/Nill from Polygon - Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Tonight, Will and Alex are joined by our friend Nil from Polygon for a late-night research sesh full of insights, distractions, and deep dives. Together, they…
- Rise Up Media
#297 – Doug on Gold, Will on TA, Alex Dying on This Hill – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 16, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries— This morning, Alex and Will kick things off with a look at the latest memecoin drama on Base. As Jesse Pollak tries to spark a wave…
- Rise Up Media
#295 – Rapid Fire Questions, Lunar Trades, & Trips to Toronto – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 15, 2025
Today, the guys answer rapid fire questions from the audience, including our perennial favorite "What would you invest in...?"; Alex almost makes Will cry with…
- Rise Up Media
#294 – Mantra's Meltdown, BTC’s Next Move, & Steps to Get Started with Crypto – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 14, 2025
Today Evan, Alex, and Will cover it all: We kick off with a look at the recent Mantra ($OM) crash, then tackle the big Bitcoin question—what's next for $BTC’s…
- Rise Up Media
#293: Growing the Crypto Pie w/ Hemu Rahman – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 10, 2025
Evan, Alex, and Will talk CPI, macro, & ask Will what he's buying (AERO? MORPHO?) and share a powerful conversation with Hemu Rahman (@shapingelements)—Head of…
Rise Up Media#028 – Will the Future Internet Be User Friendly? w/Uptrade & Nill (Polygon)– Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Goodnow, Revolutionaries! Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan and Alex are joined by George Kaltekis and Sam Ash-Hill from Uptrade for a wide-ranging…
- Rise Up Media
#292 – Web3 101: from DeFiLlama to MegaETH w/BREAD – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 9, 2025
Today on the show Evan & Alex give a quick news update and do a little Web3 101 before BREAD, one of the minds building MegaETH Labs, jumps in for a deep (and…
- Rise Up Media
#291 – From Routers to Riches? DePIN Demystified – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 8, 2025
Today Evan, Alex, and Will are joined by Daniel Andrade and Michael Sothan from DePIN Hub. We start with an explanation of the wild market movement yesterday…
- Rise Up Media
#290 – Bloody Monday (and Monday, Alex's AI Twin) – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 7, 2025
Good now, revolutionaries—stocks & crypto are down bad and today’s episode is a little bit of everything: Tariffs and the new global market game Artificial…
- Rise Up Media
#289 – Think Like a VC: Tools & Frameworks with 0xGeebz – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 3, 2025
Today on The Rise Up Morning Show, Evan, Alex, and Will dive into two of the week’s biggest crypto-adjacent headlines: the new wave of Trump tariffs, which…
Rise Up Media#023 - Crypto the Game: Dylan Abruscato on Building the Web3 Survivor - Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
In this episode of Rise Up After Dark, Evan sits down with Dylan Abruscato, cofounding creator of the award-winning, viral hit Crypto the Game—a crypto-native…
Rise Up Media#024 - Vibecoding Viral Games with Farcade Founder Chuck Blackstock - Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
In this playful and wildly insightful episode of Rise Up After Dark, Evan, Alex, and Will are joined by Chuck Blackstock, the founder of Farcade.ai—a project…
Rise Up Media#026 - LIVE Altcoin Research & Crypto Q&A - Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan, Will, and Alex are joined by Lindsay Poss (@LindsayPoss), host of the Seeking Alpha Podcast (@theSeekingAlphaPod) and part…
Rise Up Media#027 – From Meta to Mainnet: Aptos Cofounder David Wolinsky – Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan, Alex, and Will sit down with David Wolinsky, co-founder and head architect of Aptos Labs, and former engineer at Meta…
- Rise Up Media
#288 – Bitcoin Is America? Trump, Tariffs & Tools for DeFi Learning – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 2, 2025
Today on the show, Evan and Alex are in tandem for a tight, news-packed episode. They break down the latest headlines, including Trump’s Bitcoin business…
- Rise Up Media
#287 – Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 1, 2025
Today on the show, Evan, Will, and Alex explore Ethereum’s next major hard fork, Pectra, and break down how EIP-7702 could change the way wallets and users…
- Rise Up Media
#286 – How to Stake $SOL with Marinade – The Rise Up Morning Show – March 31, 2025
Today on the show, the guys dig deep into staking—what it is, how it works, and why it matters. Evan, Alex, and Will walk through a demonstration of staking…
- Rise Up Media
#261 – The Rise Up Morning Show – February 13, 2025
Will has the flu so Evan & Alex are flying together--just the same guy in two different fonts, talking about how to make your way through the crypto space. The…