Episode Zero: Personal Collapse & Societal Collapse

(Note: This episode was originally released under the old podcast title "This is the End: Pop Culture & Collapse." As of July 2025 the show is now titled, "Strange Days, Here We Come: Pop Culture, Dystopia & Collapse.")

This "episode zero" describes what this podcast will be about and its origin story. It also clarifies certain terminology and concepts that are often used vaguely and misunderstood.

LINKS:

• How do you know when a society is about to fall apart? - NY Times
  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/magazine/societal-collapse.html
  
  
• Are we on the road to civilization collapse? - BBC
  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse

 

• Society is right on track for a global collapse, new study of 1970s report finds - Live Science
  https://www.livescience.com/collapse-human-society-limits-to-growth.html
   
• Are we witnessing the fall of the United States? - The Week
  https://theweek.com/articles/958509/are-witnessing-fall-united-states 
  
  
• Interview with John Michael Greer - Breaking Down: Collapse (podcast)
  https://collapsepod.buzzsprout.com/1403161/7916929-episode-22-interview-with-john-michael-greer

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