DO 270 - Leaving the 20th century w/ James, Donald and Ashley
Doomer Optimism25 Jun 2025

DO 270 - Leaving the 20th century w/ James, Donald and Ashley

Ashley, Donald, and James cover a lot of ground in this episode. They kick things off with the story of Leslie Peltier, a self-taught stargazer from Ohio, before diving into a deeper conversation about environmentalism. Donald raises concerns about how today’s climate discourse can feel paralyzing, especially for young people, and argues that instead of backing away from nature, we need to find ways to work with it.

The conversation broadens into bigger questions about collapse — not dramatic doomsday stuff, but a slower kind of breakdown where complex systems just can’t hold themselves together anymore. That idea leads them into American history, particularly the legacy of Jacksonian democracy and the ongoing tug-of-war between centralized power and local control.

They touch on everything from the role of tradition to the limits of liberalism, and explore what it might take to build a coherent moral framework in a fractured time. It’s a thoughtful, wide-ranging discussion about how we got here — and where we might be headed.

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DO 247 - What ever happened to climate? w/ Ilan Kelman, James Pogue and Ashley

DO 247 - What ever happened to climate? w/ Ilan Kelman, James Pogue and Ashley

In this episode, James and Ashley speak with a return guest and climate and disaster researcher Ilan Kelman. We discuss the state of climate activism, the eco-modernist approach to solving climate cha...

24 Des 20241h 16min

DO 246 - Metastatic Modernity with Prof. Tom Murphy

DO 246 - Metastatic Modernity with Prof. Tom Murphy

Josh catches up with Tom for a second conversation (first interview here) about two new series on Tom’s excellent Do The Math blog. Tom has produced a “Metastatic Modernity” series of 18 short (~10 mi...

17 Des 20241h 28min

DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jeske and Ashley

DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jeske and Ashley

DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jenske and Ashley

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DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jeske and Ashley

DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jeske and Ashley

DO 245 - Regenerative Ag Technology W/ Josh Jenske and Ashley

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DO 244 - DO + egirl crossover w/ Twitter's Audrey Horne and Going Godward

DO 244 - DO + egirl crossover w/ Twitter's Audrey Horne and Going Godward

In this episode, Going Godward guest hosts X’s Audrey Horne in a Doomer Optimist/e-girl crossover. GG and Audrey discuss how the Machine affects women and its consequences on beauty standards, self-im...

3 Des 202447min

D0 243 - The spiritual quality of global capitalism

D0 243 - The spiritual quality of global capitalism

In this episode I link up with my new buddy from a recent Doomer Optimism event in Margaretville NY, Travis Logan. Travis brought an essay to my attention, Techne-Zen and the Spiritual Quality of Glob...

26 Nov 20241h 23min

DO 242 - Jane Jacobs and the City as Liturgy w/ Dr. Timothy Patitsas, Michael Sellas and Ashley

DO 242 - Jane Jacobs and the City as Liturgy w/ Dr. Timothy Patitsas, Michael Sellas and Ashley

Ashley met Michael Sellas as a couple recent Doomer Optimism events and they immediately hit it off. After discussing urban planning’s connection to DO, Michael suggested some writing by his friends D...

19 Nov 20241h 36min

DO 241 - Motherhood Sabbatical w/ Ashley and Sean Blanda

DO 241 - Motherhood Sabbatical w/ Ashley and Sean Blanda

This is an interview Sean Blanda of Sabbatical did with Ashley on her approach to moving to Uruguay for a time when her kids were young. A write-up of the interview is here:https://sabbatical.email/...

14 Nov 202441min

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