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Team Human

395 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 332 ratings

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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Alissa Quart "It's Not Your Fault"

September 05, 2018 11:09 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

One of the lies many of us have bought over the years is the American Dream. It seemed to work - at least back in the day of the GI bill and guaranteed mortgages. You work hard, go to college, and things will work out. You’ll be okay.  And now, a lot of us who were privileged enough to be able to follow that path, are finding ourselves unable to reach that place of security anymore. It’s a new precarity - shared by almost everyone in America today - and what our guest Alissa Quart has beaut...

Ep. 101 Alissa Quart "It's Not Your Fault"

September 05, 2018 11:09 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

One of the lies many of us have bought over the years is the American Dream. It seemed to work - at least back in the day of the GI bill and guaranteed mortgages. You work hard, go to college, and things will work out. You’ll be okay.  And now, a lot of us who were privileged enough to be able to follow that path, are finding ourselves unable to reach that place of security anymore. It’s a new precarity - shared by almost everyone in America today - and what our guest Alissa Quart has beaut...

Molly Crabapple and Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture) Live at Civic Hall

August 29, 2018 07:15 - 1 hour - 128 MB

Team Human celebrates its 100th episode with this special “double feature,” recorded live before an audience at Civic Hall in Manhattan.  Joining Douglas on the stage is writer, artist, and journalist Molly Crabapple. With just “compressed ash and wood pulp,” Molly brings to life images of injustice and makes visible that which is too often rendered invisible. Her paintings from Guantanamo, Istanbul, Syria, Puerto Rico, and recently immigration detention centers in Texas bear witness to the...

Ep. 100 Molly Crabapple and Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture) Live at Civic Hall

August 29, 2018 07:15 - 1 hour - 128 MB

Team Human celebrates its 100th episode with this special “double feature,” recorded live before an audience at Civic Hall in Manhattan.  Joining Douglas on the stage is writer, artist, and journalist Molly Crabapple. With just “compressed ash and wood pulp,” Molly brings to life images of injustice and makes visible that which is too often rendered invisible. Her paintings from Guantanamo, Istanbul, Syria, Puerto Rico, and recently immigration detention centers in Texas bear witness to the...

Eliott Edge: Finding the Other "Others"

August 22, 2018 11:22 - 1 hour - 90.6 MB

How might altered states of consciousness deepen our empathy, imagination, and lead us find the other others? Writer, thinker, and explorer of consciousness, Eliott Edge looks at the ways in which virtual reality and psychedelics can create new frames of reference and enhance our connection to each other and the planet. In his latest book, 3 Essays on Virtual Reality: Overlords, Civilization, and Escape , Eliott engages with the ethical and existential questions of reality as a simulation. "...

Ep. 99 Eliott Edge: Finding the Other "Others"

August 22, 2018 11:22 - 1 hour - 90.6 MB

How might altered states of consciousness deepen our empathy, imagination, and lead us find the other others? Writer, thinker, and explorer of consciousness, Eliott Edge looks at the ways in which virtual reality and psychedelics can create new frames of reference and enhance our connection to each other and the planet. In his latest book, 3 Essays on Virtual Reality: Overlords, Civilization, and Escape , Eliott engages with the ethical and existential questions of reality as a simulation. "...

Chris Dancy "I Put Myself In Airplane Mode"

August 15, 2018 10:46 - 1 hour - 95.3 MB

Playing for Team Human today, “The Most Connected Man on Earth," author of Don’t Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours, Chris Dancy. Dancy has “pushed through” personal surveillance technology and has come back to teach us the lessons he has learned from years of intense firsthand engagement as a “mindful cyborg.” In this episode, perhaps the most candid and open conversation on Team Human to date, Dancy shares his personal story. He explains how technology saved his life...

Ep. 98 Chris Dancy "I Put Myself In Airplane Mode"

August 15, 2018 10:46 - 1 hour - 95.3 MB

Playing for Team Human today, “The Most Connected Man on Earth," author of Don’t Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours, Chris Dancy. Dancy has “pushed through” personal surveillance technology and has come back to teach us the lessons he has learned from years of intense firsthand engagement as a “mindful cyborg.” In this episode, perhaps the most candid and open conversation on Team Human to date, Dancy shares his personal story. He explains how technology saved his life...

