Society & Culture Episodes
Diana Colleen: They Could Be Saviors | Curing Billionaire-ism
In her debut novel, They Could Be Saviors, Diana Colleen explores psychedelic therapy as a means to relieve “billionaire-ism” and the extractive, taker mentality. Can billionaires reclaim their humanity?
From Dystopia to Liberation: Lee Schneider's Utopia Engine Trilogy
Novelist Lee Schneider completes the Utopia Engine Trilogy with a story of climate collapse, AI dominance, and the stubborn possibility of liberation. What if the Earth pushed back? That’s the question at the heart of Liberat...
Peter Solomon: 100 Years to Extinction
Do We Need to Colonize Mars to Survive? A Book Review of Dr. Peter Solomon's 100 Years to Extinction In 2017, Stephen Hawking warned that humanity had just 100 years to move beyond Earth or face extinction. That bold predicti...
The Climate of Our Moral Character | Energy, Capital, and Human Well-…
Explore the moral implications of fossil fuel extraction and its impact on society, energy, and the environment in today's complex world.
Climate and Peace | Lessons of Minneapolis
This bonus episode features a short reading from my Thinking Out Loud section of my newsletter. Is empathy a strength or a weakness? How do we respond to forces that hide behind masks and seek to coerce, intimidate, and terro...
Blood and Cigarettes: The Christmas Truce of 1914-Finding Peace on Co…
With this bonus holiday episode, I revisit a short article I originally wrote for a now-defunct website and republished on Medium back in 2022. Blood and Cigarettes takes us back to Christmas Eve and the trenches of World War...
Joshua Harrison: Art, Science, and Reconnecting with Our Roots in a M…
What Would The Ocean Say If You Could Ask It A Question? Exploring the intersection of art, science, and environmental activism, this episode features thought provoking conversation with Joshua Harrison , director of the Cent...