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Crisis in Perception
Crisis in Perception is a long-form educational podcast examining how we misunderstand the world around us. Using books as entry points, each episode explores history, psychology, economics, science, and power structures to reveal how systems actually work—and why our perceptions so often fail. Clear, evidence-based, and non-tribal. Crisis in Perception uses AI-assisted tools for narration and synthesis in service of long-form educational analysis.
Episodes
Crisis in PerceptionHow to Avoid Probate by Creating a Living Trust — Why wills trigger the system they claim to avoid
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Gordon Mead Bennett This episode explores How to Avoid Probate by…
Crisis in PerceptionRethinking Commodification: Cases and Readings in Law and Culture — Why moral bans fail
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Martha M. Ertman and Joan C. Williams This episode explores Rethinking…
Crisis in PerceptionBrain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving — Why offices make brains underperform
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: John Medina This episode explores Brain Rules: 12 Principles for…
Crisis in PerceptionPolitics After Hope: Obama and the Crisis of Democracy — When hope protects the system
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores Politics After Hope: Obama and…
Crisis in PerceptionYouth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? — When Youth Become Disposable
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores Youth in a Suspect Society…
Crisis in PerceptionAmerica at War with Itself — When democracy is hollowed out from within
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores America at War with Itself by…
Crisis in PerceptionBelonging: A Culture of Place — The hidden cost of leaving the land
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: bell hooks This episode explores Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell…
Crisis in PerceptionLocking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America — When protection becomes punishment
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: James Forman Jr. This episode explores Locking Up Our Own: Crime and…
Crisis in PerceptionGod in Captivity: Faith-Based Ministry and Mass Incarceration — When redemption becomes prison management
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Tanya Erzen This episode explores God in Captivity: Faith-Based…
Crisis in PerceptionGender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity — What identity hides
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Judith Butler This episode explores Gender Trouble by Judith Butler as…
Crisis in PerceptionCannibal Capitalism: How Our System Devours the World — The system behind separate crises
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Nancy Fraser This episode explores Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System…
Crisis in PerceptionAbolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation — What prisons are actually managing
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Ruth Wilson Gilmore This episode explores Abolition Geography: Essays…
Crisis in PerceptionNazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties — When reconstruction outranked justice
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: David de Jong This episode explores Nazi Billionaires: The Dark…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Madwoman in the Attic: Anxiety of Authorship — The system behind literary illegitimacy
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar This episode explores The Madwoman…
Crisis in PerceptionTechnofeudalism: The End of Capitalism and Rise of Cloud Capital — The Market Illusion
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Yanis Varoufakis This episode explores Technofeudalism: The End of…
Crisis in PerceptionWrong Way: The Cost of Australia’s Economic Reform — Why reform creates a dumb buyer
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Damien Cahill and Phillip Toner This episode explores Wrong Way: The…
Crisis in PerceptionLiving with ADHD: Simple Exercises to Change Your Daily Life — Who defines disorder?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Thom Hartmann This episode explores Living with ADHD: Simple Exercises…
Crisis in PerceptionDemocracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest — When markets outrank voters
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert This episode explores Democracy in…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Fourth Turning: Cycles of History and American Prophecy — The system behind historical crisis
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: William Strauss and Neil Howe This episode explores The Fourth…
Crisis in PerceptionAll Quiet on the Western Front — Why survival requires abandoning identity
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Erich Maria Remarque This episode explores All Quiet on the Western…
Crisis in PerceptionEcology of the Brain: The Biology of the Embodied Mind — What the Brain Actually Does
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Thomas Fuchs This episode explores Ecology of the Brain: The Biology…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Phantom Tollbooth — Why More Knowledge Can Produce Less Understanding
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Norton Juster This episode explores The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City — When conquest fails to erase a city
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Barbara Mundy This episode explores The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The Architecture of Absolute Control — When order became state power
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Toby Wilkinson This episode explores The Rise and Fall of Ancient…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Last Days of the Incas — What Actually Collapsed Before the Spaniards Arrived
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Kim MacQuarrie This episode explores The Last Days of the Incas by Kim…
Crisis in PerceptionFifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs — Why Imperial Order Produced Fragility
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Camilla Townsend This episode explores Fifth Sun: A New History of the…
Crisis in PerceptionEscaping the Rabbit Hole: Debunking Conspiracy Theories — The System That Replaces Reality
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Mick West This episode explores Escaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Book of Boundaries — Why Saying No Reveals Hidden Power Systems
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Melissa Urban This episode explores The Book of Boundaries by Melissa…
