Strange Days, Here We Come: Pop Culture, Dystopia & Collapse

DUNE, Water Scarcity, and Saving Our Planet Arrakis

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(Note: This episode was originally released under the old podcast title "This is the End: Pop Culture & Collapse." As of July 2025 the show is now titled, "Strange Days, Here We Come: Pop Culture, Dystopia & Collapse.")


In this episode, we use DUNE to springboard into a discussion about the growing crisis of water scarcity in the face of climate change and what we can do about it. 

  LINKS:

  • All of Earth's water in a single sphere
    • https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/all-earths-water-a-single-sphere

  • Mapping the strain on our water
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/08/06/mapping-strain-our-water/

  • 10 violent water conflicts
    • https://reliefweb.int/report/world/editor-s-pick-10-violent-water-conflicts

  • Interstate water wars are heating up with the climate
    • https://theconversation.com/interstate-water-wars-are-heating-up-along-with-the-climate-159092

  • Collapse by Jared Diamond
    • https://amzn.to/3bUlREz

  • This Mayan city died out after poisoning its own water. Our cities could be next.
    • https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-death-knell-for-mayan-city-inadvertently-poisoned-its-own-water-supply-1.8953324

  • The End of Abundance by David Zetland
    • https://amzn.to/3C06aGr

  • What About Water? with Jay Famiglietti
    • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-about-water-with-jay-famiglietti/id1485919205

  • Curated podcast playlist re: water scarcity & water conflict
    • https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Mstq0W7Lq6Weob2xH01qT?si=c2b4e45253204e71&nd=1

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