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Thriving in Dystopia
by Bob and Dave
A show that brings light to the doom and gloom of the everyday dystopia that we are living in, but never shies away the hard reality. Two brothers striving to thrive, build community and stay connected.
Episodes
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Ep70: Rabindranath Tagore: The forest school as inspiration for our modern world
Dave and Bob discuss nature education, poetry, and school reform, using the lens of Rabindranath Tagore, and Bengali Nobel Prize winner who led an incredible life in the early 20th century. He changed the way we see education and is still influencing the world today. We also look at modern day...
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Ep69: Season 9: No Bummers! Scheming and Dreaming
The brothers dust off their rust. They discuss how things have been over the last 9 months. And they get into an important news item that is getting left off the mainstream platter. The theme for this season is No Bummer! Scheming and Dreaming. The Crew discusses where this idea came from and the...
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Ep68: Disciplinary Literacy in the Digital Age for Elementary School Teachers
The brother's are back in the sound studio after a long Hiatus, and boy did we miss it. It felt good to be home. This episode is all about grad school and new ideas Dave is learning to implement in his classroom. Bob is a great ear as always and up for a little knowledge. Learn all about ELA,...
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Ep 67: Revolutionary Love Next Steps
The brothers end the season with this episode. They start by discussing Dave's journey with Omicron. Dave reflects on having the bug and some lessons learned. They follow this with Bob's reflections on MLK Day and the 2020 doc MLK/FBI. The heart of the show is wrapping up their season on Valerie...
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Bonus Ep: 20 Minutes on Putin’s Attack on Ukraine
The Crew discusses the ongoing attack and crises in Ukraine. They go over what we know so far, some of the historical context of the attack, and some possible implications. Recorded on February 27.
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Ep66: Boulder Trip 2021: Great Hang-outs and Historic Fires
In the first show of 2022 the Crew starts off by discussing the Omicron Covid Surge. The main topic for the show was Bob’s trip to Boulder. Bob summarizes his trip, which had some magical elements to it. David reflects on the reality that the pandemic has minimized or taken away the ability to…
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Ep65: 2021 In Review! The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
It’s our 2021 review show. And it’s a Thriving first as both brothers are in-person in Colorado. For a game and in honor of the Beatles documentary Get Back, the Crew names their top 5 Beatles songs. Dave: 5. Rocky Racoon, 4. Hey Jude, 3. Can’t Buy Me Love, 2. Let It Be, 1. Here Comes the Sun.…
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Ep64: Recovering Capitalist Addicts and Cracks in the System: Having and Being Had Book Club Part 2 (side episode)
The book club finishes the discussion on Eula Biss’ book. The sections for this discussion are “Investment” and “Accounting.” The discussion touches on what is art? (especially if made by elephants or androids), breaking out of the system while complicit in it, the hard-wiring of investment...
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Ep63: Still Fighting: Finding Hope in the Fight for a Better World
Dave riffs on the “metaverse” and links it to Neal Stephenson’s dystopia Snow Crash. The brothers discuss whether this can turn out well. Bob brings up his health at the end of a challenging quarter at the Uni. Dave mentions that Julie is seeing clients and could provide help! The Crew heads to…
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Ep62: Revolutionary Grief and the Connections to Stories, Vulnerability, and Space-making
To start off, thinking about coffee has the brothers talking about “old world” vs. “new world” food distinctions. Dave has found a new youtube channel called the Tierzoo that has inspired an assignment in his class. The topic of the day in Revolutionary Love is grieving. Bob gives a recap from…
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Ep 61: Having and Being Had Bookclub (side episode)
In a side episode, the Crew was invited to partake in a bookclub with friends Mike and Dan. The book is Eula Biss’ Having and Being Had. The selection of this book came out of conversations about the discomfort with homeownership. The book, told in 2-3 page chapter vignettes, brings out the...
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Ep60: New Season! Tracing Revolutionary Love in Our Lives
Nadir masterfully adds harmony to Bob’s enthusiastic but moribund version of Kansas’ Carry On You Wayward Son. The brothers then discuss Halloween costume ideas (both influenced by different TV shows but landing on similar ideas). They introduce the theme of season 8: the 9 practices of Valerie...
