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Douglas Rushkoff is joined by MIT professor, psychologist, and author Sherry Turkle for an intimate conversation about artificial intelligence, the illusion of machine empathy, and what it means to be human. Drawing on her latest book, Artificial Intimacy, Turkle explores how AI companions, digital immortality, and synthetic relationships threaten to replace genuine human connection with technological simulations. Together, they examine Silicon Valley’s obsession with transcending mortality, the psychological importance of grief, and the erosion of our capacity for conversation, reading, and empathy. Ultimately, they ask whether our growing dependence on artificial intelligence is helping us live more fully - or teaching us to abandon the very experiences that make life worth living.
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The internet was supposed to be a decentralised network of people sharing ideas, experimenting with identities, and imagining new possibilities. So how did it become a collection of privately owned platforms controlled by a handful of tech billionaires? From Elon Musk’s control over Starlink in Ukraine to Meta’s alleged interference in Brazilian politics, Douglas Rushkoff explores how the promise of an open internet gave way to systems of surveillance, corporate power, and algorithmic control. Reflecting on his experiences of the early internet, Rushkoff explains the fundamental difference between networks and platforms, why that distinction matters more than ever, and how we might reclaim the decentralised, collaborative spirit of the internet before its owners gain even greater control over our lives.
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I’m retiring the podcast title Team Human, but I’m going to use that channel for my conversations and research interviews for both the new book and my work going forward. Instead of recording an interview with someone who needs to promote the book they’ve just published, I will record the conversation I need to have to figure something out myself.
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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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