S2 · E237
September 9 · 25 min
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Breaking Down: Collapse
Kory & Kellan
Apprehensive about the future? Like many, you likely have a gut feeling that things aren't quite right, but haven’t been able to place your finger on why. That feeling only grows with the increasing political tensions, economic uncertainty, natural disasters, and supply chain disruptions. What do all these challenges mean? And what will be the result of society’s current trajectory? “Breaking Down: Collapse” takes the complex concepts surrounding the ultimate collapse of modern industrial society and simplifies them so they’re easier to learn. The compelling evidence for our inevitable decline is introduced by collapse-aware Kory to his good friend, Kellan, who probably doesn’t realize what he signed up for! Skeptical? Gear up for a paradigm shift!
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- BDS2 · E236September 8 · 22 min
Daily Episode 236 - Renewables have made big strides: Can they save us now?
Renewables have made massive strides in the 2020s. I answer the question that still comes up from time to time: Can a successful rollout of renewables save society from collapse? Tracking the energy transition: Where are we now? | McKinsey So, where exactly does the US energy transition stand? | Canary Media Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E235September 7 · 18 min
Daily Episode 235 - +1.5C is Dead
A new UN report officially announced that limiting warming to +1.5C is no longer a viable goal: Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E234September 4 · 27 min
Daily Episode 234 - This week in Fascism #39
Sources: Judge Tells RFK Jr. to Stop Using Fake AI Studies on Teen Pregnancy | The New Republic Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Stanford Students Who Criticized Israel - The New York Times The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders” IRS Softens on Businesses in Wake of Agency Worker Exodus Wyoming judge weighs transgender woman’s self-defense | Advocate.com The Trump Administration is Now Claiming That Being a Trans Ally Makes You More Violent. Yes, Really. James Talarico: "Nothing terrifies them more, than people who show up to vote... Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring - The New York Times ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database | WIRED DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites - Democracy Docket Mail voting live updates: Judge weighs fate of Trump’s anti-voting executive order - Democracy Docket ICE owes millions to hospitals and detainees can't get treatment ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian 'Who is Profiting from ICE?' Texas mom's site sparks secret DHS note Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E233September 3 · 22 min
Daily Episode 233 - Collapse and the US Military
The US military is simultaneously contributing to collapse, as it also says it's working to fight against it (climate change and resulting instability). Meanwhile, it's also tying up its resources, firing all its best people, and opening the world to destabilization. Sources: West Point’s only climate scientist fired after insisting on human causes of climate change | US news | The Guardian DOD Preparing for Climate Change Impacts, Official Says > U.S. Department of War > Defense Department News | U.S. Department of War The US military’s fatal stance on climate change - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Mission impossible? Quantifying military emissions - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Experts raise concerns of Army readiness amid Pentagon changes under Hegseth Dan Driscoll’s Parting Shot - The Atlantic Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations - The Washington Post Pentagon furious over Washington Post’s Iran war scoop Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E232September 2 · 20 min
Daily Episode 232 - The US is a Mess
A collection of articles highlighting the current mess that is the US. And we're just getting started: Gary, Indiana’s Suffering in a Blackout Brings a Global Crisis Home - Bloomberg US kindergarten vaccination rates dip as exemptions hit record high | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian Baby goats had rabies at NC petting zoo, attendees urged to contact health officials | CNN New Mexico’s largest reservoir shrinks to its lowest level in 55 years The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis | Colorado river crisis | The Guardian ICE purchasing Boston Dynamics robots to support operations - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News Nearly 300K California students are homeless, enough to fill 5 Dodger Stadiums: UCLA | KTLA Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E231September 1 · 16 min
Daily Episode 231 - Nepal's Disaster made more likely by Climate Change
A look at stories across the world related to climate change, including the story of a landslide/flash flood along the Tibet/Nepal boarder that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds, and likely thousands. It's all gone. Flash Flood in Nepal sweeps away cities after cities. : r/collapse Panama Canal to cut daily ship traffic as drought worsens from El Nino - France 24 Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies ‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’ | Indonesia | The Guardian Brazil's President Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon river A melting glacier contributed to the deadly Nepal floods. We can expect more like this : NPR Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E230August 31 · 19 min
Daily Episode 230 - Climate Change News across Europe
