LaUra Schmidt visits Crazy Town to discuss her work with the <a href='https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/'>Good Grief Network</a> and her book, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet. Along the way, she shares wisdom and insights on courage, taking meaningful action, terror management theory, and practices for processing the strong emotions that accompany facing climate change and other aspects of the polycrisis. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li><a href='https://www.shambhala.com/how-to-live-in-a-chaotic-climate.html'>LaUra's book</a>, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet</li><li>The Good Grief Network's <a href='https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/10steps/'>10 Step Program</a></li><li>LaUra mentioned <a href='https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/'>Bayo Akomolafe</a> and his work on "questioning our questions."</li><li><a href='https://www.joannamacy.net/main'>Joanna Macy</a> and The Work That Reconnects</li><li>Video of Dr. Andrew Weil's <a href='https://www.drweil.com/videos-features/videos/breathing-exercises-4-7-8-breath/'>4-7-8 breathing technique</a></li><li>David Graeber's book <a href='https://davidgraeber.org/books/bullshit-jobs/'>Bullshit Jobs</a></li><li><a href='https://www.postcarbon.org/crazytown/episode-34/'>Crazy Town episode 34</a>, "Fear of Death and Climate Denial, or... the Story of Wolverine and the Screaming Mole of Doom"</li><li>Fiftieth anniversary <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/books/review/denial-of-death-ernest-becker.html'>book review</a> in the New York Times: Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death</li><li><a href='https://onbeing.org/poetry/on-another-panel-about-climate-they-ask-me-to-sell-the-future-and-all-ive-got-is-a-love-poem/'>Ayisha Siddiqa's poem</a> "On Another Panel about Climate, They Ask Me to Sell the Future and All I've Got Is a Love Poem"</li></ul> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/">Support the show</a>

LaUra Schmidt visits Crazy Town to discuss her work with the Good Grief Network and her book, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet. Along the way, she shares wisdom and insights on courage, taking meaningful action, terror management theory, and practices for processing the strong emotions that accompany facing climate change and other aspects of the polycrisis. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. Sources/Links/Notes:LaUra's book, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our PlanetThe Good Grief Network's 10 Step ProgramLaUra mentioned Bayo Akomolafe and his work on "questioning our questions."Joanna Macy and The Work That ReconnectsVideo of Dr. Andrew Weil's 4-7-8 breathing techniqueDavid Graeber's book Bullshit JobsCrazy Town episode 34, "Fear of Death and Climate Denial, or... the Story of Wolverine and the Screaming Mole of Doom"Fiftieth anniversary book review in the New York Times: Ernest Becker's The Denial of DeathAyisha Siddiqa's poem "On Another Panel about Climate, They Ask Me to Sell the Future and All I've Got Is a Love Poem" Support the show

LaUra Schmidt visits Crazy Town to discuss her work with the <a href="https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Good Grief Network</a> and her book, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet. Along the way, she shares wisdom and insights on courage, taking meaningful action, terror management theory, and practices for processing the strong emotions that accompany facing climate change and other aspects of the polycrisis. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.shambhala.com/how-to-live-in-a-chaotic-climate.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">LaUra's book</a>, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet</li><li>The Good Grief Network's <a href="https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/10steps/" rel="noopener noreferrer">10 Step Program</a></li><li>LaUra mentioned <a href="https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bayo Akomolafe</a> and his work on "questioning our questions."</li><li><a href="https://www.joannamacy.net/main" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joanna Macy</a> and The Work That Reconnects</li><li>Video of Dr. Andrew Weil's <a href="https://www.drweil.com/videos-features/videos/breathing-exercises-4-7-8-breath/" rel="noopener noreferrer">4-7-8 breathing technique</a></li><li>David Graeber's book <a href="https://davidgraeber.org/books/bullshit-jobs/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bullshit Jobs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.postcarbon.org/crazytown/episode-34/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Crazy Town episode 34</a>, "Fear of Death and Climate Denial, or... the Story of Wolverine and the Screaming Mole of Doom"</li><li>Fiftieth anniversary <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/books/review/denial-of-death-ernest-becker.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">book review</a> in the New York Times: Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death</li><li><a href="https://onbeing.org/poetry/on-another-panel-about-climate-they-ask-me-to-sell-the-future-and-all-ive-got-is-a-love-poem/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ayisha Siddiqa's poem</a> "On Another Panel about Climate, They Ask Me to Sell the Future and All I've Got Is a Love Poem"</li></ul> <a href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Bonus: Grief and Making Connections with LaUra Schmidt

