Podcast Episodes

492: Did Steven Pinker's Better Angels of our Nature miss why we're less violent?

Episode 492

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Comments on Better Angels of Our Nature

I finally finished Steven Pinker’s Better Angels of Our Nature. I started it more than skeptical of its main thesis. The book is …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

491: Nevcan Gungor, part 1: Surviving Myanmar's military coup

Episode 491

Myanmar's military coup beginning February 1, 2021 made front-page news around the globe and remains there six months later. In Yangon, As Chief Investment Officer of one of the nation's largest cong…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

490: Karen Shragg, part 2: Reducing birth rate and raising tomatoes

Episode 490

Don't you feel gypped that some of the most amazing potential parts of our lives were stripped away by people overindulging in polluting behavior? Or by automation that removed working the land from …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

489: Martin Puris, part 2: All big ideas begin in the mind of one person thinking creatively

Episode 489

Martin and I continued our conversation about America, its problems, and what we can do about it. I misread him that he had a specific plan, but that didn't stop him from clarifying and continuing mo…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

488: Maxine Bédat, part 1: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Fashion's Sustainability (or lack thereof)

Episode 488

Maxine's book, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, traces how a pair of jeans comes into existence from it's raw beginnings and where it ends up at the end of its life. The book has been cove…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

487: Karen Shragg E.D.D., part 1: At last, simple, reasonably talk on (over)population

Episode 487

We can dance around our environmental problems all we want. Understand them enough and we eventually reach overconsumption and overpopulation. These overshoots contribute to everything.

We at least ta…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

486: General Kip Ward, part 2: Not flying by choice, and smiling about it

Episode 486

A retired General doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to. What he does, he's going to do for his reasons, not for trends or as a dilettante.

Kip committed to a challenge many consider unreason…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

485: Jonathan Hardesty, part 4: How to Lead Someone to Stewardship: The Spodek Method

Episode 485

Jonathan and I continue practicing how to lead oneself and others to love acting in stewardship. Everyone thinks sustainability means deprivation and sacrifice.

We started this conversation for him to…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

484: John Sargent, part 2: Fun Transforming MacMillan, a Big 5 Publisher

Episode 484

Everyone treat changing corporate culture like a horror show, but John did it. How? Through making it fun.

The way most people talk about it, only dictators can change cultures, I'll trust his experie…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

483: Jane O'Sullivan: Debunking the "Aging Problem" Scam

Episode 483

What happens when populations age?

Can you envision a world with a sustainable population, well below Earth's capacity, therefore living resiliently in abundance per person? I can.

Governments and medi…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago