Luke Burgis
Ep. 181
Teacher of principled entrepreneurship and author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life Luke Burgis shares the reasons behind Silicon Valley's obsession with the philosophies of former Stanford Professor René Girard and whether we can ever transcend the human impulse of wanting to be like someone else.
Frank Brodhead
Ep. 180
Author and lifelong community and climate activist Frank Brodhead helps us transform our rage and despair into hope and action.
Kenya (Robinson)
Ep. 179
Socialite, philanthropist, international southerner, mischief maker and self-described shit-starter, Kenya (Robinson) investigates gender, consumerism, and ability through unexpected performative actions and sculptural gestures.
Tyson Yunkaporta
Ep. 178
Author of “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” and member of the Apalech Clan, Tyson Yunkaporta helps us reckon with the end of civilization.
Cyberia Reunion in High Fidelity (feat. R. U. Sirius, Jody Radzik, Ani Phyo, and Nick Philip)
Ep. 177
Playing for Team Human today, R. U. Sirius, Nick Philip, Annie P.O, and Jody Radzik, look back on the magical explosion at the intersection of art and technology in the early-1990s rave scene.
This episode was recorded in High Fidelity, a real-time spatial audio software developed by Second Life co-founder Philip Rosedale.
Vicki Robin
Ep. 176
Playing for Team Human today, social innovator, writer, and host of, “What Could Possibly Go Right?” Vicki Robin.
Yaël Eisenstat
Ep. 175
Playing for Team Human today, former Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Advertising at Facebook, diplomat, corporate social responsibility advisor, and technology activist, Yaël Eisenstat.
Mark Pesce
Ep. 174
Playing for Team Human today, futurist, inventor, and author of “Augmented Reality,” Mark Pesce.
Conner Habib
Ep. 173
Playing for Team Human today, porn star, sex workers’ rights activist, lecturer, and host of Against Everyone Podcast, Conner Habib.
Riane Eisler “From Domination to Partnership”
Ep. 172
Playing for Team Human today, social systems scientist, cultural historian, and author of "Nurturing Our Humanity," Riane Eisler.
Julia Watson “Survival of the Most Symbiotic” - Live from IMPAKT Festival
Ep. 171
Playing for Team Human today, designer, activist, academic, and author of Lo-Tek Design by Radical Indigenism, Julia Watson.
Live from IMPAKT Festival with Sonia Shah “We’re All Strangers, Ourselves”
Ep. 170
Playing for Team Human today, investigative journalist and author of “The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move,” Sonia Shah.
George Dyson “Nature is on Team Machine”
Ep. 169
Playing for Team Human, author and technology historian George Dyson.
Jessica Gordon Nembhard “Black Ideas Matter”
Ep. 168
Playing for Team Human today, Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development at Jon Jay College and author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Economic Thought and Practice, Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
Marina Gorbis “Mutuality”
Ep. 167
Playing for Team Human today, Executive Director of Institute for the Future, Marina Gorbis.
Grant Morrison “Freaks Like Us”
Ep. 166
Playing for Team Human, storyteller and mage, Grant Morrison.
Dríade Aguiar “Culture Makes History”
Ep. 164
Playing for Team Human today, co-founder and co-editor of Mídia NINJA, Dríade Aguiar.
Jim Rutt “An Invitation to Game B”
Ep. 163
Jim Rutt shares his idea for a new civilization-era operating system.
Nora Bateson “The Changemaker’s Trap”
Ep. 162
Bateson and Rushkoff interrogate our moment of global crisis to challenge the very systems that drive human behavior and thought.