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KunstlerCast

Get Used to Being Uncomfortable — 26 Jan 2012 — James Howard Kunstler and Duncan Crary discuss Americans' deepening despair over the country's economic, cultural, and religious decay. Given that the leaders of the feckless Democrat and Republican parties are incapable of truth-telling—and given that a majority of citizens seem incapable of truth-seeking—the majority should prepare for an era of uncomfortably sinking into the muck of decline.
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The Trust Horizon — 19 Jan 2012 — James Howard Kunstler discusses citizens' growing mistrust for the US government and other centralized operations, linking this concept to "The Trust Horizon," a phrase recently offered in The Automatic Earth blog. As the economy contracts, more people are forging their own trust networks at a very local level. Other topics include: local currencies, silver coinage, and bartering.
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New Culture

The Bodhisattva of Collapse — 26 Jan 2012 — KMO of the C-Realm Podcast gives a presentation to the VAL2011 audience, examining the choice that all collapse-aware individuals face: Try to wake up the unaware masses—many of whom clearly prefer to remain unaware—or leave the clueless to their fate and concentrate on interaction with the small percentage who "get it."
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NPR

Farmers Take Back Land Slated For Housing — 23 Jan 2012 — The housing bust left a number of planned developments unstarted. Some of that land is finding it's way back to farmers.
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(GP comment:  Contrary to what everyone in this story seems to think, the reclamation will be permanent—there will be no next housing bubble in the US.)

Sustainable World Radio

Growing Color—How To Create Beautiful Dyes From Plants — Rebecca Burgess shares her techniques for "growing and harvesting color" She talks about her favorite dye plants and the impact that chemical dyes have on the environment. Plants, minerals, and insects can yield brilliant, vibrant hues, and the natural dyes produce little waste, are nontoxic, and are easy to make at home.
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Energy Bulletin / WORT–A Public Affair

Heinberg, Kunstler, Foss, Orlov & Chomsky on the Energy Problem — 02 Jan 2012 — Richard Heinberg, James Howard Kunstler, Nicole Foss, Dmitry Orlov, and Noam Chomsky engage in a panel discussion about the status of energy in the US, as well as the politics and public perception of the topic.
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Peak Moment

How a Village Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Resource Use, and the Way Money Works — 08 Dec 2011 — Brandy Gallagher of the O.U.R. Ecovillage in BC, Canada offers an excellent review of the concepts and practices that can make community efforts like eco-villages a great success on many fronts, including reducing environmental impact, improving the efficiency of resource use, improving community cohesion, improving top-bottom equity, and even changing the way money works.
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Radio EcoShock

Winter Gardening and Guerrilla Gardening—Got (Fresh) Food? — 07 Dec 2011 — In the face of potential disruptions, the smart prepper knows that gardening is of paramount concern. And just a summer garden isn't good enough. Hear master gardener Eliot Coleman discuss his proven techniques for growing food all year, even in northern climes. ~~ Also hear a report on guerilla gardening—spreading the joy of perennial food plants everywhere, even on property you don't own.
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Robert Hirsch:  Energy Storm — 15 Dec 2011 — Peak oil centrist Robert Hirsch discusses energy trends and approaching problems. He sees a big problem in the next 2-3 years. He says there's no way to know why the peak-oil refusniks continue to stick to their "no problem here, move along" line. Perhaps it's fear of being the bearer of bad news.  (That's the best case for them—cowardice. The worse case is that they are paid shills of the profiteering oil industry. --GP)
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Time Monks Radio Network

George Ure:  Laying Odds on a Dystopian Future — 03 Dec 2011 — George Ure discusses the possibility of an "economic collision" in January 2012, with the possibility of the DOW falling 80-90% over the next two years. He discusses the de facto coup d'etat in the US perpetrated by the moneyed class and evaluates the possibility that the US is headed towards dictatorship. He contrasts the risk of social collapse due to financial market meltdowns vs. collapse due to the ramifications of events like severe solar storms or WW III, and highly recommends having a substantial garden based on non-chemical methods. Much more....
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Coast To Coast / KSFO

Geoffrey Simmons:  Disaster Preparedness — 01 Dec 2011 — Geoffrey Simmons says that relying on first responders is foolhardy, because such help likely would not be able to reach everyone in a timely fashion. He shares a litany of specific preparedness tips.
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C-Realm Podcast

Ask the Oracle — 14 Dec 2011 — What does 2012 hold in store? KMO puts that question to Steve Keen, Nicole Foss, and Thomas H. Greco. ~~ KMO then shares recordings from this year's ASPO-USA conference and responds to questions from listeners.
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ExtraEnvironmentalist

Joseph Tainter:  Simplifying Complexity — 15 Dec 2011 — Is our species capable of recognizing meta-trends and preparing for the potentially disastrous results of unsustainable societal practices? Are we approaching a cliff of over-reliance on technology? Joseph Tainter discusses complexity, energy, collapse, and sustainability, from our society today to the Roman Empire of yesteryear.
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Food Chain Radio

Is Government Making the Family Farm "Too Safe for Families"? — 10 Dec 2011 — Proposed government regulations may so restrict kids working on farms—ostensibly to protect them from harm—that the "family farm" may become a thing of the past. More broadly, can we train our future farmers without having them involved from an early age?
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GroAction

David Holmgren:  The Upcoming Transition Away from a Fossil-Fuel-Based Society — 14 Nov 2011 — Ecological designer David Holmgren talks about how permaculture can be one of the essential ingredients in a successful transition to a post-peak world.  (Holmgren is spot-on, as usual. --GP)
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Living On Earth

Catch The Rain—Rainbarrels and Cisterns a Growing Movement — 11 Nov 2011 — As locales from Atlanta to West Texas have dealt with debilitating drought, people have begun rediscovering the benefits of rainwater catchment. Even in less arid climates, rainwater harvesting makes great sense, whether serving as a primary water supply for off-grid living or serving as a free, chlorine-free source of water for gardens and landscaping.
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ExtraEnvironmentalist

Richard Heinberg: Hooked — 10 Nov 2011 — End of Growth guru Richard Heinberg explains how it was we got hooked on fossil fuels, particularly petroleum, as well as how we got hooked on debt. He says the failure of energy to grow will mean the economy can't grow, which will burst the money-supply bubble. He explains why there will be no return to business as usual. Part of our predicament is the profound corruption in the US political system. Heinberg also offers thoughts on what skills and jobs will work in the future, as well as a hopeful framing of what we might achieve.  (Excellent! --GP)
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Sea Change Radio

Tapping Into Geothermal Energy — 25 Oct 2011 — Humans have been capturing and using geothermal heat from the earth for a very long time, and today, geothermal power makes up a significant portion of the energy grid in countries ranging from Iceland to the Philippines to Nicaragua. But the US has yet to fully embrace this resource. Karl Gawell of the Geothermal Energy Association explains how geothermal works and discusses ways to expand usage.
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KunstlerCast

The Long Emergency vs. Transportation Alternatives — 03 Nov 2011 — Green planner Paul Steely White and author James Howard Kunstler debate whether we will see the collapse of our overshoot society or the emergence of innovative solutions. White reviews a slew of innovative transportation systems already in place around the world and discusses the need to design living arrangements based on how people function. Kunstler thinks it's too late to redesign on the scale needed and sees a difficult post-oil future where we will have been forced to stop believing in technograndiosity. The oil companies and Silicon Valley will not save us from our own indulgent narcissism.
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TUC Radio

Bob Cannard:  Natural Process Farming — 30 Oct 2011 — Cannard gives a speech the lays bare the out-of-touch-with-nature techniques of modern farming, even modern gardening. He lists many ways we can use nature's awesome growing energy to advantage.
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Coast To Coast / KSFO

Jim Rawles on Surviving Disasters — 12 Oct 2011 — Rawles, editor of SurvivalBlog.com, comments on risks in the financial system, natural disasters, and other major disruptions that can cause widespread difficulties for everyday living, even threatening our well being. He stresses the importance of water filtration, food reserves, dealing with power outages, and the need to stay warm. Other topics include intrusion detection systems for houses and yards, investing in nickels (yes, nickels), and the importance of knowing and partnering with your neighbors.
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KunstlerCast

Listener Mailbag — 13 Oct 2011 — Topics include... Which is more resilient—Phoenix or Atlanta (and can we choose "neither")? ~~ Would repealing the gas tax hasten the demise of the unsustainable car culture? ~~ Why are the inner workings of the financial system so incomprehensible?
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KunstlerCast

