Joni McGary Talks with People
Joni McGary Talks with People
Podcast Description
A podcast exploring how to navigate life when trust in institutions, media, and conventional wisdom has faltered. Join me as I engage with guests across a wide variety of topics, all connected by a central thread:
In this chaotic landscape, how do you create a life of genuine happiness, health, and meaning? How do you move from cynicism to wisdom, from anxiety to freedom? jonimcgary.substack.com
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The podcast focuses on navigating life amidst declining trust in institutions, media, and traditional wisdom, with themes including personal freedom, the impacts of technocracy, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and misinformation. Episodes feature discussions around complex topics like the implications of the GENIUS Act and practical advice on cultivating happiness and meaningful existence in challenging times.
Joni McGary Talks with People is for anyone who’s lost all faith in institutional narratives and theatrics and is wondering how to actually live well right now. Host Joni McGary (co-founded No College Mandates) has real conversations with researchers, doctors, writers, artists, and independent thinkers about everything from medical freedom and pandemic policies to beauty, craft, community, and what it means to rebuild relationships and society when trust has been crushed. It’s thoughtful, relaxed, with no frenzied spin—just genuine talks with interesting people who know things.
Most people have never heard the word “technocracy” and yet it may be one of the most important forces shaping our lives. I asked Patrick Wood, the world’s foremost living expert on technocracy, to give us a Technocracy 101 lesson. Patrick has spent five decades researching this topic, and after reading his latest book, The New Economics of Technocracy: You Will Own Nothing, I was pretty bowled over by the depth of what he’s uncovered.
Patrick takes us through the history of Technocracy, how the Trilateral Commission has advanced it, and how the Gaza Rebuild is a live test case for technocratic governance. We talk about how you can fight it by opposing data centers in your own community.
It’s a huge topic that needs much more discussion than a single hour. Patrick’s excellent Substack and his books are great sources of additional information. Links are in the show notes.
Find Patrick Wood:
Patrick Wood’s Technocracy News on Substack
Books by Patrick Wood:
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