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Neglected Stories: People, History, MovementsThe Resilience of Cities in the United StatesNeglected Stories: People, History, Movements, a production of Germantown Community Radio, welcomes writer and urban historian Nathaniel Popkin for a powerful conversation about Philadelphia’s layered history and its resilient communities. Popkin, known for his deep explorations of the city’s cultural and political landscapes, discusses his acclaimed work The Possible City and other projects that highlight how Philadelphia’s neighborhoods have resisted and adapted to ongoing change. His books—including Finding the Hidden City, The Possible City, The Year of the Return, and Song of the City—have redefined how we view urban transformation. He also co-wrote the Emmy-w...2025-04-1358 min
Wild ConnectionEarth Month with Nathaniel PopkinI'm calling April Earth month because, well, doesn't our planet deserve at least 1 month of appreciation? Last time we re-booted Caren Cooper and this week we are revisiting a powerful conversation I had with Nathaniel Popkin, author of To Reach the Spring.
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Free Library PodcastKen Kalfus | 2 A.M. in Little AmericaIn conversation with Nathaniel Popkin
The ''rare writer who can combine keen, grounded, psychological observation with visionary headiness'' (Salon), Ken Kalfus is the author of the novels The Commissariat of Enlightenment, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, a National Book Award finalist; and Equilateral. His short story collections include Coup de Foudre, Thirst, and PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pew Fellowship for the Arts, Kalfus's works have been translated into more than 10 languages. In 2 A.M. in Little America, Kalfus imagines a plausibly...2022-05-1252 minWild ConnectionEarth Day 2022To celebrate Earth Day 2022 I am replaying my interview with author Nathaniel Popkin. We talk about his book, To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of the Eco-Crisis, that was released in 2021.
In our conversation we talk about environmental advocacy, the inequality of influence, decolonization, and integration of the messiness of nature back into our lives.
If you want to cnnect with Nathaniel check out his website, reach out on twitter @NathanielPopkin and get a copy of his new book, To Reach the Spring
If you are digging the sh...2022-04-241h 17
Conscious TalkTo Reach The SpringCompared to the Covid-19 crisis, the Ecological Disaster on the horizon is much worse. We’re in this escalating eco-crisis already, so why isn’t our society reacting? We’ll talk to Nathaniel Popkin, activist, essayist and author of “To Reach The Spring” for his ideas on what’s coming. Website: www.NathanielPopkin.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2021-08-1154 minWild ConnectionEcological Grief- A Conversation with Nathaniel PopkinThis episode is about our relationship to nature, how no matter how passionately you care about the planet you are complicit in its destruction by merely existing, and what, in face of calamity can we actually do about it?
Nathaniel Popkin, novelist, essayist, editor, documentary writer, and critic has released a new book called To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of the Eco-Crisis brings to the forefront all of these aspects.
In our conversation we talk about environmental advocacy, the inequality of influence, decolonization, and integration of...2021-03-141h 18Conscious TalkTo Reach The SpringCompared to the Covid-19 crisis, the Ecological Disaster on the horizon is much worse. We’re in this escalating eco-crisis already, so why isn’t our society reacting? We’ll talk to Nathaniel Popkin, activist, essayist and author of “To Reach The Spring” for his ideas on what’s coming. Website: www.NathanielPopkin.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2021-03-0954 min
In This ClimateFrom complicity to consciousness with Nathaniel PopkinHow do you understand freedom and connection? Responsibility and the anthropocene? And how can we explain them to future generations? Nathaniel Popkin, author of To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis, helps us think about these questions and more, offering moral, social, and psychological potential for a path to a future spring. Nathaniel's website: http://nathanielpopkin.net/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit inthisclimate.substack.com2021-02-1832 min
In This ClimateFrom complicity to consciousness with Nathaniel PopkinHow do you understand freedom and connection? Responsibility and the anthropocene? And how can we explain them to future generations? Nathaniel Popkin, author of To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis, helps us think about these questions and more, offering moral, social, and psychological potential for a path to a future spring. Nathaniel's website: http://nathanielpopkin.net/ 2021-02-1832 min
Give and TakeEpisode 249: To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis, with Nathaniel PopkinMy guest is Nathaniel Popkin. His newest book is To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis. In the shadow of an escalating eco-crisis—a looming catastrophe that will dwarf the fallout from COVID-19—how can we explain our society’s failure to act? What will we tell future generations? Are we paralyzed because the problem is so vast in scope, or are there deeper reasons for the widespread passivity? Nathaniel Popkin explores the moral, social, and psychological dimensions of the crisis, outlining a path to a future spring.Special Guest: Nathaniel Popkin2021-02-021h 36
The Virtual Memories ShowCOVID Check-In with Nathaniel PopkinAuthor & activist Nathaniel Popkin checks in from Philadelphia. We talk about the potential for creative moments in the midst of self-isolation, the inspiration of Elsa Morante's novel History on his recent LitHub essay on the abuse of war imagery during the pandemic, the unique social aspects of Philadelphia, the dilation of time during self-isolation and how glad he was to take a social-distance walk with friends, the eternal search for justice and the battle against corporatization, the history of how the Lenape natives were defrauded of their land in the 1700s and how the language of destroying indigenous people...2020-05-1539 min
Data RemediationsMissing a Script on Altering ShoresIn Episode 7, Bethany Wiggin, Katie Collier, and Piotr Wojcik speak with Nathaniel Popkin to talk about their participation in the live performance of a data storytelling and climate sensing art work, a hybrid virtual reality and live performance called The Altering Shores, conceived and directed by Roderick Coover in late November 2019. 2020-02-2043 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Nathaniel PopkinNathaniel Popkin is the author of three books of non-fiction and the novels, The Year of the Return, Everything is Borrowed, and Lion and Leopard. He also co-edited the anthology Who Will Speak for America?, which he also spoke about with co-editor Stephanie Feldman on First Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-10-0750 minGive and TakeEpisode 167: The Year of Return, with Nathaniel PopkinMy guest is Nathaniel Popkin. Set against the backdrop of 1976 Philadelphia, his new novel The Year of the Return follows the path of two families, the Jewish Silks and African American Johnsons, as they are first united by marriage and then by grief, turmoil, and the difficult task of trying to live in an America failing to live up to its ideals.