Despotic Christian Theocrats on the Rise—Spiritual Warfare in the American Long Emergency — 06 Oct 2011 — JHK fears that as the "slow burn" of the US economy continues to savage the middle class, the US will inevitably see the rise of the somewhat crazy far-right Christian faction that wants to gain control of the levers of power.
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Richard Heinberg:  Growth is Colliding with Non-Negotiable Natural Limits — 26 Sep 2011 — Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. In The End of Growth, Richard Heinberg proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits.
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Chris Nelder:  Governments are Still Ignoring Peak Oil Studies — 16 Sep 2011 — Although official reports are now addressing peak oil, policy makers are not discussing peak oil with the public or altering energy and economic agendas to incorporate the coming impact. Nelder also discusses oil as a de facto governor of currency policy.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Michael Ruppert on Hot Zones and Disinformation — 25 Sep 2011 — Ruppert reviews the increasingly hot global warfare situation. He also discusses disinformation from the left side of the media spectrum, notably singling out Amy Goodman and Catherine Austin Fitts.
 (GP comment:  Hard to say whether Amy Goodman pulls her punches or has them pulled for her, but she certainly does avoid the peak-oil/how-money-works story---the biggest story of the century and the only one that really matters right now. Fitts, on the other hand, covers that story thoroughly, appears to be solidly in the anti-PTB camp, offering facts and criticisms as well as constructive action plans. So, while I respect Ruppert immensely, I think he's off-base on Fitts.)
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Chris Martenson

Joel Salatin:  Whole Systems Thinking—At a Local Level — 29 Aug 2011 — Agriculture and food pioneer Joel Salatin discusses the sins of the just-in-time, globalized, industrial food system and explains how we can prepare for a future increasingly defined by localized food and energy, all based on biological principles.  (Excellent discussion. --GP)
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CollapseNet

Michael Ruppert:  The Big Picture on Collapse — 11 Sep 2011 — Michael Ruppert offers an excellent speech that paints for us the Big Picture on Collapse: peak oil, global environmental destruction, the debt-based infinite-growth monetary paradigm, corrupt governance, and our individual complicity in it all. He also suggests the way out.
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C-Realm Podcast

Charles Eisenstein:  The Nature of Money, Collapse, and the Gift Economy — 24 Aug 2011 — Eisenstein talks about interest and the economic imperatives that it fosters. If the value of money decreased over time rather than growing via interest, then it would be clear to everyone that the best thing one can do with one's money is to spend it quickly and close to home. He explains why he thinks that in times of chaos and potential collapse, the best way to preserve wealth is to give your money away to those in need.
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Radio EcoShock

Growing Through the Storm — 07 Sep 2011 — Kathy McMahon from Vermont on unexpected lessons from Hurricane Irene. ~~ Urban homesteader Jules Dervaes on food self-sufficiency on a city lot. ~~ Richard Heinberg on coping with the end of growth.
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Chris Martenson

Charles Hugh Smith on Local/Alternate/Resilient Investing — 17 Aug 2011 — Smith sees investing in stock markets as a poor way to adapt to the shifting sands. He says the trends will be decentralization, de-globalization, de-legitemization, and de-financialization, which means your wealth needs to be in tangible, local things.
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Nate Hagens:  Not a Shortage of Energy, But a Longage of Expectations — 02 Aug 2011 — Hagens, editor of The Oil Drum web site, discusses energy issues, collapse, and human psychology. He thinks there are good responses that people can take—substantially reducing one's energy footprint and dependence on centralized systems is a good goal. But, he says, he finds that most people are unwilling or unable to do this, which portends a lot of unhappy people in the down-slope future.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Michael Ruppert:  The Infinite Growth Paradigm Is the Battleground—Pick a Side — 21 Aug 2011 — Ruppert discusses his recent diatribe against the aware-but-inactive in the minion class and how the righteous battle lines are now drawn—you're either with the infinite growth paradigm or you're against it. He also talks about the status of gold and the quickening rush to global war, beginning in the Middle East.
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Permaculture as Part of Collapse and Transition — 14 Aug 2011 — Ruppert and guests discuss the underway transition and the need—among other things—to move from industrial agriculture to permaculture. His guests are David Holmgren, one of the cofounders of the permaculture movement, and Peter Charles Downey, director of the new film Anima Mundi.
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Equal Time, 01 Aug 2011
The Energy Decline, the Tea Party, and Jimmy Carter
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Radio EcoShock

David Hughes: Peak Oil + Peak Coal = Big Problem — 20 Jul 2011 — David Hughes offers a fact-filled review of demand for oil and coal vs. supply and reserves. He concludes that the scale of current fossil fuel usage is such that the physical limits of scalability will disallow a ramping up of renewables in time to meet the peaking of non-renewables. That means we have a painful adjustment period coming.
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Russia Today / The Keiser Report

James Howard Kunstler on Peak Oil and Capital Markets — 01 Aug 2011 — (1) Max and Stacy's discussion includes: how computers are used to manipulate stock markets; the new derivatives market for fresh water; feudal characteristics in the job market. ~~ (2) Why is James Howard Kunstler bailing out of US Treasuries? Is peak oil the Achilles heel of the capital markets? How long can the shale-gas scam go on in the US?
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Post Carbon Institute

Rob Hopkins:  New Thinking in Transition — 18 Jul 2011 — Hopkins, the founder of the transition movement, provides a status update. Among his points are: While "green groups" may seem like natural allies, and in many cases share common goals, associating transition efforts too closely with environmental activists may end up with the transition group inappropriately and unhelpfully being seen as just another green group. He also thinks transition groups need to move beyond preaching about peak oil and climate change and focus more on the benefits of localism.
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Russia Today / The Keiser Report

The Titanic of Peak Oil is Smashing into the Iceberg of US Debt — 11 Jul 2011 — Guy McPherson found the combination of unstoppable climate change, peak oil, and runaway US debt plenty enough reason to exit the structures of empire and begin building a post-carbon, post-collapse community.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Michael Ruppert:  Ponzi-Planet Potpourri — 10 Jul 2011 — What's the backstory on the US cutting $800 million in aid to Pakistan? Did General Petraeus move from DoD to CIA in order to coordinate a new covert war? Woman faces jail time for planting a front-yard food garden—WTF? We're supposedly drawing down in Iraq—so why have we set up one of the largest infrastructure/personnel operations in the world there? Will the US overtly default? How will China respond? Is it time to "get it now"—whatever "it" (stuff) is?
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Gary Null Show

Charles Eisenstein:  The Subtle Perversity of the Fascist System — 12 Jul 2011 — Globalization, our money system, and propaganda-driven societal mores are cumulatively perverse. All of us seem to be driven to act in ways that are inconsistent with our core beliefs. Charles Eisenstein wonders how this can be. Do we have to wait until our lives fall apart to make constructive changes?
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Sustainable World Radio

The Scoop On Poop—Ecological Wastewater Management — 20 Jun 2011 — Carol Steinfeld discusses the earthy details of improving and simplifying the treatment of human waste, with a focus on the ins and outs of composting toilets.
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Chris Nelder Forecasts 2012 Energy/Economic Crisis Based on $150/Barrel Oil — 08 Jul 2011 — Nelder muses on the common-sense disconnect between people's views on environment, safety, and energy policy. He thinks the mismatch between energy happy talk and energy reality will set in for real in 2012, with oil prices at $150 or higher causing serious economic disruptions.
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Press TV / On the Edge with Max Keiser

Michael Krieger:  Petro Pish-Tosh! — 17 Jun 2011 — Michael Krieger discusses a variety of oil-related topics, including... dumb strategies related to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; does OPEC really exist anymore?; why benchmarks like "WTI" aren't relevant to the larger discussion; how currency issues are affecting oil. He also discusses the intent of the latest Bilderberger meeting of elites—it's no longer about "we want more"; now it's about "we have it all, let's secure it."
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The Lifeboat Hour

US Empire and the Wile E. Coyote Moment — 19 Jun 2011 — Michael Ruppert offers commentary and answers listener questions. Discussion includes: the US empire is way past the edge of the cliff; the heartbreaking impact of decline and mayhem on innocents; the psychological/emotional impact of collapse; the situation in Greece; and the problem of dealing with those who are not able to see reality.
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The Crash, Strategies, and More — 12 Jun 2011 — Ruppert fields listener questions, including... Will the crash be fast or slow? What's a better strategy—an edgier urban setting that you at least know, or a suburban drone zone where neighborhood cohesion is nill? Will those dedicated to educating on peak oil, sustainability, and resilience be the next target of attacks by Tea Party punks and other loose-cannon types? Is the US being intentionally destroyed to usher in a New World Order?
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Orion Magazine / The KunstlerCast

