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Latest podcast episodes about Overshoot

The Overpopulation Podcast
The Elite's Fixation with Low Birth Rates | Samuel Miller McDonald

The Overpopulation Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 66:32


From center-left Ezra Klein to right-wing Matt Walsh, the fertility panic is an elite fixation that is rooted in a human supremacist worldview and a deep fear of slowing growth. Samuel Miller McDonald, geographer and author of the book Progress: A History of Humanity's Worst Idea, exposes how our parasitic relationship with Earth lies at the core of ecological overshoot, and why resisting authoritarianism in an age of contraction means embracing a pluralistic and just degrowth vision. Highlights include: Why our modern relationship to Earth is fundamentally parasitic - regardless of whether societies are capitalist or socialist; How media commentators resist degrowth in various stages and how their rejection reveals their lack of maturity in accepting responsibility for the ecological destruction we are causing; Why degrowth policies and practices should emphasize pluralistic, context-specific approaches rooted in democratic participation, not top-down master plans; Why many degrowth proponents have been dismissive of population concerns; Why the political right is more poised to benefit from ongoing economic contraction and why the liberal 'abundance agenda' needs to be resisted; Why conviviality and class solidarity are key to a successful degrowth transition and how modern societies undermine them; Why core values like fairness, autonomy, and ecological integrity will be essential in resisting authoritarians' claims to power in the coming challenging decades. See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript:  https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/samuel-miller-mcdonald   OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance OVERSHOOT tackles today's interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity's excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of shrinking toward abundance inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings.  Hosted by Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware. Brought to you by Population Balance. Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://www.populationbalance.org/subscribe Support our work with a one-time or monthly donation: https://www.populationbalance.org/donate Learn more at https://www.populationbalance.org Copyright 2025 Population Balance

Crazy Town
Will Trump's Tariffs Fuel or Foil the Degrowth Movement?

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 47:52 Transcription Available


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 this accidental experiment in economic shrinkage, or will this ham-fisted set of trade policies cause a backlash against the proponents of degrowth? As political confusion reigns, we offer eco-localism as the no-regrets way to build community resilience in the face of unprecedented ineptitude that probably won't go away anytime soon. Originally recorded on 6/16/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance, Avid Reader Press, March 2025.UN Alliance For Sustainable Fashion addresses the damage of ‘fast fashion'Kelsey Piper, "Trump's bizarre new push to make us poorer," Vox, February 7, 2025.Kenneth Pucker, "Lessons From Trump's Degrowth Experiment," Business of Fashion, May 9, 2025.Kenneth Bradsher, "China's Chokehold on This Obscure Mineral Threatens the West's Militaries," New York Times, June 9, 2025.Adam Tooze, "Trump's futurism: Elon's rockets and fewer dolls for "baby girl," Chartbook, May 6, 2025."The End of Fast Fashion?," The Daily, May 15, 2025.Kurt Cobb, "Trade war vise grip: China is squeezing rare earth supply and it's hurting," Resilience, June 8, 2025."Derek Thompson: Trump's War on Dolls," The Bulwark, May 2, 2025.Richard Heinberg, "How Eco-Localism Differs from Tariff Terrorism," Resilience, April 17, 2025.Related episode(s) of Crazy Town:Episode 86, "Escaping Growthism"Episode 94, “Breaking News: Crazy Town joins the newly formed Department of Entropy”Support the show

Real Health Radio: Ending Diets | Improving Health | Regulating Hormones | Loving Your Body

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Crazy Town
Blinded by the Light - Facing Reality with Renewable Energy

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 56:39 Transcription Available


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 society powered by clean energy is tragically flawed. Asher, Rob, and Jason dig into the up-and-down story of the Ivanpah concentrated solar power plant, review the Harry Potteresque thinking behind complex, centralized power plants, and expose the truth of the energy transition. After they finish making fun of concentrated solar/golf course/outlet mall complexes in the desert, they discuss how to make real progress on energy and sustainability. Originally recorded on 6/5/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Michael R. Blood, “11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert,” AP News, January 30, 2025.Laura Paddison, "This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It's closing after just 11 years," CNN, February 13, 2025.Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy, January 1, 2024.Rachel Donald, “The ‘Energy Transition' is a Pipe Dream | Jean-Baptiste Fressoz,” Planet: Critical podcast, March 19, 2025.Drax Power StationU.S. Department of Energy, Facts about IvanpahEnergy Monitor report on the opening of IvanpahLouis Sahagun, "This Mojave Desert solar plant kills 6,000 birds a year. Here's why that won't change any time soon," Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2016.Annual carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2024Resources for conservation and local solar power:Solar United Neighbors2,000-Watt SocietyPeter Kalmus, Being the Change, New Society Publishers, July 10, 2017.Kris De Decker, "How to Build a Low-Tech Solar Panel," Resilience, October 21, 2021.Coop PowerSeeds for the SolThe Institute for Local Self-Resilience has a community solar program.Related episode(s) of Crazy Town:Episode 45 on feedback loopsEpisode 60 on air conditioningSupport the show

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations
Climate Diplomacy Is Doomed. Unless... (w Jessica Green)

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2025 43:20


Come to wickedproblems.earth to get the full-fat version! Exit music for this episode is “Oil Money” by Graham Barham. Because, well, it's a bit obvious this time, no?If insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result, global climate institutions like the annual COP meetings are definitionally loopier than Elon Musk deep down a K-hole.We spend our time arguing about how to count emissions in order to avoid the real conversation, which is a struggle between three asset classes: fossil fuel assets, ‘vulnerable' assets (like Small Island Developing States), and ‘green' assets. Pretending that struggle is not existential is the essence of climate diplomacy for the past 35 years.University of Toronto political scientist Professor Jessica Green thinks we're well past the point we can afford to continue pretending. Reading her forthcoming book, Existential Politics - Why Global Climate Institutions are Failing and How to Fix Them, was like waking from a dream. You should pre-order it now.She cuts through the nonsense to focus on the real dilemma. The only way through an “energy transition” is for fossil fuel companies, enormously powerful economic and political actors, to have $trillions in ‘stranded assets' and balance sheets that go up in smoke.Turkeys don't vote for Christmas (an idiomatic expression I'm pleased to be the first to share with Prof. Green). Yet the entire structure of global climate diplomacy is built on the fallacy that, somehow, oil majors and NOCs would ignore their self-interest and agree to die.As you'll hear in our conversation, Prof. Green doesn't pull punches and doesn't suffer fools. There's an impatience in her writing and her presentation that has a lot of James Dyke “fuck this noise can we please stop kidding ourselves” energy. At some points I wanted to reach for the hemlock, but thankfully she is as witty as she is sharp.I ask her how her ideas intersect or cut against other critiques of the mainstream climate conversation like Andreas Malm and Wim Carton in Overshoot, Rupert Read's take on transformative adaptation and Tadzio Mueller's anticipation of collapse.I think you'll enjoy the chat. Let us know what you think:In this Conversation01:48 Existential Politics Explained04:18 The Flaws in Carbon Markets05:47 Distributional Politics and Climate Policy08:36 The Role of Corporations in Climate Governance10:49 The Paris Agreement and Its Shortcomings19:26 The Misconception of Solving Climate Change Like the Ozone Problem20:54 Environmental Effects and Substitutes22:04 Challenges in Environmental Governance22:57 Market Dynamics and Trade Issues25:03 Fossil Capital vs. Green Capital28:31 The Role of Litigation and Policy37:11 Grand Bargains and Political Realities38:21 Carbon Capture and Storage Debate40:26 Buy this Book! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crazy Town
Who Can Fix the Housing Crisis - NYT Pundits, German Shepherds, or Bilbo Baggins?

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 51:46


Jason, Rob, and Asher are taking out a huge, unaffordable mortgage on the housing crisis. What's behind the shortage in housing? Why is it that no one, except canine Tik Tok influencers with billion-dollar bank accounts, can afford to own a home? While mainstream pundits press for an energy-blind buildout of desert sprawl and gleaming towers of glass and steel, we propose a surprising change of course inspired by little people with hairy feet. Originally recorded on 5/21/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:The story of Gunther, the world's most moneyed canine.You can't make this stuff up: Gunther offers to buy Nicholas Cage's island.David Wessel, "Where do the estimates of a 'housing shortage' come from?," Brookings Institute, October 21, 2024.Alex Fitzpatrick and Alice Feng, "Americans' average daily travel distance, mapped," Axios, March 24, 2024.Jon Gertner, "America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?," New York Times, March 22, 2024.U.S. News and World Report, "Fastest-Growing Places in the U.S. in 2025-2026."Good Ideas for Addressing the Housing Crisis:Jason Bradford, "Growing the Shire, Not the 'Burb: Facing the Housing Crisis with Ecological Sanity," Resilience, May 27, 2025.Global Ecovillage NetworkNate Hagens, "Alexis Zeigler —  Living Without Fossil Fuels: How Living Energy Farm Created a Comfortable Off-Grid Lifestyle," The Great Simplification, April 9, 2025.Energy-Blind Non-Solutions for the Housing Crisis:Conor Dougherty, "Why America Should Sprawl," New York Times, April 10, 2025.Binyamin Applebaum, "Build Homes on Federal Land," New York Times, April 15, 2025.Ezra Klein, "Abundance and the Left," The Ezra Klein Show, April 29, 2025.Samuel Moyn, "Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?," New York Times, March 18, 2025.Tyler Cowen, "Ezra Klein on the Abundance Agenda (Ep. 236)" Conversations with Tyler, March 7, 2025.Related Episode(s) of Crazy Town:Episode 37. Discounting the Future and Climate Chaos, or… the Story of the Dueling EconomistsSupport the show

