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Discounting the Future and Climate Chaos, or... the Story of the Duelling Economists
Episode 37
An argument between economists is usually as exciting as reading the phone book (what's that?), especially about something as boring-sounding as the …
4 years, 11 months ago
Conspiracy Theories and Collapse, or… the Story of UFOs and Free Energy
Episode 36
First things first, we try not to confuse ourselves or our listeners as we distinguish between conspiracy theories and actual conspiracies. Then we u…
4 years, 11 months ago
Self Domestication and Overshoot, or… the Story of Foxes and Russian Melodrama
Episode 35
Self domestication, the process by which humans became a more cooperative and less aggressive species, paradoxically contributes to humanity's oversh…
4 years, 11 months ago
Fear of Death and Climate Denial, or… the Story of Wolverine and the Screaming Mole of Doom
Episode 34
What can we learn about death from the X-Men, small screaming rodents, and unwitting college students in psychology experiments? It turns out that th…
5 years ago
Crazy Town Trailer
With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, ove…
5 years ago
Relative Status and Environmental Breakdown, or... the Story of Bartenders and Bird Feathers
Episode 33
How can the climate disaster and humanity’s overall sustainability crisis be explained by 80s sitcom characters, birdbrained hats from the late 1800s…
5 years ago
Cognitive Bias and Global Warming, or... the Story of Cattle Prods and Ice Cream Shops
Episode 32
If only we were as rational as we think we are! It turns out that we’re all subject to cognitive biases, those errors in thinking that influence how …
5 years ago
Season 3 Announcement
Climate change, collapse, sarcasm, and silliness are still on the menu, but we've got a special theme for the third season of Crazy Town: hidden driv…
5 years, 2 months ago
Bonus: Green Dreamer with Jason Bradford
Kamea Chayne is the host of Green Dreamer, an excellent podcast that features interviews with thought leaders about ecology, sustainability, and well…
5 years, 6 months ago
Bonus: The Practical Stoic with Richard Heinberg
Simon Drew is the host of The Practical Stoic, an outstanding podcast that explores philosophy and the human predicament. In this episode, Simon invi…
5 years, 7 months ago