The Steady Stater
The Steady Stater, hosted by Brian Czech, is a podcast of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, dedicated to exploring limits to growth and sustainable solutions. Czech and his guests discuss the principles of steady-state economics and how they apply to contemporary politics and policy. The Steady Stater airs every Monday at 8:00 a.m. EST.
Episodes
62 episodes
The Hills Are Alive and Steady: Forced Growth in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills isn’t the first place most people would think of harboring a steady-state government. Yet, led for three terms by past Mayor John Mirisch (who still serves on the city council), the enclave west of Hollywood has pushed back agains...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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35:17
Chris Matthews Uncut: Hard-Limits Hardball (Part 2)
In the second part of our conversation with Chris Matthews, the former Hardball host ponders the mixed legacies of Al Gore, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and FDR. He also shares his opinions on where to look for political support for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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27:52
Chris Matthews Uncut: Hard-Limits Hardball (Part 1)
In the first part of a two-part special, Chris Matthews of MSNBC fame joins Brian to discuss the steady state economy. The CASSE signatory comments on his favorite episodes of Hardball, his recent book This Country: My Life in Poli...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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24:51
Beat it Bitcoin, Here Comes Beetcoin! (with Woody Tasch)
For Woody Tasch, founder of Slow Money Institute, it’s all about balance. Every moonshot needs an Earthshot; diversity and efficiency; simplicity and complexity. That’s where the “deceptively simple” concept of Beetcoin comes in. Providing crow...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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33:52
The Atlas of Disappearing Places: A View From 2050 (with Christina Conklin)
The future, as they say, is unwritten. But that didn’t stop authors Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros from speculating, in their acclaimed book The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis. We spoke w...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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32:44
In Memoriam — Steady Staters Who Left Us in 2021
In our first podcast episode of the year, Brian Czech takes a moment to remember some of the steady staters who left us in 2021: David Schindler, Valerius Geist, Mason Gaffney, Dick Lamm, Thomas Lovejoy, E.O. Wilson, and Lisa Vandemark. Brian l...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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19:49
Extinction as Shakespearean Tragedy – The Romeo Error (with Chris Haney)
Heading into the holidays we take a rare optimistic detour in the world of conservation. Our guest is Dr. Chris Haney, President of Terra Med Applied Sciences, a public interest ecological research company. He and Brian discuss the fate of the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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34:19
Wetlands, Kitchens, and Abalone: No Steady States in Sight (with Ann Vileisis)
Ann Vileisis is an author and environmental historian, intrigued by stories of food, ecology, and the connections between the two. This week, Brian traverses his fond memories of Ann’s vivid wetlands book, Discovering the Unknown Landscape<...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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31:25
A Song for a Post-Growth Australia (with Michael Bayliss)
Michael Bayliss of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast likes all kinds of communication, whether it’s hosting thoughtful and conversational interviews, his communications role at Sustainable Population Australia, or spreading ecological messages ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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32:59
Divesting from Doom, Investing in Education (with Stephen Mulkey)
Stephen Mulkey from the University of Florida is known to some as “Dr. Doom.” Yet the “doom” is in the data; Mulkey is just exceptional at compiling and communicating it. A better title might be “Dr. Do.” Consider for example his pivotal role i...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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33:02
Shrink Globally, Act Locally (with Helena Norberg-Hodge)
How should the past inform the future? How should the global inform the local? To get an idea, Brian chats with Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of the long-running non-profit Local Futures....
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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35:47
Sensible Scientists, Stable Planet (with Phoebe Barnard)
Our guest this week is Dr. Phoebe Barnard, CEO and Executive Director of Stable Planet Alliance, a new organization working to "bend the curve" on population and hyper-consumption. Brian and Ph...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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31:46
Catching Up with CASSE and a Book Review Bonus (50th Episode Special)
This week The Steady Stater podcast reaches its milestone 50th episode. To celebrate we’re doing something a little different: going behind the scenes of CASSE’s history, meeting its staff, and looking to the projects of the future. Pl...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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33:15
Sea-Level, Shorelines, and SLAMM (with Jonathan Clough)
This week Brian is joined by Jonathan Clough, one of the nation’s foremost experts on sea-level rise and its effects on ecosystems. Jonathan and Brian discuss the different methods for observing sea-level rise, the sophisticated SLAMM model, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:47
Policy Design for Degrowth (with Timothée Parrique)
Timothée Parrique joins us for a record third appearance on The Steady Stater! Following previous discussions exploring the social limits to growth and the European degrowth movement, Tim and Brian discuss the final part of his dissertation "Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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38:48
Observations of an Independent Sustainability Operator (with Sandy Irvine)
Sandy Irvine was a prominent figure in the early days of the Green Party of England and Wales and an Associate Editor at The Ecologist magazine. This week on The Steady Stater, Sandy joins Brian to discuss everything from supergrids to soccer, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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27:09
Silent Sting (with Dave Goulson)
Our episode this week covers the delightful (and occasionally dark) world of insects with Professor Dave Goulson, author of the new book Silent Earth. Brian and Dave discuss fireflies, glow-worms, bumblebees and butterflies. They also discuss e...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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34:38
Overpowered (with Richard Heinberg)
Richard Heinberg has written a lot of powerful (and power-themed) books throughout his career. But his recent release — simply titled 'Power' — is the one that he hopes to be remembered for. Brian talks with the Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:58
Days of Possibility (with Laurel Hanscom)
The Steady Stater podcast returns for Season 2! Our first episode also sees the return of our very first guest Laurel Hanscom, CEO of the Global Footprint Network. Laurel and Brian discuss the 2021 rebound of Earth Overshoot Day, the #100DaysOf...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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35:54
Two Peas in a Podcast (with Dave Rollo and Heather Reynolds)
In a first for the Steady Stater, Brian hosts two guests at once. These guests have a lot in common: scientists, civic-minded citizens, organic farmers, and certainly steady staters. As a bonus, they happen to be married, which makes for a smoo...
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29:31
Roaming the Halls of History (with Adam Rome)
Can we learn from history? It depends on the historian! Hear the erudite Adam Rome reflect upon the roots of American conservation (interesting take), the Progressive Movement, the Dust Bowl, FDR, the Great Suburbanization, Earth Day and more. ...
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26:03
Food Hubs for Thought (with Sabine O’Hara)
Sabine O’Hara occupies a unique niche in ecological economics, with numerous titles to show for it. She’s also developed a dynamic research program at the only urban land-grant university in the USA. Listen to Sabine discuss with Brian her theo...
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26:31
The Population Balancing Act (with David Paxson)
The balance of nature. Balancing resources among nations. Balancing politics with the raw facts of overpopulation. Working in the population education field is a constant balancing act, and David Paxson has been on the tightrope ever since esta...
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29:11
Backtracking the Ecological Footprint (with Bill Rees)
This week’s guest at the Steady Stater is a renaissance man in sustainability studies. Bill Rees conceived the ecological footprint concept, and helped develop the footprinting methodology thereafter. In this episode we explore the concept and ...
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28:59
Holey Bags, McMansions, and Other American Mysteries
Ever wonder why 50% of plastic bags have holes—and always near the bottom? What about Hummers; how in heck did those happen? Then we have McMansions, the NRA’s special Kuznets Curve, and “20 % off” everything, all the time! Let Brian Czech guid...
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