January 1, 2021
ASLE EcoCast kicks off the new year with an episode talking with Kristin J. Jacobson, Professor of American Literature at Stockton University to discuss her recent book The American Adrenaline Narrative. Jemma gets the adventure rolling with the Root Words on, well, adventure, and what follows is a thrilling conversation on the connections between these narratives, environmental consciousness, and toxic masculinity.
You can follow Kristin on Twitter: @drkj
The American Adrenaline Narrative is available through the University of Georgia Press: https://ugapress.org/book/9780820357188/the-american-adrenaline-narrative/
If you have an idea for an episode, please reach out to us:
Email: ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
Jemma: @Geowrites
Brandon: @BeGalm
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Episode recorded November 21, 2020.
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December 2, 2020
In this month’s episode, Jemma and Brandon talk with Jason-Allen Paisant, poet and Director of the Institute for Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies at the University of Leeds, and use the connection between writing and trees to discuss his poetry that engages with environmental concerns, time, and black identity.
His first full length book of poems, Thinking with Trees, will be released June 2021.
Find Jason on Twitter: @jallenpaisant
If you have an idea for a future episode of ASLE’s EcoCast, send us an email with your proposal at ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com, or you can find us on Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast or @BeGalm (Brandon) and @geowrites (Jemma).
Episode recorded August 14, 2020.
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November 1, 2020
In this month’s episode, Jemma and Brandon sit down with Thomas Rashad Easley, Hip Hop artist and Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion at the Yale School of the Environment. He uses what he calls “Hip Hop Forestry” as a means to creatively address issues of environmental justice and inclusion—both within and outside of academia.
For more about Thomas:
Website: rashadeasley.com
Twitter/Instagram: @RashadEas
If you have an idea for a future episode of ASLE’s EcoCast, send us an email with your proposal at ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com, or you can find us on Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast or @BeGalm (Brandon) and @geowrites (Jemma).
Episode recorded July 17, 2020.
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October 1, 2020
This month Jemma and Brandon sit down (virtually, of course) with scholar, fiction writer, and poet Cheryl J. Fish to discuss her most recent book of poetry, Crater & Tower. This collection explores questions of trauma, memory, and environmental justice by considering the 1980 Mt. St. Helen’s eruption in conjunction with September 11, 2001.
Cheryl’s Website: https://www.cheryljfish.com
Twitter: @CherylJoyFish
Crater & Tower is available through various booksellers online.
If you have an idea for an episode or any comments you’d like to share, feel free to email us at ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast.
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September 1, 2020
This month Jemma and Brandon have a wonderful conversation with Una Chaudhuri, Collegiate Professor and Professor of English, Drama, and Environmental Studies at New York University, and the Director of NYU’s XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement. They discuss Una’s work in the early development of eco-theatre as a field of study, the ways that theatre is uniquely suited to engage with environmental concerns, and her ongoing Dear Climate project.
If you have an idea for a future episode, please email us at ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com with your proposal. You can also find us on Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
More information about Dear Climate can be found here: http://dearclimate.net/.
You can find Jemma and Brandon on twitter: @geowrites and @begalm
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August 1, 2020
In this episode, Jemma and Brandon have a conversation with Bénédicte Boisseron, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at University of Michigan, and author of Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question. Building off the Root Word “matter,” they discuss Bénédicte’s scholarship—situated at the intersection of animal studies and racial justice—and the implications for our present moment.
Afro-Dog available here: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/afro-dog/9780231186650
To submit a proposal for consideration, email ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com.
Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
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July 9, 2020
In the pilot episode, co-hosts Jemma and Brandon introduce themselves, the podcast, and have a discussion about what's happening in the world during Summer 2020 and how this podcast hopes to serve as a medium for all voices to be heard and shared.
If you have any feedback, or want to share your own work on a future episode, please reach to us at ASLE.EcoCast@gmail.com or on Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast.
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June 30, 2020
Scott Slovic, editor of ASLE's journal Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE) for the past 25 years, joins Jemma and Brandon to discuss his career, environmental studies past and future, and his upcoming retirement from the position. Recorded June 24, 2020.
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