Podcasts about Social cost

Send us Fan MailWe break down how sportsbooks function as brokers that match contracts, set prices through the point spread, and earn their living through the vig. Kevin Braig joins us to explain how law, technology, and property rights shape whether sports betting markets stay clean or slide toward corruption and bad incentives. • five reasons people gamble, from dopamine to positive skewness • what a sports bet is as a contract and why a book exists as a broker • how the 11-to-10 price and the vig work in practice • why point spreads are a pricing technology and a marketing tool • how street-level enforcement and local political capture governed bookmaking • why Nevada legalized betting and how phones and smartphones changed everything • the Coasean case for clearly assigned property rights between leagues and books • how prop bets and inside information can erode trust in games • why extreme taxes and licensing fees raise transaction costs and distort markets Judge Kevin Braig's book, "Bookmakers vs. Ballowners"RH Coase, "The Problem of Social Cost"Gustavo Dudamel's opera, "Wealth of Nations"If you have questions or comments, or want to suggest a future topic, email the show at taitc.email@gmail.com !You can follow Mike Munger on Twitter at @mungowitz 

What does it mean to be human, and how is digital technology stealing the skills we need to get along with each other? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the EPA's efforts to undo regulations on hydrofluorocarbons, and how New York Governor Hochul is dismantling the State's groundbreaking climate law. Then psychologist and author Dr. Betsy Stone talks about the impact of digital technology on our society, and how we are slowly losing the skills we need to live meaningful and productive lives.

“Love as Luxury, Vulnerability as Liability” Modern love has become dangerous because real intimacy no longer threatens loneliness first — it threatens image control. People say they want love, but many only want admiration with no audit, desire with no discovery, attachment with no exposure, and closeness with no consequences. The moment love begins seeing too clearly, the ego calls it unsafe. Today's topic confronts the brutal contradiction: modern people crave intimacy while structuring their identities around avoiding the very vulnerability intimacy requires. Love becomes a luxury because only the emotionally resourced can afford to be seen without turning visibility into shame, control, withdrawal, manipulation, or performance. Everybody else enters love pre-defended, already calculating leverage, exit routes, bargaining power, and reputational risk. Real love creates witnesses. It notices the pattern behind the personality, the fear beneath the standard, the manipulation beneath the boundary, the grief beneath independence, the child beneath the cool pose. That kind of seeing can feel like social demotion in a culture that rewards emotional concealment as strength. So people protect the mask and sacrifice the connection. They call avoidance peace. They call control discernment. They call emotional withholding power. They call fear standards. They mistake being desired for being known, and then wonder why intimacy feels expensive. The question is not whether love is enough. The deeper question is: can the modern ego survive being loved without turning that love into a liability?

“Love as Luxury, Vulnerability as Liability” Modern love has become dangerous because real intimacy no longer threatens loneliness first — it threatens image control. People say they want love, but many only want admiration with no audit, desire with no discovery, attachment with no exposure, and closeness with no consequences. The moment love begins seeing too clearly, the ego calls it unsafe. Today's topic confronts the brutal contradiction: modern people crave intimacy while structuring their identities around avoiding the very vulnerability intimacy requires. Love becomes a luxury because only the emotionally resourced can afford to be seen without turning visibility into shame, control, withdrawal, manipulation, or performance. Everybody else enters love pre-defended, already calculating leverage, exit routes, bargaining power, and reputational risk. Real love creates witnesses. It notices the pattern behind the personality, the fear beneath the standard, the manipulation beneath the boundary, the grief beneath independence, the child beneath the cool pose. That kind of seeing can feel like social demotion in a culture that rewards emotional concealment as strength. So people protect the mask and sacrifice the connection. They call avoidance peace. They call control discernment. They call emotional withholding power. They call fear standards. They mistake being desired for being known, and then wonder why intimacy feels expensive. The question is not whether love is enough. The deeper question is: can the modern ego survive being loved without turning that love into a liability?

Do you want to optimize your race performance? Do you want to be the best, fastest triathlete that you can possibly be? Really? I mean, do you really want that? Are you prepared to do what it takes to achieve that? Because most of us are not and that's OK.SummaryTriathlon has a unique way of making improvement feel possible, which is why so many athletes believe there's a faster, stronger version of themselves waiting to emerge. But this piece explores the uncomfortable reality that most athletes want the rewards of peak performance without fully paying the physical, emotional, social, financial, and lifestyle costs required to achieve it. It breaks down what true high-level amateur performance actually demands — consistent training, smart specificity, recovery, fueling, and relentless discipline — while also arguing that pursuing absolute optimization isn't necessarily the healthiest or happiest path. Ultimately, it suggests that the real goal may not be maximizing athletic potential at all costs, but finding the balance between excellence in triathlon and excellence in life.Join the community at www.patreon.com/thelonelytriathleteTranscript/Talk NotesThere's something almost magical about triathlon.Because unlike a lot of sports, improvement feels available. Tangible. Earned.You see someone cross the finish line of an Ironman and you think:“What if I actually committed? What if I really tried?”Most amateur triathletes carry around this quiet belief that somewhere inside them is a faster version of themselves. Leaner. Stronger. More disciplined. More capable.But here's the uncomfortable truth:Most athletes don't actually want optimal performance.They want the results of optimal performance without paying the full price for it.And I'm not saying that judgmentally. I include myself in this conversation.Because optimal performance has a cost.Not just physically. Emotionally. Socially. Financially.And most of us — wisely, honestly — are unwilling to pay all of it.So today I want to talk about:what the actual prescription for optimal triathlon performance looks like,the hidden prices athletes avoid paying,the difference between “doing your best” and “doing your physiological best,”and finally… what you can cut back on with the smallest performance penalty so you can still have a life outside triathlon.Part 1 — Everyone Wants Peak Performance… Until It Costs Something (3–4 minutes)Most athletes love the idea of excellence.Very few love the lifestyle required for it.People say:“I want to qualify for Kona.”“I want to podium.”“I want to unlock my potential.”But then reality shows up.Because performance is built on sacrifices that are often deeply unsexy.Not motivation. Not inspiration. Not buying carbon wheels.Sacrifice.You already mentioned some obvious ones:eating with purpose instead of entertainment,prioritizing sleep over Netflix,doing the session you need instead of the session you feel like doing,getting up at 5am,doing doubles or triples,reducing stress,training when nobody is watching.But there are other prices athletes quietly refuse to pay.The Emotional CostSome athletes don't want to confront weakness.They avoid swim sessions because they hate feeling incompetent.They avoid intervals because they expose limitations.They stay in Zone 2 forever because suffering threatens their self-image.Improvement requires repeatedly visiting the place where you are not yet good enough.That's emotionally expensive.The Social CostOptimal performance often makes you less available.You leave parties early.You stop drinking much.You say no to late nights.You disappear for long rides.You become “the triathlon person.”And many athletes unconsciously sabotage progress because they fear social separation more than they desire performance.The Identity CostThis one is huge.To truly improve, sometimes you have to let go of comforting stories:“I'm just not fast.”“I don't respond well to intensity.”“I'm too old.”“I'm too busy.”Or conversely:“I'm naturally talented so I don't need structure.”Your ego will often protect your identity before it protects your potential.The Financial CostNobody likes talking about this one.But performance costs money.Good nutrition.Race entries.A coach.Pool access.Bike maintenance.Recovery tools.Travel.More time means sometimes less earning.And ironically, some athletes spend thousands on gear while refusing to invest in the boring things that actually matter:sleep,consistency,coaching,nutrition,recovery,stress management.Because buying equipment feels easier than changing behavior.Part 2 — What Does Optimal Triathlon Performance Actually Require? (4–5 minutes)Let's strip away fantasy for a minute.What would it actually take for an amateur athlete to approach their physiological potential?Not perfection. But close.Here's the blueprint.1. Consistent Training VolumeThis is still king.Not hero workouts.Not occasional monster weeks.Consistent weekly volume over years.The aerobic engine responds to repeated exposure.There's no shortcut around accumulated work.2. Training SpecificityDoing what moves the needle.Not what's fun.Not what protects the ego.If your limiter is running durability:you probably need more running frequency.If your limiter is bike power:you probably need structured intervals.If your limiter is swimming:you probably need technique work and frequency.A lot of athletes train in the direction of preference instead of the direction of adaptation.3. Recovery DisciplineSleep is performance enhancement.Not optional recovery.Actual performance enhancement.Optimal athletes protect sleep almost aggressively.They also manage overall life stress because the body doesn't distinguish particularly well between:work stress,relationship stress,financial stress,and training stress.Stress is stress.4. Fueling CorrectlyNot just “eating healthy.”That's amateur thinking.High performance requires:enough carbohydrates,enough protein,sufficient calories,hydration,electrolyte management,timing nutrition around sessions.A shocking number of endurance athletes are chronically under-fueled and wonder why they plateau.5. Ruthless ConsistencyThis may be the biggest one.Elite-level age groupers are not magical.They are relentlessly consistent.They train when motivated.They train when unmotivated.They train when conditions are mediocre.They train when life is slightly inconvenient.Not perfectly.Consistently.Part 3 — The Marginal Gains That Actually Matter (3–4 minutes)Once the basics are solid, marginal gains start mattering.And here's the important distinction:Marginal gains only matter after the fundamentals are in place.People obsess over:ceramic bearings,aero socks,expensive supplements,ice baths,red light therapy,ketones,altitude tents……while sleeping 6 hours a night and skipping swim sessions.That's backwards.But once the basics are nailed?Then the marginal stuff can matter.For example:aero optimization on the bike,heat adaptation,carbohydrate optimization during races,body composition refinement,advanced pacing,recovery timing,improved aerodynamics,race-specific preparation,mental performance work.The difference is:Marginal gains are multipliers.But multiplying garbage still gives you garbage.Part 4 — But Maybe You Don't WANT Optimal (3–4 minutes)And this is where I want to be very careful.Because there's another side to this conversation.Maybe you don't want to organize your entire life around triathlon.Maybe you don't want:bedtime alarms,two-a-days,obsessing over macros,turning down vacations,scheduling your life around recovery.That's okay.Actually, more than okay.Because triathlon is supposed to fit into your life — unless you consciously choose otherwise.And I think many athletes quietly feel guilt because they're not maximizing their potential.But maybe they're maximizing something more important:family,relationships,career,creativity,balance,joy,mental health.There's honor in that too.The key is honesty.Don't expect elite outcomes from recreational commitments.But also:Don't diminish what recreational commitment can still achieve.You can become incredibly fit, incredibly capable, and incredibly fulfilled without turning triathlon into a second job.Part 5 — What Can You Cut Back On With Minimal Performance Loss? (2–3 minutes)This is probably the most practical part of the episode.If you want the best return on investment:Protect the fundamentals.Keep:consistency,sleep,reasonable fueling,frequency,key workouts.Cut:junk volume,unnecessary intensity,social media comparison,equipment obsession,complicated recovery protocols,optimization theater.You probably don't need:six-hour rides every weekend,twelve supplements,constant data analysis,or total life domination by triathlon.For most amateurs:80–90% of your potential comes from:consistency,adequate volume,smart workouts,recovery,nutrition,and patience.The final 5–10%?That's where the real sacrifices begin.And only you can decide whether that price is worth paying.Closing (1 minute)Maybe the goal isn't to become the best triathlete you could possibly be.Maybe the goal is to become the best triathlete you can be while still remaining the person you want to be.That's a different question.And maybe a wiser one.Because at the end of the day, triathlon is not life.It's something that's supposed to enhance life.And the athletes who last the longest in this sport are often the ones who learn exactly where excellence ends… and balance begins.If you are a Patreon member, stick around for some bonus content.Otherwise, until next time,Peace

If you work with four, five, or six-year-olds with speech sound disorders, this episode was made for you and this research will change how you document, advocate, and make eligibility decisions for your students. In this episode, we break down a brand-new 2026 open-access study that every school-based SLP, early childhood SLP, and preschool speech-language pathologist needs to save, cite, and have ready to go. Whether you're navigating a negative 2.0 standard deviation eligibility criteria, writing IEP goals for preschoolers with speech sound disorders, or advocating for a child who doesn't yet "qualify" on paper, this research is your clinical ammunition. This landmark study examined peer perceptions of children with speech sound disorders across ages four, five, and six: At age 4: Neurotypical peers already rate children with severe speech sound disorders lower across domains of intelligence, friendliness, and likability compared to typically developing talkers. At age 5: Children with moderate-to-severe speech sound disorders are rated lower across all social domains by their neurotypical peers. At age 6: Even children with mild speech sound disorders are rated lower and are seen as less desirable friendship candidates compared to neurotypical peers. The bottom line? Severity matters. Age matters. And the social stakes get higher every single year. Use this research study to support eligibility decisions when standardized scores alone don't tell the full story. Cite it alongside teacher observations, parent input, direct observation of socialization, and connected speech samples. Document the educational and social impact of the speech sound disorder, not just the score Know your state's eligibility criteria: some states require -2.0 SD, others -1.0 SD, and others rely on professional judgment of adverse educational impact Advocate proactively: a wait-and-see approach has real social consequences for your students Henry, M., & Bent, T. (2026). Let's be friends: Peer perceptions of disordered speech in preschool and early school-aged children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 35(1).

Particulate matter is, Michael Greenstone argues, the greatest public health threat on the planet. Worse than HIV, cigarettes, and alcohol. The average person  loses about two years of life expectancy to it. In India, the figure is three and a half years. The solution to this problem has been tested, and it works, at least in high-income countries.Greenstone and his co-authors ran a randomised controlled trial in Surat, Gujarat: from 300 industrial plants, mostly making textiles, all burning coal, half were randomly assigned to a market where pollution permits could be bought and sold. The results: in the market, pollution fell 25%, compliance was near-perfect, and abatement costs dropped 12%. The cost-benefit ratio is as high as 200 to one. Many plants in the control group asked to be moved into the market.The research behind this episode:Greenstone, Michael, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, and Anant Sudarshan. 2025. "Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India." Quarterly Journal of Economics 140 (2): 1003–1060. An ungated version is available as BFI Working Paper 2025-53.To cite this episode:Phillips, Tim. 2025. "Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries?" VoxDev Talk (podcast).  Assign this as extra listening: the citation above is formatted and ready for a reading list or VLE.About Michael GreenstoneMichael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he is the founding Director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth. His research focuses on the costs and benefits of environmental quality, including the Air Quality Life Index, which tracks the toll of particulate pollution country by country. He previously served as Chief Economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. Research cited in this episodeAir Quality Life Index (AQLI), Energy Policy Institute at Chicago. The source of the life-expectancy statistics used in this episode: particulate pollution costs the average person on Earth roughly two years of life expectancy, with India averaging three and a half years. The index tracks this burden country by country, city by city.The US sulphur dioxide cap-and-trade programme, established under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, was the canonical precedent Greenstone cited: a market that dramatically reduced acid rain in the eastern United States at costs far below pre-programme projections. He noted that the UK and EU have since built comparable CO2 markets. All have worked well. The question this experiment addressed was whether the same logic held in the developing world, where almost all the pollution now is.Emissions Market Accelerator. An independent scale-up organisation founded by Greenstone and colleagues to replicate the Gujarat model beyond the original research setting. Current pipeline: a statewide sulphur dioxide market for Maharashtra (including large power plants, not just textiles), and advanced conversations in Pakistan and Brazil. Within Gujarat, a water pollution market is also in development.More VoxDev Talks on this topicRegulating pollution in low- and middle-income countries Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan, two co-authors of the paper discussed in this episode, on the political economy of pollution regulation in developing countries: why enforcement is hard, and what makes it work.Air pollution and infant mortality Jennifer Burney on the health costs of particulate air pollution for young children, and what the evidence from Saharan dust patterns across Sub-Saharan Africa reveals about exposure and mortality.The Social Cost of Carbon Michael Greenstone's earlier VoxDev Talk, on how assigning a monetary value to carbon emissions can drive better policy decisions and make the case for action that regulation alone struggles to make.Related reading on VoxDevReducing air pollution: Evidence from payments to reduce crop burning in India How cash payments to farmers in northern India changed behaviour and cut the seasonal haze from crop fires that pushes Delhi's air quality to its worst each winter.Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China A cautionary study on market-based pollution controls: when incentives point the wrong way, a market can make things worse rather than better.The effect of pollution on worker productivity: Evidence from call-centre workers in China Air pollution reduces cognitive performance and output, adding an economic productivity argument to the health case for cleaning the air.

The Trump administration last week announced the repeal of the ‘endangerment finding' - the 2009 determination that climate change threatens public health and welfare. It may sound arcane, but this piece of legislation empowered the US federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This decision weakens the regulatory backbone of American climate policy, and may reshape the country's emissions trajectory for years to come.So what happens next?This week, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson consider the politics, the economics and the climate reality of this move. And Tom calls friend of the show Manish Bapna, President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council, whose organisation is preparing to challenge the rollback in court. Speaking to us just as the case was filed, Manish explains why the endangerment finding has long been the legal bedrock of federal climate action, and how the case could climb all the way to the Supreme Court.Until then, uncertainty reins: is this a temporary political detour - or a structural turning point for US climate leadership? And if federal authority falters, will states, businesses and markets keep the transition moving anyway?Learn More:

You can feel it tipping before anyone else does.Everyone's still chatting, still comfortable, and your body's already tightening.You know if you stay, you'll be the one dealing with what comes next.It's that familiar moment where nothing's happened yet, but you're already bracing for the clean-up.In This Episode, We CoverWhat it's like to step in early when you're the one who ends up carrying the falloutHow being told to ‘relax' or ‘let it play out' misses where the cost actually landsWhy stepping in early often gets read as control from the outsideThe difference between reacting to what's happening and knowing what usually comes nextHow early exits, early no's, and early decisions reduce the total loadThis Episode Is For You IfYou're usually the one calling it before things tipYou leave events early and feel judged for itYou're told nothing has happened yet, but you know what comes afterYou're the one left carrying the aftermathYou're tired of second-guessing what you know because you've lived itRelated EpisodesWhy Am I Bracing for Impact When Nothing Is Wrong? (Quick Reset)https://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-10-quick-reset-why-am-i-bracing-for-impact-when-nothing-is-wrong/Surviving the Mental Load of the School Yearhttps://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-63-surviving-the-mental-load-of-the-school-year/When You Can't Relax Even When It's Quiethttps://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/why-adhd-mums-cant-relax/You Were the Good Girl. That's Why You're Falling Apart Now.https://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-35-you-were-the-good-girl-thats-why-youre-falling-apart-now/The ADHD Myth of ‘Just Try Harder' (Quick Reset)https://adhdmums.com.au/podcast_episode/episode-24-quick-reset-the-adhd-myth-of-just-try-harder/This isn't about being better at sitting with uncertainty.It's about exposure.Some people only experience the moment.Others are the ones who absorb what comes after.Leaving early doesn't look necessary when you're not the one managing the fallout. What looks like overreaction from one place is actually load reduction from another.You're not creating problems too soon.You're carrying the cost so it doesn't land later.

01:00 The Lost Generation, https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/ 02:30 Jacob Savage interview, https://thecarousel.substack.com/p/jacob-savage 20:00 12 Symptoms of Under-Earning, https://www.underearnersanonymous.org/newcomers-to-underearners-anonymous/symptoms-of-underearning/ 35:00 DEI And the Lost Generation of Young White Men, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRGjtAtEefs 39:00 DEI Diminished Trust In Our Institutions, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165616 42:00 Where Diversity Makes Things Better, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165607 44:20 Nicki Manaj talks to Erica Kirk at TPUSA 51:00 The Problem of Social Cost, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165605 55:20 Losing Is Contagious, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165603 1:15:00 PF Jung: Let's talk about Nick Fuentes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRmleI36KA 1:18:00 The Iron Fortress: Decoding the Right's Vitalist Turn, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165591 1:36:20 Brett Cooper: DEI Didn't Just Fail — It Created a Generation of Radicalized Men, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQH2s7fllcE 1:41:00 The Lost Generation: My Personal Story of How DEI Discriminates Against Millennial White Men, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl1wZkaP-sQ 1:50:00 The rising tensions between Indian nationalists and American nationalists, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165587 1:53:00 No Country for White Men | Guest: Jeremy Carl, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pNjqxYVK1E 1:56:40 The Male Heroes Of Bondi Beach, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165583 2:00:45 The Lost Generation In The Age Of Conservative Claims Of Cultural Oppression, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165579 2:13:00 The Lost Generation In Liberal Democracy 3.0, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165576 2:20:50 WP: Is Gen Z the key to a manufacturing revival? Fall River thinks so., https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165574 2:27:50 How DEI Destroyed a Generation of White Men (with Nick Dixon), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lXSITukR0k 2:41:30 Bondi Beach: Did authorities fail to prevent antisemitic shooting by Naveed and Sajid Akram?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohn5tFTbgLc 2:46:00 Batya: DEI resulted in fewer young white men in white collar jobs 2:49:00 Australia is lost, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJmPxaT6Mo 2:52:00 Rachel Lu and Tiana Lowe Doescher debate how 'the ‘Great Feminization' has changed the workplace 2:54:00 Ross Douthat's Simpler Explanation for the Rightward Shift of Young Men, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEBmjGwNu34 2:57:00 Why Millennial Men Have Given Up, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Liwr5YlTA 3:00:00 Rufo & Lomez: DEI And The Annihilation Of Young White Men, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU314oi8ano 3:05:00 National Conservatism podcast on Jacob Savage's Lost Generation essay, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jBF5Wu8lu4 3:18:45 Jason Whitlock: DEI Failed Black Quarterbacks and Ruined the NFL, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB8x90G4oTc 3:23:00 Jason Whitlock on learning to submit to the system to win, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY3E1HcWt8Y

In this week's episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Dominic Parker, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, about the first US government–run environmental management agencies and how they've influenced the survival of wildlife in the United States. Parker's new coauthored journal article discusses the economic, political, and social forces that led to the founding of state wildlife agencies and contributed to their growth over time. Parker explains how wildlife management agencies facilitated the rebound of several well-known species in the United States, including the white-tailed deer, after a period of intense decline. Parker underscores the importance of natural resource management that responds to the needs of both people and the environment, ensuring the continued enjoyment of natural spaces and survival of wildlife in the United States. References and recommendations: “The Creation and Extent of America's First Environmental Agencies” by Dean Lueck and Dominic Parker; https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/734075 “Federal Funding and State Wildlife Conservation” by Dean Lueck and Dominic Parker; https://le.uwpress.org/content/98/3/461 “The Hunter's Game: Poachers and Conservationists in Twentieth Century America” by Louis S. Warren; https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300080865/the-hunters-game/ “The Problem of Social Cost” by Ronald Coase; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Social_Cost “Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History” by Dan Flores; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-flores/coyote-america/9780465098538/ “The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors” by Erika Howsare; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/731239/the-age-of-deer-by-erika-howsare/

Lukewarmer, libertarian, author of “The Hockey Stick Illusion” and “Hiding the Decline”. Director @netzerowatch00:00 Introduction to Andrew Montford and Net Zero Watch01:21 Political Shifts and Growing Opposition to Net Zero02:51 Analyzing UK Electricity Prices06:43 Impact of Net Zero Policies on Electricity Costs13:51 Future Projections and Economic Implications19:55 Reform Party's Stance and Actions26:35 Challenges and Criticisms of Net Zero34:23 Decarbonizing the Electricity Grid35:24 The Cult of Irrational Policies37:10 The Social Cost of Carbon Debate39:00 Climate Change Committee's Report42:33 Rising Voices in Climate Skepticism45:43 Nuclear Energy and the Linear No Threshold Theory54:30 Challenges in Governing Climate Policies01:03:21 Conclusion and Call to Actionhttps://x.com/aDissentienthttps://x.com/netzerowatchhttps://www.netzerowatch.com/=========AI summaries and podcast transcripts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summarieshttps://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Is pornography a good teacher? Many teens think so. Nearly half of teens surveyed believe “porn gives helpful information about sex.” This should be a red flag for dads. In this episode of the All Pro Dad Podcast, host Ted Lowe is joined by BJ Foster to talk about how to have honest and open conversations about the dangers of pornography.Why This MattersPornography is a problem that is not going away. There is no such thing as casual porn consumption. Key TakeawaysPorn is Everywhere: Over 83% of teen boys and 57% of teen girls in the U.S. have viewed porn.Porn is Largely Taboo: About 62% of teens say nobody has talked to them about the dangers of porn.Porn is Profitable: In the USA, the online porn industry's annual revenue keeps pace with the NCAA, around $1.15 billion. Practical Tools for DadsPorn is bad for everyone, but especially kids. Don't shy away from age-appropriate conversations about it. Here are questions to get you started:1. What are your friends saying about porn?2. What do they watch on YouTube?3. What if everything you watched, clicked, or scrolled through online were public?4. What do you think is the biggest struggle kids are facing in your grade?Important Episode Timestamps00:00 – 00:55 | Introduction00:55 – 03:16 | First Encounters03:16 – 05:38 | What Kids Say About Porn05:38 – 08:17 | The Emotional & Social Cost of Porn08:17 – 11:20 | The Industry, Dehumanization & Misleading Messages11:20 – 13:16 | When Culture Romanticizes Harm13:16 – 15:01 | What Are Your Friends Saying?15:01 – 17:38 | Filters Aren't Enough17:38 – 20:20 | Build Trust Through Vulnerability20:20 – 22:05 | Pro Move of the WeekRemember, pornography is the enemy, NOT your kid. Be open and honest about the true enemy and help your kids avoid falling into its trap.Listen Again:Episode 66 – How Should I Talk to My Kids About Sex?All Pro Dad Resources:How to Protect Your Children From PornographyWe love feedback, but can't reply without your email address. Message us your thoughts and contact info!Connect with Us: Ted Lowe on LinkedIn Bobby Lewis on LinkedIn BJ Foster on LinkedIn Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Get All Pro Dad merch! EXTRAS: Follow us: Instagram | Facebook | X (Twitter)Join 200,000+ other dads by subscribing to the All Pro Dad Play of the Day. Get daily fatherhood ideas, insight, and inspiration straight to your inbox.This episode's blog can also be viewed here on AllProDad.com. Like the All Pro Dad gear and mugs? Get your own in the All Pro Dad store.Get great content for moms at iMOM.com

In this episode we discuss will and Fear, Social cohesion and its costs, solidarity, internal and external dissent as well as social anxiety.

Last-minute changes in the House budget reconciliation bill included scrapping one of the more controversial amendments that would have sold off public lands in the southwest to private developers. But the overall bill isn't a complete win for the environment, with even deeper cuts to clean energy tax credits added at the last minute. Also, a new White House memo instructs federal agencies to disregard the economic impacts of climate change in their regulations and permitting decisions. This metric is known as the “social cost of carbon” and it has been used for decades to guide policy so that it considers the economic realities of our changing climate. Plus, seagrass is a foundation of marine ecosystems and stores as much as 35 times more carbon than a tropical rainforest, but warming ocean temperatures and other threats are wiping seagrass out. There is hope, though, as a project to “garden” or cultivate more resilient varieties is making waves along the U.S. East Coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI released GPT-4o, which included art generation, particularly Studio Ghibli-style anime recreation of users' pictures. This update took the internet by storm, and social media platforms were flooded with people recreating their images in Studio Ghibli-style. Parallely, conversations around the integrity of art/artwork, copyright, intellectual property rights, and protecting the livelihood of artists were highlighted. In this episode of All Things Policy, Astha Rastogi and Anwesha Sen attempt to dissect this. The PGP is a comprehensive 48-week hybrid programme tailored for those aiming to delve deep into the theoretical and practical aspects of public policy. This multidisciplinary course offers a broad and in-depth range of modules, ensuring students get a well-rounded learning experience. The curriculum is delivered online, punctuated with in-person workshops across India.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://school.takshashila.org.in/pgp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find out more on our research and other work here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://takshashila.org.in/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our public policy courses here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://school.takshashila.org.in⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Reconsidering the social cost of carbon Science Sessions are brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us. In this episode, Frances Moore presents a re-analysis of how the social costs of carbon emissions are quantified. In this episode, we cover: •[00:00] Introduction •[00:50] Climate economist Frances Moore explains the “social cost of carbon.” •[02:21] She describes the background of the study.  •[03:35] She talks about the methods of the study, which included a survey of experts. •[05:18] Moore presents the results, including underestimation of the social cost of carbon. •[07:02] She talks about the policy implications of the study. •[08:35] Moore discusses the caveats and limitations of the study. •[09:21] Conclusion. About Our Guest: Frances Moore Associate professor University of California, Davis View related content here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2410733121 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts for more captivating discussions on scientific breakthroughs! Visit Science Sessions on PNAS.org: https://www.pnas.org/about/science-sessions-podcast  Follow PNAS: Twitter/X Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Sign up for the PNAS Highlights newsletter

Host Dave Schlom visits with two UC Davis professors to discuss one of the most important yet problematic elements on the Periodic Table: Carbon.

