The official podcast of EDGE EFFECTS, the digital magazine produced by the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It features interviews with pathbreaking thinkers inside the academy and beyond about cultural and environmental change across the full sweep of human history. Find more great content at http://edgeeffects/net.
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2025-03-27 |
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 FOR THE CLIMATE. They discuss the local experiences of lithium mining, the value of narrative, community-dr... |
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2025-03-13 | In this first-of-its-kind special episode, environmental humanities authors Sarah Dimick, Lisa Han, and Ben Stanley discuss their newly published books, connections between their disparate topics, and the importance of nuance in environmental justice. ... |
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2025-02-27 |
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. They discuss school food programs' catalytic potential in the betterment of global health, agriculture, and care. The pos... |
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2025-02-13 |
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 film THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY. Their conversation spans partnering with the Navajo Nation, ethical filmmaking, and the signifi... |
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2024-12-12 |
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 an origin for understanding the mutual injury of humans and the environment. The post Crip Intimacy and Aquifer Entanglement... |
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2024-11-07 |
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 Sahara. Discussing a variety of sources, they challenge the view of deserts as empty spaces and highlight the Saraha as a... |
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2024-09-26 |
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 of colonial translation, and rage across personal, political, and environmental scales. The post Translation, Rage, and Wh... |
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2024-09-19 |
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. How might possibilities of a better future be imagined through political and social resist... |
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2024-06-13 | The Public Trust podcast, co-produced by Bonnie Willison and Richelle Wilson, investigates PFAS contamination in Wisconsin. The post Something in the Water: A Podcast on PFAS in Wisconsin appeared first on Edge Effects. |
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2024-04-08 |
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, 2024 is such a highly anticipated event. The post What’s Special about this Solar Eclipse? A Conversation with Kaitlin Moore appeare... |
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