One Scoop Of Sunshine
#121 EXTREMHUNGER - Wie man ihn schneller hinter sich lassen und für sich nutzen kann - Interview mit Undine Teil 2

One Scoop Of Sunshine

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 34:45


Set Point, Overshoot, Fear Food Challenges und Food Focus - all das sind Themen, von denen man hört, wenn man sich mit mentalem Hunger und Extremhunger auseinander setzt. Ständig an Essen zu denken, was den gesamten Tag einnimmt und sich wie im Wahn und außer Kontrolle zu fühlen, können hier Symptome sein, die man erlebt, wenn man sich von einer längeren restriktiven Phase, sei es durch Hungern, durch Überkompensation durch Sport oder Ausgleichen durch Übergeben, erholt und die Folge davon ein scheinbar unbändiger mentaler Fokus auf Nahrung ist. Manchmal hat man noch körperlichen Hunger wie Magenknurren, oft jedoch nicht. Hunger und Sättigung zu definieren und zu empfinden wird schwer, wenn nicht sogar unmöglich. In dieser Folge besprechen wir die Perspektive eines Community-Mitglieds und gehen gezielt darauf ein, was ihr in ihrer Recovery, die sie momentan durchläuft, hilft und bisher geholfen hat. Außerdem berichtet sie davon, inwiefern ihr Medizinstudium hier mit reinspielt, ob es sie triggered, sich mit bestimmten Gesundheits- und Ernährungsthemen auseinanderzusetzen und inwiefern ihr folgendes Buch geholfen hat: Rehabilitieren, Regenerieren, Reprogrammieren - von Tabitha Farrar. Bis auf hunderte Rechtschreibfehler in der deutschen Übersetzung meiner Meinung nach - und ich stimme nicht mir allen Aspekten im Buch überein - insgesamt ein wirklich gutes Buch. Hoffentlich kann Euch die Folge weiterhelfen und auf Eurem individuellen Weg unterstützen. Alles Liebe, Eure Isa Keywords: Essstörungen, Magersucht, Anorexie, Bulimie, Binge Eating, Orthorexie, Anorexia Nervose, Bulimia Nervosa, Heilung, Recovery, Heilungsweg, Kalorien zählen, Extremhunger, mentale Gesundheit, Genesung, Therapie, Selbstfürsorge, Achtsamkeit, Ernährung, Körperbild, Selbstakzeptanz, Selbstwertgefühl, Unterstützung, professionelle Hilfe, Psychotherapie, Psychologie, Rehabilitation, Emotionale Heilung, Essverhalten, Bewältigung, Essstörungsspezialist, Ernährungsberatung, Gruppentherapie, Familientherapie, Rückfallprävention, Trigger, Stressmanagement, Gesundheitspflege, Körperwahrnehmung, Sport, Bewegung, gesunder Lebensstil, Nahrungsmittel, Auslöser, Bewusstsein, Gesprächstherapie, Verhaltenstherapie, Achtsamkeitsübungen, Selbsthilfegruppen, Stärke, Hoffnung, Selbstbewusstsein, Geduld, Durchhaltevermögen, Fortschritt, Veränderung, Erfolg, persönliches Wachstum, Erholung, Ganzheitlichkeit, Selbstliebe, Resilienz, Selbstreflexion, Meditation, spirituelles Wachstum, gesunde Beziehungen, Selbstpflege, Ressourcen, Lebensfreude, Neubeginn, Gesundheit, Selbstvertrauen, Meditation, Veränderung, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Stress, Ängste lösen, Psychologie, Psychotherapie, Orthorexie, Selbstfindung, Akzeptanz, Sportzwang, Nahrungskontrolle, Diäten und Essverhalten, Essstörungsverhalten, Heilungsreise, Selbsthilfe bei Essstörungen, Essstörungsverständnis, Überwindung von Essstörungen, Ernährungsmythen, Gesundheitstrends, Essstörung und Medien, Einfluss von Gymtok, Recovery-Community, Essstörungserfahrungen auf TikTok, Fitnessideale, Klinikaufenthalt, Rückfall, Food Freedom, Fuel, Recovery is possible, Depression, Angst, Angststörung, mentale Gesundheit, Tipps, Skills, Umgang mit Essanfällen, Essanfall, Binge, Purge, Zunahme, Gewicht, Wiegen, Kalorien, Kalorien zählen, Zwänge, Zwangsstörung, Essdruck, Essensverbot abbauen, Kalorienrestriktion, Kalorienkontrolle loslassen, Essensroutine, Restriktionen abbauen, Recovery-Schritte, Selbstmitgefühl, Angstbewältigung, Heilungserfahrungen, Gedankenfreiheit, Essensplanung, Binge Eating, Emotional Eating, Emotionales Essen, Emotionen, Fühlen, Spüren, Körpertherapie, Körperakzeptanz, Selbstliebe, Selbstwert, Storytime, Mental Hunger, Diät, Diätfrei leben, Abnehmen, Abnahme, Real Talk, Intuitiv essen, Intuitive Ernährung, Intuitive Eating, Eating Disorder, Body Image, Bodyacceptance, Achtsamkeit, Journey, Recovery Coaching, Community, Vergleichen, Loslassen, Freiheit

Crazy Town
Bunkers, Bazookas, and Bespoke Moats: How to Be Safe in an Unsafe World

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 42:13 Transcription Available


Send us a textThe world has gone bunking mad. The bespoke security industry is burying bunkers stocked with arsenals of automatic rifles and surrounded by flaming moats. Is there a better way to prepare for the polycrisis, the zombie apocalypse, or whatever hard times are on the horizon? Jason, Rob, and Asher have some fun at the expense of the bunker builders before examining the positive aspects of peasanthood and stressing the need to build community.Originally recorded on 5/5/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Coralie Kraft, "The 'Panic Industry' Boom," New York Times Magazine, April 10, 2025.The SAFE company offers "bespoke, fortified residences" and other silly signs of our times. Aaron Gell, "'All of his guns will do nothing for him': lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday," The Guardian, April 17, 2025.Will Petersen, "Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is again living a good life back in Serbia," Denver Sports, June 20, 2023.Related Episodes of Crazy Town:Episode 73. How Longtermism Became the Most Dangerous Philosophy You've Never Heard ofEpisode 34. Fear of Death and Climate Denial, or… the Story of Wolverine and the Screaming Mole of DoomEpisode 100. A Temporary Techno Stunt: Tom Murphy on Falling out of Love with ModernitySupport the show

The Overpopulation Podcast
Escape from Overshoot | Peter Victor

The Overpopulation Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 64:51


The world is colliding with the ecological limits of growth - and mainstream economics is still looking the other way. Peter Victor, ecological economist and author of Escape from Overshoot, joins us. Highlights include: How 'the pre-analytic vision' of ecological economics, unlike mainstream economics, recognizes that all economic activity is embedded in the biosphere of Earth; Why population growth has been the main driver of ecological overshoot in recent decades; Why markets routinely fail to protect public goods like clean air and water and often produce socially and ecologically unjust outcomes without government intervention; Why the adjectives put in front of the word 'growth', like 'inclusive growth' or 'green growth', reveal how the goal of economic growth is failing on a wide range of dimensions; Why the goal of green growth is delusional, as emissions must fall by 10 percent annually for 30 years in a row to meet climate goals - something no country has ever achieved; Why the money metric of valuing nature is woefully inadequate and why we should embrace multiple perspectives that recognize the sacred and relational dimensions of our relationships to nature; Why mainstream economists' assumption of infinite wants is misguided and why we should focus instead on moderating our material wants to achieve an abundance of joy and wellbeing. See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript:  https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/peter-victor   OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance OVERSHOOT tackles today's interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity's excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of shrinking toward abundance inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings.  Hosted by Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware. Brought to you by Population Balance. Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://www.populationbalance.org/subscribe Learn more at populationbalance.org Copyright 2025 Population Balance

One Scoop Of Sunshine
#119 Q&A - Bulimie, Essdruck, Overshoot und Gewichtsabnahme nach dem Extremhunger

