Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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  • Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment, The — Firearms & Power

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

    This episode explores The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment by Thom Hartmann as a systems-level analysis of how constitutional architecture and corporate lobbying influence belief, policy formation, and institutional outcomes.

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

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    41 min
  • Hidden History of American Healthcare: The — Insurance as Structural Power

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

    This episode explores The Hidden History of American Healthcare by Thom Hartmann as a systems-level analysis of how the insurance-based healthcare financing model 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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    20 min
  • For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports — Media, Power, and Institutional Consensus

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

    This episode explores For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens as a systems-level analysis of how political language, media institutions, and national security structures influence belief, perception, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated scandals, the episode shows why consensus politics persists — and how it connects to broader democratic, economic, and cultural systems.

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    42 min
  • The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure — Meaning Systems and Belief Formation

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

    This episode explores The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure by James Redfield as a systems-level analysis of how meaning frameworks influence belief formation, interpersonal interpretation, and cultural spread.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personal testimony, the episode shows why these frameworks persist — and how they connect to larger attention economies, self-help markets, and institutional distrust.

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    23 min
  • Moby-Dick; or, The Whale — Industrial Extraction and Monomaniacal Authority

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

    This episode explores Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville as a systems-level analysis of how industrial extraction and hierarchical authority influence belief, behavior, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or symbolism alone, the episode shows why extractive systems persist — and how they connect to broader economic, ecological, and cultural structures.

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    32 min
  • The Hidden Half of Nature — Microbial Systems Linking Soil and Human Health

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

    This episode explores The Hidden Half of Nature by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé as a systems-level analysis of how microbial ecosystems influence agriculture, immunity, and chronic disease.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than isolated symptoms, the episode shows why soil degradation and inflammatory illness persist — and how both are embedded within larger industrial food and medical systems.

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    45 min
  • Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess — Domestic Maintenance as a Behavioral System

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

    This episode explores Unfck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess* by Rachel Hoffman as a systems-level analysis of how domestic maintenance incentives influence behavior, stress, and predictable household outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personality or motivation, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, mental health, and social coordination structures.

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    30 min
  • Let America Be America Again: Conversations with Langston Hughes — Art, Race, and Institutional Power

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

    This episode explores Let America Be America Again: Conversations with Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes and Christopher C. de Santis as a systems-level analysis of how cultural production under racial capitalism influences belief, artistic legitimacy, 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 geopolitical structures.

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    24 min
  • The Princess Bride — Narrative Authority & the Governance of Meaning

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

    This episode explores The Princess Bride by William Goldman as a systems-level analysis of how narrative authority influences belief, memory, and institutional storytelling.

    By focusing on editorial framing rather than fairy tale tropes, the episode shows how curated narratives persist — and how they connect to larger media systems.

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    26 min
  • The Little Prince — How Adult Systems Redefine What Counts

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

    This episode explores The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry as a systems-level analysis of how institutional measurement reshapes perception, belief, and relational meaning.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than sentiment, the episode shows why measurable value dominates adult systems — and how these structures connect to larger bureaucratic and economic networks.

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    30 min

About Crisis in Perception

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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.