All Episodes
Doomer Optimism — 302 episodes
DO 303 - AI, Existential Risk, and the Future of the Human Soul
DO 302 - Starting a Farm and a Farm Store on Main Street
DO 301 - Open Source Civilization: Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology
DO 300 - Celebrating 300 Episodes of Doomer Optimism
DO 299 - Small Scale Production, Henry George, and the Land Value Tax
DO 298 - The Wool Empire, Faith, and Local Business
DO 297: Mulberries in the Rain: Permaculture, Crisis, and Building Food Systems for the Future
DO 296: Building Community in Fragmented Times
DO 295 - Navigating the Evolution of Meat Production with Greg Gunthorp & Nate
DO 294 - Rural Revival and the USDA with Nate and Jason Mauck
DO 293 - Antitrust Law, Beef Politics, and Actually Using Government Power
DO 292 - Breaking the Beef Cartel: Mike Callicrate on Monopoly Power, Maker-Owned Markets, and the Fight for Rural America
DO 291 - Building an Edible Perennial Nursery with Nick Wrenn of Living Soil Tree Farm
DO 290 - Distributism, Local Commons, and Agrarian Futures with Chris Smaje
DO 289 - Beef, Bartering, and the Agorist's Guide to Not Starving with Nigel, Nate, and Jason
DO 288 - Beyond Interchangeability: Leah Sargeant on the Dignity of Dependence
DO 287 - Graze Against the Machine: Breaking Up Big Ag, Rewilding America, and the Future of Food
DO 286 - Building a Regenerative Landscaping Business with Tres of GreenBox Homes
DO 285 - AI and The 95% Extinction Threshold
DO 284 - Group Chat Live
DO 283 - Kevin Ryan's Grassroots Run for Illinois
DO 282 - John Heers and Ashley on Learning Humility from Georgian Dinners and Forgotten Villages
DO 281 - Tucker Max's Journey to Radical Self-Sufficiency with Dr. Chris Ellis
DO 280 - Building Resilience in Modern Society with Dr. Chris Ellis and Jonathan Rawles
DO 279 - Community, Bunkers, and the Future of Preparedness
DO 278 - Thriving Through Homesteading
DO 277 - Joe Allen on Golems, Brahmas, and the Eternal Return
DO 276 - Peter Allen: How to Become a Keystone Species and Restore the Earth
DO 275 - Exploring Transhumanism with Ashley and Grayson
DO 274 - Kentucky, Catholicism, and Agrarian Revival
DO 273 - The Future of DO with Ashley, Jason, and James
DO 272 - James, Basel, and The New Deal
DO 271 - The Machine with Paul Kingsnorth and Leighton Woodhouse
DO 270 - Leaving the 20th century w/ James, Donald and Ashley
DO 269 – Engineering, education, empathy, and memetic warfare? Dr. Chuck Pezeshki & Josh
DO 268 - Matt P on DO
DO 267 - Doomer Optimism w/ Matt Smith + Graham Summers + Chris Ellis
DO 266 - Ashley, Chris, and Jason
DO 265 - Transition Engineering with Susan Krumdieck and Josh
DO264 - Natural Law w/ PlasmaRob and Ashley
DO 263 - What's the matter with Texas? w/ Casey Spinks and James Decker
DO 262 - Ontology, or On Sunscreen w/ Olek Pisera and Ashley
DO 261 - John Lechner and James Pogue
DO 260 - Hannah's Children w/ Catherine Pakaluk, Roxanne Ahern and Ashley
DO 259 - Anti-Monopoly
DO 258 - Enchantment, Magic, & Supernatural technologies w/ Historian Dr. Francis Young
DO 257 - Building the Benedict Option w/ Leah Sargeant and Ashley
DO 256 - Political Agency with Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and James
DO 255 - Post Woke Synthesis
DO 254 - The Spiritual Side of Childbirth w/ Leah @TallSnail and Ashley
DO 253 - Plough Magazine and the Bruderhof w/ Alan Koppschall
DO 252 - Brick and Mortar Localism w/ Ben, Lucy, Longstory Farms and Ashley
DO 251 - LA Fires w/ Leighton Woodhouse and James Pogue
DO 250 - Civics at a Human Scale w/ Wally Chamberlain aka Anarchocontrarian and Ashley
DO 249 - NEPA babies w/ Jimmy Tobias, James Pogue and Ashley
DO 248 - AI, Language, and Animal Consciousness w/ Charles Carman, Travis Logan, and ARX-Han
DO 247 - What ever happened to climate? w/ Ilan Kelman, James Pogue and Ashley
DO 246 - Metastatic Modernity with Prof. Tom Murphy
DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jeske and Ashley
DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jeske and Ashley
DO 244 - DO + egirl crossover w/ Twitter's Audrey Horne and Going Godward
D0 243 - The spiritual quality of global capitalism
DO 242 - Jane Jacobs and the City as Liturgy w/ Dr. Timothy Patitsas, Michael Sellas and Ashley
DO 241 - Motherhood Sabbatical w/ Ashley and Sean Blanda
DO 240 - Ecological Farming in Guatemala w/ Dwight, Tessa Carman and Ashley
