Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

Founder and Director of Longpath and author of the upcoming book, Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs , Ari Wallach discusses the fundamentally human need to belong, and how it will determine our collective chances for survival. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff stakes his future on the solidarity of the people over the cynicism of the elite. 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, Op...

Here's an excerpt from a keynote talk Rushkoff delivered at Trend Day 2002, an annual conference presented by Der Spiegel. Rushkoff discusses how the advent of interactivity has rendered the main means of communication obsolete and why corporations feel threatened by people creating and enjoying their own content. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instant...

President of the Center for the Study for Digital Life Mark Stahlman explains East, West, and Digital, the three spheres he believes are shaping the future of civilization, and how understanding the way they interact can help us strategize a way forward for humans. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains why he’s not an optimist anymore. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, I’m...

Here's an excerpt from a keynote talk Rushkoff delivered at the Silicon Alley Jewish Center in the early-2000s. Rushkoff explores the tenants of Judaism to learn if they can be applied to surveillance technology. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to this conversation, as well as... 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed" featuring conv...

Journalist, founder of Dot Dot Dot Media , and author of Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech's Titans and Misfits , Laurie Segall tells us what it’s like to interview people like Mark Zuckerberg, and why she holds out faith that their humanity may still rule the day. 🎙 In his monologue, discusses what we can do within our communities to help contribute to global crises. 🌍 Team Human i...

Science journalist and author of the forthcoming book, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion, David McRaney explores the circumstances under which minds can change - and what it means for all of us. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff argues for the broad spectrum of reasons why humanity might have a special place in our universe. 📚 You can pre-order David’s new boo...

Here's an excerpt of a talk Rushkoff delivered at Good Experience Live (GEL) 2006 about how hidden potential is wasted potential. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to this conversation, as well as... 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed" featuring conversations with Timothy Leary, Terrence McKenna, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, David Lynch,...

Author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands That Feed Us Vicki Robin explains what it means to be a town cryer - and how to maintain our friendships and civil interdependence. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff shares how he is finding success by diving in and experiencing the world head-on rather than avoiding it. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listene...

Here's an excerpt of a talk Rushkoff delivered at the 2001 Reboot Conference in Denmark where he argues for alternate approaches to Silicon Valley's tech development. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to this conversation, as well as... 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed" featuring conversations with Timothy Leary, Terrence McK...

Political economist and social technologist at Microsoft, and a researcher at the RadicalxChange Foundation , Divya Siddarth introduces us to The Pluriverse and challenges us to consider just how many worlds are possible. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us that our happiness does not need to be tied to our aspirations. 📰 Read A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace 🌍 Team Human i...

Founder of the Media Education Lab and author of Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age Renee Hobbs joins Rushkoff to discuss how the enlightenment project can work without gatekeepers. 🎙In his monologue, Rushkoff wrestles with his decision to focus on local civics as the influence of national culture wars seep in. 📚 Renee’s book, Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digit...

Head of Education at Digital Void and cultural theorist Jamie Cohen walks us through — and hopefully to the other side — of our fascist media environment. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff argues that the culture wars on Twitter and television are not based in reality, but rhetoric. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Move Along: The Car Crash is Fake , now on Medium. 🌍 Team Hum...

Mass casualty animal rescuer Maggie McGuane shares the exhilarating joy of being part of the life force that is our planet. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how he’s embracing compassion of the moment. 🐾 Learn more about Wings of Rescue: https://wingsofrescue.org/ 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon . Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp...

Here's a preview of this week's bonus episode featuring author of Pop Magick: A Guide to Bending Your Reality Alex Kazemi in conversation with Douglas Rushkoff. Kazemi explores how to restore autonomy, agency, and connection with the others. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to this conversation, as well as... 👉 The Team Human &...

Founder of Amok Books and producer of the documentary Desolation Center Stuart Swezey helps us remember what it’s like to do something for its own sake, and stop before it becomes something else. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us of the work involved in producing social media content, and the real downsides of being on 24/7. 📰 You can read a written version of his monologue, We Are Not Alon...

Here's a preview of Douglas Rushkoff's conversation cristian movila, founder of the original UNFINISHED festival and arts, culture, and technology gathering. Rushkoff explores his digital, cyberpunk roots. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to this conversation, as well as... 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed" featuring convers...

Writer, lecturer, and musician David Zweig explores how we must embrace nuance in scientific arguments in order to break away from binary thinking — and, ultimately, earn public trust. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff remembers his late accountant, Sheldon Gordon, and how we can morally blend together our economic and social lives. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our l...

Here’s a special preview of comedian Greg Barris in conversation with Doulgas Rushkoff. Rushkoff and Barris discuss Barris’ research into Immanuel Velikovsky’s theories of worlds in collision. 🎟 You can see Barris at his Deep Healing show at Union Hall in New York City on January 19, 2022. Tickets are available here . 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instant...

Actor, writer, and media philosopher Ryan George helps us contend with the absurdity of our particular instance in the multiverse. 🎙In his monologue, Rushkoff ponders what Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse means for our humanity. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue on CNN . Follow Ryan George: 🎥 YouTube | 🐦 Twitter | 📸 Instagram 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the gener...

Here's a special preview of the panel "A Batter Web is Possible: How Do We Make it Happen?" featuring Founder of Cyber Collective Tazin Khan Norelius, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Katherine Maher, Associate Political Economist and Social Technologist at Microsoft and RadicalXChange, Divya Siddarth, and Douglas Rushkoff. Live from Unfinished on September 24, 2021....

Author of Blockchain Chicken Farm and creative director at Logic Magazine Xiaowei Wang helps us contend with the fact that social trust simply may not be something that can scale. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff asks why we should create solutions “at scale” if operating at scale, itself, is the problem. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Exponential Tech Doesn’t Serve Social...

Here’s a special preview of cyborg anthropologist Amber Case's Twitter Spaces event with Douglas Rushkoff. Originally recorded October 6, 2021. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to: 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed" featuring conversations with Timothy Leary, Terrence McKenna, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, David Lynch, and more. 👉 Acce...

Garbage Day journalist and host of the Content Mines Podcast Ryan Broderick brings us up-to-date on the current state of meme play. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how the World Wide Web flattened a meta-community of digital nomads. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff's monologue, Did the Homepage Kill the Internet? , on Medium. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the gene...

Here’s a special preview of Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at the University of Denver Sarah Pessin's live salon with Douglas Rushkoff from a special Team Human Salon live from Team Human’s Discord community. Originally recorded September 3, 2021. 🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to: 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed"...

New media artist, curator, writer, and creator of, Noor: A Brain Opera , the world’s first immersive interactive brain opera, Ellen Pearlman brings us where no machine can go: Into the last soft, squishy recesses of human experience still inaccessible to our robot overlords. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us about the importance of reducing our exposure to the global information onslaught....