1. Resilience in Indianapolis (37:32)

Date:
2022-12-15
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James
Summary:
Jim talks to Gabe about environmental resilience issues in Indiana, mainly Indianapolis. Urban heat, green insfrastructure, the White River.

2. Remix: Heat (47:18)

Date:
2022-08-17
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
When we think of this summer's deadly heatwaves and each rollout of temperature projections, it's hard to argue that there's anything more obviously horrifying. So we wanted to go back through some heat-centric conversations from our archive. They're not not sad, but they all circle around the whys and hows of getting here and being here and going forth. We'll hear about migration histories, participatory design, Indigenous knowledge, and how heat interacts with carceral structures, like prisons. A future for Las Vegas, part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ufBmcqampB8wIpGswddpQ?si=0b580da9d34e402e Building resilience through parks, part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6AEA7QXcLRqHHk7CGOYQjb?si=11f5294b83044e4f The fire season is far from over, part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VdidRKyRAQ0OgEc3Jqwv6?si=18c2387714cf4b4f Prison Ecology: the law and beyond: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UJl8w739LifH2MvQbH5cu?si=3b4de8a4152149b9

3. America's Energy Gamble with Shanti Gamper-Rabindran (30:45)

Date:
2022-07-27
Main contributors:
Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
We do have the technology," Shanti tells Jim in this interview. "What we need to do now is to put in place the policy to enable reaching these goals." Shanti Gamper-Rabindran is the author of America’s Energy Gamble: People Economy and Planet and works at University of Pittsburgh to analyze the economic, legal, and political barriers and opportunities for the energy transition to renewable energy and for economic diversification of fossil fuel-reliant communities in the United States and globally.

4. Fire's Catching: An Iteration of Appalachian Love for Community and Earth (39:33)

Date:
2022-07-06
Main contributors:
Saunders, Laura , Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
The people who form Appalachians Against Piplelines have been resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline and other extractive, environmentally dangerous projects since 2018, continuing the long tradition of care for the earth and all beings among the mountains. In this sound-rich audio documentary about AAP's work, Appalachian-grown filmmaker Laura Saunders brings together the stories of folks who have dedicated years of labor, risked arrest, and continue to fight for the wellbeing of their communities. The ITC team is deeply grateful to all of the storytellers who shared their time, energy, and selves in this episode. See links at the bottom of the show notes to learn more about them. Thanks also goes to IU's Environmental Resilience Institute for offering High Impact grant funding to pay storytellers like the ones you hear in this episode — those working on the ground toward environmental justice. While our High Impact funding has now come to an end, we at ITC are always happy to collaborate in telling generative environmental justice stories that feel true and useful to the people living them. If you're interested in working together, email itcpod@iu.edu. AAP Twitter: https://twitter.com/stopthemvp AAP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/appalachiansagainstpipelines/ AAP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/appalachiansagainstpipelines/ Laura Saunders: http://www.saundersdocumentary.com/

5. Remix: Sustainable Food Systems (40:40)

Date:
2022-06-21
Main contributors:
Pannu, Camille, Bradford, Jason, Eise, Jessica , Wilcox, Marvin, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Over the past three years (150 episodes!) of In this Climate, some themes and lessons have emerged. One of those is the necessity of more sustainable food systems. So, this episode, we're pulling interviews from different moments and tying them together for a multidimensional look at how we grow and distribute and consume. We'll hear about Californian water use, local nutrient cycling, unfair coffee trade, and Panamanian campesino land defenders. Camille Pannu: https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/lecturers/pannu/ Jason Bradford: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OBMe3A8erIUcLXCd5TDXZ?si=99d4fadb103d4504 Jessica Eise: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gLExd4TnGgaRmhKlskcOh?si=75904fcd93f7477d Marvin Wilcox: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xj8w9PljHE0z8oUf8Cl3c?si=ab64598768524a49

6. How to Community Garden: Carbondale Spring pt 2 (23:39)

Date:
2022-06-06
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
The 2017 and 2024 solar eclipse paths cross over Carbondale, Illinois, a college town in a largely rural region with the highest poverty rate in the state. For some here, in the midst of intensifying climate change and ongoing environmental racism, this moment between eclipses is an opportunity to focus on building dynamic resilience and nurturing community care networks. One element of this resilience is food autonomy, which hinges on a group of community gardens and chicken coops affiliated with Carbondale Spring. In this episode, we explore the plants, critters, and distribution channels involved in Carbondale Spring's Food Autonomy initiative. Partisan Gardens: http://www.partisangardens.org/podcast/december-2020-carbondale-spring/ Chicken Tenders (documentary about Carbondale Spring’s chicken coop project): https://vimeo.com/499285968 The Brownfield Between Us (documentary telling the environmental justice story of the tie yard plant in Carbondale Illinois, and its impact on the health and land of local black families): https://carbondalekoppersjustice.com/documentary/

7. How to Community Garden: Carbondale Spring Pt 1 (50:34)

Date:
2022-05-27
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
The 2017 and 2024 solar eclipse paths cross over Carbondale, Illinois, a college town in a largely rural region with the highest poverty rate in the state. For some here, in the midst of intensifying climate change and ongoing environmental racism, this moment between eclipses is an opportunity to focus on building dynamic resilience and nurturing community care networks. One element of this resilience is food autonomy, which hinges on a group of community gardens and chicken coops affiliated with Carbondale Spring. In this episode, we learn about how Carbondale’s community gardens have come to be and how they nourish a diversity of beings. Partisan Gardens: http://www.partisangardens.org/podcast/december-2020-carbondale-spring/ Chicken Tenders (documentary about Carbondale Spring’s chicken coop project): https://vimeo.com/499285968 The Brownfield Between Us (documentary telling the environmental justice story of the tie yard plant in Carbondale Illinois, and its impact on the health and land of local black families): https://carbondalekoppersjustice.com/documentary/

