Media published by REALITY REPORT
The Reality Report: Interview with Steve Andrews about the 2009 ASPO-USA Conference
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
Learn about the planning behind the 2009 conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas.
archived July 31, 2009
Reality Report: Interview with Noah Raford
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
Noah Raford is an urban planner and the Director of Space Syntax Limited in North America. This show discusses how complex social systems become inflexible, leading to their collapse, and what strategies individuals aware of collapse might use to cope.
archived July 17, 2009
Reality Report: Michael Bomford Interview
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
What does a modern, productive food system without fossil fuels look like and how might we get there? In this episode of The Reality Report, host Jason Bradford speaks with Michael Bomford of Kentucky State University. Mike discusses his research on the energy and labor inputs of different farming methods...
archived June 16, 2009
Reality Report: Peter Lawrence and Jim Merkel
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
As the economy shrinks so does our consumption. Do we view this as a bad thing or an opportunity? Jim Merkel, (author of Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth) and Peter Lawrence (author of The Happy Minimalist) chose to earn less money and live more simply.
archived July 17, 2009
Reality Report: Jon Erickson
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
Explanations of the economic downturn focus on greed, corruption, incompetence and inequality. But this isn’t the whole story. The Reality Report interviews Jon D. Erickson, Professor at the University of Vermont and Fellow of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics.
archived July 17, 2009
Reality Report: Household and Community Food Security
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
This show of the Reality Report discusses household and community food security through local granaries and local currency. The guest is Cyndee Logan of Mendo Food Futures, a project funded by the California Endowment that includes the local, food-backed money called Mendo Credits.
archived July 17, 2009
Reality Report: Matthew Stein
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
Matthew Stein, author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency is the guest on The Reality Report. Learn about the "Survivor Personality" and "What are the best bugs to eat," as drawn from Mat's encyclopedic work.
archived July 17, 2009
Reality Report: Low-Energy Food Storage with Sharon Astyk
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
The Reality Report interviews Sharon Astyk -- writer, teacher andsubsistence farmer -- about low energy methods for home food preservation and storage. Sharon is author of two books on Peak Oil and Climate Change. Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front is now available, and A Nation of Farmers (And Cooks), co-authored with Aaron Newton, will be available in Spring '09. (An improved rebroadcast.)
archived March 31, 2008
Reality Report: Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico are a major concern for the whole United States as our economy relies on the fossil fuels and their byproducts from the region, and Gulf ports for global trade. This program explores how our anxiety over these storms reflects the lack of resiliency in our current energy and trade systems. Guests are Nina Tassin, a resident of Donaldsonville Louisiana, and Nate Hagens of University of Vermont and The Oil Drum.
archived February 12, 2009
Reality Report: Ecological Economics (rebroadcast)
Jason Bradford, Reality Report
If an economic system is built on myths that aim to defy the laws of physics and ecology we should not be surprised to see it fail. Perhaps we can use this crisis to begin asking the right questions and redesign with human needs and planetary realities in mind. The Reality Report interviews Professor Joshua Farley of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.
archived February 12, 2009