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Back to SearchSequoia Nagamatsu, "How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel" (William Morrow, 2022)
Episode 7
Today I talked to Sequoia Nagamatsu about his novel How High We Go in the Dark (William Morrow, 2022).
In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the…
4 years, 3 months ago
Megan Kate Nelson, "Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America" (Scribner, 2022)
Episode 97
From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the propulsive and vividly told story of how Yellowstone became the wo…
4 years, 3 months ago
Julia Dehm, "Reconsidering REDD+: Authority, Power and Law in the Green Economy" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 214
In Reconsidering REDD+: Authority, Power and Law in the Green Economy (Cambridge UP, 2021), Julia Dehm provides a critical analysis of how the Reduci…
4 years, 3 months ago
Sean Kelly, "Becoming Gaia: On the Threshold of Planetary Initiation" (Integral Imprint, 2020)
Episode 41
In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Sean Kelly, professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of …
4 years, 3 months ago
Mary Menton and Philippe Le Billon, "Environmental Defenders: Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 95
Join Dr. Mary Menton and Dr. Philippe Le Billon as they dive into their new edited volume, Environmental Defenders: Deadly Struggle for Life and Terr…
4 years, 3 months ago
Kian Goh, "Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 65
Cities around the world are formulating plans to respond to climate change and adapt to its impact. Often, marginalized urban residents resist these …
4 years, 3 months ago
Molly P. Rozum, "Grasslands Grown: Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies" (U Nebraska Press, 2021)
Episode 86
In Grasslands Grown: Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Rockies (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), Molly P. Rozum explores th…
4 years, 3 months ago
Mimi Sheller, "Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene" (Duke UP, 2020)
Episode 77
In Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene (Duke UP, 2020), Mimi Sheller delves into the ecological crises and reconstruction challeng…
4 years, 3 months ago
Lina Zeldovich, "The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 112
The average person produces about four hundred pounds of excrement a year. More than seven billion people live on this planet. Holy crap!
Because of t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pankaj Jain, "Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India" (Routledge, 2018)
Episode 167
Scholars have long noticed a discrepancy in how non-Western and Western peoples conceptualize the scientific and religious worlds. Non-Western tradit…
4 years, 4 months ago