8. How to Community Garden: Project Grow (49:53)

Date:
2022-05-16
Main contributors:
Jones, Kirk, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This series of episodes grew out of our January series on year-round local food, in which Stewart from Cedar Valley Permaculture suggested we can meaningfully shift our food system by growing more of our own food. So how are people making this happen? How are people already coming together to grow both food and new food systems? Throughout this series, we’ll look at a couple helpful Midwestern stories — one in Carbondale, Illinois and one in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Together, they reveal a breadth of approaches to community gardening that have taught me a heck of a lot and that I hope will inspire you. This episode, we’re in conversation with Kirk Jones of Project Grow. Partisan Gardens - Carbondale Spring: http://www.partisangardens.org/podcast/december-2020-carbondale-spring/

9. Introducing Nature's Gossip: Loons (19:21)

Date:
2022-05-04
Main contributors:
Mackenzie, Bowlen, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Chances are, you've heard the famous call of the loon. In this special release, we introduce the work of Indiana University student Mackenzie Bowlen, who has spent the past semester researching the complex vocalizations of loons.

10. Hot Farm with Eve Abrams and Sam Fromartz (25:20)

Date:
2022-05-03
Main contributors:
Abrams, Eve, Fromartz, Sam, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
With agriculture accounting for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, it's easy to argue that farmers need to be involved in our work to mitigate and adapt to intensifying climate change. Hot Farm, a new podcast from the Food & Environment Reporting Network hosted by Eve Abrams, travels across the Midwest, learning from farmers about what they're doing, or could be doing, to improve our relationship with the earth and fellow inhabitants. Listen to Hot Farm: https://thefern.org/podcasts/hot-farm/

11. Hoosier Urban Forestry with Burney Fischer (42:09)

Date:
2022-04-26
Main contributors:
Fischer, Burney, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
How are Hoosier forests shifting, and what can we do to ensure our cities maintain healthy canopies? In this episode, Jim talks with Burney Fischer, former state forester and co-lead of the Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group, about the dynamics of urban forestry.

12. Earth Week Live: Philanthropy, Implementation, and Coordination (43:47)

Date:
2022-04-20
Main contributors:
Martin, Jane, Gore, Anagha, Thompson, Amy, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this show, taped live at Hopscotch Coffee, we talk with Jane Martin, Anagha Gore, and Amy Thompson about the work of ERI and how we can coordinate to improve our relationships with each other and our environment. ERI Crowdfunding Campaign: https://crowdfunding.iu.edu/climate-change-internships Recommended Indiana-Native Plants for Attracting Pollinators: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/POL-6/POL-6.html

13. Multidimensional Community Forestry with Kyle Lemle (32:31)

Date:
2022-04-18
Main contributors:
Lemle, Kyle, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Bridging spiritual ecology with urban forestry, we find themes of emergence and the voice of Kyle Lemle. In this episode, he tells us about fasting in the desert as a teenager, turning guns into shovels, supporting community forestry in Bhutan, and training people of many faiths to know and build collective power. Through these stories and more, he helps us understand how land stewardship and social justice work can be acts of love.

14. Testing Marine Energy with Andrea Copping (28:39)

Date:
2022-04-07
Main contributors:
Copping, Andrea, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Here in Indiana, we talk often about wind and solar, but what could renewable marine energy development mean for people from the Hoosier State to small remote island? Andrea Copping, a scientist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Marine Sciences Laboratory, helps us understand the science, collaborations, and potential of several varieties of marine energy. If you like this, you might want to listen to Just Energy: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IkLxMbUL3EeYTWPjnDlt2?si=2b904bd5d59a414a

15. Detangling Plastics with Paul Harvey (41:17)

Date:
2022-04-06
Main contributors:
Harvey, Paul, Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Host Gabe Filippelli talks with Paul Harvey about his book and project Plasticology, microplastics in the environment, and how we can deal with our legacy of plastics pollution—which, like most things, is a climate problem.

16. Expanding Collaboration with Ravi Naidu (33:24)

Date:
2022-03-30
Main contributors:
Naidu, Ravi , Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, host Gabe Filippelli talks with Laurate Professor Ravi Naidu at the University of Newcastle about environmental contamination, emerging issues, and how to work with industries in a constructive way to help solve environmental problems.

17. Supporting The Change Agent with Laurie Thorp and Lissy Goralnik (49:50)

Date:
2022-03-29
Main contributors:
Goralnik, Lissy, Thorp, Laurie, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
As institutions of higher education aim to prepare students of sustainability and support environmental research, what are we missing? And what does it take to turn our knowledge of chemistry and physics into new ways of relating with the earth? In this episode, Lissy Goralnik and Laurie Thorp of Michigan State University share what they've learned through teaching with contemplative practices.

18. Naming Climate Emotions with Panu Pihkala (27:21)

Date:
2022-03-11
Main contributors:
Pihkala, Panu, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
We've been talking a lot about ecological anxiety and grief, vague and muddy feelings that they are. In this episode, climate emotions researcher Panu Pihkala helps us name and explore what these wide terms hold. An insightful episode from Panu's new podcast: https://climatechangeandhappiness.com/episodes/episode-03-eco-anxiety-demystified

19. Lamenting for the Land with Ashlee Cunsolo (26:42)

Date:
2022-03-10
Main contributors:
Cunsolo, Ashlee, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
We talk with Ashlee Cunsolo, founding dean of the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus of Memorial University, about the connective capacity of grief, the role of land in Inuit mental health research, and the relationship between agency and letting go. Ashlee's site: https://ashleecunsolo.ca/

