Hi everyone, and welcome to Episode 1 of this special podcast series on the End of the World. 

I'm producing these episodes in parallel with a course of the same name which I am teaching at California State University, Chico where I am currently teaching.  In this first episode I delve into some of the history and background context to the End of the World, and ask why ideas about the world ending continue to resonate in our contemporary world and popular culture. Each week I will look at a different topic related to the end of the world, from doomsday preppers and our deepest fears to the role of religion, media, and politics. 

For show notes and more details about this course (and some of the materials references in this episode) be sure to visit my End of the World page:

https://www.chriscrews.com/end-of-the-world-podcast/

Thanks for listening.

Dr. Crews