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https://youtu.be/emHvE3yv5fo Torraine Walker is a writer, activist and founder of Context Media Group. He joins Steve Faktor for a smoking-hot, no-BS conversation about race, Black Lives Matter, policing, education and the black family. THIS is the honest conversation everyone says they want, but really don’t. This is how two people with very different perspectives can find common ground, shared humanity, and have a few laughs at Alissa Milano’s expense. If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for killer exclusives & pre-releases!

https://youtu.be/rWtbJP7lDYU?sub_confirmation=1 Basecamp is an iconic tech firm with outspoken founders that’s collapsing from wokeness. Your company and career will be next! Here’s their story and the profound and hilarious survival guide you need. Watch the awesome video version here and please subscribe to the YouTube channel. If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases!

https://youtu.be/wgVvVoa-Byk In this episode – the penultimate in this social media mini-series – I reveal two of the biggest secrets behind cancel culture, who the real government is, and why the next President will be a good little boy or girl.  Also, please share the show with others, subscribe/comment on YouTube, and most important – review it on iTunes! This really helps with visibility. Thanks!  CONTENTS: 00:38​ The New York Times Daycare Center for Won-Percenters 08:36​ Kamikaze Saviors? 13:25​ The Softest Cancellation  15:40​ Dirty Secret of Facebook Groups   17:09​ Method = Principle  20:01​ Monopoly Insurrections Perks  26:48​ The Underlying Stupidity of Alternative Networks  28:14​ The Real Impeachment Powers  30:51​ The Oral High Ground on China  32:40​ Is #FreeSpeech​ a Civil Right?  35:26​ Disappear, Shakespeare!   (Links are to YouTube timestamps. You can watch the video here.) If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases!

https://youtu.be/DVKHB4axRmY?sub_confirmation=1 In the latest episode, Steve eviscerates the sorry state of journalism, rise of corporate media operations, and the frightening new social network Clubhouse. 00:10​ – 4 ways journalism​ failed us   07:50​ – Can VC Andreessen Horowitz start a “corporate media​” revolution? And the 3 things they must do to succeed  14:45​ – The unholy alliance in media  19:56​ – Is Clubhouse the new podcasting or the unfettered destruction of all that we know and love?  24:49​ – Annoyed Freud: Deciphering the 7 Motivations of Journalists   28:06​ – Who’s the best acquirer for Clubhouse​?  31:20​ – The Greatest Innovator on Clubhouse Is……..?  Please share, comment, subscribe (Timecode links are to the YouTube video you can watch.) If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases!

https://youtu.be/cY7E8PkvyEA America has an expertise problem and it’s not what you think. The latest episode explores the limits of experts and expertise, the problem with “authoritative sources”, and why we’re kicking science in the nuts. Right. In. The. Nuts. (You can also watch it on YouTube here.) If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases!

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.  If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases!  

A KILLER episode sparked by Steve’s heated debate with an ungrateful immigrant friend. This will make you laugh, it will make you mad, and definitely make you drink, er, THINK! No sacred cows are spared in the hunt for truth about immigrants, racism, China and Steve’s hypocrisy. Tag @ideafaktory on social media and tell us what you’d do with 99 racists. The audio is great, but watch the souped-up YouTube version with loads of visuals & hidden jokes. If you enjoy this, please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases!

HOW DARE YOU miss this episode on philosophy, self-improvement and wayward youth!? Watch/subscribe on YouTube, listen to the audio podcast (links below) & support on Patreon for tons of exclusives!  EPISODE CONTENTS (clickable): 00:13 Are You Alive? 03:49 Words Don’t Matter 05:25 Rule By Decree 07:12 The Minutia Monster 10:27 Be The Ultimate Beast 12:36 Can Truth, Profit & Power Co-exist? 20:44 Lord of the Fries (Exalted Children of the American #GenZocide) 27:18 Are You Special? 33:26 Bad Dads 36:02 IndoctriNation 38:05 Superior Saviors 40:14 Only Two Reasons To Drink 42:17 American Appropriation 42:46 Do-Gooder Damage 43:26 The Values Vacuum 45:46 Phallusy 46:05 Never Trust A Survivor 47:07 New Definition of “Normal” 48:22 Professor Freakenstein 49:46 Hack Writing 51:51 Embrace Absurdity 52:34 Adele Derangement Syndrome 53:54 25% Empowered!! If you enjoy this: Please like/share/review/subscribe on: YouTube, iTunes,  Spotify,  Google,  Stitcher,  TuneIn, RSS Support on Patreon for tons of member exclusives & pre-releases