Special Announcement! Team Human Live w/ Molly Crabapple and Jace Clayton August 16th at Civic Hall

August 09, 2018 18:58 - 1 minute - 2.56 MB

Special Announcement and Invitation! Free Show. Limited Tickets Remain. Details and Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jace-clayton-and-molly-crabapple-with-douglas-rushkoff-team-human-live-tickets-48339958116?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button Next Thursday, August 16th, Douglas will be joined live on stage at Civic hall in New York City by two incredibly talented, powerful, and thoughtful human beings; artist, journalist, and...

Ep. 97 Parker Posey "It's the Screens That Got Small."

August 08, 2018 05:07 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MB

Playing for Team Human today, actress, movie star, visionary of the human-centered future, and — perhaps most importantly - Gracie the Wonderdog’s human partner, Parker Posey. Parker will be sharing what it’s like to play a supposedly evil character like Doctor Smith on the Netflix series Lost in Space, as well as some of the experiences, insight, and love of life that went into her definitively fabulous new book - You’re On An Airplane. Today’s show comes to you, ALIVE, from the headquart...

Parker Posey "It's the Screens That Got Small."

August 08, 2018 05:07 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MB

Playing for Team Human today, actress, movie star, visionary of the human-centered future, and — perhaps most importantly - Gracie the Wonderdog’s human partner, Parker Posey. Parker will be sharing what it’s like to play a supposedly evil character like Doctor Smith on the Netflix series Lost in Space, as well as some of the experiences, insight, and love of life that went into her definitively fabulous new book - You’re On An Airplane. Today’s show comes to you, ALIVE, from the headquart...

Bo Burnham "The Movie of Your Own Life Does Not Suck"

August 01, 2018 09:48 - 1 hour - 95.2 MB

Playing for Team Human today is YouTube phenomenon, Netflix comedian, and writer and director of the movie Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham. Bo and Douglas consider the other, positive side of social media — how it still gives young people a way to test and share social strategies and express themselves.  A conversation with many inspired tangents, Douglas and Bo also look at the ways social media pressures us to live our lives like a performance in a movie, the tragedy of becoming trapped in metan...

Ep. 96 Bo Burnham "The Movie of Your Own Life Does Not Suck"

August 01, 2018 09:48 - 1 hour - 95.2 MB

Playing for Team Human today is YouTube phenomenon, Netflix comedian, and writer and director of the movie Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham. Bo and Douglas consider the other, positive side of social media — how it still gives young people a way to test and share social strategies and express themselves.  A conversation with many inspired tangents, Douglas and Bo also look at the ways social media pressures us to live our lives like a performance in a movie, the tragedy of becoming trapped in metan...

Ep. 95 Team Human w/ Virtual Futures Live in London Part 2: Rupert Sheldrake

July 25, 2018 08:34 - 1 hour - 103 MB

In July 2018, Team Human partnered with Virtual Futures for an evening of connection and conversation at JuJu’s Bar and Stage in London. Joining Douglas on stage, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Pat Cadigan followed by biologist, author, and TED outlaw Rupert Sheldrake. Presented here in Episode 95 is Part Two of this live event featuring Douglas in conversation with Rupert Sheldrake, followed by a group conversation and audience question and answer session. If you missed part o...

Team Human w/ Virtual Futures Live in London Part 2: Rupert Sheldrake

July 25, 2018 08:34 - 1 hour - 103 MB

In July 2018, Team Human partnered with Virtual Futures for an evening of connection and conversation at JuJu’s Bar and Stage in London. Joining Douglas on stage, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Pat Cadigan followed by biologist, author, and TED outlaw Rupert Sheldrake. Presented here in Episode 95 is Part Two of this live event featuring Douglas in conversation with Rupert Sheldrake, followed by a group conversation and audience question and answer session. If you missed part o...

Team Human w/ Virtual Futures Live in London Part 1: Pat Cadigan

July 18, 2018 05:49 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

On July 9th 2018 Team Human partnered with Virtual Futures for an evening of connection and conversation at JuJu's Bar and Stage in London. Joining Douglas on stage, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Pat Cadigan followed by biologist, author, and TED outlaw Rupert Sheldrake. Presented here is Part One of the program, featuring Douglas in conversation with Pat Cadigan. Pat and Douglas take a winding path through topics including virtual reality, identity, and telling the future. In...

Ep. 94 Team Human w/ Virtual Futures Live in London Part 1: Pat Cadigan

July 18, 2018 05:49 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

On July 9th 2018 Team Human partnered with Virtual Futures for an evening of connection and conversation at JuJu's Bar and Stage in London. Joining Douglas on stage, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Pat Cadigan followed by biologist, author, and TED outlaw Rupert Sheldrake. Presented here is Part One of the program, featuring Douglas in conversation with Pat Cadigan. Pat and Douglas take a winding path through topics including virtual reality, identity, and telling the future. In...

Palak Shah "Who's Gonna Care?"

July 11, 2018 08:23 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Palak Shah, Social Innovations Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). Palak will be enlightening us about America’s hidden labor force, the value they create, and how we can support her efforts to give them the voice and dignity they deserve.  While domestic work has long been viewed as something less than “real work,” Palak explains how this invisible labor is actually the backbone of both our society and the economy. Together, Palak and...

Ep. 93 Palak Shah "Who's Gonna Care?"

July 11, 2018 08:23 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Palak Shah, Social Innovations Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). Palak will be enlightening us about America’s hidden labor force, the value they create, and how we can support her efforts to give them the voice and dignity they deserve.  While domestic work has long been viewed as something less than “real work,” Palak explains how this invisible labor is actually the backbone of both our society and the economy. Together, Palak and...

Live at the Alchemist's Kitchen: Dr. Mark Filippi "Moon Over Matter"

June 27, 2018 04:03 - 1 hour - 93.5 MB

Note: For the full, uninterrupted conversation plus audience Q&A, please consider becoming a patron and subscriber at Patreon.com/teamhuman where the entire 90 minute conversation is available now. Recorded live on June 21st at the Alchemist's Kitchen NYC in collaboration with Evolver, this evening of conversation focuses on the non-generic quality of time, the way each week of the lunar cycle favors a particular neurotransmitter, and how to leverage this knowledge for better productivity, ...

Ep. 92 Live at the Alchemist's Kitchen: Dr. Mark Filippi "Moon Over Matter"

June 27, 2018 04:03 - 1 hour - 93.5 MB

Note: For the full, uninterrupted conversation plus audience Q&A, please consider becoming a patron and subscriber at Patreon.com/teamhuman where the entire 90 minute conversation is available now. Recorded live on June 21st at the Alchemist's Kitchen NYC in collaboration with Evolver, this evening of conversation focuses on the non-generic quality of time, the way each week of the lunar cycle favors a particular neurotransmitter, and how to leverage this knowledge for better productivity, ...

Ep. 91 Adah Parris "The Art of Conversation"

June 20, 2018 11:44 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB

Playing for Team Human today Adah Parris. Adah is here to help reorient us to ourselves and steer us to a better, more human future. Adah wears many hats. She is a tech Futurist, a transformation coach, storyteller, public speaker, consultant, and artist. Comfortable in such diverse roles, Adah brings a unique perspective to the team, having influenced both individuals and corporations to adopt a more connection-centered ethos.   In this candid and open conversation with Douglas, Adah brin...

Adah Parris "The Art of Conversation"

June 20, 2018 11:44 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB

Playing for Team Human today Adah Parris. Adah is here to help reorient us to ourselves and steer us to a better, more human future. Adah wears many hats. She is a tech Futurist, a transformation coach, storyteller, public speaker, consultant, and artist. Comfortable in such diverse roles, Adah brings a unique perspective to the team, having influenced both individuals and corporations to adopt a more connection-centered ethos.   In this candid and open conversation with Douglas, Adah brin...

Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff “Humane Tech or Capitalism Rebranded?”

June 13, 2018 13:45 - 1 hour - 91.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today, recorded live on the floor at the Personal Democracy Forum 2018, are Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff. Moira and Ben will be showing us how the tech industry’s promise to build less harmful products and programs is just capitalism’s way of proving that love means never having to say, “I’m sorry.” Moira and Ben co-wrote the brilliant feature article in the Guardian, “Why Silicon Valley Can’t Fix Itself” Just last week, Ben’s exposé and interview with an anonymous w...

Ep. 90 Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff “Humane Tech or Capitalism Rebranded?”