With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves. Each fortnightly episode helps you understand the “Great Unraveling” of our environmental and social systems and describes how we can make the transition to a sustainable and equitable world. If you’re someone who questions the trajectory of society and struggles to understand why most people would rather eat nachos on the deck of the “SS Denial” than face reality, you’ll find community and plenty of laughs in Crazy Town. Brought to you by https://www.resilience.org/ and the unconventional minds at Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank that builds awareness of the polycrisis and prescribes community resilience-building as the most appropriate response. Your hosts:Asher Miller - Nonprofit executive director by day, apocalypse comedian by night. Feels most at home exploring insanity-inducing topics while trying not to spill coffee on his keyboard as he convulses over the latest ecomodernist fantasy. In danger of losing his mind every time he encounters someone using a gas-powered blower to move leaves from one spot to another. Rob Dietz - Jack-of-all-trades environmental scientist, conservation biologist, and ecological economist with a penchant for relating planetary overshoot to the catalog of movie scenes that play on a continuous loop in his colonized brain. Known for inserting random ecological facts into casual conversation, often in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. His friends call him “pessimistically hilarious.” Jason Bradford - Activist farmer and former encyclopedia salesman with a PhD in plant ecology who gets genuinely excited discussing soil microbes and societal collapse in the same breath. Morally opposed to doomsday prepping, but predisposed toward sharing everything he keeps in his bunker, er root cellar, including potatoes, wine, and a 47-month supply of scientific esoterica and embarrassing anecdotes. These guys are the Three Stooges of sustainability podcasting, although they tend toward scientific analysis, righteous outrage, and self-deprecation rather than beating each other up with hand tools. How can they have this much fun while contemplating collapse and navigating the Great Unraveling? Heartfelt thanks to the team at Post Carbon Institute, our volunteers, and all our fellow Crazy Townies out there who help bring this podcast to life.

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With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves. Each fortnightly episode helps you understand the “Great Unraveling” of our environmental and social systems and describes how we can make the transition to a sustainable and equitable world. If you’re someone who questions the trajectory of society and struggles to understand why most people would rather eat nachos on the deck of the “SS Denial” than face reality, you’ll find community and plenty of laughs in Crazy Town. Brought to you by https://www.resilience.org/ and the unconventional minds at Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank that builds awareness of the polycrisis and prescribes community resilience-building as the most appropriate response. Your hosts: Asher Miller - Nonprofit executive director by day, apocalypse comedian by night. Feels most at home exploring insanity-inducing topics while trying not to spill coffee on his keyboard as he convulses over the latest ecomodernist fantasy. In danger of losing his mind every time he encounters someone using a gas-powered blower to move leaves from one spot to another. Rob Dietz - Jack-of-all-trades environmental scientist, conservation biologist, and ecological economist with a penchant for relating planetary overshoot to the catalog of movie scenes that play on a continuous loop in his colonized brain. Known for inserting random ecological facts into casual conversation, often in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. His friends call him “pessimistically hilarious.” Jason Bradford - Activist farmer and former encyclopedia salesman with a PhD in plant ecology who gets genuinely excited discussing soil microbes and societal collapse in the same breath. Morally opposed to doomsday prepping, but predisposed toward sharing everything he keeps in his bunker, er root cellar, including potatoes, wine, and a 47-month supply of scientific esoterica and embarrassing anecdotes. These guys are the Three Stooges of sustainability podcasting, although they tend toward scientific analysis, righteous outrage, and self-deprecation rather than beating each other up with hand tools. How can they have this much fun while contemplating collapse and navigating the Great Unraveling? Heartfelt thanks to the team at Post Carbon Institute, our volunteers, and all our fellow Crazy Townies out there who help bring this podcast to life.

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