Live in NYC, Jenny and Yelena are joined by philosopher Brian Irwin who reports on “Designing a Green New Deal”, a conference that took place at UPenn on Sept. 13th. Also discussed: the climate strike, ways to effect political change, Jonathan Franzen (is he a dick?), anthropogenic urban planning, and 'ge-stell'.

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Of relevance:

“Designing a Green New Deal”

https://mcharg.upenn.edu/events/%E2%80%9Cdesigning-green-new-deal%E2%80%9D

 

“US politics is stuck. Can the climate movement shake it loose?” by David Roberts, a panelist at “Designing a Green New Deal” conference.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/9/23/20877731/climate-strike-politics-march-dc

 

Jeet Heer on Jonathan Franzen:

https://www.thenation.com/article/climate-change-jonathan-franzen/