June 13, 2018 13:45 - 1 hour - 91.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today, recorded live on the floor at the Personal Democracy Forum 2018, are Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff. Moira and Ben will be showing us how the tech industry’s promise to build less harmful products and programs is just capitalism’s way of proving that love means never having to say, “I’m sorry.” Moira and Ben co-wrote the brilliant feature article in the Guardian, “Why Silicon Valley Can’t Fix Itself” Just last week, Ben’s exposé and interview with an anonymous w...

George Monbiot "Beyond Salvation and Disaster"

June 06, 2018 13:19 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today is activist, Guardian columnist, and author of Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis, George Monbiot. Monbiot and Rushkoff discuss the abysmal failure of neoliberalism, a narrative that figures humans as self-interested, competitive, and greedy creatures. Monbiot offers compelling evidence, both from his own on the ground experience reporting on people’s movements in Indonesia and Brazil, as well as recent findings in neuroscience and anthropo...

Ep. 89 George Monbiot "Beyond Salvation and Disaster"

June 06, 2018 13:19 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today is activist, Guardian columnist, and author of Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis, George Monbiot. Monbiot and Rushkoff discuss the abysmal failure of neoliberalism, a narrative that figures humans as self-interested, competitive, and greedy creatures. Monbiot offers compelling evidence, both from his own on the ground experience reporting on people’s movements in Indonesia and Brazil, as well as recent findings in neuroscience and anthropo...

Ep. 88 Eli Pariser "The Ground Under Our Feet"

May 30, 2018 10:56 - 1 hour - 95.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble, former director of MoveOn.org and current chief executive of Upworthy.com. Eli uses media to make what’s important popular, rather than the other way around. Upworthy.com is a story-driven website focused on magnifying meaningful conversations that encourage positive social change. On today’s episode, Eli and Douglas mine our reality tunnels, looking at how perspective shapes meaning and what strategies we might emplo...

Eli Pariser "The Ground Under Our Feet"

May 30, 2018 10:56 - 1 hour - 95.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble, former director of MoveOn.org and current chief executive of Upworthy.com. Eli uses media to make what’s important popular, rather than the other way around. Upworthy.com is a story-driven website focused on magnifying meaningful conversations that encourage positive social change. On today’s episode, Eli and Douglas mine our reality tunnels, looking at how perspective shapes meaning and what strategies we might emplo...

Ep. 87 Jason Louv "A World of Gods and Monsters"

May 23, 2018 13:28 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

Playing for team human today is author, occult scholar, and wizard Jason Louv.  Jason will be helping us see how the intentions we bring into the world of artificial intelligence could set something in motion from which it is hard to return. Jason’s latest book John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of Empire digs deep into the untold and often ignored occult history of Western thinking and empire. On today’s show Jason and Douglas bridge the gap from the El...

Jason Louv "A World of Gods and Monsters"

May 23, 2018 13:28 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

Playing for team human today is author, occult scholar, and wizard Jason Louv.  Jason will be helping us see how the intentions we bring into the world of artificial intelligence could set something in motion from which it is hard to return. Jason’s latest book John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of Empire digs deep into the untold and often ignored occult history of Western thinking and empire. On today’s show Jason and Douglas bridge the gap from the El...

Juho Makkonen "Breaking the Unicorn Myth"

May 16, 2018 12:24 - 1 hour - 85.3 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Juho Makkonen, co-founder of Sharetribe. Juho is working on a vision of the “sharing economy” where people share value with one another instead of seeing it get syphoned off by companies like Uber and Airbnb. His company Sharetribe creates tools for individuals and local communities to decentralize and ultimately democratize ownership of the sharing economy. In this conversation, Douglas and Juho discuss platform cooperatives and the slow patient work of buil...

Ep. 86 Juho Makkonen "Breaking the Unicorn Myth"

May 16, 2018 12:24 - 1 hour - 85.3 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Juho Makkonen, co-founder of Sharetribe. Juho is working on a vision of the “sharing economy” where people share value with one another instead of seeing it get syphoned off by companies like Uber and Airbnb. His company Sharetribe creates tools for individuals and local communities to decentralize and ultimately democratize ownership of the sharing economy. In this conversation, Douglas and Juho discuss platform cooperatives and the slow patient work of buil...

