Exploring sustainability for: businesses, individuals, technologies, the environment, and global issues
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Episode 32:
Today, we explore the 'silo effect' from the business field and apply it to human-acquired knowledge. This is the reason no one has though to combine management concepts with sustainability. We propose a new field of generalists who specialize in lateral thinking be created.
We featured the music of Bjorn Lynne and forgot to mention it in the end credits. Also, here's the link for the sound we used in the episode:
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Episode 31
Today, we’re trying to change public perception on sustainability, and we are concluding the communications component of our global sustainability diagnosis.
Also, we forgot to add an article source at the end of the episode for Stanislav Petrov, but this was corrected in Episode 33. Apologies for the error.
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Episode 30:
Special thanks to L.M. for providing the incredible episode picture!
Today we’re exploring how concepts from the business field, frameworks, can be used to increase the speed of the solutions currently being applied to sustainability.
Also, thanks to Zapsplat.com for the sound effect that we hope most listeners won’t realize is not the Veyron. And if you want to see something cute, google the sounds that cheetahs make.
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Episode 29.5:
This is a quick update on our remaining episodes, since we will be altering our format of posting once a week. Starting Sunday, August 11, there will be a new episode each day for the entire week. Then our sustainability diagnosis, Phase 1, is complete, meaning there will be no new episodes until Phase 2.
However, getting to Phase 2 can only happen with the help of our global listeners.
We believe in you!
Saturday Jul 27, 2019
Saturday Jul 27, 2019
Episode 29:
Today, we answer the question once and for all: Is Science Dumb?
One of our listeners from Australia sent us the awesome episode picture (see episode 26 for the reference). Thanks, Mate!
Also, we posted on-time for Sunday in our time zone last week, even though it says Monday. Our bad. So to balance that out, we’re posting this episode a bit earlier than usual.
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Episode 28:
Today, we explore the idea that our planet is a large engine, subject to engine-like concerns like tolerances, feedback loops, and the eventual global catastrophic failure that may occur sooner than many people think...
Special thanks to ZapSplat for the sound effects in this episode. You can check out their royalty-free music & sound effects at https://www.zapsplat.com/
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Episode 27:
The tone of this episode might come off as slightly irritated. This irritation is not directed at our listeners, but at the media outlets who are not properly covering these sustainability topics, and we highlight this with a common climate change misconception.
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
Episode 26:
Today, we’re discussing the differences between top-down and bottom-up change, and which ones are ideal to address the many different and unique sustainability problems.
Also, we encourage you to see if you can spot an audio edit we had to do, since John reads typos from scripts just like Ron Burgundy reads anything on the teleprompter. . .
You Stay Classy, Planet Earth.
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Episode 25:
WARNING: This episode contains graphic content & language that may be offensive to some listeners. Special thanks to L.M. for helping to write the episode – not the vulgar language - that part was all John's doing.
Today, we’re discussing the impacts of global apathy and inaction when it comes to sustainability.
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Episode 24:
Today, we’re applying a popular concept, Pareto’s principle, to factors such as human cooperation. Then we’re exploring adoption curves to try and determine how many people we’d have to convince for global traction in sustainability. We did our best to make this episode shorter, but we don’t want to get so concise the point is lost on some listeners. This is intended for everyone, and everyone learns and understands at different speeds.