20. Existential Loneliness, The Climate Crisis, and Intrinsic Hope (40:26)

Date:
2022-03-02
Main contributors:
Atkinson, Jennifer, Ray, Sarah Jaquette , Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
What if the science story and the emotion story are the same story? What could we do if we were to deconstruct the dualism of feeling and acting? In this episode, Sarah Jaquette Ray and Jennifer Atkinson walk us through their research on and experience with climate feelings, from grief to guilt to hope. We work on understanding how we can engage with emotions together to help us get into ever-better relationship with each other and the earth. Sarah Jaquette Ray's reflection on The Unbearable Whiteness of Climate Anxiety: https://gendread.substack.com/p/sarah-jaquette-ray-on-the-unbearable?utm_source=url&s=r Jennifer Atkinson's Facing It podcast: https://www.drjenniferatkinson.com/facing-it

21. Concerned Scientists at Indiana University Call for Climate Planning (33:50)

Date:
2022-02-28
Main contributors:
Hamburger, Michael, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, Jim talks with Michael Hamburger, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, about the letter that Concerned Scientists at Indiana University-Bloomington recently sent to University administrators. It includes requests for a formal climate action plan and an implementation planning task force of diverse stakeholders. We reached out to IU Director of Media Relations Chuck Carney for comment and received a statement, which Jim reads at the end of the episode.

22. Zen Teachings for the Earth with Stephanie Kaza (43:11)

Date:
2022-02-25
Main contributors:
Kaza, Stephanie, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Stephanie Kaza—a long-time lover of trees, practicing Zen Buddhist, and environmentalist—walks us through some of the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism that can help us get into right relationship with the earth and ourselves, which as we learn, are not one and not two.

23. More Wonder with James Keys (30:43)

Date:
2022-02-23
Main contributors:
Keys, James, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this episode, we ask James Keys about his experience and study of wonder, about the many ways we can access, experience, and use this emotion.

24. The Power of Wonder with Lisa Sideris (24:05)

Date:
2022-02-21
Main contributors:
Sideris, Lisa, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this episode, we talk with Lisa Sideris about wonder as it relates with science, religion, Rachel Carson, and policy change. We also return to a discussion on the importance of religious and ethical approaches to environmental issues.

25. Sanctuary and Change with Willis Jenkins (32:15)

Date:
2022-02-18
Main contributors:
Jenkins, Willis, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this episode, we ask environmental ethicist and religious studies scholar Willis Jenkins about the significance of understanding religion in the process of building a better relationship with our environment. We talk about the Lynn White Thesis, Laudato si', understanding Yellowstone as sanctuary, and more.

26. Navigating Gas Leasing with Stephanie Malin (30:38)

Date:
2022-02-11
Main contributors:
Malin, Stephanie, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Back in December 2020, we talked with environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin about the ins and outs of natural gas leasing. Like, how is it that a company obtains rights to drill in the middle of farmland? How do farmers feel about that? And as always, how does money flow and motivate and determine access to political processes? More about Stephanie: https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/samalin/ More of her work: https://theconversation.com/profiles/stephanie-malin-318393/articles

27. Previewing "Just Energy" With Sanya Carley (14:28)

Date:
2022-02-09
Main contributors:
Carley, Sanya, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
There's a new podcast we think you'll want to hear! “Just Energy” is a collaboration between Sanya Carley, an energy justice professor at Indiana University’s O’Neill School, and her master of public affairs students. They explore what energy (in)justice is, its racial and social dimensions, and how to make future energy policy more inclusive by design. Because it’s never just about energy. It’s about people. Here's a link to the first episode of the show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7moq93E1leU1eq3c7x0pGK?si=4btlrDFkQT-8KXM60GiDew

28. Methane Explained With Steven Hamburg (28:55)

Date:
2022-02-04
Main contributors:
Hamburg, Steven, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Not all greenhouse gases work the same. While CO2 has a severe long-term effect on our climate, methane has much more significant warming power in the near term. And where does methane often escape? Along the natural gas supply chain. In this episode, Jim talks with Environmental Defense Fund scientist Steven Hamburg about all things methane -- where we find leaks and how we can fix them while we move to renewables.

29. People's Cooperative Market With Lauren Volpp (21:19)

Date:
2022-01-28
Main contributors:
Volpp, Lauren, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Many of us here in Indiana wonder how we can access local food as the weather gets colder and warm-weather plants go dormant. So, in three parts, we're asking folks near Bloomington how they prepare for and operate in winter. This episode, we meet Lauren Volpp, who nurtures Three Flock Farm, the Plant Truck Project, the People's Market, and much more. She explains how these distinct farmers market cultivates collective confidence and stability that can build capacity for future winter harvests. Visit the market website here: https://www.peoplesmarketbtown.org/ Another podcast explaining markets and food justice work in Bloomington: https://blackprogressivespodcast.buzzsprout.com/1806789/9060825-food-justice-locally-ep-5-part-1

30. Dr. Jay Lemery on Climate Health (33:25)

Date:
2022-01-24
Main contributors:
Lemery, Jay, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
What is the health impact of urban heat islands? Is climate change a "cause of death"? How good is med school training on climate issues? Gabe talks with Dr. Jay Lemery of the Univ of Colorado.

31. Investing in Local Growing With Cedar Valley Permaculture (38:26)

Date:
2022-01-21
Main contributors:
Hamilton, Stewart, Campbell, Kelsey, Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Many of us here in Indiana wonder how we can access local food as the weather gets colder and warm-weather plants go dormant. So, in three parts, we're asking folks near Bloomington how they prepare for and operate in winter. In this episode, we join Stewart Hamilton and Kelsey Campbell for a Friday harvest and chat through lettuce bagging. They talk about the value of local, sustainably grown food and what needs to change in order to build capacity for local growing and eating in future winters.

32. Susan Anenberg: Climate and Air Quality (34:45)

Date:
2022-01-17
Main contributors:
Anenberg, Susan, Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Gabe talks with Susan Anenberg of GWU about climate change, air quality, COVID and climate and other issues.