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Ep 59: TV, Books, Movies, Sports, Music, Podcasts? We Got You Covered
The brothers muse on what turning 40 means (it's the day before Bob’s birthday). The show is in the Matrix white room (in-between seasons). So the Crew does a big ol’ fashion tuned-in episode and share what TV, movies, music, sports, and podcasts they’ve been into. TV Dave: Sex Education…
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Ep: 58 Season Finale! Creating Another World in Apocalypse
Dave discusses plans for Hispanic Heritage month, which reminds Bob to ask Dave about his journey to major in Spanish in college and then how that has played into Dave becoming a teacher. Within that story Dave brings up the interesting question of whether to wear an embroidered shirt (tune it as...
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Ep 57: Revisiting Occupy Wall Street, 10 Years Later
The brothers catch up and start with Dave’s first week of school. Dave says he has been trying to integrate quietness, stillness, and reduce anxiety (a la Brene Brown). He led a birthday line-up ice-breaker with 50 4th graders, which you had to see to believe. Bob is still in summer mode but also...
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Ep56: Reform or Revolution? Putting the Credit Card Hack to the Test
The Crew addresses the long delay between recording. Don’t worry everyone, we still love Thriving. The summer has been busy indeed, and the brothers discuss the places on earth where marriage proposals seem to happen. They discuss the new Cleveland baseball team nickname. And end the chit-chat on...
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Ep55: We are All Artists: Unlocking the Power of Art (To Take Down Daddy Beyz)
The brothers are joined by Bob’s new cat, Teddy Bear. They discuss introducing kittens to a new home (with Teddy mewing in the background). Dave theorizes that we do things for 4 reasons: to make money, because we love it, for others, and to do something new; and then asks Bob why he does the...
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Ep54: A True Wide World of Sports is Possible
The brothers are blessed to have friend Dan, the Lynx of the Rocky Mountains, on the show. They start by discussing the intersection of basketball, culture, soccer, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and gender relations. The main topic is whether another world of sports is possible? What kind of...
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Ep 53: Two Lists to Help You Make Another World a Reality
The show starts with Dave sharing that he recently had to sell his chicken which brought some unexpected thoughts. Bob reflects on the last week of his school year teaching at Zoom U. For the show today, the Crew takes from the movie High Fidelity and the book Read and Riot by Nadya Tolokonnokova...
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Ep52: The Zapatistas as Living Proof of Another World Being Possible
Bob sings the show in with one of Dave’s favorite songs from 1998. Then, a Thriving first: Dave makes a big announcement about one of our friends. Dave reflects on celebrating our mom’s birthday with a killer bike ride. After this, Dave tells a perfect Seinfeld story that just happened to him.…
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Ep51: Another Podcast Is Possible
Another Podcast Is Possible New season! The Crew reviews all the Gut Checks from season 6. Great picks! Dave is done with his school year and will have Peachtree Pizza with his kiddos. His students did so well with their reading progress! The theme of the new season is “another world is…
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Ep50: Picking Up and Leaving Off Bags in the Pandemic
Dave reflects on the end of the school year for him and his kiddos. Bringing the reading-level up gives him good energy. Bob reflects on the podcast turning 1 year old! The final episode of season 6 on baggage! The topic of the day is what baggage has been picked up or left off during the…
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Ep48: Decompressing White People and Police Abolition #millionlittleexperiments #onlyburgerstandintown
The show starts by sneaking in a Did You Know about movies. The Crew then discusses reactions to the Oscars. The brothers attended a “web thing” called White People and Police Abolition earlier in the week, and the main topic of the show is debriefing this. The event brought in Mariame Kaba…
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Ep49: Taking a Page from “Wonderful”
Dave sings the show in with what Bob thought was a Divinyls song, but in actuality, is Lovefool by the Cardigans, a song famously featured on The Office on season 3, episode 5 (and not Austin Powers -- that was Carnival). Dave was looking for the lyric, “I can’t care ‘bout anything but you.” The...
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Ep47:Thriving on the Red Carpet... Live from the Oscars!!!
Registration link for the "White People and Abolition" web event with Mariame Kaba: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PQanp8kzQ86LsmxZ7ps9cQ The Crew's picks: Best actor: Dave - Steve Yeun. Bob - Chadwick Bozeman Best actress: Dave - Viola Davis. Bob - Carey Mulligan Best animated: Dave...
