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Storytelling AnimalsLooking Back on Storytelling Animals, with The Real Dancing EagleIn this bonus episode of Storytelling Animals, I look back on what I've learned from almost two years of the podcast with my brother Kyle Martindale, who designed my logo. We also talk about his new children's book, The ABC's of the Real Dancing Eagle, and share some formative animal encounters from our pasts. Thanks so much for everyone who supported this podcast in any way throughout my first two seasons!Buy Kyle's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C91N8X4S?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_2JGG74CQWDZ5EYEY8227...2023-11-2758 minStorytelling AnimalsCrossings: Ben Goldfarb on How Roads Devastate WildlifeToday's guest is Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. It's the last episode in my series on the trouble with car dependency, and a nice companion to my earlier series on animal agency. It's also the official season finale of this podcast, although there will be one last bonus episode in September. Patreon subscribers will not be charged next month (or for the foreseeable future, unless and until I relaunch the podcast).Learn more about Ben's book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324005896Subscribe to m...2023-08-291h 07Storytelling AnimalsToward Better, Greener Public Transit and Trucking, with Kevin ShenPart 3 of my series on car dependency, my guest today is Kevin Shen of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who researches transit policy and electrification of large vehicles.Read some of his work here: https://blog.ucsusa.org/author/kshen/Subscribe to my free biweekly-ish newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dSupport my work on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartindLike this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/2023-08-031h 00Storytelling AnimalsHow Science Fiction Depicts Cars and Bikes, with Jeremy WithersToday's guest is Jeremy Withers, author of Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles: Contesting the Road in American Science Fiction. We discuss authors from Ray Bradbury and Ursula Le Guin to Octavia Butler and Kim Stanley Robinson. Part two in my series on the trouble with car culture.Learn more about Jeremy's book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/futuristic-cars-and-space-bicycles-9781802078343?lang=en&cc=usSubscribe to the free weekly-ish Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dOur August 1 book club will be o...2023-07-111h 04Storytelling AnimalsCarmageddon: Daniel Knowles on Real and False Solutions to Our Car CrisisThis week I talk with Daniel Knowles, author of Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What To Do About It. Part 1 of a new series on transforming our car-dependent culture. Listen to part 2 by starting your 7-day Patreon free trial today: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodLearn more about Daniel's book here: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/carmageddon_9781419758805/Subscribe to my free biweekly newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dFor more on our next book club: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/Follow th...2023-06-2759 minStorytelling Animals"Let Birds Be Birds": On VINE Sanctuary, with pattrice jonesPart 4 of my 4-part series on animal agency! An interview with pattrice jones of VINE Sanctuary. We talk about building a just multispecies community, the trouble with effective altruism, and the sexism of the dairy industry.For more on VINE Sanctuary: https://vinesanctuary.org/For my prior interview with Lori Gruen and Alice Crary: https://shows.acast.com/storytelling-animals/episodes/animal-crisis-a-new-critical-theory-alice-crary-lori-gruenFor their effective altruism book, to which pattrice contributes: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-good-it-promises-the-harm-it-does-9780197655702?cc=us&lang=en&Support this podcast with a monthly donation on...2023-06-0657 minStorytelling AnimalsDe-extinction and Jurassic Park, with Matt HaugenI talk about Jurassic Park--both the book and the movie--with Matt Haugen of Terrain. It's a joint episode of our two podcasts, and part 3 of my 4-part series on animal agency. Part 4 of that series is now available to Patreon subscribers: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodFor Matt's substack and podcast: https://www.terrain.news/For my article on de-extinction: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23696294/de-extinction-colossal-biosciences-woolly-mammoth-dodo-ethicsFor my prior interview on Jurassic World with paleontologist Steve Brusatte: https://shows.acast.com/storytelling-animals/episodes/steve-brusatte-rise-reign-of-mammals-dinosaur-jurassic-worldSubscribe to the free weekly-ish Storytelling...2023-05-231h 12Storytelling AnimalsToward an Interspecies Democracy, with Eva MeijerPart 2 of a series on animal agency! An interview with Eva Meijer, author of When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy.For