

Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff
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 more information.
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Nov 10, 2021 • 1h 6min
Ryan George
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 generous support of our listeners on Patreon.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 3, 2021 • 9min
Unfinished Live "A Better Web is Possible: How Do We Make it Happen?" - Preview
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.🌍 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, and more.👉 Discounts and free admission to live events.👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 27, 2021 • 1h
xiaowei r. wang - Live from Unfinished Live
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 Good, on Medium.📖 Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang is now available at your favorite indie bookstore.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon.Follow Xiaowei Wang🐦 Twitter | 📸 Instagram | 💻 WebsiteAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 20, 2021 • 6min
Amber Case Twitter Spaces - Preview
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.👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 13, 2021 • 1h 13min
Ryan Broderick
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 generous support of our listeners on Patreon.Follow Ryan Broderick🐦 Twitter | 📸 Instagram | 📰 Garbage Day | 🎙 The Content MinesYou can catch Ryan Broderick at The Meme in the Moment Festival on Wednesday, October 27, at 7:00 PM ET at Caveat NYC.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 6, 2021 • 9min
Sarah Pessin - Preview (2021 Salon)
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" featuring conversations with Timothy Leary, Terrence McKenna, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, David Lynch, and more.👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 29, 2021 • 1h 4min
Ellen Pearlman
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.📚You can read the written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, “Turning off the "News"” on Medium.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 22, 2021 • 8min
The Yes Men on Newsmax - Preview
Here’s a special preview of The Yes Men’s Andy Bichlbaum in conversation with Rushkoff explaining how he was invited to return to Newsmax as “Paul Wolfowitz” — and what happened on the air. The Yes Men’s Originally recorded September 11, 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.👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 15, 2021 • 1h 4min
Richard Heinberg
Author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival and senior fellow-in-residence Post Carbon Institute fellow Richard Heinberg shares the simple truth that power has a lot less to do with what you’re granted or what you have than what you do. 🎙In his monologue, Rushkoff explores the opportunity we have to confront the realities of climate change now that its effects are here. “But now that the effects of our own activity are upon us, we have no more power to mitigate them than the toddler does of preventing chest of drawers from toppling over.📚You can read the written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, “It’s Good to Feel Small” on Medium.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 8, 2021 • 9min
R. U. Sirius (1993) - Preview
Founding editor of High Frontiers, Reality Hackers, and Mondo 2000, R. U. Sirius and Douglas Rushkoff discuss Mondo 2000's cultural influence, memes, and how to create a fool proof media virus. This is a special preview of a conversation recorded in 1993.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.👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy


