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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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Download/Listen 1   13:24
Download/Listen 2   12:56

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.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:59

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.
Go to page  |  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?

Go to page  |  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
More 'Second Opinion'

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

Agroinnovations

The Apple Grower — 28 Jun 2010 — Michael Phillips discusses the benefits and challenges of managing a market-scale organic apple growing operation and how a community-based marketing model can work.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   36:14

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

More FSN audio here

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
Go to page for full show

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.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   58:59

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
Get more Radio EcoShock here

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.
Download/Listen   1:00:00
Get more Radio EcoShock here

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
Watch

CollapseNet Update #1 — 06 May 2010 — This is the first update from Ruppert's soon-to-be-launced service, CollapseNet, which intends to keep people informed with the latest news about the falling columns of the edifice we call modern civilization, and to also help them find other people in their geographical area with whom they can collaborate on local solutions.
Download/Listen   11:20
Watch_A  |  Watch_B

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
More FSN audio here

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

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.)
Watch  |  Download/Listen   3:36

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.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

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.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   57:52

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.
Download/Listen   1:00:00
Get more Radio EcoShock here

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.)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:59:47

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

Financial Permaculture — 24 Feb 2010 — KMO and Albert Bates talk about the ongoing process by which we are exporting more of our attention and cognitive capacity into our cybernetic prostheses and the abstract spaces they allow us to inhabit. They also discuss the state of the economy and the performance of President Obama.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:31

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?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   57:06

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:  Go to page  |  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.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   53:31

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

C-Realm Podcast

Big Beachheads in the Land of Stupid
Feb 2010 — Is societal collapse and a Malthusian Correction a workable path to a better future? Alex Steffen of WorldChanging.org says, "No." Moral considerations aside, a population die back and the scarcity that drive it would spell very bad news for the Earth's natural systems. What's the best path forward, then?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:00

JHK on the 'Big Slide'
Feb 2010 — KMO and James Howard Kunstler talk about the themes societal chaos, resilience skills, and "Cornpone Nazism" as they feature in Kunstler's new play, Big Slide. Other topics include paranoid conspiracy theories, post-traumatic embitterment disorder, and the possibility for class-based antagonism.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:59

Related GP page:
Review of Big Slide

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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