Podcast Episodes

DO 255 - Post Woke Synthesis

Ashley, Gabe (@VividVoid) and Rich (@RichDecibels) discuss what an integrated, post-woke synthesis might look like. In this episode, we all discuss times and places where we have seen a functional pl…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

DO 254 - The Spiritual Side of Childbirth w/ Leah @TallSnail and Ashley

How does modern society shape our perceptions of childbirth, and are we missing a deeper, more primal experience?

Ashley sits down with Leah, a software engineer and mother, to explore childbirth's …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

DO 253 - Plough Magazine and the Bruderhof w/ Alan Koppschall

How has the Bruderhof community balanced individual autonomy with collective decision-making to maintain harmony and functionality?

Ashley sits down with Alan Kopschel, editor at Plough Magazine and…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

DO 252 - Brick and Mortar Localism w/ Ben, Lucy, Longstory Farms and Ashley

In this episode, Ashley interviews husband and wife team Ben and Lucy about their eco-market in upstate New York, and Geoffrey from Longstory Farms about his planned local farm story in South Carolin…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

DO 251 - LA Fires w/ Leighton Woodhouse and James Pogue

How have urban development patterns in California, particularly in LA, exacerbated wildfire risks?

James Pogue and Leighton Woodhouse discuss the LA fires following Leighton’s piece in the Free Pres…

Published on 11 months ago

DO 250 - Civics at a Human Scale w/ Wally Chamberlain aka Anarchocontrarian and Ashley

How can localism serve as an alternative to large-scale governance and globalized economies?

Ashley and Wally discuss small-scale, secular models for civic and economic organizing, and compare/contr…

Published on 11 months ago

DO 249 - NEPA babies w/ Jimmy Tobias, James Pogue and Ashley

How will the overturning of Chevron deference reshape the regulatory landscape for environmental policy?

Special guest investigative journalist Jimmy Tobias joins Ashley and James to discuss the comp…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

DO 248 - AI, Language, and Animal Consciousness w/ Charles Carman, Travis Logan, and ARX-Han

Can AI rival human artistry? Is the potential of AI rivaling human creativity an opportunity to enhance artistic expression and reimagine authorship?

Travis Logan, Charles, and A.R.X. Han discuss th…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

DO 247 - What ever happened to climate? w/ Ilan Kelman, James Pogue and Ashley

In this episode, James and Ashley speak with a return guest and climate and disaster researcher Ilan Kelman. We discuss the state of climate activism, the eco-modernist approach to solving climate ch…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

DO 246 - Metastatic Modernity with Prof. Tom Murphy

Josh catches up with Tom for a second conversation (first interview here) about two new series on Tom’s excellent Do The Math blog.

Tom has produced a “Metastatic Modernity” series of 18 short (~10 m…

Published on 1 year ago