Paul Silk and Charlene Johnson are journalists whose love for each other and commitment to social justice were formed in the peace movements of the 1960s. But the idealism of that era leads to the...2019-08-031h 01
Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politicsEp: 4-75 At last the Democrats talking about the poor with Nathaniel PopkinToday we are joined by writer and thinker Nathaniel Popkin Philadelphia-based writer, editor, and historian to look at attitudes to wealth and poverty in the US and the Democratic party's new found enthusiasm for talking about it.Presidential campaigns are not usually about poverty. Poverty is something that candidates pay lip service too but little more. Things are normally termed around helping the “middle class” or “American families,” not the poorest of the poor, why are things shaping up so differently this time around? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-02-1554 min
The Virtual Memories ShowThe Guest List & Bill KartolopoulosComics scholar Bill Kartalopoulos joins the show to talk about editing the annual Best American Comics series. But first, nearly three dozen of the year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2018 and the books they hope to get to in 2019! Guests include Jerry Beck, Christopher Brown, Dave Calver, Roz Chast, Mark Dery, Michael Gerber, Cathy B Graham, Dean Haspiel, Steven Heller, Richard Kadrey, Paul Karasik, Ken Krimstein, Nora Krug, John Leland, Alberto Manguel, Hal Mayforth, Dave McKean, Mark Newgarden, Audrey Niffenegger, Jim Ottaviani, Robert Andrew Parker, Shachar Pinsker, Nathaniel Popkin, Chris Reynolds...2018-12-121h 57
Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politicsEp: 4-65 Should men just shut up about me too and has May done enough to hold on to powerToday we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich. As rape allegations surface against Ronaldo we look at the man who was once part of 100 Kegs or Bust fraternity and his attempt to became one of the most powerful men in America and the whirlwind of allegations against him.With Trump mocking Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally as supporters cheer and Republican Jeff Flake calling Trump’s speech ‘appalling’ while Ford’s lawyer condemns ‘vicious, vile and soulless attack’, how should men react to the...2018-10-041h 05
Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politicsEp: 4-61 Trump vs Obama and Johnson vs MayToday we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin, and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich.In a week that has seen the release of Bob Woodward's book 'Fear' on the Trump White House, we look at two feuds either side of the Atlantic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-09-1252 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel PopkinStephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin edited Who Will Speak for America?, which includes fiction, essays, photos, cartoons, and poetry from 43 contributing authors. The anthology was compiled just before the 2016 Presidential inaugeration of Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-08-0642 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel PopkinFirst Draft interview with editors of Who Will Speak for America?, Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin.2018-08-0639 min
Book FightEp 239: Special Guests Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel PopkinThis week we're taking a quick break from our Summer of Spouses discussions to welcome two guests to the podcast: Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin, co-editors of the recently published anthology Who Will Speak for America?, which brings together work from a bunch of contemporary writers responding in various ways to our current political moment. They also chose a book for us to read, Gotz and Meyer, by Serbian novelist David Albahari. In the first half of the show, we talk about Albahari's book, which takes an interesting, experimental path through its narrative of the Holocaust. In...2018-08-061h 24
The Virtual Memories ShowNathaniel PopkinFor a guy who calls himself a master of nothing, Nathaniel Popkin does an awfully good job for himself as a novelist, literary editor, critic, journalist, and urban historian. Nathaniel joins the show to talk about his new novel, Everything Is Borrowed (New Door Books), as well as the new literary anthology he co-edited, Who Will Speak for America? (Temple University Press). We get into the fertile subject and setting of Philadelphia, the goal of building a literary hub for his adopted city, the process of writing a novel about anarchists and architects (which I sorta characterize as the...2018-07-081h 44Give and TakeEpisode 110: Who Will Speak For America?, with Stephanie FeldmanMy guest is Stephanie Feldman. She co-edited Who Will Speak For America?, with Nathaniel Popkin. The editors and contributors to Who Will Speak for America? are passionate and justifiably angry voices providing a literary response to today’s political crisis. Inspired by and drawing from the work of writers who participated in nationwide Writers Resist events in January 2017, this volume provides a collection of poems, stories, essays, and cartoons that wrestle with the meaning of America and American identity. The contributions—from established figures including Eileen Myles, Melissa Febos, Jericho Brown, and Madeleine Thien, as well as rising new voic...2018-07-0649 minGive and TakeEpisode 103: Everything Is Borrowed, with Nathaniel PopkinNathaniel Popkin is a writer, editor, historian, journalist, and the author of five books, including his most recent novel Everything is Borrowed. A meditation on cruelty and regret, a mesmerizing tour of a city through time, and an evocative portrait of radical Jewish life of another age.
