50 years ago, the book, “The Limits of Growth,” made some controversial predictions about a potential collapse of civilization due to our culture’s unsustainable approach to growth, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at how the book got to its predictions and consider how things have developed since then (01:22). The guys also react to the recently uncovered history about a southbound route to freedom for enslaved Americans in the 1800s (31:38).
The Infamous 1972 Report That Warned of Civilization’s Collapse (Wired)
The Little-Known Underground Railroad That Ran South to Mexico (History.com)
A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico (NPR)