DO 239 - Local Politics and the Hurricane with Jon Council, Sarah Davis, and Jason
DO 238 - 20th Century German Philosophy with Casey Spinks and Ashley
DO 237 - Small Town Mayor James Decker w/ Ashley and Nate
DO 236 - Midwestern Water with Robert Hirschfeld
DO 235 - The Revival of American Manufacturing and Agriculture with Rust Belt Kid and Jason
DO 234 - Funding the Future of Food with Alice, Dylan and Ashley
DO 233 - DO Emergency 2024 Election Coverage w/ Ashley, Jason, Nate and Josh
DO 232 - The Failing Renewables Transition with Chris Smaje and Jason
DO 231 - Chief Chainsaw Officer with Jason
DO 230 - Agriculture for the People
DO 229 - Confessions of a Recovering Technocrat
DO 228 - At Work in the Ruins Retreat w/ Dougald Hine and Ashley
DO 227 - Paul McNiel and the Wagon Box with Ashley
DO 226 - Food Hub Round Table Discussion
DO 225 - Goethean Science w/ Arie and Ashley
DO 224 - Ashley and Dana discuss Dana’s book: Saving Ourselves
DO 223 - Along the Shore: A Journey with James of Michigan
DO 222 - Cultural Renewal with Donald and Mike
DO 221 - Ecologica Americana with C. Sandbatch, Roland Gunn, and Jason
DO 220 - Local Food Hubs with Dru Zucchino and Jason
DO 219 - Reverent Servitude: Healing the Land, Body, and Soul Through Regenerative Agriculture with Jake Hubbard with GG
DO 218 - How to make a co-created event w/ Rich Bartlett and Ashley
DO 217 - Defending and Cultivating Land and People with Farahn Morgan, Ashley, and Jason
DO 216 - Doomer Optimist Guide to Geopolitics w/ James Pogue, Chris Mott and Ashley
DO 215 - Building Local Community
DO 214 - Metamodern Permaculture with Brendan Graham Dempsey and Jason
DO 213 - Limicon Panel
DO 212 - Should I stay or should I go? w/ Andy, Keturah, Ashley and Patrick
DO 211 - The digital politics of spiritual war with James Poulos and Donald
DO 210 - Catalyzing Urban Food Forests in Chattanooga with Jonathan Parks Allen and Jason
DO 209 - Podcast about podcasts w/ Donald and Ashley
DO 208 - The DO of Anna Karenina with GG, Evan, Nate, and Jason
DO 207 - What has happened to the left? With Ashley Frawley, Gord Magill and Ashley Colby
DO 206 - Christianity with Jordan Hall, Mash Tun Timmy and Ashley
DO 205- Jeffrey Bilbro
DO 204 - Cabin X DO crossover with Jackson Steger, Grin and Ashley
DO 203 – Kris de Decker and Low Tech Magazine, with Josh and Simon
DO 202 – Alexis Zeigler, Living Energy Farm - with Josh and Ashley
DO 201 - The philosophy of Charlotte Mason with Tessa Carman and Ashley
DO 200 - Big 200 Host Roundtable
DO 199 - Reforming Ag with Greg Gunthorp, Ashley and Nate
DO 198 - Digital Prepping with Ashley, Josh and Donald
DO 197 - Epic Gardening's Kevin Espiritu
DO 196 - Bioregional and Solidarity Economies with Neal Gorenflo, Daniel London, Ashley, and Jason
DO 195 - The End of Modernity with Tom Murphy, Jason, and Josh
DO 194 - Whole food agri-culture vs. "feeding the world"
DO 193 - Bioregional Self-Provisioning with Chris Smaje, Jason and Josh
DO 192 - Tending Our Dead Ourselves with Joe Orso and Susan Nesbit
DO 191 - Kayaking with Lambs with farmer/author Brian Miller, Josh, and Jason
DO 190 - Doomer Optimism Literary Hour with Sally Thomas and Donald
DO 189 - Permaculture in the Age of Displacement with Evan Welkin and Jason
DO 188 - Bringing Permaculture to the World with Andrew Millison, Roxanne, and Jason
DO 187 - Thriving the Future with Scott Miller and Jason
DO 186 - Working with Purpose with Nathaniel Marshall and GG
DO 185 - Growing Food in Sub/Urban Spaces with Zach Loeks, Tres, and Sim
DO 184 - Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia with Steven Stoll and Jason
DO 183 - Doomer Optimism Literary Hour with Jordan Castro, Donald and Joey
DO 182 - Finding meaning in the chaos of life with Brian Fink with Going Godward
DO 181 - The Weird Wild Wonderful World of Biochar with Tom Miles, Kelpie Wilson, Myles Gray, and Josh Kearns
DO 180 - Towards a Fourth Generation Civilization with Michel Bauwens, Ashley, and Jason
DO 179 - Agroecological Enterprise in the Amazon - Lexie and Luis of Amisacho Restauracion with Josh
DO 178 - Returning from abroad w/ Long Story Farms
DO 177 - Ecological wastewater treatment w/ Feidhlim Harty and Ashley
DO 176 - Wendell Berry Book Club recap W/ Ashley, Donald, AC, Tiffani, and Joel
DO 175 - Tres and Simon ask what are we gonna do with the suburbs?
