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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 PerceptionCosmos — Humanity’s Place in the Universe | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we explore Cosmos by Carl Sagan.This classic work traces humanity’s evolving understanding of the universe — from…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Demon-Haunted World — Deep Dive (Science, Skepticism & the Baloney Detector)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan — a foundational work on…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Daily Stoic — Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman.Drawing from the writings of Epictetus, Marcus…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Art of Thinking Clearly — Why Our Minds Mislead Us | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli.This book presents a wide-ranging catalog of cognitive biases…
Crisis in PerceptionCapitalism Hits the Fan — Why Economic Crises Keep Returning | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine Capitalism Hits the Fan by Richard D. Wolff.This book analyzes why capitalism repeatedly produces economic…
Crisis in PerceptionDemocracy at Work — Can Capitalism Be Fixed? | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism by Richard Wolff.This book offers a systemic critique of…
Crisis in PerceptionHow to Change Your Mind — Psychedelics, Science, and Consciousness | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan.This book explores the modern scientific revival of psychedelic…
Crisis in PerceptionRationality — Why Smart People Believe False Things | Crisis in Perception
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine Rationality by Steven Pinker.This book explores what rational thinking actually is, why it often fails even…
Crisis in PerceptionDemocracy for the Few — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine Democracy for the Few by Michael Parenti.This book challenges the popular belief that the United States…
Crisis in Perception1984 — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell — not as dystopian fiction, but as a structural analysis of…
Crisis in PerceptionNickel and Dimed — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich — a firsthand investigation into whether it is possible to…
Crisis in PerceptionWhy People Believe Weird Things — Deep Dive (Pseudoscience, Belief & Self-Deception)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer, a foundational work in modern skepticism that…
Crisis in PerceptionKilling the Host — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore Killing the Host by economist Michael Hudson — a systemic critique of how modern finance extracts…
Crisis in PerceptionCritical Thinking Skills — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies by Martin Cohen — a practical guide to improving how we…
Crisis in PerceptionDark Matter and the Dinosaurs — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs by physicist Lisa Randall — a book that reveals how events on Earth…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Fifth Risk — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis — an investigation into the often-invisible machinery of the U.S…
Crisis in PerceptionThe End of Everything — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by cosmologist Katie Mack — a rigorous…
Crisis in PerceptionThinking, Fast and Slow — Deep Dive (Cognitive Bias, System 1 & System 2)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore Thinking, Fast and Slow by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman — a landmark examination of how the…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Scout Mindset — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef — a practical and philosophical exploration of how humans…
Crisis in PerceptionGangsters of Capitalism — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan M. Katz — a historical investigation into the rise of…
Crisis in PerceptionA Thousand Brains — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins — a neuroscience-driven framework…
Crisis in PerceptionLies My Teacher Told Me — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen — a landmark critique of how American history is…
Crisis in PerceptionAmerican Fascists — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges — an investigative…
Crisis in PerceptionGod Is Not Great — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens — a wide-ranging critique of organized religion and its…
Crisis in PerceptionAmerica: The Farewell Tour — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we examine America: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges — a sweeping critique of cultural, political, and…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Righteous Mind — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive (Politics & Religion)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt — a foundational work in moral psychology that explains why…
Crisis in PerceptionDebt: The First 5,000 Years — Deep Dive (How Money Became a Tool of Power)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber — a radical rethinking of money, morality, and power…
Crisis in PerceptionFooled by Randomness — Deep Dive (Chance, Uncertainty & the Illusion of Skill)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb — a foundational work on probability, uncertainty…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out — Deep Dive (Curiosity, Doubt & Scientific Integrity)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by physicist Richard P. Feynman — a powerful collection of…
Crisis in PerceptionWhy We’re Polarized — Deep Dive (Mega-Identities, Tribal Psychology & Political Sorting)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this Deep Dive, we explore Ezra Klein’s Why We’re Polarized — a structural, psychological, and historical analysis of how…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Madness of Crowds — Deep Dive (Identity Politics, Outrage Cycles & Modern Dogmas)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this Deep Dive, we examine Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds — a provocative analysis of the cultural shifts…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Intelligence Trap — Deep Dive (Why Smart People Make Irrational Choices)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore The Intelligence Trap by David Robson — a fascinating investigation into why intelligence doesn’t…
Crisis in PerceptionPredictably Irrational — Deep Dive (Hidden Biases & Irrational Decisions)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore Predictably Irrational — Dan Ariely’s groundbreaking examination of why humans make systematically…
Crisis in PerceptionThe Reactionary Mind — Deep Dive (Conservatism, Power & Counterrevolution)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore The Reactionary Mind — Corey Robin’s sweeping examination of conservatism as a historically…
Crisis in PerceptionManufacturing Consent — Deep Dive (Media Power, Propaganda & Public Opinion)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore Manufacturing Consent — Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky’s landmark analysis of how mass media…
Crisis in PerceptionMistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) — Deep Dive (Self-Justification & Cognitive Dissonance)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) — Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson’s influential investigation…
Crisis in PerceptionForces of Nature — How the Laws of Physics Shape Everything (Crisis in Perception Deep Dive)
In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we take a deep dive into Forces of Nature by Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen — a sweeping exploration of how the…
Crisis in PerceptionCritical Thinking, Logic & Problem Solving — Deep Dive (Better Reasoning & Decision-Making)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore Critical Thinking, Logic & Problem Solving — a practical guide to sharpening reasoning skills…
Crisis in PerceptionWinners Take All — Deep Dive (Elite Power & the Illusion of Social Change)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore Winners Take All — Anand Giridharadas’s searing critique of how today’s elites claim to “change…
Crisis in PerceptionThe New Jim Crow — Deep Dive (Mass Incarceration & Structural Inequality)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception. In this episode, we explore The New Jim Crow — uncovering the history, psychology, and power structures shaping America’s…
Crisis in PerceptionChristian Nationalism: The Founding Myth & the Power Behind It
Why the U.S. Wasn’t Founded as a Christian Nation — and Why That Myth Persists Was the United States founded as a Christian nation? And if not, why does that…
Crisis in PerceptionWhy People Believe Weird Things — A Crisis in Perception (Sagan & Shermer Deep Dive)
In this Deep Dive, we explore why otherwise intelligent people come to believe false, unsupported, or irrational ideas—and why those beliefs are so difficult…