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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/b8M4zkhtTZgTeam 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/

Artist and writer Molly Crabapple helps us retrieve the purpose of the artist - particularly in hard times.About Molly Crabapple:Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer whose inspirations include Toulouse Lautrec, Diego Rivera and Goya’s ‘The Disasters of War.’ She is the co-author of Brothers of the Gun, an illustrated collaboration with Syrian war journalist Marwan Hisham, which was a NY Times Notable Book and long-listed for the 2018 National Book Award. Her memoir, Drawing Blood, received global praise and attention. Her animated films have been nominated for three Emmys and won an Edward R. Murrow Award.Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helena Norberg-Hodge, Founder and Director of Local Futures, shares the power of local connections and building resilience - even against the globally-scaled abstract monsters threatening human sustainability and sanctity today.About Helena Norberg-HodgeHelena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures, a pioneer of the new economy movement, and the convenor of World Localization Day and the International Alliance for Localisation. Helena is the author of several books, including Ancient Futures (“the inspirational classic” -- Random House), an eye-opening tale of tradition and change in Ladakh, or “Little Tibet”. Together with a film of the same title, Ancient Futures has been translated into more than 40 languages, and sold half a million copies. Her latest book is Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness.Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon.-------------------Hosted by Douglas Ru

Rushkoff discusses what we can do in the face of political. cultural, and economic phenomena – and why the Team Human mission hasn't changed.Support Team Human

Dr. Mara Einstein, author of Hoodwinked: How Marketers Use the Same Tactics As Cults, helps us recognize the cult tactics being used to hoodwink us into submission and get us to act against our own self-interest. This conversation was recorded February 4, 2025.About Dr. Mara EinsteinDr. Mara Einstein has written books on branding religion (Brands of Faith), cause marketing (Compassion, Inc.), and deceptive marketing practices. This last book was Black Ops Advertising, which The New York Times called “well-researched and accomplished” and The Guardian agreed, saying “Einstein’s explanations of all this – from internet news organisations to TV product placement and even dating sites – are thoroughly researched, elegantly explained and often alarming, even for readers familiar with most of the above facts in the abstract.”Support Team Human

Grant Morrison and Douglas Rushkoff celebrate the publication of the first biography of Robert Anton Wilson with author Gabriel Kennedy (PropAnon). Kennedy and Morrison walk us through the Chapel Perilous and land us safely back in consensus reality.

Rushkoff discusses the importance of looking between major global events in order to find connection and meaning.

Rushkoff shares a new monologue that makes sense of Trump's latest round of seemingly outlandish proclamations.

Award-winning author and host of Discovery/HBO’s Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction Mitch Horowitz helps us create the conditions for a tide pool where only rivers seem to flow. This conversation was recorded on December 10, 2024, at CX in New York City.

Join Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with PEN award-winning author, speaker, and narrator Mitch Horowitz for a special Team Human Live on December 10 at CX in New York City.

Harvard & MIT Humanist Chaplain and Author of Tech Agnostic Greg Epstein helps us understand the Silicon Valley religion.In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us about the importance of mutual aid in our communities and the ways AI and Big Tech are fueling a return to historical norms of inequality.

Rushkoff reflects on the US election and reminds us how we can center mutual aid and community support to foster resilience.

Host of The RegenNarration Anthony James makes the case for us to pause long enough for the planet to do its thing.

Douglas Rushkoff celebrates the release of Program Or Be Programmed: Eleven Commands For The AI Future in a special Q&A with cultural analyst Matt Klein. Recorded Friday, October 4, 2024.

Musician, composer, and ceremonial accompanist East Forest engages with us on the occasion of the release of the movie about his work, Music For Mushrooms.

Rushkoff argues that we can confront vibe shifts through the stories we tell ourselves.

Rushkoff discusses the vibe shift he has undergone and the ways we can approach situations we can't control with compassion and care.

Leader of Tamera's Institute for Global Peacework and storyteller behind the new documentary Water is Love Martin Winiecki explains what water wants – and how human beings can facilitate its movement and save our planet for ourselves, and other fellow species.

Occult researcher and Founder of Dangerous Minds Richard Metzger explains why it’s time we leverage the magical sensibilities of popular culture to the pro-human agenda.Support Richard Metzger’s Magick Show: A Masterclass in Modern Occultism featuring Douglas Rushkoff, Grant Morrison, Mitch Horowitz, Jamie Cohen, and many more!

Rushkoff discusses the easiest, funnest, and most likely path to averting apocalypse.