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OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance
The OVERSHOOT podcast tackles today’s social and ecological crises driven by our excessive population and consumption and explores the paradigm shifts needed to bring our human footprint into balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests, hosts Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware examine the drivers of overshoot: from the pronatalism fueling overpopulation, to economies based on consumerism and social injustice, to the worldview of human supremacy that exploits animals and nature. Our vision of shrinking toward abundance offers transformative pathways beyond technological fixes, toward interconnectedness with all beings. With a global rank of 1.5%, we draw listeners from across 150 countries.
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There are over 100 episodes of OVERSHOOT. If you are new to the podcast, we recommend you listen to these episodes first:
William Rees: Confronting Overshoot Eileen Crist: An Ecological Civilization Angela Saini: How Men Came to Rule Alan Weisman: Countdown
Episodes
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Epicurean Simplicity
The future is bioregional. Writer Stephanie Mills reflects on decades of questioning growth and cultivating a rooted relationship with the living world. She advocates for an Epicurean simplicity - choosing the simple pleasures of community, place, and nature.
Humachines, Big Tech, and Our Future
A dystopian fusion of human and machine is being pushed on us by a big tech elite. Michael D.B. Harvey, author of The Age of Humachines: Big Tech and the Battle for Humanity's Future, offers pathways for reclaiming a future rooted in democracy and ecological balance.
Radical Alternatives to “Progress”
Shrishtee Bajpai, researcher and activist with the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, reveals how local struggles for self-determination connect across cultures and what is being done to weave a 'pluriverse' of possibilities rooted in social and ecological justice..
Progress: Humanity’s Worst Idea
For 5,000 years civilizations have told themselves stories of progress. Today, the progress myth has become humanity's most dangerous illusion. Samuel Miller McDonald, geographer and author of Progress: A History of Humanity’s Worst Idea, joins us.
Escape from Overshoot
The world is colliding with the ecological limits of growth and mainstream economics is still looking the other way. Peter Victor, ecological economist and author of Escape from Overshoot, discusses strategies for creating a post-growth future.
Hospicing Modernity
Modernity is dying within and around us, and we need to face that death with courage and compassion. Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Brazilian educator, Indigenous and land rights activist, and author of Hospicing Modernity, joins us.
From Grief to Regeneration
We have it in us to create a more beautiful, regenerative future that allows both humans and nonhumans to flourish. Dr. Sarah Bexell, professor of social work and co-founder of the Center for a Regenerative Future at the University of Denver, joins us.
The Poverty of Growth
Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and author of The Poverty of Growth, joins us.
The Lies Economists Tell
The dominant economic system delivers neither ecological nor social justice. Joshua Farley, an expert in ecological economics, argues for reclaiming our humanity from the destructive grip of mainstream economics.
The Delusion of Decoupling
Economic growth is failing the planet, and it’s time for a change. James Hopeward, environmental civil engineering professor, joins us.
The Myth of “Development”
“Development” is destroying the planet and erasing cultural wisdom. Ashish Kothari, environmentalist and author, joins us.
Social Ecological Economics
The global economy is failing socially and ecologically. Clive Spash, an ecological economist and pioneer of social ecological economics, joins us.
Wellbeing Economy
What happens when we stop treating people and the planet like they're here to serve the economy and start treating the economy like it's here to serve us? Amanda Janoo, Economics and Policy Lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, unpacks the fundamentals behind the Wellbeing Economy.
Powering Down: Beyond Growth, Toward Simplicity
Humans are overpowering Earth’s natural systems and oppressing one another. Richard Heinberg, one of the world’s foremost experts on energy and sustainability, joins us to discuss his latest book, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival.
Toward an Ecological Civilization
How can we reframe our relationship with the planet to foster harmony with all life on Earth? Eileen Crist, environmental writer and author of Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization, joins us.