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- Ep 18 – ScriptedEpisode 18 - "Scripted"
What happens when you can't trust anything anymore? That's the question we'll be exploring this week as we look into the world of half truths, lies, bots, manipulation, and our rapidly approaching post truth world. Everything from voice to video to our very sense of self is at stake in this rapidly changing world where the ability to manipulate becomes easier than ever. What does that mean for law, politics, sex, and our culture? Listen in to find out.
Chapters- 05:39 Weird Tech Incoming
- 10:30 Reality and Politics
- 12:18 Political Armies
- 14:08 David Ruined Net Neutrality
- 15:44 Erosion of Trust in Truth
- 17:23 Centralized Media?
- 18:23 Apathy
- 19:01 Conspiracy
- 23:46 Apathy Benefits Oppression
- 26:14 The Role of Bad News
- 27:14 Fake Porn
- 32:28 Forgery
- 33:52 Scamming the Elderly
- 34:51 Laser Phishing
- 38:20 Perfect You
- 42:04 Evidence, Courts, Legal Systems
- 45:19 A Silver Lining?
- 47:16 Economic Incentives
- 48:17 Fake Reviews
- 50:19 Commdifying Us
- 52:05 What Can We Do?
- 55:33 Don't Ask What but Why
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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1 hr 4 min - Ep 17 – For Better or For Worse #1Episode 17 - "For Better or For Worse #1"
One of our hosts is out of town, so we take this week to explore updates to many of the subjects we've discussed so far. Guest host Moriah King helps us explore everything from the power grid to pensions, state surveillance to sea level rise, and so much more.
Strap in this week: it's a few months of bad news all at once (with a little good news thrown in), but we hope you'll be as motivated by it as we are to start working towards something better.
Chapters- 02:33 Infrastructure
- 09:44 Power Grid
- 14:43 Preparing for Infrastructure Failure
- 17:08 Communites and Death Spirals
- 20:10 Pension Systems
- 28:15 What is Community?
- 31:33 Where Does the Retirement Burden Fall?
- 34:02 Government Surveillance
- 54:56 Corporate Tracking
- 1:06:09 Sea Level Rise
- 1:08:21 Facebook
- 1:09:13 Agriculture
- 1:09:49 Good News?
- 1:10:54 Close out
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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1 hr 13 min - Ep 16 – What We ReapEpisode 16 - "What We Reap"
Global topsoil is being lost at terrifying rates. So much so that many experts predict less than 60 years left of agricultural yields before the global food system collapses. Add to this questionable chemical inputs, monoculture, and other large-scale industrial practices as well as the dangers climate change introduces to disrupt traditionally fertile regions (decreasing yields further and impacting food nutrition) and we've got a perfect storm on the horizon.
We are joined by Chris D'Alessandro of Harvest Moon Garden & Orchard to discuss organic farming techniques, what it means to form a regenerative relationship with the soil, and hopefully how we can avoid this coming tragedy.
Chapters- 04:51 Unsustainability
- 06:25 Can Anyone Farm?
- 08:17 What is Topsoil?
- 13:12 Soil: Bacteria
- 13:54 Soil: Fungus
- 16:15 Pear Tree from the Ashes
- 18:17 Chemical Revolution
- 20:42 Soil: Nitrogen
- 26:30 Overshoot and Carrying Capacity
- 29:45 Industrial Agriculture
- 34:23 Debt Cycle of Fear
- 36:50 Financial Resiliency
- 39:19 Balancing Large and Small
- 40:55 Organic Profitability
- 43:49 Input Costs
- 44:28 Phosphorous
- 45:43 Diversity
- 46:48 Weeds
- 50:41 Monoculture
- 51:27 Honeybees
- 56:47 Plant Nutrition
- 59:33 Soil Nutrition
- 1:01:21 Wine
- 1:03:00 Climate Change: Soil Loss
- 1:04:50 Climate Change: Heat
- 1:06:15 Year Round Growing
- 1:08:47 Variability
- 1:09:48 Hope?
- 1:14:58 Thinking About Technology
- 1:18:59 Exponential Growth
- 1:21:14 Diversity and Integration
- 1:23:52 What is Productive
- 1:25:03 Supporting Farming
- 1:28:00 The Most Important Question
- 1:28:35 More About Chris
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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1 hr 31 min - Ep 15 – Terms of ServiceEpisode 15 - "Terms of Service"
Facebook has entered nearly every part of our internet connected lives. Most of us aren't happy with this, but tolerate it as a part of modern day living. But as we dig deeper into this social media and advertising juggernaut, we start to learn that maybe we shouldn't trust Zuckerberg and crew with so much of our world and our own lives.
