Andrew Asks How

Andrew Asks How

Andrew Asks How is an interview-style podcast hosted by Andrew Forte, featuring conversations with builders, creators, founders, and cultural leaders across tech, culture, creativity, business, and web3.

Each episode focuses on how influential people think, build, and grow, giving listeners practical insight from their experiences and the industries they are shaping.

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Nill from Blockworks

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Nill from Blockworks
1:01:58
July 8, 2026

Nill from Blockworks

Episode 93 with Nill from Blockworks Nill and I are close friends and it’s been fun to see his professional and personal growth We talked about looming topics > Current job market and conditions > Institutional and retail crypto > Nill’s success on TikTok > Concerns with AI Timestamps: 02:48 @BigNillCollect on landing the @Blockworks job 07:23 The TIF is crypto's 10-K 11:05 This crypto hiring market totally changed 15:43 Why tradfi guys get the leg up 20:16 Built an AI robot scraping Web3 jobs 24:43 Telling them I can fix that 30:55 Nil means zero goals scored 34:00 Grow faster collaborating with other creators 37:00 Known for my hair known for nothing 41:20 Getting fired with his kid home sick 45:24 Polygon was a piece of me 49:57 How to get out of the funk 55:24 Luck chases activity every time

Grit Cult
1:07:20
July 6, 2026

Grit Cult

Episode 93 with Grit Cult Grit is one of the best cross niche posters on X He talks about, AI, Crypto, Health, Motivation and Startups while having a pulse on culture + community We talk about why marketing is dead and long live distribution How his journey started and the upside to having a brand presence in the right niches The importance of having a plan and not just commanding attention for the sake of it 2:42 @GRITCULT background in crypto and startups 5:18 How the Londonmaxxing meme was born 6:24 Marketing is dead long live distribution 10:30 Twitter is still massively underrated 13:59 Why Facebook fell off with Gen Z 19:18 Your social following gets you hired now 25:12 Crypto builders quietly pivoting fully to AI 27:59 Casino speculation hurt crypto long term 43:23 Treat content creation like a YC batch 49:25 Fundraising advice warm intros and timebox it 56:23 Andrew Tate invented the clipping model 1:02:07 Starting from zero to prove the point

Star Platinum
57:20
June 30, 2026

Star Platinum

Episode 92 With Star Platinum Star has been a good friend of mine the last few years It has been fun to watch him write threads on his phone and outcompete 99% of creators He is consistently getting ahead of the crowd because he treats content like a job while respecting it as an art We got to talk about all things content and what’s next for him and why he is pursuing it 2:23 @StarPlatinum_ building audience on CT 5:52 One platform for ten years which one 8:09 Writing viral threads on his phone 11:50 Spanish crypto media gets news late 20:18 Would you ever retire from content 27:47 Reply guy meta is a trap 31:29 Trump net positive or negative for crypto 38:47 Nikita and the X takeover hot take 43:17 How he would rewire the X algorithm 50:02 How to stay on top in CT 51:37 Inbound brand deals on traditional media

FFV
1:54:08
June 29, 2026

FFV

Episode 91 with FFV I have known FFV for 4+ years now and met him during the NFT mania He is one of the louder and logical voices of our industry Enjoyed chatting it up with him about everything crypto, NFTs, AI and even personal overcoming’s We also talked about where we think the world is headed Timestamps: 2:08 Joining the pod @FFVV1211 from @ffvpodcast 3:07 Do you still talk to friends about crypto 7:25 What do people do when they quit CT 9:57 Was going to be an electrician then NFTs 12:11 Has CT become too welcoming 21:44 Pudgy should ditch abstract and refocus 29:28 Chains dont care about CT presence anymore 34:20 Crypto feeling like banking now 54:39 Is there an AI bubble forming 1:05:08 Lost 30K on one trade 1:23:08 No native NFT IP from Asia 1:36:08 America gave drug dealers licenses 1:51:53 Never dwell love every one of you

The Dyli Team
44:55
June 24, 2026

The Dyli Team

Episode 90 with Dyli Everyone agrees that collectibles onchain makes sense Blend that with live commerce and streaming it’s a recipe for fun the next decade IPs and that include collectibles in to their ecosystem will thrive the next decade The utility for collectibles is fun Timestamps: 1:34 @jonahkitay and @needelman_ building @dyli_io 2:35 Clayno community crossing over to DYLI 6:15 Original thesis behind building DYLI 8:37 What it would take to land Pokemon 12:05 Seal to graded card without leaving home 15:09 How people buy in bulk on DYLI 22:27 Japanese products are the next frontier 26:19 Alpha on whats coming next for DYLI 29:59 Digital rip experience is coming 34:20 How DYLI sources and clears tables 39:03 GameStop buying eBay good or bad 43:36 Cardboard capital you heard it here

