Latest Comedy Earth Sciences Podcast Episodes
Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time
Crazy Town - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsFrom the top of a skyscraper in Dubai, Jason, Rob, and Asher chug margaritas made from the purest Greenland glacier ice as they cover the "merits" of globalism. International trade brings so many things, like murder hornets, piles of plastic tchotchkes, and deadly supply chain disruptions. The o...
Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time
Crazy Town - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourFrom the top of a skyscraper in Dubai, Jason, Rob, and Asher chug margaritas made from the purest Greenland glacier ice as they cover the "merits" of globalism. International trade brings so many things, like murder hornets, piles of plastic tchotchkes, and deadly supply chain disruptions. The o...
Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History
Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourModern humans have a Stockholm Syndrome relationship to technology, which has kidnapped us while convincing us it has our best interests in mind. But when one looks back at the history of plastics or the current frenzy around AI, it isn't hard to see the insanity of doubling down on new technolo...
Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History
Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsModern humans have a Stockholm Syndrome relationship to technology, which has kidnapped us while convincing us it has our best interests in mind. But when one looks back at the history of plastics or the current frenzy around AI, it isn't hard to see the insanity of doubling down on new technolo...
Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse
Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsConsult your inner tortoise to find novel ways of slowing down and living the good life. In a world haunted by just-in-time delivery, hyperactive business, accelerating environmental calamities, and metric tons of stress, Jason, Rob, and Asher work at a fast and furious pace to savor the moments...
Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse
Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourConsult your inner tortoise to find novel ways of slowing down and living the good life. In a world haunted by just-in-time delivery, hyperactive business, accelerating environmental calamities, and metric tons of stress, Jason, Rob, and Asher work at a fast and furious pace to savor the moments...
Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity
Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourDid a whimsical 1960s TV sitcom presage climate migration and a reversal of urban growth? We're not calling for a Godzilla-esque teardown of cities, but climate change is forcing a serious urban rethink. Jason, Rob, and Asher offer visions of better infrastructure, policies, and culture that you...
Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity
Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsDid a whimsical 1960s TV sitcom presage climate migration and a reversal of urban growth? We're not calling for a Godzilla-esque teardown of cities, but climate change is forcing a serious urban rethink. Jason, Rob, and Asher offer visions of better infrastructure, policies, and culture that you...
Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion
Crazy Town - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsIf American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher ...
Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion
Crazy Town - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hourIf American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher ...
Escaping Industrialism: How to Avoid Pancakes on a Stick and Other "Miracles" of the Industrial Age
Crazy Town - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutesJason, Rob, and Asher take a tour of New Caledonia, California's Central Valley, Bhutan, and Cuba to uncover the ins and outs of industrialism, especially as it has been applied to agriculture. Along the way they riff on how the hell we can escape from an -ism that completely engulfs us. Warnin...
Escaping Industrialism: How to Avoid Pancakes on a Stick and Other "Miracles" of the Industrial Age
Crazy Town - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsJason, Rob, and Asher take a tour of New Caledonia, California's Central Valley, Bhutan, and Cuba to uncover the ins and outs of industrialism, especially as it has been applied to agriculture. Along the way they riff on how the hell we can escape from an -ism that completely engulfs us. Warnin...
Escape Routes: Let's Get the F**k out of Crazy Town
Crazy Town - March 13, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsEscape Routes! That's the theme of the sixth season of Crazy Town. We're exploring how to escape industrialism, consumerism, globalism, capitalism, and all the other -isms that are causing a polycrisis of environmental and social breakdown. Most of all, Jason, Rob, and Asher are looking to maint...
Escape Routes: Let's Get the F**k out of Crazy Town
Crazy Town - March 13, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutesEscape Routes! That's the theme of the sixth season of Crazy Town. We're exploring how to escape industrialism, consumerism, globalism, capitalism, and all the other -isms that are causing a polycrisis of environmental and social breakdown. Most of all, Jason, Rob, and Asher are looking to maint...
Crazy Town Season 6 Trailer
Crazy Town - March 06, 2024 22:00 - 1 minuteJoin us on March 13, 2024 for the launch of our sixth season, in which Jason, Rob, and Asher explore escape routes from industrialism, capitalism, consumerism, and a bunch of other "-isms" that are causing the polycrisis of environmental and social breakdown. Support the show
Crazy Town Season 6 Trailer
Crazy Town - March 06, 2024 22:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsJoin us on March 13, 2024 for the launch of our sixth season, in which Jason, Rob, and Asher explore escape routes from industrialism, capitalism, consumerism, and a bunch of other "-isms" that are causing the polycrisis of environmental and social breakdown. Support the show
Bonus: Grief and Making Connections with LaUra Schmidt
Crazy Town - February 15, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsLaUra Schmidt visits Crazy Town to discuss her work with the Good Grief Network and her book, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet. Along the way, she shares wisdom and insights on courage, taking meaningful action, terror manage...
