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JAMES BALOG on The Human Element /117
Episode 117
James candidly speaks of the simultaneous beauty and horror of documenting the Anthropocene, the complicity of industries like the arts and entertainment in contributing to fossil fuel emissions, and…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
KERRY KNUDSEN on Lichen and Life after Capitalism /116
Episode 116
Kerry and Ayana discuss the fragility of lichens in changing climates, what our understanding of lichens reveals about our value systems, the invaluable work of citizen scientists, the limitations of…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN on Pleasure as Birthright /115
Episode 115
This captivating conversation explores how the denial of pleasure contributes to our own oppression, how radical honesty and kindness can transform our relationships, moving through the limitations p…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Dr. DAVID WAGNER on the Ever Indispensable Insect /114
Episode 114
Ayana and Dr. Wagner discuss insects as biological controls, insect decline in relation to political and economic destabilization, how cultural understandings of insects influence the field of entomo…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
ANDREA CROSTA on the World of Wildlife Crime /113
Episode 113
Ayana and Andrea discuss a myriad of topics ranging from the importance of an intelligence-led approach to combating wildlife crime, how wildlife crime impacts local and global economies, the geogra…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest ⌠ENCORE⌡/32 & 33
Episode 32
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a one-woman force of regeneration of the biosphere! A botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," she brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spi…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
CHARLES EISENSTEIN & IAN MACKENZIE on the Age of Transition /112
Episode 112
Charles Eisenstein and Ian MacKenzie join Ayana to discuss what features are inherently built into this money system, how economics does not have to be a merciless system, the importance of universal…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Dr. M JACKSON on the Teachings of Glacial Beings /111
In this conversation with Ayana and Dr. Jackson, we learn how glacial retreat is impacting communities, the connection between extractive tourism, extractive science, and glaciers, why it matters tha…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
THE WILDFIRE PROJECT on Transforming Toxic Movement Culture /110
Episode 110
Whether or not you are directly engaged in movement building or are an organizer, this is an episode you will not want to miss. Joshua, BJ, and Michael weave strategy on handling disappointment and h…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
ADA RECINOS on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109
Episode 109
This powerful conversation spans many topics, from the deep wounds of violence and war to the pertinence of moving beyond sensational rhetoric around caravans and the border wall. Ada reminds us that…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago