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(1:05) Plastic Purgatory: Past, Present, & Future

(7:20) Methane is the Problem

(10:40) Curbing Use: An Attempt

(15:09) And What About Recycling?

(20:08) The Nanoplastics Are Inside You

(23:23) cj’s recommendation: Kelly Boesch

(25:04) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Plastic Detox (2026)

In 1955, we were told that "Throwaway Living" was the ultimate liberation. Plastic was the 20th century’s greatest engineering triumph: a synthetic miracle that saved the elephants, democratized luxury, and extended human life.

But in 2026, the bill has come due. Today, we are finding plastic in the blood, the placenta, and the very soil that feeds us.

Think your recycling bin is saving the planet? Think again.

In this episode, we dismantle the "Mirage of Recycling," exposing this history of calculated industry deception and tell the story of how a byproduct of the oil industry became the scaffolding of modern progress - and its greatest existential threat.

And still, the industry continues to shift the blame onto consumers while flooding the earth with indestructible carbon chains. This is not good.

‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics

Oil | The Guardian

Plastic Pollution - Our World in Data

The global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts | Grist

'Throwaway Living': When Tossing Out Everything Was All the Rage | TIME

Plastics Industry Insiders Reveal the Truth About Recycling | "Plastic Wars" | FRONTLINE + NPR

Plastic Industry’s Fake Tears

kellyboesch.com

The Plastic Detox | Official Trailer | Netflix