Why I Chose the Train Over the Plane
Last week I took a 48+ hour Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Dearborn, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. It ended up taking even longer, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. In this episode I talk abo...
17 Touko 202236min
Kim Stanley Robinson on Wildlife, the Martian Constitution, and Loving the High Sierra
Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of the new autobiographical nonfiction book The High Sierra: A Love Story. He's also written 20 novels, including Red Mars and The Ministry for the Future, and now h...
10 Touko 20221h 34min
Not Afraid of the Ruins: Dylan Harris on Hope for a Different World
Dylan Harris is an assistant professor and geographer at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, as well as an editor of Not Afraid of the Ruins, a collection of speculative eco-fiction. We talk abou...
3 Touko 202248min
Riley Black on Extinction, Evolution, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs
You may know that an asteroid drove the dinosaurs extinct, but do you know what happened after the asteroid hit, and how we got from T. rex's world to ours? Digging into these questions can reveal a l...
26 Huhti 20221h 1min
We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices on Climate Change, with Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth
Today's guests are journalist Dahr Jamail and teacher of Native American literature Stan Rushworth, who edited the new volume We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the ...
19 Huhti 20221h 12min
Too Hot To Handle? Rebecca Willis on Why We Need Deliberative Democracy To Fight Climate Change
As countries around the world fail to tackle climate change, many have begun to wonder whether democracy itself is up to the task. In her book Too Hot To Handle? The Democratic Challenge of Climate Ch...
13 Huhti 202255min
Half-Earth Socialism: Planning Utopia with Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass
Environmental historian Troy Vettese and environmental engineer Drew Pendergrass worked together on the new book Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future From Extinction, Climate Change and Pan...
5 Huhti 20221h 14min
lauren Ornelas on Food Justice, Farm Workers' Rights, and Veganism
lauren Ornelas, founder of the Food Empowerment Project, talks about her decades in the animal rights movement, why our food choices matter, and why vegans should fight for farmworkers rights and raci...
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