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If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsSolarpunk: Electric Vehicles and Batteries with Todd Medema and Navarre BartzAlan and a couple of engineers from the the Solapunk community, Navarre Bartz and Todd Medema, discuss everything you want to know about electric vehichles, battery technology, EVs that are not Tesla, and charging stations. Todd also discusses his new book, How to Surf a Hurricane, and how he got involved with Solapunk, and much more! You can find How to Surf a Hurricane here: https://howtosurfahurricane.com/
2025-09-2953 min
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsBook Navigator: Solarpunk Creatures, Penelope Rex, and a Bunch of Nonfiction with Navarre Bartz In this episode of the Book Navigator column, Navarre Bartz reviews a collection of short fiction, a children's fiction series, as well as a lot of nonfiction including: Solarpunk Creatures by World Weaver Press Penelope Rex by Ryan T. Higgins The Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow How to Build with Grid Beam by Phil Jergenson Better Sleep For Overacheivers by Anne Bartolucci
2024-12-1312 minIf This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsSolarpunk: Solarpunk Kids Are Free Range with Navarre BartzIn the first Solarpunk column of 2024, engineer, Youtuber, and blogger, Navarre Bartz, explores the practicalities of what Solarpunk kids might look like, as well as the current state of childhood. Topics include schooling, parenting, bussing, and more.
2024-04-2215 min
Solarpunk PresentsOn Solarpunk Spirituality (& Humanity's Intangible Squishy Bits) with Navarre BartzToday Ariel sits down with Navarre Bartz to talk about solarpunk spirituality. Solarpunk’s emphasis on respecting and valuing human and non-human life includes the totality of a being’s existence, and that includes the “squishy bits” of the experience that we can’t quite quantify. Navarre recently hosted a series of guest posts on his blog, Solarpunk Station, all about the spiritual angle of solarpunk, and what a solarpunk style of spirituality might look like.Read more:Solarpunk Station Episode 1.1 “Must Solarpunk Should?”artisans.coop Etsy alternative!Support Solarpunk Presents on Patreon or m...
2024-01-2239 minIf This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsBook Navigator: Another Life & When We hold Each Other UpIn this episode of the Book Navigator column, Navarre Bartz reviews Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri, published in 2023 by Stelliform Press; and When We Hold Each Other Up by Phoebe Wagner, published in 2023 by Android Press. You can purchase Another Life here. Or When We Hold Each Other Up here.
2023-12-1909 minIf This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsSolarpunk: Giving Off Vibes - 2023 PanelIn our final Solarpunk column for 2023, we pull together all our Solarpunk columnists for a panel. Alan, Justine Norton-Kertson, Susan Kaye Quinn, and Navarre Bartz discuss Solarpunk vibes, how to improve Solarpunk world building, and bringing Solarpunk to a wider community. Reccomendations: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanly Robinson The Garbage Queen Unfucking the Planet Dreamforge Magazine How We Survive podcast Green Dreamer podcast Next Economy Now podcast Andrewism (Youtube) Our Changing Climate (Youtube)
2023-12-121h 00
EcofictologyEp 29: Nuclear plant meltdown and buddy cop comedy duo | Spells and Specialists with Navarre Bartz Part 4Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 29 of the Ecofictology podcast! This is the final part of our Spells and Specialists episode with Navarre Bartz where we brainstorm a story to communicate all about energy materials, solar panels and how electrodes work using the magic system we created in Part 3. If you missed that, i highly recommend going back and listening to it, its a treat! I love Part 4, i mean i love all the parts but part 4 might be my favourite because we turn it all into a story and it is always a story that is so much...
2023-08-0154 min
EcofictologyEp 28: A Scientific Magic System for Old Magic and Adv.Tech | Spells & Specialists with Navarre Bartz Part 3Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 28 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week we take our awesome seed crystal from the last Spells & Specialist video with Navarre Bartz and put it through Clark’s Magic system Blueprint! This blueprint is so much fun to play with, we always end up with something unique and intricate, and this time we ended up with a system that can explain both the old magic of earth as well as some crazy advanced technology for a solarpunk setting. You can find the video version of this episode on Clark’s channel, the magic engineer, link...
2023-08-0152 min
EcofictologyEp 27: A Seed Crystal of Fictional Quanta and Science | Spells & Specialists with Navarre Bartz Part 2Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 27 of the Ecofictology podcast! The conversation with Navarre Bartz continues in this video of Spells & Specialists. It's time to take what we learned in part one and find our magic-system seed crystal. We had to approach things a little different this time around, but we sure ended up with a good one! This episode is led by my cohost Clark Rowenson the magic engineer, his concept of the seed crystal is so useful and i always enjoy whittling our ideas down to a single point from which our inspiration can grow. This is...
2023-08-0148 min
EcofictologyEp 26: Batteries and Solar Panels | Spells & Specialists with Navarre Bartz Part 1Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 26 of the Ecofictology podcast! It's time for another month of Spells and Specialists episodes! I love doing these, they are so much fun! And this time, Navarre Bartz talks to us all about energy materials, batteries and what it all has to do with solar panels and renewable energies. I learned a TON! Of course, I am joined by my wonderful cohost Clark Rowenson the magic engineer, check out his channel on youtube if you want more information on magic systems, how to build them, and all that good stuff. We had so...
2023-08-0150 minIf This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsBook Navigator: Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology In this episode of the Book Navigator column Navarre Bartz reviews Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology edited by Justine Norton-Kertson published in 2023 by Android Press. You can purchase the book here. Or here: https://www.android-press.com/bookstore?page=2
2023-07-0707 minIf This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsSolarpunk: Urbanism as Appropriate Technology with Navarre BartzIn our first Solapunk column, Navarre Bartz discusses biking, public transit, densifying cities, and gives some book and podcast recommendations.
2023-04-2912 minIf This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsBook Navigator: Seeds for the Swarm by Sim KernIn this episode of the Book Navigator column Navarre Bartz reviews Seeds for the Swarm by Sim Kern published in 2023 by Stelliform Press. You can purchase the book here. Or here: https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/seeds-for-the-swarm-by-sim-kern/
2023-02-1107 min
Fred LeFebvre and the Morning NewsDennis Lange is in to talk about the Tours de NoelOLD WEST END HOLIDAY HOME TOURSSUNDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2019. NOON -TO- 7P.M.Free Bus Transportation between tour houses. Information call 419-244-5006.TICKETS PRE-SALE Cash Only (thru November 30)$12 / person (all tour sites)At both Walt Churchill stores: 3320 Briarfield Blvd., Maumee/26625 N. Dixie Hwy. Pburg.Bartz Viviano - 4 locations4505 Secor Rd., Toledo /2963 Navarre Rd., Oregon/1097 Pray Blvd., Waterville/TheFlower Market 3890 Monroe St.,ToledoSautter’s Market 5519 Main St., SylvaniaBlack Kite Coffee & Pies 2499 Collingwood, ToledoGeorgettes Grounds & Gifts 311 Conant St., MaumeeChic Sa...
2019-11-2011 min