more on the book: https://nyupress.org/9781479863136/when-animals-speak/For more on the author's work: https://www.evameijer.nl/en/indexen.htmlSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodSubscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dFollow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartindLea...2023-05-091h 06Storytelling AnimalsThe Creative Lives of Animals, with Carol GigliottiPart 1 of a series on animal agency! An interview with Carol Gigliotti, author of The Creative Lives of Animals.For more on the book: https://nyupress.org/9781479815463/the-creative-lives-of-animalsFor the author's recent op-ed in The Scientist: https://www.the-scientist.com/reading-frames/opinion-biodiversity-loss-worsened-by-extinguishing-animal-innovators-70535 Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodSubscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dFollow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartindLea...2023-04-251h 01Storytelling AnimalsRe-Release: Emma Marris on Wild SoulsI am republishing my very first episode, an interview with Emma Marris about her book Wild Souls, out newly in paperback. This is because we'll be talking about her book over Zoom at Storytelling Animals Book Club May 2, 8:30 Eastern! Learn more about our upcoming book club schedule, and how to join: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/New episodes coming in April.Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/Sub...2023-03-2959 minStorytelling AnimalsWhy I Am a VeganSeason 1 finale! A personal history of how and why I became a vegan. For more resources on animal liberation, see my website: https://daytonmartindale.com/2023/02/09/further-reading-on-veganism-episode-40/Support the HarperCollins strike: https://linktr.ee/hcpunion (UPDATE - since I recorded this episode the union has reached a tentative agreement)Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/Subscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4...2023-02-101h 01Storytelling AnimalsHappy Birthday, Virginia Woolf: Animals, Nature, and Modernist Fiction with Bonnie Kime ScottJanuary 25, 2023, is acclaimed writer Virginia Woolf's 141st birthday! To celebrate, I invited scholar of modernist literature Bonnie Kime Scott to talk about how animals and nature show up in Woolf's work, and how novels can represent other consciousnesses.To read Woolf's "The Death of a Moth": https://www.sanjuan.edu/cms/lib8/CA01902727/Centricity/Domain/3981/Death%20of%20A%20Moth-Virginia%20Woolf%20copy.pdfFor Kime's book: https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4499/For more on Kime: https://kimescott.sdsu.edu/publications.htmlSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on...2023-01-2547 minStorytelling AnimalsJustice for Animals: Martha C. Nussbaum on Law, Ethics, and Our Collective ResponsibilityMartha C. Nussbaum is a professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago, and the author most recently of Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility. On this episode we discuss animal capabilities, the ethics of killing, and how the law can better protect other species.For more on the book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Justice-for-Animals/Martha-C-Nussbaum/9781982102500Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40! https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis podcast is a member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/...2023-01-0354 minStorytelling AnimalsThe 2022 Storytelling Animals Book AwardsI read 78 books this year, the most in my adult life, and I want to share some of my favorites, especially some that I didn't get a chance to cover on the podcast! I pick my favorites in the following categories: best overall; 2022 release (fiction); 2022 release (nonfiction); older release (nonfiction); older release (novel); older release (short stories). Plus I list some honorable mentions and share some recommendations from my Patreon subscribers.Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40! https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis podcast is a member of t...2022-12-2049 minStorytelling AnimalsAs Gods: Matthew Cobb on the Perils and Promise of CRISPRWith CRISPR technology, it is easier than ever for geneticists to alter human DNA, make deadlier pathogens, render mosquitoes infertile, and make other dramatic interventions into organisms and ecosystems. But the science and the ethics of all this is far from straightforward. Biologist Matthew Cobb, author of As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age, guides us through decades of genetic engineering, the strengths and weaknesses of CRISPR technology, and why he doesn't think we should bring back the wooly mammoth.For more on the book: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/matthew-cobb/as-gods/9781541602854/...2022-12-071h 38Storytelling AnimalsFrom Duck Vaginas to the Human Egg, an Anatomical Voyage with Rachel E. GrossRachel E. Gross is the author of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage, depicting