

The First Mint Podcast
The First Mint
Welcome to the #1 podcast in Sports and NFTs!
Join LG Doucet + TheReelPhilD, two actual brothers, as we dive into the News, Drops, Challenges, and Gossip of the Web3 x Sports world. We cover Sorare, Top Shot, All Day, Draft Kings, and more!
If you love sports and you don't care who knows, there is no better place to hang out than on The First Mint.
Join LG Doucet + TheReelPhilD, two actual brothers, as we dive into the News, Drops, Challenges, and Gossip of the Web3 x Sports world. We cover Sorare, Top Shot, All Day, Draft Kings, and more!
If you love sports and you don't care who knows, there is no better place to hang out than on The First Mint.
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May 30, 2022 • 29min
162 - Are NFTs Only About Making Money?
Are NFTs only about making money? With the market in a weird place, LG goes back to the original value points of NFTs, and dives into Vitalik Buterin's latest proposal on the future of Ethereum: Soulbound Tokens.

May 23, 2022 • 25min
161 - Prep For NFT Winter
The markets are down. The coming times will be slow. Yes, its a good time to build. But as collectors, how can we contribute without founding a project project or getting a job? We dive into how and why collectors can matter during the first ever NFT winter.

May 16, 2022 • 19min
160 - What To Trust in Web3
Following the worst week in NFTs (maybe ever?), it's a good time to think about stability in the space. What projects will survive? How do you cope with unrealized losses? And most importantly... how do we define trust going forward?

May 9, 2022 • 24min
159 - The History of Crypto Winter
NFTs are slowing. The economy is crumbling. The outlook is bleak, and we may be on the verge of another crypto winter. But that doesn't mean NFTs can't keep growing in the coming years ahead. Today we dive into the history of Crypto Winter, and what may drive the next major wave of adoption to crypto and NFTs.

May 2, 2022 • 25min
158 - The "Best" NFT Projects
Many NFT projects claim to be the "best" at something, but its often just marketing puff talk. So how do we breakthrough that Marketing 101 speak and dig deeper into both marketable aspects of the NFTs, but also how those aspects are sold.
Yes, this is a pod about how NFT market themselves to us, and what we as consumers expect and demand from them.

Apr 25, 2022 • 57min
157 - From WoW Raids to Rumble Kongs | Marcus Bläsche
Meet Marcus, the founder of Rumble Kong League AND the Director of Marketing for The Sandbox. Born a red-bull crushing gamer, Marcus turned his passion into a career in gaming (including a stint at Blizzard), and now lives/breathes the Play2Earn revolution. So what's his POV on today's NFT trends, and what will it take for gamers to love NFTs the same way we do? We dive in.

Apr 18, 2022 • 34min
156 - Will Sports NFTs Survive?
We love sports. But man, there are A LOT of sports card-style NFTs right now. To the point where some of the companies behind them have paused the release of supply for a few weeks in order to appease community sentiment. These companies NEED to sell product, but how do they do so while marketplace prices tank? We dive deep into this one.

Apr 6, 2022 • 51min
155 - Where NFTs Go From Here | Wil from The Littles
Big brain alert! Wil from The Littles hops joins us to day to chat about the shifting landscape of NFTs, launching his own project, staying sane with time management, and how he became a thought leader. Warning, this episode may cause you to run and buy The Littles
***disclaimer: LG owns one of the NFTs in question

Apr 4, 2022 • 2h 18min
This Week In NFTs | NFL | NBA | Flunks | Alpha
We kick off a fresh new month with a late night chat with Phil D, LG Doucet, and our faves from around the community. We discuss the latest NFT All Day blog post, legendary profits, Top Shot and Dapper malaise, Ballerz, and chat with Buddsy from Flunks.

Mar 28, 2022 • 46min
154 - The DC Comics Multiverse Comes to NFTs
Batman has entered the chat, and he is not messing around. Warner Brothers is launching Digital-Physical Hybrid NFTs, marking the DC Multiverse's entrance to web3. The First Mint (and very much LG) is proud to partner with Hro, the platform launching these NFTs with WB, to bring you all the info, drop details, and excitement of this massive step forward in NFTs. On the show, we have Josh Hackbarth (Head of NFT Development at Warner Brothers) and Mark Evans (Marketing Lead, North America, Hro), to dive into their personal fandom and what's to come.
***This podcast is part of a paid partnership with Hro