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Team Human

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Team Human is a weekly podcast and set of resources enabling human intervention in the economic, technological, and social programs that determine how we live, work, and interact. This is media as cultural resistance and a path to social change. Get bonus content on Patreon

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Douglas Rushkoff "Hidden Potential" - GEL 2006 Preview

February 16, 2022 12:00 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MB

Here's an excerpt of a talk Rushkoff delivered at Good Experience Live (GEL) 2006 about how hidden potential is wasted potential. 🌍 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. 👉 A...

Vicki Robin

February 09, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

Author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands That Feed Us Vicki Robin explains what it means to be a town cryer - and how to maintain our friendships and civil interdependence. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff shares how he is finding success by diving in and experiencing the world head-on rather than avoiding it. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Learn more about Vicki’s books: 📚 Blessing the Hands That Feed Us | Your Money...

Douglas Rushkoff "Open-Source Reality" - Preview

February 02, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.4 MB

Here's an excerpt of a talk Rushkoff delivered at the 2001 Reboot Conference in Denmark where he argues for alternate approaches to Silicon Valley's tech development. 🌍 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...

Divya Siddarth

January 26, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Political economist and social technologist at Microsoft, and a researcher at the RadicalxChange Foundation, Divya Siddarth introduces us to The Pluriverse and challenges us to consider just how many worlds are possible. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us that our happiness does not need to be tied to our aspirations. 📰 Read A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Get bonus conten...

Renee Hobbs

January 19, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

Founder of the Media Education Lab and author of Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age Renee Hobbs joins Rushkoff to discuss how the enlightenment project can work without gatekeepers. 🎙In his monologue, Rushkoff wrestles with his decision to focus on local civics as the influence of national culture wars seep in. 📚 Renee’s book, Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age, is now available. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our ...

Jamie Cohen

January 12, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Head of Education at Digital Void and cultural theorist Jamie Cohen walks us through — and hopefully to the other side — of our fascist media environment. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff argues that the culture wars on Twitter and television are not based in reality, but rhetoric. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Move Along: The Car Crash is Fake, now on Medium. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Keep up with J...

Maggie McGuane

December 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

Mass casualty animal rescuer Maggie McGuane shares the exhilarating joy of being part of the life force that is our planet. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how he’s embracing compassion of the moment. 🐾 Learn more about Wings of Rescue: https://wingsofrescue.org/ 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Kazemi - Preview

December 15, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Here's a preview of this week's bonus episode featuring author of Pop Magick: A Guide to Bending Your Reality Alex Kazemi in conversation with Douglas Rushkoff. Kazemi explores how to restore autonomy, agency, and connection with the others. 🌍 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 Ly...

Stuart Swezey

December 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB

Founder of Amok Books and producer of the documentary Desolation Center Stuart Swezey helps us remember what it’s like to do something for its own sake, and stop before it becomes something else. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us of the work involved in producing social media content, and the real downsides of being on 24/7. 📰 You can read a written version of his monologue, We Are Not Alone on Medium. 🎥 Learn more about Desolation Center at the official documentary website. 🌍 Te...

Cristian Movila - Preview

December 01, 2021 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.71 MB

Here's a preview of Douglas Rushkoff's conversation cristian movila, founder of the original UNFINISHED festival and arts, culture, and technology gathering. Rushkoff explores his digital, cyberpunk roots. 🌍 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...

David Zweig

November 24, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Writer, lecturer, and musician David Zweig explores how we must embrace nuance in scientific arguments in order to break away from binary thinking — and, ultimately, earn public trust. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff remembers his late accountant, Sheldon Gordon, and how we can morally blend together our economic and social lives. 🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Greg Barris - Preview

November 17, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Here’s a special preview of comedian Greg Barris in conversation with Doulgas Rushkoff. Rushkoff and Barris discuss Barris’ research into Immanuel Velikovsky’s theories of worlds in collision. 🎟 You can see Barris at his Deep Healing show at Union Hall in New York City on January 19, 2022. Tickets are available here. 🌍 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 conv...

