The NFT Factory: Recent Episodes
Andrew Keith Walker
The NFT Factory podcast is a lively chat show that meets the people, projects and technologies that are creating the web 3.0, NFT and the Metaverse. Each week our host - tech journalist Andrew Keith Walker - takes you on a whirlwind tour of projects that are turning the digital world and conventional wisdom on its head. Plus we have special appearances from experts in the music industry, entertainment, film, art, finance, real estate and tech start-ups talking about the latest and best new projects, spaces and NFT drops you need to know about. (This show is sponsored by the NFT Factory (NFTFactory.co.uk) the UK's leading NFT and Metaverse agency. And because we talk about investments and business, please remember all opinions are the guests and should not be taken as financial, legal or other professional advice).
In this special finale episode, the award winning advertising and marketing expert Joel Ponce talks about his own journey into the world of NFTs, blockchain and virtual real estate. We talk about the future of big brands and advertising in the web 3.0 era - will it be the end of marketing as we know it or a whole new frontier where smart marketing projects will boom? Plus we hear a few of the voices from the last 12 weeks that have shared their time and expertise to make the show such a big success. Next up... Season 2 is coming!
This week our special guests are Chris Menard and Jerem Febvre, co-founders of Newmisma - the groundbreaking new NFT art gallery bringing together Europe's top Graphic Novel artists with new iconic collectible digital art. Newmisma is the premier Web3 platform, a social hub that grants exclusive access to unique content and experiences, and bridging the worlds of physical and digital art with the blockchain technology.
Plus our host Andrew Keith Walker explains why he missed last week's show, what Man Flu is, and how art and controversy always go together...
In this week's slightly extended special edition, we meet Taylor Diamond-Vizcaino, Genna Rupelli-Vizcaino and Donald Vizcaino - a very special co-founding family behind the Pride Pixies. Pride Pixies is an NFT drop for 2023 that will use DeFi and micro loans to support women in tech, create free education for young people and support the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and beyond.
With the conservative administration of Gov. Ron Desantis passing restrictive laws on talking about diversity within Florida's classrooms - like Section 28 in the UK under Mrs. Thatcher - we discuss the rising tide of violence against the LGBTQ+ community, the cynical politics of Desantis, and the fight back from civil rights lawyer Genn and LGBTQ+ activist Taylor.
This week our special guest is entrepreneur and data-powered business guru Ed Vincent, whose latest venture - FestivalPass - is using NFTs to build a community of passionate event-goers. From pop festivals to food festivals, major sporting events, concerts, luxury hotels and budget tours, FestivalPass is offering bucket-list experiences, access to private invite-only events with big name artists, and WL access to celeb NFT drops. Plus a whole lot more.
Don't miss Ed, or our host Andrew Keith Walker as he takes us on a trip... quite literally... back into the psychedelic past that gave birth to festivals...
This week we catch up with the amazing story of basketball player & artist Keivo, and his collaboration with next-gen e-sports company Blocsport One, and their CEO Tomasz Krzystek and COO Klemen Gradisar. Not only is Ballies a hot NFT project, but it's the first e-sports platform with NFTs that upgrade and enhance as players get involved.
Plus we meet the artist behind Ballies who overcame life threatening heart disease as a child that ended his basketball career - only to become a celebrated artist and play semi-professional basketball for Slovenia.
Plus we discuss their partnership with Algorand and Formula E, and our host Andrew explores the latest scamming trend for smart contract front runner bots...
This week we're meeting Violeta Valcheva, community manager and filmmaker for the Pionauts project. The Pionauts are using AI and advanced 3D technology with artists and storytellers to create photo-realistic avatars of famous historical figures (like Pythagoras and Nefertiti) and create new movie and comic book properties with them.
NFT owners will get to participate in the business, share passive income through royalties and steer the development of scripts and future projects... AND IN A WORLD 1ST we are dropping this episode 3 days before their public mint so you can get in on the action!
In this week's show we go in-depth with the complex issues of identity in the world of digital finance, commerce, credit ratings and age verification. We explore the future of digital identity, web 3.0 advances and stubborn problems that keep us handing over our data to companies in order to do business with Philip Runyan, a data privacy and ID expert and regular panellist at NFT and Web 3.0 events.
