ASLE EcoCast Podcast

EcoCast heads back to the ocean again as its theme, this month to discuss Ryan Poll’s recent book Aquaman and the War Against Oceans. He and Brandon examine the character’s evolution, the comics’ role in an oceanic imaginary, and how Aquaman comics can help bring attention to the issues facing the environment.

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For more on Ryan:

Aquaman and the War Against Oceans: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496225856/ 

Twitter: @RyanPoll2 

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Episode recorded March 20, 2023.

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This month Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Christina Gerhardt, Associate Professor and Founder of the Environmental Humanities initiative at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and the Editor-in-Chief of ISLE. We discuss Christina’s recently released book (it comes out the same day as this episode!) Sea Change: Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean, which challenges us to re-consider the idea of mapping in a world increasingly affected by global warming.

For more on Christina:

Sea Change: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520304826/sea-change 

Twitter: @TinaGerhardtEJ

Going to ASLE/AESS in July? Make sure to stop by Powell’s Books on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:00 p.m. for a talk and signing! 

Address: 

3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. 

Beaverton, OR 97005

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Episode recorded April 19, 2023.

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This month Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Joshua Trey Barnett, assistant professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University, to discuss his recent book Mourning in the Anthropocene. We talk about extinction, what it means to grieve nature, and even get a little personal with the idea of naming and loss of pets.

Joshua’s Info:

Twitter: @joshuatbarnett

Email: [email protected] 

Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly Coexistence: https://msupress.org/9781609177041/mourning-in-the-anthropocene/ 

Joshua’s Book Recommendations:

Shimmer: Flying Fox Exuberance in Worlds of Peril: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shimmer.html

Ecologies of Harm: Rhetorics of Violence in the United States: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214343.html 

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Episode recorded February 10, 2023.

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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/ 

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Episode recorded October 26,  2022.

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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

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Episode recorded October 17,  2022.

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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: 

http://www.melodyjue.info/ 

Wild Blue Media: https://www.dukeupress.edu/wild-blue-media 

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Episode recorded September 12, 2022.

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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

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Episode recorded September 11, 2022.

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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.

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: [email protected] 

April: @AprilAnson 

Cassie: @CassieGalentine 

Alex: @AlexMenrisky and https://www.alexmenrisky.com/; Alex also appeared on the April 2021 episode of EcoCast

Bruno: @BrunoMarzipan 

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Episode recorded August 18, 2022.

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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 

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Episode recorded July 19, 2022.

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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.

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/ 

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Episode recorded June 28, 2022.

Excerpts of “what the water gave” recite with permission from Speculatively Queer.

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