Crisis in PerceptionUniverses: The Anthropic Principle and the Design Argument — Why Fine-Tuning Misleads
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: John Leslie This episode explores Universes: The Anthropic Principle…
Crisis in PerceptionOrwell on Truth — The Architecture of Reality-Control
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: George Orwell This episode explores Orwell on Truth by George Orwell…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Road to Wigan Pier — The system behind invisible labor
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: George Orwell This episode explores The Road to Wigan Pier by George…
Crisis in PerceptionAnd the Weak Suffer What They Must? — Why a currency union can deepen division
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Yanis Varoufakis This episode explores And the Weak Suffer What They…
Crisis in Perception10-Minute Social Psychology: The Critical Thinker's Guide — Why empathy turns off
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Michael A. Britt This episode explores 10-Minute Social Psychology…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science — What chemistry reveals about order
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Philip Ball This episode explores The Beauty of Chemistry: Art…
Crisis in PerceptionLessons from Systems Thinkers — Why fixing parts can break the whole
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Albert Rutherford This episode explores Lessons from Systems Thinkers…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Beauty of the Flower: Botanical Art and Science — Why Seeing Plants Produces Errors
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Stephen A. Harris This episode explores The Beauty of the Flower…
Crisis in PerceptionGame Theory: A Critical Introduction — Why Rational Choice Needs Social Structure
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap and Yanis Varoufakis This episode explores…
Crisis in PerceptionNeoliberalism’s War on Higher Education — Why universities produce debt and compliance
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores Neoliberalism’s War on Higher…
Crisis in PerceptionScenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman — Why slavery built the network that defied it
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Sarah H. Bradford This episode explores Scenes in the Life of Harriet…
Crisis in PerceptionInteresting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life — The selection problem of catastrophe
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Eric Hobsbawm This episode explores Interesting Times: A…
Crisis in PerceptionA History of Sex— Why hierarchy gets mistaken for nature
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Simone de Beauvoir This episode explores The Myth of the Other by…
Crisis in PerceptionInnumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences — Why vivid risks beat real ones
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: John Allen Paulos This episode explores Innumeracy: Mathematical…
Crisis in PerceptionFinancing Real Estate Investments for Dummies — Why Owning Free and Clear Fails
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Ralph R. Roberts and Chip Cummings This episode explores Financing…
Crisis in PerceptionGenetics: A Comprehensive Guide to Heredity and DNA — Why Life Depends on Error
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Tara Rodden Robinson This episode explores Genetics: A Comprehensive…
Crisis in PerceptionVulture Capitalism: Planning, Power, and the Death of Freedom — The Hidden Planned Economy
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Grace Blakeley This episode explores Vulture Capitalism: Planning…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner — Why deterrence erodes control
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Daniel Ellsberg This episode explores The Doomsday Machine…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Growth Mindset: Cultivating Your Path to Potential — Why talent systems stay blind
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Carol Dweck This episode explores The Growth Mindset: Cultivating Your…
Crisis in PerceptionManhood: How to Be a Better Man — The system behind the alpha male mask
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Terry Crews This episode explores Manhood: How to Be a Better Man by…
Crisis in PerceptionMurmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record — How Humanity Curated Itself for the Cosmos
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record by…
Crisis in PerceptionLetters on Wave Mechanics: The Fight for Physical Reality — When Prediction Replaced Reality
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Letters on Wave Mechanics by the historical…
Crisis in PerceptionA Clergyman's Daughter: Faith, Labor, and Social Discipline — When Duty Outlives Belief
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell as a…
Crisis in PerceptionStumbling on Happiness: Why We Misjudge What Makes Us Happy — The Illusion of Tomorrow
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert as a…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Art of Empathy: A Guide to Life's Essential Skill — Why Empathy Both Connects and Divides Us
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Art of Empathy: A Guide to Life's Essential Skill by…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Anti-Inauguration: Building Resistance in the Trump Era — Corporate Governance and Shock
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Anti-Inauguration: Building Resistance in the Trump…
Crisis in PerceptionAgainst Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion — Why Feeling Can Distort Morality
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and Meaning — Why Struggle Gives Life Meaning
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Paul Bloom This episode explores The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are — The Separate Self as System Error
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by…
Crisis in PerceptionThis Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook — When Kindness Gets Switched Off
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores This Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook by…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Talking Cure: Reclaiming Conversation in a Digital Age — Why Connection Is Replacing Empathy
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Talking Cure: Reclaiming Conversation in a Digital…
Crisis in PerceptionHow to Talk to Anyone: Mastering the Art of Conversation — Why We Forgot How to Connect
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores How to Talk to Anyone: Mastering the Art of Conversation…