Andrew Slack, comedian and writer of Orphans, Empires, and the Search for a Better World , discusses the hidden history of corporate power, the mythic roots of American identity, and how hope - and solar panels - might just save us all. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer s...
Oct 29, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 341
Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It , unpacks the systemic forces behind digital monopolies, regulatory capture, the erosion of user rights, and how collective action and policy change can reclaim technology for the public good. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/...
Oct 22, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 340
Rushkoff offers a new way to interpret what appears to be the intentional dismantling of society as we know it: an elite who have lost faith in the system that has served them until now, and who believe a controlled demolition of government and the economy will position them better for the chaos ahead. He argues that just because the elite are committed to the end of the world, Team Human doesn't have to be. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: ...
Oct 15, 2025•21 min•Ep. 339
Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, explores why civilizations fall, what history gets wrong about collapse, and how distributed, cooperative societies have often thrived where empires failed. Names referenced in this episode : Jan Talon, Elon Musk, Genghis Khan, Niccolò Machiavelli, Andrew Carnegie, Francis Bacon, Harvey Whitehouse, Benedict Anderson, Audrey Tang, Edward Teller, Steve Bannon, Andrew Cuomo, Rudy Giuliani, Lot (biblical figure), King Tut, Jacob (biblical patriarch), Noah Yuval ...
Oct 08, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 338
Nate Soares , computer scientist and author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies , discusses the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence, the possibility that untethered AI development can lead to catastrophic outcomes for humans, and what it might mean for AI development to outpace human control. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cob...
Oct 01, 2025•54 min•Ep. 337
Jonathan Larsen, Founder of The Fucking News , brings perspective, humor, and humanism to the tragic and ridiculous phenomena unfolding in the world. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon....
Sep 24, 2025•52 min•Ep. 336
Rushkoff invites us to join him in metabolizing the challenges and opportunities of our AI-driven moment. In this monologue, Rushkoff highlights the dangers of treating LLMs as all-knowing beings and the ways they reinforce our biases and narcissism. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off o...
Sep 17, 2025•23 min•Ep. 335
R.U. Sirius, Founding Editor of Mondo 2000 and author, discusses how intentional weirdness is a powerful tool for community and resistance when the fight for reality is being waged. Names referenced in this episode : Alex Jones, Art Bell, Richard Linklater, Robert Anton Wilson, Abby Hoffman, Paul Krasner, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Alfred E. Newman, Timothy Leary, Genesis P-Orridge, Joe Coleman, Aaron Black, Donna Haraway, David Byrne, Jesus, Bob Dylan, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Cory Doct...
Sep 10, 2025•59 min•Ep. 334
Rushkoff explains why borrowing a drill is a revolutionary act. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff: Instagram: https:/ www.instagra...
Sep 03, 2025•18 min•Ep. 333
Writer, editor, and Founder of Pleasure-Seeking.com , and host of the Pleasure Seeking podcast Camille Sojit Pejcha explore Pejcha’s recent sex trend forecast how sex has become a new subversion. About Camille Sojit Pejcha is a writer, editor, and the creator of Pleasure-Seeking , a bestselling Substack newsletter and podcast featured in The New York Times for its insights on sex, desire, and modern culture. She covers sexuality, culture, nightlife, literature and art for outlets like T Magazine...
Aug 27, 2025•57 min•Ep. 332
Liana Gillooly , an advocate for purpose-built ecosystems and psychedelics, joins Rushkoff for a conversation about the evolving landscape of psychedelics. Gillooly discusses how to integrate activism into psychedelic use, the importance of ritual, and why sobriety and connection might be the future of psychedelics. About Liana Sananda Gillooly is a leading voice for the alignment of purpose and impact in fields of change. Through fourteen years of engagement in drug policy reform & advocacy...
Aug 20, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 331
Douglas Rushkoff reflects on the importance of joy and human connection amid vast global suffering. He offers a poignant reminder to follow our bliss. Names cited Dan Savage, Joseph Campbell, Aleister Crowley, Ram Das Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer sheets: https://cobi...
Jul 30, 2025•23 min•Ep. 330
Rushkoff joined Carolina Busta and Lil Internet for a conversation about the evolution of the Internet, media theory, psychedelics, and more. Learn more and subscribe to New Models. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 28, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Matthew Remski, Host of Conspirituality and author of the forthcoming Antifascist Dad, helps us find a new kind of resistance to the atmosphere of violence in which we're living – the sweet spot for a new movement of mutual support. About Matthew Remski writes on spiritual delusion and possibility in the shadows of capitalism and climate change. Remski has bylines in The Walrus, GEN, Globe and Mail, Boston Globe, and TIME. He’s published nine books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, including ...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 329
Duncan Trussell , comedian and Host of the Duncan Trussell Family Hour, joins Rushkoff to explore how we can best metabolize rising geopolitical tensions, the ways billionaires view the power of the AIs they’ve developed, the relationship between comedy and fascism, and the importance of human connection and community. Names cited Allah, Albert Camus, Buddha, Benito Mussolini, Benjamin Netanyahu, Drew Minsky, George Carlin, Jesus, Jack Kornfield, Jeff Bezos, Jean-Paul Sartre, Joe Rogan, Jimmy He...
Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 328
Eliott Edge revisits his first book, Three Essays in Virtual Reality , while giving us a sneak preview of his thinking for his upcoming opus on Simulation theory. Edge is a critically-acclaimed author, artist, and international speaker. Edge has published and presented through The Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies, The University of Melbourne, Stevens Institute of Technology, Anthology Film Archives, The C.G. Jung Center, The Fenris Wolf, The Museum of Computer Arts, VRTO, Block Seou...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 327
Each supposed AI “problem” stems from a lack of imaginative capacity from us. We are refusing the opportunity to rethink more fundamental assumptions about the systems under threat. Instead of acting like tech bros and reinforcing obsolete institutions in order to further entrench their extractive and inhumane monopolies, we can go deeper to discover what cracks are being revealed in this new media environment. Don’t shoot the messenger. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn...
Jul 02, 2025•24 min•Ep. 326
De Kai, the man who built the world’s first global translators and AI systems, says we better learn to parent our AI offspring before it’s too late. The author of Raising AI argues how we behave in front of AI’s matters more than whatever we tell them. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 325
Playing for Team Human today, LatinX professor, and the author of Hospicing Modernity as well as the upcoming book Outgrowing Modernity, my favorite civilizational doula, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ S...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 324
Playing for Team Human today, the author of TechGnosis , High Weirdness , and the just released history of the LSD medium Blotter , esoteric scholar Erik Davis. https://techgnosis.com/ Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff: In...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 323
Rushkoff explains the two ways we can understand magic in order to experience more of our embodied lives. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” for 10% off Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff:...
Jun 04, 2025•18 min•Ep. 322
Playing for Team Human today, Canadian pop artist, author, journalist, magician, and CEO of VOID Collective, Alex Kazemi. New Millennium Boyz: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/New-Millennium-Boyz/Alex-Kazemi/9798888459539 Alex’s website: https://alexkazemi.com/ Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” for...
May 28, 2025•40 min•Ep. 321
Playing for Team Human today, activist, Blogger, and Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, David Bollier. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff: Instagram: https:/ www.in...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 320
Playing for Team Human today, novelist, spiritualist and host of the podcast Against Everyone, my friend Conner Habib. This conversation continues tomorrow on Conner's podcast, Against Everyone. Conner's Patreon: patreon.com/connerhabib Conner's Website: connerhabib.com Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on ...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 319
Has digital technology turned us all into fascists? Rushkoff explores fascism as an environment in which we live, rather than the specific ideology of one "side." He shows how technology, psychedelics, and business are all "non-specific amplifiers," yielding different results depending on what we bring to them. He asks us to consider what would happen if we stopped seeing issues in terms of "sides," and why our current media and political environment makes that so difficult. How do we break the ...
May 07, 2025•27 min•Ep. 318
Playing for Team Human today, occult historian, author, and esotericist Mitch Horowitz, sharing the formulas that give us all access to Practical Magic. Mitch Horowitz: https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/ Practical Magic: https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/books Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ 🎗️ Support Team Human on Patreon: https...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 317
Edward Ongweso Jr., Senior Researcher at Security in Context and co-host of This Machine Kills , journeys with us into the political economy of technology and the deep crazy that is informing the collapse of the still viable, if problematic, civilization. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth . Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ 🎗️ Support Team Human on Patreon: h...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 316
Radha Agrawal, Co-Founder of Daybreaker and author of Belong, helps us break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again. About Radha Agrawal Radha Agrawal is a dynamic entrepreneur, Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Community Architect of Daybreaker, a global wellness movement with nearly half a million members across five continents. She’s co-founded and invested in several wellness companies, including THINX, and launched DOSE by Daybreaker, a membership pl...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 315
Douglas Rushkoff recognizes the high weirdness of our circumstances, and the universal strange characterizing this moment in our shared history. He also offers four recommendations for us to take agency over our situation. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ 🎗️ Support Team Human on Patreon to gain access to an ad-free version...
Apr 04, 2025•27 min•Ep. 314
Jonathan Larsen, Founder of The Fucking News , proves there's still a path forward for the fourth estate. You can view the full video conversation: https://youtu.be/b8M4zkhtTZg Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ 🎗️ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman About Jonathan Larsen: Jonathan Larsen is the c...
Mar 31, 2025•58 min•Ep. 313