One Scoop Of Sunshine

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 29:21


ESS-BRECH-ZYKLEN - wie kommt man da raus? Was sind Skills bei Ess- und Übergebensdrang? Nimmt man nach einem Overshoot und dem Zulassen des Extremhungers wieder ab? Wie kann man sich mehr Essen erlauben, ohne sich nach dem Essen schuldig zu fühlen? Was, wenn Essanfälle und Binge-Purge-Zyklen der einzige Dopamin-Kick / die einzige Freude am Tag sind? Das und viel mehr besprechen wir in diesem Q&A, welches es auch als Video auf meinem YouTube - Kanal gibt. Schreibt mir gerne in die Kommentare, was euch geholfen hat, oder was für Fragen aufkamen. Alles Liebe, Eure Isa Triggerwarnung: In meinem Content geht es um Essstörungen, Angststörungen, Depressionen und generell Themen aus dem Bereich der mentalen Gesundheit. Take care. Disclaimer: Mein Content kann und soll keine Therapie ersetzen. Ich bin weder eine ausgebildete Ärztin, noch Psychotherapeutin und berichte nur von meinen eigenen Erfahrungen und Recherchen. Deshalb holt euch die Hilfe, die ihr braucht. Keywords: essstörung, recovery, heilung, gesundheit, ernährung, körper, psyche, extremhunger, food, freedom, focus, hunger, sättigung, energie, heilungsweg, essverhalten, essgewohnheiten, ernährungsumstellung, kalorien, stoffwechsel, hormone, insulin, cortisol, leptin, ghrelin, neurotransmitter, nervensystem, verdauung, darmgesundheit, mikronährstoffe, makronährstoffe, kohlenhydrate, fette, proteine, zucker, glukose, regenerierung, muskelaufbau, fettstoffwechsel, energiebilanz, gewicht, körperbild, selbstbild, körperakzeptanz, körperwahrnehmung, spiegelübung, selbstliebe, achtsamkeit, essrituale, essensplanung, intuitiv, intuitives, essen, ernährungspsychologie, angst, zwang, zwangsgedanken, esszwang, sportzwang, zwanghaft, überessen, binge, bingeing, binging, überkompensation, restriktion, restriktiv, diätmentalität, diätkultur, gesellschaft, schönheitsideal, therapie, verhaltenstherapie, tiefenpsychologie, ernährungsberatung, support, hilfe, coaching, recoverycoach, heilungsreise, wachstum, bewusstsein, akzeptanz, selbstfürsorge, ruhe, stress, stressbewältigung, nervosität, heilungsprozess, trauma, nervensystemregulation, sicherheit, stabilität, vertrauen, loslassen, entspannung, ruhephasen, schlaf, regeneration, stoffwechselerholung, körperfunktion, energiebedarf, heilungsglauben, mut, selbstvertrauen, transformation, balance, harmonie, lebensfreude, lebensqualität, zufriedenheitselbstmitgefühl, resilienz, selbstbewusstsein, selbstwert, selbstreflexion, körperrespekt, genesung, wohlbefinden, wohlfühlgewicht, wohlfühlessen, hungerregulation, appetit, sättigungsgefühl, sättigungssignale, metabolismus, kalorienbedarf, ernährungsfreiheit, nahrungsvielfalt, lebensmittelvielfalt, lebensmittelauswahl, genuss, essensfreude, ernährungsbalance, nährstoffe, energiezufuhr, energiedichte, hormonhaushalt, nervenstärke, stresshormone, serotoninhaushalt, dopamin, endorphine, heilungsprozess, innererfrieden, innerebalance, körperempfinden, sensorik, genussfähigkeit, wohlfühlbewegung, sportpause, regenerationszeit, gesundheitsbewusstsein, gesundheitsförderung, Binge Eating, Essanfall, Essanfälle, Panikattacken, essattacken, essdrang, nahrungsverweigerung, zwanghafte kalorienkontrolle, kompensationsverhalten, übermäßige bewegung, diätzwang, hungerunterdrückung, heisshunger, sättigungsprobleme, körperwahrnehmungsstörung, körperschemastörung, körperunzufriedenheit, essstörungstherapie, tiefenpsychologie, selbsthilfe, unterstützung, genesung, ernährungsfreiheit, essensangst, lebensmittelangst, food anxiety, orthorexie, gesundheitszwang, zwanghafte ernährung, zwanghafte kontrolle, körperkritik, körpervermeidung, spiegelangst, sättigungssignale, körperbewusstsein, bewegungsdrang, nahrungsmittelrestriktion, körpervergiftung, nährstoffmangel, fettphobie, diätkultur, nahrungsmittelzwang, energiemangel, Bulimia Nervosa, Übergeben, Abnehmen, Zunehmen, Abnahme, Zunahme

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Social Overshoot? Dunbar's Number, Real Relationships, and Musical Chairs | Frankly 94

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 15:13


With more people on the planet than ever before – with most having constant digital access to one another – there is an abundance of potential relationships available to us. Despite this, there is also an increasing loneliness crisis across global society. What can evolutionary psychology teach us about this lack of meaningful relationships at a time of hyper-connectivity? In this week's Frankly, Nate reflects on the effects of technology on modern relationships, and how Dunbar's number infers a ceiling on the number of people we can meaningfully interact with. He emphasizes the rare value of full attention in close relationships, and the implications of our current social dynamics as we face more turbulent times and a smaller world ahead. What are the negative effects of overextending our social networks and how does that shape the way we build community? How can we foster and strengthen connections with the people who are most important to us? Finally, what will our networks look like when the economic music speeds up or stops, and those who are closest to us become our most important support systems? (Recorded May 6, 2025)   Show Notes and More Watch this video episode on YouTube   Want to learn the broad overview of The Great Simplification in 30 minutes? Watch our Animated Movie.   ---   Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future   Join our Substack newsletter   Join our Discord channel and connect with other listeners  

Uncommon Courage
Climate Courage: the outback floods a month later

Uncommon Courage

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 130:57 Transcription Available


It was more than a month ago when outback Australia was swamped by floods, experiencing a years' worth of rain in a week, which not only devastated lives and livelihoods, it devastated livestock as well. The floods were bigger than the size of Texas and to this day, locals are still waiting for the water to drain away completely. What were the final numbers of livestock lost? What was the impact and cost? How are local people feeling about this event and the future?We'll get to the bottom of that, as well as other major news on climate from around the world, including new information on the AMOC, some promising news from Antarctica (or is it?), the farmers in the UK have raised the alarm on crops, Tony Blair putting his foot in it, extreme heat events, a significant decline in bird numbers reported in the US and what it means, we'll delve into Overshoot following Nate Hagens definition, the war between India and Pakistan because our world can not afford war, especially at this fragile moment for our world, and so much more. As always, there's a lot to discuss, so come and join us, 9th May, 8am UK, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. To help us dig into the conversation, we are delighted to have Heather Cameron joining us from the outback of Australia. Hailing from Gunderbooka near Bourke in New South Wales, she's a born and bred outback gal, but today, is running her own country retreat, so everyone can enjoy the peace of Australia's stunning nature. The Lower Lila retreat is 64,000 acres, grazing sheep, cattle, and goats, and has a carbon project to conserve areas of native bush lands for future generations to come. But she's doing more than that, Heather is a credentialed practitioner of coaching, while also studying to become a master practitioner of coaching, and she is also author of ‘Never Underestimate a Woman' with book three in the series coming out soon. Climate Courage is a livestream, held every two weeks and is co-hosted by Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko and Richard Busellato. On the show, we cover critical topics across the full spectrum of the polycrisis, in everyday language, and we go big picture on the climate crisis, while also drilling down and focusing on the actions we can all take to be part of the solution. Whether individual action, community action, or national/global action - every single one of us can be part of ensuring a live-able future for our children and grandchildren. We owe them that!#ClimateCourage #RethinkingChoices #UncommonCourage To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

Post-Growth Australia Podcast
Beyond the Petri Dish with George Tsakraklides

Post-Growth Australia Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 47:35


In this latest episode we speak with scientist, researcher and author George Tsakraklides about the deeper roots of humanity's many crises. Drawing on his rich scientific background and corporate insight, George explores how our evolutionary wiring, societal structures and cultural narratives hinder meaningful change. We unpack the psychological forces driving self-destruction, the limitations of rational thought and the need to reconnect with a deeper sense of being. From the inherited challenges of activism in a world of algorithms to the quiet strength of grounded action and grief, this conversation offers a powerful lens on navigating despair and cultivating meaning in a collapsing world. George Tsakraklides is author of The Unhappiness Machine, In The Grip of Necrocapitalism, Beyond the Petri Dish, Frankenpolitics and other works exploring the deeper drivers of civilisational collapse and humanity's self-destructive trajectory. With degrees in molecular biology, chemistry, food science, and Earth sciences, George spent two decades in social research, data analytics, and global brand strategy, working with major multinationals, gaining insight into the inner workings of profit-driven systems. After leaving the corporate world, George turned his focus to humanity's broken relationship with nature and the repeating patterns of societal failure. This work has featured on Radio Ecoshock, Collapse Chronicles, Post-Doom Conversations and other platforms addressing environmental and civilisational crises. In this episode, we dive into the intersection of science, philosophy and ecological activism, as explored in George's latest book, Beyond the Petri Dish. We examine why rational thinking alone falls short and the importance of reconnecting with the expansive Infinity State, a realm beyond reason, to achieve full embodiment. The conversation also delves into the psychological and societal forces steering humanity away from ecological wisdom, including the role of social media in fuelling addictive, reactionary behaviours. We critique the environmental movement's entanglement with growth-based paradigms and explore the need for a more honest, existential reckoning with what it means to be human in an age of collapse. From the pitfalls of call-out culture in activism to the quiet power of tending a conservation garden, we reflect on the value of small, grounded acts in a world that often feels overwhelming. Finally, we explore the role of grief, acceptance and grounded hope in moving beyond paralysis, offering insight for those struggling with eco-anxiety and despair. For those who want to explore George's work further, you can check out his website HERE (https://tsakraklides.com/). You can also find George on Substack here: (1) The George Tsakraklides View | Substack (https://georgetsakraklides.substack.com/) George's latest articles on Substack are all recommended and highly pertinent to this episode. Some examples include: A Brief History of the Dopamine Dystopia (https://georgetsakraklides.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-the-dopamine-dystopia) Finding Meaning in An Increasingly Absurd World (https://georgetsakraklides.substack.com/p/finding-meaning-in-an-increasingly) The Meta Terror State: A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Aspiring Dictators (https://georgetsakraklides.substack.com/p/the-meta-terror-state-a-do-it-yourself) George also has an Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/george_tsakraklides/?hl=en) where you can view his garden restoration among other things. In this episode we also discuss how George's work connects with Holistic Activism. You can read/download the 2025 edition of the Holistic Activism Booklet HERE (https://holisticactivism.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/holistic-activism-booklet-may-2025.pdf). Please feel welcome to support the work of PGAP through subscribing (https://pgap.fireside.fm/subscribe), through sharing this and other episodes with your networks, or by rating and leaving a review on Apple podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099) or your favourite platform. We also welcome your feedback and ideas. Please contact us anytime on our contact form here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact). Post Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP) is made possible by the support of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA (https://population.org.au/)). All opinions, past work and legacies of our guests so not necessarily reflect those of PGAP or SPA. Special Guest: George Tsakraklides.