Steve Faktor’s rowdy romp through the heroes and monsters who control free speech. (The next episode, Lord of the Fries is already up for Patreon supporters. Sign up at Patreon.com/McFuture.) 01:02 Why Joe Rogan Is A HUGE Threat To Media 06:20 The Myth of Short Content 08:22 Spotify Shows Why You Can’t Trust Platforms 10:46 A Reality Check For Employees Speaking Their Truth 12:06 “You’ve Been Here 4 HOURS!!!” 12:44 The Formula For How Mainstream Media Will CRUSH Independents 19:34 The Societal Cost of Disney’s Expansion 21:12 The Only Funny Thing About SNL 23:19 Zoom or BOOOOM!! You Decide. 24:42 J.A.S. QUEEEEEN!! – Journalists Against Speech & The Dangers Of A Subscription Model 26:42 Facebook & The Quagmire of “Hate Speech” 28:19 The Closest Thing To Mind Control 30:05 The Real Hunter Biden Bombshell 32:23 Dangerous Satire? 33:31 Are Critics of Social Media Doomed? 34:33 Should Platforms that Censor Enjoy Government Protection? A Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good Proposal 36:57 We Are Facebook 39:43 Is TikTok The New Kaspersky? 41:43 The Only Censor I Trust 41:59 The REAL REASON Twitter Crashed 42:51 Poisoned Paradise You can also watch this episode on YouTube. Become a Patreon supporter for lots of member exclusives!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

Another Mistweeted gem on The McFuture podcast featuring Steve Faktor’s insights on economics and finance with a touch of Zen only he – and Steven Seagal – could deliver. (The next episode, Media Monsters is already up for Patreon supporters. Sign up here.) EPISODE CONTENTS 00:27 Tools of Conquest 03:55 Financing Success 05:59 Africa’s Lesson On Collective Economic Power 07:46 Microsoft & Explosive Post-Pandemic Inequality? 09:20 7 Reasons Stocks Are Up 2,200% But Worker Pay Only 12% Since 1980 13:37 Time To Re-evaluate Clinton’s Presidency 14:27 Why We Can’t Cancel The Fed, Yet 15:39 Can Direct Primary Care Save HealthCare? 16:41 Stop Stimulus Shaming 17:33 Why Regulation Is Unavoidable 18:21 A Redistribution Proposal Everyone Will Love 20:06 The Dirty, Filthy Scourge of Bitcoin 21:49 It’s Not the Innovation, Stupid: The Real Fuel Behind Startups 23:00 Prediction: Texas vs California 24:21 Credit Score Whores 24:44 “China Is Playing Chess, We’re Eating Our Marbles” 26:16 We’re Letting The World Slip Away 27:11 The Rules of Trade With China 28:51 Why There’s No Such Thing As An “American Corporation” 30:16 How Index Funds Rely On Active Traders 31:28 How To Avoid Venmo & Cash App Fraud You can also watch this episode on YouTube. Become a Patreon supporter for lots of member exclusives!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

