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DO 253 - Plough Magazine and the Bruderhof w/ Alan Koppschall
How has the Bruderhof community balanced individual autonomy with collective decision-making to maintain harmony and functionality?
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Doomer Optimism
1:18:16
DO 252 - Brick and Mortar Localism w/ Ben, Lucy, Longstory Farms and Ashley
How can brick-and-mortar local stores succeed in an age dominated by globalized corporate markets?
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Doomer Optimism
1:13:00
DO 251 - LA Fires w/ Leighton Woodhouse and James Pogue
How have urban development patterns in California, particularly in LA, exacerbated wildfire risks?
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Doomer Optimism
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Leighton Woodhouse
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1:23:00
DO 250 - Civics at a Human Scale w/ Wally Chamberlain aka Anarchocontrarian and Ashley
How can localism serve as an alternative to large-scale governance and globalized economies?
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Doomer Optimism
1:42:27
Doomer Optimism Campout!
June in Story Wyoming
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Doomer Optimism
Predictions for the year 2054
Some friends recently asked each other for our predictions about the future thirty years from now, globally and locally. I was feeling pretty…
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Geoff Graham
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DO 249 - NEPA babies w/ Jimmy Tobias, James Pogue and Ashley
Environmental Policy, Chevron Deference, and the Future of Federal Lands
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Doomer Optimism
1:10:05
Book Review:
The Technological Society (1954), Jacques Ellul
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Doomer Optimism
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December 2024

DO 248 - AI, Language, and Animal Consciousness
Listen now | Charles Carman, Travis Logan, and ARX-Han
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Doomer Optimism
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Travis Logan
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ARX-Han
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1:52:48
DO 247 - What ever happened to climate? w/ Ilan Kelman, James Pogue and Ashley
In this episode, James and Ashley speak with a return guest and climate and disaster researcher Ilan Kelman.
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Doomer Optimism
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Ashley Fitzgerald
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Ilan Kelman
1:16:56
DO 246 - Metastatic Modernity with Prof. Tom Murphy
Listen now | Josh catches up with Tom for a second conversation (first interview here) about two new series on Tom’s excellent Do The Math blog.
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Doomer Optimism
1:28:48
DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jenske and Ashley
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Doomer Optimism
1:15:20
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