Doomer Optimism

Jason interviewing @solarpunk_girl, with special guest host Nicholas McCay @espacewalk to talk about the future of web3 and regeneration   Nicholas McCay (@ESpacewalk) is a director, producer, and writer. He is also the creator of Eclectic Spacewalk, a hub for essays, podcasts, and video productions through the lenses of the “Overview Effect” and “Science & Technology Studies (STS).   Phoebe Tickell (@solarpunk_girl): Founder/Director @moral_imagining. Imagination Activist. Scientist, strategist, writer, activist in ecology   Jason Snyder @cognazor Metamodern localist | homesteading, permaculture, bioregional regeneration | meditation, self inquiry, embodied cognition | PhD from Michigan State University, faculty Appalachian State University.

Ashley and Brian ask John about network swarms, energy, technology, and what we can be optimistic about in the face of it all.     John Robb @johnrobb -- Tier 1 special ops. Pilot. Analyst. Author. Tech pioneer. He writes The Global Guerrillas Report -- predictive frameworks for making sense of the world at the intersection of war, technology, and politics. http://patreon.com/johnrobb johnrobb.substack.com   Brian Keith podcasts on mindset, systems,  and profit om Red Beard Radio. Get it at http://redbeard.am. He also interviews John Robb inside his Patreon each month. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/johnrobb.   Ashley Colby is an Environmental Sociologist who studied at Washington State University, the department that founded the subdiscipline. She's interested in and passionate about the myriad creative ways in which people are forming new social worlds in resistance to collapse. She's the founder of Rizoma Field School in Colonia Uruguay.

In this episode AC, TornadoNate and Josh do some irl nostalgia posting showing love for their home places and people, and telling stories about their grandpas.   Anarcho-contrarian @anarcontrarian is a nostalgia-poasting Twitter Anon who is passionate about the resiliency of rural places.   Nathan Gates @TornadoNate is a licensed psychotherapist and co-host of Altered States of Context, a podcast about psychedelics, science and psychotherapy. He also practices regenerative ranching and writes from his family's farm in rural west-central Illinois.   Dr. Josh Kearns @hillbillynarnia is a born-n-bred Appalachian and a native of West-By-God-Virginia and damn proud of it. He studied chemistry and environmental engineering at Clemson (BS), biogeochemistry at Berkeley (MS), and environmental engineering at CU-Boulder (PhD). He's spent years bumming around rural and remote communities in Thailand, Burma/Myanmar, India, Nepal, Ladakh, Sri Lanka, and Mexico, and generally tried to make himself useful while doing so. He's the Director of Science for Aqueous Solutions, and the Chief Technical Advisor for Caminos de Agua, grassroots water and health development organizations in Thailand and Mexico, respectively. He taught environmental engineering courses at NC State University for a couple of years before returning to his roots as a freelance renegade scientist and exponent of ecological transition engineering. He lives with his wife Rachael and all their critters on a small mountaintop homestead in southern Appalachia.

Ashley sits down with Jon Askonas to dive into his Compact Magazine article Why Conservatism Failed (https://compactmag.com/article/why-conservatism-failed). They discuss solutions to the problem of political or cultural 'team sports' including simply driving after the Good.    Jon Askonas @jonaskonas is a Fellow at the Center for the Study of Statesmanship at the Catholic University of America and a member of the Politics faculty.   Ashley Colby is an Environmental Sociologist who studied at Washington State University, the department that founded the subdiscipline. She's interested in and passionate about the myriad creative ways in which people are forming new social worlds in resistance to collapse. She's the founder of Rizoma Field School in Colonia Uruguay.

Jason speaks to Tornado Nate! They discuss doomer optimism, homesteading and rootedness, psychedelics, and being a hippie! Nathan Gates @TornadoNate is a licensed psychotherapist and co-host of Altered States of Context, a podcast about psychedelics, science and psychotherapy. He also practices regenerative ranching and writes from his family's farm in rural west-central Illinois. Jason Snyder @cognazor Metamodern localist | homesteading, permaculture, bioregional regeneration | meditation, self inquiry, embodied cognition | PhD from Michigan State University, faculty Appalachian State University.

Ashley and Stephanie Lepp sit down with Nore Bateson to discuss warm data, nursing mothers, balance bikes, and what all that has to do with the sustainable development goals (if anything!). Nora Bateson is a filmmaker, lecturer, author. Founder of #WarmData #PeopleNeedPeople #symmathesy #aphanipoiesis. Ecology & society reframing & shifting perception, complexity, and tenderness. Stephanie Lepp, producer and conceptual artist. I'm the outgoing Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology, and incoming Executive Director at the Institute for Cultural Evolutions. To get a feel for Stephanie's work, listen to her interviews on The Jim Rutt Show (jimruttshow.com/stephanie-lepp/) and KALW's Inflection Point (bit.ly/3jGcAEg). The best way to be in dialogue with Stephanie is to follow her on Twitter: @stephlepp Ashley Colby is an Environmental Sociologist who studied at Washington State University, the department that founded the subdiscipline. She's interested in and passionate about the myriad creative ways in which people are forming new social worlds in resistance to collapse. She's the founder of Rizoma Field School in Colonia Uruguay.