Join us as we explore psychological experiments, obscene image work farms, revenge porn, and so much more in this episode all about Facebook.
Chapters- 01:17 A Purpose?
- 02:42 Why Facebook?
- 04:58 Evolution
- 08:42 VPN
- 10:50 Facebook in Business4
- 13:11 Unfairly Crushing Competition
- 17:06 Providing Internet
- 22:01 The Internet as a Right?
- 24:03 News Feed Algorithms
- 35:22 Psychological Experiments
- 39:52 Think of the CHILDREN
- 41:39 Ethics
- 43:06 Slaves to Offensive Pictures
- 45:17 Revenge Porn
- 48:18 Trust and Security
- 49:12 Facebook and Intelligence
- 52:55 Censorship
- 56:12 Elections
- 1:00:03 'Don't use it'
- 1:01:38 Ghost Profiles
- 1:02:45 Real Life
- 1:04:35 A Challenge Resolved
- 1:05:18 Question Everything
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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1 hr 7 min - Ep 14 – Sweet ReleaseEpisode 14 - "Sweet Release"
It's natural, it's delicious, it's everywhere, and it may be killing us. For years, sugar has been overlooked as a serious detriment to our health because of the manipulations of the sugar industry in both science and politics, but the lies are coming to light as the diseases caused by that deadly white powder threaten to overwhelm the health systems of the world.
Can we wake up to the danger this major health risk is posing in time or are we too addicted to that sweet release? Join us this week as we explore the how and why of sugar.
Chapters- 00:20 Progress in the 21st Century
- 04:45The Scam
- 13:06 "Pure, White, and Deadly"
- 14:06 Ancel Keys
- 15:11 Seven Countries Study
- 17:10 Coca-cola continues the scam in 2015
- 19:54 The Start of Nutrition
- 24:18 Pendulum Swings
- 27:26 The Failure of the Scientific Method and Industry Infiltration
- 30:37 "This is Objective Science"
- 33:24 Publication Bias
- 36:43 Failure of Politics
- 38:52 Local Political Manipulation
- 39:52 What Can We Do?
- 41:12 Food Access
- 43:35 Food Affordabilty
- 46:39 Don't Shame
- 48:08 Avoid Bad Science
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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52 min - Ep 13 – Lights OutEpisode 13 - "Lights Out"
What do airports, water treatment facilities, gas stations, and espresso machines all have in common? A dependence on a reliable and stable network of power generation and distribution. In America, and around the world, our electrical grids are aged, stressed, and increasingly at risk of attack. Worse, the centralization and increased interdependence of these grids mean the risk for large-scale failure has never been greater.
If we don't act quickly, the next time the lights go out, they may not turn on again.
Chapters- 00:00 Preshow
- 00:45 What is the Grid?
- 01:58 Some History
- 03:53 The Grid Today
- 05:27 Foliage
- 07:45 Renewable: Difficulties
- 09:40 Renewables: Subsidies
- 12:06 Energy Storage
- 14:37 Transformers: Ageing
- 16:25 Transformers: Raw Materials
- 17:19 Transformers: Lead Time
- 19:53 Critical Substations
- 21:04 Physical Threats
- 21:29 Physical Threats: Liberty
- 22:54 Physical Threats: Metcalf
- 27:33 Transformers: Spares in Reserves?
- 29:47 Cyber Threats
- 31:42 Ukraine Cyber Attack
- 35:09 Incentives for a Cyber Attack
- 38:21 How Will War Begin?
- 39:56 What happens when the Lights go Off?
- 42:15 Electromagnetic Pulse
- 43:06 Solar Threat
- 44:04 Carington Event
- 46:28 1989 Geomagnetic Storm
- 48:04 Bureaucracy
- 48:29 What Can we Do?
- 55:21 Wrap up
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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57 min - Ep 12 – Up in SmokeEpisode 12 - "Up in Smoke"
In forests, grasslands, and landscapes around the world, poor wildland management and climate change have combined to produce some of the most explosive fires ever seen. This trend is getting worse, and as we continue to push development into these areas, the need to extinguish fires that threaten human life and property rises. But paradoxically, fighting fires is a big piece of the puzzle in how we got here in the first place.
We are joined by Tommy Nease and Tyler Marlow, both with professional Forest Service experience, to help make sense of this frightening trend.
Chapters- 00:00 The Great Fire
- 02:59 Intro
- 06:48 The Forest Service
- 09:38 Hurry Up and Wait?
