This Week in the Metaverse Podcast

In this short episode you'll learn: Cryptocurrency predictions for 2023 How VR headset sales are going The trends that will shape the metaverse over the next decade The main reasons the metaverse hasn't yet caught on with the masses Which metaverse platforms seem to be doing best What Home Depot is building for the metaverse  

In this short episode you'll learn: How you might be getting a second skin for your virtual life. How different virtual environments affect your mood. Who wants to use the metaverse for travel, and how. What the Bored Ape Yacht Club guys have planned for the metaverse. Three bits of advice for businesses thinking about getting into the metaverse. And some New Year's predictions for the metaverse and Web3.

In this short episode you'll learn: If the metaverse won word of the year. Who really, really doesn't want the government to regulate the metaverse too much. Who's excited about the metaverse and understands it Why the UK isn't and doesn't Which metaverse lets you rent out your virtual land What the founder of Ethereum thinks the top uses of crypto are

In this short episode you'll learn: Four big challenges the metaverse is facing How many people came to the metaverse party the European Union threw How smart contracts are being used in healthcare The new way to make your avatar move as quickly and smoothly as you do Which nation is more bullish than ever on crypto Which industry the AR try-on experience is helping most

In this short episode you'll learn: What kind of metaverse talent Apple is looking for, and why If women are getting a good seat at the table in metaverse leadership Why the producer of Abba's 3D show thinks technology is making us lonely About legislation in New York that outright bans certain crypto mining Whether or not Mark Zuckerberg is really going to quit Meta Some ways we might handle our identities in all these metaverses

In this short episode you'll learn: The metaverse's role in this year's World Cup What banks are doing in the metaverse Which dead celebrity is coming back to life as a metaverse hologram The countries that are most “ready” for a fully functioning metaverse Which country thinks it might only exist in the metaverse in the future The latest celebrities who think we want to live in worlds they create

In this short episode you'll learn: What the FTX implosion means for the rest of crypto About a brand-new nation that's starting in the metaverse first, but then will be real land Why if you own an NFT, you may not own what you think you do What's keeping trying on clothes from being a cool metaverse experience Why we need to keep humanity in mind as we build metaverse experiences How people got to audition for The Voice in the metaverse

In this short episode you'll learn: About the two groups fighting for what the metaverse is eventually going to be How many Americans want the government to regulate crypto The seven technologies needed to make the metaverse really happen Which country just opened a metaverse mega mall How to share VR experiences without throwing up About the first Web3 smartphone

In this short episode you'll learn: Why it's predicted most business projects in the metaverse will fail by 2025. Why Apple won't even use the word “metaverse”. Why graphics in the metaverse have to get as good as today's video games. How one city in Japan is applying the metaverse to their education system. Why Apple is being antagonistic about NFTs. And a warning about the metaverse from privacy fan Edward Snowden.

In this short episode you'll learn: Why Dubai is considering metaverse cops Why Interpol is considering global metaverse cops The five Web3 trends we should be watching in 2023 Whether metaverse real estate enthusiasts are still enthused What the developer of SimCity is doing now Who's involved in the second annual Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival

In this short episode you'll learn: The shocking statistics of how many people are going into the metaverse Disney's Web3 plans which could put you inside their movies Why people are still buying crypto like crazy even though they don't understand it The NFT project CNN is giving up on Microsoft's plans for industrial virtual environments The new TV series that offers up one scary depiction of the metaverse

In this short episode you'll learn: The latest embarrassment to come out in Meta internal memos What kind of political NFTs you might be able to donate to get What generative art NFTs are Why Kim Kardashian had to pay over a million in fines for promoting crypto How you might have an adventure in the metaverse with Bruce Willis one day How strippers are making six figures in the metaverse while staying dressed and anonymous

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: How worried the Department of Defense is that crypto is a national security threat. The terms under which you can get your NFT-based app into the App Store. About the two worlds Walmart is using to experiment with the metaverse. Just how much people have cooled on buying crypto. The one thing most likely to drive development of Web3 and the decentralized web. How more music artists will be getting into the Web3 and NFT business.

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: How game developers are helping healthcare's entry into the metaverse What the 3D metaverse equivalent of the web's HTML looks like it's going to be How a new tool will help tell you how scarce that NFT you're buying really is What state will let you pay your taxes in crypto How you can experience Jack Daniels in the metaverse The problems with trying to do college in the metaverse

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: The next steps the US government has taken to regulate and control crypto How Starbucks is going to be using the metaverse Why spending time in the metaverse might have the same effects as being on acid Why someone who's worked on VR for three decades is scared of the metaverse What the company will do that the inventor of the metaverse has started Why your next favorite music group might not have any actual humans in it

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: What aspect of Bitcoin the US government is trying to ban. The many non-gaming uses for the metaverse. How Meta is helping colleges hold classes in the metaverse. What Ford's entry into NFTs and Web3 look like. Whose most likely to invest in crypto and why. The metaverse-related words that just got added to the dictionary.