Ashley speaks with Roxanne about her new book (!!!), homesteading, her meet cute story with her husband, God, agency, and paw paws!   **please forgive the audio quality issues in this episode! Roxanne had to do this recording in a parking lot and Ashley's internet was spotty. Homestead life, sorry!    Roxanne Ahern is the author of Holistic Homesteading: A Guide to a Sustainable and Regenerative Lifestyle. She lives with her family of 7 on a homestead in the Ozarks where they grow food, raise animals, and homeschool. Follow along with Roxanne’s journey on Instagram @happyholistichomestead. Roxanne also acts as a consultant and a speaker on the topics of regenerative homesteading and gardening, permaculture, and holistic nutrition. Reach out to her at her website HappyHolisticHomestead.com.   Ashley Colby @rizomaschool is an Environmental Sociologist and co-founder of the Rizoma Field School in Uruguay.

Ashley and Lee discuss politics, Lee's IM1776 article "Country Party Reprise," localism, family, populism, and Werner Herzog's films.    Lafayette Lee @Partisan_O is an American writer and veteran. See his writing here: https://im1776.com/author/lafayette-lee/   Ashley Colby @rizomaschool is an Environmental Sociologist and co-founder of the Rizoma Field School in Uruguay.

KMO was probably the original doomer podcast host starting in the mid 2000s with his C-Realm Podcast. He interviewed many of the names we recognize now. JMG, James Howard Kunstler, Dmitry Orlov, and others. Listen in as hosts Steven and Ben follow KMO on his journey from Doomer to Optimist and his new podcast Padverb.   KMO is the host and producer of the C-Realm Podcast, a cartoonist and author of the book ‘Conversations on Collapse.’ His full bio and links are here https://gebb.io/about-kmo-new/ The Padverb podcast with KMO https://en.padverb.com/s/padverb_podcast  Ben @bennirubber grew up in upstate NY, got a bachelors in psychology from Wells College and works with the developmentally disabled in Auburn, NY. He got into learning about soil health and regenerative agriculture from David Montgomery’s books, a geomorpholigist in the interest of addressing climate change. Read more about the history of colonialism as it relates to ecological “changes in the land” (William Cronon) and indigenous cultures of North America (Shepherd Krech III).  Ben grew heavily interested in peak oil and the collapse of civilization from “overshoot” (William Catton) and found KMO’s C-Realm podcast at about the same time. After Covid settled down and growing nauseous toward any mindset that prescribed controlling the behavior of others, Ben settled into the collapse agnostic mindset but tried to do as much gardening around regular work and family life.   Steven Morris started his journey into then unnamed realm of Doomer Optimism in 2011 when, during the time of a divorce, he stumbled upon 3 of the many early doomer optimist voices: Chris Martenson's Crash Course, John Michael Greer's blog The Archdruid Report, and KMO's C-Realm podcast. These 3 identified the many issues of decline in the world that he could sense but didn't have words for. At the same time they all provided positive possibilities for the future. Steven considers himself an amateur Renaissance Man and Polymath of sorts with a wide variety of interests including: appropriate use of technology, regenerative systems, explorations in consciousness, alternative (sometimes called complementary) currency systems, computer technology, and complex systems. He has worked on multiple award winning independent films, managed warehouse logistics for a small business, run a college radio station and lead ecstatic dance workshops. He is a trained Host for Nora Bateson's People Need People gatherings and recently completed work as video editor for the Commons Engine on their newly released Currency Design for Social Change master class on Udemy. Steven is committed to supporting people find their way through the rapidly changing chaos, especially those who don’t see themselves as homesteaders.

Jason moderates this panel on the topic of biophysical realities and cultural potentials.   Greg Cassel @gregsc1 of @neighbour_hoods community open source #p2p inclusive organizing / protocols not platforms; communication not control/ #permaculture #madhyamika #panentheism    Ellie at Common Action @sellieyoung making climate cool again. move fast and fix things. get your CA orb: https://ca.refiorb.com join us in Slack: http://tinyurl.com/42dnwub6   Nathan @tornadonate is a licensed psychotherapist and co-host of Altered States of Context, a podcast about psychedelics, science and psychotherapy. He also practices regenerative ranching and writes from his family's farm in rural west-central Illinois.   Richard Flyer @Richard_Flyer Fall 2022 Launching Symbiotic Culture Lab. From Symbiosis -- Intentional Mutual Benefit at all scales. Global Commonwealth of Bioregional Economies.   Jason Snyder @cognazor Metamodern localist | homesteading, permaculture, bioregional regeneration | meditation, self inquiry, embodied cognition | PhD from Michigan State University, faculty Appalachian State University.