Best Oakmont Podcasts (2024)

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P A Cornell | Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont 52:42

10M ago52:42

52:42

On the island of Manhattan, there’s a building out of time. I can’t tell you where it is, exactly. It has an address, of course, as all buildings do, but that wouldn’t mean anything to you. What I can tell you is that the building is called The Oakmont. | © 2023 by P A Cornell. Narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap…

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Ruoxi Chen | Fandom for Witches 45:35

10M ago45:35

45:35

Lara is a summer witch born with fruit rich on her tongue, a monkey god's chittering beneath her skin, and a full July sun's worth of love for love. Her ba claims to have read Pasternak, but she knows it was Julie Christie's face he traced when he named her, Julie's yellow-gold hair her ma made fun of him for admiring, bright as an August afternoon…

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Sam Kyung Yoo | Set Yourself on Fire 38:58

11M ago38:58

38:58

The chrysanthemums are dying. The yellow flowers face downward, stems wilting at the neck. Their petals curl and brown at the edges like burning paper. You lift one of the ragged blossoms up, as if to try and help it support its own weight. You keep the flowerpot on the kitchen countertop right by the apartment window where it can get the most sunl…

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Lowry Poletti | Dread of the White Dog 28:41

11M ago28:41

28:41

In the fading shadows of dawn, a hunter meets a wolf with white eyes, a wolf whose mouth stretches open, and in its growl there are three faraway voices, distorted as if heard through water, so the hunter shoots. He does not wait to see what he has done. | © 2023 by Lowry Poletti. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

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Hana Lee | Bari and the Resurrection Flower 51:18

12M ago51:18

51:18

The forest whispers of my sister’s arrival long before I sense her. Birds flutter between pink-girdled maehwa trees, mocking her voice in the tongue only shamans understand. Seonbyeon, Seonbyeon, they repeat mindlessly, and this is how I know my sister is looking for me. But I don’t know which sister, not until she finally appears from the forest g…

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Davida Kilgore | My Dear, My Love 46:52

1y ago46:52

46:52

It takes a Black woman to tell the truth about another Black woman, whether she likes that woman or not. If the woman in question is loved, the story reaches mythological heights, she could do no wrong, she was brown skinned and beautiful, intelligent, had all her faculties and her teeth, all the men and women of the neighborhood called her by a te…

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Margaret Jordan | Blue 47:54

1y ago47:54

47:54

It's so dark. Black-orange-bloody-bruised. Flashlights throw long beams across the sand. Police lights flicker blue and red, blue and red, blue and red, and the Ferris wheel on the pier glows an obscene neon. No one thought to turn off the calliope. It echoes off the empty boardwalk, cheerfully macabre. | © 2023 by Margaret Jordan. Narrated by Roxa…

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Simo Srinivas | Bozpo Witch-Bane 34:45

1y ago34:45

34:45

Outside is the palace of slaughter. Under its gambrels of boiling sky, there is the cold unforgiving sea; there are mountains ready to cradle your bones. Along its corridors of singing grass, there are horseback warriors who will cut you to pieces. | © 2023 by Simo Srinivas. Narrated by Judy Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…

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Daniel Ausema | What Passes for Eyes in Dreams and Death 22:16

1y ago22:16

22:16

I am haunted by a funeral, a pageantry of mourners and tears that I can only barely remember. I am not certain, but I suspect the funeral may be my own. The mourners are masked in elaborate disguises. Feathered and ribboned and silk. If I know any of them, I don’t know that I know them. The flowers arranged beside the casket seem to carry some mean…

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Melissa A Watkins | Eat 29:54

1y ago29:54

29:54

Don’t feed him, Greta. We can’t afford to feed him! There’s not enough to eat! We were lost when we found the tower made of sugar that stretched up into the sky in endless red and white spirals. A sea of ants milled at its base. Fat dollops of sugar dripped onto the surrounding trees, candied the leaves, and brought curious bees to hover. ©2023 by …

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Anya Ow | God of the River 31:47

1+ y ago31:47

31:47

The beheaded tilapia nudged teasingly against the riverbank in a bloody soup, staining the lush weeds beneath the little girl’s feet. Oblivious to the stench, she squatted beside the muddy water, her gaze tracking over the dead fish. There were a dozen of them, freshly killed. Flies had only just begun to settle over silver flanks, scuttling shyly …

