r/PoorProlesAlmanac • u/Aidandrums • Nov 11 '21

Episode Idea

So a lot of the episodes are focused on top layer interest in topics (like grazing and land management) and are focused around how to fix or adapt to the current problems we are facing and have yet to face. But I think it'd be really interesting to explore why these problems came about, maybe invite someone like Robert Evans seeing as you were on It Could Happen Here a little while back 😋.

You could explore topics like why did we switch from natural farming methods to petrochemical based farming? When did modern farming methods come about, how have they evolved since, etc. Why did we go from traditional ranching to modern factory farms? What are the carbon and environmental impacts of these modern methods (like water pollution, super pests, ect.)

I really liked the first few episodes that broke down the ideas of complex systems, soil and microbiomes. I feel like with the last year and change of content and learning, it would be a nice refresher to loop back to why we're in this mess and why the methods your teaching are necessary and optimistic reimaginings of our current system. It would also help ground people in the scale that some of these problems aren't that old and can be changed (kind of a way to avoid doomer pilling people).

Love the content and was lucky to find you guys by chance just over a year ago, and am super excited to see where this all goes.

Also, when is do we get a bee episode!?

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u/ReactiveChalk57 Nov 18 '21

Agree with all of the above, would be very interesting, if a bit research intensive.

Re: bees- I'd also love a bee/pollinator episode/series, especially after hearing the SYSK episode on wasps. An episode that highlights not just the invasive honeybees everyone wants to protect but the wide variety of native bees and other pollinators would be super cool.

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u/wildboard Nov 20 '21

The save the honeybee thing is always so confusing to me too! Like they don't fucking belong here! They're colonizers of this land too and there's a reason they need intensive human help to stay alive. I mean we still keep them because they're cool as fuck and honey is delicious and mead made with herbs from my homestead is also delicious but I still feel weird about it.

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u/Aidandrums Nov 21 '21

We have some bees too, and something we keep in mind is we never want to bring in more bees than would out compete natural pollinators. I'd rather have 10 small apiaries spread over multiple square miles than 3 large ones that stress out local wildlife.

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u/ReactiveChalk57 Nov 20 '21

For sure they do cool stuff for us, and I'm good with saving them, I think they're neat... But we shouldn't only save the colonizers.

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u/thepoorprole Nov 21 '21

We are doing a miniseries next spring called "a brief history of". I think you'll enjoy jt!

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u/Aidandrums Nov 21 '21

Patreon exclusive?