By Nathalie Mezza-Garcia
Pauline Sillinger, Karina Czapiewska and Nathalie Mezza-Garcia at the Presidential Palace of French Polynesia
We will launch a new series of the Blue Frontiers podcast. This series is called “the Floating Architecture, Engineering and Design Series.” As the name suggests, these episodes will be about the engineering technologies that make seasteading possible, as well as design-related aspects of seasteads. We are currently crowdsourcing questions through our Telegram and Facebook channels to have them answered in the next episodes. In this new series I will have the pleasure of talking to Karina Czpiewska, a real-estate expert from our architecture firm, Blue21. Karina will tell our listeners some ecological and design details of the Floating Island Project, such as how it will float, remain stationary and protected from large waves. Karina will also explain the restorative environmental framework of Blue Frontiers.
Professor Chien Ming Wang speaking at the conference First Tahitian Gathering organized in May 2017 by Blue Frontiers
Another of our guests is Blue Frontiers advisor, Chien Ming Wang. Professor Wang is an expert on large floating structures. We will discuss nanotechnologies, the building process of seasteads, how to anchor platforms on the open ocean, and other technical aspects.
Day of the podcast recording with Bart Roeffen at the offices of Blue21 in Delft, Netherlands
Additionally, I will talk with Bart Roeffen, lead architect of Blue21. The first episode with Bart will reply to questions we are crodsourcing. The second episode with Bart will focus on climate change. Bart will explain why floating cities and neighborhoods are a much better alternative today than building on land, and why there is increasing urgency behind fighting climate change. The Floating Architecture, Engineering and Design Series ends with a chat with the civil engineer from Blue21, Rutger de Graaf. Rutger and I talk about how engineering can speed up the decentralization of governance. This talk connects very well with our third series on decentralized governance and economics.
Screenshot of the podcast with Rutger de Graaf
Marc Collins with members of Blue Frontiers in Tahiti
In the past series of the Blue Frontiers Podcast, the Founders Series, I was delighted to talk with the five co-founders of Blue Frontiers. Each told the story, in their own way, about what attracted them to seasteading, how they got involved, and their main role in Blue Frontiers. The first guest of the first episode was Marc Collins. Marc is the French Polynesian co-founder of Blue Frontiers. The episode with Marc explains the origins of the Floating Island Project in French Polynesia.
Nathalie and Randy Hencken talking about the `Insiders Access Week´ by Blue Frontiers
The second episode has Randy Hencken as the guest. Randy summarizes ten years of seasteading in an hour! This episode maps out the history of seasteading. The third episode is an informal chat with Seavangelist Joe Quirk. Joe and I talked for two and a half hours! Three days later, we recorded a five hours podcast. This episode is fun to listen to and also to watch, especially if you want to know what seavangelists talk about in informal settings.
Joe Quirk and I having the chat in the island of Tetiaroa that gave origin to the Blue Frontiers Podcast
My guest for the fourth episode is Nicolas Germineau. Nic talks about the wide diversity in the type of seasteads that can be created, and how online software can mediate their assemblage. The last episode of the Founders Series features Egor Rijykov. Egor is all about robots. If you like engineering, robotics and AI, this podcast is for you. Egor also speaks about growing the pool of seasteaders around the world. The idea is to grow from the 70 volunteers that Blue Frontiers has currently to hundreds — even thousands!
Nicolas Germineau with Blue Frontiers’ members having lunch in Moorea, French Polynesia (Hisako Iso, Nicolas Germineau, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, Laurel Tincher, Steven Das, Barbara Dal Bo Zanon and Sergey Tiraspolsky)
Now that the first series of our podcast has concluded, we will be adding a new format. From now on, I will be moderating chats between two simultaneous guests. In the first episode of this series, I will moderate a talk between Blue Frontiers Co-Founders Randy Hencken and Nicolas Germineau. The talk will focus on the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of Blue Frontiers cryptocurrency, the SeaCoin. This episode will be followed by a chat between my two favorite Joe’s in Blue Frontiers; Seavangelist Joe Quirk and the Editor and Creative Director of the Blue Frontiers Podcast, Joe Wagner. These chats will allow Blue Frontiers and its volunteers to share their insights and passion for seasteading.
Egor Ryjikov and Nathalie Mezza-Garcia in Tetiaroa while Egor explains the reasons for buying Blue Frontiers tokens
Some future guests will include members of Blue Frontiers Global and members of the volunteer team who have been working on various projects since May 2017. Stay tuned because our journey is just getting started!