Some Future Day

Some Future Day

Some Future Day evaluates technology at the intersection of culture & law. Join Marc Beckman and his esteemed guests for insider knowledge surrounding how you can use new technologies to positively impact your life, career, and family. Marc Beckman is Senior Fellow of Emerging Technologies and an Adjunct Professor at NYU, CEO of DMA United, and a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets.

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August 19, 2025 70 mins

The global biotech industry is worth more than $1.8 trillion, but behind that number is something more powerful: the ability to save lives. And no one understands that better than today's guest, Dr. Peter Kash.


Over his 37-year career, Dr. Kash has helped bring seven FDA-approved drugs to market, including an important pediatric leukemia drug. He's raised billions in biotech capital, co-founded more than a dozen compani...

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On this episode of Some Future Day, we crack open the playbook for financial freedom with one of America's most prolific entrepreneurs, Andrew Cartwright. From being cut off by his father at just 12 years old, to building 32 companies across 17 industries and managing 86 streams of income, Andrew's journey is anything but ordinary!

 

He has flipped businesses, invested in blockchain, put gold on the blockchain ledger, and ev...

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On this episode of Some Future Day, we're taking to the skies. Literally! Drones are everywhere. From warfare to weddings, surveillance to Amazon deliveries, these flying machines are reshaping our world faster than most people realize. But behind the sleek designs and impressive tech lies a truth that's far more complex, and in some cases, dangerous.


In this eye-opening episode, we break down ten facts about drones tha...

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 ”For the first time in history - less than a decade ago - chronic diseases started killing us more than famine, pestilence, bacteria, viruses, all those things combined.” Yet, despite the suffering of millions, innovation is being strangled by a broken pharmaceutical system where red tape, corporate greed, and bureaucratic middlemen leave patients behind.


But what if there's another way? My guest, biotech entrepreneur ...

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Welcome to Some Future Day. I'm Marc Beckman and today we're diving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with a visionary entrepreneur who's taking on one of AI's most pressing challenges: bias and racism. John Pasmore, founder and CEO of Latimer, recognized early on that unchecked biases embedded in AI could profoundly affect future generations.

 

Inspired by the realization that his son and millions of others wo...

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Antisemitism isn't just rising in America, it's exploding. And while our institutions hesitate, the attacks are getting louder, deadlier, and more brazen.

 

Just this spring, during Passover, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's home was targeted in an arson attack while he and his family were asleep inside. Soon thereafter, a young Jewish couple was murdered in cold blood in Washington, D.C. Their only crime? Being Jewish.

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Today we expose the brutal truth about Vladimir Putin, Russia, and Ukraine. My guest is Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher, former US ambassador to Poland and one of the few people alive who has seen how deep Russia's propaganda war really goes.

 

She reveals how Putin didn't just invade Ukraine with soldiers, he invaded with disinformation, AI and psychological warfare, and we let him. We talk about American weakness, European ...

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This week on Some Future Day, I had the honor of sitting down with two absolute legends: Lil Eazy-E, the son of iconic Eazy-E, and the one and only DJ Yella of N.W.A. We talked about the origins of hip hop: the real, raw, revolutionary movement that changed American culture and the world. How N.W.A. became a voice for the streets when no one else would listen. How music at one point carried the soul of the people and how m...

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What if I told you that the next school shooting is already being planned right now? That the killer is broadcasting his intentions on social media and no one is stopping it? This week I sat down with Zeev Fragachan, a former IDF officer, school security expert, and fierce advocate for protecting America's children, to ask the questions that nobody wants to answer. But we must.

 

Why has the United States experienced over 2,...

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What if I told you the next generation isn't watching, they're playing? On this episode of Some Future Day, I sit down with Matt Edelman, the newly named CEO of Super League, a company connecting brands with over a billion gamers across Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft.

 

We're not talking about ads; we're talking about worlds. Branded quests. Digital sneakers. In-game burrito giveaways that break mobile app records. This is ...

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There are some incredible humans on planet Earth and Dr. Shoshana Shendelman is one of them. Dr. Shendelman is a PhD in cellular, molecular, and biophysical studies, and has committed her professional career to tackling some of medicine's toughest challenges, curing rare and underserved diseases.

 

Dr. Shendelman sits on Columbia University's board of trustees and is vice chair of its medical board. She also IPO'd her compan...

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What happens when a knighted advertising legend reveals his secrets about the future of marketing and what brands need to do to remain relevant? On this episode of Some Future Day, Sir Martin Sorrell and I dive deep into the evolving world of advertising, a subject close to my heart.

 

Martin shares his extraordinary journey, from receiving an unexpected knighthood to building WPP into the world's largest advertising conglom...

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Global influence, monetization power, and cultural reach. Are you one of the millions of Americans trying to crack the creator code? Do you dream of being the next Mr. Beast, heir to the YouTube throne?

 

On this week's Some Future Day, I sit down with Bloomberg's Aisha Counts, one of the sharpest minds covering the $500 billion Creator Economy, from Mr. Beast's chocolate empire to Ben Stiller's healthy soda venture, and eve...

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Cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence will represent the largest U.S. growth sectors percentagewise over the next five years. Anchorage Digital Bank is the first and only U.S.-based, federally chartered bank, specializing in cryptocurrency and digital asset custody and financial services. Anchorage is legally permitted to operate nationwide, adhering to federal regulations rather than state level regulations, enhancin...

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I'm thrilled to welcome the brilliant Bill Walton to Some Future Day. Together we're diving into the heart of today's hottest economic issues, from explosive tariff wars to the AI revolution that's reshaping everything we know.

You've probably heard plenty of chatter about tariffs, but did you know America's exports to Canada and Mexico make up just 2.3% of our GDP, yet we account for over 31% of Mexico's GDP and nearly 20%...

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Imagine a world where terrorists leverage social media, not merely as a tool for propaganda, but as a sophisticated weapon of influence, crafting messages that penetrate deeply into society, captivating minds and shaping global opinion. This isn't fiction. It's the chilling reality unfolding around us.

Today, on Some Future Day, we dive deep into the hidden corridors of terror’s digital transformation with our guest, Erez Z...

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In a nation scarred by years of civil war, the rapid collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024 marked a pivotal turning point. The Islamist terrorist group, HTS - once linked to Al-Qaeda - led a swift eleven-day offensive that toppled the government seizing key cities, including Damascus.

However, this power shift unleashed a wave of sectarian violence with reports indicating that over 1,000 people have been kil...

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The Middle East. Death. Destruction. Hostages. Torture. Regime change. Terrorists. Religious war. Hatred.  Enter Collin Mayfield, an independent journalist from Alabama who runs into fires. Brave Colin has reported from Iraq, Ukraine. Myanmar, Nigeria, Haiti, and several other hotbeds across the globe, most recently with Hezbollah in Lebanon and then into Syria as HTS took control.

On this episode of Some Future Day, Collin...

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Today, we're diving deep into the future of commerce, technology, and retail with an industry leader who sits at the intersection of innovation and entrepreneurship: Jessica Williams, the Head of Brand and Partnerships at Shopify.

If you've ever purchased brands like Skims by Kim Kardashian or Gymshark, you've already interacted with Shopify, the second largest ecommerce platform in the world, just behind Amazon. Shopify is...

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Voice is power. Voice is identity. And now voice is evolving.

 

Why does this matter? AI is redefining storytelling, audiobooks, and gaming. Synthetic voice will preserve legacies, empower creators, and may even fuel international crime syndicates.

 

Dustin Blank is the head of partnerships at ElevenLabs, a key figure in advancing AI solutions surrounding voice cloning. Dustin, thank you for joining me on this episode of Some ...

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