Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

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What happens when the people holding democracy together are pushed to the breaking point? Douglas Rushkoff speaks with researcher and author danah boyd about the invisible human labor behind America’s institutions, the political battles over who gets counted, and why data is never as objective as we think. From the quiet heroism of civil servants to the erosion of public trust, they explore how democracy depends not just on numbers and systems, but on the people who make them work.

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Psychedelic pioneer and MAPS founder Rick Doblin joins Douglas Rushkoff to explore the future of psychedelic healing after 40 years of fighting for legalization. From the FDA’s rejection of MDMA-assisted therapy to Big Pharma’s attempts to commercialize consciousness, they examine the tension between healing and profit, freedom and control. Can psychedelics help us reconnect with ourselves and each other, or will the institutions bringing them into the mainstream undermine their transformative potential?
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Systems thinker Samantha Sweetwater joins Douglas Rushkoff to explore how we stay human in a world coming apart. They discuss nervous system regulation, embodiment as political strategy, moving beyond oppositional activism, metabolizing grief, reclaiming joy, and building more beautiful ways of living together amid civilizational upheaval.
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join Douglas Rushkoff to discuss their new book End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, exploring the forces driving authoritarianism, the seductive fantasy of escape, the growing alliance between technology and power, and what it means to resist by staying rooted in the here and now. Together, they make the case for a politics of “here-ness” - choosing community, solidarity, mutual aid, and a commitment to the living world over bunkers, borders, and dreams of escape.
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Douglas Rushkoff sits down with author, journalist, and Spy magazine co-founder Kurt Andersen to explore what happens when a country can no longer agree on what’s real. Using Andersen’s new novel The Breakup, which imagines a near-future America fractured along political lines as a jumping-off point. They discuss conspiracy culture, the collapse of shared reality, the psychology of political identity, Donald Trump and Spy magazine, AI and technological solutionism, the possibility of American disunion, and why local communities may offer an antidote to our increasingly fictionalized online world. They also reflect on the disappearing culture of magazines, the pressure to constantly produce for platforms, and what writers are actually for in an age of algorithms and instant feedback.
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