UPDATE (February, 2020):Check out the Viable Underdogs blog (www.viableunderdogs.com) for more books and material that cover our proposed solutions to the Sustainability Crisis, and other global (Type 1) concerns we have identified. It is reco

The Vatican's Global Crisis Message

Sep 11th, 2019 13m 9s

Episode 42 (Technically Episode -5):Today, we chat briefly about the Vatican's Global Crisis Message. You can read more here:https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-declares-climate-emergency.htmlWe also discuss how some of our

No, no. Don't get up. I'll fix journalism myself.

Sep 10th, 2019 37m 58s

Episode 41 (Technically Episode -4):There are some updates in the episode. Here are the promised links. Our newest YouTube vid:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qscgIod-IwThere are more vids and 'Liked" videos on the YouTube channel: "Viable

United Nations Crisis Message (From 2018)

Sep 9th, 2019 8m 53s

Episode 40 (or -3 seeing as how we are now spinning our tires):In Sept, 2018 (Almost exactly one year ago), the United Nations announced a global CRISIS MESSAGE. Seven months later, in May 2019, the news outlet, The Guardian, followed suit and

PLS LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE FIRST ($5000 Sustainability Challenge (Part 1) )

Aug 31st, 2019 11m 19s

Episode 39:This episode is a ten minute short explanation that outlines what the entire podcast is about. This is the last episode I plan on posting if this gains zero traction. Here is a guide to navigate this podcast (also known as my Resea

The $5000 Sustainability Challenge (Part 2)

Aug 31st, 2019 1h 9m

Episode 38: Apologies for the noise distortion in this episode. It gets better as the episode progresses. It is the ONLY episode that has this problem. We explained in Episode 39 (which we strongly recommend listening to first) why the distort

Viable Underdogs' Executive Summary

Aug 15th, 2019 37m 1s

Episode 36:Or, we guess, technically Episode 0, since it’s our Summary Episode. Today, we wrap together our entire sustainability diagnostic which comprised all of the first 34 episodes. And, most importantly, we ask our new listeners, as well

Type 1 Global Chain Letter

Aug 15th, 2019 35m 37s

Episode 35:The diagnostic phase of our podcast is complete. In this episode, we instruct you on how to solve a good portion of the communication problem we have identified in previous episodes. Once the lines of communication have been repaire

A Type 1 Global Sustainability Diagnostic

Aug 15th, 2019 28m 1s

Episode 34: Today, we’re telling you the story of 'Viable Underdogs.' Well, this consultancy firm, not when we use the term to refer to humanity. We hope that if you learn where this idea came from, then it may artificially accelerate the adop

A Type 1 Global Organizational Structure

Aug 14th, 2019 35m 57s

Episode 33:Today we’re exploring our world’s organizational framework in order to explain how it could be possible that nations at government level are in agreement on matters like climate change, while it appears for a large part that individ

The 'Silo Effect' in our Sea of Knowledge

Aug 13th, 2019 25m 30s

Episode 32:Today, we explore the 'silo effect' from the business field and apply it to human-acquired knowledge. This is the reason no one has though to combine management concepts with sustainability. We propose a new field of generalists who

Communications, Perception, & Reality

Aug 12th, 2019 35m 41s

Episode 31Today, we’re trying to change public perception on sustainability, and we are concluding the communications component of our global sustainability diagnosis.Also, we forgot to add an article source at the end of the episode for Stan

Uncage Human Ingenuity

Aug 11th, 2019 16m 58s

Episode 30:Special thanks to L.M. for providing the incredible episode picture!Today we’re exploring how concepts from the business field, frameworks, can be used to increase the speed of the solutions currently being applied to sustainabilit

Type 1 Research Paper

Aug 5th, 2019 4m 33s

Episode 29.5:This is a quick update on our remaining episodes, since we will be altering our format of posting once a week. Starting Sunday, August 11, there will be a new episode each day for the entire week. Then our sustainability diagnosis

Is Science Dumb? Part 5: The Epic Conclusion

Jul 28th, 2019 19m 26s

Episode 29:Today, we answer the question once and for all: Is Science Dumb?One of our listeners from Australia sent us the awesome episode picture (see episode 26 for the reference). Thanks, Mate!Also, we posted on-time for Sunday in our tim

Global Urgency

Jul 22nd, 2019 21m 53s

Episode 28: Today, we explore the idea that our planet is a large engine, subject to engine-like concerns like tolerances, feedback loops, and the eventual global catastrophic failure that may occur sooner than many people think...Special tha

Is Science Dumb? Part 4

Jul 14th, 2019 15m 52s

Episode 27: The tone of this episode might come off as slightly irritated. This irritation is not directed at our listeners, but at the media outlets who are not properly covering these sustainability topics, and we highlight this with a commo

'Managing' Sustainability

Jul 7th, 2019 16m 31s

Episode 26:Today, we’re discussing the differences between top-down and bottom-up change, and which ones are ideal to address the many different and unique sustainability problems.Also, we encourage you to see if you can spot an audio edit we

Global Apathy (T.J.T. #3)

Jun 30th, 2019 14m 38s

Episode 25:WARNING: This episode contains graphic content & language that may be offensive to some listeners. Special thanks to L.M. for helping to write the episode – not the vulgar language - that part was all John's doing.Today, we’re disc

The Business 'Math' of Global Cooperation

Jun 23rd, 2019 16m 45s

Episode 24:Today, we’re applying a popular concept, Pareto’s principle, to factors such as human cooperation. Then we’re exploring adoption curves to try and determine how many people we’d have to convince for global traction in sustainability

Globally Updating our Methods of Discussion

Jun 16th, 2019 18m 14s

Episode 23:Today, we’ll do our best not to alienate any listeners when we discuss logical fallacies, and other similar factors that make it difficult for us to reach a global consensus on issues like sustainability. We’ll also try to make next

Poisoning our 'Well of Knowledge'

Jun 9th, 2019 16m 47s

Episode 22:Today, we’re chatting about how the collective knowledge of our species is acquired, and how it is currently in great danger of corruption. We’ll also make sure to teach John exactly what 'inconsequential' means. Apologies for any c

The Evolution of Business

May 26th, 2019 11m 18s

Episode 21:Today, we’re discussing how the business sector can be a powerful asset during the transition to a more sustainable planet. There’s also a brief update of things to come after the episode.

There's Always a Trade-Off

May 20th, 2019 12m 47s

Episode 20:Today, we're continuing our exploration of the political process and sustainability, as we try to clarify exactly how much impact governments can have without help.

The Inevitable Redline of Civilizations

May 12th, 2019 9m 32s

Episode 19:Today, we're starting our discussion about the success of previous attempts at addressing sustainability, and we try to clarify just how much impact governments will have without help.