33. Bonus: Touring Brambleberry Permaculture Farm (42:56)

Date:
2022-01-14
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Bender-Beauregard, Darren, Miles, Emily
Summary:
If you haven't yet listened to our discussion with Darren Bender-Beauregard, we recommend you do that here! It provides context for Darren’s relationship with the land, how he grows Andean crops in Indiana, the sorts of grants that help his family experiment and educate, and more. Then, listen to this tour for concrete insights into how Darren and his family channel and encourage ecological abundance. More on the farm here: https://www.brambleberrypermaculture.com/

34. Year-round Local Food With Darren Bender-Beauregard (32:57)

Date:
2022-01-14
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Many of us here in Indiana wonder how we can access local food as the weather gets colder and warm-weather plants go dormant. So, in three parts, we're asking folks near Bloomington how they prepare for and operate in winter. First up, we sit down at Brambleberry Farm with Darren Bender-Beauregard to talk through his family's iteration of permaculture/homesteading, experimentation with unconventional crops, and how we can engage with the many systems of which we're part.

35.  Gabe and Jim Review "Don't Look Up" (25:23)

Date:
2022-01-12
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Gabe and Jim review the movie "Don't Look Up" from a scientist perspective. Also a discussion of Midwest tornadoes.

36. How We Solved Acid Rain (45:45)

Date:
2022-01-07
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Filippelli, Gabriel, Miles, Emily
Summary:
A show about how environmental policy dealt with acid rain, and the beneficial effects in the Adirondacks.

37. What's in the Build Back Better Bill for Ag? (24:49)

Date:
2021-12-22
Main contributors:
Clayton, Chris, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
A discussion with Chris Clayton of Progressive Farmer/DTN about ag and climate provisions in the Build Back Better bill. What is the future for those provisions?

38. The Buffalo Springs Restoration Project in the Hoosier National Forest (46:47)

Date:
2021-12-14
Main contributors:
Thornton, Chris, Brazil, Kyle, Stewart, Steven, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
A discussion about a proposed forest restoration project in the Hoosier NF. 2:23 Ranger Chris Thornton, HNF 24:00 Kyle Brazil, Central Hardwood Joint Venture 34:11 Steven Stewart, Save Hoosier National Forest

39. Major League Travel and Energy Use, With Seth Wynes (25:17)

Date:
2021-12-08
Main contributors:
Wynes, Seth, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
We talk with researcher Seth Wynes about how major league sport travel, affected by COVID, affects energy use. Also, does academic travel affect academic success?

41. Pakistan's Environmental Position With Imran Khalid (34:19)

Date:
2021-11-22
Main contributors:
Khalid, Imran, Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, Gabe talks with climate and sustainability expert Imran Khalid about COP26, renewable energy, vehicle emissions, and more as they relate to Pakistan's position in a changing climate.

42. Reimagining Transportation: How We Got Here (55:21)

Date:
2021-11-05
Main contributors:
Fairfield, John, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode of our series on reimagining transportation, urban history expert John Fairfield helps us understand how our transportation infrastructure developed and what we can do to modify it in a sustainable direction. ERI is grateful to our corporate sponsors, the Indianapolis Airport Authority, the McKinney Family Foundation, and Greenworks, which sponsored our recent Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference.

43. The Hoosier Environmental Landscape With Jesse Kharbanda (53:43)

Date:
2021-11-05
Main contributors:
Kharbanda, Jesse, Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, Jesse Kharbanda sits down with host Gabe Filippelli to talk about the nuances, challenges, and opportunities in Indiana environmental legislation and action. Jesse built this knowledge over more than a decade of leading the Hoosier Environmental Council. ERI is grateful to our corporate sponsors, the Indianapolis Airport Authority, the McKinney Family Foundation, and Greenworks, which sponsored our recent Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference.

44. Subtracting With Leidy Klotz (45:47)

Date:
2021-10-28
Main contributors:
Klotz, Leidy, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
When you come across a challenge, what is your first impulse? To add or subtract? And what does it really mean to subtract? In this episode, University of Virginia professor Leidy Klotz helps us understand the human tendency toward addition and what that means in the context of the relationship between humans and the rest of the earth. Also, the next event in our Resilience Speaker Series is Friday, November 12, 2021, featuring Dawn O’Neal, executive director of Audubon Delta. We're grateful to Wild Birds Unlimited for making events like this possible by supporting ERI's work and sponsoring this event. Dawn O’Neal talk: https://eri.iu.edu/news-and-events/events/environmental-resilience-speaker-series.html Wild Birds Unlimited: https://www.wbu.com/ ERI is grateful to our corporate sponsors, the Indianapolis Airport Authority, the McKinney Family Foundation, and Greenworks, which sponsored our recent Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference.

45. Natural Gas and International Relations With Adam Stulberg (43:51)

Date:
2021-09-24
Main contributors:
Stulberg, Adam , Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the 1990s, you could see one bumper sticker across the capital of Azerbaijan: "Happiness is multiple pipelines." Amid ever-complicating conversations about environmental resilience, the themes of diversification, redundancy, and (inter)dependence of energy infrastructure remain relevant. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Adam Stulberg, Sam Nunn Professor and Chair in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, about the history of conflict and collaboration surrounding natural gas infrastructure -- and how it all remains relevant today.

46. Maintaining Agile and Flexible Infrastructure With Mikhail Chester (1:00:00)

Date:
2021-09-20
Main contributors:
Chester, Mikhail, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, we dive deep into the history of infrastructure to uncover elements of both hardware and knowledge systems that hold us back from resilience to climate change. Guest Mikhail Chester provides theoretical insight and lots of tangible examples of people who are figuring out how to improve infrastructure for a world of decreasing stability. Dr. Chester's book: The Rightful Place of Science: Infrastructure in the Anthropocene NYT article on Room for the River: To Avoid River Flooding, Go With the Flow, the Dutch Say

47. Addressing Intensifying Storms With Marshall Shepherd (37:57)

Date:
2021-09-17
Main contributors:
Shepherd, Marshall, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this conversation with researcher, meteorologist, and science communicator Dr. Marshall Shepherd, we cover a lot of ground, connecting inequities in academia to environmental injustices associated with infrastructure and intensifying storms.

