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Freakier than Freakonomics. More funny than Planet Money. Join futurist author and innovation maharishi Steve Faktor for provocative predictions and prescriptions for a world drowning in Avengers, but starved for meaning…and laughter. The show features f

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    Latest episodes from The McFuture with Steve Faktor

    Figure it out, Abdul — The Trump-Harris Debate Surprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 51:31


    the world's greatest nonpartisan debate analysis with surprise ending

    Is Google rAIcist? | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 44:50


    What does the Google Gemini AI debacle reveal about the company, the future of AI, and ourselves?

    Are We The Baddies? My Putin-Tucker Revelations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 52:30


    HUGE revelations from Tucker Carlson's interview of Vladimir Putin that might make you wonder, "Are we the baddies?"

    Decolonized, Demoralized, Dehumanized: The Lost Israel-Palestine Narratives [The McFuture Podcast]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2023 116:33


    https://youtu.be/mgOHTkhJwXA Notice how quickly we went from “We're just criticizing Israel's policies!” to celebrating executions of Jews and bombing synagogues. Hamas's barbaric terrorist attack not only exposed Israel's fragility, but a global network of antisemitism in academia, media, and our very own friendships. The veil has been lifted. We're in a Roger Waters wet dream, where he can finally slay Jews and stop milking 50-year-old songs. This episode takes on many of the lost narratives the media won't dare touch, including: 00:00:00 Why The Deafening Silence, "Friends" and Neighbors? 00:14:55 Donny Deutsch & The Silence of Corporations 00:18:14 The Socialist Macro-Aggressors 00:22:32 Larry Summers & The Ivy League Terror Cells 00:29:56 Three Drivers of Malignant College Leftism 00:32:45 (1) Decolonization 00:38:44 (2) Intersectionality 00:41:43 (3) Demoralization & The KGB 00:47:55 Media Complicity 00:51:32 Jonathan Rosenthal on Moral Equivalency 00:52:45 Dumb & Dahmer: Hamas's Mission (Golda Meir, Sam Harris, Casey Neistat & Ami Horowitz) 01:01:11 Jared Kushner on The Perils of Negotiating with Palestine 01:07:03 Reluctant Conquerors & Noble Victims 01:11:10 What to do with Terror Sympathizers? 01:14:42 Democratic Cleansing 01:16:35 About Colonialism... (featuring Ike Saul) 01:25:27 The Iran Hack 01:33:26 How America Made Iran 01:34:43 How Israel Made Hamas 01:37:52 The Problem With Weaponizing Extremism 01:43:50 Israel's Three Options 01:49:07 More Guns!! 01:50:01 The Shocking Power of X (Twitter) & Corruption of Corporate Media 01:54:20 Conspiracies & Reruns If you enjoy this, please support the show on Patreon & get tons of member exclusives!  Also please give a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Really helps with visibility. Share & subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS

    10 Radical Ideas To Reanimate The CNN Zombie & Reinvent TV News

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 16:08


    10 radical ideas for reinventing CNN & saving dying cable TV news networks.

    What We’re Forbidden To Say About Aging, Immigration & Wakanda | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 87:39


    The ONE TREND that will decide future of humanity is buried deep inside a conspiracy theory whose name we dare not speak.

    Fixing Bud Light’s Hannibal Lecter Strategy | The McFuture

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 22:20


    Why the real problem with Bud Light's Dylan Mulvaney trans influencer campaign is...Hannibal Lecter.

    CheatGPT & Other Devious ‘Open Hacks’ | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 17:56


    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.

    Surviving Twitter | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 36:54


    7 Ways To Survive Twitter, 4 Building Blocks For Successful Communities & 100% free of Elon love or hate!

    That Socialistic Feeling | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 37:43


    Taking on all our ill-conceived flavors of socialism — private college, housing & mortgages, crypto, crazy Fed incompetence, and much much more.

    Defective Altruism | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 27:00


    Steve mud-wrestles "effective altruism" & "long-termism" to conjure a novel, sane & entertaining take on these bastard children of philanthropy.

    BANKMAN, FRIED: The Circumcised Chronicles Of A Bahamian-American Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 57:35


    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.

    Rotten, Rotten Tomatoes | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 48:17


    Business breakdowns of the movie industry, medicalizing America, ungrateful billionaires, conspiracies, & of course Rotten Tomatoes.

    All’s Well That’s Orwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 34:59


    Facebook Zombies, AI Masters, Persuasion Paradox & Doomed Millennials

    WOKE WAR III

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 36:45


    BIG revelations about the forces tearing America apart & clues on what might bring it together.

    How Princeton Manufactured Minorities & You Can Too!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 9:34


    It turns out there's a huge loophole in #DEI...and everyone's in on it, except YOU! A must-watch episode.

    Jungle Fever

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 44:04


    How good intentions of the Climate Change NARRATIVE create AWFUL policies that HURT the environment. A tasty sampling.

    (Work) At Home, FOREVER!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 51:24


    Why #workfromhome is not what you think. Careful what you wish for. A tour-de-force on the #futureofwork.

    #CRYPTOCRASH: 10 Reasons I Don't Invest in Crypto, Bitcoin or Blockchain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 36:33


    Recovering finance executive's unconventional & philosophical take on the crypto narrative

    RECESSIONOMICS: Will There Be A Recession in 2022?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 31:33


    Everything is stupid and stupendous, all at once. Is this a recipe for recession? If so, how serious? Your answers, delivered delightfully & irreverently.

    Our Secret Energy War | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 27:53


    A crafty secret enemy has co-opted Western media & citizens to sabotage our energy independence & succeeded!

