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Thinking Out Loud

Thinking Out Loud

Written by: Nikita Walia
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Thinking Out Loud is a podcast dedicated to being publicly curious about creativity, commerce, and culture. With our guests - founders, investors, entrepreneurs, creatives, and advisors, we explore the many dimensions of modern brand-building and how cultural codes evolve to build new models for commerce.

Hosted by Nikita Walia, a brand builder, strategist, investor, and advisor (and founder of the consultancy BLANK) with a decade of experience working with brands large and small, this podcast invites you to think deeply, freely, and openly about brands and what they mean in our cultural landscape.



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Episodes
  • Episode 007: Fancy on Web3, communities, intentional churn and the future of futures

    Episode 007: Fancy on Web3, communities, intentional churn and the future of futures
    Oct 14 2022

    Previously working in Creative Comms, Bespoke PR and Advertising. Fancy moved into web3 as part of the founding team for the Protein Community & is now the instigator of RADAR.

    RADAR is community reimagining collective research processes and delivering the future. Fancy also advises brands and web3 projects navigating the web3 landscape, is a stakeholder in SeedClub (SC02) and has written extensively on web3 models and the future of the space.


    Keep up with Fancy:

    radar.xyz


    Keep up with Nikita:

    instagram.com/nikitaontheinternet

    workwithblank.com



    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/thinking-out-loud-by-nikitawalia/donations
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    57 mins
  • Episode 006: Alexander Russell on alcohol alternatives, kava, and wabi-sabi versus digital reality

    Episode 006: Alexander Russell on alcohol alternatives, kava, and wabi-sabi versus digital reality
    Sep 30 2022

    Alexander Russell is an entrepreneur based in New York City. He founded Nothing Special in 2019 at age 24 to make the fresh, world-class kava experience available to everyone.

    Kava is a plant-based beverage from the Pacific Islands that has been drank for millennia for its ability to promote relaxation without diminishing judgement or mental clarity. Nothing Special’s mission is to honor kava’s past and steward kava’s future in order to help people around the world consume less liquid and digital junk.

    Before founding Nothing Special, Alexander worked as an analyst at Lazard Frères & Co. in New York City. Alexander has an MPhil in Political and Economic Theory from Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Lenox-Conyngham Scholar.

    He graduated with BS degrees in Finance and Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia, where he led responsible business initiatives for UVA’s endowment and worked for the Nature Conservancy.

    Keep up with Alex:

    enjoynothingspecial.com

    instagram.com/enjoynothingspecial

    Keep up with Nikita:

    instagram.com/nikitaontheinternet

    workwithblank.com



    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/thinking-out-loud-by-nikitawalia/donations
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    44 mins
  • Episode 005: Arabelle Sicardi on how modern brands start with community, building a career online, and writing a book.

    Episode 005: Arabelle Sicardi on how modern brands start with community, building a career online, and writing a book.
    Sep 2 2022

    Arabelle Sicardi is a writer and brand consultant who focuses on the intersection of beauty, technology, and power.

    They pen a beauty industry newsletter and have written for places like Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Teen Vogue, The Cut, and Vogue Business. So far, they've written two books: Queer Heroes, a children's book on queer folks throughout history, and The House of Beauty, a non-fiction book on the beauty industry forthcoming from Norton, not yet available for pre-order. 

    They joined us to talk all about modern brand building, their forthcoming book, and what it takes to build a career online.

    Keep up with Arabelle at:

    instagram.com/arabellesicardi

    More from Nikita:

    instagram.com/nikitaontheinternet

    workwithblank.com



    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/thinking-out-loud-by-nikitawalia/donations
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    53 mins
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