Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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  • The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May–October 1940 — The System Behind the Few

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: James Holland

    This episode explores The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May–October 1940 by James Holland as a systems-level analysis of how information architecture, aircraft production, intelligence incentives, and command design influenced behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why Britain’s integrated radar-and-command network endured — and how Germany’s fragmented intelligence and procurement systems repeatedly misread the reality they were trying to defeat.

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    45 min
  • The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 — Why Logistics Became Attrition

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: James Holland

    This episode explores The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland as a systems-level analysis of how global logistics, terrain, strategic air priorities, and ideological command structures influenced behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated events, the episode shows why the Italian campaign persisted as an attritional system — and how it connected to larger military, political, logistical, and technological structures.

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    35 min
  • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics — The System Behind Outrage

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Michael Malice

    This episode explores The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics by Michael Malice as a systems-level analysis of how decentralized political subcultures influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    39 min
  • Civil War by Other Means — How a defeated system kept fighting

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Jeremi Suri

    This episode explores Civil War by Other Means by Jeremi Suri as a systems-level analysis of how post-Civil War institutions, racial violence, labor control, and election structures influenced behavior, belief, and democratic outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persisted — and how they connected to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    44 min
  • I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt — Debt, Labor, and Survival

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Madeline Pendleton

    This episode explores I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton as a systems-level analysis of how debt, labor, housing, and inherited inequality influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or individual choices, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    43 min
  • The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water — The Invisibility Trap

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Charles Fishman

    This episode explores The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman as a systems-level analysis of how water infrastructure, pricing, psychology, and local scarcity influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual consumption habits alone, the episode shows why modern water systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, ecological, industrial, and cultural structures.

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    27 min
  • Living with Water Scarcity — Why Cheap Water Produces Shortages

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: David Zetland

    This episode explores Living with Water Scarcity by David Zetland as a systems-level analysis of how water pricing, utility finance, subsidies, property rights, and ecological limits influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated drought events, the episode shows why water systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, environmental, and infrastructural structures.

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    51 min
  • Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking — Why Smart People Still Reason Badly

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: D. Q. McInerny

    This episode explores Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking by D. Q. McInerny as a systems-level analysis of how reasoning infrastructure influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why reasoning failures persist — and how they connect to larger educational, political, and cultural systems.

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    56 min
  • The Captured Economy — How Rules Redistribute Wealth Upward

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles

    This episode explores The Captured Economy by Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles as a systems-level analysis of how regulatory capture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    45 min
  • Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer — How Politics Built Inequality

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson

    This episode explores Winner-Take-All Politics by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson as a systems-level analysis of how political rule design influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    39 min

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Crisis in Perception is a long-form educational podcast examining how we misunderstand the world around us. Using books as entry points, each episode explores history, psychology, economics, science, and power structures to reveal how systems actually work—and why our perceptions so often fail. Clear, evidence-based, and non-tribal.