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This Week in the Metaverse Podcast

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A weekly update of the latest news related to the metaverse, including cryptocurrency, blockchain, NFTs, Web3, and virtual reality, delivered with a healthy dose of fun and snark.
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Episodes

This Week in the Metaverse for September 12, 2022

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.

Sep 12, 20226 minEp. 32

This Week in the Metaverse for September 5, 2022

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.

Sep 05, 20227 minEp. 31

This Week in the Metaverse for August 29, 2022

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.

Aug 29, 20227 minEp. 30

This Week in the Metaverse for August 22, 2022

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.

Aug 22, 20227 minEp. 29

This Week in the Metaverse for April 15, 2022

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.

Aug 15, 20226 minEp. 28

This Week in the Metaverse for August 8, 2022

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

Aug 08, 20227 minEp. 27

This Week in the Metaverse for August 1, 2022

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.

Aug 01, 20226 minEp. 26

This Week in the Metaverse for July 25, 2022

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.

Jul 25, 20226 minEp. 25

This Week in the Metaverse for July 18, 2022

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.

Jul 18, 20226 minEp. 24

This Week in the Metaverse for July 11, 2022

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.

Jul 11, 20226 minEp. 23

This Week in the Metaverse for July 4, 2022

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.

Jul 04, 20226 minEp. 22

This Week in the Metaverse June 27, 2022

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

Jun 27, 20227 minEp. 21

This Week in the Metaverse June 20, 2022

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

Jun 20, 20226 minEp. 20

This Week in the Metaverse June 13, 2022

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.

Jun 13, 20227 minEp. 19

This Week in the Metaverse June 6, 2022

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.

Jun 06, 20228 minEp. 18

This Week in the Metaverse May 30, 2022

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....

May 30, 20227 minEp. 17

This Week in the Metaverse May 23, 2022

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.

May 23, 20227 minEp. 16

This Week in the Metaverse May 16, 2022

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....

May 16, 20227 minEp. 15

This Week in the Metaverse May 8, 2022

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.

May 09, 20227 minEp. 14

This Week in the Metaverse May 2, 2022

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....

May 02, 20227 minEp. 13

This Week in the Metaverse April 25, 2022

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.

Apr 25, 20227 minEp. 12

This Week in the Metaverse for April 18, 2022

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.

Apr 18, 20227 minEp. 11

This Week in the Metaverse for April 11, 2022

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)

Apr 11, 20227 minEp. 10

This Week in the Metaverse April 4, 2022

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....

Apr 04, 20229 minEp. 9

This Week in the Metaverse March 28, 2022

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.

Mar 28, 20226 minEp. 8

This Week in the Metaverse, March 21, 2022

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.

Mar 21, 20226 minEp. 7

This Week in the Metaverse March 14, 2022

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.

Mar 14, 20227 minEp. 6

This Week in the Metaverse March 7,2022

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.

Mar 07, 20227 minEp. 5

This Week in the Metaverse, Feb 28, 2022

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.

Feb 28, 20227 minEp. 4

This Week in the Metaverse Feb 21, 2022

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....

Feb 23, 20227 minEp. 3
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