The Edge Effects podcast features interviews with scholars, scientists, activists, and artists who engage with questions of environmental and cultural change. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating and a review wherever you get your podcasts.

Latest episodes

Maroon Geographies, Black Placemaking, and Abolitionist Futures: A Conversation with Celeste Winston

Maroon Geographies, Black Placemaking, and Abolitionist Futures: A Conversation with Celeste Winston

Elijah Levine speaks with Celeste Winston about marronage as a placemaking practice. By drawing on connections across time, the conversation reveals how Black folks in the United States build lasting infrastructures to disrupt power structures.
Tall cliffs that overlook a vast expanse of a water body with a blue sky above that is speckled with a few white clouds.

Death, Leisure, and “Feeling Alive”: A Conversation with Adam Kaul

What does death denial say about American culture? How can dying be dignified and humanized? Bri Meyer interviews Adam Kaul about his anthropological research on death and dying and its intersections with leisure and tourism.
A brown deer with white spots stands in the middle of a forest clearing. There are green trees around the deer that are illuminated by sunlight.

Goats, Bees, and Poetry: A Conversation with Nickole Brown

Heather Swan speaks to author and poet Nickole Brown about her relationship with animals, the more-than-human world, and the Hellbender poetry conference.
A barge containing garbage is floating on a river. In the background, there are buildings and cityscape.

From Trash Trade to Waste Colonialism: A Conversation with Simone Müller

Paul Sutter interviews Simone Müller about the famous case of the Khian Sea, a "renegade ship" carrying waste and trying to dock in different countries. The ship reveals the many contradictions within environmental movements and policies.