how a new generation of (mostly) women scientists are changing how we understand female (and other) bodies. For more on the book: https://wwnorton.com/books/vagina-obscuraSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40! https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis podcast is a member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/Subscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d2022-11-0851 minStorytelling AnimalsThe Wonderful, Tragic Worlds of Hawai’i's Endangered Snails, with Thom van DoorenSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40! https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis week's guest is Thom van Dooren, author of A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinction. We talk about the beauty, wonder, and mystery of snails, and how their worlds are threatened. For more on the book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047029/a-world-in-a-shell/Subscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dLearn more about our upcoming book clu...2022-10-191h 00Storytelling AnimalsDan Chodorkoff on Utopia, Democracy, and Working with Murray BookchinSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40! https://patreon.com/storytellingpodThis week's guest is Dan Chodorkoff, cofounder of the Institute for Social Ecology and author of the new novel, Sugaring Down. We talk about the Vermont commune lives of his novel's protagonists, as well as his own experience in the 1960s and his work on social ecology with prolific writer and thinker Murray Bookchin.For more on the book: https://www.fomitepress.com/sugaring-down.htmlFor more on the Institute: https://social-ecology.org/wp/2022-10-121h 02Storytelling AnimalsTalia Lakshmi Kolluri on Writing the Animal VoiceSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodToday's guest is fiction writer Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of the new collection What We Fed to the Manticore. In our interview we discuss animal senses, meaning and purpose, as well as the research she did to learn to see the world through nonhuman eyes. Toward the end she reads an excerpt of one of her stories, the first time we have done a reading on this podcast but hopefully not the last! Interview starts at 4:18.L...2022-10-0544 minStorytelling AnimalsOn Pakistan, Permitting Reform, and Plastic BagsOn today's episode I explore three topics from recent climate and environmental headlines: the devastating flooding in Pakistan, debates over permitting reform, and how single-use plastic bags compare to reusable ones. Below are some relevant links.On Pakistan:https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-03/pakistan-floods-sindh-balochistan-climate-change-reparationshttps://theconversation.com/pakistan-floods-what-role-did-climate-change-play-189833https://www.climateandcommunity.org/debt-justice-for-climate-reparationsOn permitting reform:https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a39e/why-doesnt-america-build-thingshttps://medium.com/@shaygabriel/this-is-why-we-need-permitting-reform-8a1890eb24e9On grocery bags:2022-09-1645 minStorytelling Animals"The Trees Belong Each to Themselves": On Tolkien's Ecology with the Rev. Tom EmanuelWith a new Lord of the Rings television series out, I thought it was high time to explore the powerful environmental themes of Middle-Earth. Alongisde Tolkien expert Tom Emanuel, I dig deep into Treebeard, Tom Bombadil, power's corrupting force, and finding courage to resist in the face of overwhelming odds. We also briefly give our takes on the first two episodes of The Rings of Power. Whether you have multiple dogeared copies of The Silmarillion or you only vaguely remember the movies, my hope is this podcast helps give you a fresh perspective on the fantasy epic.2022-09-061h 10Storytelling AnimalsAnimal Revolution: Ron Broglio on Sharing the EarthThis week's guest is Ron Broglio, English professor at Arizona State University and author of the book Animal Revolution. We talk about the myriad ways in which nonhuman creatures through sand in the gears of the capitalist machine, and how we might respond to better share the earth.Learn more about the book here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/animal-revolutionListen to my prior interview with Matt Bell, who Broglio discusses in today's episode: https://play.acast.com/s/storytelling-animals/appleseed-matt-bell-climate-fiction-geoengineering-wonderSubscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: h...2022-08-3046 minStorytelling AnimalsWhat Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Climate? with Johanna BozuwaThe Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the biggest climate legislation in US history, just passed Congress. What is the good, the bad, and the ugly of the bill? How did we get here, and what is next for the climate movement? I spoke with Johanna Bozuwa, executive director of the Climate and Community Project (CCP).Read the CCP's analysis of the IRA here: