Douglas Rushkoff

Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

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Douglas Rushkoff sits down with scientists, activists, artists, philosophers, and researchers asking the same question: who actually benefits from the way we've built this world — and what do we do about it? Team Human is a weekly podcast about technology, power, consciousness, and what it means to stay human in a world that increasingly doesn't seem designed for us. No corporate backing. No network. No algorithm deciding what gets said. Just honest, rigorous conversation with people working at the edges of the most important questions of our time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Author

Douglas Rushkoff

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Society

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Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Mitch Horowitz: Occultism and the Fight for Reality - Live from CX 18.12.2024

Award-winning author and host of Discovery/HBO’s  Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction Mitch Horowitz helps us create the conditions for a tide pool where only rivers seem to flow. This conversation was recorded on December 10, 2024, at CX in New York City. 🎧 Listen to Horowitz's podcast, ESP is Real , from SpectreVision. 🎶 Live music soundscape by Steven Brent . 🌍 You can support Team Human o...

Announcing Team Human Live in NYC on December 10 with Mitch Horowitz 26.11.2024

Join Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with PEN award-winning author, speaker, and narrator Mitch Horowitz for a special Team Human Live on December 10 at CX in New York City. 🎟️ You can purchase tickets at this link . 🌍 All Team Human Patreon supporters receive complimentary tickets to Team Human Live. You can sign-up now to access the code to reserve tickets. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp...

Greg Epstein "Tech Agnostic" 20.11.2024

Harvard & MIT Humanist Chaplain and Author of Tech Agnostic Greg Epstein helps us understand the Silicon Valley religion. In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us about the importance of mutual aid in our communities and the ways AI and Big Tech are fueling a return to historical norms of inequality. 📕 Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desper...

Post-Election Monologue: This Game is Not Reality 11.11.2024

Rushkoff reflects on the US election and reminds us how we can center mutual aid and community support to foster resilience. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community, special perks like free tickets to live events, and access to the Rushkoff archive. Our Sponsors: * Chec...

Anthony James 24.10.2024

Host of The RegenNarration Anthony James makes the case for us to pause long enough for the planet to do its thing. 🌱 Learn more about RegenNarration 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community, special perks like free tickets to live events, and access to the Rushkoff arc...

Program Or Be Programed: Book Launch Q&A w/ Douglas Rushkoff and Matt Klein 16.10.2024

Douglas Rushkoff celebrates the release of Program Or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands For The AI Future in a special Q&A with cultural analyst Matt Klein. Recorded Friday, October 4, 2024. 📘 Program Or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands For The AI Future is now available. ✍️ You can keep up with Matt Klein by subscribing to Zine . 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a numb...

East Forest "Music For Mushrooms" 24.09.2024

Musician, composer, and ceremonial accompanist East Forest engages with us on the occasion of the release of the movie about his work, Music For Mushrooms . 🍄 Click here to learn more about East Forest and Music For Mushrooms. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community wh...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves 09.09.2024

Rushkoff argues that we can confront vibe shifts through the stories we tell ourselves. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free tickets to live events, and access to the Rushkoff archive. Ou...

Rushkoff is Back: Vibing on the Vibe 20.08.2024

Rushkoff discusses the vibe shift he has undergone and the ways we can approach situations we can't control with compassion and care. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free tickets to l...

Martin Winiecki "Water is Love" 25.07.2024

Leader of Tamera's Institute for Global Peacework and storyteller behind the new documentary Water is Love Martin Winiecki explains what water wants – and how human beings can facilitate its movement and save our planet for ourselves, and other fellow species. 📺 You can watch an excerpt of What Does Water Want? now and attend a free online summit about ecosystem regeneration from August 1-4,...

Richard Metzger: Magick Show 17.07.2024

Occult researcher and Founder of Dangerous Minds Richard Metzger explains why it’s time we leverage the magical sensibilities of popular culture to the pro-human agenda. Support Richard Metzger’s Magick Show: A Masterclass in Modern Occultism featuring Douglas Rushkoff, Grant Morrison, Mitch Horowitz, Jamie Cohen, and many more! 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number...

