Rising with the Tide

Welcome!

Season 3 continues as we delve into climate adaptation and mitigation with Jola Ajibade, Assistant Professor at Portland State University! After going over her many accomplishments and the serendipitous road she took to get to where she is today, we discuss flooding adaptation measures in Lagos, Nigeria, surveillance and the intersections between private profit and disaster capitalism (with an obligatory mention or two of the Shock Doctrine, of course). Listen in to learn all about what makes us resilient in the face of climate change, where we fail in adaptation and how we may overcome the difficult times ahead. 

You can find Jola on Twitter and more of her work on her website

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

 Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide

 Or head to our website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

Song for the Episode is "Eye Adaba" by Asa

Welcome!

In this episode we're joined by Professor Hilde Coffé, from the University of Bath, to talk about the history, implications and roles of women in the far right. Focusing on Western Europe, Hilde's research looks at voting behaviour, policy decisions and public views of far right parties and radical right parties. We discuss the potential reasons for the gender gap in the far right, why some women still lean towards patriarchal, often mysoginistic, political parties and what has changed throughout the years in the countries she's observed. 

You can find Professor Coffé on Twitter and more of her work on her Bath page.

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

 Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide

 Or head to our website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

Song for the Episode is "Ruimtevaarder" by Kommil Foo

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The coffees are poured. The migraines are had. The backs are arched.

Here we go again! This time it's proper, it's real, season 3 is officially starting! No more of the flippity floppity Season 2 days of Skander attempting to record without howler monkeys in the back and Jamie daydreaming of his dissertation on Gramsci. We'll acknowledge those were strange days, but now the bell's rung and school is back in kids! Expect new episode tiles, much more stable episode schedules and hopefully just as much depth and variety in our guests and topics.

We're coming out the gates strong with the first episode of the season by talking with Niklas Boers of TUK & the Potsdam Institute, one of the leading climate researchers of our time! Niklas discusses his work modelling the complex webs of systems of our planet and makes sure to include a Climate 101 about the AMOC. Expect talks of models, uncertainties, bad journalistic practice and a million tangents!

You can reach Niklas by email and find out more about him and his work at https://www.pik-potsdam.de/members/boers 

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

 Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide

 Or head to our brand new website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

Song for the Episode is "Dust" by Ataxia

And we're live!

This is the start of a new series of episodes straight from our Twitch streams! We don't yet have a schedule for them so stay tuned at www.twitch.tv/risingwiththetide and follow for notifications when we go online. We'll also be posting on twitter @risingwthetide when we go online. 

Our streams will be reserved for slightly chiller discussions, a little less academic but where you can still learn a lot and have fun listening. Our aim is to have some debates, discussions and research streams so look out for those! 

This episode:

0 - 23:00: Going over the new IPCC AR6 - WG1 Report

23:00 - End: Discussion around flying with Anna Hughes from FlightFree UK

Huge thank you as usual to our Patreons (www.patreon.com/risingwiththetide). We could not do this without your support x

Welcome to Episode 25!

We're back at it again!

Episodes are gonna start coming out again and we couldn't be more excited to begin with the wonderful Isabelle Axelsson! Isabelle is an activist and organiser for Fridays for Future in Sweden, has been a key part of the climate strikes in Stockholm and a public face for the youth's environmental activism. 

From discussions with the Swedish Prime Minister to organiser zoom calls and her indomitable striker spirit, we pick Isabelle's brain to find out her origin story, her experiences at the World Economic Forum in Davos and what the future of climate activism looks like to her.

You can find Isabelle on IG at @isabelleax_ or on twitter at @isabelle_ax

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

 Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide

 Or head to our brand new website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

Big thank you for the song this episode: "Power" by Dwara

Welcome to Episode 24! It's been a while :) 

In this episode, we talk to Benon Sevan, who retired as Under-Secretary General of the United Nations after a 40-year career. Benon was shared some of his favourite stories from Papua New Guinea, his 4 near-death experiences at the hands of insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as some insight as to what Kofi Annan was like as a friend. 

We've unfortunately had to slow down on episodes due to personal constraints (aka there aint much wifi in the jungle) but as we get back to our normal living in a couple weeks from this being written, that should change over the summer. So please keep us in mind from time to time as we've got a ton of episodes, infographics and audio essays - not to mention a whole documentary! - to show you.

