Podcasts about too much magic

In this episode we’re talking about questions surrounding where people live, the economic and societal influences and even how COVID-19 may continue to influence these aspects of life. We’re joined by James Howard Kunstler. He is an author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere, a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency, and Too Much Magic. In our mailbag segment we’re covering a question about voting from logistics standpoint. And stick around for the bricklayer segment – we take a step back from a question about how to cast a vote to provide you ways to help you inform your decision on who you’ll vote for.

McAlvany Weekly Commentary How To Thrive? An Interview With James Howard Kunstler Be compelled to make yourself useful to others Modern Monetary Theory is an adventure in complete unreality James Howard Kunstler is the author of The Long Emergency, Too Much Magic, The Geography of Nowhere, the World Made By Hand novels, and more than a dozen other […] The post Living In The Long Emergency appeared first on McAlvany Weekly Commentary.

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012). He blogs at Clusterfuck Nation - https://kunstler.com/writings/cluster... --- If you wish to support Hermitix please see our links below: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012). He blogs at Clsuterfuck Nation If you wish to support Hermitix please see our links below: Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012). He blogs at Clsuterfuck Nation If you wish to support Hermitix please see our links below: Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter

There is a prevailing fallacy, despite warning signs to the contrary (looming peak oil, fragile markets, and climate weirdness, among others), that we can continue in perpetuity the lifestyle to which we’ve become accustomed. All we need to do is to pump into The System more debt or more political insanity, or hope that alternative energies or some new techno-solution will bail us out. But, at best, all debt-fueled growth, shale oil “miracles” and green fuels can do by themselves is to make the Long Emergency just “a little bit longer.” “The Long Emergency” is a phrase coined by James Howard Kunstler to describe the economic, political and social upheavals that will dominate the first decades of the 21st-century as the honeymoon of affordable energy comes to a close. It is also the name of Kunstler’s seminal book on the topic. (The Long Emergency is one of fifteen books on our “Essential Reading List for the Strong Towns Thinker.”) James Howard Kunstler is our very special guest on today’s episode of the Strong Towns podcast. He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Geography of Nowhere, Too Much Magic, and the World Made By Hand novel series. In this episode, Strong Towns president Charles Marohn talks with Kunstler about what has changed—or perhaps what hasn’t changed—since The Long Emergency was first published in 2005. Kunstler explains why the “psychology of previous investment” (4:45) makes it so hard for most people to imagine living differently. Marohn and Kunstler also discuss (17:00) what’s wrong with the Green Revolution narrative that we can keep doing everything we’re doing now, if just “do it green”: “America is going to be very disappointed how that works out,” says Kunstler. “It ain’t gonna happen. We’re not going to run the interstate highway system, Walt Disney World, suburbia, all the stuff we’re running now, the U.S. military, on any combination of green alternative fuels. It just isn’t going to happen. So the whole thing’s a fantasy. Really what we have to do is downscale all the activities in American life—including the distances we travel, the scale of our living places, the scale of our cities, the scale of the corporate activity that we do—it’s all going to have to get smaller.” Other topics: 18:40 - Why people may be using “insane political behavior” as a substitute for the harder work of changing the way we live24:00 - Why Seattle and other cities with absurdly high housing costs are signs of an irrational market and may not be fixable except by a “restart”35:30 - Why modern monetary theory may end up being, in Chuck’s words, the “peak delusion of the Long Emergency”36:40 - The fatal delusion that being able to measure something equates to being able to control it41:10 - How to “change our living arrangements in a way that comports with the circumstances that are coming at us” (Kunstler) By turns provocative, prescient, prophetic, and personal, this episode is just what we’ve come to expect from James Howard Kunstler.

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012).

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012).

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012). --- Please support Hermitix at: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996

Air Date: 5/28/2019 Today we take a look at the ways that how we design and fund our towns, cities and housing impacts the quality of life for everyone in society Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   Episode Sponsors:Madison-Reed.com + Promo Code: Left  Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Jeanne Gang: Buildings that blend nature and city - @TEDTalks - Air Date 1-24-17 To learn more about this speaker, find other TEDTalks, and subscribe to this Podcast series, visit www.TED.com Feedback: tedtalks@ted.com Ch. 2: 'A new road order': Polarizing planner Janette Sadik-Khan on her vision for an urban revolution - Ideas from CBC - Air Date 1-1-17 Municipal politicians tend to move methodically, gathering support, statistics and consensus before making changes to city streets or building a bike lane. Janette Sadik-Khan makes things happen at breakneck speed. Ch. 3: Was Suburbia a Terrible Idea? - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 11-17-17 James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere," "The Long Emergency," "Too Much Magic," and the four-book "World Made By Hand" novel series, joins David to discuss the concept of new urbanism Ch. 4: Does Vienna's Affordable Housing Model Prove Progressive Policies Right? Richard Wolff - Thom Hartmann - Air Date If we could move to a system of affordable housing in the image of Vienna's system people would like it so much we would never go back. Ch. 5: Housing in the Green New Deal - Jacobin Behind the News - Air Date 2-22-19 Housing in the Green New Deal is vague right now, it needs to have much more attention. VOICEMAILS Ch. 6: Being "one of the good ones" in the North - V from Central New York Ch. 7: Racism is a pillar of Southern Culture - Mark from South Carolina Ch. 8: The racist Obama voter - Jeff from Charlotte, NC FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on how anti-government ideologues have tricked America into thinking that government is incapable of doing anything well MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Cottonwoods - Feathers Milkwood - The Cabinetmaker The Spinnet - Castle Danger Peacoat - Studio J Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

