A show that brings light to the doom and gloom of the everyday dystopia that we are living in, but never shies away the hard reality. Two brothers striving to thrive, build community and stay connected.
Episodes
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Another Podcast Is Possible
New season! The Crew reviews all the Gut Checks from season 6. Great picks!
Dave is done with his school year and will have Peachtree Pizza with his kiddos. His students did so well with their reading progress!
The theme of the new season is “another world is possible.” Bob thinks that expanding on this simple thought is key to social change (including police abolition). The brothers first came across this phrase volunteering at Lefthand Books, the one-time socialist bookstore in Boulder. Bob asks Dave, what does the “world” mean in this question. Dave expands on the obscene wealth inequality in the world.
The episode ends with the Crew wanting to explore why the idealist is so smeared in our society. Connected with this is their desire to explore utopias and utopian thinking this season.
Quick Fix
You are making pork chops for dinner, and you have the bread crumbs, the flour, but you don’t have eggs. What do you do?....Mayonnaise!
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Bach's Goldberg Variations is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Dave reflects on the end of the school year for him and his kiddos. Bringing the reading-level up gives him good energy. Bob reflects on the podcast turning 1 year old!
The final episode of season 6 on baggage! The topic of the day is what baggage has been picked up or left off during the pandemic? Bob starts and discusses picking up baseball uber-fandom during the pandemic. It’s an escapism, not a terrible one, but one that feels to Bob like he should do something with it.
Dave brings up moving to a new community during the pandemic, and then feeling a lack of connection to the greater Ft. Collins and Colorado community. Bob brings in Patrick Hamilton’s advice that in the pandemic: there is pandemic forgiveness, in which friends don’t have to come up with excuses about not connecting with each other.
Gut Check
Thriving in Dystopia will still exist in a year, May 2022. (Bob gives it a 8; Dave says 7).
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
The show starts by sneaking in a Did You Know about movies. The Crew then discusses reactions to the Oscars.
The brothers attended a “web thing” called White People and Police Abolition earlier in the week, and the main topic of the show is debriefing this. The event brought in Mariame Kaba, whose work the Crew discussed back in episode 6. The topics that the Crew dives more into are digital land acknowledgments, language around defund/abolition, the idea of a million little experiments, police as the one burger stand in town (and not very good burgers).
Gut Check
Courtney will win season 2 of the Circle (Dave gives a 10. Bob gives a 6)
Contact info
Podbean app: https://thrivingindystopia.podbean.com/
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
Dave sings the show in with what Bob thought was a Divinyls song, but in actuality, is Lovefool by the Cardigans, a song famously featured on The Office on season 3, episode 5 (and not Austin Powers -- that was Carnival). Dave was looking for the lyric, “I can’t care ‘bout anything but you.”
The Crew structures this episode based on “Wonderful,” by Griffin and Rachel McElroy.
Dave’s small wonder is the chocolate-salted caramel. Bob’s is quiz-mastering.
Dave’s big wonder is boardgames. Note: The gallbladder stores bile, not insulin.
Bob’s big wonder is direct action.
Gut Check
By 2030 there will be a 51st U.S. state (Bob gives it a 7; Dave gives it a 10).
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Registration link for the "White People and Abolition" web event with Mariame Kaba: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PQanp8kzQ86LsmxZ7ps9cQ
The Crew's picks:
Best actor: Dave - Steve Yeun. Bob - Chadwick Bozeman
Best actress: Dave - Viola Davis. Bob - Carey Mulligan
Best animated: Dave and Bob - Wolfwalkers
Best supporting actor: Dave - LaKeith Stanfield. Bob - Daniel Kaluuya
Best supporting actress: Dave - Olivia Colman. Bob - Youn Yah-Jung
Best doc: Dave - Octopus Teacher. Bob - Crip Camp
Best director: Bob and Dave - Chloe Zhao
Best film: Dave - Judas and the Black Messiah. Bob - Nomadland.
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
The Crew starts off the rails this week, discussing the demands of going a weekly podcast show while their jobs are full on. Brought to you by Yeti Mics, “make your podcast sparkle!” lol. Inspired by some of their favorite patreon-funded projects, they discuss what that type of project could take. The podcast as baggage?
The brothers have to talk about the beginning of the baseball season. They discuss the highs and lows, and how their fantasy league is going!
As the main theme for the show, Dave brings up some personal baggage, specifically in terms of holding on to other people’s baggage. He tells a story about a meltdown in the classroom that brought parents into the conflict. He asks himself how much does he have to fix? How much is this his to take on? Bob suggests taking a step back and asking what are the long-term goals in any given situation. He also suggests having realistic expectations for outcomes rather than idealized or unrealistic ones.
Goose egging (aka shutout or skunking)
Gut Check
Some team in baseball will go from worst to first and win their division (Boston, Detroit, Texas, Washington, Pittsburgh, or Arizona). Dave gives it a 2; Bob gives it a 3.
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
The show starts with the song Peeper by Dave and Julie Peachtree. The Crew discusses seed sharing as spring has sprung. They also discuss how-to: both germinating seeds and growing starts.
The topic of the day’s show is unpacking Bob’s dissertation research (as well as his teaching). Bob grounds his work in liberation psychology which is the movement to root psychology in the struggle for oppressed people for freedom. His main research explores the oppressive power dynamics of white supremacy and masculinities as well as how white men, in particular, can interrupt those dynamics.
Bob summarizes the major results of his dissertation, which include life stories of white men who aspire to do anti-racist, feminist work. And then what that work looks like for them in their lives and in their communities.
Bob makes a commitment to publish his research! Hyperlink coming.
Gut Check
The chances of Dereck Chauvin being found guilty. (Dave says yes, and 10 years behind bars. Bob gives it a 4; Dave then gives it a 3).
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
The brothers first talk wasabi burns and then get into discussing the 1st weekend of the NCAA tourney. Dave’s finishing up his spring break, and Bob is almost starting theirs. Dave’s high is an hour and a half run that he went on, which triggers a conversation on running.
The topic of today’s show is unpacking our physical pain, especially with a lens to emotional roots of pain. Dave discusses how his awful back pain a few years ago eased and began to heal after seeing a homeopath. He brings in ideas about how to release stress that builds up in our bodies. Bob has come to understand that fascia in our body plays an important role in connecting physical pain and emotional stress.
Errata: Texas State are the Bobcats; not the Wildcats as Bob said.
Gut Check
Air travel will become as normalized this summer as before the pandemic. Dave gives it a 9/10. Bob says 7/10.
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Bob and Dave discuss some of their strengths as podcasters. They recorded this episode on St. Patrick’s Day, and they discuss the origins of the Whiskey-Milk drink.
The Crew introduces the new season’s theme: baggage. They start with the premise that all human’s have baggage. They want to “unpack the baggage,” in multiple ways this season.
For episode 1, the brothers keep it concrete and dystopia and discuss packing a go-bag. This is rooted in the plot of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower in which the heroes become refugees and have to leave their home with a packed bag. Bob created a go-bag last summer during the California fire season, so the Crew discusses what’s in that bag.
Gut Check
A double-digit seed team (10 or below) will win the men’s NCAA tournament this year. (Dave gives it a 3. Bob gives it a 2).
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Dave starts the episode telling Bob a scary and wild story of how he almost lost his wedding ring (hint: think hamburg). The Crew then discusses COVID-related issues including some ethical questions related to vaccination.
The topic of the show is a look back on season 5. The Crew harvest some take-home messages from the season on avoidance with the focus on how we can strengthen our confronting muscles.
The brothers end with a baseball question. And to you listeners, let us know if you want to join our fantasy league. Spots available!
Dystopian Rainbow
Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha. But don’t take our word for it….
Contact info
Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com
Twitter - @BMaze19
IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia
Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/
TikTok - @davepeachtree
Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Bashful by Ketza is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.