DO 174 - Modern Nomadism w/ Andy, Keturah and Ashley
DO 172 - Prepping with Jonathan Rawles, Roland Gunn and Ashley
DO 171 - Building the Regenerators Network with Ed Bourgeois, Ashley, and Jason
DO 170 - Coming Home w/ Ashley and Nate
DO 169 - The Best of Times, The Worst of Times with Will Caverly, Going Godward, and Jason
DO 168 - Silvopasture with Drake Larson, Nate, and Jason
DO 167 - Doomer Optimism Literary Hour
DO 166 - Biochar Water Treatment in Malawi with Richard, Ahmad, and Josh
DO 165 - Narrative Exchange with Evan Barker and Jason
DO 164 - Evan Meyer on Global Supply Chains
DO 163 - Small Farm Future meets Lean Logic with Chris Smaje, Shaun Chamberlin, and Jason
DO 162 - Braxton McCoy with Roland Gunn and Ashley
DO 161 - American Literature with James Pogue, Ketruah Lamb, Adirondacker and Donald Antenen
DO 160 - Overcoming barriers to entry in regenerative agriculture - Chuck Lewis of Sheraton Park Farms and Josh Kearns
DO 159 - Medical Nemesis and David Cayley with Donald
DO 158 - Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve with Kristina Bostick, Patrick Heizer, and Jason
DO 157 - Appalachia, Localism, and Storytelling with Farahn Morgan and Jason
DO 156 - Dark Optimism, Lean Logic, and Surviving the Future with Shaun Chamberlin and Jason
DO 155 - Regenerative Community Land Trusts with Alex Corren and Jason
DO 154 - Small Farm Republic with John Klar and Josh Kearns
DO 153 - Appalachian Dirt Mage with D. Mason and Jason
DO 152 - Medical Nemesis and Matthew Loftus with Donald
DO 151 - Game B with Jim Rutt, Ashley, and Jason
DO 150 - Geopolitics and Ideology with Chris Mott and Josh Kearns
DO 149 - Break-It-Down Austin with Jeff Paine with Josh Kearns
DO 148 - Neighbors Together Oakland with Seneca Scott and Jason
DO 147 - Left Conservatism with Ashley and Nate
DO 146 - Orthodoxy and Noise with Alana Nickels, Donald, and Keturah
DO 145 - The False Promises of Green Energy with Bill Rees, John Mulrow, and Ashley
DO 144 - Saying No to a Farm Free Future w/ Chris Smaje, Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
DO 143 - Wilderness Survival Skills School with Kate Parsons, Adam Mayfield, and Ashley
DO 142 - Eric Miller w/ Ashley Colby
DO 141 - Steve Mouzon w/ Ashley and Don
DO 140 - Gregory Landua, Daniel Schmachtenberger, and Jason
DO 139 - Adam Greenfield w/ Dougald Hine and Ashley
DO 138 - Phoneless, Carless, Friendless with Clare Coffey, Donald and Ashley
DO 137 - Becoming Socrates with Alex Priou and Donald
DO 136 - Pasture Agriculture with Jacob Wolki, Nate and Geoffrey
DO 135 - The history and politics of homeschooling with Rita Koganzon and Donald
DO 134 - Going to Seed with Julia Dakin and Tres Crow
DO 133 - Landrace Plant Breeding and the Future of Food
DO 132 - A call to religion with John, Evan, and Ashley
DO 131 - Living the Old Fashioned American Dream with Keturah, Donald, and Ashley
DO 130 - Women’s health, female archetypes, and how to solve the battle of the sexes with Ingri and Ashley
DO 129 - Burma revisited: Life under a military coup, the role of grassroots groups & the potential for cryptocurrency
DO 128 - At Work in the Ruins with Dougald Hine, Ashley Colby, and Chris Smaje
DO 127 - Jane Psmith w/ Ashley and Donald
DO 126 - Local currencies, collaborative food production, and DAOs with Flávia Macêdo
DO 125 - A Global Network of Regenerative Villages with Dakotah of Cohere Network and Jason
DO 124 - Trout, Hippies and Cowboys with James and Nate
DO 123 - The Marketing and Distribution Side of Local and Regenerative Food Systems with Chris, Victor, and Jason