Cities of the Future — 23 Jun 2011 — In an interview with Orion Magazine, James Howard Kunstler discusses his recent essay on the future of cities in an age of peak oil and necessary contraction. According to Kunstler, southwestern cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas will be "toast," skyscrapers will become massive liabilities, suburbs will turn into salvage yards, and commerce will look very different. Kunstler is quite certain that civilization will remain intact, albeit retrofitted with slow trains, sailing ships, and other blasts from the past.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Michael Ruppert:  Buying Silver With Both Hands — 05 Jun 2011 — Michael Ruppert discusses ... Jacob Rothchild on the slowdown of growth; China's inflation; Japan's radiation; the unfolding global collapse; the big e-coli "outbreak"; the GM-corn contraceptive; investing in useful assets; buying silver "with both hands"—after you've taken care of your basic (resilience) needs.
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Energy Bulletin

Eco-Agriculture—The Solution to Our Great Food Challenge? — 20 May 2011 — Julian Cribb outlines the many challenges we face feeding the world, including water limitations, energy constraints, soil erosion and farm loss, population rise, lack of technological investment, stagnating crop productivity, and climate unpredictability. He also offers many solutions to the need for food production to use less land, water, and chemicals in the future. Many of them are old standbys, but other ideas show distinct signs of innovative thinking.
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KunstlerCast

Americans Demand Walkable Neighborhoods... But Prefer Suburban Style Housing — 26 May 2011 — Though he's solidly in favor of smarter urban planning, James Howard Kunstler admits that the average American still wants the suburban setting. As future energy constraints make car-centric suburban living less attractive economically and functionally, the pressure for change will come. But the funds and energy to make a smooth transition are unlikely to be there at that point.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Michael Ruppert:  Behold the Birth of Post-Petroleum Man — 22 May 2011 — Michael Ruppert, speaking at Eco-Fest 2011, offers a searing condemnation of the amoral ethos of the dying "petroleum man" era. The new paradigm that is unfolding is "Post-Petroleum Man," which will by necessity avoid bankers, corporations, consumerism, and centralization in favor of localism and things with real value. It's up to each of us to move quickly to the new paradigm as the necrotizing leviathan slowly sinks beneath the oil-slicked surface.
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Fresh Air

Lester Brown:  Food—The Hidden Driver Of Global Politics — 18 May 2011 — Food prices are rising, but the impact is not being felt equally around the world, says Lester Brown. The world's rapidly expanding population has created elevated demand for grain, milk, cheese and eggs, but changes in climate and irrigation have made it increasingly difficult to increase production. As supplies tighten, food is becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage.
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Chris Martenson:  The Deep Dive and the Crash Course — 11 May 2011 — Martenson explains that the world is in economic crisis, and there are no easy fixes. Unsustainable trends in the financial system and resource availability have finally caught up with us and are driving a "deep dive" that is likely to happen over the next decade. Martenson's new book The Crash Course presents the predicament and illuminates the path ahead, so people can face the coming disruptions and thrive.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Backyard Sustainable Gardening — 17 Apr 2011 — Scott McGuire discusses pest control, composting, biointensive systems, rooftop gardening, food trading, and seed saving as an income strategy. (Good quote from this show:  "If you want to eat in December, you'd better start thinking about it in May.")
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Max Keiser

Dmitry Orlov:  Update on Five Stages of Collapse — (The Keiser Report, Russia Today) — 30 Mar 2011 — Max and Stacy discuss the fascist media's continuing re-framing of the financial crisis and its causes. ~~ Dmitry Orlov, who several years ago penned an article called "The Five Stages of Collapse," discusses where the US and other countries stand in this regard.
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The Lifeboat Hour

Collapse with a Capital "C" — 27 Mar 2011 — Michael Ruppert and Chris Martenson discuss Japan and how it will affect everything: why it appears Fukushima is already melting down; the difference between radiation exposure and internal particulate contamination; the economic impact of the stoppages in Japanese manufacturing; the first example of what happens when a first-world economy has to power down. The concern now is for Japan, though a meltdown with steam explosion would send airborne contaminants towards the US.  (This is an excellent discussion. --GP)
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CONFRONTING CHANGE
PEAK OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE—POWERFUL INTERESTS, VAST POTENTIALS

Transition Finsbury Park — Mar 2011
Overview:
There are numerous threats to our ability to continue business as usual. The recent Confronting Change conference reviewed two that loom large—climate change and peak oil. Three presentations are available to watch or as audio downloads.

Polly Higgins—Climate Change Conferences and Ecocide:
Higgins notes the flagging interest in global climate conferences and climate action in general, as well as the increasing belief in false solutions. She proposes that willful worsening of climate change be considered ecocide and that government and corporate leaders be held accountable in a crimes-against-humanity sense.

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Michael Meacher—Peak Oil, Powerful Interests, and Vast Potentials:
Meacher says the three drivers for all decision are what will best benefit the powerful finance, armaments, and fossil-fuel sectors. How do we force the people in charge to start making better decisions? In terms of peak oil transition, he sees a period of expanded use of natural gas and distillates, but ultimately we must tap the vast potential of renewables and transition to a new style of society.

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Rob Hopkins—Reengineering the Party:
Hopkins thinks that rather than taking the punchbowl away from the current party—to the disappointment of the planet's stakeholders/partygoers—he seeks to provide a new type of punch bowl and new concept for the party. More carrot cake, less sticky post-party mess.

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Related resources:
-- Peak Oil Books
-- Climate Change Books

               

C-Realm Podcast

Courage, Compassion, and Creativity—Leaving the Matrix for a Better Path — 09 Mar 2011 — In spite of the obvious benefits of civilization, many of us are disgusted by the military-industrial-economic exploitation necessary that keep the current model working. Combine that with the Ponzi-overshoot crash that is surely coming, and you too may find yourself wanting to abandon your role in the matrix and set up a doomstead where you can live in harmony with the land and your conscience. Guy McPherson explains how he found himself on this path.
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Max Keiser

Richard Heinberg:  Peak Everything and the End of Growth — (The Keiser Report, Russia Today) — 17 Mar 2011 — (1) Max explains why events like 9/11 are a sign that the US empire is healthy. He also says that in spite of rising anger about bankers, most people are missing the gorilla in the room—the additional debt burden they are now responsible for as a result of huge taxpayer-funded banker bailouts. ~~ (2) Richard Heinberg reviews the "peak everything" concept and the end of the growth economy, which will in the future be limited by lower availability of cheap energy and the hugely burdensome debt overhang.
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Chelsea Green Radio

Eliot Coleman on Organic Farming — 02 Mar 2011 — Master organic gardener Eliot Coleman talks about his 30 years of experience as an organic farmer, experimenting with what works and what doesn't, and battling the ignorance of the mainstream farming-research community.   The format is a little confusing until you realize that this is a bunch of snippets of various speeches by Coleman sewn together. Still good, though. --GP)
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CSAs & BIODYNAMICS
FOOD CONCEPTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Two Beers With Steve — 19 Feb 2011
Farmer Allan Balliett discusses the important concepts of biodynamics and community supported agriculture (CSA), both of which can be employed to improve the quality and resilience of the food on your plate.

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Related resources:
-- Food Gardening Books
-- Article on CSAs

               

Financial Sense NewsHour

Ancient Roman Empire vs. Anglo-American Empire — 19 Feb 2011 — Ugo Bardi offers an interesting review of the reasons civilizations get into "sustainability trouble." Among the parallels he draws between the declining Roman Empire and today's teetering Western powers are: increasing costs to maintain the status quo (especially in terms of energy production); attempts to fortify "hold lines"; disregarding infrastructure maintenance requirements to the long-term detriment of the empire.
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C-Realm Podcast

Carolyn Baker:  Navigating the Chaos — 23 Feb 2011 — KMO and Carolyn Baker talk about the difficult relationship, social, and psychological issues that people face when they take on the challenge of peak oil preparedness.
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Coast To Coast

Mat Stein, Optimistic Doomer — 27 Feb 2011 — Mat Stein discusses six big trends that suggest a perfect storm of sustainability problems is coming. He also reviews positive actions people can take to change their lives to deal with the coming changes.
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Sustainable World Radio

Doug Weatherbee on Healthy Soil Ecosystems—In Your Garden or Elsewhere — 21 Feb 2011 — Weatherbee gives an excellent overview of how soil ecosystems work and why they are critical to plant health. In part 2, he offers soil tips for home gardeners.
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On the Green Front

An Environmentalist Wakes Up to Peak Oil, Part 2 — 16 Feb 2011 — Andre Angelantoni, president of Post Peak Living Institute, shares his views about the coming eco shock and why he believes we should all be preparing for a tougher future NOW. Author John De Graaf generally agrees but stresses the importance of downtime.
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Radio EcoShock

