Just One Word: Microplastics, with Matt Simon

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. Visit Crazy Town on the web. Sources/Links/Notes: Matt Simon, A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies , Island Press, October 27, 2022. Katie Okamoto, " Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s How to Avoid Eating Them. " New York Times , April 21, 2025. Ocean Cleanup (large organization with a popular, but frustrating, ecomodernist approach to plastic pollution). Jen Fela, " Global Plastics Treaty Delayed, but Not Defeated ," Earth Island Journal , December 11, 2024. Related episode(s) of Crazy Town : Episode 84 , "Escaping Technologyism" Support the show