Air Date: 05-20-2016
Today we take a look at how to escape the hedonic treadmill of consumption in pursuit of happiness and moving toward a future of shared prosperity
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 3: Song 1: A Change Is Gonna Come - Ben Sollee
Ch. 4: Act 2: Finding a good practice of consumption - Juliet Schor from Stanford University - Air Date 2-4-09
Ch. 5: Song 2: Good Food - Legendary Wings
Ch. 6: Act 3: Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - TEDTalks - Air Date: 04-24-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: I Will Buy You a New Life - Everclear
Ch. 8: Act 4: Culture of work, insatiability and free time - Juliet Schor from Stanford University - Air Date 2-4-09
Ch. 9: Song 4: Cello Song (feat. Jose Gonzalez) - The Books
Ch. 10: Act 5: This Is Literally The Most Censored Topic On The Mainstream Media - @RedactedTonight w/ @LeeCamp - Air Date: 06-09-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: I Need To Wake Up - Melissa Etheridge
Ch. 12: Act 6: Institutionalizing 3 Buddist poisions (Ill will, Greed and Delusion) - David Loy from Stanford University - Air Date 2-4-09
Ch. 13: Song 6: Happy - Sister Hazel
Ch. 14: Act 7: 7 Tim Jackson: An economic reality check - TEDTalks - Air Date 10-5-10
Voicemails
Ch. 15: We need the fire in our bellies on climate catastrophe - Tim from Boulder, CO
Ch. 16: The problem with the lack of school psychologists - Sally from San Francisco
Ch. 17: Tried veganism as a test and found it surprisingly easy - Patrick from Dallas
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 18: Final comments on turning off the hedonic treadmill and returning to minimalism
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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