Some big icons like General Motors go crash, but most of it just goes quietly, with little announcement. I’m talking about all the small shops going dark, the once-famous magazines gone and hardly remembered. Just a couple of years ago, I wished I’d …
In last week’s Radio Ecoshock Show, we talked with Professor Michael T. Klare, about the looming possibility of social instability or riots, even here in North America. Can’t happen here? There was a riot in downtown Montreal, Canada on March 15th. The march …
The economy, says billionaire Warren Buffet, has fallen off a cliff. “The economy, ever since we talked in September, we talked about it being an economic Pearl Harbor, and how, what was happening in the financial world would move over to the real …
Welcome to Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith. In this program we’ll explore the big black hole where your dreams of prosperity used to be. Like rescue dogs, we’ll sniff around the wreckage for the corpses – and the survivors, the dead-ends and the …
Holy Hanna – the wheels are coming off the gilded wagon of capitalism. Part of me is excited that the zombie system killing the planet has cracked open. My other side is fearful. I like peaceful streets and grocery stores with food in …
This is the Radio Ecoshock Show. I’m you’re host and tormentor, Alex Smith. Yes I know the economy is crashing around the world. Eastern Europe threatens to bring down the Austrian and Italian banking systems. Britain is in the tank, along with Spain, …
The Australian wildfires – a warning to the world? I interview Dr. Barry Brook a climatologist from Adelaide. Brook was named one of the top 10 bright young scientists in Australia. His blog makes a strong case that the drying of Australia shows …
[opening Quote from John Kerry on the looming catastrophe in climate change] That is Senator John Kerry, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This is Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith, and you are about to get 20 minutes of the latest from …
This is Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith with eye-popping headlines on the triple crisis: Peak Oil, climate change, and economic collapse. While America basks in Obama, Europe quietly fell further apart over the week-end. On Martin Luther King Day, the British government announced …
Can a city really work without oil? How will we ever make the transition? I’m Alex Smith for Radio Ecoshock – and you are in for a treat. Professor Peter Newman has designed public transport in Australia, and studied sustainable cities all over …
The new science is rolling in from England, Australia, and the American Geophysical Union conference. The news isn’t chilling – it’s heating and it’s very scary. To cover it, we interview two top people in the field. We open with David Spratt, co-author …
All the tunes we’ve used on Radio Ecoshock – full versions and how to contact the artists. 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB (click title above – recommended) or Lo-Fi 14 MB After all the words, of scientists and activists, it’s time to …