Ep. 298

Rushkoff discusses the vibe shift he has undergone and the ways we can approach situations we can't control with compassion and care.

Ep. 297

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.

Ep. 296

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.

Ep. 295

Rushkoff discusses the easiest, funnest, and most likely path to averting apocalypse

Ep. 294

Rushkoff discusses how AI teaches us to distinguish between art and industry.

Ep. 293

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.

Ep. 292

Douglas Rushkoff discusses why he’s breaking from the preferred publishing schedules of advertisers and algorithms in favor of a more considerate approach.

Ep. 291

Author Joanne McNeil shares the inspiration for her new novel, Wrong Way, and the profound beauty of human connection.

Ep. 290

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.

Ep. 289

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.

Ep. 288

Authors of Solidarity Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix share ways to reclaim the power of collective action.

Ep. 287

Douglas Rushkoff shares why we need to distinguish between models and reality.

Ep. 286

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.

Ep. 285

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. 

Ep. 284

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.

Ep. 283

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.

Ep. 282

Professor of Media Studies at CUNY Queens, author of I’m Not There, and film historian, Noah Tsika exposes us to the brilliance in the most pop of cultural expressions — and help us reclaim the wisdom of our own sensibilities.

Ep. 281

Standup comedian and midwest existentialist Brendon Lemon walks us through the existential abyss, where we find out there’s actually something funny about all this.

Ep. 280

Douglas Rushkoff discusses why he feels like we’re running away from what matters – or maybe from matter, itself.

Ep. 279

Vice President, Creative at Skydance Interactive Shawn Kittelsen considers our society in revolt, and how pop media from comic books to video games help us see the choices before us.