In our first Film/Book Club special, some of your hosts from the LUXR Podcast come together to discuss the film "Planet of the Humans" by Michael Moore.Pablo, Jamie, Ellie and Skander have a lot to say about this documentary, we hope you do too. Let us know what environmental movie/book to review to review next on twitter @LUXRPodcast or by email at [email protected]

Your hosts Ellie and Skander talk with Joanna Haigh, retired Professor Emeritus at Imperial College London. Joanna tells us about her time as co-director of the Grantham Institute and as IPCC Lead Author, her career highlights and lows. We also discuss climate denialism, the relationships between science and government as well as geoengineering issues. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Ellie and Skander talk with Gordon Walker, Professor in the University of Lancaster. For decades now, Gordon has researched the ins and outs of human/nature relationships. We discuss how to use natural energy flows, cycles and rhythms to best de-energise and de-carbonise our societies, as well as the effects of heat waves on care homes and the experience of flood impacts in the context of climate change. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Jonny and Skander talk with David Tyfield, Reader at the University of Lancaster. David's research focuses on critically analysing knowledge-based systems as well as mobility and climate issues in China and around the globe. We discuss the complex role of China in the climate crisis, science's obessession with techne/episteme and how to build a better scientific method. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Ellie and Skander talk with Lancaster University Teaching Fellow and UCU Branch Secretary Dr. Emily Heath who specialises in earth sciences. In our first ever episode, we discuss the current environmental scene and situation in Lancaster, and learn from Emily's years of fighting for change at and outside of the University. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with lecturer in International Relations at the School of Global Studies for the University of Sussex, Dr. Andrea Brock. Andrea researches political ecology, with a particular focus on exctractivism, environmental/social justice and the violence associated with environmental developments. We discuss her expertise on the decarbonisation divide, the dangers of offsetting and the road to a better world for all of us. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Development and Environment (SUM) for the University of Oslo, Dr. Alexander Dunlap. Alexander specialises in critical anthropology and political ecology and talks to us about the negative socio-economic impacts of wind energy developments, resistance in the face of land-grabbing and corruption around mining operations. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Josh and Skander talk with Lancaster University Senior Lecturer Dr. Benjamin Neimark who specialises in political ecology. Ben talks to us about bioprospecting in Madagascar, the fuel emissions and carbon "boot-print" of the US Military as well as his views on environmental movements at LU and abroad. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage 

Your hosts Pablo and Skander interview Lancaster academic Petter Terenius who specialises in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and Renewable Energy solutions. Petter teaches us about the potential of OTEC and of using heat from data centers to power generators. We delve into the relationship between tech and climate, as well as a bit of eco-minded philosophy. Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next! Love and Rage