Losing Our Minds at the End of the World

Clay discusses the complicated psychological impacts of climate collapse with the help of a paper by Joseph Dodds and their guest, clinical psychology grad student and friend Rae (@borzoilover47 on Twitter and Bluesky) in a wide-ranging discussion on ways of coping with the current state of the world.

Paper cited: The Psychology of Climate Anxiety by Joseph Dodds. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-bulletin/article/psychology-of-climate-anxiety/26AC9DF2FCD1A0BCC42070CCDFD8CDB3

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Clay reads submissions from listeners answering the prompt "How are you doing, and how are you dealing?" and speaks to listener Nadya about the specter of nihilism, civil engineering in a world on the edge of catastrophe, and what she says is the bedrock of all idealist philosophy: the void.

Sources from the interview with Nadya:

[1] https://pragmatika.media/en/varshava-misto-jake-zbuduvav-narod/

[2] Poland's Six-Year plan. (n.d.). https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/poland.htm

Supplementary source on the topic: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735066875372/viewer#page/42/mode/2up

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Artwork by Hayley Doyle (@hayleydoyleart on Twitter).

Clay is joined by mycologist Dr. Patricia Kaishian (@queendom_fungi on Instagram) to talk about what we can learn from fungi and how it relates to our current socio-political predicament. The wide-ranging interview touches on queerness, colonialism, slavery, life and death, the individual, the lasting legacy of genocides, and humility in the face of the realization that the apocalypse has already happened many, many times—as well as the cultivation of hope and a reconnection with the land and life that sustain us.

For information about Dr. Kaishian's forthcoming book, Forest Euphoria: A Queer Bestiary, please visit the website here: https://patriciakaishian.com/forest-euphoria-a-queer-bestiary

For information on the history of Armenia and the Armenian genocide, please visit Learn for Artsakh: https://www.learnforartsakh.com/

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Clay talks to Layla Saliba (@itslaylas on Twitter) about her experiences as a Palestinian-American social work graduate student and activist at Columbia University in a conversation that touches on university repression and intimidation, violence from Zionists, academic freedom/censorship, and pigeons. Please help students like Layla who are mourning the loss of family members in Gaza by donating to and sharing this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/grieving-cu-community-members-need-your-support

Please also sign and share this petition to get a racist Columbia professor fired for harassing students and putting them in danger: https://www.change.org/p/tell-columbia-university-fire-shai-davidai

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The first episode is finally here! Clay talks about the end of the world and the possibility of a new one, and later is joined by their friend Matt to discuss the limits of capitalism, the potential for hope, and reasons for fighting for a better world. Transcription will be available soon! Thank you to Hayley Doyle for the incredible show art! You can find them on Twitter @hayleydoyleart. Follow us on Twitter @LOMatEotW, or Bluesky/Instagram/Mastodon @losingourmindspod.