Sorry we had such a long break, we got ourselves abducted by aliens. We're back now, and we're gonna be talking about the latest and most cataclysmic disasters of 2022. Also, this episode marks the kickoff of a series where we analyze the shifting landscape of the fight against climate change as well as how activism can have the most impact. Give us an Email over at calfirecrackpots@gmail.com We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Happy one-year anniversary to Calfire Crackpots! For today's episode, we'll be taking a look at the history of American environmental legislation beginning with the formation of the National Parks System. From there, we'll talk about the Clean Air and Water Acts and more before discussing the monumental Inflation Reduction Act. Enjoy the usual Calfire Crackpots fare: bad mics, bad jokes, and other badness. Give us an Email over at calfirecrackpots@gmail.com We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Welcome back to Calfire Crackpots summer edition where we'll be discussing the ins and outs of the archaic, terrible, no good, very bad supreme court. Specifically, we'll get into the EPA ruling as well as a good laugh at policy, and a discussion on why California seceding is a terrible idea. Enjoy. Give us an Email over on calfirecrackpots@gmail.com We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
The news certainly goes less than hard this week. Rather fittingly, we decided to go down the rabbit hole of how climate policy became the dog-and-pony-show that it is today. Beginning with Jimmy Carter and the energy crisis, we take a LONG detour at the hanging chads and come all the way to Grandpa Joe and how he fell off his bike. Enjoy. Or else. We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Offshore drilling isn't cool, and it seems that no matter who is in the White House, it continues to expand. Today we discuss the how's and why's of new offshore drilling legislation as well as how it factors into Russian energy independence. Lastly, this episode was recorded BEFORE the terrible tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. Our hearts are with those who are suffering, and may ACTION result! We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Today we experiment with an audio-only format of podcasting, and kind of like it... Today's topic kicks off our exploration of the humanity of climate change. That is to say, how climate injustice, discrimination, and American-style racism have exacerbated the climate crisis and made it worse for some more so than others. Before that, however, we discuss the recent loss of credibility of yet another pillar of the American government as well as how we recover from it. We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
As the climate crisis is the single most pressing issue of the century, fixing our planet requires a herculean mobilization of both public support and political will. The magnum opus of the US would be the acclaimed "Green New Deal". However, because its ins and outs remain elusive to many, we'll be first taking a look at the conditions surrounding FDR's "New Deal" in the Great Depression. Later on, we'll investigate the different provisions, controversies, and successes of the "favorite son" of the progressives. Happy Earth Day! Watch the video version on the Calfire Crackpots Podcast YouTube channel! We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
With April 1st, the 2021-22 wet season for the Western United States has fully come to a close. The strong La Nina year brought record rainfall to the PNW while hanging much of the Central Coast and Rockies out to dry. In today's episode of Calfire Crackpots, we'll be looking at snowpack statistics, rainfall graphs, upcoming ballot measures, and oh-so-many government websites to better understand where America is headed for the 2022 Disaster Season. Watch the video version on the Calfire Crackpots Podcast YouTube channel! We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Like gas station food and Quentin Tarantino movies, some things truly are better than others. The same can be said for cities. While nearly all urban settings have more renewable energy, less car dependence, and a higher standard of living than rural ones, cities like Mobile, Alabama and Dallas exist to offset all of that. Today, we're gonna be exploring the climate efficacy of different cities around the world and how they can be made greener and less dependent on cars. This week's news segment features, as it so often does, yet another outrageously transphobic Republican state legislature. Watch the video version on the Calfire Crackpots Podcast YouTube channel! We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