Ep. 85 Molly Sauter "Stupid Smart Cities"

May 09, 2018 12:55 - 1 hour - 92.3 MB

Playing for Team Human today is technology and society researcher Molly Sauter. Molly will be helping us see how stupid some “smart city” visions really are. Molly and Douglas discuss the extractive, “mining ethos” of the tech investment swarm, and how this mentality does harm to communities from Silicon Valley to Toronto, Canada. Is your city the next VC Guinea pig in the technocratic experiment to grow cities and extract their value? Check out Molly’s fantastic book on another type of “sw...

Molly Sauter "Stupid Smart Cities"

May 09, 2018 12:55 - 1 hour - 92.3 MB

Playing for Team Human today is technology and society researcher Molly Sauter. Molly will be helping us see how stupid some “smart city” visions really are. Molly and Douglas discuss the extractive, “mining ethos” of the tech investment swarm, and how this mentality does harm to communities from Silicon Valley to Toronto, Canada. Is your city the next VC Guinea pig in the technocratic experiment to grow cities and extract their value? Check out Molly’s fantastic book on another type of “sw...

Charles Hugh Smith "Investing in Community"

May 02, 2018 12:36 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Playing for Team Human today, the economy’s equivalent of an outsider artist, Of Two Minds blogger and author of Money and Work Unchained, Charles Hugh Smith. Charles will be talking to us about the market, Universal Basic Income, and distributed prosperity. You can learn more about Charles at his website and blog Of Two Minds: https://www.oftwominds.com/. Opening the show, Douglas considers the "Art of the Deal." Perhaps a truly artful deal is one that engages us in relationships of coll...

Ep. 84 Charles Hugh Smith "Investing in Community"

May 02, 2018 12:36 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Playing for Team Human today, the economy’s equivalent of an outsider artist, Of Two Minds blogger and author of Money and Work Unchained, Charles Hugh Smith. Charles will be talking to us about the market, Universal Basic Income, and distributed prosperity. You can learn more about Charles at his website and blog Of Two Minds: https://www.oftwominds.com/. Opening the show, Douglas considers the "Art of the Deal." Perhaps a truly artful deal is one that engages us in relationships of coll...

Ep. 83 Molly Wright Steenson "Play in the Uncanny Valley"

April 25, 2018 12:35 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today is designer, technology historian, and author of the new book Architectural Intelligence, Professor Molly Wright Steenson. Molly and Douglas share a wide-ranging conversation that begins by looking at the “weirdness” of AI. How do design metaphors such as “awesome mouth feel” and “uncanny valley” provoke deeper questions of human imagination, play, and meaning. Molly’s background in architecture and history offers listeners a unique grounding of digital in the ph...

Molly Wright Steenson "Play in the Uncanny Valley"

April 25, 2018 12:35 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

Playing for Team Human today is designer, technology historian, and author of the new book Architectural Intelligence, Professor Molly Wright Steenson. Molly and Douglas share a wide-ranging conversation that begins by looking at the “weirdness” of AI. How do design metaphors such as “awesome mouth feel” and “uncanny valley” provoke deeper questions of human imagination, play, and meaning. Molly’s background in architecture and history offers listeners a unique grounding of digital in the ph...

Ep. 82 Brian Keating "Honey, I Shrunk the Cosmos"

April 18, 2018 12:25 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

“Everyone wants to be a cowboy, but no one wants to ride the range.” A dream of unraveling the mystery of the birth of universe led astrophysicist and author Brian Keating to "saddle up" and head to a frozen ocean of snow at the bottom of the world. Keating joins Rushkoff to talk about science, religion, questions that lead to more questions, and the "background noise” of the cosmos that may just be the key to understanding how this all began. Rushkoff begins today's show commemorating the ...

Brian Keating "Honey, I Shrunk the Cosmos"

April 18, 2018 12:25 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

“Everyone wants to be a cowboy, but no one wants to ride the range.” A dream of unraveling the mystery of the birth of universe led astrophysicist and author Brian Keating to "saddle up" and head to a frozen ocean of snow at the bottom of the world. Keating joins Rushkoff to talk about science, religion, questions that lead to more questions, and the "background noise” of the cosmos that may just be the key to understanding how this all began. Rushkoff begins today's show commemorating the ...