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Dennis Mugaa | Nairuko 52:34

1+ y ago52:34

52:34

I walk into Old Town. In a curio shop on the promenade, an old man sells paintings, deras, kikois, and ornaments. Tuk-tuks move swiftly along the cabro paving, passing the teapot sculpture at the round-about. Pushcarts lumber beside the street restaurants and past the old buildings covered by vines. A radio plays “Malaika,” the song rising like a w…

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K.A. Wiggins | Children of Earth 28:15

1+ y ago28:15

28:15

The toe wiggled at Mirella from the compost heap. She let the lid drop with a thud and a cloud of flies. Enough. Time to order an electronic composter. | ©2023 by K.A. Wiggins. Narrated by Judy Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Effie Seiberg | There’s Magic in Bread 52:01

1+ y ago52:01

52:01

“Everyone’s making bread,” I say, trying to sound casual and not like I’m terrified, because talking about bread is easier than talking about what’s going on. My phone balances on my belly as I lie in bed. “It’s like the pandemic hit, and everyone’s collective delusion went ‘I’ll bake bread, that’ll solve it.’ I just don’t get it.” | ©2023 by Effie…

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P.H. Low | The Will of the God of Music 45:14

1+ y ago45:14

45:14

You hear the door open as if in dreaming. Back when you were a conservatory student, you chewed a third of a melatonin tablet every night—to keep yourself from snapping awake before sunup, chest tight, your head still achy with exhaustion. Now, mornings are difficult: your eyelids weighted, sliding; thick grey wool between your temples. Your body d…

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Malda Marlys | A Princess With a Nose Three Ells Long 38:08

1+ y ago38:08

38:08

In a castle flanked by fjords, so very far from everything that the winds rarely raised its banners, there lived a troll princess. Her mother was a troll queen, by virtue of a castle and a bad temper, but queen she was, and her ambitions did not end at the still shores. | ©2023 by Malda Marlys. Narrated by Ruth Wallman. Learn more about your ad cho…

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Lowry Poletti | The Dead Return in Strange Shapes 47:49

1+ y ago47:49

47:49

The dead return in strange shapes, yoked to those who mastered them in life. Thais sees them: shadowy animals who slink between the townspeople in the market square. When he was born, so he is told, his mother held up his birth-wet body and pressed her nose to the middle of his brow. They lay together, crowned by oak branches dragged low to the gro…

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Erin Brown | Skyscrapers That Twist to the Sun 15:35

1+ y ago15:35

15:35

Shaundra took the small, empty cardboard box and swiveled on her work stool to place it gently on top of her daughter Dineisha’s head. Her daughter went cross-eyed trying to look at it and started chewing on the corner of her thumb, smiling at the game. ©2023 by Erin Brown. Narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho…

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Flossie Arend | Broodmare 1:00:39

1+ y ago1:00:39

1:00:39

I’m happy on the road. The land stretches like a languid animal, and I find tranquility in its measured length. Outside the car the earth breathes, the ground rising and sinking. Even though I am the one driving, concentrating on the road and the trucks roaring past, it’s like a meditation for me—my mind empties into the open space. ©2023 by Flossi…

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Jennifer R. Donohue | Into the Dark 33:25

1+ y ago33:25

33:25

Angie is three months dead before I get her letter. She sent it the week before she died, and I guess that figures; the postal service got fucked in the twenties and never recovered. Maybe she even relied on that delay. ©2022 by Jennifer R. Donohue. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Victor Forna | Parebul of the Mother, Asked in Moonlight 36:40

1+ y ago36:40

36:40

Walking, crossing, moon-kissed streets, black top, blue jeans, unwashed. Her afro is home to a million brown-winged birds, everlastingly chirping. There’s a baby boy, eight months old, asleep in her arms, and maybe he dreams of beautiful spinning star-like things because he doesn’t know of the hurt in the heart that loves him. ©2022 by Victor Forna…

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Aimee Ogden | SOC 301: Apian Gender Studies (Cross-Listed with ZOL 301) 35:22

