RUSHKOFF
by Douglas Rushkoff
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Sherry Turkle: Conversation (Public Preview)
About this podcast
Author Douglas Rushkoff's conversations and public monologues. Monologues span topics such as human autonomy, compassion and community, to technology, economics, media environments, magick and the occult, science, and nature. Conversations with fellow writers, artists and thinkers such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Brian Eno, Naomi Klein, Cory Doctorow, and Nora Bateson.
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- Sherry Turkle: Conversation (Public Preview) · 14 min🌍 Listen to the full conversation, plus exclusive livestreams, Q&A and more with Douglas Rushkoff: http://patreon.com/rushkoff Douglas Rushkoff is joined by MIT professor…
- Networks Don’t Throttle. Platforms Do: Zuck, Musk, and the Eugenics of Selective Reduction · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 1🌍 Become a Patron to receive ad-free access to videos, exclusive conversations and livestream Q&As with Douglas Rushkoff: http://patreon.com/rushkoff The internet was supposed to…
- Setting Team Human Free · 7 min · Episode 395🌍 Support to receive ad-free access to videos, livestream Q&As with Rushkoff: http://patreon.com/teamhuman I’m retiring the podcast title Team Human, but I’m going to use that…
- Lies We Believe About Data w/ danah boyd · 1 h 0 min · Episode 394🌍 Support the show to receive ad-free access to videos, livestream Q&As with Rushkoff: http://patreon.com/teamhuman What happens when the people holding democracy together are…
- Can Psychedelics Save Humanity? w/ Rick Doblin · 1 h 11 min · Episode 393🔗 Go to http://groundnews.com/th to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Psychedelic pioneer and…
- Here’s How We Stay Human w/ Samantha Sweetwater · 1 h 13 min🔗 Go to http://groundnews.com/th to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Systems thinker Samantha…
- Here Is Worth Fighting For w/ Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor · 1 h 11 min🌍 Support the show to receive ad-free access to videos, livestream Q&As with Rushkoff: http://patreon.com/teamhuman Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join Douglas Rushkoff to discuss…
- America Is Losing Its Grip on Reality w/ Kurt Andersen · 1 h 4 min🔗 Go to http://groundnews.com/th to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Douglas Rushkoff sits down…
- Make Your Entire Life a Work of Art w/ Kenya (Robinson) · 1 h 1 min · Episode 389🔗 Go to groundnews.com/th to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Artist Kenya (Robinson) joins…
- The Pope Is Officially Team Human w/ Catherine Connors · 57 min · Episode 388🌍 Support the show to receive ad-free access to videos, livestream Q&As with Rushkoff: http://patreon.com/teamhuman Douglas Rushkoff is joined by storyteller and thinker…
- We Survive by Cooperating, Not Competing / w Carne Ross · 56 minWhat if anarchism isn’t chaos, but a way of putting human beings back in charge of their own lives? Douglas Rushkoff is joined by former British diplomat Carne Ross, for a…
- Money is a Forever Chemical · 19 minRushkoff breaks down why modern money acts like a forever chemical: A toxic, non-decaying asset designed to accumulate at the top of the pyramid rather than support living…
- Cooking is Under Attack. Here's How to Reclaim It. · 1 h 3 minRushkoff sits down with renowned chef Benjamin Castro of Benjamin's Kitchen to explore the intersection of food, community, and what it means to nourish the human spirit. Chef…
- I Gave Up on Saving the World · 19 minAre we so focused on saving the world that we’re forgetting how to care for it? Rushkoff explores the paralyzing ambient terror of the meta-crisis, polycrisis, and impending…
- Losing the World to Save It (w/ Conner Habib) · 1 h 11 minRushkoff sits down with author, podcaster, and scholar Conner Habib (Against Everyone with Conner Habib, Hawk Mountain) for a conversation about what we have to lose before…
- Can Journalism Survive AI? (w/The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson) · 1 h 0 minAs President of The Atlantic and former Editor-in-Chief of Wired, Nicholas Thompson sits down with Rushkoff to discuss the precarious intersection of artificial intelligence…
