The conversation dives into topics like climate change, feminism, and political resistance, emphasizing that the biggest barriers to progress are often cultural and narrative—not technical. 

Writer and historian Rebecca Solnit is the author of 25+ books on feminism, history, and hope, including Men Explain Things to Me. A Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, she writes for Harper’s and The Guardian and is the Fall 2025 Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters.

Interviewer

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

Videography and Audio Recording

Greeneye Productions

Production Assistance:

Willow Hutchison

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

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