What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 72 Vicki Robin
Hear from our host Vicki Robin in this solo episode, as she reflects on the themes emerging from “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Society
Black History: Making the Invisible, Visible
Black history should not have a special category as it is part of human history. Rather, Black History Month should be an avenue to amplify Black history based on past erasure and marginalization.
Reimagining Political Economy
Thus I think it’s worth suggesting that there’s room for a rebirth of imagination in contemporary industrial societies—and one of the themes that it might focus on first and foremost is the sphere of political economy.
Why Resistance Matters: Resistance & Regeneration
The growing movement for regeneration offers a much needed reframe of how to fully show up in our humanity at this critical moment in our planet’s history.
A Meditation on The Overstory
What would cause a person to separate humans from all other forms of life? It’s illogical to the extreme.
Democracy Rising 14: Getting Started with Dialogue and Deliberation, Part 3
What I mean by dialogue is a defined set of communication patterns that build understanding and help people of different backgrounds and experiences openly share their thoughts and work through their differences with mutual respect.
The Forest, the Moon, and the Last Time
A stoic meditation I have been practicing is called The Last Time. The idea behind this meditation is straightforward: there will be a last time for anything you do, and because you can’t really know when that is, reflecting upon this fact while doing something you love heightens your appreciation of the moment.
Patriarchy and the Cultural Roots of the Climate Crisis with Amy Westervelt (Bonus episode of Crazy Town)
Investigative journalist and podcaster Amy Westervelt talks with Asher about the cultural roots of the climate crisis.
Wes Jackson, “Methodism to My Madness”: A “Podcast from the Prairie” Conversation
We’re all responsible for our choices, of course, and I’m not excusing bad behavior or mean-spirited politics. But I do not blame Kansans for our predicament so much as I blame the power structure that takes care of itself without caring about the ecological and economic catastrophe out our way.
From ancient times to today, cities are spaces of co-creation
The Dawn of Everything, published in October 2021 by David Graeber and David Wengrow is 700 amazing pages breaking down self-fulfilling myths about humanity since the Ice Age.
Our Politicians in Washington Are Behaving Like Kindergarteners on A Playground!!
We need to intentionally create a more mature and evolved collective human consciousness. And we are rapidly running out of time to do that essential work.
Toward radical responses to polycrisis: a review of reviews of the Deep Adaptation book
At some point, I hope that some of the current critics of Deep Adaptation, and anyone who has been misinformed by them, will help grow this emancipatory politics during societal disruption and breakdown.
