Contamination in 1970s Science Fiction Films with Matthew Thompson
We sat down with Matthew Thompson to discuss his forthcoming book: On Life Support: Eco-Dystopian Cinema in the Long 1970s. The book charts various environmentalisms in 1970s films, containment vs. co...
8 Feb 38min
Cows in the Caribbean: Cattle Chat with Chaz and Andrew
This month, we got to speak with Chaz Yingling and Andrew Kettler about their forthcoming book: The Once and the Future Cow. The book's aim is to show an understudied history of the cow not just in th...
6 Jan 57min
Focusing on the "Wolf" in Werewolf: EcoGothic with Kaja Franck
Kaja sat down with Lindsay and I this month to discuss how scholars typically focus on the "were" in the term werewolf, but she wants us to bring more focus to the "wolf" aspect. Why are we fascinated...
5 Des 202556min
Expanding Our Sense of Ecofascism: Everyday Ecofascism with Alex Menrisky
What is ecofascism and who "is" ecofascist or "does" ecofascism? Alex Menrisky walks us through why his new book is titled "Everyday Ecofascism," or the ways that ecofascism is not solely a far-right ...
6 Nov 20251h 3min
Worshipping the Gas Station: Rethinking Energy with Bart Welling
This month we had a fascinating conversation with Bart Welling, whose presentation at the ASLE Conference this last summer was caught by Lindsay! Bart's research was informed by his own road trip arou...
3 Okt 202549min
Becoming Botanical: Plant Life in Modern Japan
This month we sat down with Jon Pitt to discuss his new book "Botanical Imagination: Rethinking Plants in Modern Japan." The book spans Japanese writers and filmmakers from the 1930s to today whose wo...
5 Sep 202547min
Defining Disaster, Defining Ecocinema: Taking a Closer Look at Japan with Rachel DiNitto
For this month’s episode, we sat down with Rachel DiNitto to discuss the pioneering edited volume Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema (2024) and her own chapter in it on "Toxicoscapes." With thematic cov...
3 Aug 202543min
Environmentalisms: Latinx Catholicism and the Environment
In this episode, Alex sat down with Amanda Baugh to chat about her new book, Falling in Love with Nature: The Values of Latinx Catholic Environmentalism. An ethnographic study of Hispanic Catholics, B...
3 Jul 202542min
