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Breaking Down: Collapse — 368 episodes
Daily Episode 205 - Nobody likes a Cassandra
Daily Episode 204 - Prioritizing infrastructure in an age of increasing heat
Daily Episode 203: Will the UK be the first Western country to collapse?
Daily Episode 202 - Where will be safe from climate change?
Daily Episode 201 - Enough of the Gaslighting (TWIF #33)
Daily Episode 200: 2 Dams on the brink of disaster
Daily Episode 199 - Thwaites to Go "Any Day Now"
Daily Episode 198 - Shifting Narratives on the AMOC and other Climate Systems
Daily Episode 197 - European Heat Deaths in the Thousands
Daily Episode 196 - This Week in Fascism #32
Daily Episode 195 - The Impending Wave of Cyber Crime
Daily Episode 194 - Climate Change and the Case of the Dissolving Teeth
Daily Episode 193 - Geoengineering is Coming, "Termination Shock" and All
Daily Episode 192 - Climate Impact of the Richest 10%
Daily Episode 191 - It's Getting Hot in Here
Daily Episode 190 - Staircase to a Chaotic World
Daily Episode 189: Have the water wars begun?
Daily Episode 188: This Week in Fascism #31
Daily Episode 187 - Impact of Humanity on the Natural World
Daily Episode 186: A Doubling of Sea Level Rise for Large Coastal Cities
Daily Episode 185 - With Juan Pablo Quinonez to Talk About his New Book
Daily Episode 184: The Death of RCP 8.5 and Why I'm Angry About It
Daily Episode 183 - The War We're All Fighting
Daily Episode 182: This Week in... Fighting Back?
Daily Episode 181 - A Week of Climate Woes
Daily Episode 180 - What Collapses First in a Slow Collapse?
Daily Episode 179 - Catabolic Collapse of Healthcare: Ebola
Daily Episode 178 - This Week in Fascism #29
Daily Episode 177: What the Flock is Happening?
Daily Episode 176: Catabolic Collapse and the Disaster Economy
Daily Episode 175: 95% of Wildlife lost in South America and the Caribbean
Daily Episode 174: India's Growing Collapse Risk
Daily Episode 173 - This week in Fascism #28
Daily Episode 172: Super El Niño Now a 100% Certainty
Daily Episode 171 - The World's Largest Data Center is Causing an Uproar
Daily Episode 170: The K-Shaped Collapse
Daily Episode 169 - This Week in Fascism #27
Daily Episode 168 - The First US City to Run Out of Water?
Daily Episode 167 - Science is Being Murdered
Daily Episode 166 - This Week in Fascism #26
Daily Episode 165 - Weekly Climate News Roundup
Daily Episode 164 - Helium May Pop the AI Bubble
Daily Episode 163 - The West Will Leave the Poor Behind
Daily Episode 162 - The Wealthy Will Eat
Daily Episode 161 - This Week in Fascism #25
Daily Episode 160: Arctic Mosquitoes, Forest Carbon Flips, and The Day After Tomorrow
Daily Episode 159: Screwworms and the End of Beef?
Daily Episode 158: The Models are a Mess - Sea Level Rise Version
Daily Episode 157 - The Models are a Mess - Methane Version
Daily Episode 156 - This Week in Fascism #24
Daily Episode 155: Climate News Roundup for the Week
Daily Episode 154 - Oil Shock in the Philippines
Daily Episode 153: Here Comes a Very Strong El Nino
Daily Episode 152 - Carrying Capacity: 2.5 Billion Population?
Daily Episode 151 - This Week in Fascism #23
Daily Episode 150 - "Faster Than Expected" On Repeat
Daily Episode 149 - Growing Strain on Food Supply
Daily Episode 148 - Unnecessary Explosion of Catabolic Collapse in the US
Daily Episode 147 - The State of AI
Daily Episode 146 - This Week in Fascism #22
Daily Episode 145 - Another Wild Week in Climate News
Daily Episode 144 - Iran War: The Self Inflicted Oil Shortage
Daily Episode 143 - Donald Trumps Hatred for Women
Daily Episode 142 - Three New Converging Paths to Superbugs
Daily Episode 141 - This Week in Fascism #21
Daily Episode 140 - Anthropogenic Mass to Overtake Biomass
Daily Episode 139 - $1B disasters, and the State of the Global Climate Report
Daily Episode 138 - H5N1 Update
Daily Episode 137 - A Chaotic Summer to Come
Daily Episode 136 - This Week in Fascism #20
Daily Episode 135 - Climate News Around the World
Daily Episode 134 - "Toxic Atmosphere" for C02 Levels in our Blood
Daily Episode 133 - US Gamble on the Strait of Hormuz
Daily Episode 132 - Anti-Intellectualism in the Age of Colapse
Daily Episode 131 - This Week in Fascism #19
Daily Episode 130 - Another Day, Another War
Daily Episode 129 - "Fastest Glacier Collapse Ever Recorded"
Daily Episode 128 - Unexpected and Unknown Effects of Climate Change
Daily Episode 127 - New research: Marine life more susceptible to global warming than we thought
Daily Episode 126 - Shrinking Options for Homeowners
Daily Episode 125 - More Bad News for Lake Powell and the 25 Million People that Rely on it
Daily Episode 124 - New Research on Tipping Points
Daily Episode 123 - An Ever Increasing Pressure
Daily Episode 122 - This Week in Fascism #18
Daily Episode 121 - Humanity's Response to Collapse
Daily Episode 120 - Cold Snaps in All the Wrong Places
Daily Episode 119 - The Fight Against Privately Funded Geoengineering
Daily Episode 118 - Kessler Syndrome Update
Daily Episode 117 - This week in Fascism #17
Daily Episode 116 - When is it time to freak out about the economy?
Daily Episode 115 - Is a General Strike the Only Way?
Daily Episode 114 - The Rapidly Devolving Surveillance Situation
Episode 113 - James Hansen and 2 degrees within a decade
Daily Episode 112 - This Week in Fascism #16
Daily Episode 111 - The World on Edge
Daily Episode 110 - Homeowners Exodus
Daily Episode 109 - "Antifa's Leader" and DHS Lists
Daily Episode 108 - Utah's Existential Crisis (Toxic Dust from The Great Salt Lake)
Daily Episode 107 - This Week in Fascism #15
Daily Episode 106 - New Research on Plastics
Daily Episode 105 - Actuary View of Future Deaths
Daily Episode 104 - Australia Heat Records - 122F/50C
Daily Episode 103 - New Research on the Compounding Effects of Multiple Covid 19 Infections
Daily Episode 102 - This week In Fascism #14
Daily Episode 101 - Failure of Oceanic Systems
Daily Episode 100 - The Death of Research
Daily Episode 99 - Declining Albedo
Daily Episode 98 - My Current Cognitive Dissonance
Daily Episode 97 - This Week in Fascism #13
Daily Episode 96 - Australia Fires and New Research on Warming Oceans
Daily Episode 95 - Propagandized Government Reports on Collapse
Daily Episode 94 - US Collision Course with Violence
Daily Episode 93 - This Week in Fascism #12
Daily Episode 92 - Superbugs, Eco-Terrorism, and BOE?
Daily Episode 91 - What if US Imperialism Succeeds?