- What Camus Knew That Sam Bankman-Fried Didn't · 35 minRushkoff breaks down the intellectual hubris driving Silicon Valley: Effective Altruism (EA), Longtermism, and AI accelerationism. From Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX collapse to the…
- Is AI Development Modern Chaos Magic? (w/ Trevor Paglen) · 1 h 3 minWe once looked at pictures. Now, pictures are looking back at us. Renowned artist and author Trevor Paglen joins Rushkoff to expose how computer vision, generative AI, and…
- How to Glitch the AI System (w/ Sophie Strand) · 1 h 3 minSophie Strand (author of The Flowering Wand and The Body Is a Doorway) joins Rushkoff for a conversation about breaking free from the dominant paradigms of our time. Together…
- Carnival vs. Coliseum: Reclaiming Our Shared Civics · 25 minRushkoff breaks down the disturbing cultural shift toward Might Makes Right, a playground philosophy that values raw power, wealth, and violence over morality and mutual aid…
- Adam McKay: We've Already Left the Holocene · 1 h 22 min"The most useful framework is that our country’s been invaded. But like all great invasions, it involves new techniques." - Adam McKay Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay…
- Formulas Against the False Self: Mitch Horowitz on Left-Hand Path Magic · 1 h 21 minMitch Horowitz returns to Team Human for a fiery, provocative exploration of his new book, Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self. Rushkoff and Horowitz grapple over one of…
- The Shoggoth in the Machine: AI, ARGs, and the Future of Play (w/ Reed Berkowitz) · 1 h 4 minHow do we keep the machine from pulling us into another world, or escaping into ours? Rushkoff is joined by OG game designer, hacker, and Director of Curiouser Institute Reed…
- The Trap of Living Forever (And the Bliss of Letting Go) · 19 minRushkoff contrasts the blissful, terrifying reality of voluntary dissolution with our pyramid-building civilization. From the ancient pyramids of Egypt to tech billionaires…
- Stop Chasing the Matrix: How to Live Fully in a Collapsing World (w/ Sarah Wilson) · 1 h 13 minIf building a better future looks like a miserable exercise in self-denial, nobody is going to join. Rushkoff sits down with author and activist Sarah Wilson to discuss her new…
- Spidey Sense in the Age of AI · 24 minFollowing a recent New York Times expose on a high-profile AI book scandal, Rushkoff takes us behind the scenes of the modern grift factory. More than just a cautionary tale…
- Alan Moore on Reclaiming Our Imagination from the Authoritarian Overlords · 1 h 19 min"If you are involved in any act of creation... that to me is magic, pure and simple." Legendary writer, magician, and shaman Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Jerusalem, The…
- How to Survive The Swirl of Grief and Modern Chaos · 21 minRushkoff shares a story he has never told publicly: The tragic car accident 40 years ago that claimed the life of his best friend and college partner-in-justice, Steven…
- Gamifying the Apocalypse: Climate Prep, Zombie Games, and Mutual Aid (w/Charlotte Binns) · 41 minIs local activism just a cute distraction, or is it the most vital layer of human survival? Charlotte Binns, Director of Sustainability for the Village of Irvington and a…
- Escaping the Simulation: A Somatic Guide to Reality · 25 minAre we living in reality, or just navigating a map of symbols, metrics, and dead things? Rushkoff stepped away from notifications, Google Calendars, and his always-on world to…
- The Magic of the Broken: David J (Bauhaus / Love and Rockets) · 1 h 24 min · Episode 367“I came to make you love yourself.” Join Rushkoff for a deep dive into the noir consciousness with legendary musician and writer David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets). Together…
- AI Angels, Demons, and the Fight for the Future (w/ Philip Rosedale) · 1 h 11 minCan we survive the rise of new AI Golems? Philip Rosedale, Founder of Second Life, argues the AI monsters currently being developed are limited by the tech bro survival of the…
- "What If" Is the Enemy of Fascism (w/Brian Eno) · 1 h 20 min · Episode 365What is art for? Rushkoff is joined by legendary musician and producer Brian Eno to explore the necessity of moving away from the certainty of victory and into the delight of…
- Exposing the Billionaire Funding Behind AI Safety Movements (w/ Kat Tenbarge) · 52 minRushkoff sits down with Kat Tenbarage, (Founder, Spitfire News) to pull back the curtain on the intersection of AI, digital harassment, and political maneuvering. Together, they…
