Edge Effects

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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. Each episode features interviews with path-breaking thinkers about cultural and environmental change across the full sweep of human history. Find more great content at http://edgeeffects/net.

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What’s Special about this Solar Eclipse? A Conversation with Kaitlin Moore

Apr 08 2024 11 mins

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.

Maroon Geographies, Black Placemaking, and Abolitionist Futures: A Conversation with Celeste Winston

Mar 14 2024 47 mins

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.

Death, Leisure, and “Feeling Alive”: A Conversation with Adam Kaul

Feb 29 2024 28 mins

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.

Goats, Bees, and Poetry: A Conversation with Nickole Brown

Feb 22 2024 41 mins

Heather Swan speaks to author and poet Nickole Brown about her relationship with animals, the more-than-human world, and the Hellbender poetry conference.

From Trash Trade to Waste Colonialism: A Conversation with Simone Müller

Feb 15 2024 44 mins

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.

Centering Islands in a Rising Ocean: A Conversation with Christina Gerhardt

Oct 12 2023 48 mins

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.

Reforging Gun Culture in the American West: A Conversation with Bryce Andrews

May 25 2023 35 mins

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.

Mapping the Unfree Labor of Prison Agriculture: A Conversation with Carrie Chennault and Josh Sbicca

May 04 2023 37 mins

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 Cold Never Bothered Native Hawaiians Anyway: A Conversation with Hi’ilei Julia Hobart

Feb 16 2023 52 mins

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.

Out Loud: Studying Yellowstone's Burn Scars to Reveal its Future

Dec 08 2022 28 mins

Nathan Kiel investigates the potential for post-fire forest recovery across the greater Yellowstone ecosystem in a warming world.