Wicked Problems — 03 Mar 2011 — Problems like climate, energy, and economy cannot be solved by normal science. Guest voices include Thomas Homer-Dixon, Jerome Ravetz, and Valerie Brown, Eben Moglen.
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Peak Trouble — 25 Feb 2011 — News of unstable oil supplies, climate chaos, banking, and teetering regimes brings the question: Are we ready, personally, for difficult times? Jeremy Leggett comments on Saudi supplies, EU dependency on Libyan oil, connections to arms trade, world energy, and the solar future. ~~ Carolyn Baker discusses her new book Navigating the Coming Chaos—A Handbook for Inner Transition.
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Chris Martenson and Gerald Celente on Oil, Ponzi, and Revolution — 08 Feb 2011 — Chris Martenson and Jim Puplava discuss peak oil investing as a delusion and preparedness as a active commitment. ~~ Gerald Celente discusses our bankrupt politics and Ponzi economics. Despite the swelling tide of youth revolution, he does not see the that happening in the US, at least not yet.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   48:53

Max Keiser

Greg Palast on Peak Oil and Petro-Dictatorships — (The Keiser Report, Russia Today) — 17 Feb 2011 — In the first segment, Max and Stacy talk about topics that include "Guanxi schemes"—selling fictional forests for real money—while real farmland can't find even a virtual penny; plus SDRs—the latest in the "inverted pyramid of fiat currency nonsense." ~~ Then, author Greg Palast debates Max on what's more important—peak oil or oil dictatorships.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   24:54

Radio EcoShock

Population Overload — 11 Feb 2011 — Three voices with solutions for the population crisis:  Lisa Hymas of Grist.org on GINKs—Green-Inclined, No Kids. ~~ Clinical psychologist Ellen Walker—the good and the bad of going child-free. ~~ Plus the grand-daddy of the whole population movement, Paul Erhlich, author of the classic book The Population Bomb.
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Max Keiser

James Howard Kunstler on Peak Oil — (On the Edge, Press TV) — 29 Jan 2011 — JHK and Max review many of the basic concepts of peak oil—including "peak oil does not mean running out of oil" and how extraction technologies increase ultimate decline rates—but they also discuss some advanced concepts like narco-trafficking in Mexico as a replacement for lost oil revenue; the US and UK Ponzi economies as a way of dealing with the decline of oil national supplies; and China and the Monroe doctrine as they relate to the limitations of Canada's tar sands.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   23:37

Financial Sense NewsHour

Oil, Energy, and Economy—Myths and Reality — 29 Jan 2011 — (1)  Chris Skrebowski casts his sharp eye on the latest oil production figures and trends. ~~ (2) Economic/peak oil sharpie Nicole Foss sees oil prices rising, but not as much in 2008—because more and more people are falling off the back of the economic bus. She also thinks that even if the electricity supply can be beefed up and the technical issues with electric cars can be worked out, the transition won't happen because the coming deflationary depression will mean the money is not available.
PART 1:  Page for whole show  |  Download/listen to Skrebowski segment   29:37
PART 2:  Page for whole show  |  Download/listen to Foss segment 35:22

Two Beers With Steve

Heirloom Seeds and Swaps — 24 Jan 2011 — Johnny Max reviews seed saving basics, and describes his seed swap site, which also allows purchases by people who are just getting started with heirloom seeds (i.e. have nothing to swap yet).
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   58:38

Radio EcoShock

Rapid Population Decline—or Bust! — 04 Feb 2011 — The population of Egypt doubled since 1980. Mexico, India too. Dr. Jack Alpert says it is time for extreme measures, before civilization falls. With three responses by Rex Weyler of Greenpeace fame, Dr. Bill Rees (co-inventor of the "ecological footprint"), and ecologist Vandy Savage.
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Chris Nelder:  Supply vs. Demand vs. Speculators vs. OPEC — 13 Jan 2011 — Nelder analyzes what's likely to happen with oil prices in 2011, where the normal supply/demand pricing relationship will be confused by speculators, OPEC, and subsidies. He sees $120/barrel as a likely top—prices beyond that should stomp on economic activity enough to deflate oil prices.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   20:11

Chris Martenson

Combating Peak Oil with Wind and Smarter Electric Power — 08 Jan 2011 — Willett Kempton reviews the status of wind, solar, and energy storage technologies, with an eye on how we can better utilize these technologies to become part of the baseload electric supply and eventually help replace some portion of liquid fuels use as well.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   42:37

The Lifeboat Hour

The Lawn Police — 16 Jan 2011 — Michael Ruppert and Bob Waldrop discuss how local ordinances can often be at odds with good resilience practices.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   58:26

Chris Martenson:  I've Stopped Trying to Convert People — 09 Jan 2011 — Michael Ruppert and Chris Martenson's discussion includes: the best way to approach discussions with other people regarding the massive changes coming; precious metals vs. more basic prepping needs; inflation vs. deflation.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   58:15

Related media:
Ruppert book:  Confronting Collapse
Ruppert DVD:  Collapse
Martenson Crash Course:  The Crash Course

The Nation

Richard Heinberg:  The Globe's Limitations—How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth — 11 Jan 2011 — Heinberg gives his usual excellent overview of the peak energy/endless growth problem. Many people wave a hand casually and say that the people in charge will come up with something by the time the problem gets bad enough. But Heinberg says, once you start crunching the numbers and understand the built-in resistance to fast transitions, you realize there is a BIG problem. "We have too many people using too much stuff too fast in an economy that only knows how to grow."
Watch  |  Download/Listen   25:55

Nicole Foss:  We Need Freedom of Action To Confront Peak Oil — 11 Jan 2011 — Foss points out that as bad as things look based on Hubbert's curve (peak oil), a more accurate measure is the net energy curve, and that one looks even worse. More ominous still, she predicts that the effects of the coming financial storm will trump peak oil. She also outlines her inflation/deflation scenario. Foss says the collective emotional state plays a large role in the public attitude towards the choice to face reality or continue with aggressive denial.  (The date on The Nation page is Jan 11, 2011, though the interview appears to have been taped in Oct 2010. Still, if you've never heard Nicole Foss lay out her thesis, this is well worth a listen. --GP)
Watch  |  Download/Listen   39:45

Equal Time

Robert Hirsch on The Impending World Energy Mess — 27 Dec 2010 — Hirsch, and inside-the-Beltway type, reviews the emergence of the peak oil concept, updates us on status, and fields questions from listeners about energy issues.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   50:19

Max Keiser

James Howard Kunstler Interview — (The Keiser Report, Russia Today) — 07 Jan 2011 — (1) Max and Stacy review current news, including Wikileaks revelations about Monsanto, toxic genetically modified food, and the coordinated US-Monsanto push against Europe's resistance to GMOs; (2) James Howard Kunstler sees the inflation-deflation debate as a choice between a society where people have lots of money but everything is outrageously expensive (hyperinflation) or a society where there is a lot of cheap stuff, but no one has any money (deflation). It's a lose-lose!
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   25:56

Two Beers With Steve

John Michael Greer:  The Mythology of Progress — 31 Dec 2011 — John Michael Greer offers perspectives on economics, techno-industrialism, and peak oil. He discusses the ASPO conference and the difference between the 'suits' and 'sandals'. In a world affected by oil shortages, does Greer hold out hope for any new technologies that will fill the gap left by diminishing oil production?
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The Lifeboat Hour

Modern Survival Training — 02 Jan 2011 — Tom Brown discusses modern survival skills and classes, as well as Native American prophesies as they relate to coming hard times.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:00

Food Chain Radio

Food Without Electricity — 28 Aug 2010 — A discussion of preservation technologoies that work around situations where electricity has failed.
Download/Listen   41:42
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Post Carbon Institute

Future Transportation Systems — 01 Sep 2010 — Richard Gilbert and David Bragdon discuss the transportation transition path from oil to the likely next phase, electricity.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   18:12

Fresh Air

Peter Maass:  The Violent Twilight Of Oil — 12 Aug 2010 — Maass argues that our relentless pursuit of diminishing oil stocks has brought on a host of evils on the world—especially in developing countries, where oil wealth breeds corruption, heightens social divisions, increases violence, and degrades the environment.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   20:25

CollapseNet

Mike Ruppert's Farewell to Matt Simmons — 10 Aug 2010 — Matt Simmons was a towering figure in the peak-oil movement and had recently encountered controversy with dire predictions about the Gulf oil leak. Simmons was found drowned in his hot tub earlier this week. Mike Ruppert offers some final thoughts about Simmons' importance to peak-oil awareness and to him personally.
Watch  |  Download/Listen 5:38

Financial Sense NewsHour

Chris Martenson:  The Basics of Urban/Suburban Resilience — 07 Aug 2010 — In the first segment, Brian Pretti gives a good analysis of the economic situation. ~~ Then Chris Martenson, creator of the excellent Crash Course series, offers his thoughts on what city dwellers and suburbanites can do to make themselves more resilient in the face of potential disruptions driven by energy and economic troubles—or just plain ol' weather-related emergencies.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:17:24

