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KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere" and "The Long Emergency," takes on suburban sprawl, disposable architecture and the end of the cheap oil era each week with program host Duncan Crary.
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KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 276 "Christopher Cornelius"
“Christopher Cornelius” is the nom de guerre of a black American international humanitarian aid worker who has put years of service in some of the world’s most…
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#275 Arthur E. Berman is a petroleum geologist with 37 years of oil and gas industry experience. He is an expert on U.S. shale plays and is currently…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 274
Bill Kauffman is a founder and contributor to the Front Porch Republic website. He’s also the author of Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette; Ain’t My America…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 273
Charles Marohn is the Founder and President of Strong Towns (Strongtowns.org), a non-profit advocacy organization focused on the financial predicament local…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 272
A Conversation with Chris Martenson and Adam Taggart, authors of Prosper!: How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting. Both Chris and…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 271
A conversation with Gail Tverberg of OurFiniteWorld.com. Gail Tverberg is an analyst who has been researching the connection between oil limits and the economy…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 270 - Dave Collum
David Collum is the Betty R. Miller Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. His technical expertise is…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 269
Also known as Steve From Virginia, this week’s guest has a unique take on the nexus of energy, capital, and the destiny of industrial civilization. Steve…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 268
Catherine Ingram is the author of In the Footsteps of Gandhi, Passionate Presence, and A Crack in Everything. Since 1993 she has internationally led public…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlercast 267 - The Liminalist
#267 Conversation with Jasun Horsley of the Liminalist podcast and the Auticulture.com blog. A self-described high-functioning Asberger personality, Jason…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 266 - Yakking with Clark Strand
#266 Conversation with Clark Strand, author of Waking Up to the Dark - Ancient Wisdom for a Sleepless Age. A former Buddhist monk, Clark Strand poses the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 265 --Yakking With Futurist Eric Garland
#265 — Futurist, Strategic Analyst, podcaster and rock and roll musician Eric Garland, taking with JHK from the troubled heartland city of St. Louis, Mo. Among…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 264 -- JHK Yaks with Allen Crawford
Conversation with an aesthete. Graphic designer, blogger, dandy, and artist Allen Crawford (a.k.a. “Lord Whimsey”) yaks with JHK about the state of male…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 263
#263 — Cultural historian, social critic and author Morris Berman yaks with JHK about his new book, Neurotic Beauty: An Outsider Looks at Japan, and a lot of…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 262
John Michael Greer is a prolific author of novels and non-fiction books about the collapse of industrial civilization. He has a particularly long view of the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 261
Join me and Chris Martenson on a journey through the swamps of financial lingo so we might all develop a clearer notion of all that jargon we hear and read…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 260
#260 — Independent petroleum geologist Arthur Berman says of the shale oil and shale gas scene: “What we’re reading in the newspapers everyday is completely…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 259 -- An Empire of Mud
JHK Gets a new microphone and chats with J.D. Dickey author of “Empire of Mud — the Secret History of Washington, DC. For decades during the 19th century, the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 258 -- Yakking with David Collum
JFK in free-ranging conversation with David Collum, who calls himself “the Paris Hilton of financial commentary.” Dave is also the distinguished Betty R Miller…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast_257 -- Piero SanGiorgio
JFK shoots the breeze with Piero SanGiorgio, author of Survive the Coming Economic Collapse, a practical guide. The book was originally published in France and…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 256 -- John Michael Greer
JHK’s conversation with the excellent John Michael Greer, author and blogger about where we are now on the arc of collapse and what the mood of the culture is…
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#255 – JHK yaks with Lynn Vannucci of Water Street Press (www.Waterstreetpressbooks.com) about the new model of book publishing in the digital age. Lynn has…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 254 -- A Chat About Dubai with Douglas Kelbaugh
JHK chats with Douglas Kelbaugh of the University of Michigan School of Architecture about Dubai, where JHK recently made a brief sojourn. Doug Kelbaugh was…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 253
Alice Friedemann insists she is not an academic, but publishes on a wide variety of contemporary scientific issues bearing on the fate of industrial…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 252
JHK’s conversation with KMO of the C-Realm Podcast. KMO, who goes by that tag for his public persona, is one of the best interviewers in the podcast world…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 251 -- Yaking About Energy With Chris Nelder
JHK yaks with independent energy analyst and author Chris Nelder about the fine points of making an energy transition (or not) from the current economy into…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 250
JHK and Charles Hugh Smith, author and blogger at OfTwoMinds.com, yak about the Deep State, our favorite new word for what used be be known as the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 249 -- Chatting with Steve Ludlum of Economic-undertow.com
#249 -- JHK chats with Steve Ludlum of the Economic-Undertow.com blog about the contemporary economy as a waste engine. We venture into dark and distant…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 248 -- JHK at the Farmers' Market
It's harvest time. The frost is on the pumpkin. JHK visits the Farmers Market in Cambridge, NY, and chats with the farmers (and sundry other interesting…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 247 -- JHK Yaks with New Urbanist Andres Duany
#247 -- Celebrating the 20thth anniversary of the publication of The Geography of Nowhere (and release for the first time of an E-book edition), JHK yaks with…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 246 -- JHK interviews Eric Zencey
JHK interviews Eric Zency, author of The Other Road to Serfdom and the Path to Sustainable Development. He is deeply knowledgable about the issues that the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 245 -- Sailing America's Inland Waterways
