Podcasts by Ashes Ashes

Ashes Ashes

Ashes Ashes is a podcast about the end of the world. Each week we explore a new systemic or apocalyptic issue that society is facing now or will have to deal with in the coming decades. Through this we hope to draw the listener to the conclusion that our overarching economic and political systems are inherently flawed. Once that fact is accepted, it's that much easier to do something about it.

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Ep 107 – Face Off from 2020-12-01T22:00:19

Episode 107 - "Face Off"

We're back with more discussions about facial recognition and the draconian world we're quickly building. Updating our previous discussion with new information ...

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Ep 106 – Human Nature from 2020-10-29T07:01

Episode 106 - "Human Nature"

This week we get back to the basics with an episode about climate change and the many people waking up to it. Join us as we explore everything from a new Eu...

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Ep 105 – School's Out from 2020-09-11T04:52:20

Episode 105 - "School's Out"

Friend of the podcast Moriah sits down with us to discuss life as a grad student during the pandemic. Then, we dive into Wendell Berry, a brief history of t...

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Ep 104 – This Land Is My Land from 2020-08-27T07:01

Episode 104 - "This Land Is My Land"

You might be surprised how much our cities and streets are designed to keep people out. From spikes on sidewalks, baby shark music in our parks, to ...

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Ep 103 – Minimum Justice from 2020-08-13T07:01

Episode 103 - "Minimum Justice"

Mandatory minimums, three strike rules, and other similar laws were created to strengthen the "justice" system and make us safer - but have they done the...

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Ep 102 – The Then, The Now, and The Next from 2020-07-30T07:01

Episode 102 - "The Then, The Now, and The Next"

We've been away for a while and this episode exists to fill in the gap. Catch up with us as we discuss what we've been up to, a small sta...

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Ep 101 – Collapse Chat: We Didn't Start the Fire from 2020-03-19T07:01

Episode 101 - "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Jack from Uni Students for Climate Justice joins us to discuss the bushfires in Australia, some of the resulting political and economic fallout...

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Ep 100 – One Hundred Years of Ashes from 2020-03-12T07:01:33

Episode 100 - "One Hundred Years of Ashes"

We're incredibly lucky to spend this week celebrating our 100th episode with all of you. Looking back at all the episodes we've recorded, the...

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Ep 99 – Collapse Chat: Border Patrol Catch COVID-19 from 2020-03-05T08:01:07

Episode 99 - "Collapse Chat: Border Patrol Catch COVID-19"

It's time for another chat show as David and Daniel review more bad news // from the border involving a recent Supreme Court ...

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Ep 98 – Water World (Spoiler: Not So Good) from 2020-02-27T08:01:19

Episode 98 - "Water World (Spoiler: Not So Good)"

The latest IPCC report details observed effects of climate change on the ocean and cryosphere (really really cold places), which are a...

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Ep 97 – Collapse Chat: Borders, Fires, Viruses, and Cannibalism from 2020-02-20T08:01

Episode 97 - "Collapse Chat: Borders, Fires, Viruses, and Cannibalism"

We've published our big border show and now take a chance to reflect on the production (and why it took so long) ...

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Ep 96 – Walls That Divide U.S. from 2020-02-13T08:01

Episode 96 - "Walls That Divide U.S."

There is a crisis at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Global forces of climate change, development and war conspire in a deadly feedback lo...

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Ep 95 – Collapse Chat: Silviculturists, Entrepreneurs and Social Science from 2019-10-10T07:01:12

Episode 95 - "Collapse Chat: Silviculturists, Entrepreneurs and Social Science"

A real silviculturist provides inputs on last week's show // David provides first-hand knowledge of esse...

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Ep 94 – If a Tree Falls from 2019-10-03T07:01:40

Episode 94 - "If a Tree Falls"

We're missing the forest and the trees. Not only has logging exploded in recent years, but it is has done so often in the explicit name of sustainability...

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Ep 93 – Collapse Chat: Birds, Vindictive Climate, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch from 2019-09-26T07:01:09

Episode 93 - "Collapse Chat: Birds, Vindictive Climate, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch"

You asked for topic updates so we deliver. Bird populations are not doing well in North America and r...

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Ep 92 – Good Heavens from 2019-09-19T07:01:21

Episode 92 - "Good Heavens"

In 1967 the world witnessed the signing of the Outer Space Treaty, and now over 100 countries have joined the international agreement to declare space as "t...

