A phrase often used at climate actions is ‘system change not climate change’. This podcast explores that idea. What kind of system are we living with now? How do systems of exploitation come about? What options for a new system make sense? How could we make system change happen? Join me as I explore these questions. Get excited as we work out how we might make a fresh start. It could be a good idea to start with the first of these podcasts 'Capitalism: A Ghost Story' from July 4th 2022 and go on from there.
The post-capitalist gift economy is explained and proposed in my book 'System Change for a Liveable Future' (Mayfly 2025). Here I am looking at an appendix in that book. I am considering what the anthropologists have to say about non-market economies in pre-class societies. How did gifts function as a means of exchange in these communities? What lessons can we draw from this history?
31 Jul 2025
The human condition and the elephant in the room — toxic masculinity.
Unpacking Schmachtenberger again. Terry Leahy 2025. This text and podcast provides an alternative world history to that being promoted by podcasters such as Daniel Schmachtenberger. Their theory is heavily based in sociobiology. I will outline a different theory that fits the facts better. So, in the last of five podcasts I will continue with the exposition of my own version of the human condition. Following up what I said about that in the podcast before this one. I will b...
31 Jul 2025
My take on the human condition, evolution and human nature.
Unpacking Schmachtenberger again. Terry Leahy 2025. This text and podcast provides an alternative world history to that being promoted by podcasters such as Daniel Schmachtenberger. Their theory is heavily based in sociobiology. Here, I will not go into every detail of Schmachtenberger’s approach. I will outline a different theory that fits the facts better. In this podcast I want to ‘give the devil his due’. There are certainly important events in human history that seem to fit ...
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