Crazy Town
It Was Never Your Democracy Anyway: Thomas Linzey on Rethinking the Constitution

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 51:18 Transcription Available


Send us a textDemocracy and environmental protection have two things in common: (1) they're both supposed to be enshrined in the laws of the United States and (2) they're both under severe attack right now. Asher speaks with Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights to uncover how the source code of the U.S. Constitution and the body of environmental laws that follow it are actually designed to allow corporations to override the will of the people. After pinpointing the problem, Thomas explains what can be done, especially at the local level, to reach sustainable and just outcomes that provide wellbeing for people and ecosystems.Originally recorded on 4/2/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Bio for Thomas LinzeyCenter for Democratic and Environmental RightsMatt Wuerker's cartoon: "The Closed-Door Constitutional Convention"Support the show

News dal pianeta Terra
È già l'Overshoot day per l'Italia

News dal pianeta Terra

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 8:34


Oggi, 6 maggio, è il giorno in cui abbiamo già consumato tutte le risorse che il nostro paese è in grado di rigenerare in un anno. Per l'Unione europea è già avvenuto, il 29 aprile. Netanyahu ha ufficializzato la volontà di invadere militarmente l'intera Striscia di Gaza, già al collasso umanitario dopo più di due mesi di assedio e blocco di ogni aiuto. In Romania si sono tenute di nuovo le elezioni presidenziali, dopo l'annullamento delle precedenti tenutesi a novembre, per ingerenze esterne. Ha vinto di nuovo il candidato dell'estrema destra.Pietro Minto, esperto di tecnologia, ci racconta di Eutelsat, l'azienda francese che potrebbe prendere il posto dell'americana Starlink nel fornire connessione internet tramite satelliti. Ma la strada è ancora lunga per avere una valida alternativa europea. Puoi scriverci a podcast@lifegate.it e trovare tutte le notizie su www.lifegate.it. 

Fortis Worldwide
Ep. 188 | Overshoot and Undertrained

Fortis Worldwide

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 46:30


Send us a textThis week Nate and Liz talk about two things that could be holding you back from peak performance: overshooting your top sets and under training on accessories and volume. Support the showThanks for listening! Please remember to subscribe to the podcast, leave us a rating and share it with your friends so we can continue to grow.-You can now become a Fortis Powerlifting Podcast + subscriber by using the link below! This will help support the podcast as we continue to grow and we will give you a shoutout on the next episode after you subscribe as well as give you top priority for different topics or discussions you'd like us to have on the podcast. Thank you for your support!https://www.buzzsprout.com/1369834/support-Follow us on social media for daily powerlifting content including workouts, helpful tips and client sucess stories!@fortispowerlifting-SPONSORED BY@trashpandatactical FORTISPOWER to save

Crazy Town
Going #2: The Dueling Rules of Nature That Every Good Earthling Needs to Know

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 50:31 Transcription Available


Send us a textHappy Earth Day! There are two concepts that every person should understand to be a better Earthling: entropy and self-organization. It seems like a paradox, but systems on Earth are simultaneously breaking down into disorder and arranging themselves into complex superorganisms. Everything on Earth (well, really in the whole universe) is subject to the second law of thermodynamics, which means it all dies and decays. But with access to steady flows of energy, organisms, ecosystems, and human societies can hold back the death and decay for a spell. After dropping the kids off at the pool, Asher, Rob, and Jason cover the interplay of entropy and self-organization and contemplate how to manage the inevitability of entropy with elegance (beyond morphing into a lizard person).Originally recorded on 4/8/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Geoffrey West, Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies, Penguin Books, 2018.Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Scribner, 2024.William Rees, “End game: the economy as eco-catastrophe and what needs to change,” Real-World Economics Review, 2019.The laws of thermodynamics, as explained by the website “Physics for Idiots""Telegraph Road" - song by Dire StraitsDavid Owen, "Green Manhattan," The New Yorker, October 10, 2004.Other Crazy Town episodes you might like:Crazy Town 100 - A Temporary Techno Stunt: Tom Murphy on Falling out or Love with ModernityCrazy Town 35 - Self Domestication and Overshoot, or… the Story of Foxes and Russian MelodramaCrazy Town Bonus Riff - Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech DelusionsSupport the show

Plain English with Derek Thompson
Trump's Trade War Is Like Nothing America's Ever Seen

Plain English with Derek Thompson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 59:39


Donald Trump's tariff plan has set global markets on fire. What are they for? What are they trying to accomplish? Fresh off his black-out-rage session on CNBC, Derek talks to Matthew Klein, the author of ‘The Overshoot' newsletter and coauthor with economist Michael Pettis of the widely acclaimed economics book ‘Trade Wars Are Class Wars.' We talk about the Trump tariffs, their place in history, the goal of reindustrialization, and why our problem with China is a malady worth solving—even if Trump's medicine is just making us sicker. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com. Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Matthew Klein Producer: Devon Baroldi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crazy Town
Even AI Chatbots Hate Us: The Rise of the New Luddites, with Brian Merchant

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 69:46 Transcription Available


Send us a textWho knew that the breakthrough moment of AI sentience would come from interacting with an annoying neo-Luddite?After failing to raise a single dollar for PCI's newest initiative — the $350 billion Transdisciplinary Institute for Phalse Prophet Studies and Education (TIPPSE) —  Jason, Rob, and Asher devise the only profitable pitch for raising capital: using AI technology to cure the loneliness that technology itself causes. The only problem is that AI chatbots won't talk to us, as evidenced by Asher's experience of being blocked by an AI “friend.” So Asher turns to the flesh-and-blood author of Blood in the Machine, Brian Merchant, to discuss the rise of the neo-Luddite movement — the only people who might be able to stand your humble Crazy Town hosts. Brian Merchant is a writer, reporter, and author. He is currently reporter in residence at the AI Now Institute and publishes his own newsletter, Blood in the Machine, which has the same title as his 2023 book. Previously, Brian was the technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times and a senior editor at Motherboard.Originally recorded on 1/3/25 (warm-up conversation) and 3/24/25 (interview with Brian).Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Press Release announcing closure of TIPPSEFunding for FriendScreenshot of Asher's conversation with Friend's bot, FaithLyrics to “Not Going to Mars” by PyrrhonBrian Merchant's Substack, Blood in the MachineBrian's book, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech  New York Times article on the Luddite Club: “‘Luddite' Teens Don't Want Your Likes”Crazy Town Episode 72: Sucking CO2 and Electrifying Everything: The Climate Movement's Desperate Dependence on Tenuous TechnologiesBrian's essay in The Atlantic, “The New Luddites Aren't Backing Down”Support the show

Crazy Town
A Temporary Techno Stunt: Tom Murphy on Falling out of Love with Modernity

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 54:21 Transcription Available


Send us a textRecovering technology booster Tom Murphy visits Crazy Town to discuss his journey from shooting lasers at the moon, to trying to "solve" the energy predicament, to falling out of love with modernity itself. Asher, Jason, Rob, and Tom discuss the roots and short-lived nature of modernity, which has not only shaped the world we inhabit but conquered our very imaginations. They reminisce about aspects of hi-tech society that have already fallen away in its hubristic march towards mastering (or should we say undermining?) nature. They close by contemplating what it means to detach from humanocentric delusions of grandeur and make peace with living with one foot in and one foot out of the modern world. Originally recorded on 3/4/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:"Acceptance and Agency at the End of Modernity," a live online Resilience event on April 1, 2025 featuring Vanessa Andreotti and Dougald HineTom Murphy's Do the MathSupport the show

