DO 134 - Going to Seed with Julia Dakin and Tres Crow
On this episoode of Doomer Optimism, Tres has a sit down with Julia Dakin, Founder of Going to Seed about Landrace, her environmental journey, and why seed diversity is so important. Julia Dakin is a...
15 Apr 20231h 1min
DO 133 - Landrace Plant Breeding and the Future of Food
Joseph Lofthouse and Julia Dakin joins returning guests/co-hosts Shane Simonsen and Simon Gooder. The gang talk plant breeding, landrace style. They dig into hybrids, genetic crosses, wild analogues a...
13 Apr 20231h 6min
DO 132 - A call to religion with John, Evan, and Ashley
Ashley speaks with John and Evan, a Catholic and a Lutheran, about the recent resurgence in interest in religion, and how to embrace faith like a normal person. John Dios (@RealJohnDios) works, lives...
8 Apr 20231h 15min
DO 131 - Living the Old Fashioned American Dream with Keturah, Donald, and Ashley
Keturah Lamb lives the American Dream and fears no establishment. She is 4th generation without a social security number or birth certificate. In her early twenties she found the balance of honoring h...
5 Apr 20231h 30min
DO 130 - Women’s health, female archetypes, and how to solve the battle of the sexes with Ingri and Ashley
Ashley and Ingri (@IngriPauline) discuss women’s health, female archetypes, and how to solve the battle of the sexes. Ingri is a women's weightlifting coach from Los Angeles, California. After servin...
30 Mar 20231h 11min
DO 129 - Burma revisited: Life under a military coup, the role of grassroots groups & the potential for cryptocurrency
During the night of February 1/2, 2021, a military junta deposed the elected government of Burma (Myanmar) and instituted martial law. Protests followed, answered by a violent and swift crackdown by ...
28 Mar 202351min
DO 128 - At Work in the Ruins with Dougald Hine, Ashley Colby, and Chris Smaje
Chris and Ashley speak with Dougald about his new book At Work in the Ruins and where it intersects with both the Small Farm Future and Doomer Optimism. Dougald Hine is a social thinker, writer, speak...
23 Mar 20231h 33min
DO 127 - Jane Psmith w/ Ashley and Donald
Ashley and Donald speak with Jane about her review of the book Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson and what being a homemaker means for modern women. Jane Psmith is a pseudonymous suburban housewife w...
22 Mar 20231h 31min