48. How to UnKoch a Campus (24:30)

Date:
2021-09-09
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Did you know that a Koch-funded university think tank actually justified inaction on climate change by arguing that smog serves as a skin-cancer-reducing sunblock? In this co-produced episode, the UnKoch My Campus team tells the story of working alongside students at George Washington University to push their school administration to address the Regulatory Studies Center, which has been linked to climate disinformation and deregulation — while the university attempts to tout a climate justice initiative agenda.

49. Toward Resilient Critical Infrastructure with Hiba Baroud (40:45)

Date:
2021-09-03
Main contributors:
Baroud, Hiba , Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Hurricane Ida knocked the main New Orleans transmission tower into the Mississippi River, spurring a long-term power outage. Since then, persistent heavy rains have flooded New York subway stations and cascaded to reveal countless vulnerabilities in our critical infrastructure systems. To explain these vulnerabilities and how we can grow in resilience, we talk with Vanderbilt University infrastructure, risk, and resilience expert Hiba Baroud.

50. Emergent Strategy with adrienne maree brown (33:33)

Date:
2021-08-27
Main contributors:
brown, adrienne maree, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Season 3 of In This Climate is right around the corner! In anticipation, we're sharing one of our favorite interviews from spring 2021. It's a wide-ranging conversation with person-of-many-hats adrienne maree brown. We discuss connection with place, love, just transition, and more.

51. Air Check: Mystery Bird Disease and Extreme Heat (28:48)

Date:
2021-06-29
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, the team dives into the mysterious disease affecting birds in the Eastern U.S. and discusses media rhetoric around extreme weather events in the context of climate change. They focus in on headlines about recent deadly heat in the Northwest.

52. Air Check: Keep An Eye On Electric Trucks (19:11)

Date:
2021-05-27
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, the team discusses excitement and concerns in relation to the Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Truck. They also check in on the status of Brood X cicadas.

53. Geoengineering: Ethics with Marion Hourdequin (27:35)

Date:
2021-05-26
Main contributors:
Hourdequin, Marion, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This episode, we talk with Marion Hourdequin, professor of philosophy at Colorado College. We take our time how and if we can ethically pursue geoengineering research and implementation.

54. Air Check: Cicada Brood X (33:22)

Date:
2021-05-21
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily, Clay, Keith
Summary:
In this week's Air Check, we check in with cicada expert Keith Clay to learn about the emergence of the 17-year Brood X cicada.

55. Air Check: Indiana Law Limiting Sustainability (09:14)

Date:
2021-05-13
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily, Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
Gabe explains how Public Law 180 in Indiana, which operates to restrict the ability of local governments to regulate fuel sourcing and other sustainability measures, fits into a larger pattern of state governments hampering cities' and towns' efforts to engage in climate change solutions. New Law Restricts Local Governments’ Ability to Address Climate Change: https://www.indianaenvironmentalreporter.org/posts/new-law-restricts-local-governments-ability-to-address-climate-change

56. Mental Health: Accessing Inherent Wisdom (24:30)

Date:
2021-05-11
Main contributors:
Dellman, Jess, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, Jess Dallman introduces us to the transpersonal counseling dynamic and helps us take a look at how we can slow down and move intentionally with the earth. We explore how we can support each other in accessing our inherent wisdom through experience, and through connection with the natural world. Jess's site: http://www.naturalwisdomcounseling.com/jessica-dallman Joanna Macy: https://www.joannamacy.net/main Richard Louv: http://richardlouv.com/books/last-child/ Queer Nature: https://www.queernature.org/

57. Air Check: Lead and Improving Water Quality (21:22)

Date:
2021-05-04
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This week, we zero in on U.S. water infrastructure and the legislation and community-engaging projects aiming to eliminate lead pipes from the system. Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across the US: https://theconversation.com/bidens-infrastructure-plan-targets-lead-pipes-that-threaten-public-health-across-the-us-158277

58. Air Check: Janet McCabe, weather variability, and Brood X (27:03)

Date:
2021-04-27
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, we run all over the place, from EPA administration votes in Washington, D.C. to spring in Bloomington to scientific collaboration in the Arctic. But as with our ecosystem, it all turns out to be connected.

59. Redesigning Food Systems: Live (1:06:00)

Date:
2021-04-23
Main contributors:
Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily, Yazzie, Cherilyn, Sinha, Shreya , Williamson, Robert, Montaño, Victoria
Summary:
In this special Earth Day live show, we discuss food systems from the global to the hyperlocal. Hosts Gabe Filippelli and Jim Shanahan are joined by Cherilyn Yazzie, who helps run Coffee Pot Farms in Navajo Nation, agrarian political economy researcher Shreya Sinha, and Robert Williamson and Victoria Montaño, who work on the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust’s land team. Coffee Pot Farms: https://www.facebook.com/coffeepotfarms/ Shreya's Twitter: https://twitter.com/phirkie Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/

60. Collaborative leadership with Laura Calandrella (25:48)

Date:
2021-04-14
Main contributors:
Calandrella, Laura, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
When you hear the word leadership, you may think about hierarchy. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode, Laura Calandrella, author of Our Next Evolution: Transforming Collaborative Leadership to Shape Our Planet’s Future, helps us understand the importance of connection and relationship, dialogue and consensus. Her strategy is attentive to history and power dynamics. You know. The sort of long-term principles we need as climate change intensifies and demands greater collective resilience. Laura's website: https://www.lauracalandrella.com/