Max Keiser

Derivativeholics + Local Responses to the Global Currency Cabal
(The Keiser Report, Russia Today) — 10 Aug 2010 — Max and Stacy compare Wall Street bankers to never-satisfied thieves... or perhaps incorrigible high-stakes gamblers....um....derivativeholics! ~~ Bregtje van der Haak discusses local responses to the global currency cabal.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   26:52

Corbett Report

Bob Chapman:  Time to Expatriate? Maybe Not — 05 Aug 2010 — For those who have reached unbearable frustration levels with the behavior of those who run the US, Chapman covers some of the pros and cons of moving to another country. He also gives an excellent summary of the plans of the banksters and the politicians they puppeteer.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   45:25

Financial Sense NewsHour

Energy 'Pearl Harbor' or Collapse? — 31 Jul 2010 — An excellent set of interviews: Matt Simmons, Robert Hirsch, and Oliver Inderwildi talk about energy problems and policy in the US and the UK.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:19:29

Evolving Ideas

Lawrence E. Joseph:  Solar Blasts and the Electrical Grid — 27 Jul 2010 — Science consultant Lawrence E. Joseph discusses the likelihood of a widespread, prolonged disruption of electrical service related to a "solar blast." His analysis of the data suggest that such an event is mostly likely to happen (coincidentally) in 2012. He believes a crash program of installing utility-scale surge protectors could greatly mitigate the impact of such an event. He also talks about actions on a household level.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:08

Lawrence E. Joseph books:   (on Amazon.com)
Aftermath:  A Guide to Preparing for and Surviving Apocalypse 2012

Financial Sense NewsHour

Michael Ruppert:  The Crisis of Energy and Money — 28 Jul 2010 — Michael Ruppert and host Jim Puplava discuss peak oil, net energy, and their importance in assessing future economic activity and standards of living.
Download/Listen   43:17
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Chris Nelder:  Energy Update — 24 Jul 2010 — Nelder discusses the approaching energy shortfall in the US and laments the complete lacks of vision (or even awareness) among the political leadership. Topics include oil, natural gas, nuclear, energy transition, and the importance of a major revision of industrial transportation based on a revitalization of rail.
Download/listen to Nelder segment   15:06
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Relevant books:
Ruppert:  Confronting Collapse
Nelder:  Profit from the Peak

Agroinnovations

Ecological Imperialism — 26 Jul 2010 — A collage of interview clips and readings from Alfred W. Crosby's book Ecological Imperialism, covering various ventures of colonial Europe in foreign lands over the last 500 years, with a particular focus on food and agricultural reasons for success or failure.  (This is pretty interesting, along the same lines as Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel. --GP)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   51:56

Referenced items:   (on Amazon.com)
Crosby book:  Ecological Imperialism:  The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Diamond book Guns, Germs, and Steel:  The Fates of Human Societies

Two Beers With Steve

Nelson Lebo:  Tools, Techniques, and Timing — 24 Jul 2010 — Lebo discusses methods to improve gardening efficiency by using the right tools and techniques at the right time.  (The meat starts around 15:00. This is part 1; part 2 is not yet available. --GP)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   40:11

Gary Null Show

Paul Kingsnorth:  Uncivilisation — 19 Jul 2010 — Kingsnorth believes there is an insurmountable level of delusion, even among green groups, about what it would take for us to live sustainably. We're all willing to talk about technology shifts, but not about lifestyle changes, and that won't even get us close. This sucker's going down, and we need to be thinking what we need to do to create an improved---truly sustainable---civilization from the rubble of the current one.
PART 1:  Get full-hour MP3 here  |  Download/listen to Kingsnorth segment   31:10
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/listen   55:30

Related web page:
Uncivilisation -- The Dark Mountain Manifesto

The Keiser Report / Russia Today

Bad-Credit Parade + The Role of Energy in US Economy — 22 Jul 2010 — (1) Max and Stacy the latest scandals, stolen credits, and the debt in Europe. ~~ (2) Max talks to his guest Gregor MacDonald about the role of energy in US economy and globally.
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Against the Grain

Transporation Net Energy:  Bicycles and Roads — 06 Jul 2010 — Many sustainability advocates says bicycles are personal-transportation kings because they have a high work-output-to-energy-input ratio. But ain Boal points out that the analysis changes dramatically if one includes the energy, economic, and environmental costs of building and maintaining the ever-important system of smooth roads needed to make bicycle transportation so efficient. ~~ Boals also discusses the history of public-interest radio.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   52:01

C-Realm Podcast

Neil Kramer:  The Social Cohesion Problem — 21 Jul 2010 — As the shallow myths that provided cultural cohesion in our long period of economic growth give way to the reality of economic decline, Neil Kramer asserts that the United States has some possible advantages---its social fabric is starting from a point that has much less overt strife than most other parts of the world.
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Survival Podcast

What a Few Big Disaster Scenarios Might Be Like — 14 Jul 2010 — For those of us that like to ponder and plan for a variety of disruptive scenarios---or for those who just like having their doom buttons pushed---Spirko gives his take on a variety of bad stuff, including a pandemic, a solar kill shot, and peak oil.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:59

One Radio Network

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Sustainable Gardening and Backyard Food Production — 19 Jul 2010 — Once a person understands that the long-distance food system has vulerabilities and that local and regional food-growing operations are insufficient to meet local needs should a disruption occur, the logical thing to do is to get ye to growing your own in a substantial way.
Download/Listen   1:05:50

Agroinnovations

Pasture Cropping — 19 Jul 2010 — Colin Seis has invented a new way to grow annual cereal crops. "Pasture cropping" involves the direct seeding of annual crops into perennial pastures that are grazed at high densities prior to sowing. Seis explains the functional and economic benefits, as well as the improvements in soil health and biodiversity.  (Fairly argo-technical, but interesting. --GP)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   45:48

NPR / All Things Considered

Fiscal Localism On Rise In Germany — 15 Jul 2010 — The Havelbluete, the Augusta and the Chiemgauer might sound like the names of locally brewed beers, but they are in fact micro-currencies which, like micro-breweries, are in abundance in Germany. There are more than two dozen local currencies in circulation, and 40 or so initiatives are about to start printing their own banknotes. These notes are not gimmicks; they're recognized legal tender within each local region.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   4:19

Diet Soap Podcast

Eileen Workman:  Sacred Economics — 15 Jul 2010 — Workman explains why "direct exchange" is an economic approach that is both inefficient and fraught with problems. The more indirect exchange offered by the currency system has also proven to have its woes. What is the solution?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   51:51

Two Beers With Steve

Jack Spirko on Modern Survivalism — 11 Jul 2010 — Guest Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast joins host Steve Patterson. Spirko explains why our modern society is ill-equipped to handle crises compared to our grandparents' era. While the current financial meltdown will have more impact on our society than the Great Depression did on that generation, Spirko says if we can learn to help each other, we get through this.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   51:12

Survival Podcast

Disaster Probability, Impact and Commonality — 13 Jul 2010 — Thinking about disasters, deep conspiracies, peak oil, and other threats to our well being—and trying to figure out what responses to take—can leave one dizzy, depressed, and disillusioned. Jack Spirko offers some logic on how to triage the threat matrix and make response planning manageable.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:01:44

               

AQUACULTURE
THE FUTURE OF SEAFOOD OR A FISHY FIASCO?

The show:
Quirks & Quarks — 19 Jun 2010
This is a very good primer on the subject of aquaculture, a.k.a. fish farming. With 90% of major wild fish stocks depleted and 50% of seafood now farm-raised, aquaculture is having more and more impact on the health of the oceans, with remaining, smaller wild fish stocks getting vacuumed up to feed farmed fish. Is this path sustainable?

Download/Listen   34:47

               

C-Realm Podcast

The Diagonal Economy (a.k.a. Mean and Median) — 30 Jun 2010 — Jeff Vail and KMO discuss the need for a transition from top-down hierarchies to flat, peer-to-peer social organizations.  (A bit wonky, but of interest to those who think about how societies succeed or fail, change or die. --GP)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:04

Agroinnovations

Wild Farming — 06 Jul 2010 — A discussion of "wild farming," an approach that can reduce erosion and polluted runoff, increase biodiversity and native pollinators, and better manage predator and pest-animal problems.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   36:15

               

INFLATION vs DEFLATION vs PEAK OIL
ALL THREE ARE COMING, BUT WHEN AND WHY?

The show:
Two Beers With Steve — 05 Jul 2010
Nicole Foss (a.k.a. Stoneleigh) has come up with one of the best analyses we've heard on which is the bigger threat: global energy constraints (especially peak oil) or the money system (especially the derivatives bubble); and within the latter, which is the more likely scenario, serious inflation or crushing deflation?

Go to page  |  Download/Listen   48:08

GP Comment:
"Inflation vs deflation vs peak oil" is the Gordian knot that has kept collapse wonks jabbering aplenty over the last 2-3 years. But Foss slices into the problem with her Ginsu-sharp mind and clear way of explaining things. Must-listening! You can also hear a presentation Foss gave at a recent Transition Town gathering.