This Climate Business
Oh, behave! The real reason for overshoot - Joseph Merz

This Climate Business

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 35:18


In September 2023, a group of scientists and writers had a paper published in a niche academic journal. The paper “World scientists' warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot” might have quietly retired in a graveyard along with a thousand other important but forgotten tomes - except it didn't. At last count the paper has had 70,000 downloads and ranks in the top 1% of academic papers. In short, the paper describes how our modern human behaviour means we consume too much and waste too much. That's called overshoot - as terrible as it is, it's now new news. What's novel, is the paper's proposition that it's human behaviour - not technology, not law, not economic systems not even our values - that are the drivers: it's human behaviour. And just as our maladaptive behaviours got us here, so too can better behaviours get us out. To expand on the paper and to explain its popularity, Vincent was joined by the lead author, Joseph Merz of the Merz Foundation.Merz Institute New Paper Identifies ‘Behavioural Crisis' Driving Overshoot – Merz Institute

Simply Put
Matt Klein on Promoting US Economic Potential and Balanced Global Trade

Simply Put

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 53:37


The pandemic fiscal response supported a much faster recovery in the US than after the financial crisis, but price levels and the federal deficit surged. Households and businesses, tired of high interest rates and cumulative price increases, must now contend with a tariff regime that aims to improve US competitiveness abroad at the risk of higher consumer prices. The Fed meanwhile is trying to restore price stability and preserve the recovery, unsure how much its rate policy is channeling into the economy. In this episode, we talk with journalist Matt Klein, creator of “The Overshoot” newsletter and co-author of the book Trade Wars are Class Wars, about the political appetite for future fiscal stimulus, tariffs' effectiveness at improving global trade imbalances, and Fed policy in the post-pandemic economy. This interview was recorded live at the City Club of San Francisco on February 12.

Crazy Town
Eating the Future: The NY Times Goes Full Ecomodernist on Food and Farming

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 47:00 Transcription Available


Send us a textHow will we feed people living in the megacities of the 21st century, especially while confronting climate chaos and the depletion of fossil fuels and fossil water? According to the mainstream media: ecomodernism! Massive deployment of technology on factory farms and an extreme ramp-up of industrialization will save the day – right? RIGHT?!? If you read the New York Times, you might think that supermarket shelves will forever overflow with 3D-printed fish sticks, mylar bags full of genetically modified cheesy poofs, and faux corn dogs that ooze out of laboratory vats. Jason, Rob, and Asher question the wisdom of doubling down on industrialization in food and farming. It's no surprise they recommend paying attention to nature and ecological limits. Stick around for ideas you can use in your community to support a healthy, regenerative food system (and keep on eating). Originally recorded on 1/21/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Jason Bradford, The Future Is Rural, 2/19/19.Eliza Barclay, "What to Eat on a Burning Planet," The New York Times, 7/29/24.David Wallace-Wells, "Food as You Know It Is About to Change," The New York Times, 7/28/24.Andrew Nikiforuk, "A Reality Check on Our 'Energy Transition'," Resilience, 1/6/25.Michael Grunwald, "Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food," The New York Times, 12/13/24."Changing How We Grow Our Food: Readers disagree with an essay about factory farms," The New York Times, 1/4/25.Jay Famiglietti, "Will We Have to Pump the Great Lakes to California to Feed the Nation?" The New York Times, 8/5/24.Clip of the Hydrologist in Chief "explaining" the oh-so-simple solution to water shortages.Support the show

The Magnificast
The Structural Problems of Green Growth

The Magnificast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 61:54


When it comes to climate change and mitigation, some have suggested that we harness the power of capitalist growth and use it for something useful like green energy. But, there are some problems baked into capitalism about why that won't work. Listen in and learn all about why.Here are the books we mentioned in the ep. Brett Christophers - The Price is Wrong - https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3069-the-price-is-wrong?srsltid=AfmBOoq28BkqbNEqmZ1FJ1zTK0jnuVuJ5aYkb54H9xr2EaBfuU-Uph2EAndreas Malm and Wim Carton - Overshoot - https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3131-overshoot?_pos=1&_psq=Overshoot&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Crazy Town
Bargaining With Collapse: A Superabundance of Lab Grown Meat and Dryer Balls

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 37:32 Transcription Available


Send us a textDo you contemplate topics like climate change, biodiversity loss, and the risk of civilizational collapse? If so, then you probably understand something about bargaining – a psychological defense mechanism that's one of the five stages of grief. With just a wee bit of embarrassment, Asher, Jason, and Rob reveal damning episodes of bargaining from their personal histories (involving green consumerism and cult-like devotion to technology). Having admitted their sins, they discuss the allure of false solutions to our environmental predicaments and how even veteran environmental journalists can be susceptible to it. Stay to the end for thoughts on how to avoid getting hoodwinked by the horde of ecomodernist tech bros who continuously shove unworkable "solutions" down our throats. Originally recorded on January 16, 2025.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Julia Musto, "The end of the world as we know it? Theorist warns humanity is teetering between collapse and advancement," Independent, January 13, 2025 (about Nahfeez Ahmed's take on superabundance versus collapse).Rob Dietz, "Chris Smaje Vs. George Monbiot and the Debate on the Future of Farming," Resilience, October 27, 2023.Crazy Town episode 32 on cognitive biasMegan Phelps-Roper's six questionsCrazy Town episode 45 on feedback loops, featuring an interview with Beth SawinPost Carbon Institute's Deep Dive on building emotional resilienceSupport the show

One Single Woman
ECOLOGICAL OVERSHOOT & OUR FUTURE with Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director of Population Balance

One Single Woman

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 84:45


Send me a text!Today, my guest is Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director of Population Balance. Following on from my awakening episode, last week, I wanted to publish this interview which was carried out in August 2024. Nandita explains the stage we are currently at with overpopulation and how human supremacy, patriarchy and pronatalism have driven us to a dire situation on planet earth. We discuss ecological overshoot, the loss of biodiversity and the effect this has on the human race and the non-human animals, the ways in which animal agriculture is a driving force of climate change, the inequality between western culture and the lesser developed countries and the effects that children being born into the world today, will experience within their lifetimes.  Nandita also tells us her own personal story of how her passion for the environment and animal rights led her to her current position and the epiphany she had when she realised she did not have to have children.  You can follow this incredible organisation on IG, here: https://www.instagram.com/populationbalance/Their website is: https://www.populationbalance.org/and their two podcasts, OVERSHOOT & BEYOND PRONATALISM can be found on all platforms. Thank you for listening xx Thank you so much for listening to my show!You can follow and contact me here;Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onesinglewoman/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551831488278TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@onesinglewomanYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@onesinglewomanpodcastemail - onesinglewomanpodcast@gmail.com

Crazy Town
The House Is Quite Literally on Fire: Peter Kalmus on the Climate Emergency Hitting Home

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 53:48


Send us a textPeter Kalmus, climate scientist and returning friend of Crazy Town, used to live in Altadena, California, where one of the disastrous Los Angeles wildfires struck on January 7th. Having learned that his former house had burned, Peter penned an emotional article for the New York Times about his family's decision to leave LA two years prior, out of safety concerns about frequent heat waves, drought, and just the sort of tragic conflagration that has reduced parts of LA to ashes. Get Peter's take on this historic wildfire, what nature is trying to teach us, and how to think about unnatural disasters now and in the future. Note: this interview was recorded on January 24, 2025.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Peter Kalmus's article in the New York Times from January 10, 2025: “As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles”Peter's book, Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate RevolutionNews story about the huge Bobcat Fire that struck Los Angeles County in 2020Article in Science about the damage from Hurricanes Helene and MiltonPeter mentioned the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, which relates vapor pressure to temperature.FeedSpot ranked Crazy Town as the #1 environmental economics podcast.Support the show

The Overpopulation Podcast
New Podcast Name - We are now OVERSHOOT

The Overpopulation Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 2:25


ANNOUNCEMENT Hello everyone, here we are in 2025 and we have some important news to share. Last year was a really challenging year – we grappled with new climate records, we saw worsening global conflict, and we saw an upsurge in regressive pronatalism. And the year ahead looks like it will include much of the same—which means that all of us will have to remain steadfast, and become even bolder in our work to fight back and advocate for life-affirming alternatives. PODCAST NAME CHANGE As part of that commitment, we've decided to rename the podcast. It's been called the Overpopulation Podcast since 2016, yet in recent years we have increasingly explored subject-matter that goes well beyond the problem of overpopulation. We've delved into the injustice of pronatalism, the fallacy of pursuing endless economic growth, the inadequacy of technological solutions, and the hubris of human supremacy on a planet of unbounded natural wonders and riches. All these are facets of our perilous state of overshoot, wherein modern humanity's demands on Earth's natural systems outstrip their ability to recover and regenerate. Overshoot has increasingly been the underlying target of our podcast, and it's driven by more than excessive human numbers. Although overpopulation will remain a central theme, it is time that the podcast name reflects the full scope of our concerns. We will continue to bring you the same caliber of guests and range of topics as always—with the drivers of overshoot, and pathways out of this predicament, the common unifying theme. ARTWORK We also have new artwork. The design juxtaposes an impoverished biosphere that is the result of continued overshoot and the Earthly abundance that is possible if we reverse overshoot by downscaling the human enterprise. The exponential growth curve at the root of our predicament separates these two realities.   OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance OVERSHOOT tackles today's interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity's excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of shrinking toward abundance inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings.  Hosted by Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware. Brought to you by Population Balance. Learn more at populationbalance.org   