Ryan George

November 10, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

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. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Unfinished Live "A Better Web is Possible: How Do We Make it Happen?" - Preview

November 03, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.78 MB

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 conve...

xiaowei r. wang - Live from Unfinished Live

October 27, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

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 ...

Amber Case Twitter Spaces - Preview

October 20, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MB

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 Rushk...

Ryan Broderick

October 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 67 MB

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 | 📰 Garbag...

Sarah Pessin - Preview (2021 Salon)

October 06, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 7 MB

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....

Ellen Pearlman

September 29, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

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. ...

The Yes Men on Newsmax - Preview

September 22, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MB

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...

Richard Heinberg

September 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

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 t...

R. U. Sirius (1993) - Preview

September 08, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.42 MB

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. 👉 Ac...

Irwin Kula

September 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MB

President of the National Jewish Center for Leading and Leadership, author of Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life, and seventh-generation rabbi Irwin Kula brings us through a spiritual journey in the desert — and may just show us the strength to stay there in the in-between. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains his hope that blockchains and cryptocurrencies can become something other than another asset class for a generation of traders. “Our marketplaces should never be in se...

Special Report: Yes Men's Andy Bichlbaum Pranks Newsmax

August 23, 2021 16:11 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

On this Team Human special report, The Yes Men’s Andy Bichlbaum explains how he duped Newsmax into letting an imposter former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz discuss his regret for the Afghanistan War for 11 minutes! 📖 Read The YesLab’s report: “War is all we’ve got // How to invent a great conservative talking point” for a full behind-the-curtain story. 🐦 Follow The Yes Men on Twitter 🎧 Andy previously appeared on Team Human Ep. 05 “Playful Resistance” 🌍 Team Human is made possi...

Sarah Pessin

August 18, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at the University of Denver Sarah Pessin helps us learn to treasure the great human in-between. The living, delightfully incomplete, and always never-quite-thereness of our collective human journey. 🎙In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how epidemiologists are stuck in a real-time feedback loop with public health — and the importance of cutting people slack. 📚You can read the written version of his monologue, Why the CDC Should Have Never Gotten I...

Jeremy Lent Salon - Preview

August 11, 2021 12:49 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MB

Author of The Web of Meaning and The Patterning Instinct, Jeremy Lent joins Douglas Rushkoff for a special Team Human Salon live from Team Human’s Discord community. Here’s a sneak preview of their conversation. Originally recorded August 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 ...

John Perry Barlow - Preview

July 28, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MB

Cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and psychedelic hero John Perry Barlow (1947-2018) and Rushkoff discuss the the War on Drugs and the widespread fear of computers in a conversation recorded circa 1992. Here, Barlow introduces Rushkoff to the phrase “cultural immune response,” which later served as inspiration for 1995’s Media Virus. For as little as $2 per month, you’ll instantly gain access to: 👉 The Team Human "Team Feed" featuring convers...

Jeremy Lent

July 21, 2021 02:38 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

Author of The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning, Jeremy Lent helps us see through to the meaning that informs our science so that it can be used to embrace the paradox of our existence, rather than reducing it down to a form suitable only for exploitation. In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how well-natured attempts to improve language will almost always fall short because of the underlying structure of the language we use. “We must also accept that language is just another mediu...

Heather Dewey-Hagborg + Joerg Blumtritt "An Oral History of the Internet" (Preview)

July 14, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MB

Here’s a sneak preview of this week’s Team Human Patreon-exclusive bonus content: Rushkoff, information artist and bio-hacker Heather Dewey-Hagborg, and visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Joerg Blumtritt participate in ‘An Oral History of the Internet’. Rushkoff shares his early experience of the internet how the internet has changed over time. This project was sponsored by the NYUAD Art Gallery and the NYUAD Institute. Originally recorded June 9, 2021. 🌍 You can ...

