Solarpunk Futures
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSolarpunk Futures is an optimistic, utopian science fiction podcast that imagines a new world where humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather in the conflict. The podcast is produced by Android Press and Solarpunk Magazine. Hosts read stories and poems that were published in the most recent issue of Solarpunk Magazine, and discuss nonfiction articles that are relevant to the solarpunk movement aimed at solving the climate crisis and creating a sustainable future. One episode of the Solarpunk Futures podcast is released every other Tuesday.
Beginning in fall 2022, Solarpunk Presents was launched as a companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures. Hosted by non-fiction coeditors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha, Solarpunk Presents will feature interviews with activists, artists, organizers, and changemakers who are working towards realizing a solarpunk future, today. In January of 2023, Solarpunk Presents went off on its own as a separate podcast.
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Episodes
When We Hold Each Other Up
May 08, 2023 20:03 - 28 minutes - 29.2 MBJustine Norton-Kertson talks with author and editor Phoebe Wagner about past work, as well as their recently published solarpunk novella, When We Hold Each Other Up (2023, Android Press) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season Finale: Let's Talk Solstice, Solarpunks!
December 19, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes - 32.8 MBIn the finale of Solarpunk Presents' first-ever season, Ariel and Christina sit down to chat together about the Winter Solstice - Christina brings the scientific knowledge, Ariel brings a few book recommendations, and we discuss traditions of celebrating the return of the sun (as we've experienced them in the northern hemisphere). What are your favourite solstice traditions? Do you have recommendations of good solarpunk solstice stories to cozy up with? You can tweet at us @SolarpunkP or too...
How We Build Climate Resilience: An Interview with Dr. Lisa Dilling
December 12, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 37.4 MBAs the changing climate increasingly disrupts our ways of life, we have three choices: do nothing, attempt to stop or even reverse climate change, and/or figure out how to withstand it. Option one is a terrible idea and the ship has (mostly) sailed on option two. But option three is how we learn to live—and maybe even thrive—in our changing world. Part of this is figuring out how to convey the information that climate researchers have gathered to the people—like farmers, water managers, and ...
Shining bright in the heart of oil country: interview with Heather MacKenzie from Solar Alberta
November 28, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 30.2 MBIn today’s episode, Ariel chats with Heather MacKenzie, Executive Director of Solar Alberta, about transitioning to renewable energy deep in the heart of oil and gas country - in a just and sustainable way. Join us to learn about the history of the Solar Alberta organization, from its grassroots beginnings in neighbourhood solar projects, to dealing with (government-funded!) trolls online, all the way up to being the leading non-profit solar organization in Alberta and providing worker upski...
The Soft Glow of the Deep Sea: Talking Bioluminescence with Dr. Steve Haddock
November 14, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 30.4 MBYou don't have to be a solarpunk—or a lunarpunk—to dream of bioluminescence, from twinkling phytoplankton to glowing lamps, phosphorescent fungi, and jellyfish lit up like space ships. To honor those dreams, we talked to Dr. Steve Haddock, Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and leading expert on the things that glow, flash, and train headlights through the dark waters of the deep sea. Join us for this conversation about how bioluminescence works, what cr...
Interview with Justine Norton-Kertson about BIOLUMINESCENT: A LUNARPUNK ANTHOLOGY
October 31, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes - 26.8 MBOn this episode, Ariel sits down with Justine Norton-Kertson, editor of the forthcoming BIOLUMINESCENT: A LUNARPUNK ANTHOLOGY. They discuss what lunarpunk is in contrast to solarpunk, what inspired Justine to put together an anthology of lunarpunk fiction, and a sneak peek at some of the participating authors and the content that fans can expect to encounter! Sign up for the BIOLUMINESCENT Kickstarter here, and follow Android Press on Twitter @press_android. Connect with Solarpunk Magazine...
Interview with Dr Jayde Lin Roberts about saving democracy through urban planning
October 24, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBSolarpunk is all about vibrant, beautiful, livable cities filled with plants, public transportation, and solar panels—in other words, nothing like the congested, polluted, inhospitable messes we live in today. How do we start making the great transformation? Simply by starting. Join us for a conversation with Dr Jayde Lin Roberts about having a voice in the development (or redevelopment) of your neighborhood or city. Connect with Solarpunk Magazine at solarpunkmagazine.com and on Twitter @s...
Interview with Gabrielle Gelderman about Climate Grief Chaplaincy
October 10, 2022 14:25 - 35 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this episode of Solarpunk Presents, nonfiction co-editor Ariel Kroon sits down for a virtual chat with Gabrielle Gelderman, an Edmonton, Alberta-based climate grief chaplain and climate justice organizer. They talk about what climate grief chaplaincy even is, the necessity of holding communal safe spaces for grieving especially for organizers, the necessity of feeling grief in order to feel more positive emotions, and climate despair as a corollary of solarpunk hope. Links: Gabrielle's ...