DO 122 - Midwest Agriculture with Jason Mauck, Zack Smith, and Nate
DO 121 - Tiny House Dreaming and Scheming with Frye, Butteryfur, and Patrick
DO 120 - Community, Family, and the Land with Paul d'Aoust, Alex Wagner, and Ioan Mitrea
DO 119 - Stories, Places & Feeling at Home in the World with Brendan, Jim, and Nate
DO 118 - Anarchism, Solar Punk, and Degrowth with Andrew
DO 117 - Experimental farming with Shane Simonsen, Simon Gooder, and Tres Crow
DO 166 - Black Homesteader
DO 115 - Permapeople with Simon Gooder and Jason Snyder
DO 114 - Energy, Emergence, and Adaptation with Matthew Pirkowski and Jason Snyder
DO 113 - Life Under Military Dictatorship with Josh and 'Romeo'
DO 112 - Anarchism and Complexity with Daniel Baryon, Glen Ganaway, and Jason Snyder
Episode 111 - Joe Norman and Scratchy Johnson
DO 110 - BridgeSpace Commons with Ioan, Josh, and Rich
DO 109 - Homestead Padre Joseph Smith w/ Ashley Colby
DO 108 - Homeschooling w/ Astrid Wilde, Lindsay Rainey, and Ashley Colby
DO 107 - The Last Farm and Gregory Landua w/ Jason Snyder
DO 106 - Hylo and Bioregional Organizing
DO 105 - PNW Crew
DO 104 - Microsolidary w/ Rich Bartlett, Steph Soussloff, Roscoe and Ashley Colby
DO 103 - Mary Harrington w/ Ashley Colby
DO 102 - Joey Keegin w/ Donald Antenen and James Pogue
DO 101 - Jared Janes w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
DO 100 - Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
DO 99 - Tom Ruby w/ Anarchocontrarian and Tres Crow
DO 98 - The Last Farm w/ Jason Snyder
DO 97 - Lyndsie Bourgon w/ James Pogue
DO 96 - Inez Stepman w/ Ashley Colby
DO 95 - Blake Smith w/ Donald Antenen and Ashley Colby
DO 94 - Zach on WI DO Camp w/ Patrick Fitzgerald
DO 93 - LM Sacasas w/ Ashley Colby
DO 92 - Phoebe Tickell w/ Jason Snyder and Nicholas McCay
DO 91 - John Robb w/ Ashley Colby and Brian Keith
DO 90 - Grandpa stories w/ Anarchocontrarian, Nathan Gates and Josh Kearns
DO 89 - Jon Askonas w/ Ashley Colby
DO 88 - Tornado Nate w/ Jason Snyder
DO 87 - Nora Bateson w/ Stephanie Lepp and Ashley Colby
DO 86 - Roxanne Ahern w/ Ashley Colby
DO 85 - Lafayette Lee w/ Ashley Colby
DO 84 - KMO w/ Steven Morris and Ben Lee
DO 83 - Panel on biophysical realities and cultural potentials
DO 82 - Jack Murphy w/ Tucker Max and Ashley Colby
DO 81 - Michael Thomas w/ Jason Snyder and Anarchocontrarian
DO 80 - Paul Wheaton w/ Tres Crow and Dave Aspiring Peasant
DO 79 - Richard Heinberg w/ Jason Snyder and Josh Kearns
DO 78 - Chris Arnade w/ Ashley Colby and Anarcho-contrarian
DO 77 - Texas Slim w/ Julie Frederickson
DO 76 - Carol Sanford w/ Glen Ganaway and Tres Crow
DO 75 - David Holmgren w/ Ashley Colby and Sam Sager
Episode 74 - Mr. Cooper w/ Ashley Colby and Willow Liana
Episode 73 - Chris Smaje and Sean Domencic w/ Ashley Colby and Nathan Gates
Episode 72 - Tres Crow w/ Dave, Aspiring Peasant
Episode 71 - Jeff Bilbro w/ Donald Antenen and Ashley Colby
Episode 70 - Ariel Greenwood and Jonathan Gay w/ Jason Snyder
Episode 69 - Malcolm Schluenderfritz w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 68 - Chris Mott w/ Josh Kearns and Ashley Colby
Episode 67 - Brendan Barnard w/ Ashley Colby and Peter Allen
DO 66 - Kev Aliti English Homestead
Episode 65 - Mash Tun Timmy and the Brewers w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 64 - Existential Risk roundtable
Episode 63 - Matt Berk w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 62 - Uncivilized Tom w/ Tres Crow
Episode 61 - Richard Flyer w/ Jason Snyder
Episode 60 - Hermitix x Doomer Optimism panel discussion on collapse and the good life
