In this episode of the Quillwood Podcast, host Eric Garza leads us to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on the southern tip of Lake Michigan. We hear a peculiar tale of a red fox that Eric met in that region, learn a few lessons that red foxes can teach us, and explore fox's place in trickster mythology. We then investigate a few layers of the fossil carbon trap we find ourself caught in.

Outline

• 00:00 - 06:07 — Introduction
• 06:07 - 07:34 — The trickster archetype
• 07:34 - 08:32 — Learning about the red fox
• 08:34 - 10:38 — Red fox's energy lesson
• 10:38 - 23:14 — A human history of exosomatic energy
• 23:14 - 30:05 — Layers of the fossil carbon trap
• 30:05 - 32:37 — Episode wrap-up

Links and Resources

• Deep Adaptation Reading Group
• Eric's Patreon page
• Reality Blind: Integrating the Systems Science Underpinning Our Collective Future, by NJ Hagens and DJ White
• The History of Coal Mining (Wikipedia)
• Global per capita energy use (Our World in Data)
• EROI of different fuels and the implications for society (Energy Policy)