https://www.climateandcommunity.org/inflation-reduction-actSubscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dSupport this podcast wi...2022-08-161h 08Storytelling AnimalsAnimal Crisis: A New Ethical Paradigm, with Alice Crary and Lori GruenToday's guests are philosophers Alice Crary and Lori Gruen, authors of the new book Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory. In it, they argue that the dominant approaches to animal ethics--whether utilitarian or rights-based-- treat animals too much as abstractions and often fail to engage with the political, economic, and social systems that sustain oppression among humans and other creatures alike. To grow an alternative, they believe, we must pay more attention to our relationships and learn new ways of seeing.Learn more about the book here: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=animal-crisis-a-new-critical-theory--97815095496722022-08-0958 minStorytelling AnimalsThe Book of Minds: Philip Ball on Animals, Plants, AI, and ConsciousnessAm I conscious? Yes. How about you, or a chimpanzee or a parrot? Almost definitely. What about an oak tree, a bacterium, an electron, or God? In The Book of Minds: How To Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to AI to Aliens, science writer Philip Ball explores the minds or mind-like qualities that seem to exist in the world, and how best to make sense of it all when the science of subjective experience remains so uncertain. He joined me for this episode to discuss the book, the evolution of nervous systems, and the difference between animals...2022-08-021h 16Storytelling AnimalsNovel of the Apes: On T.C. Boyle's Talk To Me, Amitav Ghosh, and Animals in FictionIn T.C.Boyle's 2021 novel Talk To Me, one of the main characters is a chimpanzee. It's a fascinating study in how humans respond to other apes, and an ambitious experiment in imagining what it might be like to be one. Using the novel as a starting point, in this solo episode I explore whether learning to love chimpanzees can help break down the human/animal divide, and how Boyle's portrayal of Sam the chimpanzee differs from other novels about animals. I also draw on Amitav Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse to argue for the importance of giving voice to...2022-07-191h 01Storytelling AnimalsHappy Birthday, Henry David Thoreau: On Walden and Social Justice, with Alda Balthrop-LewisToday marks the 205th birthday of Henry David Thoreau, and to celebrate, I brought on Alda Balthrop-Lewis, author of Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism. Why (if at all) does Thoreau still matter? How did he engage with the political issues of his time, in particular slavery and the advances of industrial capitalism? Do the ascetic practices he engaged in at Walden Pond have any lessons for the contemporary environmentalist?Learn more about Alda's book here: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/religion/religious-ethics/thoreaus-religion-walden-woods-social-justice-and-politics-asceticism?format=HBRead...2022-07-121h 09Storytelling AnimalsThe Future Is Degrowth, with Aaron VansintjanToday's topic is "degrowth": What does it mean? Is it actually desirable? How could we achieve it? And do we really need to confront economic growth if we want to fight climate change and build a just, sustainable society? My guest is Aaron Vansintjan, co-author of The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism. The interview starts at 3:41.Learn more about the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3989-the-future-is-degrowthFollow Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_vansiSubscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https...2022-06-281h 07Storytelling AnimalsSteve Brusatte on Our Mammal Past and the Science of Jurassic WorldToday's guest is paleontologist Steve Brusatte, author of the new book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, From the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us, previously the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, and also a paleontology consultant on the new movie Jurassic World: Dominion. We talk about what he calls "the story of us": the long history of our mammal ancestors from even before the dinosaurs, the three mass extinctions these mammals have survived (so far), how some of those mammals endured warm periods and ice ages and became humans, and...2022-06-2146 minStorytelling AnimalsThe Science and Ethics of Animal Dreams, with David M. Peña-GuzmánToday I talk with David M. Peña-Guzmán about his new book When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness. David is associate professor of humanities and liberal studies at San Francisco State University and the cohost of Overthink podcast.Learn more about the book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691220093/when-animals-dreamSign up for my free weekly newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dSupport this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/storytellingpodFor more information on the St...2022-06-1455 minStorytelling AnimalsObituaries for Extinct