Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

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Leaving X and Social Media Behind Oct 25, 2023

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Douglas Rushkoff explains his decision to leave X, and all social media platforms, behind him in a first-of-its-kind monologue-only episode of Team Human.

In his monologue, Rushkoff draws inspiration from Chaucer's Parlement of Foules to discuss how the platform dynamics of X/Twitter are unfit for nuanced discussion about global tragedies and human suffering.

🎟️ This Saturday, Oct. 28: Team Human Live returns! Douglas Rushkoff will be in conversation with Mitch Horowitz at Caveat in New York City! Join two award-winning authors for a special live podcast taping, book signing, live music, and social hour. Click here for tickets and livestream.

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Rushkoff on TIME's Person of the Week Oct 21, 2023

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Douglas Rushkoff was selected to be interviewed for TIME's Person of the Week podcast for a conversation about how human behavior is training AI. Originally publushed Sept. 7, 2023.

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Podcast page | Excerpts from Rushkoff's conversation

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Andrea Chalupa Oct 18, 2023

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Activist, filmmaker, author, and podcaster behind Gaslit Nation Andrea Chalupa shows us how to muster the courage, tenacity ,and willpower to fight for the willpower we want.

About Andrea Chalupa

Andrea Chalupa is a journalist, filmmaker, author, and activist. She is the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller Mr. Jones, directed by three-time Academy Award-nominee Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa; The Secret Garden; House of Cards; The Wire) and starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, and Peter Sarsgaard. Her script for Mr. Jones is being adapted into a graphic novel by Lion Forge, the animation studio that produced Matthew Cherry’s Academy Award-winning Hair Love. She is the author of Orwell and The Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm, which was taught in several high schools in Canada in a genocide studies program called Orwell Art.

Andrea co-hosts the popular civic action podcast Gaslit Nation, a Webby Award Honoree, in the spirit of The Golden Girls sitting around a cheesecake discussing geopolitics. With her Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior, Andrea wrote the bestselling graphic novel Dictatorship: It’s Easier Than You Think!, a wild ride showing the perks and pitfalls of becoming a dictator, and how to overthrow one.

Keep up with Andrea Chalupa

Website | Gaslit Nation | Twitter | LinkedIn

🎟️ Team Human Live returns! Douglas Rushkoff will be in conversation with Mitch Horowitz on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Caveat in New York City! Join two award-winning authors for a special live podcast taping, book signing, live music, and social hour. Click here for tickets and livestream.

A Message from Douglas Oct 11, 2023

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In a pause from our normal weekly release, Rushkoff reminds us not to dehumanize each other.
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Dennis Yi Tenen Oct 04, 2023

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Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming Literary Theory For Robots Dennis Yi Tenen shares the hidden history of modern machine intelligence — which has more to do with medieval poetry and Russian folktales than the myths being told by those in Silicon Valley.

📕 You can pre-order Dennis Yi Tenen’s new book, Literary Theory For Robots, now.

About Dennis Yi Tenen

Dennis Yi Tenen is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. His research happens at the intersection of people, text, and technology. A long-time affiliate of Columbia’s Data Science Institute and formerly a Microsoft engineer and a Berkman Center for Internet and Society Fellow, his code runs on millions of personal computers worldwide.

🎟️ Just Announced: Team Human Live! Join Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with Mitch Horowitz on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Caveat in New York City! Join two award-winning authors for a special live podcast taping, book signing, live music, and social hour. Click here for tickets and livestream.

Maggie Jackson Sep 28, 2023

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Award-winning author and journalist Maggie Jackson shares some of the insights of her new book, Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff advocates for a holistic understanding of life - not just individualized, mechanized processes.

📕 You can pre-order Maggie Jackson’s new book, Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure now.

About Maggie Jackson

Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and journalist known for her penetrating writings on social trends, particularly technology’s impact on humanity. Her forthcoming book Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure (Nov. 7, 2023) has been praised as "beautiful, inspirational, compelling, and urgently needed" (Sherry Turkle), "powerful" (Bill McKibben), and "incisive and timely-triumphant" (Dan Pink). The book offers "cutting-edge science and practical insights," writes Gretchen Rubin.

🎟️ Just Announced: Team Human Live! Join Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with Mitch Horowitz on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Caveat in New York City! Join two award-winning authors for a special live podcast taping, book signing, live music, and social hour. Click here for tickets and livestream.

Kibbitz Room XI Sep 20, 2023

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Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the eleventh Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This conversation was recorded on Sept. 7, 2023.

🎟️ Team Human Live! Join Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with Mitch Horowitz on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Caveat in New York City! Join two award-winning authors for a special live podcast taping, book signing, live music, and social hour. Click here for tickets and livestream.

Kevin Slavin Sep 13, 2023

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Working at the intersection of science, technology, and culture, Kevin Slavin introduces us to the weird and wonderful world of microbial sensing — and what pandemics can teach us about the game of life.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses the importance of expertise and passion to help us understand each other beyond our utility value.

🎟️ Just Announced: Team Human Live! Join Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with Mitch Horowitz on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Caveat in New York City! Join two award-winning authors for a special live podcast taping, book signing, live music, and social hour. Click here for tickets and livestream.

Naomi Klein Sep 06, 2023

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Author and activist Naomi Klein and Douglas Rushkoff talk about her new book, Doppelganger, and take a trip into the mirror world.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how one white supremacist’s rejection of economic common sense stuck.

📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, The Tragedy of No Commons, on Medium.

📚 You can pre-order Naomi Klein’s book, Doppleganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, now.

Keep up with Naomi Klein

Website | Twitter

About Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. She is a columnist with The Guardian. In 2018 she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair at Rutgers University and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021 she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice (tenured) and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice.

Madeline Ashby Aug 30, 2023

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Science fiction author and futurist Madeline Ashby helps us understand why Hollywood’s future belongs to people - not machines.

🎙️In his monologue, Rushkoff warns us that spectacle is what prevents us from seeing each other

📰 Read Ashby’s Wired piece, Hollywood’s Future Belong to People - Not Machines

Keep up with Madeline Ashby

Website | Twitter

About Madeline Ashby

Madeline Ashby graduated from the first cohort of the M.Des. in Strategic Foresight and Innovation programme at OCADU in 2011. It was her second Masters degree. (Her first, in Interdisciplinary Studies, focused on cyborg theory, fan culture, and Japanese animation!) Since 2011, she has been a freelance consulting futurist specializing in scenario development and science fiction prototypes.

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