The McFuture with Steve Faktor
Business & Economics Podcasts
Join futurist, author & innovation maharishi Steve Faktor + world-famous guests for a mind-blowing guide to where tech, economics & culture are taking us. Freakier than Freakonomics, more funny than Planet Money. Featured on Forbes.
Location:
NEW YORK , NY
Description:
Join futurist, author & innovation maharishi Steve Faktor + world-famous guests for a mind-blowing guide to where tech, economics & culture are taking us. Freakier than Freakonomics, more funny than Planet Money. Featured on Forbes.
Twitter:
@ideafaktory
Language:
English
Episodes
CheatGPT & Other Devious ‘Open Hacks’ | The McFuture Podcast
2/7/2023
What do Netflix, Google, ChatGPT, New York Times, and Chipotle have in common? Open hacks. A devious little mind trick that makes us feel special and gets us to buy more.
Duration:00:17:56
Surviving Twitter | The McFuture Podcast
1/20/2023
7 Ways To Survive Twitter, 4 Building Blocks For Successful Communities & 100% free of Elon love or hate!
Duration:00:36:54
That Socialistic Feeling | The McFuture Podcast
1/13/2023
Taking on all our ill-conceived flavors of socialism — private college, housing & mortgages, crypto, crazy Fed incompetence, and much much more.
Duration:00:37:43
Defective Altruism | The McFuture Podcast
1/4/2023
Steve mud-wrestles "effective altruism" & "long-termism" to conjure a novel, sane & entertaining take on these bastard children of philanthropy.
Duration:00:27:00
BANKMAN, FRIED: The Circumcised Chronicles Of A Bahamian-American Hero
12/23/2022
America's newest superhero, BankMan & his sidekick, Math Girl are here to save us. When business and satire are indistinguishable, THIS is the FTX you need.
Duration:00:57:35
Rotten, Rotten Tomatoes | The McFuture Podcast
11/13/2022
Business breakdowns of the movie industry, medicalizing America, ungrateful billionaires, conspiracies, & of course Rotten Tomatoes.
Duration:00:48:17
All’s Well That’s Orwell
10/10/2022
Facebook Zombies, AI Masters, Persuasion Paradox & Doomed Millennials
Duration:00:34:59
WOKE WAR III
9/30/2022
BIG revelations about the forces tearing America apart & clues on what might bring it together.
Duration:00:36:45
How Princeton Manufactured Minorities & You Can Too!
9/22/2022
It turns out there's a huge loophole in #DEI...and everyone's in on it, except YOU! A must-watch episode.
Duration:00:09:34
Jungle Fever
9/15/2022
How good intentions of the Climate Change NARRATIVE create AWFUL policies that HURT the environment. A tasty sampling.
Duration:00:44:04
(Work) At Home, FOREVER!
8/23/2022
Why #workfromhome is not what you think. Careful what you wish for. A tour-de-force on the #futureofwork.
Duration:00:51:24
#CRYPTOCRASH: 10 Reasons I Don’t Invest in Crypto, Bitcoin or Blockchain
8/13/2022
Recovering finance executive's unconventional & philosophical take on the crypto narrative
Duration:00:36:33
RECESSIONOMICS: Will There Be A Recession in 2022?
7/8/2022
Everything is stupid and stupendous, all at once. Is this a recipe for recession? If so, how serious? Your answers, delivered delightfully & irreverently.
Duration:00:31:33
Our Secret Energy War | The McFuture Podcast
6/29/2022
A crafty secret enemy has co-opted Western media & citizens to sabotage our energy independence & succeeded!
Duration:00:27:53
Wrath of the Egonomists: Why Economists WERE So Wrong About Inflation?
6/14/2022
Seven reasons economists were dead wrong about inflation, energy prices, and so much more.
Duration:00:28:00
Leave Klaus Schwab Alone! The Global Reset In Sanity
5/5/2022
Are the scary conspiracies about Klaus Schwab, his World Economic Forum, Davos & The Great Reset true? Wrong question!
Duration:00:27:15
How Will The Ukraine-Russia War End? Scenarios, Solutions & The Salami Guys
4/25/2022
Deep thoughts & deep laughs on how & why this war ends—and the surprising role of salami!
Duration:00:48:18
Liar, Liar, Ukraine On Fire! | The Russia Fallout, Part 1
4/12/2022
Russia's Ukraine invasion is also the story of American conspiracy, propaganda, and corruption...that isn't being told. What happens when a natural skeptic discovers that conspiracy and propaganda now live in plain sight? He finds exposure is a brilliant disguise.
Duration:00:56:29
A Ukrainian-American Immigrant Confronts Putin, Power & Patriotism | The McFuture w/Steve Faktor
2/28/2022
As Putin & Russia attack Ukraine, Steve Faktor confronts uncomfortable truths about power, patriotism & his own identity as a Ukrainian-American immigrant. A tour-de-force. Truly one of the best episodes of The McFuture – and on this subject.
Duration:01:21:22
THE META HEARSE: Is There A Metaverse After Facebook?
2/5/2022
Is the demise of #Facebook’s #metaverse a sign that The Matrix is just a movie — and Steve is just another sci-fi dork? This episode explores what the real path to The Matrix demands. Hint: it's not #VR.
Duration:00:27:12