P.S....
That mysterious tipster who Steve says put him onto Nicole and her excellent, brain-changing information was none other than yours truly!

Referenced movies:   (on Amazon.com)
-- The Secret of Oz
-- Collapse

Related GP pages:
-- Causes of the Financial Crisis (article)
-- The Money Masters (free movie)

Related resources:
-- The Automatic Earth

               

Fresh Air

Michael Klare:  Grappling With The Age Of 'Tough Oil' — 30 Jun 2010 — The age of "easy oil" is over. What's left is "tough oil"—petroleum that is deep underground, far offshore, in complex geological formations like shale rock, in the icy Arctic, or in unfriendly, dangerous countries. Michael Klare reviews the situation.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   27:33

Second Opinion

George Ure:  Seven-Point Financial Survival Checklist — 27 Jun 2010 — Ure explains his philosophy on investing for weird financial times and for resilience. He provides a checklist of tips to get you on your way to being able to maintain wealth and health through the coming storm.
Download/Listen   59:30
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Survival Podcast

Start Thinking about Fall Gardening (Really?) — 30 Jun 2010 — September may still be a ways off, but it's a good idea to at least start thinking about what you will be planting to take advantage of the change of seasons. With proper planning and execution, you can eat fresh vegetables right into the first snow.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   57:31

The Lowdown on the High Art of Suvivalism — 22 Jun 2010 — Jack Spirko explains the benefits of "survivalism" and why it's about being smart, not about being an anti-social wacko. Survivalism is really just "resilience with attitude."
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:40

Food Chain Radio

The Pink Gold of Vegas — 26 Jun 2010 — The Western world wastes huge amounts of food, both as past-the-expiration throwaways and as food scraps from our plates. Farmer Bob Combs raises several thousand pigs using the food scraps from the restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. Why doesn't every municipality have a system like this?!?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   42:33

Fight the Empire (on KBOO)

Michael Ruppert:  Surviving Collapse — 17 Jun 2010 — Ruppert takes caller questions, including one that asks: "Why all the doom-talk; why don't we just toughen up and get off our butts and do something about it, like the way we pulled out of the Great Depression of the 1930s?"
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:00

Diet Soap Podcast

Fair Food Fight, — 20 Jun 2010 — Anderson and host Doug Lain discuss farms, chickens, and the real food movement. ~~ Also featured is a weird, funny audio collage about cryogenics and a childhood trip to Disneyland.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   39:40

Two Beers With Steve

Ol' Two Beers — 21 Jun 2010 — Nathan Martin and Steve Patterson have an in-depth discussion about the process of awakening to the twin pillars of fate—peak oil and financial-system unsustainability—and then deciding what to do about it.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:37:46

Science Friday

Fire Water in Gasland — 18 Jun 2010 — In the race to stay ahead of the crashing energy-supply wave, the US in the 2000's gave gas drilling companies near carte blanche access to untapped natural gas reserves in the continental US. These tough-to-extract gas supplies usually require high-pressure hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), and that has been wreaking havoc with locals' water supplies. Turn on the faucet, light a match, phooom! James Fox of the film Gasland fills us in.
Reference page and trailer  |  Download/Listen   14:24

Sierra Club Radio

Summerize Your House — 19 Jun 2010 — Most people think about winterizing a house to save energy. Here are a few tips to improve your home's energy performance this summer.
Download/Listen   3:42
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FOOD STORAGE BASICS
INCREASE RESILIENCE AND SECURITY, DECREASE COST AND WORRY

The show:
Survival Podcast — 15 Jun 2010
Jack Spirko does an excellent job of covering the basics of food storage and food security—the logic of it and how to do it safely, in a way that saves you money in the long run. He calls it a "holistic approach to survival food storage."

Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:26

Background:
Food storage is not just a nutty thing twitchy-eyed loners do. It's a basic approach to making sure our households can sail though troubled waters without undue hunger or time wasted standing in lines at grocery stores (or FEMA camps). It takes a little more effort to start a rotational food storage system than it does to buy groceries each week as you need them, but the security and long-term cost benefits are clear.

Related GP pages:
-- Food Security Actions
-- Food-Gardening Books

               

Financial Sense NewsHour

Jeff Rubin:  Why Your World Is About to Change — 12 Jun 2010 — Jeff Rubin says the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may add further pressure to reduce offshore drilling, but since oil from deep waters accounts for a large share of projected future US oil, that will force difficult circumstances on us.
Download/Listen   24:27

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Earthbeat Radio

Michael Klare on the Folly of Relentless Pursuit of "Extreme Energy" — 08 Jun 2010 — Michael Klare talks about the folly of relentlessly pursuit of "extreme energy"—the hard-to-do projects like Deepwater Horizon and energy-themed wars like those in Iraq and Afghanistan. Klare's latest book is Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet.
Download/Listen to the Michael Klare segment   18:43
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C-Realm Podcast

Fish In the Water — 09 Jun 2010 — KMO welcomes Tara Holste to the program to talk a bit about J.R.R. Tolkien and the so-called environment before moving into Tara's shift away from a pre-occupation with a standard bouquet of liberal ideological positions to a focus on food and farming, hearth and home.
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Living On Earth

Grid-Dependent vs. Off-Grid—Two Opinions — 04 Jun 2010 ("Begrudging the Grid") — Two new books examine the public utilities that millions of Americans depend on. One author says they're so vital they need more tax support. The other suggests decentralized utilities would be cheaper and more robust. A bit lightweight, but a good starting point. -- GP
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   17:04

KunstlerCast

Agrarian Urbanism — 03 Jun 2010 — Rising energy prices, poor growing weather, and other problems may lead to global food shortages. But James Howard Kunstler believes that the idea of the US feeding its city populations with rooftop gardens and skyscraper terrariums is absurd. We may see a big return of urban gardening, but Kunstler believes that it is important to be realistic.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   23:21

DietSoap Podcast

Shannon Hayes:  Radical Homemakers — 27 May 2010 — A good conversation between host Doug Lain and "radical homemaker" Shannon Hayes about building household resilience and self-reliance, nurturing good relationships with neighbors, and doing it all on a small income.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:49

Ideology and Nature — 30 May 2010 — Urban Scout discusses the limits of well intended solutions that happen within a system that is unsustainable. He makes the excellent observation that sustainability is a social problem, not a technological problem.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   41:12

Food Chain Radio

All (Farm) Animals Equal? — 29 May 2010 — If one decided to move beyond that simple backyard garden and set up a homestead, complete with a small amount of livestock, what animal species would be best?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   42:50

Radio EcoShock

Is Humanity Unsustainable? — 28 May 2010 — Dr. Bill Rees is co-inventor of "the ecological footprint" concept. He says we're already in overshoot mode, and the only way out is to execute a planned contraction of the economy.
Download/Listen   1:00:00
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Science Friday

The Hanging Gardens of Tomatoland  (a.k.a. "Turn it Upside Down") — 28 May 2010 — Some neat ideas for hanging/upside-down tomato systems and other techniques for using vertical space when you don't have room for a garden patch.
Go to page/See photos  |  Download/Listen   17:48

Post Carbon Institute

Nate Hagens: What We Can Learn From Hedge Fund Investors — 26 May 2010 — Nate Hagens, former Wall Streeter turned sustainability advocate, says the "money drive" is something we need to recognize and address if we are to move to the next level of societal success.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   3:40

Two Beers With Steve

Hooked On Growth with Dave Gardner — 23 May 2010 — A good conversation about the infinite-growth paradigm. Why do the masses seem to love drinking the mainstream Kool-Aid that growth is both good and necessary? What solutions can help break the trance and repattern our system towards steady-state economics?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   51:34

Navigating Challenging Times With Cam Mather — 16 May 2010 — We are headed for some challenging times. For many, the hard times are already here. Cam Mather offers a roadmap of positive steps you can take to overcome the obstacles that we will soon face.  (GP comment:  We agree with almost all of what this guest says, but people interested in trying vegetarianism should do some research about "complete proteins" first.)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:01:10

Politics and Possibilities

The Post Carbon World Is Coming, Ready or Not — 18 May 2010 — Asher Miller, exec director of the Post Carbon Inst, discusses future energy supplies (and the huge challenge we face); climate change (and the disingenuous legislation that is in the works); and the need for re-localizing economies (because change is coming whether we like it or not).
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   58:11

CCTV

Michael Ruppert:  Confronting Collapse—Vermont Town Meeting — 13 May 2010 — Ruppert speaks on the steps that must be taken to confront oil dependence and the deep imbalances caused by the ponziconomy. He underscores that most politicians, including Obama, are pawns of the banksters, and that the financial parasites are now making bets on and fostering the financial collapse of US states. And much more.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   1:22:40

The Natural Nurse

"Uncle Richard" on Basic Preparedness — 03 May 2010 — Richard Mankamyer talks about recent disasters and disruptions and the need for preparedness, especially when it comes to food and water. The discussion includes some pretty decent reasoning and how-to details.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   45:25

               

PREPAREDNESS VS.
THE SIX CIVILIZATION KILLERS
MAT STEIN ON PREPS AND PROBLEMS

Coast To Coast — 11 May 2010
MIT-trained engineer Mat Stein talks about the need for personal disaster preparedness, such as ways to purify water should tap water be unavailable for a while.

