Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDisaster Capitalism and the Case for Leveling Down - Rushkoff on Crazy Town
Have you ever had that feeling in your gut, when you suddenly realize that the person you’re talking with might have a screw or two loose? What about…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Lobotomy of History: Reclaiming Our Extraordinary States (w/ Jeffrey Kripal)
Episode 361
Can we decolonize reality itself?
Rushkoff is joined by Jeffrey Kripal, Associate Dean and Professor at Rice University, to discuss his book The Super…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Holy War Delusion: Is it Time to Retire Our Religions?
Episode 361
In this urgent monologue, Rushkoff explores the heartbreaking crisis of modern faith. As religious identities are weaponized by nationalism, literali…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Grant Morrison: The Enemies of Humanity Are Wielding Occult Power
Episode 360
The tech elite are wielding occult power, but we have the imagination.
Join us in the live chat for our first-ever Team Human Premiere! Douglas Rushko…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Tech Elite’s “Frictionless” Fantasy (And Why It Will Fail)
Episode 359
The digital world promises a frictionless existence of infinite growth, convenience, and total scale. But what happens when that virtual map starts c…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Internet Is an Occult Machine (w/ Shira Chess)
Episode 358
Has the internet always been a magical space?
Shira Chess, a Professor of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia and a leading s…
3 months ago
My Dinner With Jeffrey: What the Epstein Files Reveal About Us All
Episode 357
"Why are you in the Epstein files?"
It is a question Rushkoff received from his own daughter, and in this raw monologue, he gives the full answer.
His …
3 months, 1 week ago
Do Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead? (w/ Taylor Lorenz)
Episode 356
Is the online safety legislation moving through Congress actually a Trojan horse for mass surveillance? And do the tech billionaires building our fut…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Esoteric State of the Union: Magic, Will, and the New Neighborhood with Mitch Horowitz
Episode 355
Is magic just "positive thinking," or is it a causative force that can reshape reality?
Rushkoff sits down with occult historian and author Mitch Horo…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Is It Fascism or Just a Lack of Impulse Control? With Jonathan Larsen
Episode 354
We are no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop: We are living in the aftermath. Rushkoff sits down with Jonathan Larsen, editor of The Fucking N…
4 months ago