Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAdam M. Romero, "Economic Poisoning: Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization of American Agriculture" (U California Press, 2021)
Episode 115
The toxicity of pesticides to the environment and humans is often framed as an unfortunate effect of their benefits to agricultural production. In Ec…
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Richard Seymour, "The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism" (Indigo Press, 2022)
Episode 141
In The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism & Barbarism (Indigo Press, 2022), Richard Seymour, one of the UK's leading left-wing writers, …
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Kate Luce Mulry, "An Empire Transformed: Remolding Bodies and Landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic" (NYU Press, 2021)
Episode 1206
When Charles II ascended the English throne in 1660 after two decades of civil war, he was confronted with domestic disarray and a sprawling empire i…
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Paul Morland, "Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers" (Picador, 2022)
Episode 57
The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have determined whi…
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Diana McCaulay, "Daylight Come" (Peepal Tree Press, 2020)
Episode 82
It is 2084. Climate change has made life on the Caribbean island of Bajacu a gruelling trial. The sun is so hot that people must sleep in the day and…
4 years ago
Mayfair Yang, "Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021)
Episode 166
An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Row…
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Chris Begley, "The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival" (Basic Books, 2021)
Episode 1205
Pandemic, climate change, or war: our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run wild with visions of dr…
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John Markoff, "Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand" (Penguin, 2022)
Episode 110
Stewart Brand has long been famous if you know who he is, but for many people outside the counterculture, early computing, or the environmental movem…
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Liz Carlisle, "Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming" (Island Press, 2022)
Episode 101
A powerful movement is happening in farming today—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that’s meant lear…
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John Cardina, "Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly" (Comstock Publishing, 2021)
Episode 109
Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly (Comstock Publishing, 2021) explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Th…
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