Daily Episode 90 - In Memoriam of Species Lost
Daily Episode 89 - January rain in the West
Daily Episode 88 - This week in Fascism #11
Daily Episode 87 - Ours to Do
Daily Episode 86 - Dissecting Episode 8: "Climate Change"
Daily Episode 85 - Dissecting Episode 7: "Political Turmoil"
Daily Episode 84 - On the Venezuela Invasion
Daily Episode 83 - Dissecting Episode 6: "The Financial System"
Daily Episode 82 - Dissecting Episode 5: "Catabolic Collapse"
Daily Episode 81 - Approaching 2026 with Kellan
Daily Episode 80 - Reflecting on 2025 with Kellan (Part 2)
Daily Episode 79 - Reflecting on 2025 with Kellan (Part 1)
Daily Episode 78 - Dissecting Episode 4: "Limits to Growth"
Daily Episode 77 - Dissecting Episode 3: "Energy"
Daily Episode 76 - Dissecting Episode 2: "Complex Society"
Daily Episode 75 - Dissecting Episode 1: "Introduction"
Daily Episode 74 - Replaying Episode 8: "Climate Change"
Daily Episode 73 - Replaying Episode 7: "Political Turmoil"
Daily Episode 72 - Replaying Episode 6: "The Financial System"
Daily Episode 71 - Replaying Episode 5: "Catabolic Collapse"
Daily Episode 70 - Replaying Episode 4: "Limits to Growth"
Daily Episode 69 - Replaying Episode 3: "Energy"
Daily Episode 68 - Replaying Episode 2: "Complex Society"
Daily Episode 67 - Replaying the Introduction
Daily Episode 66 - Solastalgia and 2-4 Billion Dead
Daily Episode 65 - Interview with Abbie (Bonus)
Daily Episode 64 - "The Duty to Scare People" and the Harms of Scientific Reticence
Daily Episode 63 - This Week in Fascism (#10)
Daily Episode 62 - The US Government is Poisoning You
Daily Episode 61 - Say "No" to Frankenstein Algae
Daily Episode 60 - Gasping Breaths of a Dying Empire
Daily Episode 59 - Home Health Crisis in an Aging America
Daily Episode 58 - AMOC National Security Threat (and a Bird Flu Update)
Daily Episode 57 - Schrodinger's Economy
Daily Episode 56 - Deadpool in the Colorado
Daily Episode 55 - This Week in Fascism (#9)
Daily Episode 54 - Day Zero Has Arrived in Tehran
Daily Episode 53 - Southern Ocean Carbon Sink to Carbon Source?
Daily Episode 52 - The Link Between Catabolic Collapse and Authoritarianism
Daily Episode 51 - Interview with Kelly (Bonus Content)
Daily Episode 50 - This Week in Fascism #8
Daily Episode 49 - Just Leave Space Alone
Daily Episode 48 - Personality Traits of the Collapse Aware
Daily Episode 47 - Lines I Don't Want to See Crossed
Daily Episode 46 - The Catch 22 of AI Investment
Daily Episode 45 - This Week in Fascism (#7)
Daily Episode 44 - Growing Trend of Climate Change Apathy
Daily Episode 43 - First Admission of 1.5 Overshoot
Daily Episode 42 - On a Trump 3rd Term
Daily Episode 41 - The Blind Hypocrisy of COP30
Daily Episode 40 - This week in Fascism (#6)
Daily Episode 39 - Arctic Shipping Lane: Boon or Burden?
Daily Episode 38 - Catching Up with Shaun Chamberlin (and announcing a new forum)
Daily Episode 37 - The Surveillance State
Daily Episode 36 - New Research on Climate Accord Failure
Daily Episode 35 - This Week in Fascism (#5)
Daily Episode 34 - Is the Clathrate Gun Hypothesis Underway?
Daily Episode 33 - Tipping Point Officially Crossed
Daily Episode 32 - Greg Nelson Interview (Bonus Content)
Daily Episode 31 - About that Job Loss from AI...
Daily Episode 30 - This Week in Fascism (#4)
Daily Episode 29 - Moving a Capital City
Daily Episode 28 - Meta Reflections on Collapse Awareness
Daily Episode 27 - The War from Within
Daily Episode 26 - AI Bubbles, Economic Headwinds
Daily Episode 25 - This Week in Fascism (#3)
Daily Episode 24 - Troubling new Bird Flu Discovery
Daily Episode 23 - 7 of 9 Planetary Boundaries Now Crossed
Daily Episode 22 - Did we all become terrorists?
Daily Episode 21 - "But where will I get my fish and chips?"
Daily Episode 20 - 2 Weeks of Trump Chaos
Daily Episode 19 - Fatalism in Australia
Daily Episode 18 - A Government's Collapse Scenario
Daily Episode 17 - Peak Water Security
Daily Episode 16 - Trump's efforts to destroy climate accountability
Daily Episode 15 - Increasing Risk of Oil Supply Shock
Daily Episode 14 - The newest tool in the ICE fascist tool belt
Daily Episode 13 - Antifa "Terrorism" and the Pacific Heat Blob
Daily Episode 12 - New Geoengineering Research
Daily Episode 11 - News Avoidance
Daily Episode 10 - Quickly Eroding Rights
Daily Episode 9 - Ethical Pessimism and Collapse Paradoxes
Clarifying New Season Formatting
Daily Episode 8 - New Research, New Concerns
Daily Episode 7 - Carbon Capture Disappointment
Daily Episode 6 - Can We Trust the Data?
