{"podcast":{"title":"Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff","slug":"team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239","podcast_index_feed_id":52239,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/3d87dea6-3d7d-4d94-b02e-9eb931541da8","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/3/27/21/234bc932-3954-43f4-90a9-7eca4d21c35e_thlogonew_copy.jpg","author":"Douglas Rushkoff","episode_count":424,"summary":"Douglas Rushkoff sits down with scientists, activists, artists, philosophers, and researchers asking the same question: who actually benefits from the way we've built this world — and what do we do about it? Team Human is a weekly podcast about technology, power, consciousness, and what it means to stay human in a world that increasingly doesn't seem designed for us. No corporate backing. No network. No algorithm deciding what gets said. Just honest, rigorous conversation with people working at the edges of the most important questions of our time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T16:17:44.849366+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239"},"episode":{"title":"Ari Kuschnir: Trump Ayahuasca - AI and the Alchemical Imaginary","slug":"ari-kuschnir-trump-ayahuasca-ai-and-the-alchemical-imaginary","published_at":"2025-12-17T16:17:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/ari-kuschnir-trump-ayahuasca-ai-and-the-alchemical-imaginary","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239","url":"https://shows.acast.com/teamhuman/episodes/trump-ayahuasca-ai-and-the-alchemical-imaginary","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/8a53e0c6-6dd1-4452-8034-0ab1d4db66c5/stream.mp3","summary":"Ari Kuschnir, AI storyteller and artist, takes us deep into the alchemy of AI storytelling as a form of social practice and activist imagination. Known for provocative AI videos imagining figures like Trump, Elon Musk, and world leaders undergoing spiritual transformations, Kushnir talks about using AI as a creative collaborator and as a tool to challenge the cultural addiction to dystopia. Along the way, they explore whether AI is flattening culture or opening new portals, why the future keeps being depicted as bleak, and what it might take to reclaim imagination as a collective human practice. Mastering the Alchemy of Storytelling Course: https://www.liminal.news/mastering-the-alchemy-of-ai-storytelling | Use code: ALCHEMY-TEAMHUMAN for a discount Learn more at: mssngpeces.com Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff: Instagram: https:/www.instagram.com/douglasrushkoff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdUEh2Wh4fnswTLmqoEnhg TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@douglasrushkoff Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rushkoff.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Ari Kuschnir, AI storyteller and artist, takes us deep into the alchemy of AI storytelling as a form of social practice and activist imagination. Known fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3110,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/episodes/ari-kuschnir-trump-ayahuasca-ai-and-the-alchemical-imaginary/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/ari-kuschnir-trump-ayahuasca-ai-and-the-alchemical-imaginary.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}