Crazy Town
The Frequent Flyer Tree: Losing the Last Bit of Sense in the Climate Emergency

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 30:28


Send us a textIn 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, is playing games with Mother Nature. What do we expect student-athletes to gain from ignoring the climate emergency (not to mention putting their health at risk)? Who cares, as long as we can wring a few more dollars out of the TV deals -- am I right?!? Jason, Rob, and Asher propose a new plan for college sports and for taking the climate emergency seriously.On a happy note: FeedSpot ranked Crazy Town as the #1 environmental economics podcast.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Jeff Eisenberg, "Conference realignment has redefined 'travel ball'," yahoo!sports, September 11, 2024.Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment and Doerr School of SustainabilityStanford has the most winning NCAA program, counting all sports. (2nd and 3rd are UCLA and USC, by far!)Support the show

GrowthBusters
86: Projecting Optimism in the Time of Overshoot

GrowthBusters

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 52:09


Is optimism required in order to alert folks to our ecological overshoot emergency? Dave and Stephanie discuss the challenge of communicating the depth and urgency of overshoot without shutting people down. Also: Dave shares how he and a group of local growthbusters projected a guerilla “pop-up” billboard on New Year's Eve – attempting to provide an honest reality check, but not put revelers off (or entice police or security personnel to stop them) The wisdom in U.S. President Jimmy Carter's “malaise” speech Congestion pricing results in kids walking, riding bikes, or taking public transit to school China wants to goose consumption in order to keep high GDP growth Rampant growthism in reporting on UK economic contraction Incoming Trump advisors count on economic growth to balance the budget The enormous carbon footprint of stadium concerts and sporting events A new book by Robin Wall Kimmerer: The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: President Jimmy Carter's “Malaise” Speechhttps://youtu.be/sXwZSzy9Ies?si=ekyAsmL0FokRvpCc London Saw a Surprising Benefit to Fining High-Polluting Cars: More Active Kidshttps://grist.org/cities/london-fining-polluting-cars-more-active-kids/ How the Debt Could Topple Trump's Growth Agendahttps://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/16/trump-ceos-american-debt-plan-00194362 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World - by Robin Wall Kimmererhttps://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books   Give Us Feedback: Record a voice message for us to play on the podcast: 719-402-1400 Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. https://www.fadermusicandsound.com/ https://carlosjones.com/ On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society's growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture's obsession with, and pursuit of, growth. Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy. Join the GrowthBusters online community https://growthbusters.groups.io/ GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth – free on YouTube https://youtu.be/_w0LiBsVFBo Join the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GrowthBustersPodcast/ Make a donation to support this non-profit project. https://www.growthbusters.org/donate/ Archive of GrowthBusters podcast episodes http://www.growthbusters.org/podcast/ Subscribe to GrowthBusters email updates https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/umptf6w/signup Explore the issues at http://www.growthbusters.org View the GrowthBusters channel on YouTube Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode:  

Wissenschaft auf die Ohren
Overshoot ist gefährlich (Das Klima)

Wissenschaft auf die Ohren

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 47:52


In Folge 126 widmen wir uns dem Overshoot. So nennt man die Strategie, ein Klimaziel zwischenzeitlich zu verfehlen, aber mit der Absicht es am Ende doch einzuhalten. Also zum Beispiel zu riskieren, dass die globale Temperaturerhöhung um mehr als 2 Grad ansteigt, solange sie Ende des Jahrhunderts wieder darunter liegt. Warum das aber alles andere als eine gute Idee ist, diskutieren wir in dieser Folge. Quelle: https://dasklima.podigee.io/126-dk126-overshoot-ist-gefahrlich / Bitte abonniert den Original-Podcastfeed: https://dasklima.podigee.io/feed/mp3

Crazy Town
Shotgunning Hedwig: The Dilemma of Invasives and the Bizarre Decision to Slaughter Barred Owls

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 33:36


Send us a textThe 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 Asher (along with the postal workers at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) are upset about this plan for addressing the predicament of invasive species. Surely there's a finer tool than a double-barreled shotgun for conserving ecosystems and protecting the species that inhabit them.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Bill Lucia, "Plan Finalized to Kill Thousands of Barred Owls around Northwest," Washington State Standard, August 28, 2024.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Final Barred Owl Management Strategy, August 2024."Killing barred owls to save northern spotted owls: Rethinking American wildlife conservation," On Point, WBUR, 9/5/2024.Avram Hiller, Jay Odenbaugh, and Yasha Rohwer, "A Dystopian Effort Is Underway in the Pacific Northwest to Pick Ecological Winners and Losers," New York Times, August 8, 2024.Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, "Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program."Robert Dietz and Brian Czech, "Conservation Deficits for the Continental United States: an Ecosystem Gap Analysis," Conservation Biology, August 16, 2005.Tom Murphy, "Metastatic Modernity #12: Human Supremacy," Metastatic Modernity Video Series, August 9, 2024.Support the show

Feck It, Fun, Fabulous & Free Eating Disorder Recovery
Signs of a Lapse or Relapse in Eating Disorder Recovery

Feck It, Fun, Fabulous & Free Eating Disorder Recovery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 15:08


Eating disorder recovery is hard and lapses and relapses are part of the recovery cycle. It's important to quickly catch any slide back and turn things back around towards a recovered life. This episode goes through some of the most common signs of a lapse or relapse in eating disorder recovery.  My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot   www.hellybarnes.com

Macrodose
The Break Down: After Overshoot w/ Andreas Malm

Macrodose

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 43:28


In 2024, we're set to break a major climate threshold for the first time: this will be the first calendar year in which global average temperatures breach the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold enshrined in the Paris Agreement. Importantly, while one year at this temperature doesn't mean all is lost, it does fire a profound warning shot over our faltering progress on mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis. While every fraction of a degree matters when it comes to the climate, the consensus is clear that above 1.5C the severity of impacts and risk of tipping points like mass coral reef die off or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet become substantially higher. You might therefore expect this to be front page news. Yet compared with its gravity, it has barely made headlines. If, like us, you're wondering why — as it turns out, this was always part of the plan. In this episode, Adrienne and Andreas Malm break down the concept of “overshoot”, how it's tied up with the power of fossil fuels, and the future of climate politics, from ecofascism to geoengineering. Andreas Malm is an associate professor at Lund University, an activist and the author of several books, most recently Overshoot: How The World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, co-written with Wim Carton.

Crazy Town
Breaking News: Crazy Town Joins the Newly Formed Department of Entropy

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 45:08


Rob, Jason, and Asher talk about joining the new Trump Administration, at least until Elon Musk eradicates it. They explore the implications of Trump 2.0 through three reality-bending lenses – shifting baselines, entropy, and the upside of down – and three ways of responding: resistance, resilience, and regeneration. They decided they couldn't stomach a fourth R – respect.We've added something new to this and future episodes: VIDEO! If you'd like to feel even more like you're in the room with the Crazy Town gang, please check out the video and let us know what you think. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Daniel Pauly's 1995 article, Anecdotes and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome of FisheriesRandy Olson's op-ed in the LA Times, Slow-Motion Disaster Below the WavesVideo of Howard Dean's speech with the infamous “Dean Scream”NASA's description of the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy law (Be sure to read it before the incoming US administration repeals the laws of thermodynamics!)Thomas Homer-Dixon's book The Upside of DownSupport the show

Science Busters Podcast
Der Strohhalm der Hoffnung in der Klimakrise - SBP092

Science Busters Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 37:24 Transcription Available


In Ausgabe 92 machen wir einen einen Rückblick anlässlich der Klimakonferenz COP 29 und der erwartbar mageren Ergebnisse an den Beginn des Jahres 2024. Wo sind wir damals gestanden in betreff Klimaschutz und Maßnahmen gegen die Klimakrise und was hat das Jahrdiesbezüglich dann gebracht. Kleiner Spoiler: wenig Gutes. In der Sendung "Frag die Science Busters live" auf Radio FM4 vom 15.1.2024 haben Kabarettist Martin Puntigam, der Astronom Florian Freistetter und Thomas Brudermann, Prof. für Innovations- & Nachhaltigkeitsforschung an der Uni Graz besprochen, ob lokale Kipppunkte besser sind als globale, warum man beim Klima nicht von Rekorden sprechen sollte, was eine Kippunktkaskade ist, wie lange es dauert, das Grönlandeis wieder nachfrieren zu lassen, dass man nur einmal aussterben kann, warum es auch positive Kipppunkte gibt, ob Devestment im Kampf gegen die Klimakatastrophe helfen kann, wie die zeit war, als man Klimaaktivismus noch als Klimaterrorismus denunzieren konnte, ob es tatsächlich sowas wie Klimaterrorismus einmal geben könnte, wie lange noch Zeit ist, um das Schlimmste zu verhindern, warum Rahmenbedingungen so wichtig sind, ob es hilft, die Fahrt in die Arbeit zur Arbeitszeit dazuzuzählen, was die Auflösung von Parkplätze bewirken kann, wie katholisch Klimaschutzkonzepte sein dürfen, ob man noch eine Flasche Schnaps auf Ex trinken soll, wenn man danach zum Trinken aufhören möchte, ob der Veganerwitz der Schwiegermutterwitz des 21. Jahrhunderts ist & ob Overshoot ein verschollen geglaubter Roman von Karl May-Roman ist.