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: How many different cryptocurrencies you really need to pay attention to. Who the latest celebrity to get ripped off by a crypto hacker is. Which state will be the first to tax NFTs. How many Americans even know what an NFT is. How great the metaverse could be for those who are elderly or have disabilities. And which company has decided to make a robot their CEO.

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: Where the money is and isn't going for the various components of the metaverse. Who just walked out on Meta. How much of Bitcoin trading volume is fake. What the main catalyst is that will determine the success of NFTs. If Gen Z is eager to adopt the metaverse. Why you might start throwing up less during VR experiences.

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: What's such a big deal about the Ethereum merge. What business leaders should know about Web3. Why people think Mark Zuckerberg's avatar is a joke. How close we are to making good, photorealistic avatars of ourselves. How your metaverse actions can connect to a real sanctuary in Costa Rica. What's stopping metaverse user privacy initiatives.

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: Whether or not metaverse real estate is cratering. How likely it is the metaverse will be allowed to be as addictive as it wants. What religious experiences you can have in the metaverse. How many financial institutions are interested in using blockchain for payments. What Paris Hilton's latest metaverse project is.

Give this a few minutes and you'll learn: Why investors are getting behind all things Web3 What the new social media network is and how it's different from Facebook About the NFT that comes with a luxury real-world perk The latest amazing statistics about the metaverse Why VR therapy may be just as good as magic mushrooms 5 metaverse games you should be aware of

Give this a quick listen to find out: How much money Meta is losing on the metaverse. What percentage of retailers plan to accept crypto. Which colleges are starting to offer classes in the metaverse. Who made the first in-game, VR feature length film. How weather is going to be used in the metaverse. How Wendy's is expanding its metaverse presence.

Give this a quick listen to find out: The latest insights from one of the foremost metaverse experts. Whether you were an idiot or brilliant to buy metaverse real estate. Why Minecraft is banning NFT integration. If physical activity in the great outdoors can take advantage of Web3 tech. Which country is on its way to being the real-world capital of the metaverse. Why Meta's Horizon Worlds is no longer safe for all audiences.

Give this a quick listen to find out: How many people are getting fired at one major NFT platform. Why Bitcoin miners in Texas are shutting down their operations. How France's experiments with a wholesale digital euro are going. What new movie has its own land in the metaverse you can visit. Four trends in the creative use of NFTs. What Playboy has in store for you in the metaverse.

Give this a quick listen to find out: What Meta did that VR users might actually be happy about. How thoroughly unimpressed the Federal Reserve is with the crypto sector. Why there was a .eth domain name boom. If millennials are still believers in and committed to crypto What brands should probably be doing in the metaverse What one of the most practical and usable uses for NFTs is.

Give this a quick listen to find out: What the first law regulating the crypto market says. Why it's really great to have a digital twin. Why VR game developers are developing even more hatred toward Meta. How Newzoo's metaverse expert thinks the metaverse is shaping up. About the new smartphone designed for easy metaverse access. And what rocker is doing a VR concert in the metaverse.

Give this a quick listen to find out: Who's in that group working to standardize the metaverse Just how many cryptocurrencies there are now What the top looming problems in the metaverse will be How different generations really feel about having brands in their metaverse Why sex workers are starting to get it on with crypto Why an NFT-themed restaurant now has egg on its face

Give this a quick listen to find out: If crypto is starting to recover If countries are getting more serious about national digital currencies How big the metaverse economy will be by 2030 If working 100% in the metaverse will drive you crazy Which countries love and hate NFTs Who's coming after your crypto income

Give us a quick listen and find out: What PayPal is letting you do with the bitcoin you have there. How many people in the crypto industry are getting laid off. Why Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is already proclaiming Web3 “dead.” What NFT collection has unseated The Bored Ape Yacht Club. What Meta's plans are for making social hangouts work better in the metaverse. Why most people are buying NFTs.

Give us a quick listen and find out: Which state is becoming the first to ban Bitcoin mining. How you can have digital kids in the metaverse instead of real ones. How many people are actually interested in buying virtual goods. The five technologies that must work for the metaverse to come together. How the Johnny Depp verdict affected the price of NFTs. How you can help finance movies by buying crypto.

Give us a quick listen and find out: How many Bitcoin millionaires aren't anymore. Why crypto fans don't love the world's central banks' plans for digital currency. If you should go to jail for murdering someone in the metaverse. What the latest fab Beatles NFT is, and this one's from an actual Beatle. What the new record is for a metaverse real estate purchase. The non-porn NFT startup the founder of OnlyFans has come up with.

Give us a quick listen and find out: What's happening to those people who were crypto billionaires. Who's slamming crypto as an investment. Whether or not you'll be allowed to invest in Bitcoin as part of your 401(k). Whether Meta is actually going to build a metaverse or not. How the U.S. military is already using metaverse technologies. If workout people would prefer metaverse gyms to real ones.

