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Food Justice Requires Land Justice

A Conversation with Savi Horne

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The Colonial Politics of Arctic Landscapes: A Conversation with Jen Rose Smith

In this wide-ranging and critical conversation, I speak with Jen Rose Smith about her new book, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic (Duke University Press, 2025). In it, she reflects on the political stakes of writing about Alaska as an Eyak scholar, Indigenous studies ...

American Ecofascism: A Conversation with Alexander Menrisky

Earlier this fall, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexander Menrisky about his new book, Everyday Ecofascism: Crisis and Consumption in American Literature (University of Minnesota Press, 2025). The book is a deep study into how different products we consume—what he calls “threshold objects”—offer lenses into how ecofascist ideas ...

Dark Fiction, Sinister Reality: A Conversation with Brenda Becette

This bilingual episode was translated in real time by Sally Perret and in press by Nicolás Felipe Rueda Rey. Este episodio bilingüe fue traducido en tiempo real por Sally Perret y en prensa por Nicolás Felipe Rueda Rey. On a spring day in 2025, I had the pleasure of meeting ...
A black and white photo. In the center of the picture, a man with long white hair and a long white beard sits on a chair looking down at a book he is holding in his hands. The man appears to be wearing a long, dark-colored garment. Several young adults sit on the floor next to him and in front of him, looking in his direction - women on the left and men on the right. All are wearing traditional Indian clothing. A woman stands slightly behind the man as well, smiling down toward the man in the center.

Knowledge Politics and the Making of Indian Environmental History: A Conversation with Ramachandra Guha

Earlier this year, I spoke with Ramachandra Guha on his book, Speaking with Nature (Yale University Press, 2024). We discuss the origins of Indian environmentalism and how Indian thinkers played a crucial role in the conversations shaping humanity’s relationship with nature, notably through “livelihood environmentalism.” Together, we reflect on Dr ...