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Douglas Rushkoff & Cory Doctorow 22 Oct 2025 • EN

Cory Doctorow: Enshittification is Not Inevitable

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 spons

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Jameela Jamil & Margaret Cho 23 Oct 2025 • EN

Margaret Cho and Brandi Denise

Jameela Jamil is joined by comedy icon Margaret Cho (New album Lucky Gift, All That We Love movie in theaters November) and social worker turned standup comedian, actor, and writer Brandi Denise (Vulture Top Comics 2024, LOL! Live with Brandi Denise, Hulu) for an uncomfortably funny chat about their biggest personal di

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Zuby & Michael Shellenberger 24 Oct 2025 • EN

#386 Michael Shellenberger - The Left Doesn't Want You To See This

Zuby is joined by author and journalist Michael Shellenberger for a wide-ranging conversation on truth, media, and the environment. Michael reacts to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, examines how social platforms distort our perception of crime, and explores the radicalisation of universities and media. The two explo

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Sharon Salzberg & Henry Shukman 14 Oct 2025 • EN

Ep. 271 – Henry Shukman

For episode 271, Sharon sits down with poet, author and Zen master Henry Shukman.  After a spontaneous spiritual awakening at the age of 19, Henry embarked on a long journey of healing and deeper awakening through meditation. Since then, he has been leading a growing number of practitioners in Europe and the US. He is

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The Rising Risks of Cancel Culture & The Psychology & Language That Built It! In this explosive episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Steven Pinker (renowned Harvard psychologist and author of When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows) joins Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen for a no-holds-barred conversation that quick

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Rob Lowe & Simon Sinek 02 Oct 2025 • EN

Simon Sinek: Light Up a Room

Author and inspirational speaker Simon Sinek joins Rob Lowe to discuss pursuing risk, what they would tell young people about the future of higher education, whether product placement actually works, how to survive in a post-AI economy, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@Litera

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