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Douglas Rushkoff & RU Sirius 10 Sep 2025 • EN

R.U. Sirius: Reality is up For Grabs

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

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Cory Doctorow, author and journalist Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Cory Doctorow" [0:02:28] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:51] Michael Hearst with Claudia Gonson - "Eyes Without A Face" [0:56:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155658

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Douglas Rushkoff has spent decades warning how each new digital technological “revolution” has promised liberation but actually only compounds social and economic injustice. Six months after describing AI to me as the "first native app for the internet," the New York City media theorist and author returns with a provoc

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Douglas Rushkoff & Duncan Trussell 16 Jul 2025 • EN

Duncan Trussell: AI is a Magic Mirror

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. 

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Douglas Rushkoff & Erik Davis 11 Jun 2025 • EN

Erik Davis: AI, Weirdness, and Windows to Other Worlds

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:

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Episode Description I'm joined by author, teacher, and theorist, Douglas Rushkoff. He’s one of the most important intellectuals of our time, some people call him a futurist, but he's always a step ahead of the future. The is the part 2 of the conversation we had on Doug’s podcast, TEAM HUMAN called "LIVE UP TO YOUR FOO

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