145 episodes
Breaking Down: Collapse Kory & Kellan
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4.7 • 21 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
Fantastic podcast
I’m binging this podcast at the moment currently on EP.27. It’s really…enlightening and pretty much everything you guys talk about just seems so obvious and I wonder how i was so oblivious to the trajectory we are on. But I think everyone knows or has a feeling to some extent that our society is so fragile and already cracked. I recommend this podcast to everyone I know and the typical response is that although they get it and don’t think I’m directing them to conspiracy theories, they still shun any conversation about it as it’s ‘depressing’. Keep spreading the word guys. I’m amazed your show isn’t more popular but I guess not everyone wants to listen. Ignorance is bliss-my key takeaway from the podcast so far, and the response I get when recommending your show. 10/10-also the amount of effort that goes into each episode is spectacular. I take my hat off to you both.
Should be compulsory listening for politicians
Great podcast, great guests, great insights. Should be compulsory listening for all the politicians and economists who can only see calm seas, clear skies and endless economic growth ahead. Our leaders don't have our backs and each of us should be making our own preparations for collapse. My small contribution is to reinvent the plant based anaesthetics used in ancient and medieval times in preparation for when the supply chains for petrochemicals break down.
A bit of clarity on a controversial subject
Even if you disagree with the idea of collapse, this is a well researched podcast with much to say about how the way modern society operates is bad for the world and just as bad for us. The calm and reasonable presentation only makes their conclusions feel all the more horrifying.
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