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Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time

Crazy Town - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
From 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...

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Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time

Crazy Town - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
From 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...

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Sustainably Speaking: Unpacking U.S. Recycling | America’s Plastic Makers®

Sustainably Speaking - April 22, 2024 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratings
Are you curious about the recycling industry? Have you ever wondered how you can get involved? In this episode of Sustainably Speaking, Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership, shares advice for anyone who feels inspired to have a positive impact on the planet. Keefe also brings new dat...

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Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History

Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Modern 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...

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Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History

Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Modern 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...

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Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse

Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Consult 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...

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Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse

Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Consult 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...

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Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity

Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Did 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...

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Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity

Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Did 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...

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Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion

Crazy Town - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
If 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 ...

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Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion

Crazy Town - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
If 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 ...

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Sustainably Speaking: The Technology Creating Value from Used Plastic | America’s Plastic Makers®

Sustainably Speaking - March 25, 2024 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratings
Jeremy DeBenedictis is on a mission to change the future of recycling. Advanced recycling technologies, like those used at his company Alterra, have potential to fast-track recycling and keep more plastics in the circular economy.  Alterra’s disruptive technology breaks down hard-to-recycle pla...

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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 ratings
Jason, 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...

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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
Jason, 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...

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Escape Routes: Let's Get the F**k out of Crazy Town

Crazy Town - March 13, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Escape 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...

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Escape Routes: Let's Get the F**k out of Crazy Town

Crazy Town - March 13, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes
Escape 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...

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Crazy Town Season 6 Trailer

Crazy Town - March 06, 2024 22:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Join 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

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Crazy Town Season 6 Trailer

Crazy Town - March 06, 2024 22:00 - 1 minute
Join 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

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Sustainably Speaking: Why We Need to Study Microplastics | America’s Plastic Makers®

Sustainably Speaking - February 21, 2024 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratings
Microplastics are defined as plastic particles smaller than five millimeters. They are challenging to detect and can have primary or secondary origins. Studying the life cycles of plastics is crucial for reducing microplastics and allows the industry to develop more durable products and design i...

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Bonus: Grief and Making Connections with LaUra Schmidt

Crazy Town - February 15, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes
LaUra 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...

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Bonus: Grief and Making Connections with LaUra Schmidt

Crazy Town - February 15, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
LaUra 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...

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Sustainably Speaking: The Urgency of Now: Advocating for Plastics Recycling & Sustainability | America’s Plastic Makers®

Sustainably Speaking - January 29, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratings
In this episode of Sustainably Speaking, Ross Eisenberg, president of America's Plastic Makers® at the American Chemistry Council delves into his journey, sharing his experience advocating for circular and sustainable solutions and looking at priorities for this year and beyond. He also shines a ...

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Bonus: New Year's Dissolutions

Crazy Town - January 17, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutes
Asher, 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...

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Bonus: New Year's Dissolutions

Crazy Town - January 17, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Asher, 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...

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Bonus: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions

Crazy Town - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour
The 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 ...

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Bonus: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions

Crazy Town - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
The 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 ...

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Bonus: Bundyville and Stories that Need to Be Told with Leah Sottile

Crazy Town - November 15, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes
Investigative 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...

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Bonus: Bundyville and Stories that Need to Be Told with Leah Sottile

Crazy Town - November 15, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Investigative 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...

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Sustainably Speaking: Energy Efficient Building Innovations | America’s Plastic Makers®

Sustainably Speaking - November 13, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratings
In this episode of Sustainably Speaking, host Mia Quinn explores innovations in sustainable architecture with guests Heidi Kujawa and Jordan Goldman. Heidi, CEO of ByFusion, discusses their innovative approach to using plastic waste to create building materials, highlighting the need to reduce en...

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Bonus Riff: Infinite, Unlimited, Forever - Water in the Desert

Crazy Town - October 19, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes
Just 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 ...