- 10:26 Engine Work
- 12:05 Dangers
- 13:44 Hand Crews vs Engine Crews
- 14:42 Setting Fires?
- 15:39 Prescribed Fires
- 16:59 Fire is Unpredictable
- 20:16 Too Much Development?
- 23:21 What Should People do?
- 25:45 Fire as a Natural Disaster
- 26:18 Education?
- 27:24 Rescuing the Governor
- 28:23 Send in the Calvary?
- 30:59 Why Should We Care?
- 35:34 Send Off
- 38:21How Did We Get Here?
- 40:24 Climate Change
- 44:23 Fire is Good
- 46:40 Overcrowded Forests
- 48:46 California
- 51:49 Slave Labor
- 53:42 An Investment that Really Caught Fire
- 55:41 Worldwide
- 59:58 Climate Feedback
- 01:01:23 What can we do?
- 01:05:33 Wrap Up
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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1 hr 7 min - Ep 11 – Designing DeceptionEpisode 11 - "Designing Deception"
What do suffragettes, cigarettes, Sigmund Freud, bacon and eggs with breakfast, bananas, and a coup in Guatemala all have in common? We'll explore the answer to that question in this week as we look at the lessons from an important man and contemplate the extraordinary effects he had (and continues to have) on our society.
It's propaganda, public relations, advertising and more on this episode of Ashes Ashes.
Chapters- 00:00 Preshow
- 00:30 This is Bananas
- 09:09 The Man They Hired
- 12:26 Mozart Pianos
- 16:03 Torches of Freedom
- 17:19 Appropriating Social Movements
- 18:33 Millienials Love Social Change...I Think
- 20:06 Subconcious Associations
- 24:56 Manipulating the Media and Press
- 27:10 "I'm not affected by advertising"
- 27:37 Influencers
- 34:12 What Alternatives?
- 35:21 Needs to Desires
- 37:13 A Diamond is Forever
- 38:49 Modern Advertising
- 39:53 Business Casual
- 44:56 It's Okay to Question
- 45:58 How Does This Relate?
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
Find more information along with relevant news and links on your favorite social network @ashesashescast.
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48 min - Ep 10 – Broken PromisesEpisode 10 - "Broken Promises"
Pensions have long been considered to be the gold standard of retirement, the treasured benefit of public service and big company jobs. But because of changing demographics, evolving financial environments, and poor accounting practices, these once sure things may soon become a liability. With a reckoning soon approaching, will retirement, the markets, and all of us as a whole be able to survive this ticking time bomb?
Chapters00:00 Preshow
01:52 The Idea of Retirement is Centuries Old02:26 History of Pensions in the US04:46 Decline of Pensions06:13 Crisis Looming; Dallas Case Study08:58 Short Term Promises With No Long-Term Sustainability11:10 Musuem Tower14:40 What is a Pension Anyway?17:24 Risky Investments18:32 CalPERS21:36 Public Pensions vs Risk Free Investing23:35 The Individuals25:23 Wall Street28:14 Private Pensions Foreshadow Doom31:07 Where Will the Money Come From?36:22 Inequality and Discrimination39:43 A Better Future40:38 Wrap UpA full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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42 min - Ep 9 – Nothing Left to HideEpisode 09 - "Nothing Left to Hide"
The relationship between government intelligence, the military-industrial complex, and big business goes deep. In technology hubs around the world, complex surveillance products are developed and sold to governments that deploy the tech on journalists, lawyers, academics, and their own citizens. How are these technologies spreading and what effects do they have on society and us as individuals?
Join us this week as we explore one of the most heavily surveilled places on earth and ask ourselves how to respond as these technologies increasingly come home to be deployed right here in America.
Chapters- 01:55 A History of Spying
- 07:09 Surveillance as Business
- 09:03 Ethiopia
- 12:35 Mexico
- 15:14 Name and Shame
- 16:02 Where Does this Money Come From?
- 18:06 China
- 23:19 Surveillance at Home
- 28:25 Affecting our Right to Protest
- 32:22 Terrorist or Enemy of the State?
- 43:49 Predictive Policing
- 49:24 Chicago
- 51:37 How Data Could Be Used to Reduce Crime
- 56:57 Nothing to Hide
A full transcript is available as well as detailed links and sources (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org.
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About Ashes Ashes
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Ashes Ashes is a podcast about the end of the world. Each week we explore a new systemic or apocalyptic issue that society is facing now or will have to deal with in the coming decades. Through this we hope to draw the listener to the conclusion that our overarching economic and political systems are inherently flawed. Once that fact is accepted, it's that much easier to do something about it.
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