Daily Episode 5 - Increasing Violence in Collapse
Daily Episode 4 - Temperament vs Temperature
Daily Episode 3 - It's hot and getting hotter
Daily Episode 2 - Insurance Woes
Daily Episode 1 - New format announcement
Episode 160 - Interview with Rachel Frazin
Episode 159 - Direct Action
Episode 158 - Years and Years
Episode 157 - Talking Collapse with a Friend - Johnny
Episode 156 - Water with Cydian Kauffman
Episode 155 -The Environmental Impact of AI
Episode 154 - Plastic Eating Worms with Sam Baker
Episode 152 - Microplastics Revisited
Episode 151 - Wet Bulb Temperatures with Dr. Rob Meade
Episode 150 - Microplastic Pollution with Dr. Janice Brahney
Episode 149 - Tech Bro Oligarchs with Sarah Wilson
Episode 148 - Who is to blame for collapse?
Episode 147 - Curtis Yarvin and The Butterfly Revolution
Episode 146 - The End of the American Experiment
Episode 145 - Why Technology Won't Save Us
Episode 144 - What Will Collapse Look Like?
Episode 143 - Predictions
Episode 142 - Collapse in 2024 (Year in Review)
Episode 141 - Why Collapse is Inevitable
Episode 140 - The Role of Conspiracy Theories in Collapse
Episode 139 - The Dangers of Abandoning Nuclear Sites
Episode 137 - Project 2025
Episode 136 - Longtermism
Episode 135 - AI Job Loss
Episode 134 - Collapse in 2023
Episode 132 - Lobbying
Episode 131 - The Problem with Fast Fashion
Episode 130 - The Outlook of Youth
Episode 129 - El Niño
Episode 128 - Zoonotics and H5N1
Episode 127 - Heat Pumps
Episode 126 - Eastern Philosophies (Part 1)
Episode 125 - Homelessness
Episode 124 - Book Review: Chris Hedges "America, The Farewell Tour"
Episode 123 - Debt
Episode 122 - The Future of Ownership
Bonus Episode - 80
Episode 121 - Artificial Intelligence (Part 2): Dark Potential
Episode 120: Artificial Intelligence (Part 1): Current Reality
Episode 119 - Collapse in 2022
Episode 118 - Narcissism in Leadership
Episode 117 - A History of the Railroad and its Strikes in the US
Episode 116 - Infrastructure Deep Dive: Roads and Public Transport
Episode 115 - The Adaptation and Relocation of Fiji and Tuvalu
Episode 114 - Interview with Shaun Chamberlin
Episode 113 - The Impact of Greenland and Antarctica on Sea Level Rise
Episode 112 - Stoicism
Episode 111 - The Rise of Fascism
Episode 110 - The Collapse of the Overseer Class
Episode 109 - Raising Children in a Time of Collapse
Episode 108 - Interview with "Alone" Season 9 Winner
Episode 107 - Peak Phosphorus
Episode 106 - Nihilism
Episode 105 - Vertical Farming
Episode 104 - The Broken US Healthcare System (Part 2)
Episode 103 - The Broken US Healthcare System
Episode 102 - Combatting the Urban Heat Island Effect
Episode 101 - The Role of Property Insurance
Episode 100 - The Cooling Paradox
Episode 99 - How Collapse Effects the Most Vulnerable
Episode 98 - The Efforts of Activist Groups
Episode 97 - Human Behavior During Disasters
Episode 96: Psychological Barriers to Confronting Collapse
Episode 95 - Collapse Happening Today (Part 2)
Episode 94 - Collapse Happening Today (Part 1)
Episode 93 - Inflation
Bonus Episode - 52
Episode 92 - The Environmental Impact of Big Data
Episode 91 - Drought
Episode 90 - The Electrical Grid
Episode 89 - Why We're Wrong (or so they say) - Conflict
Episode 88 - "The Changing World Order" by Ray Dalio (Part 2)
Episode 87 - "The Changing World Order" by Ray Dalio (Part 1)
Episode 86 - Anti-Technology and the Unabomber with David Skrbina
Episode 85 - Paleoclimatology
Episode 84 - The Collapse of Education
Episode 83 - Infectious Diseases (Part 2)
