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A radio show about climate change, ecology, politics, and power. Aired live every first and third Sunday of the month at 3pm CT on WEFT Champaign, 90.1 FM. Recordings here.... more
FAQs about The Rift:How many episodes does The Rift have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.
November 16, 2025Episode 22: Class Struggle and Climate Change in the Rail Industry with Railroad Workers United11/16/2025: I speak with Ron Kaminkow and Nick Wurst of Railroad Workers United about cross-union organizing, the fight against mega-mergers in rail, and what a worker-lead rail industry might mean for the fight against climate change....more56minPlay
October 20, 2025Episode 21: Conservation and Violence in Kenya's Maasai Mara with Bilal Butt10/19/2025: I speak with Dr. Bilal Butt, Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, about his research on conservation and pastoralism in Kenya's Maasai Mara, and his perspectives on a future of conservation without violence....more51minPlay
October 06, 2025Episode 20: Solar Energy in Illinois Coal Country with Randa Watts10/5/2025: I speak with Randa Watts, environmental organizer with Prairie Rivers Network, about her work engaging rural communities in central and southern Illinois about solar energy....more37minPlay
September 21, 2025Episode 19: Public Lands from the Left with Jamie Tommins09/21/2025: I speak with writer and former trail worker Jamie Tommins about trail work, the state of our public lands, and what a just land management regime might look like....more50minPlay
September 07, 2025Episode 18: The Environmental Impact of the Cloud with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate9/7/2025: I speak with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at Goethe University, about the ecology of the Internet and how data centers are impacting the environment....more53minPlay
August 04, 2025Episode 17: Zohran Mamdani's Green Economic Populism with Batul Hassan8/3/2025: I speak with Batul Hassan, Labor Director at the Climate and Community Project and Steering Committee member with the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, about Zohran Mamdani's campaign for mayor of New York City and what it could mean for working-class climate politics....more49minPlay
July 21, 2025Episode 16: Oceans, Lands, and Art with Maya Weeks7/20/2025: I speak with researcher and artist Maya Weeks about ocean pollution, native land rights, Marxist feminism, and how she makes art from her research....more47minPlay
June 15, 2025Episode 15: The Republican Assault on the EPA with Ellie Hagen6/15/2025: I speak with former Environmental Protection Agency scientist Ellie Hagen about the Trump administration's funding cuts and firings at the EPA and their effects on environmental regulation....more48minPlay
June 01, 2025Episode 14: Imperialism and Ecological Breakdown with Leon Sealey-Huggins6/1/2025: I speak with Dr. Leon Sealey-Huggins, Senior Campaigner on Just Transition with War on Want, about his study of the effects of imperialism and colonialism on climate response among Global South nations, and the struggle for global ecological justice....more53minPlay
May 18, 2025Episode 13: Debt, Ecology, and Reparative Climate Finance with Patrick Bigger5/18/2025: I speak with Patrick Bigger, Research Director at the Climate and Community Institute, about the looming debt crisis among Global South nations, what it means for global climate justice, and how we can move toward a more just financial system....more51minPlay
FAQs about The Rift:How many episodes does The Rift have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.