Human Nature Odyssey

18 - Time Machine 2126 (Part 2): Techno-Utopia Or Apocalypse?

Dec 18, 2025

Picture the future 100 years from now. What do you imagine? Flying cars? Space colonies? AI talking toasters?

But if we can’t sustain an endlessly growing economy - even with a transition to green energy - what does a realistic and positive future look like?

Alex joins the hosts of Crazy Town to imagine life in the...

17 - Time Machine 2126 (Part 1): Has Green Energy Saved Us Yet?

Dec 4, 2025

What does a livable future look like 100 years from now? If we unlocked unlimited green energy, what would we actually do with it? And are our dreams of a renewable-energy utopia sometimes just as delusional as the fossil-fueled drill baby drill mentality?

In this two-part series, Alex is joined by the hosts of Crazy...

Starting a Cosmic Commune: Inside Spaceship Earth and Biosphere 2

Nov 20, 2025

This is the first 30 minutes of a longer conversation. The full conversation is available on the Human Nature Odyssey Patreon.

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In 1991, a group of artists, inventors, and visionaries set out to live inside a sealed desert enclosure for two years—a bold experiment to see if humans could survive in a self-contained...

16 - How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse

Oct 30, 2025

A horrific zombie apocalypse has ravaged the world—but hardly anyone seems to notice. One lone podcast sets out to interview those navigating this strange new reality: from people attending mindful zombie retreats and binging zombie media, to those stockpiling shotguns and fortifying bunkers, to others...

Andor, Star Wars, Rebellion, and the Reality of Our Global Empire

Oct 16, 2025

This is the first 30 minutes of a longer conversation. The full conversation is available on the Human Nature Odyssey Patreon.

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was an old Republic that, out of fear of a phantom menace, voted to consolidate authoritarian power—unknowingly sealing its own demise. It...

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