Democrises
We will determine our global future. Civilizations rise and fall because they either solve their existential challenges…or they don’t. How do we choose wisely? Listen as physician, researcher and Army veteran Dr. Rob Cohen and other cutting-edge thinkers help illuminate a path out of our crises of democracy, demography, and demoralization. Mavericks are needed now: heed the call with Democrises. It’s either darkest before the dawn…or before it’s totally black.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2019
Episode 13 -- BONUS: Interview with Dr. Rebecca Costa, Author and Sociobiologist
Sociobiologist and futurist Rebecca Costa worked in Silicon Valley for four decades at the cutting edge of technology before moving on to study why civilizations collapse. Her books describe a grave …
00:46:19 |
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Episode 12 -- BONUS: What is a Type-I Civilization?
A Type-I civilization is a planetary civilization that harnesses enough energy from its parent star to achieve sustainability. We discuss the energy requirements to achieve Type-I status on Earth, an…
00:42:17 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Episode 11: Institutional Solutions to Our Democrisis
Our nation and world are in crisis, far more than we care to admit. Our problems are accelerating, and our institutions are not performing up to the task. Just because we have the world's best car (a…
00:39:02 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Episode 10: Interview with Ed Luce, Author and Financial Times Columnist
Financial Times columnist Ed Luce wrote in 2012 that the hollowing out of the American middle class meant that America's trajectory was worse than it looked. He recognized "America First" in the Tea …
00:29:17 |
Thu 13 Dec 2018
Episode 9: Solving Tribalism with Shakespeare, Game Theory, and Counterinsurgency
Tribalism has mortally afflicted humanity since tribes evolved eons ago, and today it threatens to tear down many nations. We know why we’re tribal, but how do we solve it, aside from civil war? Wi…
00:45:06 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
Episode 8: The Rise and Fall of Political Ideologies Over Political Time
Why was Ronald Reagan as successful as FDR, Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson? Why was George W Bush such a divider like James K Polk, Lyndon B Johnson, and John Adams? How is Trump like Carter, Hoover, Pi…
00:29:09 |
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Episode 7: Of Mavericks and Muckrakers
Teddy Roosevelt and John McCain were both war heroes, beloved by media elites, named after their father, and of the same military rank. Each maverick abhorred the Democrats’ growing fondness for soci…
00:52:57 |
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Episode 6: Midterm Election Special & How to Fix the Senate
Rob Cohen gives his thoughts on the 2018 Midterms and weighs in on solutions to fix the US Senate.
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00:33:00 |
Wed 07 Nov 2018
Episode 5: Interview with Christine Woodhouse, Director of One Vote
Every vote tells a story about the person who cast it, and about his or her country. In the past and in the present, people keep having to overcome obstacles in order participate in democracy. In a w…
00:44:19 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
Episode 4: Interview with Dr. Jason Brennan, Georgetown University, Author of Against Democracy
Dr. Brennan bravely proposed in August of 2016 – before the election – that our democracy was failing us because of fundamental flaws. While a fan of democracy, he’s also a critic, and wants to find …
00:46:46 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
Episode 3: Democracy, Idiocracy, Kakistocracy, Oh My!
Churchill said “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms.” Is he right? This episode begins with the rise of Athenian Democracy…and what became of it when demagogues…
00:33:41 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
Episode 2: Interview with Dr. Peter Turchin, University of Connecticut, Author of War and Peace and War
Dr. Turchin is one of the world’s foremost researchers on the question of why empires rise and fall. We featured some of his research in episode 1. He has authored 5 books and hundreds of scientific …
00:51:25 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
Episode 1: Empires Rise, Empires Fall…but Why? -- A message from China.
Civilizations die by suicide, not murder. That’s what almost every historian who has studied the topic has concluded. The paths of societal decline are often similar, including poor governance decisi…
00:27:22 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
TRAILER: Democrises
Coming November 1st.... A new podcast from Rob Cohen and Goat Rodeo.
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00:01:09 |
Thu 25 Oct 2018
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