music with narration

Meditation

This LIFE-CENTERED (not human-centered) "post-doom" playlist is collapse-aware and offers emotional and spiritual nourishment to those who see what's coming and choose to honor their grief through heartful witness and investing in what is regenerative and pro-future. These diverse thought leaders remind us that, as things contract, NOW is a perfect time to (A) stand with young people in their fight for intergenerational justice, (B) prepare with family, friends, and neighbors for increasingly difficult times, (C) cultivate awareness and deep feeling for the sacredness of life, impermanence, and death, and (D) engage in non-violent direct action not because we are confident that we will be as effective as we hope, but because we want to look ourselves in the mirror (and look young people in the eye) and feel we've done our part to nudge things in a pro-future direction with as much humility, grace, love, and generosity of soul as we were capable.

RIP Homo colossus

My favorite "Post Doom Soul Nourishment" audio files, from Michael Nabert, Paul Chefurka, Jem Bendell, Catherine Ingram, Barbara Cecil and Dahr Jamail, Jonathan Franzen, Alan Weisman, Roy Scranton, Vicki Robin, James Allen, Dave Pollard, Rupert Read, Emily Johnston, Collapsosaurus Rex, and Samuel Alexander. A link to the text version of each file is in description box. All these audio files, plus two dozen other excellent ones along similar lines, can be found here: “RIP Homo colossus": https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/sets/rip-homo-colossus

Post-Doom Soul Nourishment

sustainability

TEXT: https://sustainablesong.medium.com/how-ill-die-when-and-why-a75933ed1cc5

Michael Nabert - How I'll Die, When And Why

Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood is an international accent voice over artist represented by RMK Voices.

Arianwen Voice Sample Motivation Narration

TEXT: https://expressiveegg.substack.com/p/it-really-doesnt-matter
Darren's "Expressive Egg" website: https://expressiveegg.org/

Darren Allen - It Really Doesn't Matter

TEXT: https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7
PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H4n6g-fCD7qAiSVVd4mCLCAJvZAQxv55/view

Sam Hall - The Busy Workers Handbook To The Apocalypse

The following excerpt is from a longer talk recorded at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. The topic of the evening was “Wisdom Working for Climate Change.” People of the world are unconsciously mourning the devastating impact we are having on our planet. Stephen Jenkinson answers the question “Is it too late to avoid catastrophe?” To learn more about Stephen Jenkinson and his teachings, visit orphanwisdom.com - Recorded and produced by Ian Mackenzie (ianmack.com)

2014 - Grief: Wisdom working for Climate Change by Stephen Jenkinson

PAIN & SUCCESS Ft. Eric Thomas & Les Brown - GYM Motivation - Mind Innovation

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Oh Wonder - Heart Hope (Matthew Heyer Remix)

TEXT: http://thegreatstory.org/overshoot-overview.pdf
A fabulous overview of William R. Catton, Jr's famous book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

Overshoot - overview / summary by Peter Montague

Matthew McConaughey [MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH]

TEXT: https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf ALSO SEE: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-03-17/deep-adaptation-post-sustainability-and-the-possibility-of-societal-collapse/ AS WELL AS: http://www.scientistswarning.org/deep-adaptation-a-map-for-navigating-climate-tragedy/
My recording of Jem Bendell's "must read" or "must listen to" paper, DEEP ADAPTATION: A MAP FOR NAVIGATING CLIMATE TRAGEDY.

Deep Adaptation, Jem Bendell (Dowd narration) - A Map For Navigating Climate Tragedy

TEXT: http://www.approachingthelimits.com/LadderOfAwareness.html
Here I have narrated my favorite posts from Paul Chefurka's site Approaching the Limits. (The first few I mispronounced his last name. :-)

Paul Chefurka - Climbing The Ladder Of Awareness

TEXT: http://web.archive.org/web/20210306102016/http://collapsosaurus-rex.com/collapse-and-the-stages-of-grief/
ALSO SEE: http://web.archive.org/web/20210306102507/http://collapsosaurus-rex.com/
A real gem ... one of Connie's and my favorites.

Collapsosaurus Rex - Collapse and Stages of Grief

Here's Catherine Ingram's narration of her own 'must read' essay. It's excellent!
TEXT: www.CatherineIngram.com/facingextinction
ALSO HERE: www.FacingExtinction.com.au This is a superbly written, big hearted essay regarding accepting inevitable contraction and collapse (and possible extinction) and still having a great life, healthy relationships, peace of mind, and motivation to lovingly act on behalf of life.

Facing Extinction - narrated by Catherine Ingram

TEXT: https://www.amazon.com/Entropia-Life-Beyond-Industrial-Civilisation/dp/0987588400
PLEASE support the author and publisher by buying a paperback; you'll want to mark it up. This is a fabulous book!!  
DESCRIPTION: When industrial civilization collapsed in the third decade of the 21st century, a community living on a small island in the South Pacific Ocean found itself permanently isolated from the rest of the world. With no option but to build a self-sufficient economy with very limited energy supplies, this community set about creating a simpler way of life that could flourish into the deep future. Determined above all else to transcend the materialistic values of the Old World, they made a commitment to live materially simple lives, convinced that this was the surest path to genuine freedom, peace, and sustainable prosperity. Seven decades later, in the year 2099, this book describes the results of their remarkable living experiment.

Entropia - Samuel Alexander

MAHB - Megan Seibert - Planet Of The Humans Review - Shining A Light On The Energy Black Box

Michael Dowd died October 2023. This soundcloud list is a substantial part of his legacy. Here he shares, via his voice, the major books, blogs, and other texts that instructed his own worldview shift into recognizing the multiple causes of the civilizational collapse underway and wisdom for moving into a postdoom perspective of clarity, calm, and compassionate love-in-action. As a Postdoom pastor, Michael aimed to support others in deeply adapting to abrupt climate change and societal and ecological breakdowns. Websites: https://www.postdoom.com and http://thegreatstory.org