If American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher present ideas for shaping up a world beyond consumerism.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li>The original (and both catchy and annoying) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMd8qmBmTkg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toys “R” Us theme song</a></li><li>The melancholy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTplYFJUFQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">remake of the theme song</a> for a bankrupt Toys “R” Us, performed by Chase Holfelder</li><li><a href="https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/material-resources/us-material-use-factsheet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">U.S. Material Use Factsheet</a></li><li>United Nations <a href="https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2019/goal-12/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">statistics on material footprint</a></li><li><a href="https://www.storagecafe.com/self-storage-industry-statistics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Self storage industry trends</a></li><li><a href="https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/environmental-costs-fast-fashion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The environmental costs of fast fashion</a></li><li>Story by Beth Porter, “<a href="https://www.greenamerica.org/unraveling-fashion-industry/what-really-happens-unwanted-clothes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Really Happens to Unwanted Clothes?</a>”</li><li>Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">list of billionaires</a></li><li>George Carlin’s classic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">comedic bit about “stuff”</a></li><li>Sandra Goldmark’s book <a href="https://sandragoldmark.com/book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fixation: How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

If American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher present ideas for shaping up a world beyond consumerism. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. Sources/Links/Notes:The original (and both catchy and annoying) Toys “R” Us theme songThe melancholy remake of the theme song for a bankrupt Toys “R” Us, performed by Chase HolfelderU.S. Material Use FactsheetUnited Nations statistics on material footprintSelf storage industry trendsThe environmental costs of fast fashionStory by Beth Porter, “What Really Happens to Unwanted Clothes?”Forbes list of billionairesGeorge Carlin’s classic comedic bit about “stuff”Sandra Goldmark’s book Fixation: How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet Support the show

If American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher present ideas for shaping up a world beyond consumerism.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li>The original (and both catchy and annoying) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMd8qmBmTkg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Toys “R” Us theme song</a></li><li>The melancholy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTplYFJUFQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">remake of the theme song</a> for a bankrupt Toys “R” Us, performed by Chase Holfelder</li><li><a href="https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/material-resources/us-material-use-factsheet" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Material Use Factsheet</a></li><li>United Nations <a href="https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2019/goal-12/" rel="noopener noreferrer">statistics on material footprint</a></li><li><a href="https://www.storagecafe.com/self-storage-industry-statistics/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Self storage industry trends</a></li><li><a href="https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/environmental-costs-fast-fashion" rel="noopener noreferrer">The environmental costs of fast fashion</a></li><li>Story by Beth Porter, “<a href="https://www.greenamerica.org/unraveling-fashion-industry/what-really-happens-unwanted-clothes" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Really Happens to Unwanted Clothes?</a>”</li><li>Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/" rel="noopener noreferrer">list of billionaires</a></li><li>George Carlin’s classic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac" rel="noopener noreferrer">comedic bit about “stuff”</a></li><li>Sandra Goldmark’s book <a href="https://sandragoldmark.com/book" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fixation: How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion

With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves. Each fortnightly episode helps you understand the “Great Unraveling” of our environmental and social systems and describes how we can make the transition to a sustainable and equitable world. If you’re someone who questions the trajectory of society and struggles to understand why most people would rather eat nachos on the deck of the “SS Denial” than face reality, you’ll find community and plenty of laughs in Crazy Town.


Brought to you by https://www.resilience.org/ and the unconventional minds at Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank that builds awareness of the polycrisis and prescribes community resilience-building as the most appropriate response.


Your hosts:
Asher Miller - Nonprofit executive director by day, apocalypse comedian by night. Feels most at home exploring insanity-inducing topics while trying not to spill coffee on his keyboard as he convulses over the latest ecomodernist fantasy. In danger of losing his mind every time he encounters someone using a gas-powered blower to move leaves from one spot to another.


Rob Dietz - Jack-of-all-trades environmental scientist, conservation biologist, and ecological economist with a penchant for relating planetary overshoot to the catalog of movie scenes that play on a continuous loop in his colonized brain. Known for inserting random ecological facts into casual conversation, often in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. His friends call him “pessimistically hilarious.”


Jason Bradford - Activist farmer and former encyclopedia salesman with a PhD in plant ecology who gets genuinely excited discussing soil microbes and societal collapse in the same breath. Morally opposed to doomsday prepping, but predisposed toward sharing everything he keeps in his bunker, er root cellar, including potatoes, wine, and a 47-month supply of scientific esoterica and embarrassing anecdotes.


These guys are the Three Stooges of sustainability podcasting, although they tend toward scientific analysis, righteous outrage, and self-deprecation rather than beating each other up with hand tools. How can they have this much fun while contemplating collapse and navigating the Great Unraveling?


Heartfelt thanks to the team at Post Carbon Institute, our volunteers, and all our fellow Crazy Townies out there who help bring this podcast to life.

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With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves. Each fortnightly episode helps you understand the “Great Unraveling” of our environmental and social systems and describes how we can make the transition to a sustainable and equitable world. If you’re someone who questions the trajectory of society and struggles to understand why most people would rather eat nachos on the deck of the “SS Denial” than face reality, you’ll find community and plenty of laughs in Crazy Town. Brought to you by https://www.resilience.org/ and the unconventional minds at Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank that builds awareness of the polycrisis and prescribes community resilience-building as the most appropriate response. Your hosts: Asher Miller - Nonprofit executive director by day, apocalypse comedian by night. Feels most at home exploring insanity-inducing topics while trying not to spill coffee on his keyboard as he convulses over the latest ecomodernist fantasy. In danger of losing his mind every time he encounters someone using a gas-powered blower to move leaves from one spot to another. Rob Dietz - Jack-of-all-trades environmental scientist, conservation biologist, and ecological economist with a penchant for relating planetary overshoot to the catalog of movie scenes that play on a continuous loop in his colonized brain. Known for inserting random ecological facts into casual conversation, often in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. His friends call him “pessimistically hilarious.” Jason Bradford - Activist farmer and former encyclopedia salesman with a PhD in plant ecology who gets genuinely excited discussing soil microbes and societal collapse in the same breath. Morally opposed to doomsday prepping, but predisposed toward sharing everything he keeps in his bunker, er root cellar, including potatoes, wine, and a 47-month supply of scientific esoterica and embarrassing anecdotes. These guys are the Three Stooges of sustainability podcasting, although they tend toward scientific analysis, righteous outrage, and self-deprecation rather than beating each other up with hand tools. How can they have this much fun while contemplating collapse and navigating the Great Unraveling? Heartfelt thanks to the team at Post Carbon Institute, our volunteers, and all our fellow Crazy Townies out there who help bring this podcast to life.

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