Interview with Dr Hélène Jacot Des Combes on Climate Change and the Marshall Islands
September 19, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode, Christina De La Rocha talks to Dr Hélène Jacot Des Combes, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Advisor to the National Disaster Management Office of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. They discuss sea level rise, infrastructure that can adapt to climate change, and land reclamation and protection. Dr Des Combes speaks passionately about reparations (for decades of colonialism, the US’s testing of atomic weapons on the atolls of the Marshall Islands, for...
Interview with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project
September 05, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode of Solarpunk Presents, Ariel sits down with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project to talk about the role of philanthropy in addressing racial capitalism and reparations, and how the DWP is working to change the narrative around charitable giving and wealth-transfer. Also, John tells us about how he personally found himself in the world of philanthropy, as well as his vision of a solarpunk future. To learn more, visit decolonizingwealth.com, read about its founder...
Interview with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project
September 05, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode of Solarpunk Presents, Ariel sits down with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project to talk about the role of philanthropy in addressing racial capitalism and reparations, and how the DWP is working to change the narrative around charitable giving and wealth-transfer. Also, John tells us about how he personally found himself in the world of philanthropy, as well as his vision of a solarpunk future. To learn more, visit decolonizingwealth.com, read about its founder...
"Must Solarpunk Should?" - Our Nonfiction Editors Discuss
August 29, 2022 17:02 - 44 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this soft-launch of Solarpunk Presents, the companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures, hosts and Solarpunk Magazine nonfiction editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha tackle the question of “Must Solarpunk Should”? This is a dilemma that unconsciously or consciously comes through in a lot of the nonfiction submissions that we receive in our slush pile, and we have Thoughts about it. So many thoughts! Possibly controversial one! But one of the best things about solarpunk is the space th...
"Must Solarpunk Should?" - Our Nonfiction Editors Discuss
August 29, 2022 17:02 - 44 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this soft-launch of Solarpunk Presents, the companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures, hosts and Solarpunk Magazine nonfiction editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha tackle the question of “Must Solarpunk Should”? This is a dilemma that unconsciously or consciously comes through in a lot of the nonfiction submissions that we receive in our slush pile, and we have Thoughts about it. So many thoughts! Possibly controversial one! But one of the best things about solarpunk is the space th...
Solar Futures: an Interview with ASU's Joey Eschrich & Clark Miller
December 12, 2021 18:01 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBOn episode 7 we talk with Joey Eschrich and Clark Miller from Arizona State University about solar power, the solarpunk anthologies they've been publishing with ASU, the need for more human representation in solarpunk art, and more. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interview with Nina Munteanu
November 22, 2021 19:32 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBIn this episode, we talk with Canadian sci-fi and climate fiction author, Nina Munteanu, about water and her recent books, blurring the lines between fiction and non-fiction, and the idea of an author's responsibility to their community of readers. Click Here to check out A Diary in the Age of Water, Water Is... The Meaning of Water..., as well as Nina's other works. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shine Anthology: Interview with Jetse de Vries
November 08, 2021 18:41 - 30 minutes - 30.8 MBOn our fifth episode, co-host Brianna Castagnozzi talks with Jetse de Vries about his 2010 Shine Anthology, a collection of optimistic science fiction stories that is a progenitor of the solarpunk genre. They also talk about Jetse's more recent work. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Art, Carbon Capture, and Restoring Native Forests
October 26, 2021 00:17 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBOn this episode, we talk with Yishan Wong. Yishan is the founder and CEO of Terraformation, and former CEO of Reddit about the solarpunk art contest he is hosting that has almost $20,000 in cash prizes. We also talk the native reforest restoration work he's doing with Terraformation to help solve the climate crisis. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interview with Sarena Ulibarri
October 11, 2021 15:58 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBIn Episode 3 we talk with Sarena Ulibarri, head of World Weaver Press and editor of three solarpunk anthologies including Glass & Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, Glass & Gardens: Solarpunk Winters, and Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures. We also hear a reading of a solarpunk story called "Caught Root," written by Julia K. Patt, and read by our co-host, Brianna Castagnozzi. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Countdown to Blast Off
September 27, 2021 13:16 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBOn our second episode, we talk more about Solarpunk Magazine and our goals for the next few months. We also read and discuss a work of solarpunk flash faction called, "A Distant Honk" written by Holly Schofield. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amazofuturism and Solarpunk
September 12, 2021 20:57 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBIn our first episode, we talk with Brazilian lawyer and author Yasmin Moita, who has a short story titled, "Taming the Sea and the Wind," in the forthcoming anthology, Amazofuturo. We read from and talk about Yasmin's story as well, what amazofuturism is, and it's relationship and similarities to solarpunk. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.