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The Frequent Flyer Tree: Losing the Last Bit of Sense in the Climate Emergency
Episode 96
In the world of college sports, money talks and the volleyball team walks, er, flies 33,000 miles to play games. The NCAA, like almost everyone else,…
1 year, 6 months ago
Shotgunning Hedwig: The Dilemma of Invasives and the Bizarre Decision to Slaughter Barred Owls
Episode 95
The US Fish and Wildlife Service decided to "manage" barred owls by shooting half a million of them over the next three decades. Jason, Rob, and Ashe…
1 year, 7 months ago
Breaking News: Crazy Town Joins the Newly Formed Department of Entropy
Episode 94
Rob, Jason, and Asher talk about joining the new Trump Administration, at least until Elon Musk eradicates it. They explore the implications of Trump…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bonus: Human Nature Odyssey
Sometimes you just wanna hear from someone else. In this bonus episode, Alex Leff enters Crazy Town to introduce his podcast, Human Nature Odyssey. B…
2 years ago
Escaping Escapism: What a Bizarre Rodent Ritual Can Teach Us About Navigating a World We Can't Really Escape
Episode 93
After a full season of trying to escape more than a dozen evil -isms (fun things like capitalism, industrialism, extremism, and otherism), Rob, Jason…
2 years, 1 month ago
Escaping Otherism: Why Dr. Seuss Could Never Find a Rhyme for Genocide
Episode 92
The drive to belong to an in-group and the tendency to observe differences in others are core parts of the human condition. But differentiating can (…
2 years, 2 months ago
Escaping Extremism: Slap Fighting Our Way to a More Civil Society
Episode 91
The forces of media, technology, and even the wiring of our own brains seem aligned to draw people toward extremism. But never fear: Asher, Jason, an…
2 years, 2 months ago
Escaping Humanocentrism: Why a Slime Mold Will Be President in 2028
Episode 90
The myth of human dominion and exceptionalism is as old as the Bible and as unquestioned as gravity, at least in "modern" society. Rob, Asher, and Ja…
2 years, 2 months ago
Escaping Individualism: Why Rickey Don't Like It When Rickey Feels Lonely
Episode 89
The epidemic of loneliness isn't just a product of technology or even capitalism -- it has its roots in the same fertile ground as the founding of th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Escaping Imperialism: Where Does Darth Vader Get His Lithium?
Episode 88
Perhaps no community has undergone more versions of imperialism than the tiny island nation of Nauru, which has morphed from being "Pleasant Island" …
2 years, 2 months ago