The warning lights are blinking for the world's food supply. At least that's what 150 Nobel Prize and World Food Prize laureates said in a recently-published open letter calling for a “moonshot” urgency effort to start the immediate ramping up of food production to meet the global demands of 9.7 billion people by 2050. Harvard Kennedy School economist Wolfram Schlenker, the new Ray A. Goldberg Professor of the Global Food System says doing that will require urgent policy changes and, in some cases, policy reversals to meet those goals against the headwinds of climate change. Even as crop yields are under stress due to rising temperatures and extreme weather events, Schlenker says spending on research and development of new, climate-resistant crops and other food technologies has declined. Countries are also starting to put up more protectionist barriers around their domestic agricultural sectors, undermining the global free trade in staple food commodities that is essential to preventing severe agricultural shocks that can result in civil upheaval, mass migration, and global instability. Schlenker is the co-author of a groundbreaking study in 2009 which found that crop yields fall precipitously after reaching a certain heat threshold. The study's conclusions were validated just three years later when a heat wave over the U.S. corn belt saw yields drop by 25 percent. With 700 million people globally already classified as undernourished and the world having at least temporarily breached the crucial 1.5 degrees Celsius warming standard in 2024, it may be the most important problem nobody's talking about. Schlenker joins PolicyCast host Ralph Ranalli to talk about the ticking global food crisis clock and policy changes that could make a difference.Wolfram Schlenker's Policy Recommendations:Limit beggar-thy-neighbor agricultural policies where countries impose export restrictions when food prices rise. Specifically, implement the Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture passed at COP-28 by ensuring that the World Trade Organization has an enforcement mechanism that limits trade restrictions in agricultural markets following climatic events.Reverse the current decline in public R&D funding for agricultural technologies. Private companies, which currently conduct most of the R&D, do not have the correct incentives to innovate when there are positive spillovers on others.Ensure that the Social Cost of Carbon — the cost of emitting an extra ton of CO2 — reflects its impact on all countries and not just the U.S., as climate change is a global problem.Episode Notes:Wolfram Schlenker is the Ray A. Goldberg Professor of the Global Food System at Harvard Kennedy School. An economist and engineer by training, he studies the intersection of climate, agriculture, and the global economy. His research interests include:The effect of weather and climate on agricultural yields and migration,How climate trends and the U.S. biofuel mandate influences agricultural commodity pricesHow pollution impacts both agricultural yields and human morbidity. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He currently serves on the Board of Reviewing Editors at Science.Schlenker holds a PhD in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's in engineering and management Sciences from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and a master's in environmental management from Duke University (1998).Ralph Ranalli of the HKS Office of Communications and Public Affairs is the host, producer, and editor of HKS PolicyCast. A former journalist, public television producer, and entrepreneur, he holds an BA in political science from UCLA and a master's in journalism from Columbia University.Scheduling and logistical support for PolicyCast is provided by Lilian Wainaina. Design and graphics support is provided by Laura King and the OCPA Design Team. Web design and social media promotion support is provided by Catherine Santrock and Natalie Montaner of the OCPA Digital Team. Editorial support is provided by Nora Delaney and Robert O'Neill of the OCPA Editorial Team.

In this week's episode rerun, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed author of many books, most recently “The Ministry for the Future.” Robinson's books vividly illustrate some of the most devastating potential consequences of climate change, but that's not all they do—the books also offer innovation and optimism, imagining the ways in which we can prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change and adapt to the impacts that are unavoidable. Robinson discusses his recent visit to COP26 and his views on climate economics, modern monetary theory, space opera, and more. We're rebroadcasting this episode from the Resources Radio archive while the podcast team is on a break through the rest of December. We'll be back with new episodes in the new year; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in. References and recommendations: “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kim-stanley-robinson/the-ministry-for-the-future/9780316300162/ “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes” by Zachary D. Carter; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563378/the-price-of-peace-by-zachary-d-carter/ “Improving Discounting in the Social Cost of Carbon” by Brian Prest, William Pizer, and Richard Newell; https://www.resources.org/archives/improving-discounting-in-the-social-cost-of-carbon/ “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist” by Kate Raworth; https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/doughnut-economics-paperback/ The concept of “carbon currency” by Delton Chen; https://globalcarbonreward.org/carbon-currency/ “Hypothesis for a Risk Cost of Carbon: Revising the Externalities and Ethics of Climate Change” by Delton B. Chen, Joel van der Beek, and Jonathan Cloud; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-03152-7_8 “Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet” by David Attenborough and Johan Rockström; https://www.netflix.com/title/81336476

David & Ed chat with University of Chicago's Michael Greenstone. Show Notes:(02:52) Engineering the Planet(03:25) The future of the Temperature–Mortality Relationship(04:48) Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change(07:36) Climate Damages and Adaptation Potential Across Sectors of the US(09:35) Heat Exposure & Poverty(11:30) Seasonality of Mortality Under Climate Change(13:59) Evaluating the 35°C Wet-Bulb Temperature Adaptability Threshold(15:30) Relationship Between Season of Birth, Temperature Exposure, & Wellbeing(17:35) Heat & Learning(20:14) Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World(22:06) Air Pollution on Life Expectancy from China's Huai River Policy(25:10) Introducing the  Air Quality Life Index(26:52) The Clean Air Act of 1970 & Adult Mortality(26:58) US: Clean Air Act (1970)(28:34) China's War on Pollution(32:45) For Breathable Air(34:31) Social Cost of Carbon(40:48) The Social Cost of Carbon Is Now US$225 Per Tonne(42:07) Rising Temperatures, Melting Incomes(42:11) The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate ChangeProduced by Amit Tandon___Energy vs Climatewww.energyvsclimate.com Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn

As AI models grow larger and more powerful, they promise incredible capabilities — but at what cost? Karen Hao is a journalist and former engineer who writes about the impact of artificial intelligence on society for The Atlantic and other top publications. On this episode of CRAFTED., we discuss whether the largest AI models are worth their hefty footprint: They consume massive amounts of electricity and water and Karen argues that smaller models better balance cost vs. benefit. Karen will also provide a view of AI from outside — far outside — Silicon Valley. She's reported on AI from across the Global South and we'll hear about the fight over data centers in Chile, how New Zealand's Maori people are using AI to preserve their indigenous language, and why it's a problem that AI can speak any language, but can only really be policed in a few.Key Moments:(01:51) - - The view of AI from the Global South (04:08) - - Data centers are thirsty and their benefit is unclear to locals in Chile (and elsewhere) (09:16) - - GenAI is English-first: Why it's not as safe in other languages (12:12) - - Why some activists call AI a new form of “colonialism” (14:50) - - Indigenous communities innovating with AI (17:46) - - The case for smaller AI models (19:40) - - Why open source AI is so important (25:09) - - AI and the environmental impact: Karen's reporting on Microsoft's “hypocrisy” (28:40) - - Are big AI models worth the cost? (34:56) - - How Karen trains journalists to cover AI Where to find Karen:Website: https://karendhao.com/X: https://x.com/_KarenHaoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karendhao/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@_karenhaoArticles Mentioned:Microsoft's Hypocrisy on AI (The Atlantic) A new vision of artificial intelligence for the people (MIT Technology Review)AI Is Taking Water From the Desert (The Atlantic)Where to find Dan Blumberg:Website & newsletter: https://www.crafted.fm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dblums/X: https://x.com/dblumsCRAFTED. is produced by Modern Product Minds, where CRAFTED. host Dan Blumberg and team can help you take a new product from zero to one... and beyond. We specialize in early stage product discovery, growth, and experimentation. Learn more at modernproductminds.com Subscribe to CRAFTED., follow the show, and sign up for the newsletter