Beyond your regular old forest fires, earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters, Stein thinks there are six human-driven scenarios that could lead to widespread disruptions in the future:

• climate change
• a peak in global oil production
• the collapse of the world's remaining fisheries (or the oceans more generally)
• deforestation
• food crises
• overpopulation

Download/Listen   1:00:00

Notes:
(1) MP3 above mirrors KSFO's full-hour MP3, with news and commercials. Meaty portions run roughly from 10:00-29:00 and 38:00-58:00.
(2) You can see Coast To Coast pages for this interview or a list of latest shows.

Mat Stein book:   (on Amazon.com)
When Technology Fails

Related GP article:
The Resilient Household

               

Radio EcoShock

De-Growth! — 13 May 2010 — Should we be planning an economic contraction—before we crash? A report from the first North American De-Growth Conference. ~~ Plus an overview of peak fossil fuels by ASPO's Dave Hughes. ~~ And Jack Alpert on the maximum sustainable level of human population.
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LATOC/UStream/CollapseNet

Mike Ruppert:  LATOC Q & A — 10 May 2010 — Will it be China's faltering economy that finally ignites a global financial blow-up? Or maybe it will be the fallout from the Gulf oil leak or the still-gurgling pool of toxic derivatives. Ruppert also discusses... the advisability of home gardens and seed saving; the return of the robber barons; the unlikelihood of martial law in the US, in spite of the likelihood of increasing civil violence and gang activity; why the never-ending-growth paradigm must die.
PART 1:  Download/Listen   33:40
PART 2:  Download/Listen   56:21
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Financial Sense NewsHour

Jeremy Leggett, Oliver Inderwildi:  Peak Oil 2014; Warning and Precautions — 08 May 2010 — A good discussion of the latest trends in the Peak Oil debate. It's getting harder and harder for the refusniks to make the case that there is "plenty of oil left."
Download/Listen   1:02:20
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CNBC

Puru Saxena:  $300/Barrel Oil — 25 Apr 2010 — Puru Saxena gives a great 5-minute overview of peak oil as he explains why he thinks the price of oil will hit $300/barrel in a few years. He says there is no question that 10 years from now we are going to be using a lot less oil than we do today.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   6:44

Two Beers With Steve

The View From The Peak - Interview With Steve Crower — 29 Apr 2010 — Steve Crower reviews the basic facts on Peak Oil, as well as some more in-depth information on the topic. Your preconceptions and conclusions as to what the future of oil holds may be challenged.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:16:46

Peak Moment

Bag It! — Packaging Bulk Foods with Nitrogen — 27 Apr 2010 — There are many ways to preserve food for storage. Here's a high-tech approach brought down to earth for us average folk.  (GP comment:  The MP3 can give you an idea of what it's about, but if you're really interested, you'll need to watch the video.)
Watch  |  Download/Listen   26:01

Survival Podcast

Barter, Conspiracies, Seed Saving, Fluoride, Buying PMs — 16 Apr 2010 — Based on listener questions, Jack Spirko gives his take on a variety of subjects, including the tax liabilities that may be incurred when bartering; the "going too far" principle of conspiracies; tips on seed saving; fluoride as a topical antimicrobial but internal toxin; buying precious metals from a local dealer vs. online.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:07:14

KunstlerCast

Sprawl Defenders — 15 Apr 2010 — This is a good general discussion about the apparent public support for suburbia as the preferable living arrangement despite a lot of evidence that it doesn't work well on a number of fronts—even before you start talking about the impossibility of running suburba-topia at the current scale on constrained oil supplies.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   38:52

C-Realm Podcast

The Light of Doom — 14 Apr 2010 — Segments include... The chasm that often occurs between a spouse who is peak oil-aware and one who is in denial ~~ The legitimacy of shamanism and mind-expanding substances in the exploration of our role on the planet ~~ Whether there is a certain nobility in trying to sustain the unsustainable
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Peak Moment

The Crash Course—Exponential Growth Meets Reality — 09 Apr 2010 — Chris Martenson reviews the history and status of his Crash Course, which explores in detail the intersection between exponential growth in the debt-based money supply and limited resources, especially oil.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   27:58

C-Realm Podcast

The Long Defeat — 07 Apr 2010 — KMO uses a slender thread to weave a connection between the epic battle portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings trilogy and the challenges we face in the coming years as resource constraints and trouble in the debt-based economy force radical change upon our denialist society. Segments include "The Tolkien Professor," James Howard Kunstler and Doug Lain.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:59

Referenced books:
-- Review of The World Made By Hand  (by Grinning Planet)
-- The Long Emergency  (on Amazon)

Survival Podcast

Core Preparedness Principles — 06 Apr 2010 — Survival Podcast host Jack Spirko makes a guest appearance on the Baldy and the Blonde radio show to discuss some core preparedness principles. The theme that runs through them all is: "Helping you to live the life you want if times get tough—and even if they don't."
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   44:32

NewsHour

Obama Proposes Lifting Coastal U.S. Drilling Bans — 31 Mar 2010 — As Obama announces his proposal to lift the ban on coastal drilling, he punches all the standard rhetorical buttons: "create homegrown energy"; "sustain economic growth"; "produce jobs."  (GP comment: We're not particularly opposed to states deciding to drill off their coasts, but one notes that once again President Obama has abandoned a promise made by Candidate Obama.)
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Two Beers With Steve

Kunstler On Many Things — 30 Mar 2010 — Jim Kunstler answers some submitted questions, including... Is there an assumption of fraud already priced into the financial markets? ~~ Why do Washington politicians seem tone-deaf to public sentiment? ~~ Are high oil prices a true metric of "peak oil" or just a reflection of speculation?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:03:41

Gary Null Show

Michael Ruppert:  Unmasking the Marauders of the Money Meltdown — 31 Mar 2010 — Gary interviews Michael Ruppert, who connects the dots on how we got into the current economic debacle. The interview with Ruppert starts at 33:23. ~~ In the first half of the show, Gary gives some health news; a commentary by himself on Glenn Beck and other loose cannons; and reads a commentary written by Mike Whitney on the Pope's sex-abuse scandal.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:56

Related books:
Confronting Collapse

CollapseNet

Mike Ruppert Q & A — 26 Mar 2010 — Ruppert fields audience questions after a UK showing of his movie CoLLapse.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   37:47

Radio EcoShock

Dark Optimism — 26 Mar 2010 — Shaun Chamberlin and Lester Brown give their takes on why there is reason to be optimistic about our energy chances ~~ Kurt Cobb says, not so fast.
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Diet Soap

Dmitry Orlov:  Is There No Alternative — 25 Mar 2010 — An insightful conversation about the difficult situation faced by those in the US—the approaching failure of the growth-oriented economy—and the fallacy of believing that "we" can do something about it.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:05:40

James Howard Kunstler:  Late Capitalist Blues — 18 Mar 2010 — A spirited conversation with James Howard Kunstler on the degeneration of the economy over the last few decades, the reduction in possibilities going forward, and the desperate campaign to sustain the unsustainable. Also discussed: It may have been big business that killed the streetcars to further the rise of the car, wrecked nature to create suburbia, and ruined mom-and-pop shops to bring in big-box stores, but it was all done with the consent of the we the masses.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:50

Related book:
Orlov:  Reinventing Collapse

C-Realm Podcast

Carolyn Baker:  Tools of Connection — 24 Mar 2010 — Carolyn Baker discusses ways people can prepare themselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually to pass through the initiatory experience that the collapse of industrial civilization may present to us as individuals and to our communities.
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Carolyn Baker book:
-- Sacred Demise: Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse

Two Beers With Steve

Chris Martenson:  A World Worth Inheriting — 23 Mar 2010 — Chris Martenson discusses his recent experience of giving a shortened version of the Crash Course presentation to politicians and academic types in the UK. We also find out exactly what Chris is doing in his personal life to prepare for a world that is full of uncertainty.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   49:40

Survival Podcast

Food Storage + Seed Saving — 23-25 Mar 2010 — Two episodes related to household food security—food storage and seed saving.
Food Storage:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:04:40
Seed Saving:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:03:14

