What 'Might' The World Be, What Might It Become? Carolyn Fornoff's Subjunctive Aesthetics
Today's episode begins a slight turn toward ecoaesthetics in the next few episodes, and we begin with Carolyn Fornoff's new book Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Clima...
29 Jan 202545min
Fighting Extinction in the Field: A Conversation with Two North Carolina Extinction Biologists
In the final episode of our extinction series, we chatted with two extinction biologists, Hope Sutton and Sara Schweitzer, who work for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Sara is the as...
30 Des 202446min
Frameworks of Extinction and Negation in Cinema: A conversation with Jean-Thomas Tremblay and Steven Swarbrick
In this second episode of our ongoing extinction series, we sit down with Jean-Thomas Tremblay and Steven Swarbrick to discuss their thought-provoking co-written manuscript, Negative Life: The Cinema ...
29 Nov 202449min
Should Humans Go Extinct? Asking the Big Question with Todd May
In this first episode of our extinction series, we met with Todd May to discuss his new book Should We Go Extinct? A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Times. This massive question is accessibly analyzed y...
27 Okt 202448min
Finding the "Symphony Inside You" - Nadia Colburn's I Say The Sky Poetry Collection
In this episode, we met with Nadia Colburn to discuss her new poetry collection I Say the Sky! Deeply engaged with the ecological collapse happening around us while also reinvesting in our own existen...
26 Aug 202440min
Polar Newspapers and Textual Production in Extreme Environments: Polar Series Finale!
In our final episode of our polar environmental humanities series, we have Penn State English professor Hester Blum on to discuss her environmental humanities research on polar ecomedia! Dr. Blum disc...
28 Jul 202450min
(Mis)Conceptions of Antarctica with Dr. Leane!
In our second episode of our polar environmental humanities series, we jump from the landscape paintings of the circumpolar north to the southern continent of Antarctica and speak with Dr. Elizabeth L...
27 Jun 202441min
Landscape Paintings of the Circumpolar North: Polar Environmental Humanities Series Episode 1
This is the first episode in our polar environmental humanities series with Dr. Isabelle Gapp from the University of Aberdeen! We met to discuss her new book, "A Circumpolar Landscape", and the fascin...
27 Mai 202454min
