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EcoCast: Environmental Conversations On Creative Art, Scholarship, and Teaching. The official podcast of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE). Each episode features interviews with guests sharing their scholarship, creative work, or teaching.
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Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
This month’s episode is no slog. It’s no slug, either. This month is all about the wonderful world of snails! Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Thom Van Dooren, Deputy Director at the Sydney Environment Institute and an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia. Thom joins EcoCast to discuss his most recent book, A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinction.
Thom’s Info:
https://www.thomvandooren.org/
A World in a Shell: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047029/
Deborah Bird Rose:
Wild Dog Dreaming: https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4294/
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
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Episode recorded October 26, 2022.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Eleana Kim, professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at UC Irvine, joins Lindsay and Brandon to discuss her work that examines the unique liminal space of the Korean DMZ, and the natural, militaristic, and hybrid ecosystems within it. Eleana argues that this particular space helps us better understand the impacts of war on the natural world, but that it also helps us better connect with the natural world and each other when we explore that space.
To contact Eleana:
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/eleanakim/
The birds mentioned in End on a Roll:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Grebe/photo-gallery/455564
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbRrxw-H6xA
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded October 17, 2022.
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
This month we dive deep (pun intended) into the work of Melody Jue, Associate Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara. Melody joins us to discuss her most recent book Wild Blue Media, and we get below the surface (pun intended) of how important oceans are, the human fascination with them, and how they serve as a space for orientation. The episode is a real splash (no pun intended)!
For more on Melody:
Wild Blue Media: https://www.dukeupress.edu/wild-blue-media
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded September 12, 2022.
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
The laughs are aplenty in this episode, which highlights the recent book by Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann: Film, Environment, Comedy: Eco-comedies on the Big Screen. Both Robin and Joseph are Professor Emeritus at Eastern Illinois University, in English and in Communications, respectively. In between the ha-has, we discuss what makes a comedy an eco-comedy, why laughter is important, and how comedy and activism might connect.
For more on Robin and Joseph:
Film, Environment, Comedy: Eco-comedies on the Big Screen: https://www.routledge.com/Film-Environment-Comedy-Eco-Comedies-on-the-Big-Screen/Murray-Heumann/p/book/9781032250410
Robin and Joe’s “Ecocinema and Media” website:
https://rlmurray50.wixsite.com/ecocinema-and-media
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded September 11, 2022.
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
It’s a full house this month! Lindsay and Brandon are joined by the six-member superhero team that makes up the Anti-Creep Climate Initiative to discuss their webzine, “Against the Ecofascist Creep” The Initiative is made up of the following:
- April Anson, Assistant Professor of Public Humanities at San Diego State University, core faculty for the Institute for Ethics and Public Policy, and affiliate faculty in American Indian Studies.
- Cassie Galentine, doctoral candidate in English at the University of Oregon.
- Shane Hall, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Salisbury University.
- Alex Menrisky, Assistant Professor in English and affiliate faculty in American Studies at the University of Connecticut, and the author of Wild Abandon: American Literature and the Identity Politics of Ecology.
- Bruno Seraphin, doctoral candidate in sociocultural Anthropology with a graduate minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies at Cornell University.
For more on the Anti-Creep Climate Initiative and the webzine:
Webzine: https://www.asle.org/features/stemming-the-creep-of-ecofascism-a-primer/
ACCI Email: ThanosWasAnEcofascist@gmail.com
April: @AprilAnson
Cassie: @CassieGalentine
Alex: @AlexMenrisky and https://www.alexmenrisky.com/; Alex also appeared on the April 2021 episode of EcoCast
Bruno: @BrunoMarzipan
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded August 18, 2022.
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
This month Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Rina Garcia Chua and Jeffrey Santa Ana to discuss their recent edited collection Empire and Environment: Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific. Rina is an incoming Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities at Simon Fraser University and she completed her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Jeffrey is an associate professor of English and affiliated faculty in Asian and Asian American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Among other things, the group discusses cigar-smoking monsters, the recent edited collection, and problems with the word “anthropocene.” Co-editors of the collection, Heidi Amin-Hong and Zhou Xiaojing, were unable to join the episode due to scheduling conflicts.
For more on Rina and Jeff:
Twitter: @RinaGarciaChua
Website: https://www.rinagarciachua.com/
Empire and Environment: https://www.press.umich.edu//11580516
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded July 19, 2022.
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Another episode and another year older! That’s right, this episode marks TWO years of ASLE EcoCast! Thank you so much to everyone who’s joined us on this ride and to our incredible guests for sharing their awesome work with us.
This month is a special episode just to celebrate: we have excerpts from a wonderful short story by Cynthia Zhang, “what the water gave.” After Cynthia introduces us to the story and her work, Lindsay does an excellent reading of the story (with a little character voicework help from Brandon).
For more on Cynthia:
Twitter: @cz_writes
Website: czscribbles.wixsite.com
Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth: https://www.speculativelyqueer.com/collections/all/products/xenocultivars-stories-of-queer-growth-paperback
Cynthia’s debut novel, After the Dragons: https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/cynthia-zhang-after-the-dragons/
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded June 28, 2022.
Excerpts of “what the water gave” recite with permission from Speculatively Queer.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
This month’s episode is something a little different and something a little bittersweet. Brandon says, “See you soon,” to Jemma, and welcomes Lindsay S.R. Jolivette to the podcast. Lindsay will be taking over for Jemma on EcoCast, and while we’re very sad to see Jemma go (she’ll still be around when she can!), we’re also very happy to have Lindsay on board. We spend some time talking about Lindsay’s background (she also introduces us to her new segment on folklore), hearing about Jemma’s plans, and discussing the current state of academia, all while Brandon tries very hard not to cry.
Stick around until the end of the episode to hear the call for this year’s Eco Quick Fictions. You can also follow this link to submit your short, 300-word maximum eco-themed fiction pieces: https://forms.gle/xi9E6PFkYoD4i5LF8
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
- Jemma Deer: @Geowrites
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded May 13, 2022.
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
This special episode features the audio recording from ASLE's Spotlight Series second 2022 episode, Entangled Geographies, recorded on April 22, 2022.
Co-hosts: Matt Henry and Jennifer Ladino
Panelists: Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, Lynne Heasley, Amanda M. Smith, and Katarzyna Beilin
For more information on ASLE, including registering for the next ASLE Spotlight on May 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. US Eastern time, visit: https://www.asle.org/stay-informed/asle-news/
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
After a brief hiatus, we’re happy to be back with a new episode! This month’s guest is Alda Bathrop-Lewis, research fellow at Australian Catholic University's Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, and author of 2021 book Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism. We discuss what links aesthetics to asceticism, and challenge the popular image of Thoreau as a solo hero in the woods, instead recognizing his deep sense of community and inheritance. Due to the tricky nature of coordinating three distant time zones, Brandon was unable to join the conversation this month.
For more on Alda:
Twitter: @iamalda
Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/thoreaus-religion/F3EE962BE32E911D768AD4FC50DE7793#fndtn-information
ASLE EcoCast:
If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA
- Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
- Jemma Deer: @Geowrites
- Brandon Galm: @BeGalm
If you’re enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!
Episode recorded April 23, 2022.