Give us a quick listen and find out: Why it's turning out that stablecoins…aren't. Why celebrities are being blamed for some huge crypto losses. What Mark Cuban says is going to come next in terms of the blockchain companies. Why El Salvador might be sorry it adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. How you can run around in the metaverse without running into the walls of your house. Why dating in the metaverse seems to be booming, if not outright preferred.

Give us a quick listen and find out: How upset the people who control money in this world are about countries adopting crypto. How Instagram is incorporating NFTs. Why you may not actually own that NFT you think you own. Whether NFT purchasing is trending way up or way down. The Vatican's plans for the metaverse. Who's selling a 3D body scan of themselves.

Give us a quick listen and find out: How much money Meta is losing pursuing its metaverse dreams. Why Disney's metaverse won't be like the others who are building them. Why there's a buying binge of .eth domain names. Whether or not Warren Buffett has changed his mind about Bitcoin being worth anything. How much trust investors overall do or don't have in crypto. About the technology that may soon have you kissing avatars and feeling it.

Give us a quick listen and find out: Which big online retailers are and aren't going to accept crypto. Which countries have the most successful Bitcoin investors. What you need to know before investing in virtual real estate. How to deal with VR headsets when you wear glasses. About the return of the shopping mall, just not real ones. How to virtually get married in the metaverse.

Give us a quick listen and find out: Why Wikipedia has said “no” to crypto. How many people even know what the metaverse is. The new ways Meta is going to let you enter their Horizon Worlds. How to lose huge money betting on an NFT. About a comic book that wants you to pay for the right to get your ideas stolen. How your Bored Ape can be in a movie.

Give us a quick listen and find out: How many lawsuits OpenSea is dealing with right now. About the Super PACs being formed to crush politicians who don't support crypto. Who thinks the future of Hollywood is in Blockchain. What you might be able to do with “Zuck Bucks.” What's currently holding the full metaverse vision back. Who the latest scary celebrity is to release a collection of NFTs. (Hint: It's not Will Smith)

Give us a quick listen and find out: If spending time in the metaverse will alter your sense of reality. What the creator of Second Life really thinks about how the metaverses are shaping up. Just how big a financial opportunity the metaverse represents. The law being proposed in the U.S. to make stablecoins prove they have fiat reserves to back up their coins The law being proposed in the EU to eliminate privacy from all crypto transactions. How many people really know what NFTs are.

Give us a quick listen and find out: If you'll probably regret getting into crypto. How banks are creating experiences for the metaverse. What the NFL is going to let you experience in the metaverse. 5 of the biggest misconceptions about the metaverse. The latest celebrity to shell out crazy money for an NFT. And it's not a young one.

Give us a quick listen and find out: If the Treasury thinks crypto can be used to avoid sanctions on Russia. If Meta is going to let you mint NFTs right on Instagram.  How the metametaverse aims to connect all the multiple metaverses.   What the banking giant HSBC is doing in Decentraland.  How NFTs are being used to give you a closer relationship to your fave music artists.  Why Heineken is REALLY launching a virtual beer. 

Give this a short listen and learn: What the U.S. Executive Order means for crypto. What the U.K. is demanding of ATMs that deal in crypto assets. How interest in NFTs and the metaverse is trending. The latest NFT play by DC Comics. How to order weed in the metaverse.  What the experts are predicting for the metaverse.   

Give this a quick listen and learn: What the big crypto exchanges said when asked to freeze Russian accounts. Which Blockchain network says they use 99.95% less energy. How your wallet might get infected with NFTs. About the hardware that seeks to help you touch things in VR.  How AMC Theatres is diving deeper into crypto. How you can gussy up your avatar using products from L'Oreal. 

Give this a quick listen and find out: What happens if you deal in crypto in China. How Meta is working to help you rule the metaverse with just your voice.  If those Super Bowl ads for the crypto apps did any good. How you can buy an NFT as easy as buying a Snickers bar.  Which rappers are getting into trouble with crypto tokens.  The Top 9 metaverse jobs you should be preparing yourself for right now.   

Listen and get the full stories about: Is there an executive order coming to control cryptocurrency? People don't seem interested in letting Facebook keep all their metaverse data. Hardware to wrap around your neck that makes sure you stay connected to 5G.  Disney ready to create its own metaverse Fantasyland. Snoop Dogg says Death Row Records will be the first NFT record label.  Victoria's Secret reveals what they're going to be offering in the metaverse.  

Listen and get the full stories about: How much time are people planning on spending in the metaverse?  A way to keep other avatars away from  you.   One way your avatar can start working and earning money in the metaverse.  A big name in finance says he refuses to even call cryptocurrency "currency."  VR boots that help you walk but never go anywhere.  Critics bare their fangs at the World Wildlife Fund for getting into the NFT business.  

Listen and get the full stories about: OpenSea, one of the largest online NFT marketplaces, isn't looking very secure.  Women getting molested in the metaverse.  The government trying to stop money laundering via crypto.  More people are choose crypto for their retirement savings.  Going to church in the metaverse.  How to pay strippers with crypto.