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

 Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide

 Or head to our brand new website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

 Song: "Fire in the Valley" by Cry Baby

In this brand new series, Skander is joined by Tim Marren as they deep dive into Belgian history.

This is the second episode of a 4-part series on the origins and rise of the Flemish Far-Right, covering everything from the Belgian Revolution to today's Vlaams Belang. Join us as we trace our steps back to understand how the Flemish Far-Right in Belgium managed to gain such a strong position in contemporary politics. 

Our episode begins as the dust of WW2 settles, and the Flemish Far Right seeks to come out of the shadows, to gain a solid hold on the politics of the modern period. Episode 2 covers everything from 1948 to 1979, from the birth of the VolksUnie to Karel Dillen's creation of the Vlaams Blok.

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Written/Produced by Tim Marren and Skander Manaa

Song: Crowander "Easy - Easy"

Episode 23! We ditch the usual style for our first 4-person discussion. For this special occasion we've asked Nico Pizzolato and John Holst to come on the show and talk about the subject of their co-authored book: Antonio Gramsci.

Listen in for a fascinating conversation on Gramsci's life, his ideas around pedagogy, revolutionary education for the working class, what it means to be politically educated and of course a little bit of environment talk too.

You'll find John and Nico's work on their respective university pages or you can look for their book "Antonio Gramsci: A Pedagogy to Change the World" if you'd like to dive deeper into the topics we discussed.

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

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 Or head to our brand new website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

 Song: "99 posse" by Comuntwist (intro), "Il Cantu pro Gramsci al III convegno della IGS" by IGS-Italia

Welcome!

 We continue our journey through season 2 with the amazing Kamea Chayne! An unstoppable force in the online eco movement, Kamea has hosted Green Dreamer through more than 300 episodes ranging from renewable greenwashing to indigenous rights!

 We discuss Kamea's journey up to and throughout Green Dreamer, an array of topics at the forefront of climate battles and how to get through difficult moments of hopelessness. 

 You'll find Kamea's show on all streaming platforms, as well as on Twitter at KameaChayne, on Instagram at greendreamerpodcast and KameaChayne. We highly recommend the *insane* library of knowledge that is her show.

 Let us know your thoughts at [email protected] as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!

 Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide

 Or head to our brand new website! www.risingwiththetide.org 

 Song: "Power to Change" by Luna Bec

In this brand new series, Skander is joined by Tim Marren as they deep dive into Belgian history.

This is the first episode of a 4-part series on the origins and rise of the Flemish Far-Right, covering everything from the Belgian Revolution to today's Vlaams Belang. Join us as we trace our steps back to understand how the Flemish Far-Right in Belgium managed to gain such a strong position in contemporary politics. 

We begin with the birth of Belgium as a nation and finish after the dust of WW2 settles in 1945.

Due to unforeseen circumstances and technical issues, our sound quality is far from perfect, we hope you'll understand and know that we aim for the next episode to be much much better in terms of consistent, high quality sound.

Written/Produced by Tim Marren and Skander Manaa

Song: Crowander "Easy - Easy"

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Edit: The political party referred to as Verdaniso is actually Verdinaso. Apologies for the reading mistake. 

Sources (In no particular order):

(1) "The United States of Belgium: The Story of the First Belgian Revolution" by Jane C. Judge, 2018, Leuven University Press.

(2) https://www3.dekamer.be/digidocanha/K0015/K00150090/K00150090.PDF, Edward Coremans' speech to the Assembly, 1888

(3) "The Congress of Vienna" by Randall Lesaffer, Oxford Public International Law

(4) https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/country/history/belgium_from_1830, Belgium's independence history by the Belgian Government

(5) "Ethnic structure, inequality and governance of the public sector in Belgium" by Kris Deschouwer, 2004, UNRISD

(6) "Opera and Revolution: La Muette de Portici and the Belgian Revolution of 1830 revisited" by Sonia Slatin, 2008, Journal of Musicology Research.

(7) "The Flemish National Question" in Nationalism in Belgium by Louis Vos.

(8) "RTBF Auvio: La Belgique Criminelle: L'affaire coucke et Goethals", 2020.