The Douglas Rushkoff Interview - Part I

Gaslit Nation

Politics, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Billionaire Bunkers are a stunning exercise in self-delusion, as the books of our next guest show. In this inspiring conversation with Douglas Rushkoff, author of the must-read Team Human and Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, the topics range from how to be a respectable prepper to how to raise good humans and whether A.I. is coming for our jobs and our minds.

Rushkoff is an author and documentarian on the frontlines of understanding how technology and tech billionaires are impacting our lives and the world. His twenty books also include the bestsellers Present Shock, Throwing Rocks and the Google Bus, Program or Be Programmed, Life Inc, and Media Virus. His films include the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like, The Persuaders, and Merchants of Cool. He won the Marshall McLuhan Award for his book Coercion, and the Media Ecology Association honored him with the first Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. For more on his indispensable work visit his website.

In our bonus episode, Rushkoff takes the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A. To submit your own answers and give inspiration for ways to recharge as we run our marathon together to protect our democracy, leave your answers in the comments section or send an email to GaslitNation@gmail.com. We'll read some of the responses on the show!

And don't forget that Andrea will join comedian Kevin Allison of the RISK! Storytelling podcast for a special live event at Caveat in New York City on Saturday August 5th at 4pm to celebrate the launch of the new Gaslit Nation book Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! To get a ticket to that event in person or to watch the livestream, visit this website. Signed copies of the book can be ordered at the event!

Gaslit Nation Self-Care Questionnaire

What's a book you think everyone should read and why?
What's a documentary everyone should watch and why?
What's a dramatic film everyone should watch and why?
Who are some historical mentors who inspire you?
What's the best concert you've ever been to?
What are some songs on your playlist for battling the dark forces?
Who or what inspires you to stay engaged and stay in the fight?
What's the best advice you've ever gotten?
What's your favorite place you've ever visited?
What's your favorite work of art and why?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gaslit Nation. I am your host, Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker, and the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine.
0:21.9	The film The Kremlin doesn't want you to see, so be sure to watch it.
0:25.4	First, a couple announcements.
0:27.0	We are running a very special summer series called The Future of Dictatorship, What's Next,
0:32.2	and Ways to Resist.
0:34.1	The series features leading voices on the front lines of understanding AI, corporate surveillance,
0:38.8	Silicon Valley greed, and more. Because the dictator's playbook remains the same,
0:43.3	but the technology they have to oppress us keeps changing. You can learn more about the
0:47.5	dictator's playbook in the Gaslit Nation graphic novel, Dictatorship, it's easier than you think.
0:52.9	You can join me for a special night out in New York
0:55.9	City to talk all about the making of that book on Saturday, August 5th at 4 p.m. at the fun
1:02.0	Lower East Sidebar Caviot, where I will be in discussion with a comedian, Kevin Allison, of the
1:07.2	hugely popular Risk Storytelling Podcast. If you're not in New York, you can join us by livestream.
1:13.0	This is a huge deal for me because I hardly go out.
1:16.4	So this will be like a Gaslit Nation prom night.
1:18.9	Join me at Cavia on August 5th in New York.
1:22.1	Sign copies of the Gaslit Nation graphic novel will be available for order at the event.
1:26.4	For details on how to join us in person or live stream, go to gaslitnationpod.com, and you'll see the link right on our homepage with more information about the event.
1:36.1	Go to gaslitnationpod.com. That's gaslit nationpod.com. We'll be back with all new episodes of Gaslit Nation in September, including a live taping
1:45.5	with Terrell Star of the Black Diplomats podcast reporting from Ukraine.
1:50.3	That's right.
1:50.8	Terrell's going to be in Ukraine.
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