Podcast Episodes

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What Comes After Earth Day?

In this special episode, Edge Effects and the SustainUW Podcast team collaborate to discuss the history of Earth Day in …
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Podcasting for the Climate: A Conversation with Nathaniel Otjen, Juan Manuel Rubio, & Bethany Wiggin

Bethany Wiggin speaks with Nathaniel Otjen and Juan Rubio on the significance of public-facing environmental humanities via their podcast MINING …
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Of Supermarkets, Shipwrecks, and Seasons: A Conversation with Sarah Dimick, Lisa Han, and Ben Stanley

In this first-of-its-kind special episode, environmental humanities authors Sarah Dimick, Lisa Han, and Ben Stanley discuss their newly published books, …
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Cafeteria Care around the World: A Conversation with Jennifer Gaddis and Sarah A. Robert

Prerna Rana speaks with Sarah Robert and Jennifer Gaddis about their new book, Transforming School Food Politics Around the World …
THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY, 25 Years Later: A Conversation with Jeff Spitz

THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY, 25 Years Later: A Conversation with Jeff Spitz

CHE Director Will Brockliss sits down with documentary filmmaker Jeff Spitz to reflect on the twenty fifth anniversary of his …
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Crip Intimacy and Aquifer Entanglements: a Conversation with Sunaura Taylor

Kate Phelps speaks with Sunaura Taylor on her book Disabled Ecologies. They discuss the contamination of the Tucson aquifer as …
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Living Deserts and Colonial Afterlives: A Conversation with Jill Jarvis

Angeline Peterson interviews Jill Jarvis on her forthcoming book project Signs in the Desert through her journey into studying the …
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Translation, Rage, and What Is-Was-Willbe: A Conversation with Khairani Barokka

Jagravi Dave speaks with Khairani Barokka on her poetry collection amuk. They use the book to connect tenselessness, the violence …
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Resisting and Reimagining Agricultural Systems in Hawai’i: A Conversation with Andrea Brower

Cathleen McCluskey speaks with Andrea Brower on the intersections of colonialism, neoliberalism, and plantations in agricultural systems—from Hawai’i and beyond …
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Something in the Water: A Podcast on PFAS in Wisconsin

The Public Trust podcast, co-produced by Bonnie Willison and Richelle Wilson, investigates PFAS contamination in Wisconsin …
What's Special about this Solar Eclipse? A Conversation with Kaitlin Moore

What’s Special about this Solar Eclipse? A Conversation with Kaitlin Moore

Rob Ferrett from Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) interviews Kaitlin Moore to talk about why the solar eclipse on April 8, …
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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 …