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DarkPark Decoded Episode 1

Gijs's secret

In Dutch

In this first episode of DarkPark Decoded we close out 2025 in the brand-new DarkPark Studio. We talk about why this podcast exists, how you introduce people to something new without scaring them off with the unknown, and how much The DarkVerse Family means to DarkPark.

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SHOW NOTES

What to expect

  • Why Gijs uses this podcast to search for his own story while getting to know other people's stories at the same time
  • The explorer with the pineapple tree: how your audience resists something new, and how you take them along on the journey anyway
  • Rise of the Phoenix update: the building, the crowdfunding, the return of momentum and what's actually happening on the build right now
  • Quick Start vs Follow Through: why some projects start effortlessly and others keep demanding energy for years
  • Tension as room to grow: how DarkPark pulls people safely just past their comfort zone, so they come out stronger

Credits

Hosts
Gijs Geers and Els van Leeuwen
Music & artwork
Eelco R. Claassen
Set design
Tineke Lopulalan

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