In Everything is Borrowed, acclaimed architect Nicholas Moscowitz lands a major commission, but his drive suddenly falters. The site of the new project awakens guilty memories, and when he digs into the place’s history, he uncovers a 19th-century Moskowitz whose life offers strange parallels to his own. As Nicholas gr...2018-05-1858 min
On The EdgeInterview With Nathaniel Popkin, Fiction Review EditorNathaniel is a writer, editor, historian, journalist, and the author of five books, including the novel Everything is Borrowed, forthcoming in May 2018 from New Door Books. He’s the co-editor of Who Will Speak for America?, a literary anthology in response to the American political crisis, also forthcoming, in June 2018 from Temple University Press. He’s the fiction review editor of Cleaver Magazine, as well as a prolific book critic focusing on literary fiction and works in translation. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Public Books, The Rumpus, Tablet Magazine, LitHub, The Millions, and the Kenyon Review, amon...2018-02-2810 min
Skylines, the CityMetric podcast77. It's Always SunnyOnce upon a time, Philadelphia was the state capital of Pennsylvania. It was also briefly the capital of the early United States, the country’s financial capital, and its largest city.Today, it’s none of those things – even the state capital long since moved to Harrisburg, which I bet you’ve never even heard of. This no doubt has an impact on the psyche of a city that was once the most important in the US, but now struggles to make the top five.To talk about Philly, past, present and future, I’m joined by...2018-02-2123 min
Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politicsEP: 4-34 Is Britain ungovernable and a week in Trumps AmericaToday we are joined by writer, editor, and historian Nathaniel Popkin in an always sunny Philadelphia and by Jonn build some bloody houses Elledge from a dank and damp Brexit ridden London. In a week that has seen yet another senseless mass shooting in The States which the gun lobby would tell us has nothing to do with guns we ask is Britain ungovernable? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2017-11-1246 min
Intelligent Speech - interviews, conversations and presentations of ideasEP: 52 - Nathaniel Popkin about his book Philadelphia finding the hidden city.MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. Mysteries of the World was a track taken from your last album in 1980 called Mysteries of the World“Breathe" is the title of the debut single by the French dance music group Télépopmusik. It features guest vocals by Angela McCluskey who’s vocal sounds detached from the throbbing electronia around it.Ending with a track produced by Kanye West and containing samples by Nina Simone is always a...2017-11-1030 minGive and TakeEpisode 62: Philadelphia: Finding The Hidden City, with Nathaniel PopkinMy guest is Nathaniel Popkin.
Why is Philadelphia the “Hidden City?” What makes it distinctive in the landscape of American cities? And why does it matter? These are the questions Hidden City Daily co-founders Peter Woodall and Nathaniel Popkin and Hidden City Festival photographer Joseph E.B. Elliott seek to answer in the new book, Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City, just recently published by Temple University Press.
As the authors examine the historic reasons Philadelphia is the Hidden City, their essay and Elliott’s 110 photographs draw the reader inside, to discover the complexities and contradictions of Phi...2017-11-0558 min
CommonspaceGentrifiedIs it revitalization or displacement? Hear true stories of the real impact of gentrification.
Guests: Mo Burroughs, Freya Zork, Ociele Hawkins, Dan Gasiewski, Jim Saksa, Ken Finkel, Nathaniel Popkin
Image: Johanna Austin
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2017-08-2556 min
Broad Street Review, The PodcastBSR_S01E11 - Writers Resist - Stephanie FeldmanOn today's podcast, we met with Stephanie Feldman, Philadelphia writer and coordinator of the Philadelphia chapter of Writers Resist. This movement is designed to engage a community of authors, poets, filmmakers and the like to use their talents and shine a light on the fundamentals of democracy. Writers Resist will host a rally this weekend at the National Museum of American Jewish History with a plethora of local writers slated to speak.The Writers Resist movement rapidly coalesced after poet Erin Belieu posted on Facebook, "We will not give in to despair. We will come together and...2017-01-1300 min