Nate Hagens

July 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

Co-Founder & Director of the Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future, Nate Hagens deconstructs some of our deeply held beliefs about climate change and offers us a few dangerous and inexpensive ways to keep our species sustainably happy. How can we learn to live with less? 📺 Watch Nate Hagens’ Earth and Humanity: Myth and Reality Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyson Yunkaporta in High Fidelity - Patreon Special (Preview)

June 30, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MB

Here's a preview of this week's bonus episode: Sand Talk author Tyson Yunkaporta joins Douglas Rushkoff in Team Human's High Fidelity spatial audio room for a special salon. Team Human teammates were granted a special opportunity to join live. Originally recorded on May 8, 2021. You can gain full access to this conversation by becoming a supporter today at: patreon.com/teamhuman Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duncan Trussell

June 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MB

Comedian, composer, contemporary buddhist, and host of the Duncan Trussell Family Hour Duncan Trussell and Rushkoff travel far and wide through spirituality and synchronicity to help us discover what it means to be truly human, together. Is the hope that life — and conversations, themselves — continue after death? How can humans grapple with the Buddhist belief of truly learning to let go of “the dream”? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ode to Robert Anton Wilson - The Stoa (Preview)

June 16, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MB

Here's a preview of this week's Team Human bonus content: A talk Rushkoff gave about the late Robert Anton WIlson and his notion of the chapel perilous. Rushkoff shares the story of the first time he met RAW and why RAW believed a skeptic's worldview isn't safer than any other worldview. This talk includes a conversation with The Stoa's Rebecca Fox and Peter Limberg. Recorded March 2021. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexander Stern

June 09, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MB

Writer, philosopher, and author of The Fall of Language, Alex Stern helps us distinguish who we are from what we tweet. Further, he explores how enlightenment values end up turning into their opposite — and why the word “fascism” can be a barrier to understanding culture. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bruce Sterling - Patreon Special (~1990)

June 02, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MB

Here's a special preview of science fiction author Bruce Sterling's conversation with Douglas Rushkoff circa 1990. Sterling had just co-written The Difference Engine with William Gibson. This conversation was recorded in part to research for Rushkoff's Cyberia. Support now for as little as $2 per month to gain full access to this conversation and Team Human's special patrons-only Team Feed at Patreon.com/TeamHuman. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Arthur Jones & Giorgio Angelini "Feels Good Man"

May 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

Feels Good Man filmmakers Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini show us how a great meme can go bad — and how to take it back again. Rushkoff, Angelini, and Jones explore the evolution of Matt Furie’s Pepe the Frog from stoner frog to alt-right meme. When did internet culture became real-world culture? How did a community of trolls who wanted to manipulate reality end up effecting physical space? When was the moment that fan fiction became mainstream? In his monologue, Rushkoff addresses the c...

Ken Jordan - Patreon Special (2009)

May 19, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MB

Here's a special preview of Reality Sandwich Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Lucid News Ken Jordan and Douglas Rushkoff's conversation from WFMU's The Media Squat. Jordan explains how cultural change works, the 2012 prophecy, and art's role in giving voice to the unspoken. Originally aired June 22, 2009. Support now for as little as $2 per month to gain full access to this conversation and Team Human's special patrons-only Team Feed at Patreon.com/TeamHuman. Get bonus content on Patre...

Ela Minus

May 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

Musician and composer Ela Minus introduces us to her acts of rebellion and shows us how music can help us find the others against all efforts to prevent it. Minus’ new album, Acts of Rebellion is streaming everywhere now. In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how robots can help us appreciate and understand what it means to be human. "You need the next medium in order to understand the value of the medium that you’re in.” Rushkoff says. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Yes Men - Patreon Special (2009)

May 05, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 5.08 MB

Here's a special preview of The Yes Men's conversation with Rushkoff from an episode of WFMU's The Media Squat in 2009. Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno discuss their 2009 film The Yes Men Fix The World, how they measure success, and bias against situationist-style media pranking. Originally aired August 3, 2009. Support now for as little as $2 per month to gain full access to this conversation and Team Human's special patrons-only Team Feed at Patreon.com/TeamHuman. Get bonus content on Pa...

