Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnand P. Vaidya, "Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India" (Cornell UP, 2025)
In Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India (Cornell UP, 2025), Anand P. Vaidya tells the story of the making and unmaking of India…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Lisa Vanhala, "Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss and Damage" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
A searing account of how the international community is trying—and failing—to address the worst effects of climate change and the differential burden…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Karine Gagné, "Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas" (U Washington Press, 2019)
Episode 59
In her new book, Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas (University of Washington Press, 2019), Karine Gagné explores how …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Christopher Ali, "Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity" (MIT, 2021)
Episode 215
As much of daily life migrates online, broadband—high-speed internet connectivity—has become a necessity. The widespread lack of broadband in rural A…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Ihnji Jon, "Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics" (Pluto Press, 2021)
Episode 41
Climate change is real, and extreme weather events are its physical manifestations. These extreme events affect how we live and work in cities, and s…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Charles Watkins, "Trees Ancient and Modern: Woodland Cultures and Conservation" (Reaktion, 2025)
Episode 234
Charles Watkins joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, Trees Ancient and Modern (Reaktion, 2025). This delightful new book explores the relatio…
7 months ago
Michael Maniates, "The Living-Green Myth" (Polity Press, 2025)
Dr. Michael F. Maniates is a leading scholar in environmental politics and sustainability studies whose work has fundamentally reshaped how researche…
7 months ago
Garrett Hardin’s Tragic Environmentalism
An ecologist in California claimed that the iron laws of nature locked humanity into destroying our environment. This meant that we must take drastic…
7 months, 1 week ago
A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia
Episode 46
As permafrost in Siberia continues to melt and the steppe in the Gobi turns to desert, people in Mongolia are faced with overlapping climate crises. …
7 months, 1 week ago
R. Jisung Park, "Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World" (Princeton UP, 2025)
R. Jisung Park is assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds appointments in the School of Social Policy and Practice and …
7 months, 2 weeks ago