Animals, with Hannah SeoMy guest for the 20th(!) episode is science journalist Hannah Seo--we talked about her reporting on the tragic demise of the Christmas Island forest skink and the Bramble Cay melomys, two extinct species she recently eulogized for the guardian. How did they die? Could we have stopped it? What was it like for the scientists who watched them fade away?Hannah's extinction obituary of the skink: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/18/christmas-island-forest-skinks-lizard-extinct-aoeAnd of the melomys: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/01/extinction-obituary-bramble-cay-melomys-climate-change-aoeFollow Hannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahannahseo2022-06-0738 minStorytelling AnimalsKate Soper on the Pleasures of Post-Growth LivingPhilosopher Kate Soper explains why going beyond consumerism won't just help the environment--it will make us happier. Together we discuss a slower-paced world with fewer cars, less work, less stuff, and more pleasure.Learn more about her book, Post Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3693-post-growth-livingIf you like this episode, please sign up for the Storytelling Animals newsletter here to keep up with the podcast: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7dSupport this podcast on Patreon here, and...2022-05-241h 10Storytelling AnimalsWhy I Chose the Train Over the PlaneLast week I took a 48+ hour Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Dearborn, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. It ended up taking even longer, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. In this episode I talk about my experience and explain the climate impacts of aviation, rail, and buses, and explain why I think trains may be the future of long-distance transportation.If you like this episode, please sign up for the Storytelling Animals newsletter here to keep up with the podcast: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d2022-05-1736 minStorytelling AnimalsKim Stanley Robinson on Wildlife, the Martian Constitution, and Loving the High SierraKim Stanley Robinson is the author of the new autobiographical nonfiction book The High Sierra: A Love Story. He's also written 20 novels, including Red Mars and The Ministry for the Future, and now he's appeared on this podcast! We talk about his love of rocky landscapes, how he started backpacking, and the need to make space for wildlife. We also talk about how his Sierra life has impacted his fiction, and how he came to love science fiction in the first place. And so much more!Sign up for the Storytelling Animals newsletter here to keep...2022-05-101h 34Storytelling AnimalsNot Afraid of the Ruins: Dylan Harris on Hope for a Different WorldDylan Harris is an assistant professor and geographer at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, as well as an editor of Not Afraid of the Ruins, a collection of speculative eco-fiction. We talk about how stories can help us make sense of climate change, the use of the supernatural in climate fiction, and the power of deep geological time. Not Afraid of the Ruins can be found online below, and will soon be updated into a published volume edited by Dylan, Rut Elliot Blomqvist, Aaron Vansintjan, and Srđan Tunić.Read Not Afraid of the Ruins...2022-05-0348 minStorytelling AnimalsRiley Black on Extinction, Evolution, and the Last Days of the DinosaursYou may know that an asteroid drove the dinosaurs extinct, but do you know what happened after the asteroid hit, and how we got from T. rex's world to ours? Digging into these questions can reveal a lot about how ecology and evolution work, and perhaps help us make sense of humanity's place in the web of life. To explore all this and more, I speak with science writer and amateur paleontologist Riley Black, author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World.Learn more about the book2022-04-261h 01Storytelling AnimalsWe Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices on Climate Change, with Dahr Jamail and Stan RushworthToday's guests are journalist Dahr Jamail and teacher of Native American literature Stan Rushworth, who edited the new volume We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth. We talk about how the way we see the world impacts how we act, and why it's so important to look at each other and all our nonhuman relations, past present and future, as our kin. There is a difference, Stan and Dahr point out, between an individualistic worldview focused on our personal rights and a more collective mindset focused on responsibilities and obligations to...2022-04-191h 12Storytelling AnimalsToo Hot To Handle? Rebecca Willis on Why We Need Deliberative Democracy To Fight Climate ChangeAs countries around the world fail to tackle climate change, many have begun to wonder whether democracy itself is up to the task. In her book Too Hot To Handle? The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change, Rebecca Willis argues that we need more democracy, not less--that we need to get everyday citizens