Thomas Homer-Dixon's Podcasts

Chicago Public Radio's Worldview "Land Distribution Problems and Conflict"

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400

A lot of people think that the rhetoric about the connections between war and the environment are too hysterical. Wars aren't about oil, they aren't about water. People think there is an over-dramatization of the connection between the environment and security.

Jerome asked Thomas how he reacts as someone who studies the environment and security for a living and how he approaches this topic...

Episode details :: Interview on Chicago Public Radio's "Worldview" program

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SBS Radio "Environmental breakdown, or opportunity?" interview

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0400

World View program on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Radio, Australia.

Episode details :: "Environmental breakdown, or opportunity?" interview with Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon on the World View program on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Radio, Australia.

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ABC Melbourne interview on the Conversation Hour

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Conversation Hour program on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Melbourne, Australia.

Episode details :: Interview with Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon on the Conversation Hour on ABC Melbourne.

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Electric Politics "Urbi et Orbi" interview

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Thomas Homer-Dixon is a respectable, intelligent fellow, and though he speaks about impending catastrophe in a low-key way the message gets through loud and clear: there's going to be serious cleaning up to do. Which is more or less the point of his latest book, The Upside of Down.

Episode details :: "Urbi et Orbi" interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon on Electric Politics

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Free Forum with Terry McNally interview

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Author of Canada's #1 bestseller, THE UPSIDE OF DOWN. Whether from terrorism, climate change, pandemic, energy scarcity, or the widening gap between rich and poor, he believes breakdown is inevitable. And if we won't change our ways till we crash, it's up to us to make sure breakdown doesn't spiral into total collapse.

Episode details :: Thomas Homer-Dixon 'The UPside of Down' interview with Terry McNally on Free Forum

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Air America "The Upside of Down" interview on EcoTalk

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Thomas Homer-Dixon tells Betsy about his new book The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization.

Episode details :: "Thomas Homer-Dixon: The Upside of Down" interview on the Air America show, EcoTalk

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World Affairs Council of Northern California "The Upside of Down: Leveraging Catastrophe for Positive Change" lecture

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0500

From the rise and fall of the Roman empire, to the devastation of the 9/11 attacks; from the slums of the megacities in Latin America and Asia, to ground zero of the SARS outbreak in Toronto and Hong Kong; we are, says Thomas Homer-Dixon, on course for breakdown. Simply managing our problems is no longer good enough. As population, energy, environmental, and economic stresses build in force deep underneath our societies, as our technologies grow more complex and interconnected, and as events in one place increasingly cause effects that cascade around the planet, major system failure becomes more likely. But rather than giving up in despair, we must embrace this possibility as an opportunity for revolutionary change. By adopting a "prospective mind" - a mindset adapted to constant surprise and instability - we can create something new from the unexpected, and something useful from turmoil and crisis.

Episode details :: "The Upside of Down: Leveraging Catastrophe for Positive Change" lecture at World Affairs Council of Northern California

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Prologue: Firestorm

Thomas Homer-Dixon — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Audio excerpt of Thomas Homer-Dixon reading the Prologue of his book, The Upside of Down.

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