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Ep 91 – Collapse Chat: Name and Shame, Community, and Re-Imaginings from 2019-09-12T07:01:44

Episode 91 - "Collapse Chat: Name and Shame, Community, and Re-Imaginings"

It's another chat episode as we take a break between deep dives and this week we explore in more depth some o...

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Ep 90 – A Grave Situation from 2019-09-05T07:01

Episode 90 - "A Grave Situation"

Over 100 billion people have died on this planet and been laid to rest through countless burial traditions and customs, and while a majority of these p...

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Ep 89 – Collapse Chat: Banality, Good, and Evil from 2019-08-29T07:01:57

Episode 89 - "Collapse Chat: Banality, Good, and Evil"

Another week, another collapse chat! This week we explore bullshit jobs through a listener email, dive into the upcoming Earth St...

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Ep 88 – This Land is Our Land from 2019-08-22T07:01:49

Episode 88 - "This Land is Our Land"

The IPCC released their special report "Climate Change and Land" to examine how human-led land use change is contributing to global warming irrespe...

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Ep 87 – Collapse Chat: On the Border from 2019-08-15T07:01

Episode 87 - "Collapse Chat: On the Border"

David and Daniel are in person in Tucson, AZ reflecting on their time at the US Border Patrol Museum, running into border patrol agents on N...

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Ep 86 – Sprawl Above All from 2019-08-08T07:01:59

Episode 86 - "Sprawl Above All"

What began as a harmless attempt by the wealthy to escape the poor peasants they were forced to rub shoulders with in the cities turned into the greates...

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Ep 85 – Collapse Chat: Beach Vibes, Rockets, and Burgers from 2019-08-01T07:01:45

Episode 85 - "Ep 85 - Collapse Chat: Beach Vibes, Rockets, and Burgers"

What compels a group of truck owners to drive in a procession down the sandy Florida coast (and how does racism ...

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Ep 84 – Carbon Bootprint from 2019-07-25T07:01:31

Episode 84 - "Carbon Bootprint"

They're the single biggest polluter on earth in both chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions, their effects can be felt around the world in both rising t...

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Ep 83 – Collapse Chat: Love, Life, and Salmon from 2019-07-18T07:01:11

Episode 83 - "Collapse Chat: Love, Life, and Salmon"

Collapse Chat is back and it's here to stay. This is the first of a new period for Ashes Ashes. To keep up our high levels of resea...

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Ep 82 – Cash Out from 2019-07-11T07:01:24

Episode 82 - "Cash Out"

South Korea is eliminating coins and requiring shoppers to upload their cash receipts to a digital database; Indians are still reeling from a 2016 decision that...

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Ep 81 – This Is Not a Place of Honor from 2019-07-04T07:01:11

Episode 81 - "This Is Not a Place of Honor"

It has threatened to start wars and it has (arguably) finished them; its effects and influences can be found throughout our world today; it ...

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Ep 80 – The Nuclear Option from 2019-06-27T07:01:02

Episode 80 - "The Nuclear Option"

It has threatened to start wars and it has (arguably) finished them; its effects and influences can be found throughout our world today; it has nearly...

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Ep 79 – Death Dealers from 2019-06-20T07:01:48

Episode 79 - "Death Dealers"

Merchants of Death. War Profiteers. Death Dealers. These are the people who fan the flames of war to transmute human suffering into profit. They play one n...

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Ep 79 – Death Dealers from 2019-06-20T07:01:48

Episode 79 - "Death Dealers"



Merchants of Death. War Profiteers. Death Dealers. These are the people who fan the flames of war to transmute human suffering into profit. They pl...

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Ep 78 – Grounded from 2019-06-13T07:01:51

Episode 78 - "Grounded"

Sweeping deregulation of the Airline industry in 1978 brought big changes to air travel. Lower prices, more routes, and consolidation of the market allowed for ...

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Ep 77 – Coping with Collapse from 2019-06-06T07:01:40

Episode 77 - "Coping with Collapse"

Awareness of the systemic threats to our world comes at a cost. Often, that cost includes feelings of isolation, existential dread, depression, shoc...

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Ep 76 – Self-made from 2019-05-30T07:01

Episode 76 - "Self-made"

For once we thought it would be nice to look at a culture of building things up, rather than the slow collapse of everything around us that we normally discuss...

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Ep 75 – Business. School. from 2019-05-23T07:01:46

Episode 75 - "Business. School."

The past few decades has seen explosive growth in the number of universities around the world, but it may not be for the noble reasons we would like. D...

