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412: Douglas Rushkoff

Duncan Trussell Family Hour - December 05, 2020 08:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10.2K ratings
Douglas Rushkoff, one of MIT's top 10 most influential intellectuals in the world, joins the DTFH! You can learn more about Douglas and find his books on his site. Original music by Aaron Michael Goldberg. This episode is brought to you by: Purple - Visit Purple.com/Duncan10 and use promo c...

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Douglas Rushkoff Leads Team Human

Through Conversations - November 25, 2019 22:52 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Hey everyone! This episode was a very, very awesome experience. I had a lot of fun talking with Douglas Rushkoff. He has been named by MIT as one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals". He is an author and documentarian, studying human autonomy in the digital age. He has published t...

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Douglas Rushkoff - What Does It Mean to be Human?

The Psychedelic Podcast - October 08, 2019 08:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 245 ratings
Douglas Rushkoff, best-selling author and one of the world's ten most influential intellectuals, joins host Paul Austin to discuss what it means to be human.  In a Western world beset by technological distraction and a never-ending thirst for more, what role do psychedelics play in cultivating...

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Alienation, Marxist Humanism, and the Digital Media Landscape w/ Douglas Rushkoff

Revolutionary Left Radio - August 10, 2019 22:34 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 3K ratings
Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. He joins Breht to discuss a myriad of topics including humanism, Marxist alienation, climate change, death, parenting, and much more!...

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FTP094: Douglas Rushkoff - Rethinking Transhumanism and Reuniting Humanity

Future Thinkers - April 10, 2019 17:05 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 258 ratings
In Part 2 of our interview with media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, we talk about transhumanism, the distrust in the corporate-run digital environment, and using intersectionalism to reunite human species. Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/94 Part 1 of the interview: http://www.futureth...

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FTP093: Douglas Rushkoff - Why Technology Needs to be on 'Team Human'

Future Thinkers - April 03, 2019 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 258 ratings
Our guest in the next two episodes is Douglas Rushkoff, a media theorist, lecturer, and author of Team Human, as well as a dozen other books on media, technology, and culture. In recent years, he has become a critic of technology for separating us from what makes us human. In Part 1 of this in...

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Looks Like New: What is a human? With Douglas Rushkoff

Looks Like New Archives - KGNU Community Radio - March 29, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This month’s guest is Douglas Rushkoff, one of our most prominent and provocative thinkers on technology and culture. In his latest book, a manifesto called Team Human, Rushkoff calls for mobilizing against the forces seeking to make people subservient to […]

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#72 The Tribe VS The Algorithm: Can We Ever Be Free Again? (with Douglas Rushkoff)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand - March 23, 2019 00:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.1K ratings
Douglas understands a lot about the intersection between social media and philosophy and the way that our culture and psyche has been influenced by new technology. He’s a fascinating person and I think you’re gonna love it.

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124. Douglas Rushkoff in “Find the Others” // Disconnecting From the Antihuman Agenda & Reconnecting With Team Human

Liber Ohio - March 05, 2019 08:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Returning guest Douglas Rushkoff is back to spit some hot fire about his latest book, Team Human, a manifesto written with one goal in mind: to remake society and culture in our image and in our favor; to reconnect with ourselves and with each other; and to return to our roots as the social crea...

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Ep. 45: Douglas Rushkoff on Joining TEAM HUMAN

Ultraculture With Jason Louv - February 14, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 348 ratings
Legendary media theorist Douglas Rushkoff—now one of the top 10 intellectuals in the world according to MIT—stops by the podcast to discuss how technology has destroyed us, and how to join TEAM HUMAN & reclaim your soul from the machine...!

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Ep. 119 Team Human Live: Douglas Rushkoff and Siobhan O'Connor "Just the Way You Are"

Team Human - February 06, 2019 09:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 332 ratings
In this special episode of Team Human, Douglas is joined by Siobhan O’Connor, vice president of editorial at Medium. Siobhan and Douglas reverse roles as she hosts the official Team Human book launch. This event was recorded live at Civic Hall on January 23, just one day after the Team Human man...

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SPOS #656 - Team Human With Douglas Rushkoff

Six Pixels of Separation Podcast - February 03, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 86 ratings
Welcome to episode #656 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #656 - Host: Mitch Joel. It’s the most wonderful time of the year when I get to speak media theorist, Douglas Rushkoff. He is - without a doubt - one of the smartest humans beings on this earth...

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Amanpour: Sean McFate, Stanley McChrystal, Plácido Domingo and Douglas Rushkoff

Amanpour - January 28, 2019 17:39 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
Sean McFate, the former paratrooper and author of "The New Rules of War" and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the changing face of war. Plácido Domingo, arguably the most successful opera singer of all time, sits down to ta...

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Ep. 117 Book Launch: A Live Team Human Conversation with Douglas Rushkoff and Seth Godin

Team Human - January 23, 2019 05:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 332 ratings
Today’s episode is a special live celebration of the release of Team Human the book and manifesto, which is now available everywhere! On January 8th, Douglas was joined by acclaimed author Seth Godin for a pre-release book party at Betaworks Studios in NYC. Douglas reverses roles for the show, w...

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178. Douglas Rushkoff (freelance intellectual) – It's not the technology's fault

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - January 19, 2019 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
For me, the very best Onion article of 2018 was this one about Jeff Bezos revealing Amazon’s new headquarters to be the entire Earth, as an Amazon-branded glass sphere clicked into place, encasing forever the horrified inhabitants of our planet. More than a grain of truth in that one, eh? At thi...

