Edge Effects
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.
- Website
- http://edgeeffects.net
- Description
- A Digital Magazine from the Center for Culture, History, and Environment
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-09-07 09:47
- last episode published
- 2024-06-13 13:00
- publication frequency
- 29.25 days
- Contributors
- The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)
- Author Owner
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 120
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Social Sciences Natural Sciences History Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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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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| 2024-03-14 |
Maroon Geographies, Black Placemaking, and Abolitionist Futures: A Conversation with Celeste Winston Elijah Levine speaks with Celeste Winston about marronage as a placemaking practice. By drawing on connections across time, the conversation reveals how Black folks in the United States build lasting infrastructures to disrupt power structures. The po... |
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| 2024-02-29 |
Death, Leisure, and “Feeling Alive”: A Conversation with Adam Kaul What does death denial say about American culture? How can dying be dignified and humanized? Bri Meyer interviews Adam Kaul about his anthropological research on death and dying and its intersections with leisure and tourism. The post Death, Leisure, a... |
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| 2024-02-22 | Heather Swan speaks author and poet, Nickole Brown about her relationship with animals, the more-than-human world and the Hellbender poetry conference. The post Goats, Bees, and Poetry: A Conversation with Nickole Brown appeared first on Edge Effects. |
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| 2024-02-15 |
From Trash Trade to Waste Colonialism: A Conversation with Simone Müller Paul Sutter interviews Simone Müller about the famous case of the Khian Sea, a "renegade ship" carrying waste and trying to dock in different countries. The ship reveals the many contradictions within environmental movements and policies. The post Fro... |
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| 2023-10-12 |
Centering Islands in a Rising Ocean: A Conversation with Christina Gerhardt Samm Newton interviews Dr. Christina Gerhardt about her 2023 book Sea Change, which is a collection of essays, a history of connection, and a window into island nations facing an uncertain future. The post Centering Islands in a Rising Ocean: A Convers... |
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| 2023-05-25 |
Reforging Gun Culture in the American West: A Conversation with Bryce Andrews Writer, rancher, and farmer Bryce Andrews discusses his newest book Holding Fire, which traces his personal story of grappling with the history of guns and violence in the American West. The post Reforging Gun Culture in the American West: A Conversati... |
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| 2023-05-04 |
Mapping the Unfree Labor of Prison Agriculture: A Conversation with Carrie Chennault and Josh Sbicca Prison Agriculture Lab directors Carrie Chennault and Josh Sbicca discuss the ubiquity of carceral agriculture in the United States, its structuring logics of racial capitalism, and possibilities for abolitionist food futures. The post Mapping the Unfr... |
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| 2023-02-16 |
The Cold Never Bothered Native Hawaiians Anyway: A Conversation with Hi’ilei Julia Hobart How do certain temperatures come to be normalized and idealized in Hawai'i? Dr. Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart shares critical insights at the intersection of Indigenous dispossession and resistance. The post The Cold Never Bothered Native ... |
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