    Wrath of the Egonomists: Why Economists WERE So Wrong About Inflation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 28:00


    Seven reasons economists were dead wrong about inflation, energy prices, and so much more.

    Leave Klaus Schwab Alone! The Global Reset In Sanity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 27:15


    Are the scary conspiracies about Klaus Schwab, his World Economic Forum, Davos & The Great Reset true? Wrong question!

    How Will The Ukraine-Russia War End? Scenarios, Solutions & The Salami Guys

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 48:18


    Deep thoughts & deep laughs on how & why this war ends—and the surprising role of salami!

    Liar, Liar, Ukraine On Fire! | The Russia Fallout, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 56:29


    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.

    A Ukrainian-American Immigrant Confronts Putin, Power & Patriotism | The McFuture w/Steve Faktor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 81:22


    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.

    THE META HEARSE: Is There A Metaverse After Facebook?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 27:12


    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.

    Inhuman Resources | The McFuture w/Steve Faktor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 42:07


    A great set of rants about work, corporate, startup &academia grievances & how to fix them all! …or keep them from making you crazy

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    Into The Zuckerverse, Maggots! | The McFuture w/Steve Faktor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 49:53


    A reckless romp through the perverse economics of the metaverse, bugs, inflation, crypto, green energy & much more!

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    University of Austin: The New Harvard…Or Trader Joe’s?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 23:14


    https://youtu.be/llhhTQWI19w Can the new University of Austin, based on principles of free speech, and founded by famous liberal academics and journalists, disrupt academia? A short episode on what it will take to disrupt education and the college crime syndicate. Watch the video version here and please subscribe to the YouTube channel. If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/comment/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases, including brand new member-only episode, Critical Race Weary!

    How To Conquer The World With Reciprocity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 48:48


    How The 4As of Reciprocity will help YOU conquer a world of weak allies

    MLK Was Wrong: Friends Are NOT Allies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 20:38


    Why MLK's famous quote was wrong, secret of the booming Allyship Industry & our last source of reliable allies.

    15 Tactics That Protect Elites & Enforce Status Quo [Patreon Peek]

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 25:34


    Peek at the 15 sneaky tactics establishment institutions use to protect status quo Patreon member exclusive episode.

    Victoria’s [Dumbest] Secret | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 43:59


    Can you resurrect a dying brand built on TWO MASSIVE LIES? Why Victoria's Secret is about to learn the hard way.

    Why our FriendSHIP Sailed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 33:00


    A deep, funny take on a dangerous trend: our # of close friends is PLUMMETING, especially men. WHY?? Steve explores 4 big reasons & how to salvage this titanic trend.

    BAD HELPERS with TORRAINE WALKER | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 87:56


    Smoking-hot, no-BS conversation about race, BLM, policing, education and the black family with Torraine Walker, writer, activist & Context Media founder

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    BasecampFIRE: How ‘Woke’ Broke An Iconic Tech Firm, ARE YOU NEXT? | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 40:33


    Woke politics are about to destroy Basecamp an iconic tech company. A deep, funny guide for surviving America's toxic new work culture.

    THE C-WORD | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 38:09


    The 2 biggest secrets behind cancel culture's motives, who the real government is & why the next President will be a good little boy or girl.

    Snitches In Da Clubhouse | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 33:39


    Steve eviscerates the sorry state of journalism, rise of corporate media operations & frightening new social network Clubhouse

    Vaxpertise & The Problem With Experts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 22:24


    How America's undiagnosed expertise problem is killing science. And why experts & "authoritative sources" aren't helping.

    A Word From Our…Chief Discrimination Officer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 19:36


    The one truth NO ONE in corporate dares to discuss about power, diversity, and discrimination. What if the thing hate is also our best hope...? If you work for a corporation or have a business, you won't want to miss this episode. 

    99 Racists | The McFuture Podcast w/Steve Faktor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 21:34


    You'll laugh, get mad & think for days about immigrants, racism, China & Steve's hypocrisy in this killer pod from a heated debate w/an ungrateful immigrant friend

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    Lord of the Fries | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor #9 | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 57:14


    HOW DARE YOU miss this episode of The McFuture on philosophy, self-improvement & wayward youth!?

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    MEDIA MONSTERS | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor #8B | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 44:42


    Steve Faktor's rowdy romp through the heroes and monsters who control free speech.

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    ECONAMASTE | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor 8A | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 33:12


    Another gem featuring Steve Faktor's wisdom & wisecracks on economics & finance with a touch of Zen only he (or Steven Seagal) could deliver

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    …Entrepreneurs Are From Venus | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor # 7D | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 36:24


    Wisdom & wisecracks about entrepreneurship, success and strategy for every entrepreneur, founder and freelancer.

    Employees Are From Mars… | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 47:10


    wisdom & wisecracks about innovation, corporate work and the technology takeover.

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    The Pandemigod | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor #7B | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 26:21


    What's the bottom line on this never-ending pandemic, lockdowns & all our saviors. And why is Steve Faktor so annoyed at Anthony Fauci?

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    BEAUTIFUL BULLSHITTERS | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor #7A | The McFuture Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 39:04


    A tour de force of Steve Faktor's madness DECONSTRUCTED by topic. POLITICS covers revolution, bullshitters vs liars, conspiracy queens, fixing voting & stripping

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    Rumble in the Nursing Home: Presidenture Debate 1 LIVE with Steve Faktor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 38:14


    Steve Faktor's pre- & post-debate m̷o̷n̷o̷l̷o̷g̷u̷e̷s̷  rants from this week's Presidenture Debate. Politics suck.

    Patreon Peephole: Highlights from Recent Member-Only Episodes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 44:25


    Awesome highlights from recent member-only episodes of Mistweeted by Steve Faktor on Patreon

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