Killer Mistweeted edition of The McFuture podcast featuring wisdom & wisecracks about entrepreneurship, success and strategy for every entrepreneur, founder and freelancer. EPISODE CONTENTS (clickable timestamps): 00:04 Idea People vs Doers 01:16 How Eclecticism Kills Greatness 03:24 Heads. Must. Roll. 04:54 Employees Are From Mars, Entrepreneurs Are From Venus, Freelancers Are From Uranus 14:59 The One Question To Get What You Want 16:20 Why Only Repeat Business Is Good Business 17:56 Experience is the Last Line of Defense 19:06 BE INVISIBLE! 20:50 The Greatest Mystery In Business 21:35 Why Digital Businesses Raise Prices & Why They Shouldn’t 23:45 Will The Noise Innovators Please Stand Up? (Quietly) 24:30 YouTube’s New Creativity+Commerce Merger Could Be A Huge Opportunity 26:00 The Secret Power of Unglamorous Entreprenurs 30:35 American Alchemy 31:23 The Most Profitable Word in History 32:20 A Legit Instagram Business Model 34:09 The Only Entrepreneur I Hate, Hate, HAAAAAAAAAATE!!!! You can also watch this episode here. Become a Patreon supporter for lots of member exclusives!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

Another action-packed Mistweeted edition of The McFuture podcast featuring wisdom & wisecracks about innovation, corporate work and the technology takeover. Part 2: “…Entrepreneurs Are From Venus” is already up for Patreon members. Join us and support the show! EPISODE CONTENTS (clickable video timestamps): 00:23 Westworld is REAL! 01:52 VC Brags 05:41 Woke VC’s!! 07:01 Zoomy & Intel’s High School Reunion 07:52 Meet ‘Tischy’ 09:10 Proof of Google’s Trust Apocalypse 12:52 The #Google Maps Addiction Theory 14:24 The New CelebritAI 15:59 Netflixing Towards The Matrix 17:07 Bad Branding Executions 18:53 Corporate Bystander Effect 21:21 Coinbase & The Apolitical Corporation 24:26 Remedial Business Hackery 25:24 Acronymphs LOVE CorporateSpeak 27:55 How All Art Dies 30:37 Every Corporation’s Holy Grail 31:24 Your True Self 33:49 The OTHER Facetime 36:23 Are You Exclusive AND Inclusive? 38:20 RIP Sweet Sizzler 40:14 The NBAnalytics Trap 42:20 Partial Patterns 44:20 The Book to Pundit Pipeline 45:29 Platitude Adjustment You can also watch this episode here. Become a Patreon supporter for lots of member exclusives!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

https://youtu.be/dqXfXRrY8j4?sub_confirmation=1 What’s the bottom line on this never-ending pandemic, lockdowns & all our noble our saviors? And why is Steve Faktor so annoyed at Anthony Fauci? Perhaps Mariah Carey can offer a clue: And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you’ll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you – Mariah Carey You can watch the episode here. Become a Patreon supporter for lots of member exclusives!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

A tour de force episode of Steve Faktor’s madness DECONSTRUCTED by topic. First up, POLITICS, the most revolting profession on earth. This tour-de-force covers: Gal Godot 5 Ingredients for Revolution Conspiracy Queens LIARS vs #BULLSHITTERS (not to be missed!) Voting Vitriol How to Solve Digital Voting Pole Workers RBGenius Portlandia Militia Riot Romance Become a Patreon supporter for lots of member exclusives!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.  

⬆️ Video clip from this episode: ‘Welch on Trump’  | ⬇️ Full audio episode As two fossils faced off to mind our nukes and nuke our minds, America needs a young, nubile people’s champion to see through the BS and comfort us in an ample bosom. I am that champion. I have that bosom. Here are my pre- & post-debate m̷o̷n̷o̷l̷o̷g̷u̷e̷s̷  political rants from this week’s presidential debate. The podcast version  includes a special NEW conclusion with my endorsement that’s sure to fill your Depends with joy. So ENJOY! (Patreon supporters can see the video version.)   Become a Patreon supporter for lots of exclusives & to support the show!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