A look at several articles highlighting this summer of climate chaos in Europe: Lake Zurich sees water level hit record low amid drought European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves | Farming | The Guardian France faces lowest potato yield in over 30 years as drought hits crops Heat wave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: First figures Europe: Wildfire affected area could triple due to climate change | PreventionWeb UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states | Defence policy | The Guardian Last year’s output from Norway’s fossil-fuel giant ‘will kill up to 58,000 people’ – EUobserver Fotograf dokumenterer hvordan norske breer forsvinner – NRK Innlandet – Lokale nyheter, TV og radio Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E229August 28 · 26 min
Daily Episode 229 - This Week in Fascism #38
Sources: Supreme Court Sides With Trump for Now on Mail Ballot Curbs - Bloomberg Half the Country Sues to Stop Trump’s Dangerous USPS Mail Ballot Rule | The New Republic Trump Pardons of Fraudsters Cost Victims Nearly $2 Billion | The New Republic Trump Administration Ends Corporate Ownership Reporting Rule, Orders U.S. Records Deleted Texas Secretly Started Torturing Trans Prisoners By Forcibly Detransitioning Them ‘a Few Weeks Ago’ Federal judge strikes down Rubio's immigrant visa freeze on 75 nations | Fox News 20260814175803632_TRUMP_Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.pdf (PDF) Trump admin says Kennedy Center 'cannot be saved' without his name Trump administration is preparing to revoke visas of up to 200,000 foreigners | AP News Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’ Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E228August 27 · 27 min
Daily Episode 228 - Is Europe in for a difficult winter?
A Substack breaks down the troubles that Europe may experience this winter due to the effects of catabolic collapse: Blackout Europe: The Coming Winter Energy Crisis Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E227August 26 · 22 min
Daily Episode 227 - Hothouse Earth by mid century?
Two new pieces of research highlight the earth is potentially warming much faster than previously thought, and that the models are wrong (imagine that): World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New Scientist Hothouse Earth: arriving sooner than you think… planetary-solvency.pdf (PDF) Global warming acceleration in satellite observed lower-tropospheric temperature | Research Square The world inches closer to catastrophic climate events | AP News Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E226August 25 · 17 min
Daily Episode 226 - A focus on the UK
An episode to focus on various aspects of collapse showing up in the UK in recent days: Network Rail says heat poses ‘exceptional challenges’ after two trains derail in 24 hours | Rail transport | The Guardian Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought | Water industry | The Guardian England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather | Trees and forests | The Guardian ‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas | Marine life | The Guardian Just received UK, people still think this is normal? : r/collapse Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E225August 24 · 21 min
Daily Episode 225 - The Peak Population Question
New research suggests that the global population will peak much earlier than expected, and that's without considering major collapse forces: Economists Say World Population May Have Already Crossed into Below Replacement Fertility, Faster Than U.N. Estimates New mathematical model suggests global population crash by 2064 Opinion | The Population Bust Is Coming Sooner Than Anyone Is Prepared For - The New York Times Demographics.pdf (PDF FILE) Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so? | Our World in Data Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E224August 21 · 24 min
Daily Episode 224 - This Week in Fascism #37
Sources: New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case Former DOJ Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer breaks down Todd Blanche’s 21-page memo expanding executive privilege. Blanche declines to pledge independence from the White House | CNN Politics Court allows Trump administration to access trans patients' records - LGBTQ Nation A Journalist Approaches 300 Days in ICE Detention With a Gunshot Wound ICE Refused to Give Detainees Medical Treatment After Gas Leak | The New Republic GEO ICE detention officials call inmate complaints about a gas leak was a 'hoax' after complaints of illness - Sentinel Colorado ICE is releasing people who are dying in order to avoid reporting their death Justice Department deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship | PBS News Hour : r/law Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women’s health, US judge rules | 1470 & 100.3 WMBD Trump Seeks Immediate Halt to Judge’s Penalties in IRS Case Trump’s DOJ could be held in contempt over unredacted Epstein files, judge says: ‘It’s not a threat. It’s a promise’ | The Independent Trump won't necessarily avoid financial discovery in lawsuit South Carolina Vote-by-Mail Restrictions Deemed Unconstitutional Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E223August 20 · 12 min
Daily Episode 223 - Billionaire Escape Plans
Billionaires are making their plans for safe haven during the perils of our current and future world. Will they sleep well in those beds, knowing they're largely to blame for the situation? (the answer is probably yes) The Argentine ranch where tech CEOs plan to ride out the apocalypse Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E222August 19 · 21 min
Daily Episode 222 - Our waterways (and the life inside them) are cooked.
A look at various articles highlighting the ways in which we have doomed our waterways: Fears of ‘catastrophic’ decline of giant Australian cuttlefish after only 44 counted in dive survey | Marine life | The Guardian Romania shuts down nuclear reactor as Danube hits record lows – POLITICO Gulf oil spill fast becoming one of world’s worst in years, agencies warn | The Straits Times 'Environmental disaster' as one billion plastic pellets enter River Tyne - Geographical El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all | Amazon rainforest | The Guardian Rate of climate change affects stability of the AMOC | EurekAlert! Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E221August 18 · 19 min
Daily Episode 221 - Flooding Today and in the Future
While some places are too hot with too little water, others are experiencing too much rainfall at once. Also, the floods of the future will have a combination of effects that will make them even more devastating. ‘Unprecedented’ rain kills five in Japan as thousands stranded at airport | Japan | The Guardian ‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities | Kashmir | The Guardian Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai | Extreme weather | The Guardian The floods of the future won't come one at a time » Yale Climate Connections Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E220August 17 · 28 min
Daily Episode 220 - Updates on the "Unprecedented" El Niño
The last El Niño update was back in May, and it's time to straighten out some of the science behind the phenomenon, which has continued to gain strength: The 2026 El Niño Is A 1-in-12.5 Million Event : r/collapse World’s seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists | Extreme heat | The Guardian El Niño 2026: How Strong, and the La Niña That Follows | 4 Billion Years On Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead of Winter » Severe Weather Europe Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E219August 14 · 30 min
Daily Episode 219 - This Week in Fascism #36
Sources: New DOJ Memo Gives Trump Sweeping Authority to Shield His Communications From Congress - Yahoo News UK Truth Social's $100,000-per-month subscription for early access to Trump posts is unconstitutional - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington US appeals court blocks Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project DC Circuit deals setback to Trump ballroom as Rao dissents Trump Administration Has Repeatedly Confessed in Court to Withholding Money From Blue States Data Center Foes’ Newest Tack: Sue Locals Over Approval Process Exclusive: Former employee at Southern Poverty Law Center arrested on fraud charges | CNN Politics Ty Cobb, Former Trump White House lawyer compares Todd Blanche being sworn in to Hitler consolidating power in 1934. : r/law In Confirming Blanche, Senators Endorse a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway - The New York Times ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’ | WIRED ICE will release body camera video only when in agency's 'best interests' | AP News Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters Stephen Miller: "The president is using his authority as commander as chief to sign an executive order using the new ruling the Supreme Court issued to expand the definition of people who are ineligible for birthright citizenship. That includes, for example, alien enemies..." : r/law Feds Gave False Information About Journalist Arrested for Covering ICE | The New Republic ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver electric shocks | AP News The Trump Administration Has Lost 75 of 93 First Amendment Cases, Report Finds | Truthout Judge's order may shed light on any plans for ICE at polls Federal judge blocks Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order again — this time nationwide - Democracy Docket Trump DOJ says SCOTUS must stop judge's 'erroneous' orders Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- BDS2 · E218August 13 · 22 min
Daily Episode 218 - Where the bugs at?
The good insects are disappearing, while we're left with the ones that make life harder. What gives? Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500 - Ars Technica The Ticks Are Winning – Mother Jones Mountain insects are running out of room as the planet warms Where have all the wasps gone this summer? Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.