Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we’re focusing on two Asian activists fighting for justice. Although Biden may call racism “un-American” in his response to the Atlanta shooting, the reality is much different. Elise tells the story of Tran To Nga, a French-Vietnamese journalist sprayedContinue reading “Episode 22 – Agent Orange and the Delano Grape Strike”
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Episode 21 – Harry Styles and Sustainable Touring
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we’re dusting off our music business degrees (yes, we both have one) to talk about the music industry and how touring can come back more sustainably. Olivia uses Harry Styles’ first solo tour as a case study for mitigationContinue reading “Episode 21 – Harry Styles and Sustainable Touring”
Episode 20 – Save the Whales and Free Willy
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! Do we need to save the whales all over again? What’s the deal with celebrity animals? What does it mean to be a ‘flagship species’ for your ecosystem? This week, Elise explores how the early whaling industry led to the SaveContinue reading “Episode 20 – Save the Whales and Free Willy”
Episode 19 – Earth – the Ogoni Nine and Frankenstein’s Volcano
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”
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”
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