The Connector journalist, activist, and author of The Big Disconnect Micah Sifry helps us find a better, healthier way to metabolize current events. 
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Playing for Team Human today, it's Team Human! Rushkoff and artist, animator, and musician Brynna Campbell field questions from the Team Human Discord community about American authoritarianism, post-Covid lockdown education, protests, and AI.
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Team Human Special: Live Q&A

Rushkoff discusses why heâs breaking from the preferred publishing schedules of advertisers and algorithms in favor of a more considerate approach.
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The Speed of the Internet

Author Joanne McNeil shares the inspiration for her new novel, Wrong Way, and the profound beauty of human connection.
About Joanne McNeil Joanne McNeil is the author of the novel WRONG WAY (2023) and LURKING (2020). She was the inaugural winner of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation's Arts Writing Award for an emerging writer. She has been a resident at Eyebeam, a Logan Nonfiction Program fellow, recipient of the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, and an instructor at the School for Poetic Computation. She grew up in Brockton, MA and is currently based in Los Angeles.
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Joanne McNeil

Dr. Julie Holland, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Ken Jordan, and Rushkoff discuss the psychedelic origins of the internet the way tech bros want to monopolize psychedelics as an industry. This conversation was recorded at The AthenĂŠum on January 24, 2024.
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About Dr. Julie Holland Dr. Julie Holland is an author and psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist. She was formerly a weekend attending physician at Bellevue Hospitalâs Psych ER. While now a medical advisor to MAPS, she was a medical monitor for several clinical studies examining the efficacy of using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy or cannabis in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She sits on multiple scientific advisory boards and is available for forensic consultations.
About DJ Spooky: Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, is currently Artist in Residence at Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (2023-2024, extended). He is a composer, multimedia artist, and writer whose work engages audiences in a blend of genres, global culture, and environmental and social issues. Miller has collaborated with an array of recording artists, including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Metallica, Chuck D from Public Enemy, Steve Reich, and Yoko Ono amongst many others. His 2018 album, DJ Spooky Presents: Phantom Dancehall, debuted at #3 on Billboard Reggae.
About Ken Jordan Ken Jordan is co-founder, editorial director and CEO of Lucid News. He has been a pioneer in progressive, conscious culture for decades. In 2007 he co-founded the consciousness network Evolver and its online journal Reality Sandwich, which he edited until 2019. At Evolver he produced podcasts, live events and online courses with many of the leading figures of the psychedelic movement, and in 2016 Ken co-founded the company's botanical dispensary, The Alchemist's Kitchen, in Manhattan.
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The Secret History and Unwritten Future of Psychedelics and Technology

Playing for Team Human today, it's Team Human! Rushkoff responds to questions and comments submitted by Team Human members from our Discord server. It's a test-drive of what we hope to develop into a live call-in show.
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Micah Sifry

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