99: Unless Someone Like You Cares a Whole Awful Lot
Who can we count on to make the dramatic changes needed in a civilization in ecological overshoot? Will it have to be the leaders of tomorro...
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98: In Memory of Richard Heinberg 1950 – 2026
Brilliant journalist and educator Richard Heinberg passed away July 19 from pancreatic cancer. In his honor we're sharing my last conversati...
97: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Ehrlich
Continuing our tribute to the late Paul Ehrlich, we discuss the critiques and praise that followed news of his passing, and we share a VERY...
96: Paul Ehrlich (1932-2026): Behaving Against Our Interests
We lost scientific and environmental icon Paul Ehlich on March 13. We're honoring his memory by revisiting Dave Gardner's first interview wi...
95: Technology – Fast and Furious Into Overshoot
The academy awarding the Nobel Prize in Economics is still drinking pro-growth Kool-Aid, while spiritual leader Acharya Prashant is serving...
94: Reporting on Population – Sense and Nonsense
Population growth is making headlines for the wrong reason or with a biased perspective. It's too easy to draw erroneous conclusions about d...
93: Ezra Klein's Abundance Delusion
Just say "NO." Some approaches to "abundance" are healthy, but one brand of abundance that's been capturing the cultural moment lately is a...
92: Economic Wisdom from the Natural World – The Serviceberry
In this trial run for the "GrowthBusters Book Club," we discuss The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World - by Robin...
91: Growth Addiction and Water in the American Southwest – with Gary Wockner
Prolific river protector Gary Wockner gives us the straight scoop on the state of the Colorado River (and others), and the growth obsession...
90: Degrowth – by Design or Disaster
Learn about a new think tank that's doing some of the most important thinking on the planet. Matt Orsagh is co-founder of the Arketa Institu...
89: Bezos - We're Going to Need Another Planet
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos thinks the U.S. can grow its way out of a massive deficit. He says we need a "growth mindset." Stephanie and D...
88: Shutdown315: Start Post-Growth Living Saturday
Unplug from an overshoot economy serving a growth-obsessed oligarchy. On March 15, the multitudes will begin a general strike across the U.S...
87: The Shit Hits the Fan
In the face of accelerated global warming and increasingly severe consequences of climate disruption, UN projections are outdated and unders...
86: Projecting Optimism in the Time of Overshoot
Is optimism required in order to alert folks to our ecological overshoot emergency? Dave and Stephanie discuss the challenge of communicatin...
85: Election 2024 – Stephanie Attempts to Talk Dave Off the Ledge
Dave and Stephanie dig into what caused voters to ignore Donald Trump's felony convictions, indecency, incompetence, narcissism, and dishone...
84: Strong Economy Begins With Shrinking Workforce
A new study debunks depopulation panic. For decades economists have perpetuated the false narrative, "If population growth reverses and begi...
83: We Roasted Elon Musk, Raising the Curiosity of Thousands
We made it VERY clear that Musk's worries about population collapse are ill-founded, and that attracted thousands more listeners than usual...
82: Governor Whitmer Unveils Ponzi Population Policy
The Michigan Governor is apparently unaware that the world, the U.S. and even Michigan are overpopulated. Michigan population has been growi...
81 Overpopulation Think Tank – Part 2
Are many vegans self-righteous, overbearing and insufferable in their efforts to recruit us? Would you believe "overpopulation" is still a t...
80 How Do We Get Out of This Mess? University Students Brainstorm
Students in a DU ecological economics class discuss their biggest concerns and how our society might overcome them. Overshoot, polarization,...