Welcome to Governance Futures - a podcast where we explore how governance works (and fails) in Web3 and beyond. Hosted by Eugene Leventhal and Jamilya Kamalova, each episode dives deep into the evolving principles of coordination, accountability, and collective decision-making in decentralized ecosystems.From DAOs to ancient constitutions, Wikipedia mods to protocol politics, we talk with builders, researchers, organizers, and rebels who are shaping how power is distributed - and who gets to decide.Whether you’re deep in governance design or just crypto-curious, this is your space to explore the messy, urgent, and essential future of governance.Subscribe and join us in shaping what comes next.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Governance Futures - a podcast where we explore how governance works (and fails) in Web3 and beyond. Hosted by Eugene Leventhal and Jamilya Kamalova, each episode dives deep into the evolving principles of coordination, accountability, and collective decision-making in decentralized ecosystems.
Recent episodes include "S.1 Ep.18 Neural Quorum Governance and the Culture of Decentralization with Anke Liu" (6 November 2025, 78 minutes), "S.1 Ep.17 Security, DAOs, and Human Error: Threat Modeling Web3 with Isaac Patka" (30 October 2025, 84 minutes), and "S.1 Ep. 16 Privacy, Solidarity, and the Future of Digital Governance with Dr. Joachim Schwerin" (23 October 2025, 77 minutes).
Governance Futures publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 67 minutes across 20 episodes.
Booking probability for Governance Futures is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Governance Futures requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Governance Futures's contact route on record: public web form.
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Governance Futures is a science show with 20 episodes published.
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Episode #18
<p >In this final episode of Governance Futures Season 1, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Anke Liu, Governance Lead at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), about Neural Quorum Governance — a novel mechanism...
Episode #17
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Isaac Patka about the evolving landscape of security in decentralized systems. <br> <br> Isaac Patka is a developer and founder in the...
Episode #16
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Dr. Joachim Schwerin. <br> <br> Joachim Schwerin is PhD economist, blockchain expert and privacy activist with 35 years of experience in...
Episode #15
<p >In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Amber Case (Cyborg Anthropologist), technologist, author, and founder of the Calm Technology Institute. <br> <br> Case explores how humans...
Episode #14
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Seth Frey, computational social scientist and researcher of governance, common pool resources, and online communities. Seth brings insights...
Episode #13
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Mike Cooper. <br> <br> Mike Cooper is an experienced social scientist with 17 years of leadership in impact strategy and measurement for...
Episode #12
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Jen, DAO Comms Lead at Lido, about the launch of Lido’s dual governance model.</p> <p>Jen shares her journey into governance, her perspective...
Episode #11
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene speak with Puja Ohlhaver about her latest paper on community currencies and the PCARE model. She explains how her work builds on earlier frameworks...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, hosts Jamilya and Eugene sit down with Mateusz Rzeszowski and Raam Chandrasekharan of the Arbitrum Foundation to discuss Arbitrum’s evolving governance model.<br> They trace the...
Episode #9
<p>In this episode, we sit down with Vaughn McKenzie-Landell to explore how market-driven decision-making can transform DAO governance. Vaughn is CEO & co-founder of Butter, who are bringing Information Finance to...
Episode #8
<p>In this episode, we sit down with Spencer Graham and Nicholas Naraghi, cofounders of Hats Protocol, to explore what it really takes to make DAO governance work. <br> <br> Spencer Graham is a cofounder of Hats...
Episode #7
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, Eugene and Jamilya speak with Anthony Leutenegger, CEO of Aragon, about tooling, regulation and DAO governance today. <br> <br> We dig into why ownership and control matter more...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode, hosts Jamilya Kamalova and Eugene Leventhal sit down with Rafael Fernández and Shelby Steidl from ZK Sync to unpack one of the most forward-thinking governance frameworks in Web3 today. <br> <br>...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode of Governance Futures, Eugene and Jamilya speak with Dennison Bertram, co-founder and CEO of Tally, about the evolving role of regulation, DAOs, and decentralization. <br> <br> We dig into the...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode, together with James and Dani we dive deep into the revolutionary concept of "liquefaction" and its profound implications for Web3 identity, governance, and ownership. We explore how this...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode, together with Ellie Rennie we dive deep into the intricacies of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). We explore the dynamics of human coordination versus automated systems, the impact of AI...
Episode #2
<p>In this episode of The Governance Futures Podcast, Eugene Leventhal & Jamilya Kamalova speak with Angela Walch about the promises and pitfalls of replacing failing institutions with technologies like crypto and AI...
Episode #1
<p >In this special 'About Us' episode of Governance Futures, we — Jamilya Kamalova and Eugene Leventhal — share a bit about who we are, what brought us into the world of decentralized governance and Web3, and why this...
Episode #1
<p >In this episode of The Governance Futures Podcast, hosts Jamilya Kamalova and Eugene Leventhal sit down with Eric Alston to explore the evolving dynamics of governance. <br> <br> Eric is a Scholar in Residence in...
Governance Futures
<p>Welcome to Governance Futures - a podcast where we explore how governance works (and fails) in Web3 and beyond. Hosted by Eugene Leventhal and Jamilya Kamalova, each episode dives deep into the evolving principles of...
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