Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! In the third installment of our Elements series, we’ve got two very different stories about the earth. Olivia tells the fascinating but devastating story of the exploitation of the Ogoni land and people for oil, including the execution of activists knownContinue reading “Episode 19 – Earth – the Ogoni Nine and Frankenstein’s Volcano”
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Episode 18 – Black Environmentalists – John Francis & MaVynee Betsch
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! First things first: we explain why we missed last week, and we think our excuse is pretty good: Elise was caught in the middle of the ongoing snow-induced Texas energy disaster, which has been exacerbated by climate change and inequality. WeContinue reading “Episode 18 – Black Environmentalists – John Francis & MaVynee Betsch”
Episode 17 – Valentine’s Day – Chocolate and the Target Effect
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! The perfect accompaniment for your Valentine’s Day stroll through Target. Or not. This week we cover two subjects related to the holiday of love: chocolate and consumer traps. Olivia tells us about the ongoing lawsuits surrounding the cocoa industry, the companiesContinue reading “Episode 17 – Valentine’s Day – Chocolate and the Target Effect”
Episode 9 – Human Composting and the Curse of the Petrified Forest
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! On this very special Halloween episode, we tell the creepy-crawly of environmental stories, including a new process for composting human remains and a supernatural motivation to follow the “Leave No Trace” principle. Plus, we make time for human skin books, barbecuedContinue reading “Episode 9 – Human Composting and the Curse of the Petrified Forest”
Episode 8 – Writing the Climate Crisis – The Wreck of Time and Environmental Poetry
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! World Is Burning, book club edition. We talk about reading to ease climate anxiety, how art helps us process complicated emotions, and coming back to your favorite work over the years. We read from The Wreck of Time by Annie DillardContinue reading “Episode 8 – Writing the Climate Crisis – The Wreck of Time and Environmental Poetry”
Episode 7 – The Strawberry Dress and Vegan Leather
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This episode marks our first foray into the world of fashion and its relationship with the Earth. We talk about the Tiktok-famous strawberry dress, how clothing consumption has changed in the age of social media, and the odd ways artificial leatherContinue reading “Episode 7 – The Strawberry Dress and Vegan Leather”
Episode 6 – The Green New Deal and Biden’s Climate Plan
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! Climate policy is intimidating as hell! This week we broke our format to break down the Green New Deal and the Biden climate plan in the wake of the first presidential debate to directly reference climate change in a question since AlContinue reading “Episode 6 – The Green New Deal and Biden’s Climate Plan”
Episode 5 – Zoom Zoom – High-Speed Trains and Electric Cars
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! Remember going places? This week we explore why the United States is so behind on high-speed trains and a new mandate to ban gas-powered cars in California by 2035. Plus we discuss why the U.S. needs to lead on climate change (andContinue reading “Episode 5 – Zoom Zoom – High-Speed Trains and Electric Cars”
Episode 3 – Amazon Good Amazon Bad
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we tackle the Amazons – Amazon dot com and the Amazon rainforest. We talk about the shame and accessibility issues tied up in boycotting Amazon, Indigenous land rights and parallels between US and Brazilian environmental regulations, and Olivia spoils TheContinue reading “Episode 3 – Amazon Good Amazon Bad”
Episode 2 – Jane & Dian – Baby’s First Environmental Hero
listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player This week we talk about our first environmental heroes, conservationists Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. We go through the social politics of conservation we definitely did NOT understand as kids, falling in love with the only man around, and how ourContinue reading “Episode 2 – Jane & Dian – Baby’s First Environmental Hero”
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