{"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":"We’re Soaking In It: Why It’s Too Late to Prepare for Authoritarianism","slug":"we-re-soaking-in-it-why-it-s-too-late-to-prepare-for-authoritarianism","published_at":"2026-01-29T18:02:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/we-re-soaking-in-it-why-it-s-too-late-to-prepare-for-authoritarianism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239","url":"https://shows.acast.com/teamhuman/episodes/were-soaking-in-it-why-its-too-late-to-prepare-for-authorita","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/c376d35a-26fd-43e9-abab-034c6801f695/stream.mp3","summary":"The other shoe finally dropped. We are no longer waiting for authoritarianism to arrive; we are soaking in it. Rushkoff argues that the time for speculation, strategizing about political optics, and \"preparing for what comes next\" is over. Instead, He calls for a shift from figure to ground. We must stop fixating on the abstract figures of media and politics and return to the only thing that is tactically defensible: the literal ground beneath our feet. 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":"The other shoe finally dropped. We are no longer waiting for authoritarianism to arrive; we are soaking in it. Rushkoff argues that the time for speculati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1891,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/episodes/we-re-soaking-in-it-why-it-s-too-late-to-prepare-for-authoritarianism/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/we-re-soaking-in-it-why-it-s-too-late-to-prepare-for-authoritarianism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}