Put on your best polyester pants, grab a bunch of gleaming mylar balloons, and crack open a case of bottled water. In today's episode, we're entering the plastic world of plastic pollution in all its glorious plasticity. We're on the hunt for microplastics – and we won’t have to go very far, as they're present everywhere – in the soil, in the water, in the air, and in our bodies. We'll be looking for systemic solutions and talking with Matt Simon, author of the book A Poison Like No Other. Originally recorded on 7/10/25.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li>Matt Simon, <a href='https://islandpress.org/books/poison-no-other#desc'>A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies</a>, Island Press, October 27, 2022.</li><li>Katie Okamoto, "<a href='https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/how-to-avoid-eating-microplastics/'>Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s How to Avoid Eating Them.</a>" New York Times, April 21, 2025.</li><li><a href='https://theoceancleanup.com/'>Ocean Cleanup</a> (large organization with a popular, but frustrating, ecomodernist approach to plastic pollution).</li><li>Jen Fela, "<a href='https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/global-plastics-treaty-delayed-but-not-defeated'>Global Plastics Treaty Delayed, but Not Defeated</a>," Earth Island Journal, December 11, 2024.</li></ul>Related episode(s) of Crazy Town:<ul><li><a href='https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-04-17/crazy-town-episode-84-escaping-technologyism/'>Episode 84</a>, "Escaping Technologyism"</li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/">Support the show</a>

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