1+ y ago35:22

35:22

The bee liberation group meets at seven o’clock every other Thursday in the group study rooms on the fourth floor of the Main Library. Hannah tears tabs from the flyers that they post all over campus—outside the big auditoriums in Wells Hall, on the doors of the dorm cafeterias, in the women’s bathrooms—and feeds them into her jacket pocket. When s…

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Z.K. Abraham | The Typewriter 35:21

2y ago35:21

35:21

The sun draped itself over the left armrest of the couch at dawn, while Zella sat waiting for the typewriter’s tapping to commence next door. Even though she’d tossed and turned all night in the summer heat, she still found herself rising early, expectant. | Copyright 2022 by Z.K. Abraham. Narrated by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choice…

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Aigner Loren Wilson | The Black and White 24:33

2y ago24:33

24:33

She wasn’t at his funeral, so I took the van around to where I knew she was staying while she was in town. He always taught us to stick close to our home. It was her ex’s place, a rundown one-story with dead grass and an old plastic playground for some forgotten children. | Copyright 2022 by Aigner Loren Wilson. Narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn mo…

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Kelsey Hutton | Queen of the Wilis 17:39

2y ago17:39

17:39

Paris Opera Ballet, 1841 / You’re enjoying your reprieve here at the opéra, m’sieur, are you not? All the wealthiest gentlemen do. Here in the exclusive foyer de la danse, wives are forbidden and young girls lightly clad. Champagne obtained, you complain of your tiresome wife—how she will never replicate a young girl’s bloom, no matter how much rou…

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K.S. Walker | How to Join a Colony of Sea-Folk; or, Other Ways of Knowing 21:20

2y ago21:20

21:20

Step One: You Wait - You are patient and your love, true. There is nothing you cannot withstand. | Copyright 2022 by K.S. Walker. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Jennifer Hudak | The Weight of It All 38:58

2y ago38:58

38:58

Elizabeth is the first person to notice I’m inside her. “Tell me how to do it,” she whispers. It’s a shock. No one has spoken to me directly in ages. I’m nothing more than a whisper when I slip beneath her skin. I’m less than a breath. I should be undetectable, but somehow, I’m not. It might have been a relief—to be acknowledged, to be known—except…

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P H Lee | A True and Certain Proof of the Messianic Age, With Two Lemmas 17:33

2y ago17:33

17:33

Once upon a time, in the dark ages before the singularity, there was a fox who, while walking its way along a riverbank, saw a great big bevy of catfish fleeing in a panic this way and that. Curious, the fox called out to the fishes, saying, “Good fishes of the stream, I see you fleeing in a panic this way and that. I do not wish to interrupt your …

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Episode 59: Insights From Agencies, and The First Solana NFT Project. [Feat. Moise Kaufman, NFTuence. and m4thfr34k, Kreechures] 1:12:23

2y ago1:12:23

1:12:23

Von is joined by the host of The Unruggable Pod, Moishe Kaufman to have a web3 podcaster-to-podcaster conversation about the ever-evolving NFT space. In addition to the discussion with Moishe, Von was joined by one of the founders of Kreechures. The first NFT project on Solana besides 1/1 art collectibles. They took a deep dive into what founders s…

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Eliza Chan | The Tails That Make You 47:44

2y ago47:44

47:44

Ninth - It is a few days before your suspicions are confirmed. Perhaps it is the baggy trousers your daughter has started to wear, or that she picks at her food. She will lie if you ask her outright, this you know. You throw her bedroom door open without warning, the damp towel clutched around her chest after the shower the only barrier between you…

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Episode 58: Word Of The Week CC0 [FEAT. Ethernal Elves and Bad Bone Ballers] 1:04:16

2y ago1:04:16

1:04:16

CC0 means "no copyright reserved". The NFT collection of Moonbirds had their creative licenses changed and it's been taking center stage. Von lets you know what Kevin Rose said on the matter and provides some quick discussion on Illuvium gameplay. Major League Soccer is the newest entry to the Welcome to Web3 club. Signing a Bored Ape Yacht Club NF…

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Episode 57: Crypto Up, NFTs Down [FEAT. dc & Hotshave of Nuclear Nerds and Charkie from The Oakmont] 56:03

