145 episodes
Breaking Down: Collapse Kory & Kellan
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 262 Ratings
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Apprehensive about the future? Like many, you likely have a gut feeling that things aren't quite right, but haven’t been able to place your finger on why. That feeling only grows with the increasing political tensions, economic uncertainty, natural disasters, and supply chain disruptions. What do all these challenges mean? And what will be the result of society’s current trajectory? “Breaking Down: Collapse” takes the complex concepts surrounding the ultimate collapse of modern industrial society and simplifies them so they’re easier to learn. The compelling evidence for our inevitable decline is introduced by collapse-aware Kory to his good friend, Kellan, who probably doesn’t realize what he signed up for! Skeptical? Gear up for a paradigm shift!
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Episode 1: Introducing Collapse
What is collapse? This episode introduces the topic of the podcast, establishing a foundation for the conversation moving forward.
Is it a conspiracy? Is it a certainity, or are we talking about a one-off chance? Will it happen during our life time? These questions and more answered in this episode.
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Episode 2: Complex Society
The complex state of our society makes us especially vulnerable to collapse. As a result of building this system, we each rely on it to keep us alive and have therefore lost our independence.
In this episode we answer the question of what it means to be complex, and why it is so dangerous.
Timeline of Human Technological Advancement
What Makes a Society Complex?
Diminishing Returns of Technological Advancement
EMP Report (EMP Commission)
Coronavirus and the Supply Chain
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Episode 3: The Energy Crisis
Energy fuels our lives. So why have we risked so much by devouring energy that can't be replaced and is unsustainable? Every wildfire hits a peak where it burns at maximum heat and covers the largest area, before it dies down due to insufficient fuel sources. Our society, also at its peak, must eventually face the same decline.
Learn More:
Energy Slave - Comic
Energy Slaves
A Short History of Energy
Energy and Human Evolution
What is Oil Used For?
Jevon's Paradox
Why Renewables Can't Save the Planet
EROEI
Peak Oil
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Episode 4: Overshoot & Limits to Growth
In this episode we discuss the concept of overshoot, and the consequences it has on society and our ecosystem. We also discuss the book Limits to Growth, which is based around computer modeling done at MIT to discover the fate of our society in the next 50 years.
Learn More:
Limits to Growth PDF
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Episode 5: Catabolic Collapse
In this episode we discuss one of the mechanisms by which societal collapse happens over time, and what it looks like for every-day people.
Sources:
How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse - John Michael Greer
Dark Age America - John Michael Greer
GDP Growth
Infrastructure Report Card
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Episode 6: The Financial System
The massive social experiment that is our financial system is truly understood by few. This episode details how we are practically victims of history's largest Ponzi scheme. How long will the con last?
Learn More:
The Crash Course (Full Course)
The Crash Course (Short Version)
Fractional Reserve Banking
How does the Federal Reserve create money?
Money in Circulation
US Debt Clock
Zimbabwe Hyperinflation
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Customer Reviews
Eastern Religion - Buddhism
Guys, I would send you an email but I can't find an address. Your episode on Eastern Religion where Kellen discussed Buddhism was a very good synopsis.
A few tips to clear up some of the points:
The First Noble Truth is the statement that suffering exists in the world, not that life is suffering. Each of the truths has 3 aspects that need to be penetrated to or fully experienced. Thus, we have to feel the experience of suffering. The third truth, the cessation of suffering, directs us to experience the end of suffering, which is possible. Once we get intimate with what suffering feels like and how we create it we can also have the experience of not suffering.
Cory asked what happens when you achieve enlightenment: no, you don't disappear, you cease to suffer.
Karma can be simply understood as cause-and-effect. This causes that.
With metta,
Brad Meiklejohn
Eagle River, Alaska
I’m stupider for having listened to this.
Wow
Good podcast for a primer
This podcast covers a wide range of subjects regarding the dire issues facing our planet and people. The coverage is informative at a basic level, but you can listen to the entire series and not get your ankles wet. This is problematic because the gravity of the message (extraordinary claims) requires a deeper and more substantiated discussion (extraordinary evidence). I recommend that folks go to a library and read books by experts, or if you must do podcasts, try Nate Hagens’ “the great simplification”. He’s an expert, interviews experts, and isn’t monetizing his project.