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Ep 74 – Eco-lapse from 2019-05-16T07:01:22

Episode 74 - "Eco-lapse"

The IPBES Global Assessment summary is out and we're digging in to all 39 pages this week. The report lays out a grim picture of our current world in terms of ...

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Ep 73 – Tear Up, Tear Down from 2019-05-09T07:01:04

Episode 73 - "Tear Up, Tear Down"

Protests around the world in 2011 gave riot-gear dealers a three-fold increase in sales of tear gas. In 2013, Turkey used up an entire year's supply o...

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Ep 72 – BONUS EPISODE from 2019-05-02T07:01:52

BONUS EPISODE (there is no episode)

Well we fucked up and here we are without an episode (it would've been really great, we swear). We didn't want to leave our loyal listeners hanging,...

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Ep 71 – The Mean, Big Green, Corporate Machine from 2019-04-25T07:01:48

Episode 71 - "The Mean, Big Green, Corporate Machine"

The world may be burning, but more and more companies are giving us green alternatives to our favorite products so we can continue...

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Ep 70 – Thinner Ice from 2019-04-18T07:01

Episode 70 - "Thinner Ice"

New reports find the Arctic to be the warmest it's been in millennia, and complex feedback loops mean this warming could continue unabated for decades to com...

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Ep 69 – Rent Seekers from 2019-04-11T07:01:18

Episode 69 - "Rent Seekers"

Half of America's poor pay at least 50% of their income on rent, while a quarter of them pay over 70%, and this trend is worsening as the number of affordab...

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Ep 68 – Mask Off from 2019-04-04T07:01

Episode 68 - "Mask Off"

Half of all US Citizens have their faces in a database that can be searched by facial-tracking software, and the slow creep of surveillance technology means mor...

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Ep 67 – Collapse Chat: So Long and Thanks for All the Surveillance from 2019-03-28T07:01:35

Episode 67 - "Collapse Chat: So Long and Thanks for All the Surveillance"

This week we're trying a new format for periodic updates. Daniel, David, and Moriah King all sit down together...

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Ep 66 – Trash Talk from 2019-03-21T07:01:16

Episode 66 - "Trash Talk"

The world is garbage and we're talking trash in this week's episode. What really happens when you throw something away? Is recycling as green as we think it i...

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Ep 65 – Above the Paving Stones, the Desert from 2019-03-14T07:01

Episode 65 - "Above the Paving Stones, the Desert"

Two-thirds of Spain is at risk of permanent desertification. The cold and wet country of Iceland holds half of all Europe's deserts. ...

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Ep 64 – Sweet Re-Release from 2019-03-07T08:01:19

Episode 64 - "Sweet Re-Release"

It's natural, it's delicious, it's everywhere, and it may be killing us. For years, sugar has been overlooked as a serious detriment to our health becau...

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Ep 63 – Busy Work from 2019-02-28T08:01

Episode 63 - "Busy Work"

Some 37% of workers believe their jobs are pointless, and if we include the jobs that exist to serve those pointless jobs in some way, it's possible that half ...

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Ep 62 – Separate Ways from 2019-02-21T08:01:39

Episode 62 - "Separate Ways"

A global epedimic of loneliness is spreading rapidly. 20% of the UK population claims to be always or often lonely, 3 out of 4 people fin the US are affect...

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Ep 61 – Owning Change from 2019-02-14T08:01:04

Episode 61 - "Owning Change"

In an age of global disparity and inequity, billionaire philanthropists (dead and alive) are stepping up to the plate with powerful foundations and acts of...

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Ep 60 – Drawn Apart from 2019-02-07T08:01

Episode 60 - "Drawn Apart"

Invisible, but they define our world. Borders are the lines that limit us as we live our lives and as we increasingly feel the frictions they cause, it broug...

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Ep 59 – Bankrupt Ethics from 2019-01-31T08:01:58

Episode 59 - "Bankrupt Ethics"

After the US government shutdown of 2018-2019 witheld two paychecks from 800,000 federal workers and countless more contractors and businesses, and with ...

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Ep 58 – Renewable Problems from 2019-01-24T08:01:03

Episode 58 - "Renewable Problems"

With the deadline for keeping global warming below 1.5C quickly approaching (at least according to the extremely optimistic IPCC calculations - and we...

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Ep 57 – Do No Harm from 2019-01-17T08:01

Episode 57 - "Do No Harm"

By now we are used to the idea that every action we take in the world is tracked, but what happens when that all-pervasive panopticon is turned inside each an...