We also explore the new portfolio NFT minting tech that NiftyCo have developed, which enables NFTs to move from one blockchain to another and remain unique...
PLUS our host Andrew Keith Walker goes back to the days when TV shows broadcast audio signals that were really Basic programs for the old Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX81.
This week Sophia Olivas (CEO Eversmart City) and David Werba (CEO Eversmart Labs) are our special guests, discussing the remarkable sustainable city they are building in Arizona. Using upcycled shipping containers, renewable energy, high density vertical agriculture and NFTs for residents, this project represents a new level of sustainable, affordable living.
The city (our cities - this is just number 1) will be resource backed, with it's own energy, plus a blockchain powered NFT economy for residents, that will enable them to earn crypto and rewards from contributing to the social life of the residents and civic amenities. PLUS it has a Metaverse component so everyone can visit the city and it's shops and parks... even if they can't make it there in person.
Don't miss this incredible story! Plus the usual fun, laughs and hot tips from the NFT Factory Crew!
This week Andrew Keith Walker is joined by our roving reporter Jeff Bacon on a virtual beach to hear all about the latest NFT and Metaverse projects at this year's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
Plus we hear how NFT music, tools and community innovators Family In Music are using blockchain technology to help songwriters and performers improve their revenues, identify and monetise their communities. why we’re building a new creator network with the mission to motivate, educate and elevate. Family in Music are offering networking, knowhow and tools, featuring distribution and release workflows, and with more to come including campaign monitoring, analytics, song title validation, song registration, radio play monitoring, daily payments and royalty advances.
And Andrew goes on a trip down memory lane and tries to buy a computer in 1993...
This week Andrew Keith Walker meets Sydney Swift to talk about the huge changes NFTs, Blockchain and the Metaverse are having on the music industry.
Sidney is a 2x Grammy & 8X Platinum producer and songwriter who has worked with Beyoncé, Nicky Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jason Derulo, Duke and more, plus he created Chill Pill the Instagram art account (over 52k followers) and the first ever web 3.0 music company, powered by an NFT community, call Chill RX. He talks about his journey to get here, what it means for brands and the music industry, and what is coming next...
PLUS Andrew looks back on old IBM adverts that showed people were sceptical about the web and social media once and how hard it is to be into something before it's cool...
PLUS our roving reporter Jeff Bacon brings us another cool music and Metaverse project to think about...
This week we meet Simon Windsor, founder of Dimension Studios (who make films, virtual worlds and FX for Netflix, Disney, BBC etc.) and also founder of the Metashima project - which could be the hottest NFT-Metaverse drop of 2022.
Metashima are personalised, unique, interactive Metaverse robot companions that will be sold via NFTs and unlock groundbreaking new levels of utility -and host Andrew Keith Walker literally wets himself with excitement just talking about it.
Plus Jeff Bacon returns with a hot tip about MoonAI.es, the new AI-pain management company, and we get a heads-up from Grammy-nominated music producer Sidney Swift, aka ChillPill who will be appearing on next week's show.
Welcome to the NFT Factory podcast, the show that meets the people, projects and technologies that are transforming our digital lives into the web 3.0, NFT, Metaverse and real world businesses that are turning conventional business wisdom on its head.
This week our host - journalist & podcaster Andrew Keith Walker - meets Sam Simmons in a top secret Metaverse pub.
Sam was formerly a professional poker player & CEO of streaming sports giant PokerGo and now Chief Strategy Officer at NFT Stadium and founder of investment and advisory firm Non-Fungible Ventures. As a seasoned investor and successful digital entrepreneur, Sam explains his view of the current NFT investment scene, offers his insights into the challenges for brands to enter the space, and gives some tips on how to get into NFT investing without losing your shirt.
Plus we have roving reporter Jeff Bacon (Industry Relations at Family In Music) with hot tips on the latest NFT & Metaverse news in the music and entertainment business - and we have a sneak peak at next week's show with the Metashima project, tipped to be the hottest NFT drop of 2022.