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Ep46: Holding Other People’s Bags
The Crew starts off the rails this week, discussing the demands of going a weekly podcast show while their jobs are full on. Brought to you by Yeti Mics, “make your podcast sparkle!” lol. Inspired by some of their favorite patreon-funded projects, they discuss what that type of project could…
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Ep45: The Big One: Unpacking Bob’s Dissertation
The show starts with the song Peeper by Dave and Julie Peachtree. The Crew discusses seed sharing as spring has sprung. They also discuss how-to: both germinating seeds and growing starts. The topic of the day’s show is unpacking Bob’s dissertation research (as well as his teaching). Bob grounds...
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Ep44: Emotional Baggage in Our Bodies
The brothers first talk wasabi burns and then get into discussing the 1st weekend of the NCAA tourney. Dave’s finishing up his spring break, and Bob is almost starting theirs. Dave’s high is an hour and a half run that he went on, which triggers a conversation on running. The topic of today’s…
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Ep:43 Season Six! Unpacking Baggage
Bob and Dave discuss some of their strengths as podcasters. They recorded this episode on St. Patrick’s Day, and they discuss the origins of the Whiskey-Milk drink. The Crew introduces the new season’s theme: baggage. They start with the premise that all human’s have baggage. They want to “unpack...
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Ep42: Increasing the Courage to Confront and Other Reflections on Season 5
Dave starts the episode telling Bob a scary and wild story of how he almost lost his wedding ring (hint: think hamburg). The Crew then discusses COVID-related issues including some ethical questions related to vaccination. The topic of the show is a look back on season 5. The Crew harvest some...
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Ep41: In-grouping/Out-grouping and the Strange Case of Rattlesnake
The show starts with a brief discussion of the “bob emergency.” As they have been doing recently, the brothers make no-very-outdated Golden Globe picks. They do end it with a good Levy-Levy-Levy connection. On a dime, they shift to discussing Dave getting vaccinated, and whether society has…
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Ep40: There’s No Thriving Without Music, Part 2
The Crew shifts it up this week and starts out with some content off the bat. They take on the issue of procrastination (a type of avoidance). Procrastination has a heavy negative connotation, but they brother discuss whether that’s always warranted. They agree at least that the high-level of...
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Ep39: Confronting Disgust and Leading to Poop Positivism and System Change
After a few renditions of video game songs from 30 years ago, the Crew talks tending for chickens in the winter. Dave’s birds along with other Coloradoans had to make it through -10 degree weather recently. It’s a good one for our herpetologist fans out there! The topic of the week is avoiding…
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Ep38: Avoidance as a Tool of White Supremacy
The brothers reminisce about working at a movie theater 20 years ago - “Colorado Cinnamon, Basemar Twix.” They make some not great, but not terrible Super Bowl predictions before heading into the topic of the week. This week the Crew discuss avoidance and whiteness. They explore some of the ways...
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Ep37: Healthy Avoidance? Does It Exist?
Dave tells the story of Peachtree to open the show, where the name came from, what it means to Dave and Julie, and how hard it was to get. Last week, the Crew looked at the problematic aspects of avoidance. Flipping things around this week, they explore the experience of avoidance and whether…
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Ep36: Finding the Courage to Confront
Some Thriving chatter turned up to 11 to start the show. The Crew plots out a new NBA team for Dave to follow this year: some interesting social justice questions arise and the conversation eventually connects to Randall Cunningham of all places! The brothers then honor their mom on Helen Majzler...
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Season 5 (Ep. 35): Confronting Avoidance (i.e. Avoid the Noid!)
New year; new season. Bob joined the International Worker of the World (I.W.W.) and talks about what being a Wobbly means to him. They go on to discuss the implications of the recent white vigilante attack on the U.S. Capitol. The brothers “set the table” for the new season, Season 5. The big…
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Ep34: Thank you Listeners! Highs and Lows of Thriving in Dystopia in 2020
Bob and Dave record this episode December 31, 2020. They start the show reminiscing on the great NYE’s past. Last week the Crew did a retrospective of 2020. This week the brothers reflect on the podcast itself. They highlight the previous 33 episodes, the highs and lows, and the fun of...