To take a line from my podcast inspiration, "Well There's Your Problem", "train good, car bad". Today on Calfire Crackpots, we'll begin to pick apart climate engineering that ACTUALLY WORKS with a discussion of commuter and intercity rail in the United States and Europe as well as how to improve it, and how to better answer the complex geographical question that is long-distance transportation in the United States. In "The News" this week, Russia may be pulling a King Bush II and implying that Ukraine is in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Watch the slides on the Calfire Crackpots Podcast YouTube! We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Besides being the antagonist in the "Modern Warfare" Trilogy, Russia has a lot of interesting stuff going on. Its a country with 19th-century leadership, supported by 20th-century infrastructure, running a 21st-century economy. Join us as we talk about Russia's roles and responsibilities in the climate crisis and the relationship between Russian militarism and the worldwide push for renewable energy. In our news segment, we will be talking about the State of the Union Address, Florida's latest homophobic nonsense, and of course, Russia. Watch the slides on the Calfire Crackpots Podcast YouTube! We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Whether it's grandpa at Thanksgiving or that one oddball friend, many of us have our fair share of climate change deniers in our lives. The secret to winning an argument is to know someone's ideology better than they do, and we're not here to win an argument, we're here to enlist people in the war on climate change. Join us as we pick through the moldy pages of bad science and terrible critical thinking skills to understand what makes the average climate change denier tick. Also included will be some top-notch draft evasion tips should your number be called. Listen to us audio-only on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://anchor.fm/calfirecrackpots We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Desalination. Is it stupid or can it be the silver bullet to solve Californian and worldwide water woes? Well, it turns out that it can be a little bit of both. Listen to us take a look at the technology, the environmental drawbacks, and its practical use cases in a warming world. Also included will be us whining about AP exams (yes we're that young). Listen to us audio-only on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://anchor.fm/calfirecrackpots We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Watch our audio setup improve noticeably as we talk about politics and climate change in the British Isles. Also included will be our longest news segment to date as we recall the oddest week in our school's 130-year history while trying fruitlessly to not namedrop anyone/thing. (Beeping included!) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/calfire-crackpots/id1585596550 We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Saudi Arabia: the obscenely wealthy, mostly impoverished, and most stupidly engineered petrol state. It's the equivalent of a ten-year-old's creative Minecraft world. From the history of Saudi Aramco to bucketloads of political controversy, join us as we pick apart the climate politics of the caricature of the 21st century. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/calfire-crackpots/id1585596550 We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
Have you ever been ramming your foot into a wall and said "Zoinks, that smarts!", so you freeze your foot in liquid nitrogen so you can go on kicking with no pain? Well, Silicon Valley startups and clueless governments alike seem to think this is the solution to climate change, so get ready to take a gander at everything from moving the moon to nuking volcanoes. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/calfire-crackpots/id1585596550 We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
After taking advantage of a free license of creative cloud, we've kitted our tiny pod with Premier Pro and Zencastr. Please be patient as we iron out the kinks over the next few episodes. In the meantime, enjoy our take on how the Bushes and Iraq's water woes gave way to ISIS's frightening rise to power in the middle east in the 21st century as well as what climate change means for the future of international terrorism. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/calfire-crackpots/id1585596550 We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
As promised, we made a collab with Charlie and Denis from Psychic Dolphin Garage! (They're cool, please listen to them.) For this marathon of a Calfire Crackpots episode, we'll be talking California politics from the Governator to JBiden. Included are many rants, tangents, and various tomfoolery concerning the water politics of the golden state. Check out Psychic Dolphin Garage: https://linktr.ee/psychicdolphingarage GoFundMe for Charlie's Mom: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-allison-rebuild-from-the-marshall-fire?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&s=09 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/calfire-crackpots/id1585596550 We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
To kick off our water policy world tour, we'll discuss the geopolitics of the Nile River and how Ethiopia and Egypt's unwillingness to act like adults in the face of the climate crisis is destabilizing the entire region. Also included is a surprisingly heated rant about the state of the 117th congress of the United States of America. Apple Podcasts: Calfire Crackpots We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)
The studio team here at Calfire Crackpots wishes everyone a Merry something-or-other, and by studio team, I mean me and maybe Declan. From seawalls, landfills, pumping plants, nuclear canals, and the hellscape we call the Netherlands, we'll be delving into all of the ways the nations of the world are hopelessly trying to preserve their coastal cities while ignoring the root cause of the problem. Apple Podcasts: Calfire Crackpots We're on Twitter! @calfirecrackpod Intro/Outro Music: "The Debate is Over (If You Want It) (Acoustic)" by Anti-Flag. All copyrights are owned by their respective owners. (Please don't DMCA us.)