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Ep 127: Team Human w/ Douglas Rushkoff

Very Ape Podcast - January 16, 2019 18:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 109 ratings
Douglas Rushkoff is an author, documentarian and visionary who studies human autonomy in the digital age. His new book Team Human is deep dive into how, though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an antihuman agenda. He takes us through how we got into thi...

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How to be "Team Human" in the digital future | Douglas Rushkoff

TED Talks Daily - December 13, 2018 20:57 - ★★★★ - 9.8K ratings
Humans are no longer valued for our creativity, says media theorist Douglas Rushkoff -- in a world dominated by digital technology, we're now just valued for our data. In a passionate talk, Rushkoff urges us to stop using technology to optimize people for the market and start using it to...

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How to be "Team Human" in the digital future | Douglas Rushkoff

TED Talks Daily (HD video) - December 13, 2018 20:57 - ★★★★ - 740 ratings
Humans are no longer valued for our creativity, says media theorist Douglas Rushkoff -- in a world dominated by digital technology, we're now just valued for our data. In a passionate talk, Rushkoff urges us to stop using technology to optimize people for the market and start using it to build a ...

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#138 | Survival of the Richest: Anticipating 'The Event' & The Anti-Human Agenda w/ Douglas Rushkoff

Last Born In The Wilderness - August 10, 2018 13:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 110 ratings
In this episode, I speak with writer, documentarian, and lecturer Douglas Rushkoff. Douglas has authored numerous best-selling books, including ‘Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity,’ ‘Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now,’ ‘Program or Be Programmed: T...

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67 - Douglas Rushkoff & Michael Phillip (Playing For Team Human)

FUTURE FOSSILS - April 04, 2018 21:01 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratings
This week’s guest is media theorist, culture critic, author, graphic novelist, documentarian, and podcaster Douglas Rushkoff! Chances are you’re a “digital native” banking on “social currency” and consuming “viral media” – which means that you are living in the world Doug prophesied for all of u...

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DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF - TEAM HUMAN

London Real - August 13, 2017 09:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
Douglas Rushkoff is a writer, documentarian, and lecturer whose work focuses on human autonomy in a digital age.  Watch this full episode for free: https://londonreal.tv/douglas-rushkoff/  Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 02:12 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 05:12 Brian’s introduction. 06:...

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17. Douglas Rushkoff in "Aleister & Adolf" // Media, Magick, Propaganda & Team Human

Liber Ohio - February 23, 2017 02:52 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
In this episode, a chat with media theorist and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff, author of the graphic novel Aleister & Adolf. Topics discussed include the Nazi interest in the occult, Aleister Crowley’s belief system, propaganda in media and politics, the thematic similarity between the graphic ...

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Episode 52: Nothing Sacred - Douglas Rushkoff

Judaism Unbound - February 10, 2017 06:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 387 ratings
Douglas Rushkoff, media theorist, writer, and graphic novelist, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation reflecting on the decade since he published his book Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism, in which he advocated for "open source Judaism." Rushkoff argues that that 21st Century Judaism shoul...

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PREMIUM Douglas Rushkoff - "Team Human"

J. Brown Yoga Talks - February 06, 2017 06:08 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 544 ratings
Serendipity brings Douglas Rushkoff, author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus and Aleister & Adolf, and host of Team Human podcast, to J’s basement for a conversation on the digital age and the economic effects of information technology on human well-being. They discuss Rushkoff’s writing traj...

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Mind Meld 44 | Symbol Wars with Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Garfield

THIRD EYE DROPS - January 24, 2017 06:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
Douglas Rushkoff is media theorist, writer and philosopher. He's authored works like Present Shock, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus and his latest, Aleister and Adolf, a graphic novel exploring the esoteric warfare between the Nazis and Aleister Crowley and the British during World War II.  ...

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On the Block with Douglas Rushkoff

On the Block Radio with Andrew Gurevich - June 17, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Winner of the Media Ecology Association’s first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity, Dr. Douglas Rushkoff is an author, teacher, and documentarian who focuses on the ways people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other’s values. He ...

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44. Douglas Rushkoff (Media Theorist) – Hack the $ystem

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - April 30, 2016 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
"The problem with our time is that we look at people for their utility value.", says Douglas Rushkoff, author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus.  Since the late Middle Ages, Rushkoff argues, money and businesses have been programmed to extract more and more value from humans and the earth. The ...

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Douglas Rushkoff Deconstructs the Digital Economy: 92Y Talks Episode 87

92NY Talks - April 28, 2016 21:12 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 211 ratings
In this episode of 92Y Talks, writer and media theorist Douglas Rushkoff deconstructs the digital economy in his new book, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus. The talk was recorded on Mar 30, 2016 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

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152: Douglas Rushkoff: How Corporate Growth Became The Enemy of Our Health And Prosperity

Legendary Life | Transform Your Body, Upgrade Your Health & Live Your Best Life - March 23, 2016 10:19 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 612 ratings
In this episode, you’ll learn: Why the inequalities of the digital economy are just bad programming Major problem in modern business corporations The connection between corporate growth and our health Why the story of Twitter prompted Doug’s investigation into where corporate values originated W...

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Douglas Rushkoff, “Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now” (Current, 2013)

New Books Network - May 21, 2013 16:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Humans understand the world through stories, some short and some long. But what happens when the stories become so short that they, well, aren’t stories at all? In Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now (Current, 2013), Douglas Rushkoff explores this question. He points out that always-on, al...