2y ago56:03

56:03

A quick look at some of the top NFTs current pricing and we're off to the races. Von rides solo for one more week with several conversations. One with a story driven NFT collection, Nuclear Nerds. For the second, we've seen crypto going up only. Shot2TheMoon brought in the expert opinion of Charkie, from the Oakmont, to provide some thoughtful pers…

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B.S | Odd Peas in a Pod 14:30

2y ago14:30

14:30

The year was 1999. Tupac’s Brenda’s Got a Baby was the anthem in Old Creek ghetto. Yes, I wasn’t born. But the first time, in a beat-up, metal-scrunched blue taxi, on her way back home, when the song came on, Mother felt my first kick coincide with the blistering bass beat. It’s a wonder how I knew that feet were made for dancing. | Copyright 2022 …

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Episode 56: So Nice We Had To Do It Twice. [FEAT. DigitalDan from Phantasia Sports AND Miscreant] 1:01:50

2y ago1:01:50

1:01:50

Von goes solo this episode with not one but TWO guests coming aboard the S2TM spaceship for interviews. The first is DigitalDan from Phantasia Sports. He talks about how Phantasia Sports is incorporating blockchain technology to make one of America's favorite pastimes a little easier. Von also speaks with Miscreant about Moonbirds, PROOF, Oddities,…

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Episode 55: A World Tournament For A Blockchain Game? [Feat. Kelsey of Gods Unchained] 1:02:03

2y ago1:02:03

1:02:03

When was the last time you took advice from billionaires? Sean and Von delve into comments about NFTs being for fools and reflect on a somewhat controversial Pixel Vault Founders DAO call, a finale coming for two stories and some thoughts on $Ape coin. They were joined by Kelsey from Gods Unchained, a blockchain gaming card game that already has 10…

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Sabrina Vourvoulias | The Memory of Chemistry 53:44

2y ago53:44

53:44

We hunt for the structure of the universe in its ghosts. - Dr. Michelle Francl / In the beginning / In the beginning was the trigger warning: / Prepare for insects. Prepare for words in Latin and Spanish. Prepare for science and other species of the supernatural. Prepare for losses that rewire the chemistry of the brain. Prepare for aging and the w…

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Episode 54: What Does It Take To Make A Game [Feat. Owen, Ex-Director of Gaming at Meta] 1:17:23

2y ago1:17:23

1:17:23

Sean and Von discuss another celebrity NFT drop, is it going to be like all the others? The first Otherside Metaverse stress test was a success did Von buy a Koda? They were joined by Ex-Director of Gaming at Meta (formerly Facebook), Owen, to discuss InfiniGods, a blockchain game development company. They deep dove into realistic expectations, leg…

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Episode 53: A Fungible Sickness [Feat: Fungibles] 1:20:41

2y ago1:20:41

1:20:41

Von is back from Apefest and NFT NYC. Sean brings on a guest, Fungibles, who's had incredible success in the NFT space and shares his thoughts on a number of topics. Are there any NFTs that should be looked at as investments or is it all collectables? Will there ever be an episode where Top Shot isn't brought up?…

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Sara S. Messenger | Potemora in the Triad 28:52

2y ago28:52

28:52

There are always three: the father, the unfather, and the child. That’s why Vriskiaab threw my unfather off his back after she bore my baby sister, or so Vriskiaab tells me when he stops in the shade of a dune, his massive scales warm under my calves and the tail of him stretching behind me for leagues. My baby sister is soft and crimson-tacky in t…

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Episode 52 - Finding Gems in a Bear [Featuring Adam Pollina and Jesse McMillan from Ey3k0n & Dev Oskii from Umbria] 1:59:35

2y ago1:59:35

1:59:35

In S2TM’s 52nd episode Von interviews what could potentially be the biggest project of 2022 with Ey3k0n. Sean reflects on the words of wisdom a previous guest told us. A long time developer, Dev Oskii of Umbria Network also makes an appearance to weigh in on the future of blockchain and if we as crypto/NFT enthusiasts should be concerned about the …

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Fatima Taqvi | Baba Nowruz Gives His Wife a Flower Only Once a Year 47:26

