# break down editors (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover break down editors. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Heat of the Game](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/the-heat-of-the-game) _2026-06-18 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Football in a warming world, plus an interview with Laleh Khalili on Iran, the US and the geopolitics of oil ## [David Wallace-Wells: "We're penned in by our political deformations"](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/david-wallace-wells-were-penned-in) _2026-05-21 · The BREAK—DOWN · The BREAK—DOWN_ A conversation with the best-selling author on the paralysis of the Democratic party and catastrophe as background condition. ## [Santa Marta Versus Fossil Capital](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/santa-marta-versus-fossil-capital) _2026-05-14 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Plus the politics of geoengineering from Issue 3, and a striking essay on a religious community in the shadow of a nuclear plant. ## [CAPACITY RETURNS: Comparing Chinese and American capitalisms](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/capacity-returns-comparing-chinese) _2026-04-30 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Jeremy Wallace on American and Chinese varieties of capitalism and lessons for decarbonization. PLUS our third print issue, recommended reads, and a party. ## [Why Climate Politics Still Matter](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/why-climate-politics-still-matter) _2026-04-22 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Decarbonization advances while politics retreat. Plus: our latest issue, an invitation to a party, and a bonus for new subscribers. ## [LAUNCHING ISSUE #3: AIRBORNE](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/launching-issue-3-airborne) _2026-04-17 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Feat. David Wallace-Wells, Cecilia Rikap, Adam Almeida, Mae Losasso, Drew Pendergrass and more ## [Call for contributions – ISSUE #4: China](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/call-for-contributions-issue-4-china) _2026-04-09 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ “China is the climate crisis and its solution”. ## [Return to Treasure Island?](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/return-to-treasure-island) _2026-03-30 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Rebekah Diski and George Edwards on Reform UK’s fossil-fuelled nationalism. ## [The Billionaire Machine](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-machine) _2026-03-26 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Hettie O'Brien on Private Equity [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192196167/c90bd48bb8874acc428db20a66ee4189.mp3) ## [Oil War](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/oil-war) _2026-03-20 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ A symposium on the American-Israeli war on Iran ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wBYM6z6trw31) _2026-03-20 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Drawn to Extraction](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/drawn-to-extraction) _2026-03-09 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ Five graphic narratives that document life in extraction zones ## [Welcome to Electro-Capitalism](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/welcome-to-electro-capitalism) _2026-02-23 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ ESSAY: Ours is the age of transition. What emerges from it will be determined by the intense struggles of the present. ## [Three Peaks](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/three-peaks) _2026-02-05 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ On the politics of promises ## [How Wall St. Gambles on Your Future](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/how-wall-st-gambles-on-your-future) _2026-01-29 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ with Ann Pettifor [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186179132/1ddcbb9a716bd6fb51cbd9c68944aa3a.mp3) ## [After the Thaw](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/after-the-thaw) _2026-01-22 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ What the BREAK–DOWN editors have been reading over the past fortnight ## [Beyond Techno-Optimism w/David Edgerton](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/beyond-techno-optimism-wdavid-edgerton) _2026-01-16 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ On technology’s place in the history and ideology of the climate crisis, and why the evangelists for technological innovation won’t save us. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/184591017/610b692dc6c896f426886ec24e83164c.mp3) ## [Nothing to Lose but Our Mains](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/nothing-to-lose-but-our-mains) _2026-01-15 · John Merrick · The BREAK—DOWN_ On the politics of water. PLUS, an interview with David Edgerton ## [📚 Books of the Year '25](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/books-of-the-year-25) _2025-12-18 · The BREAK—DOWN · The BREAK—DOWN_ From the late Mike Davis’s opus, 'Ecology of Fear', to works of sci-fi and essays about the landscape of Essex. ## [ESSAY: 'Care Lessons for the Climate Endgame' by Mikkel Krause Frantzen](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/essay-care-lessons-for-the-climate) _2025-12-11 · The BREAK—DOWN · The BREAK—DOWN_ This week: Mikkel Krause Frantzen writes on the “climate endgame”, and Alyssa Battistoni chats to the BREAK—DOWN about nature’s “free gifts.” ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ztp1wsdF47iA) _2025-12-11 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [ICYMI + get 4 issues for the price of 2!](https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/icymi-get-4-issues-for-the-price) _2025-12-04 · The BREAK—DOWN · The BREAK—DOWN_ Essential reading on the climate and capitalism that you might have missed—handpicked by the BREAK–DOWN editors!