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Ep33: Celebrating 2020!: Roses, Buds, Thorns
Fresh off the holidays, the brothers discuss their favorite Xmas movies. The Crew hosts environmental physicist and old friend Ian! They all discuss 2020 both personally and globally. They also make bold predictions for 2021. Little Tortilla Boy Good article on Biden’s Climate Plan Some Good News...
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EP32: Poetic Activism, Part 2: Eco-poetics and Critique of the Liver Sausage Method
Danny takes the Crew on a ride to his favorite music -- there are some surprises and prepare for some laughter. After this, Dan discusses eco-poetics, which involves reflecting on the meaning of “eco,” which means household in Greek. Eco-poetics, then, means a way of looking at the world and then...
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Ep31: Poetic Activism, Part I: What Moves You In Poetry?
The Crew hosts old friend and poet Dan Cantrick on the show to talk about “poetic activism.” But first, Dan explains what post-holing is with a story about hiking that listeners will not soon forget. #loneeagle. In answering Dave’s question about what moves him in poetry, Dan discusses the...
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Bonus Episode: Cleveland Rocks
Big news out of Cleveland, get the brothers excited for the early Christmas present, and a reason to smile. Contact info Email - [email protected] Twitter - @BMaze19 IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/ TikTok - @davepeachtree Deep appreciation to In Heaven by...
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Ep30: Celebrating the Other: From Darkness to Delightfulness
The show starts with darkness. The Crew discusses the awful surge in COVID cases, and then go darker to discuss the federal governments reinstating of the death penalty. CONTENT WARNING: discussion of the death penalty, child abuse, and sexual abuse from minutes 11 to 16. The main topic of the...
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Ep29: When Celebration Goes Bad, Part I: Winner Takes It All
Dave and Bob get together for a daytime recorded Thriving for the first time in months. After sharing gratitude, Bob goes off on corporate Democrats and their insipid actions and beliefs. The Crew dives into the topic of zero-sum celebrations, which are celebrating wins and celebrating the loses…
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Ep28: Celebrating in Dystopia, Sharing thanks on Thanksgiving
The Crew discusses Covid caution 8 months into the pandemic. Dave shares some lessons on being in a hybrid classroom for the last 3 months. Bob finds a new sand dune in Sand City. The main dish for this episode is thinking about Thanksgiving in the pandemic. The Crew starts with thoughts on this...
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Ep27: New Season! A Time to Celebrate
Dave and Bob chat about Dave’s wild day which started with a flat tire and ended with podcasting while standing up! They delve into election analysis (this was recorded on Nov. 5). The Thriving Crew embarks on a new season, a season of celebration! Well, we will be discussing the concept of...
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BONUS EPISODE! Interview with Mike Bishop and Pre-election Predictions
The Crew welcomes Mr. Michael Bishop back to the studio on the eve of the election (show recorded on November 2). All three discuss how they are feeling and what they predict from the election (mostly pretty spot on; sadly with 45’s behavior as well). Mike called in from D.C., and he shares…
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Ep 25: In The Matrix White Room
Kosher pickles appetizer (:30): Bob and Dave talk shop about teaching in the pandemic and the widening divide. And how to celebrate Halloween this year? One word: chalkies. Bread first course (14:45): The Crew discuss their favorite Thriving episodes thus far. Tempeh meat (19:11): The big event…
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Ep24: We Are Afraid of Death. What If We Weren’t?
The show starts with a revising of Dave’s ability to write Sit-Com episodes. The Crew then discusses media and manufacturing consent in the U.S. In the last episode of season 3, Bob and Dave go big, the ultimate separation: death. They start with the premise that death and fear are strongly...
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Ep23: Being Together When We Are Apart
A lot of chuckles to start the show talking basketball nicknames. They then discuss what the right response to an ailing fascist is. This is all before the topic of the day. The topic of the day is physical/geographical separation. Dave recounts a sweet story about being scared as a kid and going...
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A show that brings light to the doom and gloom of the everyday dystopia that we are living in, but never shies away the hard reality. Two brothers striving to thrive, build community and stay connected.
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