Ep. 81 Jeremy Lent "The Patterning Instinct"

April 11, 2018 13:40 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct. Lent’s expansive research looks at the variety of ways cultures throughout history have patterned meaning into the cosmos. In excavating these patterns, Lent shares how humans might retrieve those metaphors that amplify altruism and shared intentionality. Together, Rushkoff and Lent explore the question of what makes humans unique and how we might leverage our patterning instinct to foster a future characterized...

Jeremy Lent "The Patterning Instinct"

April 11, 2018 13:40 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct. Lent’s expansive research looks at the variety of ways cultures throughout history have patterned meaning into the cosmos. In excavating these patterns, Lent shares how humans might retrieve those metaphors that amplify altruism and shared intentionality. Together, Rushkoff and Lent explore the question of what makes humans unique and how we might leverage our patterning instinct to foster a future characterized...

Jeremy Lent "The Patterning Instinct"

April 11, 2018 13:40 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct. Lent’s expansive research looks at the variety of ways cultures throughout history have patterned meaning into the cosmos. In excavating these patterns, Lent shares how humans might retrieve those metaphors that amplify altruism and shared intentionality. Together, Rushkoff and Lent explore the question of what makes humans unique and how we might leverage our patterning instinct to foster a future characterized...

Ep. 80 Kenric McDowell "The Right Kind of AI"

April 04, 2018 08:53 - 1 hour - 92.7 MB

What can artists, musicians, magical thinkers and "weirdos" bring to machine learning and neural networks? What do we need to make the right kind of AI? Exploring these questions and more is Kenric McDowell, leader of Google’s Artists and Machine Intelligence program. In this conversation with Douglas, Kenric explains how his unique role at Google enables him to bring the artistic spirit into the very heart of technology development. Moving beyond the hype of AI, Kenric shares strategies for...

Kenric McDowell "The Right Kind of AI"

April 04, 2018 08:53 - 1 hour - 92.7 MB

What can artists, musicians, magical thinkers and "weirdos" bring to machine learning and neural networks? What do we need to make the right kind of AI? Exploring these questions and more is Kenric McDowell, leader of Google’s Artists and Machine Intelligence program. In this conversation with Douglas, Kenric explains how his unique role at Google enables him to bring the artistic spirit into the very heart of technology development. Moving beyond the hype of AI, Kenric shares strategies for...

Suzanne Slomin "Feeding A Living Culture"

March 28, 2018 11:09 - 1 hour - 100 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Suzanne Slomin, founder of Green Rabbit a small solar powered bakery located in the Mad River Valley of Vermont specializing in naturally leavened breads.  Suzanne will share with us what it’s like being a “Real Person Doing Real Things” – an actual baker, farmer, employer and global citizen trying to operate as sustainably and humanly as possible across all the dimensions of her work.  In this episode, we meet Suzanne having just “fed” her sourdough starter...

Ep. 79 Suzanne Slomin "Feeding A Living Culture"

March 28, 2018 11:09 - 1 hour - 100 MB

Playing for Team Human today is Suzanne Slomin, founder of Green Rabbit a small solar powered bakery located in the Mad River Valley of Vermont specializing in naturally leavened breads.  Suzanne will share with us what it’s like being a “Real Person Doing Real Things” – an actual baker, farmer, employer and global citizen trying to operate as sustainably and humanly as possible across all the dimensions of her work.  In this episode, we meet Suzanne having just “fed” her sourdough starter...

Live at Gray Area Night Two Pt. 2: Erik Davis and Josette Melchor

March 21, 2018 07:28 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Today on Team Human we conclude our series of live shows recorded at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in the historic Mission district of San Francisco. Picking up where we left off last week and joining Douglas on stage are teammates Erik Davis and Josette Melchor. Erik Davis is the author of Techgnosis, Nomad Codes and host of The Expanding Mind podcast. Erik and Douglas start with the big question, “What the fuck is going on here?” What begins with a few laughs quickly digs into a mind-e...

Ep. 78 Live at Gray Area Night Two Pt. 2: Erik Davis and Josette Melchor

March 21, 2018 07:28 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Today on Team Human we conclude our series of live shows recorded at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in the historic Mission district of San Francisco. Picking up where we left off last week and joining Douglas on stage are teammates Erik Davis and Josette Melchor. Erik Davis is the author of Techgnosis, Nomad Codes and host of The Expanding Mind podcast. Erik and Douglas start with the big question, “What the fuck is going on here?” What begins with a few laughs quickly digs into a mind-e...

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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