by Jack Thompson • Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Episode 485 – The Social Cost of Alcohol   Today we have Jennifer. She is 41 from Hamilton, OT Canada and took her last drink on January 18th, 2024.   Recovery Elevator is going to Vietnam January 9th-20th, 2025. Registration for our newest alcohol-free travel trip opens July 1st.   Better Help:  www.betterhelp.com/elevator - 10% off your first month. #sponsored   [02:09] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul shares some information from an article he saw on the Instagram page recoveryroadmap.me. It discusses how in Canada, despite bringing in $13 billion in tax revenue, the net social costs in 2020 was $19 billion. And it is even worse in the US.   The bright side of all of this is that we are becoming aware of this major deficit, and change is taking place. The demand for alcohol is lowering as people are becoming more aware that alcohol is not good for you. Two years ago, The Huberman Lab did a podcast called What Alcohol Does to Your Body and he debunked the myth that alcohol is good for you.   Paul also shares that thanks to an initiative called Sounds Right, musicians who use natural sounds can list “Nature” as a featured artist and royalties from the tracks will go toward environmental causes.       Exact Nature: https://exactnature.com/RE20   [08:33] Paul introduces Jennifer:   Jennifer is married and they have a daughter and a standard poodle. She works for the family business and for fun she plays paintball, tennis and volleyball – anything active with friends.   Jennifer says that as the “good girl” growing up, she always wanted to be bad and says that drinking fit in with that. During the week she was excelling in school, but on the weekends, she went to raves with friends and started smoking weed. She enjoyed the duality of her life and the same pattern continued at university.   While in her first year of college, her father bought back his company with a ten-year plan of Jennifer becoming the CEO. The stress and responsibility of this and her parents divorce a few years later all found her drinking escalating. Some of her friends told Jennifer's mom about her drinking and staged a small intervention to which Jennifer was not receptive. She assured everyone she was ok, but then just began to isolate when she drank.   After the plan found her becoming the CEO, her drinking went from nights and weekends to drinking all day just to cope. She recognized that this was a problem but was scared to mention it to anyone. This is when she first joined Café RE, started listening to podcasts and trying to learn more about the disease. Jennifer tried a lot of moderation methods but was never successful until she got pregnant with her daughter at 35. She was able to quit drinking while pregnant and a few months after having the baby.   After returning to work, Jennifer says her drinking started right where she left off. She says she was beginning to have disturbing thoughts and finally concluded that she needed help. Not being able to come up with a good way to quit without anyone knowing, she decided to confide in her cousin who she knew would understand.   In January of 2024 at a dinner with her cousin, mom and husband, Jennifer was able to burn the ships, and everyone was very supportive. Upon going to treatment shortly after, Jennifer says she took her recovery very seriously and wanted to make it worth her time.   Journaling and practicing mindfulness are big parts of Jennifer's recovery, she takes time to be present with her daughter and her life, attends meetings and counseling regularly and says stacking habits are important to her growth. Nurturing the sober version of herself has been great for her. Jennifer can see a future now   Jennifer's best sober moment: Walking my daughter to school and being present.   Jennnifer's parting piece of guidance: Don't be afraid to ask for help.     Café RE – promo code OPPORTUNITY waives set up fee. RE merch Instagram   Recovery Elevator YouTube Sobriety Tracker iTunes      Recovery Elevator It all starts from the inside out. I love you guys.

Navigating Life's Victories: Insights with Duncan Bhaskaran BrownNavigating Life and Sobriety: Conversations with DuncanIn this episode of 'Walk in Victory', host NaRon Tillman engages in a comprehensive conversation with Duncan, a specialist in addressing alcohol use through a holistic and mindfulness-based approach. The discussion delves into Duncan's personal journey from alcohol abuse to sobriety, the impact of alcohol on individual health and the economy, and the misconceptions surrounding moderate drinking. Duncan emphasizes the importance of awareness in tackling alcohol-related issues and shares insights on how he turned his personal struggles into a coaching business to help others. The conversation also touches on the societal and economic costs of alcohol consumption, offering listeners a deep dive into understanding and managing their relationship with alcohol.Time Line00:00 Welcome to Walk in Victory Podcast00:13 The Power of Mindset and Overcoming Obstacles06:32 Introducing Today's Guest: Duncan's Journey09:04 Duncan's Personal Battle with Alcohol13:32 The Science Behind Alcohol's Impact16:28 Duncan's Approach to Helping Others36:45 The Economic and Social Cost of Alcohol38:44 Duncan's Reading Recommendations and Final ThoughtsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/walk-in-victory--4078479/support.

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In this enlightening episode, we welcome Dr. Sarah Hughes, the Chief Executive of MIND, the UK's leading mental health campaigning organisation. With over 35 years of experience in the mental health sector, Dr. Hughes shares her journey, the evolution of mental health perceptions, and the vital work MIND is doing nationwide. Key Highlights: Dr. Hughes' Personal and Professional Journey in Mental Health: Insights into her 35-year career, her motivations, and her one-year anniversary as MIND's Chief Executive. What is MIND?: An overview of MIND's impact, including its nationwide advocacy, charity shops, and service delivery. Changing Perceptions of Mental Health: How public conversations around mental health have evolved and the challenges that remain. Misconceptions About Mental Health: Addressing the lack of understanding around serious mental illness. The Mental Health Act and Its Importance: Discussing the need for updates to better support individuals. The Economic and Social Cost of Mental Ill Health: Highlighting the financial implications and the importance of early intervention. Leadership and Lived Experience: The value of leaders sharing their personal experiences with mental health. Generational Views on Mental Health: Debunking myths that mental health advocacy is solely a concern for younger generations. Practical Ways Businesses Can Engage with Mental Health: How MIND supports organisations in improving workplace mental health. For more information about Dr. Hughes and MIND's work, check out MIND's website and follow Dr. Hughes on her social media profiles. General Support with Mental Health and Well-being If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, or are currently struggling with your mental health, the following resources may be useful.  Mind website: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/ If you are feeling in distress or despair, including feelings of suicide, please do consider calling the Samaritans for free on 116 123 (UK) or email jo@samaritans.org (Rest of World) Connect with Al and Leanne Join the Conversation on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/truthlieswork/ Connect with Al on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisalelliott/ Connect with Leanne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetleanne Email: Hello@truthliesandwork.com Book a Call with Al & Leanne: https://oblonghq.com/book/

By popular demand we are joined once more by marvelous guest host Alison Reeve to round out 2023 with our BUMPER HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR! That's right Summerupperers, ‘tis the season for the Highly Anticipated and Much Sought After awarding of the second annual Wonkies! This year there were several contenders for top honours but your intrepid hosts have sent up the smoke signal and unanimously declared our favourite climate paper of 2023 was…DRUMROLL…Getting off gas: why, how and who should pay? By Tony Wood, Alison Reeve and Esther Suckling of the Grattan Institute!  This paper was covered in Episode 28 of the pod and your hosts noted the timeliness and influence the report has had since its release in June 2023 on the thorny issue of getting 5 million Australian households off fossil gas. Honourable mentions for our runners up go to “Rethinking markets, regulation and governance for the energy transition” by Dr Ron Ben-David (Episode 32), the Climate Change Authority's  “Reduce, remove and store: The role of carbon sequestration in accelerating Australia's decarbonisation” (Episode 33) and Discounting the Distant Future: A Critique of the EPA's Analysis of the Social Cost of Carbon', by Geoffrey M. Heal, Noah Kaufman and Antony Millner at Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy (Episode 27).Our climate-themed christmas cracker of a caper for you Summerupperers is the controversial and critically acclaimed How to Blow Up a Pipeline! An Ocean's 11-esque heist movie in which the caper crew are a rainbow coalition of diverse young environmental activists, and the Big Score is to disable a crucial oil pipeline and strike a blow for the climate. Will they do it? Will they get away with it? And is that even the plan???You can watch it on Stan in Australia and also have a listen to this interview with the film's director and co-writer on The Big Picture podcast.Frankie's One More Thing is Alan Kohler's quarterly essay The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It and admission of trash TV consumption: Yellowstone (apparently the stepping stone to true trashiness) + The Block.Tennant's One More Things are Netflix trash show about upgrading trash (and not so trash) cars “Car Masters; Rust To Riches”, and non-trashy pop-sci book “A City On Mars” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.Alison's One More Things are the quirky Aussie heist movie, Malcolm: the only movie you'll ever see featuring a Melbourne tram as getaway vehicle, and Long Live Chainsaw a brilliant doco about the very short life and career of Canadian downhill mountain bike racer, Stevie Smith.Luke's One More Things are the excellent, unabridged Tolkien audiobooks narrated by Andy Serkis: The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King and The Silmarillion. Or if that's all a bit 1950s high fantasy for you, try the Murderbot Diaires!And that's all from us in 2023! We are taking a break in January but will be back with ever more reports to read in Feb 2024. In the meantime, happy holidays to all our wonderful Summerupperers. While you rest up, send your hot tips and suggestions for papers and climate-themed pop culture to mailbag@letmesumup.net, xeet ‘em at @LukeMenzel, @TennantReed and @FrankieMuskovic, or blu ‘em at @lukemenzel.bsky.social @tennantreed.bsky.social and @frankiemuskovic.bsky.social