JHK chats with tugboat fleet owner Rob Goldman about the revival and future of shipping on America's inland waterways. Rob's company, NYS Marine Highway runs…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 244 -- JHK Interviews Michael Klare, author of The Race for What's Left
JHK interviews Michael Klare, author or The Race For What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources. Michael is also the author of Resource…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 243 -- Summer Break Special -- A Trip to the County Fair
#243 -- Summer Break Special -- JHK and his friend Richie drop in on the Washington County (NY) fair for an extravaganza of cows, oxen, weird fried food, scary…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 242 -- JHK Talks with John Norquist of the CNU
#242 --JHK talks with John Norquist, director of the Congress for the New Urbanism and four-term mayor of Milwaukee Wisconsin, about the state of the American…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 241 -- Snake Oil: Richard Heinberg on the Great Shale Snooker
#240 -- JHK yaks with Richard Heinberg about his new book, Snake Oil: How Fracking's False Promises of Plenty Imperils Our Future. Richard is also the author…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlercast #240-- Nobody Knows What God Looks Like
# 240 -- JHK interviews David Orr, the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Politics at Oberlin College, in Oberlin, Ohio. David is…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast # 239 -- Charlie Hall on Reality-Based Economics
#239-- JHK shoots the breeze with Charlie Hall, distinguished professor emeritus at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, NY --…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 238 -- JHK flying solo this week# 238 -- JHK yaks solo this week following another surgical adventure -- neck bones this time -- with spotlight on the George Zimmerman verdict, the rumors of Larry Summers as next Federal Reserve Chair, $106 o
# 238 -- JHK yaks solo this week following another surgical adventure -- neck bones this time -- with spotlight on the George Zimmerman verdict, the rumors of…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast#237 -- The Trophic Conundrum. Chatting with Brian Czech about the paradox of economic growth
JHK talks with Brian Czech, founder of The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy and author of the new book Supply Shock: Economic Growth at…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 236 -- Talking with Farming Activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming
#236 -- JHK talks with Severine von Tscharner Fleming, 30, a next ten agricultural activist, founder of Greenhorns and the National Young Farmers' Coalition…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 235 -- Talking to petroleum geologist Jeffrey Brown
#235 -- JHK talks with Texas petroleum geologist Jeffrey Brown about the global oil export-import scene, the shale oil situation, and the public's…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 234 -- George Mobus and Biophysical Economics
#234 -- JHK jaws with George Mobus, systems scientist from the University of Washington, Tacoma. George is a member of the Biophysical Economics group -- not…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 233 -- A Conversation with Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog
#233 -- JHK chats with Jim Quinn, author of The Burning Platform dot com. Jim Quinn spent most of his career as a financial executive in the corporate world…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 232 -- New Urbanism Special
New Urbanism Special. JHK chats with Andres Duany, a founding board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism about a new book (with a chapter by JHK) taking…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 231 -- Conversation with Tad Padzek of the University of Texas
JHK in conversation with Tad Patzek, chair of the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at the University of Texas. I'm twanging on the oil subject…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast #230 -- A Conversation with Charles Hugh Smith
#230 -- JHK chats with Charles Hugh Smith of the blog Of Two Minds.com. Charles is also the author of many books, most lately "Why Things Are Falling Apart --…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 229 -- Yakking With Dave Collum
JHK shoots the breeze with David Collum, the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, who has become a regular and valued presence on the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 228 -- Talking Shale Oil and Gas with Arthur Berman
JHK talks with geologist and independent oil-and-gas analyst Arthur Berman of Houston Texas -- emphasis on independent. Art brings clarity to the muddle…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast #227
JHK chats with blogger Steve Ludlum of Economic Undertow dot com -- a favorite recent discovery. We touch on issues of energy, economy, and culture. The new…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 226 --Chatting With Hayes Martin
#226 -- JHK chats with strategic quantitative analyst Hayes Martin about what's doing in financial markets and money matters… in what is proving to be a…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 225 - The Vermont Sail Freight Project
JHK talks with Erik Andrus of the Vermont Sail Freight Project. They are building a boat dedicated to shipping Vermont farm products to New York City and other…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 224 -- Bill Powers on Shale Oil
# 224 -- JHK chats with independent energy analyst Bill Powers, author of the forthcoming book "Cold, Hungry, and in the Dark" about the American shale gas…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 223 - Rapping with Dmitry Orlov
#223 -- JHK raps with Dmitry Orlov, author of "Reinventing Collapse" and the forthcoming new book, "The Five Stages of Collapse." We delve into some heretofore…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 222 - April 1 Special
April 1 Special: The story of the Stones, by Samuel Beckett, featuring JHK. The new KunstlerCast music is called “Adam and Ali’s Waltz” from the new recording…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 221 -- Real Abundance
JHK chats with Ben Hewitt writer / farmer of Cabot, Vermont, Author of The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food and the…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast #220: A House Divided
JHK speaks with Rob Williams, co-author "Most Likely to Secede: What the Vermont Independence Movement Can Teach Us about Reclaiming Community and Creating a…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstler Cast 219 - Quant-O-Rama
#219 In his never-ending quest to make sense of the financial scene, JHK chats with his old buddy David Aronson, a predictive analytics and data mining…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 218 - Surveying the Local Ag Scene
Some notes on the local farming scene. JHK chats with Washington County farmer Seth Jacobs and caterer Susie Quillio about the developing local ag scene. I met…
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st CenturyKunstlerCast 217 - The God of Progress is Dead
JHK hunkers down with John Michael Greer of the Archdruid Report -- http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com -- to chat about politics, economy, the condition of…