The Trendaddy (formerly The McFuture)

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

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

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

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.

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

Facebook Zombies, AI Masters, Persuasion Paradox & Doomed Millennials

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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