C-Realm Podcast

This episode of the C-Realm Podcast features a conversation between KMO, Guy McPherson, Kurt Cobb, and Henry Warwick. Guy hopes for a crash of industrial civilization in the near term, Kurt warns that saying "collapse" in front of a general audience is like cursing around children, and Henry details his criticisms of ecological rhetoric; criticisms that apply to the peak oil and climate change crowds as well. Music by Tiny Machines.

  KMO welcomes anti-economist Professor Steve Keen to the C-Realm to detail the limitations of neoclassical economics as well as popular misconceptions promulgated by advocates of alternative economics. Professor Keen disposes of the "moral hazard" argument against the inevitable debt jubilee and provides some advice for weathering the looming economic tumult. Music by Fernando Tarango.

KMO travels to Washington DC for the annual ASPO conference and the NYC for Occupy This, a night of discussion on the topic of Occupy Wall Street. Featuring the voices of Dmitry Orlov, Aaron Wissner, Mark Robinowitz, and Dennis Meadows. Music by Tiny Machines.

KMO, Olga K, and Albert Bates take the C-Realm Podcast on the road. First Stop: the ASPO-USA conference in Washington DC. Podcasting from the home of C-Realm guest Gary Borjesson, KMO talks with Albert and Olga about the trip itinerary, and KMO plays conversations with James Howard Kunstler, David McFadzean, and Nikola Danaylov, AKA Socrates of the Singularity Weblog, on the topic of technology. Do accelerating returns in the advancement information technology yield corresponding improvements in human quality of life, or have we reached a point of diminishing marginal returns? Music by Kai Altair.  

KMO turns the first half of this week's C-Realm Podcast over to rational UFO researcher, Larry Lowe, who weaves together clips from the movie Network, a clip from last week's episode, and historical information about Project Mockingbird to demonstrate how the corporate media manages the opinions of the many for the benefit of the few. Later in the episode, Tim Bennett, creator of the film What a Way to Go: Life ant the End of Empire, talks about the difficult process of grappling with marginalized topics and fringe ideas. Both Tim and his partner Sally Erickson will be presenters at the upcoming Local Futures conference. Jay Smooth describes how the OWS movement is outing the corporate "ringers," and KMO concludes with a reading from a recent blog post by Matt Tiabbi about the most recent Corporate Media strategy to discredit the OWS movement. Music by Deep 1 and Rhiannon Giddens.

KMO covers the evolving Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City speaking with protesters and non-protesters alike, along with a volunteer army of citizen journalists, to provide an account of events on the ground to which the corporate media turn a blind eye or a baleful gaze.

KMO talks with Jim Kunstler about the meaning of the Occupy Wall Street movement and about how damaged and clueless the youth of America have become. "Get off my lawn, you rotten kids!"

    KMO welcomes permaculturalists Dave Jacke, author of Edible Forest Gardens, and Cliff Davis, co-director of Spiral Ridge Permaculture Gardens, back to the podcast to discuss permacultural consciousness and how it applies to ecovillages, marriages, as well as personal and societal transformation.   Music by Tim's Myth.

KMO talks with John Michael Greer about magic, economics, and the contemporary allergy to anything that isn't cast in familiar modern tropes.

KMO talks with John Micheal Greer about the history of the Apocalypse Meme.

Mark Robinowitz guides KMO through the tangle of 9/11 conspiracy theories to differentiate between verifiable charges of complicity and wild and baseless fantasies.

KMO interviews Joanna Harcourt Smith about her book project which recounts her time with Timothy Leary.

In the second half of KMO's recent face to face interview with Charles Eisenstein, the conversation picks up where the previous episode left off. Charles describe the coming gift economy, and KMO channels John Michael Greer to challenge the notion of a rapid, practically miraculous, transformation of consciousness and society. Near the end, the conversation veers to more esoteric and potentially treacherous narratives.

KMO welcomes Charles Eisenstein back to the C-Realm Podcast to discus his new book, Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. Charles talks about interest and the economic imperatives that it fosters. If the value of money decreased over time rather than growing via interest, then it would be clear to everyone that the best thing one can do with one's money is to spend it quickly and close to home. In times of chaos and potential collapse, the best way to preserve wealth is to give your money away to those in need. Music by Inspired Flight. You can also hear Charles Eisenstein on the Stepping Off the Edge podcast.

KMO and the Dopefiend talk about the UK riots.