Spike the Founder of Persona and Records Network
53:52
June 22, 2026

Spike the Founder of Persona and Records Network

Episode 89 with Spike the Founder of Persona and Records Network NFTs are back in a big way and collecting has become mainstream Digital collectibles make a ton of sense to the average collector in and out of crypto The desire to collect a brand or thing comes from experiencing the discovery of it The team here is helping brands doing that It was a good chat to talk all things IP, NFTs and AI Timestamps: 2:10 @SpikePersona on building @Records_Network 3:46 Organic launch and brands came to them 6:35 How the Records idea was born 9:17 Web2 brands also want on Records 11:07 Content fi without the cringe 16:10 How hard is Records to replicate 19:49 NFTs finally having real purpose 26:09 Bullish on NFTs but the gap is widening 29:25 Royalties changed everything for NFT projects 38:24 Storytelling through innovation is the vision 43:40 Records is live on Base 48:24 The one man company is becoming real

Henry CEO of Streamex
54:38
June 15, 2026

Henry CEO of Streamex

Episode 87 with Henry CEO of Streamex Finance is coming onchain and crypto products are meeting them half way Many more crypto native enterprise companies are being listed on the NASDAQ Expect to see more IPO's and onchain assets going offchain We are no longer early to crypto Timestamps 2:57 @henrymcphie_ building @streamex on Nasdaq 4:46 Gold with yield on chain 6:30 Where is the yield actually coming from 10:49 The team behind Stream X 15:00 Getting on Nasdaq via reverse merger 23:42 Token vs public equity explained 28:23 SEC and crypto clarity act update 35:52 Big banks waiting for someone to go first 40:15 Silver asset next then copper oil gas 44:08 Nasdaq listing tokenized assets soon 48:46 Zero fee gold ETF using yield 52:12 Proving out the model this year

Jesus Martinez one of Youtube's most successful creators
1:06:10
June 12, 2026

Jesus Martinez one of Youtube's most successful creators

Episode 85 with Jesus Martinez one of Youtube's most successful creators We talked about how well content creators do on YouTube compared to other platforms like Twitter The difference between crypto twitter and youtube twitter and which has more impact on narratives and liquidity And also mentioning how he got his start in the crypto space and how its changed his life Timestamps 2:02 Mic flags 3:32 Last cycles success 5:49 Introduction to CT 8:15 "Lost everything" then making it again 11:10 @JesusMartinez Youtube breakdown 16:40 @StarPlatinum_ should go on Youtube 17:00 Monetizing on Youtube and twitter 20:07 Leaving old friends behind 24:32 Dubai and NYC 30:19 Web3 gaming 34:33 Surviving Youtube as a crypto creator 38:03 Difference between CT and Crypto Youtube 43:09 Power of the Youtube audience 48:58 The best news app in the world 50:00 Succeeding on CT 54:40 Web3 gaming 58:10 Did we bottom?

Nom the core contributor of BONK and BONK FUN
1:00:51
June 3, 2026

Nom the core contributor of BONK and BONK FUN

We talked about the latest hack and 110% percent of the funds will be returned to the community Also diving deep in to their institutional side with being publicly listed in on the NASDAQ And what’s next for the IP Timestamps: 1:36 Intro with @TheOnlyNom, setting the stage for everything that just happened 5:08 @bonk_inu stepping up, reimbursing 110%, nobody expected to be in this situation 10:24 The scary part, any site using that provider could’ve been hit 20:25 BONK’s origin, holiday airdrop, just trying to bring good vibes 31:33 Then the timeline breaks, a sitting president drops a meme coin 35:55 Returns and risk, you don’t get one without the other 42:29 Learning curve, trial by fire, realizing how deep you actually have to go 52:27 What are you actually proud of building, not just chasing outcomes 57:59 Moving forward, building in public, transparency becoming the strategy

Ben Yorke from WOOFI
1:05:09
June 1, 2026

Ben Yorke from WOOFI

I have had the pleasure of getting to know Ben more the past few months as the AI craze is getting crazier We talk about the emergence of AI and what it means for every person that has early exposure to the known how There are many ways to position yourselves for the inevitable and its key that everyone becomes familiar with it and finds an angle that works for them Timestamps: 1:46 Crypto journey with @BenYorke from @StarchildOnX and @_WOOFi 3:24 Bitcoin as a banking workaround in China 4:28 How crypto saved him from expat life 11:13 Mac mini debate gets heated 25:13 AI for traders right now 27:25 What Starchild actually does 31:10 White collar jobs are cooked 35:17 Taste is the new hot commodity @banditxbt 44:54 Crypto didnt need this identity 52:17 Claude wont touch financial agents 1:02:06 Where Starchild wants to be in two years

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