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The Stopwatch of Doom: How the Cult of Productivity Torpedoes Sustainability and Equity
Episode 56
Welcome to the dehumanizing world of scientific management, where business gurus and middle managers view workers as resources, and where a cult-like…
3 years, 10 months ago
It’s the End of the World’s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won’t Save Us
Episode 55
Back in the day, the World's Fair was a global showcase of innovation and a peerless cultural event where visitors envisioned a neon future filled wi…
3 years, 10 months ago
Colonizing the Sky: The Untold Environmental Toll of Skyscrapers
Episode 54
Skyscrapers have sprouted like mushrooms in our urban landscapes. But in an environmentally depleted, energy-pinched era, we need to take a closer lo…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Bright Side Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: How Positive Thinking Undermines Sustainability
Episode 53
Welcome to the seductive, but regrettable world of unquestioned positive thinking, where faith healers, BS slingers, pseudoscientists, and get-rich-q…
3 years, 10 months ago
Lord of the Swans: The Tragedy of the Enclosure of the Commons
Episode 52
The “tragedy of the commons” is an idea that has so thoroughly seeped into culture and law that it seems normal for people and corporations to own la…
3 years, 11 months ago
Bonus: The Legal Legacy of Colonization with Sherri Mitchell
Indigenous rights lawyer, leader, and author Sherri Mitchell describes how the Christian Doctrines of Discovery made their way from 15th-century Euro…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Load of Papal Bull: Greenlighting Colonization and the Mindset of Extraction
Episode 51
In 1493 the most corrupt (and orgy-throwing) pope of all time gave the nod of approval for wealth-seeking Europeans to trample the rest of the world.…
3 years, 11 months ago
Injustice for All: The Invention of Racism to Justify a Putrid Power Hierarchy
Episode 50
When greedy power-trippers perpetrate unspeakable acts of exploitation, they often rationalize their loathsome acts after the fact. Such is the case …
3 years, 11 months ago
Bonus: Patriarchy and the Cultural Roots of the Climate Crisis with Amy Westervelt
Investigative journalist and podcaster Amy Westervelt talks with Asher about the cultural roots of the climate crisis. Their wide-ranging conversatio…
4 years ago
A Day at the Zoo Is No Walk in the Park: Overexploitation of Animals and Nature
Episode 49
Michael Jackson had a private zoo with elephants, lions, tigers, orangutans, and more. Michael Vick bankrolled and organized a dog fighting ring. But…
4 years ago