Failed Utopia

Planet Earth is a utopia for human life in the cosmos. But how much longer will it stay that way? Scientists say we are running out of time to avert climate catastrophe.

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• Fast Company's Is climate change to blame for extreme weather events? Here’s how we find out
• Energy and Technology’s Global carbon emissions: the world keeps polluting after Covid-19
• Climate Accountability Institute Carbon Majors



Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

Credit card rewards. Who knew they had a dark side? Crazy, right? Well, not if you know the old adage, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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Links & Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233

VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846

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• Emily Stewart at Vox Who Pays For Credit Card Rewards
• Consumer Reports How to Fix Your Credit Score

Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

Today, you get to hear about an Australian new-age, nuclear-apocalypse doomsday, child-stealing cult called The Great White Brotherhood of Initiates and Masters. Or for short, The Family. They stole babies, and they also dropped a lot of acid.Connect on Facebook or at the Failed Utopia website.

Links & Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233

VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846

For veterans, Make The Connection

Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

The final chapter of Thomas More's Utopia.

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Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

Part seven is all about the Utopians' military, and this might actually be one of the few times Thomas More manages to stay on topic.

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Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

In part six, Thomas More makes us think with the chapter title, Of Their Slaves, and Of Their Marriages, that we're just going to hear about slaves and marriage in Utopia. But somehow he manages to talk about euthanasia, suicide, and the pitfalls of having an overly-complex legal code.

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Links & Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233

VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846

For veterans, Make The Connection

Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

In part five of the series, we'll continue Book 2 by reading Of the Travelling of the Utopians and find out how they they regard the pleasures and pains of life.

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Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

Today in the fourth part of the series, I'll talk about weird old Greek words and mention Final Fantasy for no real reason at all and read you the introduction to Book 2 and the first four chapters, which include: Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot; Of Their Magistrates; Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life; and Of Their Traffic.

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Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

In the third part of this series, Hythloday continues his discourse, and the friends discuss communism, greed, money, property, wealth inequality, Plato, religious men who make spiritual compromises for political convenience, and whether it is better to put forth radical ideas or “cast about” and stay in your lane.

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Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

In the second episode of this series on Thomas More's Utopia, Hythloday continues his discourse. We'll hear more about the death penalty, Renaissance humanism, how kings who are selfish stupidly act against their own interests, the fictional land of the Polylerits, and a socially awkward exchange between a court jester and a monk.

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Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton