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LF296 Dave Gardner – Population and the Future of the Planet

Dave Gardner of World Population Balance asks: Are there too many people on planet Earth?
The very subject of human population is so controversial and even taboo that it is almost impossible to discuss in any meaningful or objective manner. Those who favour population reduction are often cast as Malthusian misanthropists by their opponents, while those who believe that the Earth can easily support current and future population growth are dismissed as naive, irresponsible, and even ecocidal.
Whatever the case, we are facing a maelstrom of serious environmental crises, including climate disruption, species extinction, deforestation, fresh water shortages, and fertile soil depletion. The sheer size of the human enterprise is a major root cause of all these. Have we simply outgrown the planet? Smarter, more sustainable practices are a necessary part of the solution, but we may never solve these crises over the long term without also scaling back the size of our population. But questions remain: Can this be done without coercive or draconian measures? What impact would a smaller population have on the economy and standards of living? Can we learn anything from countries whose populations are already in decline? And, in our consumerist culture of ever greater growth and yet more things and stuff, are we really ready for a new way of being?
The Overpopulation PodcastOne Planet, One Child
Previous interview with Dave Gardner: Growthbusters – Hooked on Growth
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LF295 James Howard Kunstler – Living in the Long Emergency

James Howard Kunstler and I discuss the current coronavirus crisis and his latest book Living in the Long Emergency: Global Crisis, the Failure of the Futurists, and the Early Adapters Who Are Showing Us the Way Forward.
In his 2005 book, The Long Emergency, Kunstler described the global predicaments that would pitch industrial civilization into political and economic turmoil in the 21st century – the end of affordable oil, climate irregularities, and flagging economic growth, to name a few. Now, he returns with a book that takes an up-close-and-personal approach to how real people are living now – surviving The Long Emergency as it happens.
Living in the Long Emergency could hardly have been published at a more opportune moment, as governments worldwide and billions of citizens grapple with an unprecedented global crisis. Despite constant words of warning from Kunstler and others with a similarly keen sense of history and proclivity for joined-up thinking, we remain woefully unprepared for any disruption to the complex systems on which industrial civilization depends. More likely than not, however, we will eventually emerge blinking into the glaring light of an uncertain new dawn. Whether we then change our ways or simply fall back into our former slow-death spiral remains to be seen.
Previous interviews with James Howard Kunstler.
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LF294 Jasun Horsley – Transhumanism and the Colonisation of Space

Jasun Horsley discusses transhumanism and the colonization of space. The talk draws upon Jasun’s book Prisoner of Infinity – UFOs, Social Engineering, and the Psychology of Fragmentation.
Despite the idealism and hope surrounding the first manned space flights and missions to the Moon, in their wake the drive to explore and colonise space seemed to stall, or even regress. Dreams of cities on Mars and beyond appeared to be just that – dreams. Today, however, the space race is on again like never before, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic just three of the high-profile companies leading the charge. But what lies behind this flurry of activity? Are the forces driving technological development changing?
Then we have the technologies of transhumanism such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, cybernetics, cloning, mind-machine melding, mind-uploading, and others. The nexus between these and the new space race is highly significant, and not a little sinister. Transcend the body, escape the Earth, achieve immortality among the stars, and all those nasty political, economic, and social problems simply dissolve. But walking away won’t be so easy, especially when our predicament has its origin in the way we think about ourselves, each other, and our place in the world. This entire agenda is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of life, death, and consciousness, a new understanding of which is urgently needed if our species is to survive.
Previous interviews with Jasun Horsley.
Bumper music: Cliff Martinez ‘Traffic OST’Hans Zimmer ‘Interstellar OST’
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LF293 Anthony Peake – The Hidden Universe of Non-Human Intelligences

Anthony Peake discusses his book The Hidden Universe – An Investigation Into Non-Human Intelligences.
Since our very beginnings, human beings from all civilisations across the earth have encountered the ‘others’ – intelligent, self-motivated beings that are clearly not human in their origins. Peake offers a comprehensive survey of such otherworldly visitors, from gods, angels, demons and djinn to hobgoblins, poltergeists and ghosts, to UFOs and aliens. In addition to detailing the history of these encounters, the author attempts a bold explanation of the true nature of these beings. He explores the increasingly frequent entheogen encounters facilitated by substances such as ayahuasca, DMT, and LSD, as well as the entities encountered by individuals suffering from Alzheimers-related Charles Bonnet Syndrome, young children’s so-called ‘invisible friends’, and the seemingly independent beings met during lucid dreaming and near-death and out-of-body experiences.
This book continues Anthony Peake’s work in developing a completely original model of reality based upon an amalgamation of ancient belief systems, subjective human experiences of the extraordinary, and the latest discoveries of neurology, neurochemistry, quantum mechanics, and cosmology. This model proposes that consciousness, far from being simply an accident of evolution, is the fundamental source of the material universe. It suggests that at its most basic level everything that is seemingly physical is rendered into existence by consciousness.
Previous interviews with Anthony Peake:Mystery and Meaning in Time, Space, and MatterOpening the Doors of PerceptionThe Infinite MindfieldThe Labyrinth of Time
Bumper music: Cliff Martinez ‘Traffic OST’Jerry Goldsmith ‘Logan’s Run OST’
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LF292 Thomas Sheridan – Spectral Sounds: Hauntology and Music

