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Unsung Heroes: Sustainability Gurus Who Influenced the Crazy Town Worldview
Episode 112
Some key understandings in Crazy Town: the Earth is finite; the economy cannot grow forever; people can harm ecosystems and cause global warming; phy…
5 months ago
Burned by Billionaires, with Chuck Collins
Episode 111
Billionaires. They should be objects of scorn rather than envy. While they ride around in their super-yachts and private jets, producing the climate-…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Crazy Town Classics - Maximum Power and Scarcity, or... the Story of the Birdbrained Backhoe on the Beach
The “maximum power principle” may sound like the doctrine of an evil supervillain, but it actually applies to all living creatures. The principle sta…
6 months ago
Et Tu, Bhutan? Cryptocurrency and Late-Stage Capitalism
Episode 110
Maximize profits, exploit nature, hoard money, and, like Buzz Lightyear, grow the economy to infinity and beyond! That’s the modern economic playbook…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Artifacts of Collapse: Touring the Crazy Town Museum
Episode 109
In this episode we travel in time to the year 2125, to visit the Crazy Town museum, which showcases today’s world of wanton consumption and profligat…
7 months ago
Crazy Town Classics - Net Energy and Sustainability, or… the Story of the Overstuffed Strongman
All of humanity’s feats, whether a record-setting deadlift by the world’s strongest man or the construction of a gleaming city by a technologically a…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Just One Word: Microplastics, with Matt Simon
Episode 108
Put on your best polyester pants, grab a bunch of gleaming mylar balloons, and crack open a case of bottled water. In today's episode, we're entering…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Crazy Town Classics - Lord of the Swans: The Tragedy of the Enclosure of the Commons
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…
8 months, 1 week ago
Will Trump's Tariffs Fuel or Foil the Degrowth Movement?
Episode 107
As Trump’s tariffs kick in, the Republican party is suddenly spouting anti-consumerist rhetoric that would make the Lorax smile. Should we cheer on t…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Blinded by the Light - Facing Reality with Renewable Energy
Episode 106
Solar panels and other modern energy technologies can be really useful, but the belief that we can technologize our way to a bigger and better societ…
9 months, 1 week ago