Dave and Bob discuss nature education, poetry, and school reform, using the lens of Rabindranath Tagore, and Bengali Nobel Prize winner who led an incredible life in the early 20th century. He changed the way we see education and is still influencing the world today. We also look at modern day decedents of his pedagogy like Richard Louv, Adrienne Maree Brown, and Audre Lorde. Contact info Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com Twitter - @BMaze19 IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia Website - https://thrivingindys...
Nov 24, 2022•46 min•Ep. 73
The brothers dust off their rust. They discuss how things have been over the last 9 months. And they get into an important news item that is getting left off the mainstream platter. The theme for this season is No Bummer! Scheming and Dreaming. The Crew discusses where this idea came from and the directions they hope to take it. Episodes may include: the key bands of every decade (music) with DH, 00s nostalgia, The Peachies, Top 10 dinners, anarchism for dummies, the Rojava revolution, and sport...
Sep 06, 2022•45 min•Ep. 72
The brother's are back in the sound studio after a long Hiatus, and boy did we miss it. It felt good to be home. This episode is all about grad school and new ideas Dave is learning to implement in his classroom. Bob is a great ear as always and up for a little knowledge. Learn all about ELA, Social Studies, and Math/Science literacy and how we can all implement disciplinary literacy with some great action items and new ideas. Here is a link to one of Dave's lessons plans on immigration, but fee...
Aug 04, 2022•40 min•Ep. 71
The brothers end the season with this episode. They start by discussing Dave's journey with Omicron. Dave reflects on having the bug and some lessons learned. They follow this with Bob's reflections on MLK Day and the 2020 doc MLK/FBI. The heart of the show is wrapping up their season on Valerie Kaur's revolutionary love. They only were able to do 1/3 of the love model, but in the last episode, they reflect on the challenges of loving one's enemy and on loving one's self. At the and a shout-out ...
Feb 28, 2022•48 min•Ep. 70
The Crew discusses the ongoing attack and crises in Ukraine. They go over what we know so far, some of the historical context of the attack, and some possible implications. Recorded on February 27.
Feb 28, 2022•22 min•Ep. 69
In the first show of 2022 the Crew starts off by discussing the Omicron Covid Surge. The main topic for the show was Bob’s trip to Boulder. Bob summarizes his trip, which had some magical elements to it. David reflects on the reality that the pandemic has minimized or taken away the ability to hang out. The brothers share their reflections on experiencing the fires in Boulder. Part of the experience was affording an even deeper connection to Boulder. They then refer back to The Ministry of the F...
Jan 17, 2022•39 min•Ep. 68
It’s our 2021 review show. And it’s a Thriving first as both brothers are in-person in Colorado. For a game and in honor of the Beatles documentary Get Back, the Crew names their top 5 Beatles songs. Dave: 5. Rocky Racoon, 4. Hey Jude, 3. Can’t Buy Me Love, 2. Let It Be, 1. Here Comes the Sun. Bob 5. (tie) Here Comes The Sun 5. (tie) While My Guitar Gently Weeps, 4. Tomorrow Never Knows, 3. Strawberry Never Knows, 2. A Day In The Life, 1. Hey Jude Next the Crew talks about the Peachies, which ar...
Dec 27, 2021•47 min•Ep. 67
The book club finishes the discussion on Eula Biss’ book. The sections for this discussion are “Investment” and “Accounting.” The discussion touches on what is art? (especially if made by elephants or androids), breaking out of the system while complicit in it, the hard-wiring of investment gambling to our brain chemistry, and digging a hole on your 40th birthday! Contact info Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com Twitter - @BMaze19 IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia Website - https://thrivingindystopia.com/ T...
Dec 20, 2021•58 min•Ep. 66
Dave riffs on the “metaverse” and links it to Neal Stephenson’s dystopia Snow Crash . The brothers discuss whether this can turn out well. Bob brings up his health at the end of a challenging quarter at the Uni. Dave mentions that Julie is seeing clients and could provide help! The Crew heads to the outer circle of loving the other in Valerie Kaur’s revolutionary love, which is fighting. Fighting is connected to agency and entering the “battlefield.” Bob poses the question, “How do we continue t...
Dec 09, 2021•47 min•Ep. 65
To start off, thinking about coffee has the brothers talking about “old world” vs. “new world” food distinctions. Dave has found a new youtube channel called the Tierzoo that has inspired an assignment in his class. The topic of the day in Revolutionary Love is grieving. Bob gives a recap from last week and how wonder might flow into grief, and then they give an intro to grieving based on Valerie’s life and the chapter on grieving from See No Stranger . Dave relates a story from a recent hike wi...
Nov 25, 2021•44 min•Ep. 64
In a side episode, the Crew was invited to partake in a bookclub with friends Mike and Dan. The book is Eula Biss’ Having and Being Had. The selection of this book came out of conversations about the discomfort with homeownership. The book, told in 2-3 page chapter vignettes, brings out the contradictory experiences in living in late capitalism. This discussion aimed at the first 2 sections: consumption and work. Contact info Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com Twitter - @BMaze19 IG - Thriving_In_Dy...
