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Episode 42: Tragedy of the Bathroom
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2007-06-20 11:45:00

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This episode centers on the topic of global population. KMO reads some 5 year old gems from sciforums and speaks with author Sharon Astyk, author of “Enough with the freakin' bathroom metaphor Already!”

You can find the text of the Sciforums posts that I read on this week's show here.

Enough with the freakin' bathroom metaphor Already!

by Sharon Astyk
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What the bathroom metaphor actually does is equate "freedom" with "no limits" - it says that freedom and dignity are constructs of privilege and lack of constraint. That is, you have the perfect freedom of the bathroom when you never have to wait, or accomodate anyone else, adapt to or respect anyone else's needs. But that is *not* what freedom is - and I think this is an important point, because our consumer culture tells us over and over again that freedom is the ability to have whatever you want, whenever you want it. Freedom is "freedom of choice"
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Episode 53: Important but Trivial
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2007-08-29 13:31:00
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In this installment of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO welcomes Professor Albert Bartlett back to the program to do an advanced seminar on his basic lecture on population, energy and the exponential function. After that we hear from Mike Hagan, host of RadiOrbit.

Albert Bartlett is an emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Professor Bartlett has lectured over 1,500 times on Arithmetic, Population, and Energy. Bartlett is a modern-day Malthusian.

Professor Bartlett often explains how sustainable growth is an oxymoron. His view is based on the fact that a modest percentage growth can equate to huge escalations over short periods of time. He has famously stated that "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."

He regards overpopulation as The Greatest Challenge facing humanity, and promotes sustainable living. Bartlett opposes the cornucopian school of thought (as advocated by people such as Julian Lincoln Simon), and refers to it as The New Flat Earth Society.

Mike Hagan lives in the country side near Columbia, Missouri. If he has a text bio somewhere on the web, it's buried deep. If you find one, let me know. I'll put it here. I'll get Mike Hagan back for a future show in which we'll discuss the possibilities for 12/21/2012, but for the time being, here's a link to Mike Hagan's All Things 2012 page.

In this episode, I mentioned books by Bill McKibben and Vincent Casspriano Jr.

Bill McKibben’s website:
Vincent Casspriano Jr.’s website:


Special thanks to Queerninja for creating the cover art for this week's episode.


Episode 54: Malthusian Memes
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2007-09-05 01:56:00
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Prof. Albert Bartlett - retired physics professor and modern-day Malthusian. One way or another, argues Prof. Bartlett, we will achieve zero population growth. This is a long interview and is intended as a follow-up to his Exponential Function lecture.

Carol Ekarius is a return guest. She joined me for episode #6 and we talked about living off-the-grid and about keeping animals. She is the author of many books including Hobby Farm, How to Build Animal Housing, and Small-Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach of Health, Sustainability, and Profit.

Vincent Casspriano, Jr.

Carl Sagan meets Carlos Castaneda meets Richard Dawkins meets the Buddha … Vincent Casspriano, Jr.'s The Simplest Path to Personal and Planetary Awakening, Step One: FREE YOUR MIND: 10 Keys for Unlocking Your Personal Potential, Achieving Spiritual Awakening, ... of Humanity's Ultimate Cosmic Destiny cuts through all the Traditional Religious and New Age mystic mumbo jumbo to reveal a simple step by step path anyone can follow to the attainment of personal enlightenment and the positive transformation of our world. An amazing achievement!

Esra Free, author of Wicca 404: Advanced Goddess Thealogy


Episode 88: Making a Living
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2008-04-16 14:51:53

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In this episode, KMO sits down with Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael, Beyond Civilization, and The Holy, to discuss animism, civilization, population, and tribal ways of making a living.


You can find Daniel Quinn's website here.

I particularly recommend his essay, The New Renaissance.





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