Episode 82 - Technology Can't Save Us - Recycling
Episode 81 - Resolving Differences during Collapse
Episode 80 - Interview with Richard Heinberg
Episode 79 - Interview with Chase
Episode 78 - The Global Dimming Paradox
Episode 77 - Two Types of Collapse (Voluntary vs Forced)
Bonus Episode (35)
Episode 76 - Facing a Fear of Collapse
Episode 75 - Mental Health Crisis
Episode 74 - Preparation with Margaret Killjoy
Episode 73 - Technology Won't Save Us (Carbon Capture)
Episode 72 - Interview with Dr. Joseph Tainter (Complex Societies)
Episode 71 - Mass Migration
Episode 70 - Pop Culture & Collapse (Interview with The Pop Mythologist)
Episode 69 - Why We're Wrong (or so they say) - Climate Change Part 2
Episode 68 - Why We're Wrong (or so they say) - Climate Change Part 1
Episode 67 - Collapse in 2021
Episode 66 - Death of Democracy with Haven Scott McVarish
Episode 65 - Methane
Episode 64 - Infrastructure Deep Dive (Bridges and Dams)
Episode 63 - Why We're Wrong (or so they say): Resource Scarcity
Episode 62: Historical Precedent of Collapse
Bonus Episode 20 - Catastrophes in British Columbia
Episode 61 - Interview with Michael Rezl (U/LetsTalkUFOs) | Ladder of Collapse Awareness
Episode 60 - Sea Level Rise
Episode 59 - ARkStorm
Episode 58 - Can Technology Save Us? (Part 5 - Electric Vehicles)
Episode 57 - The True Cost of the US Military
Episode 56 - The Elite Cycle and Limited Upward Mobility
Episode 55 - Kessler Syndrome
Episode 54 - Supply Chain Strain (Semiconductors)
Episode 53 - Tropical Cyclones
Episode 52 - Mental Resilience during Collapse
Episode 51 - A Conversation with Professor Tom Murphy
Episode 50 - Losing the Amazon
Episode 49 - How to Speak to Others about Collapse
Episode 48 - Waste
Episode 47 - Heatwaves and Wet Bulb
Episode 46: Can Technology Save Us? (Part 4 - Nuclear Fusion)
Episode 45 - Infrastructure
Bonus Episode - Leaked IPCC Report
Episode 44 - Censorship
Episode 43 - Insect Collapse
Episode 42 - Declining Birth Rates
Episode 41 - Peak Sand
Episode 40 - AMOC and Jet Streams
Episode 39 - Updates to Limits to Growth
Episode 38 - Religion
Episode 37 - Can Technology Save Us (Part 3 - Geoengineering)
Episode 36 - A Deeper Look at Catabolic Collapse
Episode 35 - Microplastics
Episode 34: Disease (Part 1)
Episode 33 - Peak Soil
Episode 32 - Overpopulation vs Overconsumption
Episode 31 - Can Technology Save Us - Part 2 (Nuclear Fission)
Episode 30 - The Firearm Factor
Episode 29: Our Dying Oceans
Episode 28 - The Upside of Collapse
Episode 27: 18 Months of Collapse
Episode 26: Bill Gates and "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"
Episode 25: A Conversation with Desh Amila
Episode 24: Water Crisis and Conflict
Episode 23: Supply Chain Failure
Episode 22: Interview with John Michael Greer
Episode 21: Can Technology Save Us? (Part 1- Electricity)
Episode 20: Post-Collapse Possibilites
Episode 19: Moral Decay
Episode 18: Wealth Disparity
Episode 17: Life During Climate Change
Episode 16: Echo Chambers
Episode 15: Coping
Episode 14: The Problems with Modern Agriculture
Episode 13: Preparation (Part 2) - Practical Steps
Episode 12: Preparation (Part 1): "Resilience"
Episode 11: Trading Independence for Convenience
Episode 10: Feedback Loops and BOE
Episode 9: Questions from a Skeptic
Episode 8: Climate Change
Episode 7: Political Turmoil
Episode 6: The Financial System
Episode 5: Catabolic Collapse
Episode 4: Overshoot & Limits to Growth
Episode 3: The Energy Crisis
Episode 2: Complex Society
Episode 1: Introducing Collapse