7. Weather extremes may be less extreme than you think – Debby Guha-Sapir
Mind the Shift29 Heinä 2020

7. Weather extremes may be less extreme than you think – Debby Guha-Sapir

”This is like a bushfire. If there is one spark, this thing will catch fire”, says epidemiologist Debby Guha-Sapir about the fact that authorities stopped measles vaccinations due to covid-19. Debby founded the world’s best and most reliable database on natural disasters, EM-DAT, at the university of Louvain, Belgium. Dry numbers can be more contentious than you think: ”We get a lot of hate mails about the fact that our data doesn’t show that disasters are increasing. Nobody wants good news.”

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51. The constant apocalypse – ten canceled doomsdays you already forgot

51. The constant apocalypse – ten canceled doomsdays you already forgot

The world is better than most of us think. There is a gap between the factual global trends and what the majority who never checks the numbers but only read headlines think are the trends. (And why so...

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50. How civilization actually began – Andrew Collins

50. How civilization actually began – Andrew Collins

”It is a shame that scholars and academics act this way”, says independent researcher of ancient history Andrew Collins after having told that a chief archaeologist yelled at him at a site in southern...

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49. Never judge, there is always a story – Daniel Mendoza

49. Never judge, there is always a story – Daniel Mendoza

The entrepreneur, speaker, writer and life coach Daniel Mendoza had a challenging childhood and adolescence, to say the least. His family fled from his native Uruguay in the seventies, and after havin...

17 Maalis 20211h 18min

48. Consciousness never dies – Pim van Lommel

48. Consciousness never dies – Pim van Lommel

Few fields of research offer more insights into what we really are and why we are conscious about things at all than the study of near death experiences. It is also one of few areas where science trul...

10 Maalis 20211h 4min

47. The spiritual cable guy – Case Parks

47. The spiritual cable guy – Case Parks

Speaking to Case Parks in this episode is a bit like having a relaxed conversation with a dear friend over a coffee or a glass of beer. And we don’t talk about the weather. We talk about humanity, the...

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46. China locked down, the West followed suit – Johan von Schreeb

46. China locked down, the West followed suit – Johan von Schreeb

Disasters happen when hazard meets vulnerability. You can either reduce the hazard, which can be difficult, or reduce vulnerability. ”We have been good at doing that, actually”, says Johan von Schreeb...

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45. We need globalized and localized money at the same time – Ester Barinaga

45. We need globalized and localized money at the same time – Ester Barinaga

”Our leaders are so bad at organizing common solutions to our problems”, says Ester Barinaga, a professor in Economics who has done extensive research into social entrepreneurship and the power of bot...

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44. We are legally free – Barbara Banco

44. We are legally free – Barbara Banco

In 2012 a group called OPPT took legal action to lawfully foreclose what was deemed the ”corporatized” governments of the world. No government was able to rebut the foreclosure, which, according to th...

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