Sound Bhakti
Overshoot The Finish Line | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | Govardhana Readings | 1 Nov 2024

Sound Bhakti

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 2:44


Link to the entire video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELDHfqq2118&t=1732s To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only) https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark

Liv Label Free
The Hard Truth About Overshoot Weight in Eating Disorder Recovery

Liv Label Free

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 17:52


Have you surpassed your target weight in eating disorder recovery? Are you struggling to cope with weight gain and accept your larger body? This podcast episode is for you! Livia Sara explains the science behind body fat overshooting and how to deal with this challenging aspect of ED recovery. You'll learn: Why it's important to overshoot your weight when recovering from an eating disorder How long weight overshoot lasts What you need to know about Set Point Weight Theory, BMI, and goal weights How to lose your overshoot weight in anorexia recovery Mindset shifts to cope with weight gain in eating disorder recovery

Forschung Aktuell - Deutschlandfunk
Overshoot-Risiken - Wohl kein Zurück, wenn das 1,5 Grad-Ziel gerissen wird

Forschung Aktuell - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 4:26


Wenn es nicht gelingt, die Erderwärmung auf 1,5 Grad Celsius zu begrenzen, was heißt das dann für den Planeten? Aktuelle Forschungen lassen selbst bei einem kleinen Überschreiten über Rückkopplungen größere Risiken erwarten als bisher gehofft. Mrasek, Volker www.deutschlandfunk.de, Forschung aktuell

New Scientist Weekly
Weekly: Climate overshoot - when we go past 1.5 degrees there is no going back

New Scientist Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 21:01


Episode 271If we overshoot 1.5 degrees of global warming, there is no going back. The hope has long been that if - and when - we blow past our climate goals, we can later reverse the damage. But there's no guarantee we can bring temperatures back down, according to a paper published in Nature this week. The report suggests it would take decades to get back to normal - and some of the more devastating consequences will be irreversible. Hear from a variety of experts on the problem of climate overshoot.Living bacteria have been discovered in 2-billion-year-old rocks, making them very, very old. Find out how these primitive microbes survived for so long - and why this discovery is exciting news for the quest to find life on other planets.Do you think you'll make it to the ripe old age of 100? Human life expectancy has steadily been going up and up - but now it's grinding to a halt, looking unlikely to exceed 84 for men and 90 for women. What's going on? Is there a limit to human ageing, or is something else at play?Hurricane Milton has caused immense damage across Florida and the death toll is rising. As it draws power from the hot oceans, there's good reason to believe climate change is to blame for its rapid intensification. Hot on the heels of Hurricane Helene, why are extreme weather conditions picking up again so quickly?Hosts Rowan Hooper and Chelsea Whyte discuss with guests Michael Le Page, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Joeri Rogelj, Wim Carton, Sam Wong, Carissa Wong and James Dinneen.To read more about these stories, visit https://www.newscientist.com/ Get your tickets for New Scientist Live: https://www.newscientist.com/nslivepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Overpopulation Podcast
Joshua Farley | Challenging Growthism: Reclaiming our Humanity from the Destructive Grip of Mainstream Economics

The Overpopulation Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 69:41


In this episode, we talk with Dr. Joshua Farley, an expert in ecological economics, about the urgent need to realign our economic systems with ecological and social justice imperatives by reclaiming our humanity from the destructive grip of mainstream economics. Highlights include: How mainstream economic ideologies disregard planetary boundaries and contribute to ecological damage through unchecked economic growth; A critique of the ‘Homo economicus' model in mainstream economics, which inaccurately depicts humans as purely rational, self-interested, competitive, and insatiable, and misrepresents our fundamentally cooperative nature; Why markets, while suitable for catering to individual tastes and preferences, are wholly inadequate in addressing ecological constraints and achieving secure sufficiency for everyone; How overpopulation disproportionately benefits the wealthy, driving down wages and inflating the costs of land, food, housing, and other basic necessities. See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript:  https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/joshua-farley ABOUT US The Overpopulation Podcast features enlightening conversations between Population Balance executive director Nandita Bajaj, researcher Alan Ware, and expert guests that draw the connections between pronatalism, human supremacy, social inequalities, and ecological overshoot. Population Balance's mission to inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. Learn more here: https://www.populationbalance.org/  Copyright 2024 Population Balance

Bionic Planet: Your Guide to the New Reality
110| Ecological Economics, Systems Thinking, and the Limits to Growth

Bionic Planet: Your Guide to the New Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 90:52


Support Bionic Planet: https://www.patreon.com/bionicplanet  Guests: Jim Pittman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespittman/) Matt Orsagh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-orsagh-a1b8417/) Steve Rocco (https://www.linkedin.com/in/steverocco/) Books Referenced: Ecological Economics (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77985.Ecological_Economics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZDNVmbxl5B&rank=1) The Limits to Growth (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/705418.Limits_to_Growth?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1uh5jgBt1O&rank=1) The Web of Life (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26155239-web-of-life) Thinking in Systems (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3828902-thinking-in-systems?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Q81KDn3a1D&rank=1) Energy and Civilization (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31850765-energy-and-civilization?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pCNkYwiE3S&rank=1) Sustainability is for Everyone (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19107270-sustainability-is-for-everyone?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=sX3sH8kdj5&rank=1) Less is More (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53328332-less-is-more?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12) Donut Economics (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57410899-donut-economics?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15) Technical Revolutions in Financial Capital (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60509.Technological_Revolutions_and_Financial_Capital?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=TcwHjED9BR&rank=1) The End of Nature (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199359.The_End_of_Nature?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17) In Season 9, Episode 110 of Bionic Planet, titled "Ecological Economics, Systems Thinking, and the Limits to Growth," we delve into a thought-provoking discussion with ecological economists Jim Pittman, Matt Orsagh, and Steve Rocco. The episode explores the fundamental concepts of ecological economics, systems thinking, and the difference between overshoot and tipping points. The conversation begins with a reflection on the limitations of using GDP as a measure of a nation's health, as highlighted by economist Simon Kuznets, the inventor of GDP. The guests emphasize the importance of rethinking economic health and well-being, shifting from a focus on GDP growth to a more holistic approach that includes human and planetary health. The discussion then delves into the historical context of the environmental movement, referencing influential books like "The End of Nature" by Bill McKibben and "The Limits to Growth" published in 1972. The guests highlight the interconnectedness of human activities, climate change, biodiversity loss, and the urgent need to address these issues before reaching irreversible tipping points. The conversation also touches on the concept of degrowth, which proposes an equitable downscaling of production and consumption to enhance human well-being and ecological conditions. The guests emphasize the importance of transitioning from individual self-interest to collective optimization, drawing parallels with the behavior of slime molds in response to scarcity. The episode concludes with a call to action for reevaluating our current economic paradigm, shifting towards a more sustainable and equitable model that prioritizes health and well-being over GDP growth. The guests stress the urgency of addressing planetary boundaries, overshoot, and the impending tipping points that threaten the stability of our ecosystems. Overall, the episode provides a thought-provoking exploration of ecological economics, systems thinking, and the imperative need for transformative change to ensure a sustainable future for humanity and the planet. Timestamps Introduction to Ecological Economics and Systems Thinking Discussion on the Influence of Popular Books on Climate Change Awareness Evolution of Climate Change Discourse and Scientific Consensus Introduction to the Limits to Growth and Systems Modeling Discussion on the Flaws of GDP as an Indicator of Success Importance of Systems Thinking and Tipping Points Degrowth as a Response to Overshoot and Tipping Points Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning to a Degrowth Paradigm The Role of Slime Molds in Understanding Resource Allocation The Urgency of Addressing Planetary Boundaries and Resource Scarcity The Need for Collective Action and Policy Changes in the Face of Environmental Challenges Reflections on the Evolution of Economic Thinking and the Path to Sustainable Development Quotes "Goals for more growth should specify of what and for what." - 00:00:23-00:00:34 "It's the difference between knowing that your two packs a day could very well give you cancer and hearing the doctor clear his throat and say, 'I've got something to tell you.'" - 00:01:06-00:01:17 "Degrowth is just the end result there. It's not like we want that. It's just like you need it because you've got to go on a diet." - 00:06:24-00:06:34 "We know that the enemy is carbon and we know it's ugly face. We should put a big fat price on it. And of course, add to that, drop the subsidies." - 00:07:16-00:07:26 "Earth Overshoot Day from the Global Footprint Network using the ecological footprint methodology." - 00:44:29-00:44:40 "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. And of course, it will stop. It's unsustainable." - 00:45:01-00:45:11 "We're using Earth as though we had 1.6 Earths to use. That's the consumption and the rate of resource use we're using." - 00:44:51-00:45:01 "Most of all, when proposing GDP as an indicator, Kuznets did not intend for it to be used in the way that we're using it now." - 00:46:21-00:46:32