Thomas Sheridan and Greg Moffitt discuss hauntology and music.
In his book Ghosts of My Life, Mark Fisher defined hauntology as ”’music and culture that draws from and examines a sense of loss of a post war utopian progressive modernist future that was never quite reached.’ Hauntological music has been described as music that evokes cultural memory and the aesthetics of the past, fixated on ideas of decaying memory and lost futures, and music that explores ideas related to temporal disjunction, retro-futurism, and the persistence of the past. The discussion includes electronic music, space rock, synth pop, vaporwave, and music for film and television.
Previous interviews with Thomas Sheridan.
Bumper music: Cliff Martinez ‘Traffic OST’‘World In Action’ Theme
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LF291 Kingsley Dennis – Mass Psychosis and the Modern World

Kingsley Dennis discusses his book Healing the Wounded Mind: The Psychosis of the Modern World and the Search for the Self.
Any thinking person watching television or reading a newspaper today is bound to wonder if humanity has lost its mind, and in a way, we have. What can only be described as mass psychosis is sweeping the world with gathering force, unhinging individuals, institutions, and nations alike. A vicious circle driven by propaganda, fear mongering, and media manipulation makes us increasingly vulnerable to more of the same, while the stupefying circus of mindless entertainment and staged spectacles leaves us in no condition to truly think for ourselves.
Is it possible that any of this madness can be traced to repressed trauma or scars in the collective unconscious? If the human psyche is somehow incubating a mental or spiritual virus, it might account for our self-sabotaging and at times suicidal insanity. Maybe the myths about ancient archetypes and entities such as the Archons and Ahriman actually hold seeds of truth. Whatever the case, accelerating technology and expanding interconnectedness are lending the term ‘viral’ a darker hue, threatening to turn even more of us into clones, drones, and automatons.
Previous interviews with Kingsley Dennis:Fragmented Reality and Fear of the FutureDawn of the Akashic AgeThe Phoenix Generation
Bumper music: Cliff Martinez ‘Traffic OST’Christina Vantzou ‘No 3’
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LF290 Mitch Horowitz – The Power of Sex Transmutation

Mitch Horowitz discusses his book The Power of Sex Transmutation.
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For most people, sex is simply about pleasure or procreation, and sometimes a bit of both. But what if I told you that it holds the potential to transform your entire life and help you achieve your ultimate hopes, dreams, and ambitions? A man will do almost anything, go to almost any lengths, to get a woman he truly desires. Drive, determination, creativity, and ingenuity suddenly appear to be at his fingertips as he pursues his passion. Now, imagine just what might be possible were he to apply this energy and imagination to other parts of his life.
Sexual desire is the most powerful urge most of us will ever experience. Over eighty years ago, positive thinking pioneer Napoleon Hill in his seminal self-improvement book Think and Grow Rich set out ways to transform this desire and use it in pursuit of your goals. He called this technique Sex Transmutation. It was and remains the most intriguing, powerful, and misunderstood idea in Think and Grow Rich. Listen on and discover one of the least discussed dimensions of how your thoughts and intention help shape your reality.
Previous interview with Mitch Horowitz: How Thoughts Become Reality
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LF289 Brian Francis Culkin – The Meaning of Trump

Brian Francis Culkin discusses his book The Meaning of Trump.
The election of Donald Trump was a shattering moment for the political sensibilities of America, immediately sending the country into a frenzy of rage, disbelief, and invective, amid a never-ending media circus that has bordered on the absurd, and arguably crossed the line. But the question still remains: what does it all mean?
The Meaning of Trump is an ideological critique that sees the election of Donald Trump as a completely natural progression to the general trajectory of digitized technologies, neoliberalism, and a new breed of financialized capitalism; destructive global forces that know no party affiliation or national boundary. Although Donald Trump is undoubtedly the symptom that has exploded to the surface after nearly four decades of failed policies and broken promises by both Republicans and Democrats alike, his election can also be seen as an existential fork in the road for both the United States and even humanity itself. What path is taken still remains to be seen.
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LF288 Dominic Frisby – Daylight Robbery: Tax, Freedom and the Future

Dominic Frisby discusses his book Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future.
The world around us appears to be falling apart. Political discord, protests and social unrest, riots and wars, climate chaos, and economic collapse. Incompetent, corrupt, or tyrannical governments often have a hand in this gathering global disorder, funded to great extent by extracting money from their populations under threat of force.
Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We’ve been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society?
Daylight Robbery traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. It explores the role of tax in the formation of our global religions, the part tax played in wars and revolutions throughout the ages, and why, at one stage, we paid tax for daylight or for growing a beard. Ranging from the despotic to the absurd, the tax laws of the past reveal so much about how we got to where we are today and what we can do to build a system fit for the future.
Previous interviews with Dominic Frisby:Bitcoin: The Future of Money?Life After the State
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LF287 Jasun Horsley – Stormers of Heaven: Counterfeits and Conspiracies

Part three with Jasun Horsley discussing his book Prisoner of Infinity – UFOs, Social Engineering, and the Psychology of Fragmentation. Part one is here. Part two is here.
This session wraps up the discussion started in part two, delving further into the depths that lie beneath the surface of culture and society. Seething with secret agendas, mind control, and mass manipulation, its hidden realms may hold secret knowledge for transformation and transcendence on paths to enlightenment, or oblivion. Where physics meets psyche, forces seen and unseen – some of them human – conspire toward ends which often as not appear beyond conscious comprehension. A quest for wholeness, communion with the creator, the truth of the ultimate nature of reality, or something far more mysterious… we simply cannot say. But the questions remain. What is the agenda? Who – or what – are they? What part do we play?
Previous interview with Jasun Horsley:Sex, Occultism and Social Engineering
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