
The World Beyond – Michael Mack and the Emotioneers of Tomorrow
What effects will AI have on the future? How will the way we enjoy and experience entertainment, music, film, animation, and art evolve as technology advances? Michael Mack, founder and CEO of MACK One, invites you on an incredible journey into the future. Together with his highly esteemed guests, the Managing Shareholder of "the best theme park in the world," Europa-Park, explores the direction in which the amusement industry is heading and the challenges that lie ahead. Always in search of answers: What will the world look like seven years from now? Find out by listening to fascinating conversations in this exclusive time-travel adventure!
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MACK One is an international creator and consultant for innovative theme park design, media-based entertainment, and media content. We create and develop ideas for the attractions industry of tomorrow.
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This podcast is a MACK One production, recorded at Studio78 in Europa-Park.
Latest episodes

Jul 14, 2023 • 37min
Richard Taylor: Future of Entertainment, Creative Recharging & Life Lessons (Part 2)
Michael Mack & Sir Richard Taylor
In the second part of this exciting conversation, Richard Taylor, CEO of Weta Workshop and five-time Oscar winner, gives his host Michael Mack more inspiring insights into his fascinating life and his extraordinary, impressive work. He shares his unique perspective on various new ways to bring stories to life, talks about whether we should be concerned about AR, why he perceives his experiences with mixed reality as elementally transformative, and why it is imperative to remain open for inspiration at all times. This inspiring talk between Michael Mack and Richard Taylor was recorded live in Studio78 at Europa-Park!
A Mack ONE Original Podcast.

Jul 7, 2023 • 29min
Richard Taylor, 5-time Academy Award-Winner: Creating New Worlds, Art of Storytelling and a Top Secret Project (Part 1)
Michael Mack & Sir Richard Taylor
Exclusive: Michael Mack and Richard Taylor will be revealing the first insights into as yet top-secret joint project! Richard Taylor, CEO of Weta Workshop, invites you into his fantastic(al) world: The five-time Academy Award-winner, who gained worldwide recognition through his outstanding work on hit films such as The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, The Hobbit, etc., reveals in this lively conversation with Michael Mack where he keeps his awards, in which fictional world he would like to live, and unveils the two secret key elements to any successful storytelling.
A MACK One Original Podcast.

Jun 30, 2023 • 12min
Richard Taylor, Academy Award-Winner & Rony Abovitz, Entrepreneur: Creativity across cultures, building robots, etc.
Michael Mack, Sir Richard Taylor & Rony Abovitz
In this special episode, five-time Academy Award-winner Richard Taylor and hugely successful founder and entrepreneur Rony Abovitz talk with host Michael Mack about how "being friends with robots" connects the two guests, how to approach building parallel worlds, and that the future of entertainment will be incorporating a co-creative audience into an experience. This intriguing discussion was recorded live and in person at Studio 78 in Europa-Park and will be continued in separate talk with the guests. In the next episode, Richard Taylor will chat with Michael Mack about the secret key ingredients in every successful creative process, which medium is best suited for developing a plausible story and much more. Be sure to tune in!
A MACK One Original Podcast.

Jun 23, 2023 • 33min
Amy Jupiter, Experience Designer & Former Disney Imagineer: Next Level of Immersion and Emotionalizing Attractions
Michael Mack & Amy Jupiter
Amy Jupiter shares an exclusive glimps on how magic is created: The expert of innovative, multimedia storytelling, who has won many awards for her excellent effects and attractions, reveals in an exclusive conversation with Michael Mack what the design of the future looks like, which storytelling medium she will always return to and what the future of immersive experiences has in store for us.
A MACK One Original Podcast.

Jun 9, 2023 • 40min
Clark Parsons, Internet Economy Foundation: Turning Point for Europe, Tech-Battle vs. USA and New Age for Creators
Michael Mack & Clark Parsons
Clark Parsons lets the genie out of the bottle: in his exclusive talk with Michael Mack, the visionary founder of the Internet Economy Foundation reveals how Europe can compete in the international race to the newest technological achievements and developments, why there has never been a more exciting time to be a creator and why the role of a leader must drastically change in the years to come.
A MACK One Original Podcast.

May 26, 2023 • 25min
David Rynearson, Consultant at NASA: Living in Space, Moon Mapping and the Existance of Aliens
Michael Mack & David Rynearson
David Rynearson is truly shooting for the moon: As Senior Software Programmer and Consultant at NASA he is working on the long-awaited manned Artemis lunar mission. In his exclusive talk with Michael Mack he tells us everything he knows about aliens and if we'll soon all be living in space.
A MACK One Original Podcast.

May 24, 2023 • 14sec
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Brought to you by Michael Mack
Travelling to other planets, cool hoverboards, constant monitoring by artificial intelligence - what will our future look like? Find out now and join Michael Mack, the innovative managing partner of Europe's most popular theme park, and his exciting guests on this exclusive time travel adventure. Leading experts, courageous entrepreneurs, professors and future-shaping inventors of diverse expertise discuss everything they always wanted to know about the world of tomorrow! True to the company motto "the wide world is our field", the Mack group of companies has always been strongly cosmopolitan, future-oriented and innovative. Michael Mack continues this view here and invites you to his exclusive podcast with leading minds of the future in English. Just in time for the start of the weekend, listen to a new exciting episode every fortnight from 26.05.2023 available on Veejoy and most podcasts platforms! Produced by MACK One and recorded at Studio78 in Europa-Park.
A MACK One Original Podcast.