Collapse Curriculum Podcast

In this conversation, Justin McAffee and Max Wilbert discuss the state of the world, the unraveling of ecological systems, and the question of how we’re meant to live in a time like this.We talk about the coming heat, food instability, and the growing cracks in industrial civilization. From water scarcity in the Southwest to the fragility of global agriculture, the signs are everywhere.Margi Prideaux, PhD was mentioned as an excellent Substack publication, including this recent post about the hunger

Max Wilbert and Justin McAffee discuss a number of topics and current events related to political movements, resistance, rising fascism, climate change, and environmental degradation. Get full access to Collapse Curriculum at collapsecurriculum.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of the Collapse Curriculum Podcast, host Justin McAffee is joined by environmental advocates Nikki Hill and Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, author at Speaking for the Trees (no matter where they’re from), to explore the growing controversy around invasive species, ecological change, and the stories we tell about nature.Using the barred owl debate in the Pacific Northwest as a starting point, where one owl species is being lethally removed to protect another, the conversation moves beyond

Collapse isn’t the end of the world… unless we let it be. In this episode of Collapse Curriculum, Justin McAffee and co-host Mike delve into the final three stages of collapse: social, cultural and environmental... and why humanity must hold the line before the worst outcomes take root. Drawing on Dmitry Orlov’s framework, they explore how societies unravel from within, and how meaning and morality are the last defenses against total annihilation. You’ll hear why rebuilding trust, cooperation, and

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But if it is broken, can it be fixed?”In this episode, Justin McAffee is joined by his former college mathematics professor, Mike Paxinos, as they dive deep into the stages of societal collapse as outlined by Dmitry Orlov, exploring what happens when the systems we depend on begin to fail… financially, politically, culturally, and ecologically.From the fragility of global markets to the rise of decentralized communities, from the moral consequences of greed to the

50 years ago, MIT scientists released The Limits to Growth, a computer model that warned civilization was on an unsustainable path. In 2022, sustainability researcher Gaya Herrington revisited that work and found that real-world data matches the collapse scenarios almost exactly. In this episode of Collapse Curriculum, I’m joined by my old college math professor and now my co-host. For those deep in the “doomersphere,” he’s kind of a normie. Which makes this a fun and engaging conversation: one

Why do great civilizations rise to power only to fall apart? In this first episode of the Collapse Curriculum Podcast, I’m joined by my former college math professor, Mike Paxinos, where we explore the common threads in societies that collapse, drawing on Jared Diamond’s insights from his Tedtalk and historical examples like Rome, the Maya, and the Soviet Union.We discuss:* Jared Diamond’s three major threads of collapse* Why civilizations often collapse rapidly after reaching their peak* How

Join us on this captivating podcast journey as we explore the profound transformations of Florida's natural world. From the lush expanses of untouched wilderness to the bustling urban landscapes and agricultural fields that mark the state today, we delve into the complex story of how civilization has reshaped the land under the Florida sun in just the last 100 years. We are joined by Joel Curzon, author of a book on the Everglades, to discuss on-the-ground perspectives about the natural environment