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Ep 56 – Beneath the Paving Stones, the Beach from 2019-01-10T08:01:46

Episode 56 - "Beneath the Paving Stones, the Beach"

Beneath our paving stones, paved roads, walls, windows, computers, industry, and more, is a collection of hard material no larger th...

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Ep 55 – What We Can Do from 2019-01-03T08:01:04

Episode 55 - "What We Can Do"

It's a new year and perfect time for reflection, resolutions, and hope for something better. This special episode features both Daniel and David explainin...

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Ep 54 – Golden Age from 2018-12-27T08:01

Episode 54 - "Golden Age: A Pirate's Life"

Much maligned by history, they nevertheless hold a special place in culture and our hearts. This week we're discussing all things pirates. Wh...

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Ep 53 – Welfare Titans from 2018-12-20T08:01:15

Episode 53 - "Welfare Titans"

Amazon created competition between cities to land its HQ2 location, along with hefty tax subsidy packages. While this process garnered significant media a...

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Ep 52 – Killing Fields from 2018-12-13T08:01

Episode 52 - "Killing Fields"

Following the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer, just a handful of companies now control over 70% of the world's supply of pesticides and 60% of patented s...

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Ep 51 – Eyes on Me from 2018-12-06T08:01:17

Episode 51 - "Eyes on Me"

Surveillance technology continues to creep into our lives, whether it’s facial tracking in NY kiosks, invasive monitoring in Venezuela, China’s expanding soci...

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Ep 50 – Apocalypse Now from 2018-11-15T08:01:42

Episode 50 - "Apocalypse Now"

The IPCC recently released its most dire report yet, warning us of a planet quickly warming to 1.5C, implications for our future, and offering pathways fo...

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Ep 49 – The World Might Be Broken from 2018-11-08T08:01:08

Episode 49 - "The World Might Be Broken"

This week we present a short presentation we gave during the Sound Education conference at the Harvard Divinity School. The World Might Be Brok...

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Ep 48 – Black Ballot Box from 2018-11-01T07:01:07

Episode 48 - "Black Ballot Box"

Of all Western Democracies, the US is ranked last in terms of free and fair elections (52nd worldwide). On top of the political reasons for that, our el...

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Ep 47 – painKiller from 2018-10-25T07:01:03

Episode 47 - "painKiller"

The final part of our American healthcare series, painKiller brings together everything we've learned the past two weeks and beyond in Ashes Ashes to explore ...

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Ep 46 – Pill of Sale from 2018-10-18T07:14

Episode 46 - "Pill of Sale"

Drug prices, shortages, and barriers to access are out of control, prompting hospitals to join forces to make their own, and spurring the emergence of inven...

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Ep 45 – Bill of Health from 2018-10-11T07:01

Episode 45 - "Bill of Health"

American healthcare is taking a toll on America's health. Costs outpace economic growth, medical debt plagues millions, confusing and surprising bills inf...

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Ep 44 – Do Not Disturb (ft. Bernie Krause) from 2018-10-04T07:01

Episode 44 - "Do Not Disturb"

The world is waking up to the negative health consequences of noise pollution. The WHO recognizes noise as a health crisis, and the number of places aroun...

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Ep 43 – FUBAR from 2018-09-27T07:01

Episode 43 - "FUBAR"

The military exists to engage in seemingly endless war, but the damage doesn't stop during peace time. For decades, the US military (and many others around the wor...

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Ep 42 – No Catch from 2018-09-20T07:01:28

Episode 42 - "No Catch"

The peak of our industrial fishing returns has come and gone, despite a myriad of innovations. In fact, these very innovations may be driving food insecurity ev...

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Ep 41 – Dead Tired from 2018-09-13T07:01

Episode 41 - "Dead Tired"

Despite a plethora of health benefits that sleep promotes, and a host of dramatic consequences when we neglect it, the world is rapidly trending towards fewer...

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Ep 40 – Land of the Free from 2018-09-06T07:01:40

Episode 40 - "Land of the Free"

Never have as many people been locked up than right now, here in the United States. The US has more prisoners per capita than anywhere else on the plane...

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Ep 39 – Impact of Growth from 2018-08-30T07:01

Episode 39 - "Impact of Growth"

From the ancient philosophers, to modern day scientists, much has been said about the relationship between human population growth and its effects on en...

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Ep 38 – Dead Air from 2018-08-23T07:01

Episode 38 - "Dead Air"

Despite efforts to develop cleaner technology, air pollution remains quite possible the world's greatest killer. New reports by the WHO put the annual deaths ar...