Available on Amazon.com:
Organic Heirloom Seeds

The Forgotten Men

Michael Ruppert:  Peak Oil’s “Cigarette-Smoking Man” — 20 Mar 2010 — Michael Ruppert discusses peak oil and the impossibility of alternative energy solutions; economic collapse and the problem with "the way money works"; and what the average person can do about any of it. He says collapse is not only inevitable, it's happening now.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   48:58

Ruppert's book:
Confronting Collapse

Financial Sense

Chris Nelder:  Approaching Signs of a Peak in Energy — 20 Mar 2010 — Chris Nelder provides an update on peak oil issues. He is mystified as to why our leaders are not addressing such an obvious, fatal flaw in our future plans. But based on how the criminality of the financial crisis has been (not) dealt with, he is not optimistic that good energy solutions will be forthcoming from US leaders.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   20:12

Chris Nelder books:
-- Profit from the Peak
-- Investing in Renewable Energy

Radio EcoShock

Surfing Waves of Trouble — 19 Mar 2010 — The triple threat: economy, climate, peak oil. Kurt Cobb talks about navigating collapse; Carolyn Baker discusses psychological and spiritual strength in confronting chaos; Graham Saul of Climate Action Network discusses Canada's shameful muzzling of climate scientists.
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Carolyn Baker book:
Sacred Demise

The World of Ecovillages — 08 Mar 2010 — If you've ever wondered what an eco-village is and why one might want to be part of one, listen here!
Watch  |  Download/Listen   26:42

Bottom Up Radio Network (B.U.R.N.)

BURN Collapses with Mike Ruppert — 07 Mar 2010 — Mike Ruppert asserts that collapse isn't coming, it's already underway. Greece is a preview of what will soon enough be seen in the US. He also says we should focus our anger and action on the root of the problem—the way money works.
 (GP comment: Some people apparently think persuasive sentences much each contain a minimum of one epithet. The hosts here are clearly smarter than their stoner delivery would imply, but as with all Ruppert interviews, this one is still worth listening to.)
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Related items:
Info on Ruppert's latest book:  Confronting Collapse
Free video:  The Money Masters

Financial Sense Newshour

Matt Simmons Interview — 06 Mar 2010 — Matt Simmons discusses the latest on peak oil, ocean energy, and freshwater supplies.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   21:28

KrisCan

Collaboratively We Are Really, Really Smart — 05 Mar 2010 — KrisCan talks with designer Ken Eklund, the creator of World Without Oil, an online game built on the premise of a global oil crisis, where players were encouraged to contribute stories, podcasts, or videos that chronicle their experience of an imagined reality.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   7:10

Radio EcoShock

Expecting Collapse — 05 Mar 2010 — It's the new hot meme: "We are going down." Interviews with Dmitry Orlov (Reinventing Collapse) and John Michael Greer (The Long Descent) plus clips from Joseph Tainter (The Collapse of Complex Societies) and Dennis Meadows (Limits to Growth). Will it be a relief? Not likely.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

Referenced books:
-- Reinventing Collapse  (Orlov)
-- The Long Descent  (Greer)
-- The Collapse of Complex Societies  (Tainter)
-- Limits to Growth:  The 30-Year Update  (Meadows)

C-Realm Podcast

Albert Bates, pt. 2 — 03 Mar 2010 — KMO continues his discussion with Albert Bates, this time talking about which climate solutions are realistic. Carbon sequestration? Biochar? Geo-engineering? Carbon trading?
Audio no longer available from host site.

Albert Bates books:
-- The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook
-- The Financial Collapse Survival Guide and Cookbook  (Kindle Only)

Sustainable World Radio

David Holmgren:  Permaculture in an Energy Descent World — Feb 2010 — David Holmgren talks about the relationship between permaculture and "peak everything"; and he discusses four possible future scenarios as resource constraints force difficult choices: Brown Tech, Green Tech, Earth Steward, and Lifeboats. Even the Mad Max scenario gets a little air time.
PART 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   43:54
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   44:48

Referenced items:  (on Amazon.com)
Book:  Future Scenarios:  How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change
DVDs:  Mad Max movies

Indy Media

Chris Martenson's "Peak Oil and Economic Growth" Speech in UK — 23 Feb 2010 — Econ wiz Chris Martenson gives a speech in the UK that provides an ultra-condensed version of his brilliant Crash Course on the Three E's—energy, economy, and environmental resources. The clip includes almost an hour of Q&A.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:26:10

Agroinnovations Podcast / Quirks and Quarks

Peak Wood? -- Will the Demand for Renewables Send Forests Over the Edge?
Feb 2010 — In the next decade or two, as oil and other fossil fuels peak and decline, wood energy seems bound to make a comeback. But with 6 billion people on the planet, can our forests stand it?
ITEM 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   36:16
ITEM 2:  Download/Listen   9:38

KXCI "30 Minutes"

Michael Shuman - Local First — 07 Feb 2010 — After a short example of how buying from national and multinational corporations causes money to "leak" out of local economies, Michael Shuman provides some additional insights on how local businesses can out-compete the world's largest companies.
PART 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   27:19
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:28

Michael Shuman book:
The Small-Mart Revolution

Two Beers With Steve

Peak Oil And It's Effect On The Healthcare Industry
Feb 2010 — Dr. Peter Gray thinks the healthcare industry is overlooking a very serious threat—Peak Oil. Other topics include the US healthcare debate, medicinal marijuana, and the rampant use of tranquilizers by Americans.
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The James Howard Kunstler Interview
Dec 2009 — James Howard Kunstler gives a good overview and discussion of Peak Oil and the massive changes that will be imposed on the American lifestyle by future energy constraints.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:12:33

Peak Oil Q&A
Oct 2009 — In part 2 of the interview with Steve Crower on the topic of Peak Oil, some of the standard objections to the validity of the peak oil prognosis are addressed.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   51:59

Survival Podcast

CSAs and Modern Survival Philosophy
Feb 2010 — CSAs are a good way to get fresh, local food. An established CSA relationship with a local farmer not only supports local agriculture but might prove to be a valuable asset if we encounter food scarcity in the future.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:41

Situational Awareness and Normalcy Bias
Feb 2010 — We can improve personal security and safety by developing "situational awareness" in everyday activities. Also discussed: "normalcy bias" and how the rapid onset of stress can prevent us from acting decisively in a tough situation.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:41

Planning to Bug In
Nov 2009 — Once people finally wrap their minds around the impact that serious disruptions in food, energy, and other centralized services could have on their lives, some develop a "bug-out plan." But if you're more inclined to stay put and cope, here are some good things to think about so your preparedness measures—and psychology—are sufficient.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen  53:58

Financial Sense News Hour

Oil and the Coming Export Crisis
Jan 2010 — Jeffrey Brown explains the "export crisis" threat to oil supplies for importing countries ~~ Jim and John discuss some of the current evidence on peak oil
Download/Listen   56:16

Richard Heinberg Interview
Oct 2009 — Richard Heinberg is one of the world's most insightful thinkers about peak oil and other resource constraints and their likely impact on how we live in the future.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:01:41

Recent Heinberg books:
-- Peak Everything—Waking Up to the Century of Declines
-- Blackout—Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis

Radio EcoShock

The Future: Dark or Resilient?
Nov 2009 — An interview with peak oil expert Richard Heinberg on peak COAL and related issues ~~ A speech by Paul Hawken on the possibility of a resilient future.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

When the Great Correction Comes
Sep 2009 — Oil analyst Jan Lundberg talks about the coming energy shock, climate disruption, and the toll these "twin hammers of inevitability" will take on our economies and lives. But Jan goes positive, offering ways to get out and up ~~ Then, Alex asks "When will the human race go extinct?" Is that a contest, an extreme joke, or serious science? Contribute your own "doom date"
Download/Listen   1:00:00

Peak Moment

The Heart of Permaculture – Getting Beyond the Artificial World
Dec 2009 — We're reliant on fossil energy, trapped in a disjointed society, existing in sterile subdivisions, eating industrial food. Permaculture is part of the solution.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   27:53

KunstlerCast

Food in a World Made By Hand
Oct 2009 — In James Howard Kunstler's novel World Made by Hand, the characters in the post-peak-oil world must overcome many obstacles but nonetheless manage to eat food that is in general delicious and a vast improvement over the current American diet. Kunstler talks about the lost ceremony of eating with family and friends as well as the tragic result our "fast food nation" has brought about.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:57

Fora TV / Long Now

Dmitry Orlov:  Social Collapse Best Practices — Feb 2009 — This speech is from early 2009, but beyond a few of the numbers now being dated, it is still chock-full of useful points about how weird living in a post-collapse world might be. Orlov's dry sense of humor makes it almost enjoyable to hear about the coming American Dark Age.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   1:31:45

Dmitry Orlov book:
Reinventing Collapse:  The Soviet Example and American Prospects

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