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Dispatch from the Zombie Apocalypse
By Jason Scorse
Dispatch from the Zombie Apocalypse episodes
- Episode 28: Free Thinking, Morality, And A Zombie Typology
In this episode, Jason discusses what it means to think freely, how even secular morality requires a leap of faith, and presents his first take at a zombie typology.
39 min - Episode 27: How Not To Be Lazy With Statistics
Even more than fake news, sloppy, weak, and lazy journalism is at the heart of much of the ignorance in America. In this episode, Jason uses examples of current policy issues to show how not to be fooled by bad uses of statistics, and urges everything to become an expert in some key policy area.
37 min - Episode 26: It's Up To Us
In this episode, Jason looks forward and posits an "all hands on deck' approach to the liberal project.
33 min - Episode 25: Interview With Ken Stern
In this episode, Jason interviews Ken Stern about his recent book, Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right. The conversation touches on a lot of themes surrounding the 2016 election, as well as the way forward for liberals and the Democrats. Enjoy! Happy Holidays!
1 hr 7 min - Episode 24: Things I Would Like To Hear Democrats Say Part 1In this episode, Jason tries to model the type of rhetoric and messaging that will create a strong and durable Democratic coalition.33 min
- Episode 23: Interview With J NicholsIn this interview, Jason interviews J Nichols about the Blue Mind movement. Enjoy!51 min
- Episode 22: Interview With Bill McKibbenIn this episode, Jason interviews author and climate activist Bill McKibben about the state of the movement and the way forward.38 min
- Episode 21: Conervative Ideas Worthy Of ConsiderationIn this episode, Jason discusses conservative ideas that can help inform our political conversations, and which have merit when considering policy.37 min
- Episode 20: White Supremacy Is The Only Thing Standing In The Way Of American GreatnessIn this episode, Jason continues some of the themes from episode 19 and explains why undoing the legacies of white supremacy is in all Americans' interests, and the only thing preventing us from being truly great.34 min
- Episode 19: Liberals Won The Culture War Which Made The Rightwing Lose Its MindIn this episode, Jason discusses how the rightwing is motivated by their loss in the culture wars and what the left can do to offer an affirmative vision to counteract this cult of grievance.40 min
About Dispatch from the Zombie Apocalypse
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Dispatch from the Zombie Apocalypse provides a space to reckon with our demons, call out our enemies, and work together to build a better society. DZA is 100% fact-based and firmly grounded in the…
reality-based community; it rejects "post-truth" politics and holds everyone to account. Each episode contains suggested antidotes, as the purpose of this show is social change, not simply intellectual discourse. *DZA's host is Dr. Jason Scorse, who holds a PhD in Environmental Economics with a minor in Behavioral Economics from UC Berkeley. He has taught public policy since 2004.