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Ep 37 – Logistics Of Slavery (Part 2 of 2) from 2018-08-16T07:01:23

Episode 37 - "Logistics Of Slavery (Part 2 of 2)"

Last week we explored some of the conditions of the record number of slaves all across our world today. But to really understand the i...

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Ep 36 – Slaves to Progress (Part 1 of 2) from 2018-08-09T07:01

Episode 36 - "Slaves to Progress (Part 1 of 2)"

Despite universal condemnation of slavery, there are more slaves than ever before. They are cheaper (and more disposable) than they ever...

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Ep 35 – Plugged In from 2018-08-02T07:01

Episode 35 - "Plugged In"

What compels people to throw their money away at a slot machine? In short: design. The design that goes into making a slot machine addicting is deliberate and...

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Ep 34 – Irreplaceable from 2018-07-26T07:01:38

Episode 34 - "Irreplaceable"

The expansion of human beings is perhaps unrivaled by any other species. Yet that success threatens to be our downfall. As civilization grows, the wildlife...

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Ep 33 – All Rights Reserved from 2018-07-19T07:01:53

Episode 33 - "All Rights Reserved"

Ideas have become property. This is the magic spell that intellectual property has cast across our society. Innovation, art, new ideas, and even our ...

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Ep 32 – For Better or For Worse #2 from 2018-07-12T07:01:11

Episode 32 - "For Better or For Worse 2"

This week we explore updates to many of the subjects we've tackled so far. Guest host Moriah King joins us as we discuss our biggest fears, as ...

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Ep 31 – No Entry from 2018-07-05T07:01:52

Episode 31 - "No Entry"

Rescue ships denied; children detained far away from parents; smugglers profiting to the tune of hundreds of millions. As crises across the globe drive people f...

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Ep 30 – Parched from 2018-06-28T07:01

Episode 30 - "Parched"

As always, the world is facing a crisis. This week we explore the exploding problem of water access as large swaths of the world find themselves drying out riski...

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Ep 29 – War Machine from 2018-06-21T07:01:40

Episode 29 - "War Machine"

International calls to ban autonomous weapon systems have done little to slow the escalating arms race between nations to acquire weapons of the so called th...

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Ep 28 – Debt End from 2018-06-14T07:01:31

Episode 28 - "Debt End"

This episode is all about debt. Where does debt come from? Why is the concept of borrowing and lending mired in moral confusion and contradiction? What is the p...

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Ep 27 – The Robot Is In from 2018-06-07T07:01:39

Episode 27 - "The Robot Is In"

By 2030 over 800 million jobs could be automated globally. While in the past, increased productivity from innovation tracked positively with wage increas...

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Ep 26 – Barrier to Growth from 2018-05-31T07:01:23

Episode 26 - "Barrier to Growth"

There seems to be a perfect storm of factors that threaten to completely reshape who owns farmland here in the US and globally. 400 million acres of fa...

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Ep 25 – Heat Death from 2018-05-24T07:01:49

Episode 25 - "Heat Death"

As climate change accelerates, much of the media attention is given to effects like rising seas, super storms, and increased weather variability. Often overlo...

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Ep 24 – Suspect Science from 2018-05-17T07:01

Episode 24 - "Suspect Science"

The depiction of forensic science in popular entertainment is ubiquitous. We might be lead to believe that the field utilizes actual scientific methods o...

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Ep 23 – The Best of Times... from 2018-05-10T07:01:23

Episode 23 - "The Best of Times..."

We frequently hear that this is the greatest time in human history, that we've never had it this good before. And actually that's absolutely true - ...

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Ep 22 – Fashion Victims from 2018-05-03T07:01:27

Episode 22 - "Fashion Victims"

What does it take to make a shirt? That question might seem simple at first glance, but as we explored the fashion industry, we discovered a world of env...

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Ep 21 – Clima Ex Machina from 2018-04-26T07:01

Episode 21 - "Clima Ex Machina"

The global climate is in bad shape and quickly getting worse. The debate as to how or why is long over (from both data and irrelevance) and the conversa...

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Ep 20 – Irresistible from 2018-04-19T07:01

Episode 20 - "Irresistible"

Around the world, pathogens of all types are showing resistance to standard treatment. Failure among so called "drugs of last resort," a decline of disease ...