Bonus: Grief and Making Connections with LaUra Schmidt
Crazy Town - February 15, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutesLaUra Schmidt visits Crazy Town to discuss her work with the Good Grief Network and her book, How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet. Along the way, she shares wisdom and insights on courage, taking meaningful action, terror manage...
Bonus: New Year's Dissolutions
Crazy Town - January 17, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutesAsher, Jason, and Rob reflect on 2023 – a year filled to the brim with Crazy Townisms like the COP climate conference being held in Dubai, an anti-aging nutbag who parasitizes his own son, and the hijinks of the world’s dumbest billionaires. After a few predictions (all with money-back guarantee...
Bonus: New Year's Dissolutions
Crazy Town - January 17, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsAsher, Jason, and Rob reflect on 2023 – a year filled to the brim with Crazy Townisms like the COP climate conference being held in Dubai, an anti-aging nutbag who parasitizes his own son, and the hijinks of the world’s dumbest billionaires. After a few predictions (all with money-back guarantee...
Bonus: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions
Crazy Town - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsThe most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to ...
Bonus: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions
Crazy Town - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hourThe most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to ...
Bonus: Bundyville and Stories that Need to Be Told with Leah Sottile
Crazy Town - November 15, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutesInvestigative journalist Leah Sottile writes articles teeming with insights, and she produces and hosts podcasts filled with ah-ha moments. Rob tries not to sound like too much of a fanboy as he interviews Leah about political extremism, environmentalism, and the craft of storytelling during the...
Bonus: Bundyville and Stories that Need to Be Told with Leah Sottile
Crazy Town - November 15, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsInvestigative journalist Leah Sottile writes articles teeming with insights, and she produces and hosts podcasts filled with ah-ha moments. Rob tries not to sound like too much of a fanboy as he interviews Leah about political extremism, environmentalism, and the craft of storytelling during the...
Bonus Riff: Infinite, Unlimited, Forever - Water in the Desert
Crazy Town - October 19, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsJust how much has the extractivist growth mindset come to dominate Phoenix and other cities in the desert Southwest of the United States? Prepare to turn your indignation meter up to 11 as Jason, Rob, and Asher consider desalination, pipelines, and the folly of pursuing infinite growth in a dry ...
Bonus Riff: Infinite, Unlimited, Forever - Water in the Desert
Crazy Town - October 19, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutesJust how much has the extractivist growth mindset come to dominate Phoenix and other cities in the desert Southwest of the United States? Prepare to turn your indignation meter up to 11 as Jason, Rob, and Asher consider desalination, pipelines, and the folly of pursuing infinite growth in a dry ...
Bonus: Holding the Fire - Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling
Crazy Town - October 16, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutesWe are pleased to share the new podcast from Post Carbon Institute, Holding the Fire. Award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail hosts in-depth interviews with leaders from around the world to uncover Indigenous ways of reckoning with environmental and societal breakdown. Support the show
Bonus: Holding the Fire - Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling
Crazy Town - October 16, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsWe are pleased to share the new podcast from Post Carbon Institute, Holding the Fire. Award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail hosts in-depth interviews with leaders from around the world to uncover Indigenous ways of reckoning with environmental and societal breakdown. Support the show
Bonus: Going Wild with Rae Wynn-Grant
Crazy Town - September 20, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratingsWildlife ecologist and communicator extraordinaire Rae Wynn-Grant visits Crazy Town to talk human-wildlife interactions, the social side of environmentalism, diversity and equity in the sciences, and ideas for young people (don't worry if you're older—the ideas apply to you, too). Rae is the hos...
Bonus: Going Wild with Rae Wynn-Grant
Crazy Town - September 20, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutesWildlife ecologist and communicator extraordinaire Rae Wynn-Grant visits Crazy Town to talk human-wildlife interactions, the social side of environmentalism, diversity and equity in the sciences, and ideas for young people (don't worry if you're older—the ideas apply to you, too). Rae is the hos...
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