Colonizing the Sky: The Untold Environmental Toll of Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers have sprouted like mushrooms in our urban landscapes. But in an environmentally depleted, energy-pinched era, we need to take a closer look at the downsides of movin' on up to the sky. We ...
4 Mai 20221h 2min
The Bright Side Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: How Positive Thinking Undermines Sustainability
Welcome to the seductive, but regrettable world of unquestioned positive thinking, where faith healers, BS slingers, pseudoscientists, and get-rich-quick schemers all peddle the same basic message: th...
27 Apr 20221h 3min
Lord of the Swans: The Tragedy of the Enclosure of the Commons
The “tragedy of the commons” is an idea that has so thoroughly seeped into culture and law that it seems normal for people and corporations to own land, water, and even whole ecosystems. But there’s a...
20 Apr 202252min
Bonus: The Legal Legacy of Colonization with Sherri Mitchell
Indigenous rights lawyer, leader, and author Sherri Mitchell describes how the Christian Doctrines of Discovery made their way from 15th-century European religious leaders into the U.S. legal system. ...
13 Apr 202233min
A Load of Papal Bull: Greenlighting Colonization and the Mindset of Extraction
In 1493 the most corrupt (and orgy-throwing) pope of all time gave the nod of approval for wealth-seeking Europeans to trample the rest of the world. As seafaring colonizers divvied up the world and j...
6 Apr 202249min
Injustice for All: The Invention of Racism to Justify a Putrid Power Hierarchy
When greedy power-trippers perpetrate unspeakable acts of exploitation, they often rationalize their loathsome acts after the fact. Such is the case with the Atlantic slave trade. European kidnappers ...
30 Mar 202257min
Bonus: Patriarchy and the Cultural Roots of the Climate Crisis with Amy Westervelt
Investigative journalist and podcaster Amy Westervelt talks with Asher about the cultural roots of the climate crisis. Their wide-ranging conversation covers many stop-and-make-you-think ideas about s...
23 Mar 202233min
A Day at the Zoo Is No Walk in the Park: Overexploitation of Animals and Nature
Michael Jackson had a private zoo with elephants, lions, tigers, orangutans, and more. Michael Vick bankrolled and organized a dog fighting ring. But you don’t have to be named “Michael” to have an ex...
16 Mar 202255min
