Breaking Down: Collapse

New research indicates that previously assumed levels of potential for carbon capture storage were overestimated by 10x. Worse, the area that is currently economically viable is relatively miniscule and, quite frankly, negligible in scope.

A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage | Nature

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Newly revised jobs numbers were released and its not pretty. Almost a million jobs revised downwards. With leaders removing people who don't present the numbers they want, are we getting to a point where the data is meaningless?

Jobs report revisions September 2025

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In this episode I discuss the increasing amount of violence seen around the world, some of which is a direct reaction of people and governments to collapse.

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Today we discuss a study which researched the downward shift in mood that correlates with upward shifts in temperature.

Rising temperatures linked to declining moods around the world

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You'd think that coming off of an El Nino year and headed into La Nina, that there'd be a large decrease in average global surface temperature for the year. Unfortunately, we're not seeing the same relief that we used to in similar situations. The UK had the hottest summer on record, and drought worries are high.

Global temperatures to remain above average despite return of La Niña, says UN | La Niña | The Guardian

Summer 2025 was hottest on record in UK, says Met Office | UK weather | The Guardian

How can England possibly be running out of water? | Water | The Guardian

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Day 2 of trying out a daily episode format. If you doubt whether climate change is real, just follow the money. The insurance industry isn't cutting people off or raising rates for nothing - the risks from climate change are just becoming too high.

Mark Cuban Says, ‘The Insurance Industry Is Concerned About Melting Ice In Antarctica’

Home Insurance Rates to Rise 8% in 2025, After a 20% Increase in the Last Two Years

Home Insurance Providers Have Dropped 1 in 4 US Homeowners

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If you're new to the podcast: Welcome! Please enjoy these daily episodes, and also go back and listen to at least the first 8 episodes of the podcast.

This is a quick introduction to a new format for the podcast, which will now contain shorter daily episodes. Today's topic: a whole bunch of oil found in the sea near Antarctica - what does it mean?

Russia uncovers 511 billion barrels of oil in the Wedell Sea

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Today I interviewed Rachel Frazin, co-author of Poisoning the Well, How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America.

Bio:

Rachel Frazin is one of the authors of Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America. She's also the energy and environment policy reporter for The Hill, where she covers politics and policy related to climate change, fossil fuels, renewable energy, toxic chemicals, national parks and more. Rachel is originally from South Florida and attended Northwestern University. 

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/poisoning-the-well-how-forever-chemicals-contaminated-america-sharon-udasin/22024123?ean=9781642833324

My author page at The Hill: https://thehill.com/author/rachel-frazin/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rachelfrazin.bsky.social

Twitter/X: https://x.com/RachelFrazin

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What can be done when "voting" stops working? When a corrupt or oppressive government rigs the game to win? Direct action has been used for centuries to apply pressure and make change, both violently and non-violently.

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In this episode I give my review of the BBC series "Years and Years", which explores collapse in the 2020s UK.

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