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IAIN MCGILCHRIST: Our “wretchedness” is a left-brain issue
Dr Iain McGilchrist (neuroscientist, psychiatrist, polymath, author of The Master and His Emissary) devised a thesis that sets out how the two sides of our brains can affect the way we both interact and create the world. The left hemisphere
COREY BRADSHAW: Are humans going extinct? (And how soon?)
Professor Corey Bradshaw (global ecologist; author) has spent a career studying species populations and biodiversity loss and has the starkest of messages for humanity: we are in our own mass extinction event. Debate rages as to whether hum
AMA: How do I explain collapse to someone?*
*(and that the wars, climate disasters, democratic upheavals etc today are VERY different to crises in the past)? This episode’s question has been asked by too many of you to mention. Many of us have been in situations where we try to talk
NICK BRYANT: What has happened to America?
Dr Nick Bryant (BBC Washington correspondent, author) has spent most of his career covering the events that many of us see as spelling the decline of the US, a once-great nation – the school shootings, Trump presidency, Roe v Wade, storming
CLIVE HAMILTON: CONTENTIOUS CLIMATE COLLAPSE TRUTH - how the “Electrify Everything” message + private schools could be our downfall if we don’t change course
Professor Clive Hamilton (public ethicist; climate activist; founder of the Australia Institute) has led the emissions reduction conversation for decades. But he - controversially - has recently switched tack, arguing that climate mitigatio
COLLAPSE SERIES: Jonathon Rowson - Welcome to the “metacrisis”. Now what?
Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, tec
COLLAPSE SERIES: Olivia Lazard - The big fat renewable energy blindspot NO ONE wants to talk about
Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, tec
COLLAPSE SERIES: Nate Hagens - On the “Great Simplification”
Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, tec
COLLAPSE SERIES: Margaret Wheatley - An episode on civilization collapse (warning: truly confronting)
Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, tec
COLLAPSE SERIES: Gaya Herrington - Complete global collapse by 2040? The prediction is “right on track”
Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, tec
JEM BENDELL: Oh gosh! Finding beauty in a collapsing world.
Jem Bendell (collapse “poster kid”, academic) wrote the paper that launched the “Deep Adaptation” movement and spawned Extinction Rebellion. That was in 2018. The paper argued that societal collapse was unavoidable and would happen in our l
JEAN TWENGE: Do millennials and Gen Z have it harder?
Jean Twenge (psychologist; professor at San Diego State University) is regarded as the world expert on “generations”. She famously described millennials as “Generation Me” (also the name of her 2006 book (https://amzn.to/3xEAASF)) and first
AMA: How do I parent in the face of so much existential crisis?
This week I asked fellow substacker Anya Kamenetz (https://thegoldenhour.substack.com/) to help me answer the above question. Anya is a parent and climate activist, a former NPR journalist and she has written five books (https://amzn.to/3RR
GREG LUKIANOFF: Cancel culture – the *non-hysterical* reason why we should be very worried
Greg Lukianoff (New York Times best-selling author, attorney) co-wrote the blockbuster The Coddling of the American Mind (https://amzn.to/4bo71SR), which argued we were failing young people by rendering them fragile victims. Then, 10 days a
JENNY ODELL: How to *not* save time (and *creatively* reject the productive, growth imperative!)
Jenny Odell (NYT bestseller, artist) wrote a bestselling book five years ago that Barack Obama declared one of his “books of the year”. “How to Do Nothing (https://amzn.to/3RID9cT)” stuck two fingers up to the productivity industry. Jenny f
AMA: Sarah, what's your take on dating apps?
OK, this week is a kind of personal and also sociological muse-fest (from someone who's been on ALL the apps since shortly after the last ice age). I cover how I first went on the apps in 2010 (and share what I wrote about it at the time),
FRANK OSTASESKI: How to live fully when it feels like so much is dying
Frank Ostaseski (Buddhist; end-of-life teacher; elder) helps people die best. He has accompanied over 1,000 people through the dying process and trained thousands of healthcare clinicians and family caregivers around the world. He was also
AMA: BONUS menopause questions answered, plus my BIG announcement
I need to give everyone here a bunch of updates…Plus, the BONUS video episode I promised with Dr Louise Newson is now live. Louise answers your questions about libido, whether to take HRT, how to manage menopause when you have Hashimotos et
DR LOUISE NEWSON: A wild chat about menopause
Dr Louise Newson (British GP; hormone specialist) is regarded as the “medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution”. For two decades women have been denied treatment for a debilitating condition that affects more than half the population,
AMA: What is the best gear to pack for a minimalist camping trip?
Today’s question is one I always love answering…what do I stuff into my backpack, and what backpack do I actually use (ditto hiking shoes, tent, gear etc)? I do a show and tell for this one, so the video version over at Substack (https://sa
PARAG KHANNA: Where should we move to as climate collapses?
Parag Khanna (climate migration expert; AI founder) is a global strategist who forecasts human movement around the world and has a company, Climate Alpha (https://alphageo.ai/), that predicts real estate values based on exposure to climate
AMA: What is hypergamy? And explain why older women are dating younger men
In today’s AMA, I cover an intriguing phenomenon in male-female dynamics playing out in the dark, twisted underworld that is dating culture - hypergamy. The phenomenon that has existed for eons whereby women date/marry “up” in educational s
OLIVIA LAZARD: The big fat renewable energy blindspot NO ONE wants to talk about
Olivia Lazard (peace mediator; rare minerals expert) exposes missing chunks in the “green” energy transition that many of us assume to be the “fix” to the climate crisis. Via her work as a fellow at Carnegie Europe (https://carnegieendowmen
AMA: Is it doomist to talk about civilisational collapse?
A cracking Ask Me Anything question this week that gives us a chance to talk about crazy-making tech bros and their antics. My answer sees me dive into p(doom) numbers, Freud, techno-optimistic manifestos and fertility collapse. Fun! Join t
KATE RAWORTH: Doughnut economics as the antidote to “death by growth”
Kate Raworth (“renegade” economist; inventor of the “doughnut” systems model) has one of the most dynamic and controversial theories for “fixing” or adjusting to the planetary mess we’re in. Back in 2017 she released her book Doughnut Econo
AMA: How do you manage information overload PLUS should white women activists get out of the arena?
On today's AMA, I share my hacks and my “mindset” for sifting through, retaining and managing all the data inflow (amino supplements, tilting, biting off more than I can chew as a tactic and advice gleaned from systems thinkers). And I wade
JOHANN HARI: Is Ozempic a miracle drug or something darker?
Johann Hari (bestselling author Stolen Focus and Lost Connections) has written another system-rattling book, this time about the new weight loss drugs that everyone is both talking about AND not talking about. I’ve been wanting a wild mind
AMA: How do you plan your life financially in a collapsing world? Do you bother?
As we become aware of climate collapse and its ripple effect on the financial and energy systems, and as houses become uninsurable and fossil fuel markets get wobbly, do things like investing, mortgages, and retirement savings become moot?
ANNABEL ABBS: The subversive, creative upside of insomnia (oh joy!)
Annabel Abbs (English novelist; author of Sleepless) was crippled with insomnia. Rather than fight it she looked for its productive plus side and discovered that many incredible creatives have needed to stay awake to access their best selve
The “Uncles” climate case that could change EVERYTHING
Isabelle Reinecke (founder Grata Fund) is leading a super exciting landmark legal case that could force the Australian Government to actually stick to its climate commitments and stop approving fossil fuel projects immediately. By as early