Luke Burgis

April 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB

Entrepreneur 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. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

danah boyd - Patreon Special (2009)

April 21, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 5.08 MB

danah boyd is a Partner Researcher a Microsoft Research, the founder and president of Data & Society, and a visiting professor at New York University. In this conversation from 2009, Rushkoff and boyd discuss how Myspace was turning into a "digital ghetto" as Facebook was becoming the dominant social media platform. Further, boyd explores the digital practices of underrepresented populations.You can access the full conversation now by becoming a contributing supporter at patreon.com/teamhuman...

Frank Brodhead

April 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB

Author and lifelong community and climate activist Frank Brodhead helps us transform our rage and despair into hope and action. Why is environmentally-friendly policy never the focal point of political leadership? “I think so much of local politics has to do with maintaining the resale value of people’s main asset, that’s their home. The last thing that responsible political leadership is to maintain a stable climate.” Frank says. Even in the face of despair, Frank provides reason for us to ...

David Pescovitz (2009) - Patreon Special

April 07, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MB

David Pescovitz is a former research director at Institute for the Future and a former editor at Boing Boing and Wired Magazine. Rushkoff and Pescovitz explore the characteristics of innovative people, simulation theory, and the importance of wonder in a conversation originally aired on WFMU's The Media Squat. You can access the full conversation now by becoming a contributing supporter at patreon.com/teamhuman. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Kenya (Robinson)

March 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

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. In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us that it's okay to turn to civics to avoid burnout from 24/7 political coverage. "Civics is something different than politics. Civics is helping other people." He also proposes people use non-fungible tokens to critique the art m...

Xeni Jardin - Patreon Special

March 24, 2021 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MB

Here's a sneak peak of tech culture journalist and former Boing Boing editor Xeni Jardin discussing the power of bottom-up media from WFMU's The Media Squat. Originally aired on April 13, 2009. You can stream the full conversation by becoming a contributing supporter of Team Human at Patreon.com/TeamHuman, Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyson Yunkaporta

March 17, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

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. Have we accidentally reintroduced circularity into our systems? Is there a way to integrate western civilization’s ideal of progress with integral theory? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dennis McKenna (1992) - Patreon Special

March 10, 2021 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MB

Ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, brother of the late Terence McKenna, meets Douglas Rushkoff for research related to Cyberia in 1992. McKenna and Rushkoff discuss DMT, cybernetic evolution, the ongoing development of the human being, and more in a special bonus episode exclusive to Team Human patrons. You can listen to the full conversation by becoming a contributing supporter now: patreon.com/teamhuman Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Cyberia Reunion in High Fidelity (feat. R. U. Sirius, Jody Radzik, Ani Phyo., and Nick Philip)

March 03, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

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. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aleister & Adolf: Rushkoff and Michael Oeming on Jimmy Church's FADE to Black - Patreon Special

February 24, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.69 MB

In celebration of the paperback release of Dark Horse's Aleister & Adolf, Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Oeming join Jimmy Church's FADE to BLACK to discuss the graphic novel's 2016 release. To gain full access to this conversation you can become a contributing supporter of Team Human at https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Genesis P-Orridge: 1993 conversation (Part 3) - Patreon Special

February 10, 2021 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB

Genesis P-Orridge meets Douglas Rushkoff for the first time in a 1993 car ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The third of a three-part bonus series, available exclusively to Team Human Patreon supporters. You can become a contributing supporter at https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests

Douglas Rushkoff
2 Episodes
Walter Kirn
2 Episodes
Amber Case
1 Episode
Brewster Kahle
1 Episode
Cory Doctorow
1 Episode
Eli Pariser
1 Episode
Fred Turner
1 Episode
George Dyson
1 Episode
George Monbiot
1 Episode
Howard Rheingold
1 Episode
Jason Louv
1 Episode
Kio Stark
1 Episode
Malcolm Harris
1 Episode
Mitch Horowitz
1 Episode
Naomi Klein
1 Episode
Pat Cadigan
1 Episode
Pia Mancini
1 Episode
Ramesh Srinivasan
1 Episode
Richard Maxwell
1 Episode
Roger McNamee
1 Episode
Ryan Broderick
1 Episode
Seth Godin
1 Episode
Steven Hassan
1 Episode
Tiffany Shlain
1 Episode
Vicki Robin
1 Episode

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