Those were exciting times. If you want a broader perspective, the youtube channel World Crypto Network (excuse the title, this started in 2013) by Thomas Hunt, was very active in that time. Every week there was a "The Bitcoin Group" broadcast that had different guests on every time. A great look into the history of those years. I hope someone has those videos backed up.

For example search "bitcoin group #135" (use any number between 120 and 160 to get a bitcoin group broadcast of the 2016-2017 period).