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Nate Soares, computer scientist and author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, discusses the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence, the possibility that untethered AI development can lead to catastrophic outcomes for humans, and what it might mean for AI development to outpace human control.

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Jonathan Larsen, Founder of The Fucking News, brings perspective, humor, and humanism to the tragic and ridiculous phenomena unfolding in the world.

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Rushkoff invites us to join him in metabolizing the challenges and opportunities of our AI-driven moment. In this monologue, Rushkoff highlights the dangers of treating LLMs as all-knowing beings and the ways they reinforce our biases and narcissism.

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R.U. Sirius, Founding Editor of Mondo 2000 and author, discusses how intentional weirdness is a powerful tool for community and resistance when the fight for reality is being waged.

Names referenced in this episode:

Alex Jones, Art Bell, Richard Linklater, Robert Anton Wilson, Abby Hoffman, Paul Krasner, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Alfred E. Newman, Timothy Leary, Genesis P-Orridge, Joe Coleman, Aaron Black, Donna Haraway, David Byrne, Jesus, Bob Dylan, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Cory Doctorow, Sandy Pearlman, Lester Bangs, Frank Zappa, Gomez Addams, Andy Warhol, Jerry Garcia, Mark Andreessen, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Marty Balin, Susan Sarandon, Charlie Manson, Donald Trump, Patty Hearst, Joseph Stalin, Ben Goertzel, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Perry Farrell, Jacques Vallée, Kathy Acker, John Barlow, John Oswald, Sam Altman, Walter Kirn

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Rushkoff explains why borrowing a drill is a revolutionary act. 

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Writer, editor, and Founder of Pleasure-Seeking.com, and host of the Pleasure Seeking podcast Camille Sojit Pejcha explore Pejcha’s recent sex trend forecast how sex has become a new subversion. 

About

Camille Sojit Pejcha is a writer, editor, and the creator of Pleasure-Seeking, a bestselling Substack newsletter and podcast featured in The New York Times for its insights on sex, desire, and modern culture. She covers sexuality, culture, nightlife, literature and art for outlets like T Magazine, W, Slate, and more, and is currently a columnist at Elephant Magazine. Previously, she served as Features Director at Document Journal.

Candace Bushnell, Alec Emmy, Donald Trump, John Boswell, Molly Crabapple, Sophia Giovannitti, Martin Luther King

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Liana Gillooly, an advocate for purpose-built ecosystems and psychedelics, joins Rushkoff for a conversation about the evolving landscape of psychedelics. Gillooly discusses how to integrate activism into psychedelic use, the importance of ritual, and why sobriety and connection might be the future of psychedelics.  

About

Liana Sananda Gillooly is a leading voice for the alignment of purpose and impact in fields of change. Through fourteen years of engagement in drug policy reform & advocacy, including six years of leading fundraising & strategy for the Multidisciplinary Assoc. for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), the leading global organization in psychedelics, Liana helped transform the landscape of psychedelic medicine while holding a mirror of accountability up to the field. Today, she supports companies and nonprofits working to reimagine what it means to heal, taking a holistic approach that includes not only the services offered yet how an entity chooses to operate. She offers her services as a consultant and public speaker.

Names cited

Terence McKenna, Timothy Leary, Betty Eisner, Amanda Fielding, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, Jenn Brandell, Christine Lai, Buckminster Fuller, Brian Eno, Adrienne Maree Brown, Abraham Maslow

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North Star: northstar.guide

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Douglas Rushkoff reflects on the importance of joy and human connection amid vast global suffering. He offers a poignant reminder to follow our bliss.

Names cited

Dan Savage, Joseph Campbell, Aleister Crowley, Ram Das

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Rushkoff joined Carolina Busta and Lil Internet for a conversation about the evolution of the Internet, media theory, psychedelics, and more. Learn more and subscribe to New Models.

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Matthew Remski, Host of Conspirituality and author of the forthcoming Antifascist Dad, helps us find a new kind of resistance to the atmosphere of violence in which we're living –  the sweet spot for a new movement of mutual support.

About

Matthew Remski writes on spiritual delusion and possibility in the shadows of capitalism and climate change. Remski has bylines in The Walrus, GEN, Globe and Mail, Boston Globe, and TIME. He’s published nine books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, including (with Derek Beres and Julian Walker) Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat, and, his latest book, Surviving Modern Yoga: Cult Dynamics, Charismatic Leaders, and What Survivors Can Teach Us. His new book, Antifascist Dad, is scheduled to be released in April 2026.

He co-hosts Conspirituality Podcast, investigating the intersections of conspiracy theories and spiritual influence, to uncover cults, pseudoscience, and authoritarian extremism.

Names cited

Rachel Maddow, Derek Beres, Julian Walker, Sam Bankman Fried, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., William Thetford, Marianne Williamson, Donald Trump, Joe Rogan, Audre Lorde, Brian Thompson, Kwame Tore, Angela Davis, and Rosa Parks.

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