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Overshoot and Its 7 Fundamental Drivers | Frankly 68

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 15:59


(Recorded July 23 2024) Description In this week's Frankly, (coincidentally released the day after Earth Overshoot Day), Nate breaks down seven factors contributing to humanity's increasing overshoot – which is defined as the point at which species' use of ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate in a given time period – as well as some things that might engender a retreat from current overshoot levels.  For the first time in Earth's history, a species is able to access, extract, consume, and inject waste into the entire biosphere - testing the limits of our planet's stability and capacity to provide. The human system is based on the foundation of a huge energy surplus in the form of fossil fuels with the (inaccurate) worldview of limitless resources. As such, all of our institutions, lifestyles, and expectations require growth, even as we increasingly understand the damage it does to the planet.  How did humanity end up in the unique predicament of expanding its consumption beyond the limits of the most bountiful planet that we know of? Is it possible that the primary factors getting in the way of a more sustainable human future are rooted in our social and cultural structures, rather than our technologies? What opportunities still lie ahead of us to mitigate the damage we've already done and find a new ecological equilibrium?    Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future Join our Substack newsletter Join our Discord channel and connect with other listeners   Show Notes

Crazy Town
Bonus: Human Nature Odyssey

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 40:11


Sometimes you just wanna hear from someone else. In this bonus episode, Alex Leff enters Crazy Town to introduce his podcast, Human Nature Odyssey. Before playing the first episode of the podcast, Jason, Rob, and Asher find lots of laughs with Alex as they contemplate environmental destruction, gorilla suits, the fate of civilization, tandem bike rides, imaginary games, and how to make a podcast. If you need a little more encouragement to check out Human Nature Odyssey, our friend Tom Murphy (author of the Do the Math blog) gives it his highest recommendation.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Human Nature Odyssey on Apple PodcastsThe work and philosophy of Daniel Quinn, author of IshmaelRobin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of PlantsAlex Leff's Patreon page for Human Nature OdysseySupport the Show.

ChinaTalk
EMERGENCY POD: JD Vance's Economics + How to SPR Critical Minerals + Policy Entrepreneurship

ChinaTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 89:30


What does JD think about currency, tariffs, and industrial policy? How has the Strategic Patroleum Reserve evolved into new relevance with some fun new powers over the past few years, and how can America take lessons from this success and apply them to addressing critical minerals? And what secrets of policy entrepreneurship can Arnab teach me? To discuss we have on Arnab Datta of Employ America and Matt Klein of The Overshoot podcast. Plus we get some parent corner! Outtro music: Melody by Ash Island (matched my mood of wanting to scream things I don't understand) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWWGm0nxYk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crazy Town
Escaping Escapism: What a Bizarre Rodent Ritual Can Teach Us About Navigating a World We Can't Really Escape

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 66:03 Transcription Available


After a full season of trying to escape more than a dozen evil -isms (fun things like capitalism, industrialism, extremism, and otherism), Rob, Jason, and Asher come to one conclusion: there is no true escape -- at least not for those of us who want to help their communities collapse and re-emerge gracefully. Join the boys as they explore what the cult classic Groundhog Day has to teach us about navigating the endlessly insane world of modernity and reflect on key lessons and actionable steps we can all take to navigate the Great Unraveling of environmental and social systems.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Trailer for the cult classic Groundhog DayArticle: "Harold Ramis didn't intend 'Groundhog Day' to be Buddhist, but it's a dharma classic" by Perry Garfinkel in Lion's RoarArticle: "Was Modernity Inevitable?" by Tom Murphy in Do the MathArticle: "Hospicing Modernity: Not a new idea" by Eliza Daley in ResilienceArticle: "Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System" by Donella Meadows, published by the Donella Meadows ProjectMultisolving InstituteBook: A Darwinian Survival Guide: Hope for the Twenty-First Century by Daniel R. Brooks and Salvatore J. Agosta, published by MIT PressSupport the Show.

Crazy Town
Escaping Otherism: Why Dr. Seuss Could Never Find a Rhyme for Genocide

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 78:34 Transcription Available


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 (and often does) turn deadly when it morphs into othering. Jason, Rob, and Asher try not to other one another as they explore the roots and consequences of othering, and the ins and outs of belonging as a key organizing principle of society.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Wes Tank rapping Fox in SocksThe Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. SeussDefinition of othering from the Canadian Museum for Human RightsStereotype Content ModelSusceptibility to otheringOthering and Belonging InstituteBook by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian - Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the WorldCrazy Town episode 51 on colonization and the mindset of extractionSeeing White podcastRacial Equity InstituteColonial roots and other drivers of genocide in RwandaTrump's reprehensible remarks about immigrants and about liberalsThe dystopian, othering politics of Balaji Srinivasan (article by Gil Duran in The New Republic)Christian Picciolini's Ted Talk about how he stopped othering and helps more people do the sameMarnita's TableNeedham Resilience NetworkSupport the Show.

Crazy Town
Escaping Extremism: Slap Fighting Our Way to a More Civil Society

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 66:33 Transcription Available


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, and Rob unpack why we're so susceptible to wackadoodle viewpoints and offer ways to tamp down extremist thinking and behavior in ourselves, our communities, and across society. Along the way, they tour the worlds of extreme sports, extreme politics, and extreme yogurt. They even question their own decidedly non-mainstream views on the environment and the economy.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Kevin Roose's article in the New York Times “A QAnon ‘Digital Soldier' Marches On, Undeterred by Theory's Unraveling”Definition of extremism from the Anti-Defamation LeagueConcepts of “malignant bonding” and “scarcity mind” in the article “Widening the ‘We'” by Colin Greer and Eric LaursenZeynep Tufecki's 2018 article in the New York Times “YouTube, the Great Radicalizer”Kari Paul's 2021 article in the Guardian “‘It let white supremacists organize': the toxic legacy of Facebook's Groups”Peter D. Kvam et al., “Rational inference strategies and the genesis of polarization and extremism,” Nature, May 5, 2022.Statistics on rising levels of hate crime in the United StatesStatistics on domestic terrorism in the United StatesStatistics on antisemitism around the worldCrazy Town episode 78, which includes the six questions Megan Phelps-Roper developed to challenge her entrenched beliefs.Rapoport's Rules for constructive criticismPost Carbon Institute's Deep Dive on Building Emotional ResilienceDiane Benscoter's nonprofit, Antidote.ngo, which runs recovery groups for people caught up in disinformation.Thought reform consultationCrazy Town episode 89 on escaping individualism, in which we discussed mutual aid networksLawsuit to allow social media users to control their algorithmsRanked choice votingSupport the Show.

Crazy Town
Escaping Humanocentrism: Why a Slime Mold Will Be President in 2028

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 70:15 Transcription Available


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 Jason explore the ways that humanocentrism has come to dominate the planet and our minds, while pointing to ancient and newly emerging ways that the more-than-human world is respected and protected, even the dung beetle.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Eileen Crist defines (and critiques) anthropocentrism.Global biomass of wild mammalsGlobal human-made mass exceeds all living biomass.Decline of pollinatorsDecline of flying insect biomassDaniel Quinn's book IshmaelHuman Nature Odyssey podcast with Alex LeffTom Murphy's journey of understanding the pitfalls of human exceptionalismTwo-thirds of the world's longest rivers have been dammed.Declining wild bird populations in North AmericaEd Yong's book An Immense WorldYellowstone to Yukon conservation initiativeRestorDouglas Tallamy's book Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your YardStory of mining permit revocation in PanamaTimeline of expansion of the rights of nature that was compiled by the Community Environmental Legal Defense FundCenter for Democratic and Environmental RightsStop Ecocide InternationalCrazy Town episode with Danielle Celermajer on multispecies justiceRobin Wall-Kimmerer's book Braiding SweetgrassProminence of nature in the Tuvan languageHolding the Fire episode with Anne PoelinaQuote by Kenneth Brink of the Karuk TribeQuote by Sammy Gensaw III of the Yurok TribeSupport the Show.

Crazy Town
Escaping Individualism: Why Rickey Don't Like It When Rickey Feels Lonely

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 71:22 Transcription Available


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 the United States. And it may just be the most important "ism" of all to escape as we enter the Great Unraveling of social and environmental systems.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Definition of individualism from the American Psychological AssociationArticle in Opumo magazine - "Super singles: 10 coolest one seater cars"U.S. Surgeon General's 2023 report: Our Epidemic of Loneliness and IsolationBBC Loneliness ExperimentRobert Putnam's classic book - Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityCountry comparison tool for exploring Hofstede's Individualism IndexPart 1 of Post Carbon Institute's webinar on mutual aid; Part 2Donna M. Butts and Shannon E. Jarrott, "The Power of Proximity: Co-Locating Childcare and Eldercare Programs," Stanford Social Innovation Review, April 2021Pets for the ElderlyDean Spade's book - Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)History of the free breakfast movement of the Black Panther PartyTeju Ravilochan, "The Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow's Hierarchy"City of Knoxville program guide: Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness PlanSupport the Show.