Global Collapse

Tomorrow will take care of itself. Or will it?

The tiny island of Nauru was once the world’s wealthiest microstate. Now it's on the verge of collapse; a cautionary tale of squandered bird poop…

Aug 14

The rehearsal for Mars that's happening under Nashville

What does Elon Musk’s Music City tunnel have to do with civilizational collapse, Martian colonization, and technocratic control? Everything…

Aug 7

Luxury submarines and the myth of "underwater transcendence"

There's lots of submarine talk these days, so meet the Migaloo M5: a nuclear-powered phallus for billionaires fleeing collapse, dodging laws, and…

Aug 5

Notes from the edge of civilization: July 13, 2025

Meet the zero-minute city; Mexico City says 'Gringo go home!'; Taiwan war games get real.

Jul 13

Reading between the headlines: A candid conversation with James Perloff

The prolific author and researcher returns to Collapse Life to explore what's lurking beneath the surface of today’s chaos, and what may unfold in the…

Jun 28

1:03:44

Notes from the edge of civilization: June 22, 2025

Debt and demise. That is all.

Jun 22

On being British and being collapse-aware

Stop waiting for the “old world” to fix itself and start building a new one — intentionally.

Jun 21

49:49

Notes from the edge of civilization: June 15, 2025

Excremental progress; Citigroup re-arms; spy vs. pie.

Jun 15

A country misunderstood: Yemen through the eyes of a Middle East correspondent

Behind the headlines lies a vibrant, complicated, and fiercely creative culture that deserves more than pity or geopolitics.

Jun 7

52:58

Where did the water wars go?

The conflict over water hasn't gone away. It's just morphed into control over a commodity — and the reins were handed to corporations.

Jun 5

Global government is coming, like it or not

New blocs, new flags, same overlords. Could multipolarity just be the next phase of globalism?

May 17

57:18

Notes from the edge of civilization: May 11th, 2025

The US Navy's war against itself; a trade school revival meets the robot apocalypse; blackouts coming to a town near you; the housing market's fine …

May 11

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