Our guest is James Howard Kunstler Described as a cheerful pessimist, he is the Author of The Geography of Nowhere, Home from nowhere, Too Much Magic, blog Cluster Fuck Nation and podcast, KunstlerCast. Check out his blog, many books, podcast and other goodies here: Kunstler.com James has diverse and widespread knowledge on cities, from the history of Urban America to how our cities act as a complete economy. He has some great things to say, and provides a different, sometimes provocative, lens of our communities. We talk about the most optimal way for rebuilding, how to design for authenticity, the future of cities and some sobering opinions and possible directions. Enjoy! Feedback? We would absolutely love to talk. Please email humancitypodcast@gmail.com, Tweet at HumanCityPod, or message on Instagram Hosted By Stig Terrebonne

John Michael Greer is a widely read author and blogger whose work focuses on the overlaps between ecology, spirituality, and the future of industrial society. He published the Archdruid Report blog for many years, focusing on many themes that overlapped my own in The Long Emergency and Too Much Magic. He has moved on to a new blog, Ecosophia, which explores spiritual and intellectual repercussions of the collapsing industrial paradigm. This conversation is based on his recent blog, “Hate is the New Sex.” He currently lives in East Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Sara.

James Howard Kunstler is a man of many talents. He's an acclaimed author, journalist, blogger, podcaster, lecturer and social critic whose work has helped shape and inform many a point of view over the years, including that of your host. The author of several books including The Geography of Nowhere and Home From Nowhere, in which he looked at the situation that is suburban living in the United States, The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, The Long Emergency (2005) about the challenges posed by the coming permanent global oil crisis, climate change, and other “converging catastrophes of the 21st Century.” and Too Much Magic (2012), a warning against the technological wishful thinking that characterized the nation’s mood of denial about the epochal problems we face. With his 2008 novel, World Made By Hand, Mr. Kunstler began to explore his vision of a post-oil American future. This became a four-part series with the subsequent publication of The Witch of Hebron (2010) A History of the Future (2014), and the final installment The Harrows Of Spring (2016). Mr. Kunstler is also the author of eight other novels including The Halloween Ball and An Embarrassment of Riches. He is a contributor to the New York Times Sunday Magazine and Op-Ed page, where he has written on environmental and economic issues. Earlier in his career, he worked as a reporter and feature writer for a number of newspapers, and finally as a staff writer for Rolling Stone Magazine. In 1975, Mr. Kunstler turned his attention to writing books on a full-time basis. He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT, RPI, the University of Virginia and many other colleges, and he has appeared before many professional organizations such as the AIA , the APA., and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This is a copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors On The Air Global Radio Network LLC.

We are facing some huge issues, Peak Oil, Climate Change, and Environmental Crises, and according to my guest, James Howard Kunstler, we are addressing these events with magical thinking. The author of The Long Emergency speaks engagingly and honestly with me about our future, in his latest book, Too Much Magic:  Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation.  The Independent writes: "If you give a damn, you should read this book."  Likewise, you should listen to this interview!

Author James Howard Kunstler reads "Kingdom Come," Chapter 1 of his nonfiction book, "Too Much Magic," (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012: pp. 19 – 22).

Nicole talks about Koch-Cain's press conference. Jeremy Koulish joins with election results; David Swanson on "When the World Outlawed War"; Jason Benlevi on "Too Much Magic"; Dave Johnson on GOP/corporate lies, OWS and more

Nicole talks about Koch-Cain's press conference. Jeremy Koulish joins with election results; David Swanson on "When the World Outlawed War"; Jason Benlevi on "Too Much Magic"; Dave Johnson on GOP/corporate lies, OWS and more

Jason Benlevi is the author of “Too Much Magic, Pulling the Plug on the Cult of Tech.” Too Much Magic is the story of how venture capital, media moguls and marketeers use digital magic to distract us, invade our privacy, corrupt democracy, distort our human values, and sell us things that we don't need.  Too Much Magic looks at all aspects of our emerging digital lifestyle, how it is changing us, and who it is that really benefits.  Jason Benlevi has spent decades as a marketing communications guru, working in the leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and beyond.  As a creative director, speech writer and a script writer for companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sun, HP, Sony, Sega and Cisco, Jason helped sell the dream of the digital life.