Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

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Nick Kroll Jun 15, 2022

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Actor, comedian, and Big Mouth creator Nick Kroll argues for the power of comedy in challenging times.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff wonders if adults may have lost the ability to tell our kids that our adult lives are better than their tortured adolescence.

📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, It Doesn’t Get Better?, on Medium.

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A Closer Look at Cyberia (KOPB, 1994) - Preview Jun 08, 2022

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Rushkoff explores the ecosystem of the early internet, the transition from a passive-to-active media environment, and how digital technology disrupts legacy media gatekeepers in a preview of this week's bonus content, an interview Rushkoff did about Cyberia for KOPB public radio in 1994.

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👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.

👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.

Micah Sifry Jun 01, 2022

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The Connectorjournalist, activist, and author of The Big Disconnect Micah Sifry helps us find a better, healthier way to metabolize current events.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff offers a short, but concrete, set of answers about how we can confront our global crises.

📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Rise to the Occasion, on Medium.

Cyberia @ Powell's Books (1994) - Preview May 25, 2022

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Here's a preview of this week's bonus content: Douglas Rushkoff delivers a reading of Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Cyberspace Rushkoff at Powell's Books in 1994.

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👉 Discounts and free admission to live events.

👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.

👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.

👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.

Sue Thomas May 18, 2022

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Author of Technobiophilia: Nature and Cyberspace Sue Thomas helps us recognize and restore the nature in our technology.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff reflects on Program or Be Programmed a decade after it was published.

📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Program or Be Programmed, on Medium.

🌍 Visit Sue Thomas’ website to learn more about her work.

📕 Learn more about Sue Thomas’ book: Nature and Wellbeing in a Digital Age: How to Feel Better Without Logging Off.

Special Announcement: Survival of the Richest May 11, 2022

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We always knew but now we know. The tech elite mean to leave us all behind. Tune in for a special announcement from Rushkoff about his new book, Survival of the Richest. Available everywhere September 6, 2022.

📕 Pre-order Survival of the Richest from your favorite local bookseller and request a copy from your local library.

📰 Read Rushkoff's book announcement, Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, on Medium.

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👉 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.

👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.

👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.

Neşe Devenot and David Nickles May 04, 2022

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Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Neşe Devenot and Managing Editor of Psymposia David Nickles help us evaluate the current psychedelic renaissance, as well as those who may be abusing the power unleashed by the substances.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how psychedelics, like everything else, are political.

📰 Read a written version of Rushkoff's monologue, Avoiding the Power Trip, on Medium.

🎧 Listen to Cover Story: Power Trip from New York Magazine.

🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community, exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed, and free access to our live events.

Cyber Salon 2002 - Preview Apr 27, 2022

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How can we come to understand the human propensity to organize chaotic experiences into narrative, and our tendency to mistake our narratives for reality? Rushkoff explores in a talk originally delivered at Cyber Salon 2002.

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👉 Discounts and free admission to live events.

👉 Access to Team Human's community Discord.

👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.

👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.

Hannah Close Apr 20, 2022

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Writer, researcher, and curator at Advaya Hannah Close helps to bring us from mere reciprocity to true kinship.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how haggling holds us all together.

📰 Read a written version of Rushkoff's monologue, The Fabric of Society, on Medium.

Judaism as an Approach to Media and Society - Nothing Sacred Interview Preview Apr 13, 2022

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How can we view Judaism as less of a religion and more of an approach to media and society? Rushkoff explains in an interview originally recorded April 2002. From KAOS radio, Olympia, Washington.

🌍 Become a contributing supporter for as little as $2 per month. You’ll instantly gain access to this interview, 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.

👉 Access to Team Human Salons featuring live conversations with Rushkoff.

👉 Bonuses including digital copies of Rushkoff's books, long sleeve t-shirts, and more at various tiers.