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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 PerceptionMicrobial Resilience and Sustainability in a Changing Climate — The Invisible System Running Earth
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Microbial Resilience and Sustainability in a Changing…
Crisis in PerceptionMediating Sexual Citizenship: — How Television Turns Identity Into Economic Value
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Mediating Sexual Citizenship by [Authors] as a…
Crisis in PerceptionIn an Antique Land: A Journey Through History — The System Before Modern Globalization
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionVotescam: The Stealing of America — Who Really Controls the Vote Count?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Votescam: The Stealing of America by James and Kenneth…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: Duty to Warn — When Systems Reward Instability
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump by a collective of…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Lords of Creation: A History of America’s 1 Percent — How Wall Street Took Control
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Lords of Creation: A History of America’s 1 Percent…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Lost Hegemon: Whom the Gods Would Destroy — Systems of Managed Instability
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Lost Hegemon: Whom the Gods Would Destroy by F…
Crisis in PerceptionThe One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone — The System Inside Your Pocket
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone by…
Crisis in PerceptionScience of Coercion — Communication as a System of Influence
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Science of Coercion by Christopher Simpson as a…
Crisis in PerceptionRising Star: The Making of Barack Obama — Identity, Power, and System Design
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J…
Crisis in PerceptionMasculinity and Its Discontents — The System Behind Male Identity Formation
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Masculinity and Its Discontents by Michael J. Diamond as…
Crisis in PerceptionAgainst Empire: The Brutal Realities of U.S. Global Domination — The System Behind Global Poverty
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Against Empire by Michael Parenti as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionMake-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment — How Entertainment Becomes Ideology
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment by…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Human Swarm — Why Identity, Not Cooperation, Holds Societies Together
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Human Swarm by Mark W. Moffett as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionCoyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History: Predator Control — The War We Lost
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by…
Crisis in PerceptionTen Myths About Israel — The System Behind the Conflict
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionAge of Anger: A History of the Present — Why Modernity Produces Violence
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra…
Crisis in PerceptionRich People Problems: Dynastic Wealth Systems — When Inheritance Becomes Control
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionWild New World: Animals and People in America — The System Behind Extinction
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Wild New World: Animals and People in America by Dan…
Crisis in PerceptionSex and World Peace: How Gender Inequality Drives Global Instability — Systems Analysis
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Sex and World Peace by a multidisciplinary team of…
Crisis in PerceptionWhere Water Meets Air: The Science of Surface Phenomena — The Hidden System Shaping Life
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Where Water Meets Air: The Science of Surface Phenomena…
Crisis in PerceptionNew Dark Age — When More Data Creates Less Understanding
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores New Dark Age by James Bridle as a systems-level analysis…
Crisis in PerceptionEverybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us — The Digital Confessional
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz as a…
Crisis in PerceptionThe People’s Republic of Walmart: Subtitle — Why Corporations Prove Planning Works
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The People’s Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and…
Crisis in PerceptionThe True Flag: The Birth of American Empire — How Expansion Became a System
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The True Flag: The Birth of American Empire by Stephen…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Invisibles: African American Slaves in the White House — Democracy Built on Hidden Labor
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Invisibles: African American Slaves in the White…
Crisis in PerceptionHow America Gets Away With Murder — The System That Legalizes War
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores How America Gets Away With Murder by Michael Mandel as a…
Crisis in PerceptionHow to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection — The System Breaking Boys
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection by Michael…
Crisis in PerceptionA Night to Remember: The Sinking of the Titanic — When Systems Fail Quietly
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A Night to Remember by Walter Lord as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionFear and Loathing in Las Vegas — The American Dream as a Controlled Hallucination
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson as…
Crisis in PerceptionNo Campus for White Men: Identity Politics and the Decline of Higher Education — When Victimhood Becomes Currency
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores No Campus for White Men by Scott Greer as a…
Crisis in PerceptionWine For Dummies: The Complete Grape to Glass Guide — The System Behind Taste
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Wine For Dummies: The Complete Grape to Glass Guide by…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles — The System Behind the Secret Government
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot as a…
Crisis in PerceptionOur History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline — The System Behind Extraction
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes as a…
Crisis in PerceptionArmy of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War — When War Moves Faster Than Humans
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War…
Crisis in PerceptionRetirement Planning For Dummies: 2nd Edition — The System That Replaced Pensions
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Retirement Planning For Dummies, 2nd Edition by Matt…
Crisis in PerceptionSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking — Why Recipes Fail
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionJanesville: An American Story — How Industrial Collapse Fractures Communities
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein as a…
Crisis in PerceptionEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City — Why Housing Systems Produce Instability
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by…
Crisis in PerceptionProzac Nation: Young and Depressed in America — The System Behind Modern Depression
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by…
Crisis in PerceptionMaid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Survival — Why Poverty Persists
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Survival by…
Crisis in PerceptionHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy — Why Your Attention Isn’t Yours
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by…
Crisis in PerceptionPersonal Finance for Dummies — The System Designed to Keep You in Debt
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Personal Finance for Dummies by Eric Tyson as a…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Digital Gold Standard: A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin — Hard Money vs Fiat Systems
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Digital Gold Standard: A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin…
Crisis in PerceptionThe American Axis: Ford, Lindbergh, and the Third Reich — Systems of Influence
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The American Axis: Ford, Lindbergh, and the Third Reich…
Crisis in PerceptionAll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack — Objects as Archives of Survival
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores All That She Carried by Tiya Miles as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionStop the Next War Now: Anthology — Why War Becomes a Self-Sustaining System
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Stop the Next War Now by Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans…
Crisis in PerceptionA Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice — Growth vs Limits
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental…
Crisis in PerceptionA Planet to Win — How Climate Is Structured by Capitalism
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A Planet to Win by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe — Meaning Without Design
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and…
Crisis in PerceptionDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us — Why Rewards Fail
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by…
Crisis in PerceptionHow to Learn a Foreign Language: A Practical Guide — Why Most People Never Become Fluent
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores How to Learn a Foreign Language: A Practical Guide by…
Crisis in PerceptionA Post-Truth World: Politics, Polarization, and a Vision for Transcending the Chaos — The System Behind Polarization
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A Post-Truth World: Politics, Polarization, and a Vision…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Planets: Titan and the Icy Moons of Saturn — Why Stability in Space Is an Illusion
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Planets by Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox as a…
Crisis in PerceptionSpeak Peace in a World of Conflict — Why Language Systems Create Violence
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Speak Peace in a World of Conflict by Marshall B…
Crisis in PerceptionWays of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence — When Corporations Behave Like AI
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Ways of Being by James Bridle as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Golden House: Identity, Power, and Illusion — Why Reinvention Always Fails
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Golden House by Salman Rushdie as a systems-level…
Crisis in PerceptionSoonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything — Why the Future Is Always Delayed
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve…
Crisis in PerceptionA City on Mars: Can We Settle Space? — Why Mars Colonization May Be a System Failure
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith…
Crisis in PerceptionYou Have Not Yet Been Defeated — The System That Destroys Meaning
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores You Have Not Yet Been Defeated by Alaa Abd el-Fattah as…