2y ago47:26

47:26

My mother tells me all the wrong stories. In our hut beneath the cypress trees, my mother opens up at story time. She steps away from her apron and her broom, her heaps of marjoram and pennyroyal, her pestle and her mortar, and her ingredients for medicinal soups. She throws off her scarf, and oils our hair with fragrant sedr oil. We keep company w…

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Episode 51: Wen In Doubt, Call CyberKongz [FEAT. Inverted, Chief Marketing Officer for CyberKongs] 1:24:23

2y ago1:24:23

1:24:23

Following another week of the market trending downwards, the S2TM crew enlisted Chief Marketing Officer for CyberKongz, Inverted, to bring his insight and join the discussion. Mattel entering the space on Flow, an anonymous founder riding off into the sunset with over one million dollars, and Mastercard helping to solidify Web3. Stick around till t…

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Episode 50: Started As A Pickle, Now We're Here. [FEAT. Punk9059] 1:42:14

2y ago1:42:14

1:42:14

Episode 50 - A milestone and a point where Sean and Von reflect on 50 episodes and almost a year since we started this journey. This week's guest features Punk9059. Is blockchain gaming going to work? Have we seen all-time highs that will never be reached again?

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Episode 49: VeeCon - The Truth 1:46:30

2y ago1:46:30

1:46:30

The biggest NFT conference of the year wrapped up last weekend and Von had quite the experience. VeeCon is an event hosted by Gary Vaynerchuk, one of the world's top entrepreneurs and on-boarders to the NFT space. Was the world's top entrepreneur able to impress Von? Dispatch #19 is at the end of the podcast.…

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K. J. Chien | One Day the Cave Will Be Empty 42:49

2y ago42:49

42:49

“Tell me again about the night I was born.” Li Shing drags the comb through her daughter’s oil black hair. Impermeable, like a starless sky reflected against a dense sea. Or a fish’s opaque cloudy eye as it gasps at the bottom of a boat. Li Shing’s fist accidentally brushes the creature’s clammy gray neck, and she tries not to shudder. | Copyright …

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Episode 48: Fooled By Solana Maxis [FEAT. Insight and Ser Joey, Founders of Chimpers] 1:43:57

2y ago1:43:57

1:43:57

Sean and Von were joined this week by one of the most highly anticipated drops in recent weeks, Chimpers! Joey and Insight give us the insight on the history and the need to know for collectors looking to own a chimp of their own. Von breaks down Okay Bears, DeGods, and Cets on Creck of the ever so hot Solana ecosystem. Are you being fooled? Dispat…

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Episode 47: The Great Crash of 2022 [FEAT. Boomer, Founder of LandVault] 1:29:49

2+ y ago1:29:49

1:29:49

FUD is a term used for fear, uncertainty and doubt. Those same words could be used for the state of the crypto market, not just your favorite NFT projects. Von and Sean are joined by Boomer, Founder of LandVault and LifeForceGames, to get a perspective on the falling market. They discuss the top NFT projects future outlook and share their thoughts …

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Dominique Dickey | Drowned Best Friend 54:53

2+ y ago54:53

54:53

The clatter of rain against the window draws Lesley close. “Hey,” she hisses from across the kitchen. She calls me by my old name and I don’t even flinch. It’s morning, and I’m trying to get breakfast done before Mom comes down, because a perfectly fried egg makes her more likely to say yes to what I’m about to ask. The light was coming through the…

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Episode 46: Emotional Damage (FEAT. Calv!n Founder of Lucky Zeroes) 1:33:13

2+ y ago1:33:13

1:33:13

The NFT drop that had many collectors liquidating their entire portfolios for rewarded some and wrecked others. Yuga Labs x Animoca Brands dropped Otherside, the BAYC Metaverse. Von recaps the events and the fallout from the drop. Sean reflects on previous notable minting events that went poorly and is falling in love with the idea of physical item…

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Episode 45: Duck, Duck, Utility (FEAT. Georgie Boy) 1:18:05

2+ y ago1:18:05

1:18:05

Episode #45 includes an impromptu discussion with our NFT holders turned full blown episode. How much would you pay for an NFT that gave you once in a lifetime access? We challenged our community to explain why certain NFTs are worth it, could you have answered it better? Dispatch #17 will be added onto this podcast on Thursday.…

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