DO 284 - Group Chat Live
Doomer Optimism14 Loka 2025

DO 284 - Group Chat Live

Join the Doomer Optimism crew for their first-ever live group chat as they tackle the big questions facing our technologically saturated world. Ashley, Nate, Jason, Peter, and Patrick gather to discuss Paul Kingsnorth’s new book Against the Machine, the creeping influence of AI in our daily lives, and whether we’re heading toward accelerated collapse or just another step down.

The conversation meanders from the ethics of AI chatbots (including Amish farmers launching their own) to the practical realities of keeping phones away from kids in an increasingly digital world. Nate shares hard-won wisdom from rebuilding after his house fire, while Peter warns about the looming cattle market collapse that could reshape American agriculture. Jason makes the case for sheep, Ashley name-drops her upcoming dinner with Wendell Berry (yes, really), and everyone debates whether we should accelerate into the chaos or dig in our heels and resist.

Topics covered: screen-free parenting strategies, the difference between tools and crutches, why COVID lockdowns weren’t all bad, the impossible economics of small-scale beef production, John Michael Greer’s stair-step collapse theory, and what it really takes to build resilience in an age of affluence and anxiety.

Plus: Patrick performs a house tour nobody asked for, Nate explains why relationships matter more than bunkers, and the group grapples with whether the machine can ever truly be stopped—or if the best we can do is stay human despite it all.

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DO 302 - Starting a Farm and a Farm Store on Main Street

DO 302 - Starting a Farm and a Farm Store on Main Street

Geoffrey Long of Long Story Farms joins Jason to talk about what it actually takes to build a working farmstead part-time, the real challenges of scaling production and finding local markets, and why ...

10 Maalis 1h 6min

DO 301 - Open Source Civilization: Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology

DO 301 - Open Source Civilization: Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology

When Your Tractor Breaks, Open Source the Whole CivilizationMarcin Jakubowski, founder of Open Source Ecology, joins Ashley to talk about his 20-year project to open source the blueprints for civiliza...

4 Maalis 1h 14min

DO 300 - Celebrating 300 Episodes of Doomer Optimism

DO 300 - Celebrating 300 Episodes of Doomer Optimism

Three hundred episodes in, and we’re still here, still questioning, still laughing, still building.In this special 300th episode, we gather voices from across DO; past guests, hosts, collaborators, an...

25 Helmi 1h 18min

DO 299 - Small Scale Production, Henry George, and the Land Value Tax

DO 299 - Small Scale Production, Henry George, and the Land Value Tax

Willy Denner of Little Seed Gardens in Chatham, NY, joins Jason and returning co-host Nigel Best for a wide-ranging conversation about 32 years of small-scale organic farming, the economics of direct ...

17 Helmi 1h 46min

DO 298 - The Wool Empire, Faith, and Local Business

DO 298 - The Wool Empire, Faith, and Local Business

Jason is joined by Greg Cello to discuss his plan to build a regional wool industry in New England, starting with sheep on his Rhode Island homestead. This isn't just about producing sweaters; Greg se...

11 Helmi 1h 14min

DO 297: Mulberries in the Rain: Permaculture, Crisis, and Building Food Systems for the Future

DO 297: Mulberries in the Rain: Permaculture, Crisis, and Building Food Systems for the Future

How patient design and ideological diversity are reshaping food productionAshley sits down with Ryan Blosser and Trevor Piersol, co-founders of Shenandoah Permaculture Institute and authors of Mulberr...

3 Helmi 1h 11min

DO 296: Building Community in Fragmented Times

DO 296: Building Community in Fragmented Times

Ashley Fitzgerald sits down with Elizabeth Oldfield to explore how we can foster genuine connection across ideological and cultural divides and why it matters more than ever.Drawing on Elizabeth’s exp...

20 Tammi 1h 5min

DO 295 - Navigating the Evolution of Meat Production with Greg Gunthorp & Nate

DO 295 - Navigating the Evolution of Meat Production with Greg Gunthorp & Nate

Surviving Consolidation, One Pig at a TimeGreg Gunthorp, a fourth-generation Indiana hog farmer, joins Nate for a wide-ranging conversation about survival, stubbornness, and adaptation in the American...

13 Tammi 1h 40min

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