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Ep 19 – Life in Plastic from 2018-04-12T07:01:26

Episode 19 - "Life in Plastic"

Despite what you might have heard, our life in plastic is less than fantastic. Plastic is everywhere and enables our modern standard of living, but it tu...

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Ep 18 – Scripted from 2018-04-05T07:01:40

Episode 18 - "Scripted"

What happens when you can't trust anything anymore? That's the question we'll be exploring this week as we look into the world of half truths, lies, bots, manip...

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Ep 17 – For Better or For Worse #1 from 2018-03-29T07:01:13

Episode 17 - "For Better or For Worse #1"

One of our hosts is out of town, so we take this week to explore updates to many of the subjects we've discussed so far. Guest host Moriah Kin...

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Ep 16 – What We Reap from 2018-03-22T07:01:30

Episode 16 - "What We Reap"

Global topsoil is being lost at terrifying rates. So much so that many experts predict less than 60 years left of agricultural yields before the global food...

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Ep 15 – Terms of Service from 2018-03-15T07:01:24

Episode 15 - "Terms of Service"

Facebook has entered nearly every part of our internet connected lives. Most of us aren't happy with this, but tolerate it as a part of modern day livin...

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Ep 14 – Sweet Release from 2018-03-08T08:01:13

Episode 14 - "Sweet Release"

It's natural, it's delicious, it's everywhere, and it may be killing us. For years, sugar has been overlooked as a serious detriment to our health because ...

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Ep 13 – Lights Out from 2018-03-01T08:01:50

Episode 13 - "Lights Out"

What do airports, water treatment facilities, gas stations, and espresso machines all have in common? A dependence on a reliable and stable network of power g...

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Ep 12 – Up in Smoke from 2018-02-22T08:01:44

Episode 12 - "Up in Smoke"

In forests, grasslands, and landscapes around the world, poor wildland management and climate change have combined to produce some of the most explosive fire...

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Ep 11 – Designing Deception from 2018-02-15T08:01

Episode 11 - "Designing Deception"

What do suffragettes, cigarettes, Sigmund Freud, bacon and eggs with breakfast, bananas, and a coup in Guatemala all have in common? We'll explore th...

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Ep 10 – Broken Promises from 2018-02-08T08:01:23

Episode 10 - "Broken Promises"

Pensions have long been considered to be the gold standard of retirement, the treasured benefit of public service and big company jobs. But because of ch...

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Ep 9 – Nothing Left to Hide from 2018-02-01T08:01:39

Episode 09 - "Nothing Left to Hide"

The relationship between government intelligence, the military-industrial complex, and big business goes deep. In technology hubs around the world, ...

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Ep 8 – A Better You? from 2018-01-25T08:01

Episode 08 - "A Better You?"

Genome engineering, CRISPR-Cas9, gene drives, designer babies, and so much more. Recent breakthroughs have given us the tools and techniques to alter the g...

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Ep 7 – Last Gasp from 2018-01-18T08:01

Episode 07 - "Last Gasp"

There's something in our air that's making us sick - fatigue, eye problems, inability to concentrate, headaches, obesity, even cognitive declines to name just ...

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Ep 6 – Dead in the Water from 2018-01-11T08:01:19

Episode 06 - "Dead in the Water"

While the ocean may seem impossibly vast, human caused climate change may have begun to kick off a mass extinction on a scale never seen before on Eart...

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Ep 5 – End of the Road from 2018-01-05T02:45:38

Episode 05 - "End of the Road"

The vital systems we rely on (roads, bridges, buildings, pipes, and much much more) are crumbling and in desperate need of repairs. Worse, many of these ...

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Ep 4 – Net Neutrality from 2018-01-04T00:00:52

Episode 04 - "Net Neutrality"

The FCC will vote on December 14, 2017 on whether to reverse common carrier status for broadband under Title II of the Communications Act. This action wil...

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Ep 3 – Permanent Record from 2018-01-01T20:57:24

Episode 03 - "Permanent Record"

Every minute of your day you're tracked by a host of companies using a plethora of tools and techniques. In this episode, we dig into how this technolog...

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Ep 2 – Concrete Reef from 2018-01-01T00:50:47

Episode 02 - "Concrete Reef"

Sea level rise is happening faster than anyone expected and recent studies show it's only going to get worse - and far worse than anyone imagine. Cities ar...

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Ep 1 – Thin Ice from 2017-12-23T03:11:27

Episode 1 - "Thin Ice"

A disaster is happening in slow motion at our planet's poles and climate change is to blame. How long can we survive the triggering of this dangerous feedback lo...

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