Breaking Down: Collapse

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One of the most concerning consequences of the future is mass migration. Mass migration is both a cause and consequence of collapse, creating a positive feedback loop of escalating problems.

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This week we had the opportunity to speak with Daniel J Kim, AKA The Pop Mythologist, about the role that pop culture and works of fiction play when it comes to learning about, coping with, and educting on collapse.

The Pop Mythologist is the founder and editor of the pop culture blog, PopMythology.com. In his "Hero Wisdom" column he uses pop culture to discuss important real-life issues such as climate change, racial justice, political activism, surviving adversity, and the psychology of post-traumatic growth. He is co-author of a chapter in the book Black Panther Psychology and regularly appears on pop culture podcasts and discussion panels at comic conventions as both a panelist and a moderator. He also enjoys combining the activity of cosplay with various political and charitable causes such as the Spider Army Project, inspired by Spider-Man, and the Real-Life Cleric Project, inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. Currently, he is host of the podcast This is the End: Pop Culture & Collapse, where he uses pop culture to help raise collapse awareness among those who might otherwise avoid the topic. He can be found on Twitter and Facebook by searching "Pop Mythology" or "This is the End Podcast." 

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In this second installment of our new Why We're Wrong (or so they say) subseries, we're exploring why they say we're wrong about Climate Change. the conversation is lengthy, so we made it a two-parter! This is part 2, which covers the remainder of the arguments made against climate change. 

Please forgive the audio issues with this week (and last week's episode), we had a mic mishap that wasn't discovered until after we had recorded!

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In this second installment of our new Why We're Wrong (or so they say) subseries, we're exploring why they say we're wrong about Climate Change. the conversation is lengthy, so we made it a two-parter!

We also discuss at length the new movie "Don't Look Up", and it's relevancy to this conversation!

Please forgive the audio issues with this week (and next week's episode), we had a mic mishap that wasn't discovered until after we had recorded!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/scientific-consensus-on-humans-causing-global-warming-passes-99

https://www.earthday.org/6-arguments-to-refute-your-climate-denying-relatives/

https://theconversation.com/another-link-between-co2-and-mass-extinctions-of-species-12906

https://climatechange.procon.org/

https://www.climaterealityproject.org/sites/climaterealityproject.org/files/the12questionseveryclimateactivisthears_theclimaterealityproject.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/may/06/top-ten-global-warming-skeptic-arguments-debunked

https://opr.ca.gov/facts/common-denier-arguments.html

https://www.livescience.com/mass-extinction-events-that-shaped-Earth.html

https://earth.org/data_visualization/a-brief-history-of-co2/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine

https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/07/20/so-you-think-were-reducing-fossil-fuel-think-again/?sh=406aef2952fb

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/what%E2%80%99s-hottest-earth-has-been-%E2%80%9Clately%E2%80%9D

https://www.factcheck.org/2009/12/climategate/

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This year we start an annual tradition of discussing how collapse has played out during the year, as well as discussing predictions for the next year.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/siberia-us-wildfires-broke-emissions-records-this-year-2021-12-06/

https://www.space.com/2021-record-wildfire-season-from-space

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arctic-record-siberia-100-degree-heat-climate-change-alarm-bells-un/

https://www.axios.com/weather-climate-disasters-billion-54a2a7f9-e492-47f9-a804-6eb7abe798aa.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-tornadoes-highlight-rising-risk-climate-change-supply-chains-2021-12

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This week we were pleased to interview Haven Scott McVarish, who is the founder and director of the non-profit organizations Common Sense Democracy and 5Journeys. He has been a community organizer, a strategist for local political campaigns, a union leader, and the founder of one of the most successful immigration law firms in Los Angeles. He is a former congressional candidate, a frequent progressive political commentator for Real America’s Voice, and now a regenerative farmer. His second book, Last Chance to Save American Democracy, was published weeks before the 2020 election.

In the conversation we discuss the crucial role democracy plays in global stability, and the immediate threats it faces. We also speak about Haven's non-profit organization, 5Journeys and how he aims to help people build resiliency in their lives.

Haven's book, 'Last Chance to Save American Democracy' is available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook. It's also available on Bookshop.org and Barnes & Noble. 

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When it comes to greenhouse gasses, C02 typically takes center stage. In this episode we take on the 2nd most prolific greenhouse gas, methane, which is comparatively a much more powerful gas when it comes to global warming.

There are many theories that exist regarding the future of methane, and we try to take a balanced look at those here.

Learn More:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-a-new-way-to-assess-global-warming-potential-of-short-lived-pollutants

https://www.science.org/content/article/only-humans-can-create-climate-altering-methane-burns-new-studies-suggest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis

https://www.iea.org/reports/methane-tracker-2020

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/climatechange2/11_3.shtml

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210805-the-search-for-the-worlds-largest-methane-sources

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Previously (episode 45), we talked about the weaknesses in global infrastructure from a very high level, with the promise to touch deeper on different aspects of infrastructure later on. In this episode we focus on dams and bridges, two very critical aspects of our physical infrastructure, and each with their own unique battles to fight now and in the coming decades.

Learn more:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0362-5

https://infrastructurereportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dams-2021.pdf

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/should-taxpayers-foot-bill-restoring-midland-dams

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thousands-fled-their-lives-when-two-michigan-dams-collapsed-more-n1230841

https://e360.yale.edu/features/water-warning-the-looming-threat-of-the-worlds-aging-dams

https://infrastructurereportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021-logotype.png

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320216532_Method_for_Rapidly_Assessing_the_Overtopping_Risk_of_Bridges_Due_to_Flooding_over_a_Large_Geographic_Region

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures

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This podcast, and the exploration of collapse itself, can be a bit of an echo chamber. In this sub-series we want to take an honest look at the counter-arguments that exist which try to explain why collapse won't happen. In this episode, we take a look at the arguments against resource scarcity. 

Learn More:

https://interstem.us/2021/07/10/will-the-earth-ever-run-out-of-resources

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23596679

https://mindmatters.ai/2020/08/business-prof-stop-it-the-world-is-not-running-out-of-stuff/

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