A very special episode of Mistweeted featuring some awesome highlights from recent member-only episodes on Patreon. If you enjoy it, it’s only $5 a month to support the show. And please tell a friend!  CONTENTS:  Did Amazon Murder Publishers or Was It Suicide? Why TikTok is our Future How Your Blind Spots Hurt YOU Elon Musk’s Neuralink Killer Virus Portal Why Movie Theaters Will Never Go Bankrupt 🇨🇳 5 Ways To Be Productive in Your Sleep by Arianna Sleepington The Future is Auditioning [for Will Smith] The Problem With Virtual Countries The Case for Underreaction to Pandemic 2 Reasons Not To Save Small Businesses 5 Ways I Celebrated Bernie Sanders’s Birthday CLOUDY WITH A 7% CHANCE OF RIOTS! THE UGLY TRUTH BEHIND PUBLIC R&D THE INFECTION COVID KILLED Should You Pay Interns? Can Long-Term Stock Exchange Ensure Corporate Virtue? I’ll also release videos of these clips over the coming weeks on the IdeaFaktory TV YouTube channel subscribe with notifications so you don’t miss it.

So much great stuff in this one – American Fury, startup cults, scope creep, certain idiots and so much more! Controversy shall ensue.  CONTENTS (click on timestamps): 00:11 Why So Fury U.S.? 10:06 Car Tattoos 11:49 Brilliant Young Entrepreneurs to the Rescue?! 12:40  – Bias-Free Hiring? 14:09  – App Saves High-Risk Youth? 15:57  – From Trauma to Stigma, Through Text! 17:54  – Remedial Reminders 19:19  – Pandemic Fighters 19:45  – Water Bottle Blues 21:36  – CHARITY CHARADES (I EXPLODE!) 26:16  – RECYCLING RACKET REMEDY? 29:31 – Clean Oceans 31:31 Why Your Startup is a (Fake Religious) Movement 36:15 Yay!! Zoom Party!! 37:09 Should You Pay Interns? 39:29 Scope Creeps, EVERYWHERE!! 42:44 If You Sent Your Kids to School in Uzbekistan… 44:08 The Future is Resistance of _____ 46:50 Future of the Long-Term Stock Exchange 48:22 Why Your Certainty is Our Nightmare 51:00 Touching Pret-A-Manger Eulogy 53:12 # MeLululemon 54:28 Rescued by Ryan Reynolds 55:25 Sweden Virus Update 57:07 Indoor Virus-proofing Become a Patreon supporter for lots of exclusives, including Mistweeted #5.5!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

HOTTEST episode of Mistweeted yet!! So hot, Steve Faktor almost melted recording it. Seriously, it is good. If you agree, please share & subscribe. Also get The McFuture newsletter, past episodes & podcast links & member-only episode Mistweeted 4.5 + lots of exclusives on Patreon. CONTENTS (click to jump to section): 00:08 Why I’m not impressed with 40-under-40 lists 03:51 Amazon Union-Busting Tamed!? 06:43 Sex is CANCELED 09:36 Why Tim Ferriss is a Marauder-Magnet 12:43 The Future of Pre-Crime AI 17:04 The Poor Man’s Resurrection 18:49 Seinfeld’s Sanctuary & Predictions for NYC 24:22 Building (W)Akonda 25:37 Prosper in Peaceful Portland 27:47 The Last Supper Coin Guy 28:28 Joe Budden vs Spotify Reveals the Dirty Truths Behind Podcasting, Digital Platforms and Corporate Talent 41:45 Credential Addict 43:43 Cure for the Loneliness Epidemic, Especially for Men 56:31 The New Kamikazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 58:31 How RussellBrand Exposed Candace Owens 01:02:34 Why Insane Simps Love Fascism During Furloughs 01:04:31 My SPECTACULAR New Restaurant Concept! 01:04:57 So Close, Fairphone 01:07:14 Why the Powerful NEVER Side With the Weak Become a Patreon supporter to get lots of member-only  exclusives & pre-releases (including Mistweeted 4.5 for Patrons only)!  Please share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn or RSS in your favorite app.

Comedian & former Food Network host Josh Denny joins Steve Faktor to discuss his cancellation, resurrection as an ad executive & their hard-fought business lessons.

Steve Faktor tackles Statistics, Networking, Intel & Asian Electronics Fails, CovidCulture Bubbles & so much more!