Network Nations Podcast Series
Full transcripts from the Network Nations mini-series on the GreenPill Podcast, hosted by Primavera De Filippi and Felix Beer.
This 15-episode series explores how translocal communities use technology, shared culture, and bottom-up governance to organize beyond borders — defining what Network Nations are, how they differ from Network States, and what tools and frameworks can help civil society coordinate at a global scale.
Episodes
- Ep 1: Building Trust at Scale — A Primer — Primavera De Filippi & Felix Beer
- Ep 2: Pathways to Commons-Based Sovereignty — Douglas Rushkoff & Jordan Hall
- Ep 3: Culture, Coordination, and Trust — Sara Horowitz & Michel Bauwens
- Ep 4: Entanglement — Building Voluntary Interdependencies — Jon Hillis & Timour Kosters
- Ep 5: What Makes a Nation? — Liav Orgad, Rainer Bauboeck & Yancey Strickler
- Ep 6: Toward a Network Nation Identity — Kevin Owocki, Austin Wade Smith & Monty Merlin
- Ep 7: Meta-Politics — Audrey Tang & Nathan Schneider
- Ep 8: Functional Sovereignty — Morshed Mannan & Neil Walker
- Ep 9: A New Political Landscape in the Digital Age — Nick Srnicek & Sofia Cossar
- Ep 10: Burning Man — Seeding a Network Nation — Erika Blair
- Ep 11: Let a Thousand Societies Bloom — Vitalik Buterin
- Ep 12: From Politics to Protocols to Protocol Politics — Santiago Siri
- Ep 13: Intentional Communities & New Jurisdictions — Jessy Kate Schingler
- Ep 14: Networked Diasporas — The Case of SeeDAO — Helena Rong
- Ep 15: Catalysing Network Nations — Movement Building — Benjamin Life & Patricia Parkinson
About the Series
The series is part of the Blockchain.gov research project, a European-funded initiative focused on distributed governance at the local, institutional, and global level. It alternates between two formats:
- Deep Dives — conversations with thought leaders exploring specific concepts like commoning, mutualism, and sovereignty
- Community Spotlights — profiles of existing communities exhibiting proto-Network Nation characteristics