What is the social cost of carbon? What can it tell us about the effects of, and the feasibility of policies to cope with, climate change? Michael Greenstone tells Tim Phillips about how the process of assigning a value to the cost of emissions, and how that can help us to think clearly about the choices we make.

In this week's episode of the People Places Planet podcast, Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein engages in an illuminating discussion with Vanderbilt Professor W. Kip Viscusi about the social cost of carbon—a hotly debated and frequently litigated number—that is used to quantify the harm caused by one ton of carbon emissions. They are joined by ELI Senior Attorney Linda K. Breggin and Vanderbilt Law student Kyle Blasinsky. This important number is used in developing a range of regulations and soon will be used in federal budgeting and purchasing decisions, as well as National Environmental Policy Act reviews, under a new Biden Executive Order. Professor Sunstein, an Obama Administration Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, discusses the key judgement calls that must be made in developing the social cost of carbon, such as the appropriate discount rate and approaches to incorporating equity, and offers his views on developing a number that can withstand arbitrariness review in any renewed effort to challenge the number in court. Professor Sunstein's related article Arbitrariness Review and Climate Change was selected for inclusion in this year's Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, which recognizes scholarship that presents creative and feasible legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems. ELPAR is published annually by the ELI's Environmental Law Reporter in collaboration with the Vanderbilt University Law School. ★ Support this podcast ★

This week's episode covers two proposed rules implementing Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity,” the Department of Labor's announcement of a change in the minimum wage rates for federal contractors, and the White House directive that federal agencies incorporate interim Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases estimates into the procurement function, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.

On Cornell University's Impacts of A.I. Week:  Technology that guides how we respond in conversations may have some negative effects. Malte Jung, associate professor of information science, outlines them. Malte Jung is an Associate Professor of Information Science at Cornell University and the Nancy H. '62 and Philip M. '62 Young Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow. He […]

Dr. Michael Greenstone: Decoding the social cost of carbon and the carbon offset market In this episode, Chris and Georges do a deep dive into the economic implications of carbon emissions with one of the world's leading climate finance experts, Dr. Michael Greenstone. As a former chief economist for President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, Dr. Greenstone played a pivotal role in developing the "social cost of carbon." The trio discusses the significance of understanding the economic cost of carbon emissions and the tools policymakers have at their disposal to combat climate change. Guest Dr. Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics Background Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics as well as the Director of the Becker Friedman Institute and the interdisciplinary Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. As a co-director of the Climate Impact Lab, he is producing empirically grounded estimates of the local and global impacts of climate change. He is also the co-director of the King Climate Action Initiative at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, and co-founder of Climate Vault, a 501(c)(3) that uses markets to allow institutions and people to reduce their carbon footprint. Conversation Sheds light on the concept of the social cost of carbon, its current applications, and the overarching importance of carbon pricing in shaping future climate policies, especially in the United States. Touches upon the controversial topic of carbon offsets, distinguishing between the voluntary offset market and regulated cap and trade permitting systems. Introduces Climate Vault, a non-profit startup co-founded by Dr. Greenstone that not only allows entities to offset emissions using regulated permits but also aids in purchasing carbon removal, thereby supporting emerging carbon removal companies to scale their technologies.   

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Brent Lee, former conspiracist joins the podcast today to talk about his wild journey since we last spoke in January of 2022. He opens up about the importance of taking ownership of the past, dealing with accusations from former friends about being a government paid shill, and why he believes confronting and talking about grand conspiracy theories is important. Stephen and Brent also revisit some of their former interests including 'pyramids on Mars' and a common interest in the books of Graham Hancock. Sponsor Stephen on his Toe to Tip of the UK cycle ride raising money for cult survivors through the Family Survival Trust https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cult-hackers Become a Patron to help support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts Contact us https://culthackers.com/ Brent's podcast - Some Dare Call it Conspiracy Apple  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-dare-call-it-conspiracy/id1629532988 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4RJCyh4FEiQhZasSe7jHYk Also available on other platforms  

Guanxi can be loosely understood as instrumental social relationships that form a network to be used by individuals for their personal benefit. Guanxi is a long-enduring part of Chinese society, but how is it used in a modern context. Is it still important for doing business? How should foreigners understand guanxi? And is guanxi now doing more harm than good in modern world?Chapters00:00: Intro2:18: Definitions  of Guanxi11:39: Origins of Guanxi19:03: Building Guanxi Relationships31:51: Guanxi in China's Business World40:58: Guanxi goes abroad?44:27: Negative Societal Effects of Guanxi49:Negative Societal Effects of Guanxi-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources- Guanxi: How China Workds, Yanjie Bian, 2019- Chinese Guanxi: An Integrative Review and New Directions for Future Research, Chao C. Chen,  Xiao-Ping Chen, and Shengsheng Huang, 2013- Cultivating Guanxi as a Foreign Investor Strategy, John A. Pearce II and Richard B. Robinson, Jr., 2000- Cultural and Organizational Antecedents of Guanxi: The Chinese Cases, Liang-Hung Lin, 2011- Entering Guanxi: A Business Ethical Dilemma in Mainland China?, Chenting Su and James E. Littlefield, 2001- Guanxi Networks in China: Its Importance and Future Trends, Jin Ai, 2006- Guanxi's Consequences: Personal Gains at Social Cost, Ying Fan, 2002- The Culture of Guanxi in a North China Village, Yunxiang Yan, 1996- Whither guanxi and social networks in China? A review of theory and practice, Jane Nolan & Chris Rowley, 2020- What Happens When the ‘Gaokao' Rewards Who, Not What, You Know, Sixth Tone, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005924- Qinghai Official Died After Sharing Seven Bottles of Baijiu, Sixth Tone, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012818- Bank Worker Slapped, Insulted for Not Drinking With Colleagues, Sixth Tone, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006093- Businesses benefiting from political connections harm China's economic growth, https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/businesses-benefitting-from-political-connections-could-harm-chinas-economic-growth/Support the showSign up for Buzzsprout to launch your podcasting journey: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=162442Subscribe to the Sinobabble Newsletter: https://sinobabble.substack.com/Support Sinobabble on Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Sinobabblepod