Episode 59 - Ilan Kelman w/ Donald Antenen and Ashley Colby
Episode 58 - Kairos w/ Jason Snyder
Episode 57 - Joe Brewer w/ Steven Morris and Jason Snyder
Episode 56 - Vivid Void and Big Buhddi w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 55 - Magdalena Urioste w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 54 - Ladi Jadi w/ Brooke Bowman and Ashley Colby
Episode 53 - Roland Gunn w/ Jason Snyder and Tres Crow
Episode 52 - John Dios w/ Ashley Colby and Willow Liana
Episode 51 - SaraDay Evans w/ Dr. Josh Kearns and Jason Snyder
Episode 50 - Panel w/ Kate Raworth, Nora Bateson, Joe Brewer, Daniel Christian Wahl, and Jason Snyder
Episode 49 - Stephanie Lepp w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 48 - Bosco and Ourania w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 47 - Simon Mostafa w/ Dr. Josh Kearns and Jason Snyder
Episode 46 - James Ellis w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 45 - Scott Johnson w/ Ashley Colby and Dr. Josh Kearns
Episode 44 - Magnus Popp w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 43 - Rich Bartlett w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 42 - James Pogue w/ Donald Antenen
Doomer Optimism x Future Fossils Cross-Over Event!
Episode 40 - Tiger Lily and Willow w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 39 - Empty America w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 38 - Peter Allen w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 37 - Chris Ellis and Brad Garrett w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 36 - Euvie Ivanova w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 35 - Brooke Bowman and Grin from This Part of Twitter (TPOT) w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 34 - Chuck Marohn w/ Anarcho- Contrarian and Kara Marshall
Episode 33 - Jordan Hall w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder
Episode 32 - Dr. Morris Berman w/ Ashley Colby and Patrick Fitzgerald
Episode 31 - Chelsey Norman and Willow Liana w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 30 - Nina Power w/ Ashley Colby
Episode 29 - David Cayley w/ Tara Theike and Donald Antenen
Episode 28 - Neal Spackman w/ Ashley Colby and Jason Synder
Episode 27 - William Wheelwright w/ Tres Crow
Episode 26 - Jeff McFadden w/ Jason Snyder and Dave, Aspring Peasant
Episode 25 - John Michael Greer w/ Ashley Colby, Jason Snyder, and Steven Morris
Episode 24 - Gregory Landua w/ Ashly Colby, Jason Snyder, and Josh Heling
Episode 23 - Sean Dixon-Sullivan with Tres Crow and Dr. Ashley Colby
Episode 22 - Visakan Veerasamy with Tres Crow and Dr. Jason Snyder
Episode 21 - Ali Katz w/ Dr. Ashley Colby and Steven Morris
Episode 20 - Vince Horn w/ Dr. Jason Snyder
Episode 19 - Josh Kearns w/ Dr. Jason Snyder and Dr. Ashley Colby
Episode 18 - Tara Theike w/ Dr. Ashley Colby and William Wheelwright
Episode 17 - Jordan Hall w/ Joe Norman and Josh Heling
Episode 16 - The end of Season 0 with Ashley, Jason, and Tres
Episode 15 - Ben Hunt
Episode 14 - William Wheelwright
Episode 13 - Parenting at the end of the future with Tom Ruby and Jeremy Spingath
Episode 12 - Maggie Samborski and Steven Morris
Episode 11 - Eli Whipple and James Risberg
Episode 10 - Tao Orion
Episode 9 - Speaker John Ash
Episode 8 - Ethan Charles Holmes
Episode 7 - The Drunkcast with Patrick Fitzgerald and Jason Snyder
Episode 6 - Ben Falk
Episode 5 - Anarcho-Contrarian
Episode 4 - Tucker Max and Joe Norman
Episode 3 - Julie Fredrickson & Chris Dancy
Doomer Optimism Strikes Back with Josh Heling