It's Not Just In Your Head

Harriet examines 'The World Happiness Report 2021'  and why America, one of the richest countries in the world, is ranked 19th. What are the other countries doing right?

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The World Happiness Report 2021: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2021/

The Nordic Theory of Everything, Anu Partanen, Harper 2016

The Addams Family Values Thanksgiving scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29XhRfrfsOk

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Harriet takes a deep dive into the events of Striketober and the hope it offers. Harriet & Liam also discuss the issues raised in the Medium article 'Why Are Americans and Conservatives So Afraid of Socialism?'.

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Why Are Americans and Conservatives So Afraid of Socialism?: https://aninjusticemag.com/why-are-americans-and-conservatives-so-afraid-of-socialism-33409294290

Rainbow Pie book: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/rainbow-pie-a-memoir-of-redneck-america/9781846272585

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism book: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/deaths-of-despair-and-the-future-of-capitalism/9780691217079

Dressing like all the the other car salesmen (misremembered as Estate Agents / Realtors in the recording): https://www.unz.com/isteve/classic-from-files-why-do-car-salesmen/

How Politics makes Us Sick,  Ted Schrecker, Clare Bambra Palgrave, 2015

The Body Economic, David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu. Basic Books, 2013

Loneliness, John Cacciopo and William Patrick, Norton 2008

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Do you ever take on so much activist work that you become physically or  emotionally sick? Begin to hate everyone around you for not 'throwing  down' into the cause as much as you? Notice yourself becoming more and  more bitter, fantasizing about exiting the movement permanently and  becoming a Wall Street Banker because who cares, nothing matters, we're  all gonna die anyway?  Max does a solocast episode about activist  burnout, splits himself into two people, and does a lot of deep  breathing.   

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Max and Liam interview Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, professor of psychology at University of Toronto to talk about indigenous resistance, critical suicidology and more. What are the historical and structural forces that have led to such high suicide rates within indigenous populations? Is the mainstream symptom model of psychology appropriate to understand this phenomenon, and suicide in general? Why are native and white male suicide rates so high (do privilege and oppression possibly come with similar psychic costs)? What kinds of "interventions" are effective in treating suicide, or are interventionist, individualistically focused approaches part of the problem?

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Dr. Ansloos' resources:

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David Cobb (he/him) is a "people's lawyer" who has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for political office himself, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. He is the Executive Director of Cooperation Humboldt and Co-Coordinator of the US Solidarity Economy Network.  

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