Nov 10, 2021•55 min•Ep. 63
Nadir masterfully adds harmony to Bob’s enthusiastic but moribund version of Kansas’ Carry On You Wayward Son. The brothers then discuss Halloween costume ideas (both influenced by different TV shows but landing on similar ideas). They introduce the theme of season 8: the 9 practices of Valerie Kaur’s revolutionary love. They will discuss each one in turn as it shows up in their lives. The revolutionary love compass outlines the 3 domains (love for others, opponents, and self) and levels of revo...
Oct 22, 2021•41 min•Ep. 62
The brothers muse on what turning 40 means (it's the day before Bob’s birthday). The show is in the Matrix white room (in-between seasons). So the Crew does a big ol’ fashion tuned-in episode and share what TV, movies, music, sports, and podcasts they’ve been into. TV Dave: Sex Education (Netflix) Upload (Prime) Bob: Reservation Dogs (Hulu) Sweet Tooth (Netflix) Books Both: Having and Being Had by Eula Biss Movies Dave: Kicking and Screaming (1995) with mention of Eric Stoltz being the original ...
Oct 05, 2021•54 min•Ep. 61
Dave discusses plans for Hispanic Heritage month, which reminds Bob to ask Dave about his journey to major in Spanish in college and then how that has played into Dave becoming a teacher. Within that story Dave brings up the interesting question of whether to wear an embroidered shirt (tune it as writing makes it seem mundane!). Dave asks Bob about the 60 Songs That Explain the 90s podcast. With 19 songs left, Bob and Dave chat about some possibilities for them. The main topic of the episode is ...
Sep 19, 2021•42 min•Ep. 60
The brothers catch up and start with Dave’s first week of school. Dave says he has been trying to integrate quietness, stillness, and reduce anxiety (a la Brene Brown). He led a birthday line-up ice-breaker with 50 4th graders, which you had to see to believe. Bob is still in summer mode but also thinking about returning to a UCSC campus that is not really prepared for the Delta variant. The Crew wants to host their valiant editor to the show and take your questions for Nadir. Please contact us ...
Sep 06, 2021•40 min•Ep. 59
The Crew addresses the long delay between recording. Don’t worry everyone, we still love Thriving. The summer has been busy indeed, and the brothers discuss the places on earth where marriage proposals seem to happen. They discuss the new Cleveland baseball team nickname. And end the chit-chat on Dave’s move into his new co-housing. The main topic of the week is around the question of whether it is possible to hack capitalism. In other words, can capitalist tools be used to undo capitalism? The ...
Aug 09, 2021•54 min•Ep. 58
The brothers are joined by Bob’s new cat, Teddy Bear. They discuss introducing kittens to a new home (with Teddy mewing in the background). Dave theorizes that we do things for 4 reasons: to make money, because we love it, for others, and to do something new; and then asks Bob why he does the podcast. Lastly, they let listeners know that they are working on a new podcast with friend Dan C that will take sports on in a critical way. The topic for the week is what is art’s role in building another...
Jul 26, 2021•37 min•Ep. 57
The brothers are blessed to have friend Dan, the Lynx of the Rocky Mountains, on the show. They start by discussing the intersection of basketball, culture, soccer, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and gender relations. The main topic is whether another world of sports is possible? What kind of sports world do we want? The Crew shares their perspectives on what can be done to confront the cisheteropatriarchal dynamics in sports. Box score from Seattle Supersonics @ Los Angeles Lakers on Nov 27, ...
Jun 28, 2021•59 min•Ep. 56
The show starts with Dave sharing that he recently had to sell his chicken which brought some unexpected thoughts. Bob reflects on the last week of his school year teaching at Zoom U. For the show today, the Crew takes from the movie High Fidelity and the book Read and Riot by Nadya Tolokonnokova (of Pussy Riot) to make their Top 3 list with the category: Making Another World Possible. Dave’s list: Unplug (from the world) Connect (to the earth) Give to the community in some way, any way. Bob’s l...
Jun 21, 2021•56 min•Ep. 55
Bob sings the show in with one of Dave’s favorite songs from 1998. Then, a Thriving first: Dave makes a big announcement about one of our friends. Dave reflects on celebrating our mom’s birthday with a killer bike ride. After this, Dave tells a perfect Seinfeld story that just happened to him. Bob describes his first vacation in 17 months, a trip to Mendocino, in the Green Triangle. The topic of the week is the Zapatistas, the revolutionaries in Chiapas who live the praxis of “another is possibl...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 54
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 ...
May 31, 2021•48 min•Ep. 53
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...
May 25, 2021•53 min•Ep. 52
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 , polic...
May 17, 2021•50 min•Ep. 50
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 ...
May 17, 2021•52 min•Ep. 51
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 - Cri...
Apr 25, 2021•27 min•Ep. 49
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, Dav...
Apr 19, 2021•54 min•Ep. 48
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 an...
Apr 12, 2021•54 min•Ep. 47
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 ...
Apr 06, 2021•49 min•Ep. 46
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...
Mar 29, 2021•45 min•Ep. 45
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 ...
Mar 19, 2021•51 min•Ep. 44
