The Edge Effects Podcast

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.

Thinking with Maíz: A Conversation with Vick Quezada and Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

Thinking with Maíz: A Conversation with Vick Quezada and Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

Artist Vick Quezada and evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra both center maíz in their work despite their very different approaches. Together …
Tendrils from a grape vine wrap around a green plant stem.

The Worlding Work of Plants: A Conversation with Michael Marder

M. Hamilton and Ellie Kincaid talk plants with Michael Marder. Their conversation invites readers to consider plants as active participants …
Biotopia, American Imperialism, and Science: A Conversation with Jim Endersby

Biotopia, American Imperialism, and Science: A Conversation with Jim Endersby

Rebecca Laurent talks with Jim Endersby about his new book: The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology’s Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935. They …
Two large, long buildings resembling warehouses sit on a green plot with a few, small trees. The buildings have many vents and no windows. Silos are visible in the background.

The “Big Pig Pyramid” and the Undoing of Rural America: A Conversation with Sonja Trom Eayrs

Trish Fisher talks with Sonja Trom Eayrs about her new book: Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of …
Two foxes on a paved path surrounded by grass. The foxes look at each other, nearly touching noses. One appears to be an adult and the other a baby. The older fox's mouth is open and the younger is tensed.

Mothering in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Jennifer Case and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder

Kayleigh Lobdell speaks with authors Jennifer Case and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder about each of their recent books about human and beyond-human …
In the foreground, rocks of a variety of colors cover a sandy patch of land. Behind it, a blue-green river flows. Across from the river, there is a steep, wooded hill.

Trans Joy and Indigenous Resistance on the River: A Conversation with Cleo Wölfle Hazard

Ellie Kincaid and M Hamilton Wilson talk with Cleo Wölfle Hazard about his recent book, Underflows: Queer Trans Ecologies and …