more involved in the political process through citizen assemblies and other spaces for deliberation. Willis is a Professor in Energy & Climate Governance at Lancaster Environment Centre, where she leads the Climate Citizens project. Learn more about the book hereRead Rebecca's paper on d...2022-04-1355 minStorytelling AnimalsHalf-Earth Socialism: Planning Utopia with Troy Vettese and Drew PendergrassEnvironmental historian Troy Vettese and environmental engineer Drew Pendergrass worked together on the new book Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future From Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics. I spoke with both of them about the problems with Marx's nature philosophy, why we need widespread veganism and energy quotas, and how central economic planning can help us chart a way through climate catastrophe.Learn more about the bookRead the essay that inspired the bookRead my review of E.O. Wilson's book Half-EarthRead a Smithsonian overview of...2022-04-051h 14Storytelling Animalslauren Ornelas on Food Justice, Farm Workers' Rights, and Veganismlauren Ornelas, founder of the Food Empowerment Project, talks about her decades in the animal rights movement, why our food choices matter, and why vegans should fight for farmworkers rights and racial justice. We discuss issues from duck farming's abuses to child labor in the chocolate industry to her organization's work increasing food access in communities of color.Learn more about the Food Empowerment ProjectThe organization's new site on the dairy industryListen to lauren's TEDx talk hereLearn more about Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice2022-03-3156 minStorytelling AnimalsThe Insect Crisis: Oliver Milman on Protecting Our Six-Legged AlliesGuardian environment reporter Oliver Milman, author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World, joins us to explain why we should be worried about insect declines and how we can help out both as individuals and through larger scale political action. Plus, we explore why insects are worth appreciating for their own sake.Learn more about the book hereOliver Milman on little-known facts about insectsTips to make your yard more insect-friendlyThe April 26 Storytelling Animals book club will be about Silent...2022-03-2251 minStorytelling AnimalsSaving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Jeff Sebo on Pandemics, Climate Change, and Animal RightsI talk with philosopher Jeff Sebo about his new book Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes. We discuss both moral and pragmatic reasons to care about other animals, then get into how we could include their interests in public health and environmental decision-making. Later, we explore tough questions like how to act when we are not sure about the consequences, whether insects are conscious, and how to include nonhumans in the democratic process.Also, a brief word on methane and nitrous oxide (both of which are emitted by...2022-03-151h 07Storytelling AnimalsAnimal, Vegetable, Junk: Mark Bittman on How Our Food System Got So BrokenMark Bittman is the author of more than 30 books and nearly 200 New York Times op-eds, known both for his cooking tips and his searing critiques of industrial agriculture. This episode we talk about his book Animal, Vegetable, Junk, which traces centuries of cruelty and exploitation to show how our food system got to where it is today. We only cover a fraction of this history in the podcast, but a consistent theme emerges: when food is grown with the primary goal of making money, rather than nourishing people and the land, bad things tend to happen....2022-03-0851 minStorytelling AnimalsAppleseed: Matt Bell on Doubting Techno-Optimists and Going Big with WonderMatt Bell's novel Appleseed has no shortage of urgent themes, and on this episode we talk about whether democracy is suited to the task of rapidly confronting climate change, the perilously seductive allure of techno-optimism, and how fiction can help us imagine a future less estranged from the nonhuman world. Should we take geoengineering seriously? How should those in high-emissions countries think about our own complicity, even as we take action against the governments and corporations who bear greater responsibility? What if Johnny Appleseed were a faun? All this and more explored in the episode.Learn...2022-03-011h 10Storytelling AnimalsResource Radicals: Thea Riofrancos on Democracy, Our Extractive Economy, and Indigenous ResistanceThea Riofrancos, the author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador, talks about the challenges posed by resource extraction to indigenous sovereignty, the rights of nature, and our conceptions of democracy. We also think about what a less extractive economy might look like, and whether a green transition reliant on minerals for batteries and solar panels risks re-creating some of the harms of the fossil fuel economy.Learn more about Resource Radicals hereRead Riofrancos' recent article on lithium extractionSupport this podcast on PatreonGet this podcast...2022-02-221h 