In this episode of Cylinder Radio, I talk to Leah Scott. She is a student and a youth advocate who went through an impactful transition process or became “red-pilled” from her previous woke echo chamber.   We talk about how she started pushing back against the woke narrative and how voicing her own thoughts resulted in being called names and being ostracised from her social groups. We touch on the different nuances within the race debate and stress the importance of viewpoint diversity since both liberal and conservative ideas can be tremendously valuable to our society.   DOWNLOAD MY FREE TRAINING ‘DEBATE TO DIALOGUE':  www.cylinderradio.com/debatetodialogue    — LISTEN TO CYLINDER RADIO — Website: https://cylinderradio.libsyn.com/  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cylinder-radio/id1448662116   YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLon6GBsGLBQs21-45o3Iixr7DvhnbHZ1T    — HELP ME SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE NATURE —    Website: https://www.decriminalizenature.org/  Donate: https://www.decriminalizenature.org/contribute  My podcast interview: https://youtu.be/S07T1SFAZgM     — SUPPORT MY WORK — Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/willreusch Instagram: https://instagram.com/willreusch My Website: https://willreusch.com 

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, and Meagan Murdoch, of H&K Strategies, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss many topics, including: Federal workers, including staff at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, and Meagan Murdoch, of H&K Strategies, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss many topics, including: Federal workers, including staff at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the... Read More

One of the most important tools the federal government has for cracking down on greenhouse gas emissions is a single number: the social cost of carbon. It represents all the damage from carbon emissions — everything from the cost of lost crops to the cost of climate-related deaths. Currently, the cost is $51 per ton of carbon, but the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed raising it to $190. Today on The Indicator, we bring you an episode of Short Wave, NPR's daily science podcast. NPR climate correspondent Rebecca Hersher and Short Wave co-host Aaron Scott discuss how this new number is simultaneously more accurate and an ethics nightmare.

One of the most important tools the federal government has for cracking down on greenhouse gas emissions is a single number: the social cost of carbon. It represents all the damage from carbon emissions — everything from the cost of lost crops and flooded homes to the lost wages when people can't safely work outside and the cost of climate-related deaths. Currently, the cost is $51 per ton of carbon, but the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed raising the cost to $190. NPR climate correspondent Rebecca Hersher tells Aaron how the change could dramatically alter how the government confronts climate change, and why the new number is simultaneously more accurate and an ethics nightmare.

With a problem as monumental as the climate crisis, we have a tendency toward proportionality bias. We often believe that the issue has a single cause and can only be solved with a few large-scale solutions. But in the case of climate change, a diversity of solutions may be faster and more effective than putting all our eggs in a few big baskets. And that's why Todd Myers focuses on what individuals can do to solve climate change—while the politicians slug it out over broad policy measures. Todd serves as Environmental Director at the Washington Policy Center. He is also the author of the new book, Time to Think Small: How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems. On this episode of the Reversing Climate Change podcast, Todd joins Ross to explore how individual efforts can fill in the gaps left behind by government policies and explain how climate change differs from pollution in the 1970's. Todd discusses the data collected by citizen science apps like iNaturalist or eBird and describes how we can use both moral suasion and financial incentives to promote climate solutions. Listen in for Todd's insight on striking the right balance between private sector and government climate initiatives and learn how a business in the carbon removal space might identify the right scale for its unique solution. Connect with Nori Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, Carbon Removal Newsroom Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram Resources Washington Policy Center Time to Think Small: How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems by Todd Myers Todd Myers on Reversing Climate Change EP052 WILDLABS The Earthshot Prize Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Council Bill Ruckelshaus iNaturalist Seek eBird Merlin Bird ID Dr. Bryan Caplan on Reversing Climate Change S2EP2 Octopus Energy Fan Club Sense Energy Monitor ‘The Problem of Social Cost' by RH Coase GridWatch: Using Cell Sensors to Detect Power Outages --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

Rev., Dr. Aaron Chung

Rev., Dr. Aaron Chung

Lauren Collins of Vinson & Elkins LLP provides an overview of the new tax credits designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Inflation Reduction Act. Listen to our other episodes on the tax-related provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act:$80 Billion in New Funding: What's Next for the IRS?Analyzing the Corporate Alternative Minimum TaxFor additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:U.S. Is Lagging on Social Cost of Carbon, Study SaysLawmakers Seek Assistance for Clean Energy and EV Tax CreditsYellen to Promote New Tax Measures With Speaking TourFollow us on Twitter:David Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes**This episode is sponsored by Avalara. For more information, visit avalara.com/taxnotes.This episode is sponsored by SafeSend. For more information, visit safesend.com.***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesShowrunner and Audio Engineer: Jordan ParrishGuest Relations: Alexis Hart

In this week's episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with two fellows at Resources for the Future: Brian C. Prest and Kevin Rennert. Prest and Rennert, alongside a large team of collaborators, recently released a paper in the journal “Nature” that provides a new estimate of the social cost of carbon—the quantification, in dollars, of the economic damages associated with emitting an incremental ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. For the podcast, they describe what's new about this estimate, how it differs from previous numbers, and its implications for policymaking. They also discuss the important uncertainties associated with the estimate, along with assertions made by some critics that we should put less focus on using the social cost of carbon. References and recommendations: “Comprehensive Evidence Implies a Higher Social Cost of CO2” by Kevin Rennert, Frank Errickson, Brian C. Prest, Lisa Rennels, Richard G. Newell, William Pizer, Cora Kingdon, Jordan Wingenroth, Roger Cooke, Bryan Parthum, David Smith, Kevin Cromar, Delavane Diaz, Frances C. Moore, Ulrich K. Müller, Richard J. Plevin, Adrian E. Raftery, Hana Ševčíková, Hannah Sheets, James H. Stock, Tammy Tan, Mark Watson, Tony E. Wong, and David Anthoff; https://www.rff.org/publications/journal-articles/comprehensive-evidence-implies-a-higher-social-cost-of-co2/ An Updated Social Cost of Carbon: Calculating the Cost of Climate Change” RFF Live event; https://www.rff.org/events/rff-live/an-updated-scc/ “The Social Cost of Carbon: Reaching a New Estimate” by Brian C. Prest, Jordan Wingenroth, and Kevin Rennert; https://www.resources.org/archives/the-social-cost-of-carbon-reaching-a-new-estimate Social Cost of Carbon Initiative at Resources for the Future; https://www.rff.org/scc/ Mimi Integrated Assessment Modeling Framework; https://www.mimiframework.org/ “The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court” by Richard J. Lazarus; https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238121

The left won't allow meaningful constructive conversations about our society if it focuses on any of their untouchables no matter how destructive they are to the public plus the democrats play chicken with the GOP over marriage and lose.

The left won't allow meaningful constructive conversations about our society if it focuses on any of their untouchables no matter how destructive they are to the public plus the democrats play chicken with the GOP over marriage and lose.

Republican lawmakers and red states alike are politically and legally attacking President Joe Biden's social cost of carbon. POLITICO's Alex Guillén explains how the estimate became a political flashpoint and what that means for the Biden administration's climate agenda.   Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Alex Guillén is an energy reporter for POLITICO Pro.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO.  Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO's audio department.

A federal appeals court lifted a district judge's injunction against President Joe Biden's social cost of carbon on Wednesday. POLITICO's Alex Guillén explains the impact this ruling will have on federal agencies as they try to achieve Biden's ambitious climate and clean energy goals.    Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and is the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast.  Alex Guillén is an energy reporter for POLITICO Pro.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO.  Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO's audio department.