Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCheng Li, "Contested Environmentalisms: Trees and the Making of Modern China" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Episode 1195
For decades, tree planting and forestry have been pivotal to Chinese environmentalism. During the Mao era, while forests were razed to fuel rapid inc…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Selina Nwulu, "Black Climates: Notes on Race, Our Environment, and Visions for Equitable Futures" (Chatto & Windus, 2025)
Episode 1194
Brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group.
Globally, Black people are among the most affected by the climate crisis, …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
George Frazier, "Riverine Dreams: Away to the Glorious and Forgotten Grassland Rivers of America" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Episode 1192
Dr. George Frazier is currently an assistant professor of Computer Information Sciences at Washburn University, where his research focuses on such to…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Geoffrey Jones and Sabine Pitteloud eds., "The Cambridge Companion to the History of Multinationals and Society" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Episode 1193
Geoffrey Jones and Sabine Pitteloud present the latest research on the global history of multinationals and their impact on society and the environme…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Sezai Ozan Zeybek, "Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence: Shared Struggles in Turkey" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Episode 1191
Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence: Shared Struggles in Turkey (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) by Dr. Sezai Ozan Zeybek explores the intricate…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Christiane Tristl, "Turning Water into Commodity: Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent" (Bristol UP, 2025)
Episode 1190
In this episode, I am in conversation with Dr Christiane Tristl, an economic geographer interested in heterodox economic geography. Their scholarship…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Nicholas Beuret, "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" (Verso, 2025)
Episode 1189
The push for net zero has become a new arena for class conflict, where the powerful profit and the rest suffer. Existing policies won’t limit global …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)
Episode 1188
At the heart of the modern world lie ventilation shafts. We may not notice them, but wherever there are tunnels, sewers, mines, car parks and energy …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Vet at the End of the Earth: Adventures with Animals in the South Atlantic
Episode 1187
The role of a resident vet in the remote islands of the Falklands, St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha encompasses many wonderful complexitie…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Jennifer Boum Make, "Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean" (Rutgers UP, 2025)
Episode 1185
Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean (Rutgers UP, 2025) examines the relationship between the legacies of colonialism and …
6 months, 3 weeks ago