20Storytelling AnimalsCivilization and Its Discontents: On Station Eleven, Planet of the Apes, and Kim Stanley RobinsonHow do stories set in a post-apocalyptic future look back at our present world: are characters nostalgic for the affluence and convenience? Or do they look back in disgust, understanding that many of these luxuries were built on exploitation and environmental destruction? Or a little of both? I look at Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven (the 2014 novel and the 2021/2022 TV show), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (the 2014 movie) and Kim Stanley Robinson's The Wild Shore (a 1984 novel) as three differing approaches to this question, and argue that while we can appreciate civilization's comforts, we shouldn't lose t...2022-02-1528 minStorytelling AnimalsLaura Jean McKay on Decentering Humans in Art and in LifeI talk with author Laura Jean McKay about her Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel The Animals in That Country, using fiction to give voice to other animals, and how literature can help us recognize that humans are not the center of the universe--that instead we are part of a larger, in some ways scary and humbling but also more wondrous world.Buy the book here: https://scribepublications.com/books-authors/books/the-animals-in-that-country-9781950354375Read about Laura Jean McKay's experience visiting a great ape sanctuary here: https://www.academia.edu/37308424/You_Are_Here_creative_non_fiction2022-02-0853 minStorytelling AnimalsSarah Lazare Makes a Novel Case for Publicly Owned UtilitiesOn this episode we talk with Sarah Lazare, who finished writing the novel Testimony after the passing of her father Peter Lazare, who had written the first draft. We discuss how the novel continues political conversations she had held with her father in life, and how to turn wonky topics like utility regulation into a thrilling narrative. We also discuss her recent journalism on global vaccine inequity, and why leftists should consider writing more fiction. If you like this episode please share, follow, rate us, and/or subscribe on Patreon.Check out the novel here.2022-02-0150 minStorytelling AnimalsOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on Reparations, Climate Justice, and Thinking Like an AncestorIn this episode, Georgetown philosophy professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò talks to us about his new book, Reconsidering Reparations, which makes the case that reparations must be a forward-looking project aiming to remake the political, economic, and cultural structures built by colonialism and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. He also argues that such a project must necessarily address the climate crisis, and that it will help if we can see ourselves in a lineage of fighters and revolutionaries that will continue long after we are gone. If you enjoy this episode feel free to like, subscribe, tell a friend...2022-02-0153 minStorytelling AnimalsEmma Marris on How To Fix Our Relationships with Other SpeciesFor the very first episode I talk with environmental writer Emma Marris about her new book, Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Nonhuman World. We discuss why animals matter, whether species and ecosystems do, how to think about non-native creatures, and how to make our way forward in a messy but wondrous world. If you enjoy this episode feel free to like, subscribe, tell a friend, or support us on Patreon.Buy Emma's book hereRead an excerpt on zoos hereTwo articles discussed in the podcast:Emma...2022-02-0157 minStorytelling AnimalsTrailer for Storytelling AnimalsAnnouncing a green new podcast where we use books, both fiction and nonfiction, to make sense of the ecological crisis—and of what comes next. Our public debut is February 1, but Patreon subscribers get early access to episodes.Credit to our logo designer, The Real Dancing Eagle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-1001 min
Bungacast/168/ Corona, Climate, Communism ft. Andreas MalmOn the 'war communism' solution
As we enter the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic and its attendant turmoil, suffering and lockdown, inevitably the search for systemic causes and systemic responses grows more intense. Swedish ecologist and social theorist Andreas Malm joins us to discuss one possible response - a crisis communism modelled on the War Communism of early Soviet rule, as discussed in his new book ‘Corona, Climate Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty First Century.’ We discuss the nature of our contemporary crises, and how far the left needs its own distinctive form of emer...2021-01-051h 06
theAnalysis.newsBiden’s Climate Plan Won’t Prevent Catastrophe – Dayton MartindaleWhile Biden's latest climate plan is much improved, it's far short of what scientists say is needed. Biden's aggressive rhetoric will not help build a joint climate plan with China, a crucial step for any global plan to succeed. Dayton Martindale joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.2020-07-3135 min