Love and Magick are Our Best Hope 24.06.2024

Rushkoff discusses the easiest, funnest, and most likely path to averting apocalypse. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free tickets to live events, and access to the Rushkoff archive. Our...

Artificial Creativity 22.05.2024

Rushkoff discusses how AI teaches us to distinguish between art and industry. 🎟️ Tickets for the Genesis P-Orridge Tribute Concert are now available. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free...

Team Human Special: Live Q&A 01.05.2024

Playing for Team Human today, it's Team Human! Rushkoff and artist, animator, and musician Brynna Campbell field questions from the Team Human Discord community about American authoritarianism, post-Covid lockdown education, protests, and AI. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human D...

The Speed of the Internet 24.04.2024

Rushkoff discusses why he’s breaking from the preferred publishing schedules of advertisers and algorithms in favor of a more considerate approach. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free ti...

Joanne McNeil 17.04.2024

Author Joanne McNeil shares the inspiration for her new novel, Wrong Way , and the profound beauty of human connection. About Joanne McNeil Joanne McNeil is the author of the novel WRONG WAY (2023) and LURKING (2020). She was the inaugural winner of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation's Arts Writing Award for an emerging writer. She has been a resident at Eyebeam, a Logan Nonfiction P...

The Secret History and Unwritten Future of Psychedelics and Technology 10.04.2024

Dr. Julie Holland, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Ken Jordan, and Rushkoff discuss the psychedelic origins of the internet the way tech bros want to monopolize psychedelics as an industry. This conversation was recorded at The Athenæum on January 24, 2024. 📰 Learn more about Lucid News About Dr. Julie Holland Dr. Julie Holland is an author and psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist. She was formerly a we...

Rushkoff Q&A: Native Ecosystems Live Here 03.04.2024

Playing for Team Human today, it's Team Human! Rushkoff responds to questions and comments submitted by Team Human members from our Discord server. It's a test-drive of what we hope to develop into a live call-in show. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community whe...

Astra Taylor & Leah Hunt-Hendrix 27.03.2024

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The Model is Not the Territory 20.03.2024

Douglas Rushkoff shares why we need to distinguish between models and reality. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free tickets to live events, and access to the Rushkoff archive. Our Sponsor...

John Oakes 14.03.2024

Publisher of Evergreen Review and Author of The Fast John Oakes discusses history and biology of fasting at his book launch event in New York City. Recorded live at The Strand on Thursday, February 15, 2024. About John Oakes John Oakes is the publisher of The Evergreen Review and co-founder of OR Books , a publishing company recognized as one of “the radical alternatives to conventional publishing...

Mushon Zer-Aviv 06.03.2024

Artist, designer, technologist, writer, and Israeli peace activist, Mushon Zer-Aviv shows us why binary partisanship in the Israeli-Palstinian conflict hurts everyone, and what to do about. 📕 Your Empathy is Killing Us is now available. About Mushon Zer-Aviv Mushon Zer-Aviv is a designer, writer, educator and activist based in Tel Aviv. His work often involves mapping and way-finding through phys...

Nathan Schneider 28.02.2024

Director of the Media Economies Design Lab and author of Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life . , Nathan Schneider shows us how the styles of governance embedded in our online platforms change the way we understand governance in real life. 📕 Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life is now available. About Nathan Schneider Nathan Schneider is an assistant professor of m...

Brian Merchant 21.02.2024

Author of The One Device and Blood In The Machine:: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech Brian Merchant shares the lessons learned by the luddites, not an anti-technology movement, but a worker’s rebellion against the way automation was used to crush the underclass. 📕 Blood In The Machine:: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech is now available. Keep up with Brian Merchant Linked...

Douglas Rushkoff on Duncan Trussell Family Hour 17.02.2024

Douglas Rushkoff joined The Duncan Trussell Family Hour on January 15, 2024. 🎙️ Click here to subscribe and support The Duncan Trussell Family Hour 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free ti...

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