61. Air Check: The Federal Infrastructure Plan (20:35)

Date:
2021-04-08
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This week, Jim and Gabe discuss their reaction to the American Jobs Plan, which claims to aim to "unify and mobilize the country to meet the great challenges of our time: the climate crisis and the ambitions of an autocratic China." They talk budget sufficiency, electric vehicles, and more. They also lament the brown goo that a late frost made of their magnolia blossoms. The American Jobs Plan Fact Sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan/

62. Air Check: Crazy Town and Ecoliterate Agriculture (25:48)

Date:
2021-04-02
Main contributors:
Bradford, Jason, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Dr. Jason Bradford, board president of the Post Carbon Institute and co-host of the Crazy Town podcast, joins us to talk about their third season and his work in/around sustainable agriculture. We discuss humor's role in dealing with environmental harms, hidden drivers like discount rate, and what it'll take to get more of us involved in local sustainable agriculture. Crazy Town podcast: https://www.postcarbon.org/crazytown/

63. Air Check: Quiet Climate Policy (16:10)

Date:
2021-03-23
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
What does it mean for policy to be quiet, for policy to successfully tip-toe its way through the U.S. legislative system and contribute to greater sustainability and resilience? Which parts can or should make more noise, and what informs our understanding of what is pragmatic and reasonable? In this Air Check, Jim and Emily try to work through the concept of quiet climate policy, recently outlined in the context of a post-Covid world by the Breakthrough Institute (https://thebreakthrough.org/articles/saying-the-quiet-part-loud).

64. Air Check: One Year Later (15:50)

Date:
2021-03-12
Main contributors:
Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, professor and biogeochemist Gabriel Filippelli joins us again to talk about what a year in the pandemic has taught us about greenhouse gas emissions and our capacity to change systems. From the graphs to the big ideas, we cover a lot of ground in 15 minutes.

65. Mental Health: Live (27:45)

Date:
2021-03-12
Main contributors:
Clayton, Susan , Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
We kick off our mental health series with Dr. Susan Clayton, professor of psychology and environmental studies and chair of the psychology department at the College of Wooster. Together, we work to complicate our understanding of emotional engagement with climate, within and beyond the frame of grief and anxiety. Watch the conversation on Facebook: https://fb.watch/4bJ0fGhrqe/

66. TTG Asks Aaron Carroll (25:48)

Date:
2021-03-11
Main contributors:
Carroll, Aaron, Shanahan, James, Monaghan, Elaine
Summary:
Will IU have a giant vaccination pod in a couple months’ time? Will vaccinations be required for students to come back to campus in the fall? What WAS that lingering cough I had right before the outbreak? Sounds like the kind of thing you’d ask Aaron Carroll. We did! After two semesters of answering every question the IU community could think of in weekly webinars, he gamely came on the show to answer Dean Shanahan and Professor Monaghan’s burning questions as we round the corner toward mass vaccinations and a hopeful return to on-campus life.

67. Air Check: Melting and Calving (16:12)

Date:
2021-03-03
Main contributors:
Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, professor and biogeochemist Gabriel Filippelli joins us again to talk about ice, ocean currents, and what makes the Arctic so different from the Antarctic. We also briefly discuss lobsters. Listen to find out how it's all connected! Our next live show explores the intersection of climate change and mental health: https://fb.me/e/3zP82ubFf

68. Air Check: Weatherizing Grids and Another Drought (16:40)

Date:
2021-02-24
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
As utility operators across the country move to weatherize power grids and projections show another dry year for the Western U.S., what should we look out for? What questions should we be asking? Jim and Emily start the conversation.

69. AAAMC Speaks with Dr. Tyron Cooper (29:27)

Date:
2021-02-23
Main contributors:
Cooper, Tyron, Shanahan, James
Summary:
IU Archives of African American Music and Culture Director Tyron Cooper has an insider’s view of Black music and the culture behind it, much of which goes back to the Black church. He says that’s part of what makes AAAMC different: it looks at the broad context and origins of Black music, and makes it accessible for both scholarship and casual listening. Cooper joins Dean Shanahan on Through the Gates to tell us more about the archives and share AAAMC Speaks, a documentary series hosted by the archives in partnership with the Office of the Provost. The series brings the archives alive in a series of interviews with industry executives and performers in various genres of Black music. The first episode on Eddie Gilreath shows one of the first Black professionals to work at the executive level in the music industry. Coming up are features on AAAMC founding director Dr. Portia Maultsby and the foundational jazz musician Reggie Workman. Go to aaamc.indiana.edu to learn more about the archives.

70. From Complicity to Consciousness with Nathaniel Popkin (32:56)

Date:
2021-02-18
Main contributors:
Popkin, Nathaniel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
How 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/

71. Air Check: Polar Vortices and Power Grids (14:07)

Date:
2021-02-17
Main contributors:
Filippelli, Gabriel, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
What does climate change have to do with freezing temperatures, heavy snows, and overwhelmed utilities? Professor and biogeochemist Gabriel Filippelli joins us to explain. An Arctic Blast from the Polar Vortex | IUPUI Explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AcubjRHzwY

72. Free Speech after Insurrection with Tony Fargo and Steve Sanders (31:36)

Date:
2021-02-17
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Fargo, Tony, Sanders, Steve
Summary:
Deplatforming. Incitement. Section 230. Buzzwords are flying in the aftermath of the United States’ first transfer of power that was anything but peaceful. As online platforms grow and proliferate, How do we regulate social media while protecting the right to dissent? The Media School’s Tony Fargo and Maurer School of Law’s Steve Sanders join Dean Shanahan to talk about what makes speech free and what keeps it that way, while protecting the institutions that hold this country together.

73. Air Check: The US Energy Mix and Valentine Roses (16:03)

Date:
2021-02-11
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
It's almost Valentine's Day, a time for love and examining yet another lifecycle analysis of environmental effects. We also dig into the United States's energy mix and projections. US energy stats: https://www.eia.gov/ Vox on roses: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18220984/valentines-day-flowers-roses-environmental-effects Wilding Flowers CSA: https://www.wilding-flowers.com/flower-csa

74.  Geoengineering: Live (51:21)

Date:
2021-02-11
Main contributors:
Kravitz, Ben, Gerrard, Michael, MacMartin, Douglas, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Jim Shanahan and guest host Ben Kravitz talk with environmental law expert Michael Gerrard and climate engineering researcher Douglas MacMartin about the ins and outs of geoengineering. See the video: https://www.facebook.com/thisclimatepod/videos/765649801024000

75. Air Check: Biden on Climate in 8 Minutes (14:09)

Date:
2021-02-03
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
We bring you eight points about the Biden Administration's early work on climate in approximately eight minutes. We also talk about where Janet is and make some recommendations. Atmos Magazine's Biden climate guide: https://atmos.earth/joe-biden-climate-policy-laws-list/ The Phoenix: https://thephoenix.substack.com/ Imagine 2200: https://grist.submittable.com/submit?utm_source=internalgrist&utm_medium=sitepost&utm_campaign=clifi

76. SAILCARGO and the Potential of Sustainable Shipping (18:32)

Date:
2021-02-02
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily, Doggett, Danielle
Summary:
Danielle Doggett, founder & CEO of SAILCARGO INC., tells us about the zero-emission ocean cargo ship Ceiba. From mitigating underwater noise pollution to sourcing food for shipbuilders, their sustainability considerations move far beyond what fuel propels the ship. The SAILCARGO site: https://www.sailcargo.org/

77. Spiritual Ecology: Rabbi Sandy Sasso (31:54)

Date:
2020-12-18
Main contributors:
Sasso, Rabbi Sandy , Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
"You're not all that is." In this episode of our spiritual ecology series, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso shares stories and wisdom connecting our spiritual existence with our physical environment. More about Rabbi Sasso: https://jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/sasso-sandy

78. Air Check: lowering energy burdens and the NC Senate (18:12)

Date:
2020-12-17
Main contributors:
Salvador, DeAndrea Newman , Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, Senator-Elect DeAndrea Newman Salvador joins us to talk about North Carolina's 39th District, which she flipped in the most recent election. As the founder of Renewable Energy Transition Initiative (RETI), she also helps us understand high energy burdens and offers insight into lowering them. Resources: https://salvadorfornc.com/meet-deandrea/ http://www.energyhero.org/

79. Spiritual Ecology: Anishinaabe knowledge with Deborah McGregor (35:32)

Date:
2020-12-11
Main contributors:
McGregor, Deborah, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Spiritual Ecology: Anishinaabe knowledge with Deborah McGregor In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? Deborah McGregor, who is Anishinaabe from Whitefish River First Nation and a scholar of law and the environment at York University, helps us understand how spirituality and ecology intertwine in ways more complex than we typically articulate. For further learning: https://iejproject.info.yorku.ca/

80. Air Check: midnight rules and air quality (08:17)

Date:
2020-12-09
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this week's Air Check, Janet explains how and why the EPA is hurrying to finalize rules before a shift in administration.

81. Air Check: holiday travel, gifts, and food (23:42)

Date:
2020-12-03
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Now deep in the holiday season, even in 2020, we have much to celebrate. But, in the U.S. especially, celebration can lead to a spike in emissions and waste from travel (despite CDC recommendations), obligatory gift-giving, temporary decorations, and feasts. In this episode, we don't tell you to sit alone in a dark room and gnaw on the stems from your windowsill herb garden. Mental and physical health are inseparable and important, so we outline ways to think and act more sustainably while still having a wonderful holiday time. Some resources! Priya Cooks a Minimal-Waste Thanksgiving Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers Composting Is Way Easier Than You Think

82. Spiritual Ecology: live with Mitch Hescox (44:37)

Date:
2020-12-03
Main contributors:
Hescox, Mitch, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? By talking with folks from different faith traditions, we investigate what spiritual connection is and how it happens, the composition of the environment, and the potential for spiritual connection to meaningfully affect the destructive human systems responsible for climate change. In this episode, the Rev. Mitch Hescox discusses his work with the Evangelical Environmental Network, understandings of creation care, and so much more.

83. Air Check: activism beyond extractivism (31:58)

Date:
2020-11-25
Main contributors:
Riofrancos. Thea, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this extended Air Check, political scientist Thea Riofrancos joins us to discuss the historical context of Chilean lithium mining and how it relates to the global movement for a renewable energy future. We touch on the Latin American pink tide, the rise of Indigenous environmental movements, and how supporters of a Green New Deal could effectively maintain pressure on the Biden administration.

84. The EPA at 50 (56:30)

Date:
2020-11-25
Main contributors:
McCabe, Janet, McCarthy, Gina, Barnes, Jim, Freeman, Jody, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this bonus episode, we share just a little bit of The EPA at 50, an online event sponsored by the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Integrated Program in the Environment here at IU. It featured host Janet McCabe, Gina McCarthy, Jim Barnes, and Jody Freeman. The program is edited for time, but you can find the full recording on the O’Neill School Youtube channel. Also, coming up on December 2, we have a Facebook live show on the topic of spiritual ecology. This one is at 10 a.m. ET, and you can RSVP by going to our Facebook page.

85. What's Next: Bob Perciasepe on public-private cooperation (39:06)

Date:
2020-11-20
Main contributors:
Perciasepe, Bob, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the third episode of our post-election series, Bob Perciasepe explains how the Biden administration and the private sector could work together to decarbonize and build resilience. Bob is president of the nonprofit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and former Deputy Administrator of the EPA.

