Advance Praise for The KunstlerCast book

“James Howard Kunstler plainly has a lot to say about the state of the world. And while much of it is bad, bad news — aggressively, congenitally, perhaps even fatally bad — he speaks with such vim and vigor that you find yourself nodding in agreement rather than looking for a noose. Duncan Crary wrangles these free-wheeling conversations masterfully. A bracing dose of reality for an unreal world.”

— STEPHEN J. DUBNER, co-author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics

“Jim and Duncan: erudite, eloquent, with the good sense to be living the way they want right now. Here they converse at length and with good humor about the hilariously grotesque North American nightmare of car-addicted suburban sprawl. Make use of their wit and wisdom to plan your escape from it, or sit back and laugh with them if you already have.”

— DMITRY ORLOV, author of Reinventing Collapse

“James Howard Kunstler is one of the great thinkers of our time. Duncan Crary has compiled a collection of interviews with him that are so enlightening yet casual that the reader feels like they’re eavesdropping into the den of Kunstler’s prodigious mind.”

— ANDREW D. BLECHMAN, author of Leisureville

“Kunstler is the most authoritative, audacious and prescient writer of urbanism in America today.  His analysis of the converging factors closing in on cities in the 21st Century is critical to understand the future of America, and its options moving forward.  Kunstler understands cities, and the failures of suburban sprawl, like no other. Prepare to be enlightened, infuriated and amused.”

— GREGORY GREENE, director of The End of Suburbia

Earlier praise for The KunstlerCast podcast, upon which this book is based.

“Two weeks after the bailout heard round the world, and with three weeks to go until one of the most anticipated presidential elections in American history, journalist-turned-novelist James Howard Kunstler’s got a lot to say. He loves sermonizing about the cause-effect relationship between suburban sprawl and everything from obesity to American dependence on oil. And he’s saying it all via the Web, through a weekly podcast that offers some of the smartest, most honest urban commentary around—online or off.”

— MICHELE WILSON, “The American Nightmare,” Columbia Journalism Review, Oct 16, 2008

“Billed as “a weekly conversation about the tragic comedy of suburban sprawl,” the KunstlerCast delivers the goods, with inspired rants on a variety of subjects related to American places (and non-places) and the coming peak oil reality.”

— JESSE FOX, “James Howard Kunstler Spares No One in New ‘KunstlerCast,'” TreeHugger, March 29, 2008

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Book Cover: The KunstlerCast, by Duncan Crary (New Society Publishers, 2011) Paperback – 320 pages 6 Inches × 6 Inches (w × h) Weight: 261 Grams ISBN: 9780865716933

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REVIEWS

“This book is indeed great fun. … However, Crary’s superior volume has the guts to truly grapple with the harsh realities shaping our times—realities that few dare discuss out in the open.”

— Frank Kaminski, Energy Bulletin, Feb. 12, 2012

“KunstlerCast is an easy read that you can dip into and out of at will”

— Peter Bane, Permaculture Activist Magazine (.pdf), February 2012

“For those of you wanting a good overview of Kunstler’s thinking and for those of you that want to share JHK with others but may fear being embarrassed by the sometimes ‘salty’ language he can use, this book is a great tool. The format is, by design, conversational. You can digest it in small bites or in large pieces. And the Kunstler world through Duncan’s eyes is not necessarily sanitized, but it is communicated in a way that I think will reach a broader audience.”

—Charles Marohn, Strong Towns, Jan. 25, 2012

“The 320-page New Society Publishers offering was just released in paperback and is based on four years of weekly Kunstler riffs recorded by podcasting journalist Duncan Crary. In his introduction to the book, Crary professes to be merely a host, and sometimes a Kunstler foil, but the two upstate New Yorkers really are kindred intellects.”

—Ready to despair? ‘Doomer’ exhorts us to ‘grow up’, Jon Rutter Lancaster Sunday News, Nov. 12, 2011

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