Podcast Episodes featuring Rebecca Solnit

156. Why It's "Not Too Late" with Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua

Outrage + Optimism - June 02, 2022 02:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 253 ratings
Reactions to the now infamous presentation of the suspended HSBC Head of Responsible Investing, Stuart Kirk, is still a source of considerable outrage here at Outrage + Optimism.  Kirk’s presentation entitled "Why investors need not worry about climate risk" peddled such dangerous climate disinf...

Rebecca Solnit — Falling Together

On Being with Krista Tippett - March 19, 2020 18:05 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
“When all the ordinary divides and patterns are shattered, people step up to become their brothers’ keepers,” Rebecca Solnit writes. “And that purposefulness and connectedness bring joy even amidst death, chaos, fear, and loss.” In this moment of global crisis, we’re returning to the conversatio...

[Unedited] Rebecca Solnit with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett - March 19, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
“When all the ordinary divides and patterns are shattered, people step up to become their brothers’ keepers,” Rebecca Solnit writes. “And that purposefulness and connectedness bring joy even amidst death, chaos, fear, and loss.” In this moment of global crisis, we’re returning to the conversatio...

Rebecca Solnit

City Arts & Lectures - April 14, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 314 ratings
Rebecca Solnit is a writer and activist whose work addresses a wide range of issues, from climate change to feminism, and literary criticism to police brutality. She is the author of over twenty books, including Hope in the Dark and  Men Explain Things to Me. On February 27, 2019, Rebe...

Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Garnette Cadogan, Suketu Mehta, and Luc Sante on Phone Maps, Libraries, and Walking

Library Talks - January 03, 2017 15:17 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 307 ratings
This week we’re bringing you a conversation with the minds behind Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas. Writer and activist Rebecca Solnit, geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, essayist Garnette Cadogan, and authors Suketu Mehta and Luc Sante participate in a discussion about the layers of vit...

Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit, and Zack Exley: How Organizing Can Still Win

The Nation Podcasts - December 07, 2016 19:13 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratings
Naomi Klein reports from Standing Rock on the victory there over the Dakota Pipeline—the lesson, she says, is that resistance and organizing can win. Plus, Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark, says “when big dangers arise, you have to think big.” She finds grounds for hope in the Standing ...

Beating Trump for Good: Love, Imagination, Empathy w/ Jeff Chang, David Kim and Rebecca Solnit

Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips - September 28, 2016 00:52 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratings
In this second part of a two-part episode, Aimee continues her conversation with: Jeff Chang, Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford and author of the newly launched book We Gon’ Be Alright; David Kyuman Kim, professor of religious studies and American studies a...