- The Internet Felt Like This in 1994. AI Might Be Our Last Chance. · 22 min · Episode 363Rushkoff shares his first real foray into the world of Artificial Intelligence. After years of avoiding the technology, Douglas takes us through a vibe coding journey using…
- Disaster Capitalism and the Case for Leveling Down - Rushkoff on Crazy Town · 56 minHave you ever had that feeling in your gut, when you suddenly realize that the person you’re talking with might have a screw or two loose? What about when you’re the one others…
- The Lobotomy of History: Reclaiming Our Extraordinary States (w/ Jeffrey Kripal) · 1 h 2 min · Episode 361Can we decolonize reality itself? Rushkoff is joined by Jeffrey Kripal, Associate Dean and Professor at Rice University, to discuss his book The Superhumanities: Historical…
- The Holy War Delusion: Is it Time to Retire Our Religions? · 27 min · Episode 361In this urgent monologue, Rushkoff explores the heartbreaking crisis of modern faith. As religious identities are weaponized by nationalism, literalism, and holy war narratives…
- Grant Morrison: The Enemies of Humanity Are Wielding Occult Power · 1 h 13 min · Episode 360The tech elite are wielding occult power, but we have the imagination. Join us in the live chat for our first-ever Team Human Premiere! Douglas Rushkoff sits down with legendary…
- The Tech Elite’s “Frictionless” Fantasy (And Why It Will Fail) · 28 min · Episode 359The digital world promises a frictionless existence of infinite growth, convenience, and total scale. But what happens when that virtual map starts consuming the real territory?…
- The Internet Is an Occult Machine (w/ Shira Chess) · 1 h 7 min · Episode 358Has the internet always been a magical space? Shira Chess, a Professor of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia and a leading scholar of digital folklore…
- My Dinner With Jeffrey: What the Epstein Files Reveal About Us All · 31 min · Episode 357"Why are you in the Epstein files?" It is a question Rushkoff received from his own daughter, and in this raw monologue, he gives the full answer. His name appears in the CC…
- Do Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead? (w/ Taylor Lorenz) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 356Is the online safety legislation moving through Congress actually a Trojan horse for mass surveillance? And do the tech billionaires building our future actually care if the rest…
- The Esoteric State of the Union: Magic, Will, and the New Neighborhood with Mitch Horowitz · 1 h 15 min · Episode 355Is magic just "positive thinking," or is it a causative force that can reshape reality? Rushkoff sits down with occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz (Occult America…
- Is It Fascism or Just a Lack of Impulse Control? With Jonathan Larsen · 1 h 23 min · Episode 354We are no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop: We are living in the aftermath. Rushkoff sits down with Jonathan Larsen, editor of The Fucking News, to ask the question: Now…
- We’re Soaking In It: Why It’s Too Late to Prepare for Authoritarianism · 32 min · Episode 353The other shoe finally dropped. We are no longer waiting for authoritarianism to arrive; we are soaking in it. Rushkoff argues that the time for speculation, strategizing about…
- We Are Time Travelers: Retrocausality & The Long Self with Eric Wargo · 1 h 5 min · Episode 352Playing for Team Human today, multidisciplinary researcher and author Eric Wargo joins Rushkoff to help us decolonize our minds from the linear march of deterministic doom…
- Cameron Berg: Alien Minds & Self-Other Overlap - Teaching AI Empathy · 1 h 11 min · Episode 351Artificial Intelligence researcher Cameron Berg joins Rushkoff to discuss Frontier Alignment Research and the urgent need to intervene on behalf of human (and synthetic)…
- You're Not Crazy: Reality Has Grown Absurd · 27 min · Episode 350If explaining the state of the world makes you feel like a conspiracy theorist, you aren't alone. In this monologue, Rushkoff argues that our built environment has become so…
- Tom Llewellyn: Is Sharing the New Satanism? · 1 h 10 min · Episode 349Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, explores the power of Libraries of Things, mutual aid, and community-run infrastructure as practical alternatives to…