86. Air Check: before and after the storm (13:27)

Date:
2020-11-18
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Jacob and Emily talk through the record-breaking catastrophic hurricanes Eta and Iota, which hit Central America only two weeks apart. We zero in on the why and the what now that could lead to a more resilient future. Resources: ‘The Ixil helping the Ixil’: Indigenous people in Guatemala lead their own Hurricane Eta response Storm Eta damage pushes small, indigenous farmers in Central America into hunger Humanitarian emergency in Central America

87. What's Next: Claudia Jimenez on participatory design in a just transition (21:43)

Date:
2020-11-13
Main contributors:
Jimenez, Claudia, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the second episode of our post-election series, Claudia Jimenez discusses how participatory design has led to sustained community investment from Colombia to the Bay Area. As a new Richmond City Council member, she also speaks specifically to the California city's environmental challenges and potential.

88. Air Check: new SAB chair John Graham (19:20)

Date:
2020-11-11
Main contributors:
McCabe, Janet, Graham, John D., Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, host Janet McCabe talks with IU professor and recently-named chair of the EPA's Science Advisory Board John D. Graham about his experience in the SAB and what he foresees for the Biden Administration's environmental work, including cost-benefit analysis and the electrification of motor vehicles.

89. What's Next: Live (59:05)

Date:
2020-11-06
Main contributors:
Meyer, Robinson, Funes, Yessenia, Wray, Britt, Noor, Dharna, Sampathkumar,Mythili, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the first episode of our post-election series, we go live with Robinson Meyer of The Atlantic, Yessenia Funes of Atmos Magazine, Britt Wray of Gen Dread, Dharna Noor of Earther, and independent reporter/consultant Mythili Sampathkumar to discuss the environmental news you need to watch (and how to cope with the associated anxiety) as we move forward.

90. Air Check: Elections, ghost towns, and refuges (16:42)

Date:
2020-11-03
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily, Shanahan, James
Summary:
We voted, and we hope you did, too! On this election night Air Check, we only prognosticate a little bit. We otherwise discuss climate ghost towns, climate refuges or "havens," and the columns on Emily's future home spreadsheet.

91. Air Check: local and wasted food (14:10)

Date:
2020-10-30
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Access to fresh, affordable produce varies widely across the U.S., with some of us enjoying yards with soil safe for gardening and others miles from a grocery store. But one thing remains consistent: every tomato, chickpea, and grain of rice carries with it a full lifecycle of environmental impacts. In this Air Check, we talk about food from seed to landfill (or compost) and where we can look to improve the ways we engage with agriculture on micro and macro levels.

92. Air Check: Wolves, Apple, and derechos (21:33)

Date:
2020-10-21
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this week's Air Check, we talk about a couple of ballot propositions (Nevada energy and Colorado wolves), why Apple isn't packaging charging adapters with the iPhone 12, and the derecho that swept through Iowa.

93. On the Ballot: Zoya Teirstein and Sammy Roth (40:54)

Date:
2020-10-16
Main contributors:
Teirstein, Zoya, Roth, Sammy, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Does this U.S. election season have your head spinning? In this episode, Grist reporter Zoya Teirstein and LA Times reporter Sammy Roth take us from the national to the local on what's important in terms of the environment.

94. Air Check: Senate races of the Southeast (18:48)

Date:
2020-10-14
Main contributors:
Bruggers, James, Miles, Emily, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this week's Air Check, special guest James Bruggers talks with us about U.S. Senate races in Kentucky, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia.

95. Educating (virtually) for Environmental Change (39:53)

Date:
2020-10-09
Main contributors:
Milks, Kirstin, Scribner, Adam, Hamburger, Michael, Speaks, LaStelshia, Boileau, Catherine, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this bonus episode, we talk with organizers and participants from the award-winning Educating for Environmental Change program. Kirstin Milks, Adam Scribner, Michael Hamburger, LaStelshia Speaks, and Catherine Boileau explain how they've adapted their practices for the challenges we face today.

97. On the Ballot: Live with Julian NoiseCat and Ben Geman (1:01:00)

Date:
2020-10-01
Main contributors:
NoiseCat, Julian, Geman, Ben, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
With early voting opening around the U.S. and Election Day just about a month away, we want to dive into the races and issues to watch this season. In the first episode of our pre-election series, we go live with policy expert Julian Brave NoiseCat and energy/politics reporter Ben Geman to discuss what this year's elections could mean for climate, resilience, and environmental justice.

98. Air Check: Supreme Court and Midwestern Drought (12:31)

Date:
2020-09-22
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In our first Air Check (a short, weekly conversation on current events), we talk through the environmental implications of a changing supreme court, how long Bloomington has been without significant rain, and other weather events with climate change signatures.

99. Prison Ecology: the law and beyond (44:23)

Date:
2020-09-18
Main contributors:
Bradshaw, Elizabeth, Bernd, Candice, Carpenter, Taylor, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This episode, we're taking a deeper look at environmental injustices in an around prisons. How are they sited, what do they emit, and what does all of this mean for people locked inside? We start with the history of the St. Louis and Central Michigan correctional facilities with Dr. Elizabeth Bradshaw, move through trends with Candice Bernd and legal arguments with Taylor Carpenter, and start the discussion around what can be done to improve conditions. America's Toxic Prisons: https://earthisland.org/journal/americas-toxic-prisons/ Taylor's legal note: https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/ihlr/pdf/vol17p229.pdf

100. Prison Ecology: Live with David Pellow (1:00:00)

Date:
2020-09-03
Main contributors:
Pellow, David, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This summer, people in United States and beyond took to the streets to demand racial justice. One of the loudest calls was to defund and abolish the police, but not just the police. Abolitionists have long worked to dismantle the broader U.S. carceral state, which imprisons more people than any other nation. "Abolition has to be 'green.'" Ruth Wilson Gilmore told Chenjerai Kumanyika for the Intercepted podcast. "It has to take seriously the problem of environmental harm, environmental racism, and environmental degradation." In the first episode of our prison ecology series, we go live with critical environmental justice researcher David Pellow to discuss the intersection of mass incarceration and environmental justice.