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When, How, & Why Complex Societies Collapse - Joseph Tainter | #64
Collapse is in the air...but what exactly does it mean, what causes it, and what can we learn from history? Collapsology legend Joseph Tainter breaks it…
Feb 12
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Jesse Damiani
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Criticizing the Democratic Party, Resisting ICE & Fascism, Lessons from Minneapolis, the 'Wrong Kind of Muslim' & More - Qasim Rashid …
When "your side" is the "lesser of two evils," are you supposed to just keep your mouth shut—even as their actions put you in more danger? Today's…
Feb 9
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Jesse Damiani
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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"We All Know What We're Fighting Against, but There's a Deafening Silence Every Time we Ask What We're Fighting for"—On Hannah Arendt …
Hannah Arendt's ideas are more prescient than ever. In today's conversation, I sit down with the Founder of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College to…
Feb 3
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Jesse Damiani
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January 2026
From 'Prepper' to 'Resilient Citizen' - Chris Ellis | #62
The emerging world is volatile, uncertain, chaotic, & ambiguous. We weather it by investing in resilient mindsets & strong communities; on the 'promise…
Jan 28
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Jesse Damiani
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Dr. Chris Ellis
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1:59:41
We Must Decarbonize...but How? On Methods, Challenges, & the 'Physics of Capitalism' - Erald Kolasi | Rapid Response #18
It's imperative that we end our addiction to fossil fuels, but in order to truly decarbonize we'll need to face the thorny challenges standing in our…
Jan 26
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Jesse Damiani
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Erald Kolasi
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1:14:21
Should the Left Embrace Gun Ownership? I'm Worried by What I'm Seeing
The growing lefty 2A movement is promoting a narrative that is likely ineffective and certainly dangerous. Raw thoughts as I work it through.
Jan 25
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Jesse Damiani
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How Does AI Actually Work, & How is it Changing Our World? On 'Understanding AI' - Timothy B. Lee | #61
Amid the AI hype-doom binary, there's a lot of noise. The best thing you can do in these cases is find the voices who make sense of complexity. Timothy…
Jan 22
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Jesse Damiani
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A Giant Billionaire Tick in the Skies Over Davos: 'SUCK' in AR
Explaining the augmented reality intervention at WEF by Nancy Baker Cahill & me. (For some reason, media won't touch it.)
Jan 20
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Jesse Damiani
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Nancy Baker Cahill
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Americans: You Need to Understand How Catastrophic an Invasion of Greenland Would Be—For YOU
What happens to Americans if the U.S. seizes Greenland? Let's get into it. (It's bad).
Jan 18
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Jesse Damiani
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Why Everyone is Posting Photos from 2016: On Nostalgiamaxxing & The Great Weirding
Analyzing the undercurrents animating the popularity of the "reliving 2016" trend.
Jan 17
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Jesse Damiani
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Capitalism Doesn't Value Nature Because It Can't—Understanding 'Free Gifts' - Alyssa Battistoni | #61
In order to understand why capitalism is failing us & driving us toward ecological collapse, you need to understand a key failure in its logic. Prof…
Jan 14
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Jesse Damiani
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Rewiring the Global Economy, AI, the Cringiness of Big Tech Oligarchs, MMT, Stablecoins, & 'Releisure' - Brett Scott | Rapid Response #17
Global capitalism controls our daily lives—what do we need to understand about it in order to change it? Leading financial activist Brett Scott breaks…
Jan 12
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Jesse Damiani
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Brett Scott
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