Podcast Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene
Episodes
Episode 58 Julie Brams' The Nature Embedded Mind
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julie Brams introduces her new book, The Nature Embedded Mind: How We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves. You can get a copy of ...
Episode 57 Joan Maloof's Forty Ways to Know a Tree
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joan Maloof returns to the podcast to share her newest book, Forty Ways to Know a Tree: Exploring Trees to Understand Nature. You can...
Episode 56 ROOTED Festival with Liene Jurgelane
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Liene Jurgelane introduces the second inaugural ROOTED Festival in Aarhus, Denmark. You can learn more about the ROOTED Festival here...
Episode 55 Emile Levesque-Jalbert and the Plant Humanities Initiative
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Emile Levesque-Jalbert, the current post-doctoral fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, shares information on the Plant Humanities Initiative an...
Episode 54 Catching up with Kyra Sanchez Clapper
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we catch up with Dr. Kyra Sanchez Clapper as she shares more about her current teaching and research projects. If you are interested ...
Episode 53 Catching Up with Sydney Kale
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we catch up with Sydney Kale as she works on her Ph.D. and shares more about her fascinating work with plants. If you are interested ...
Episode 52 Annette Arlander's Talking with Trees
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Annette Arlander about her podcast art project, Talking with Trees. You can find her podcast on Soundcloud, he...
Episode 51 Microcosms with Jill Pflugheber, Steven F. White, and Alexandra Papadakis
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene hosted by Kate Brelje, learn more about Microcosms – Sacred Plants of the Americas (Pa...
Episode 50 Solvejg Nitzke's Making Kin with Trees
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Solvejg Nitzke about her new book, Making Kin with Trees: A Cultural Poetics of Interspecies Care. You can fin...
Episode 49 Melissa Parks and Mariko Thomas' Storying Plant Communication
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Melissa Parks and Mariko Thomas about their new book, Storying Plant Communication: More-than-human Relationsh...
Episode 48 Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy's Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy about their new book, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees. You can find ...
Episode 47 Felipe S. Molina and David Delgado Shorter
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Felipe S. Molina (Yoeme) and David Delgado Shorter about their relationships with plants. You can learn more a...
Episode 46 Joela Jacobs interviews Kate Brelje
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joela Jacobs interviews Kate Brelje about her work with plants. You can learn more about her work in philosophy on her website: https...
Episode 45 Jon Pitt's Botanical Imagination
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jon Pitt returns to the podcast to share his new book, Botanical Imagination: Rethinking Plants in Modern Japan. You can find your op...
Episode 44 Olivia Sprinkel's To Hear The Trees Speak
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje talks with Olivia Sprinkel about her new book, To Hear the Trees Speak: Adventures in Listening. You can find your copy o...
Episode 43 Dani Lamorte's Nobody's Psychic and Groundcherry
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje talks with Dani Lamorte about their new book, Nobody's Psychic, and their newsletter Groundcherry. You can pre-order Nobo...
Episode 42 Kate Brelje Interviews John C. Ryan
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews John C. Ryan about his work with plants. To follow more of Ryan's work, check out his website: https://www.joh...
Episode 41 Feed Us with Trees with Elspeth Hay
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Elspeth Hay introduces her new book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. We discuss cultural challenges and possibilitie...
Episode 40 Unmaking Botany with Dr. Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Gutierrez introduces her new book, Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines. The discussion ...
Episode 39 The Wisdom of Trees with Laura Pustarfi and David Macauley
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Laura Pustarfi and Dr. David Macauley introduce their new book, The Wisdom of Trees: Thinking Through Arboreality (SUNY Press 202...
Episode 38 Plant Poetics with Joela Jacobs, Solvejg Nitzke, and Isabel Kranz
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, editors Joela Jacobs, Isabel Kranz, and Solvejg Nitzke share insights from their new book, Plant Poetics. Highlighting the multiple f...
Episode 37 Kate Brelje Interviews Heidi Kenyon and Henry Wolff
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Heidi Kenyon and Henry Wolff discuss more-than-human agency, collaborating with plants, and their magnificent artistic process. Heid...
Episode 36 Kate Brelje interviews Madii Kasem
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate and Madii Kasem discuss her work communicating with animals and plants as a consultant, writer, and teacher. Plants covered incl...
Episode 35 Kate Brelje interviews Suryatapa Jha
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate and Dr. Suryatapa Jha discuss plant biology, plant humanities, and pedagogy. Plants covered include Arabidopsis thaliana, magnol...
Episode 34 Kate Brelje interviews Reba Luiken
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate and Dr. Reba Luiken discuss her work as the Director of the Allen Centennial Garden as well as an instructor and researcher. Th...
Episode 33 Kate Brelje interviews Leah Rampy
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate and Leah Rampy discuss her new book, Earth & Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos. A few of the topics in this rich chat inc...
Episode 32 The Monsoon School with Dr. Deepta Sateesh
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate discusses the Monsoon School with Dr. Deepta Sateesh. For more information about the Monsoon School, check out this news article...
Episode 31 Kate Brelje Interviews Kyra Sanchez Clapper
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Kyra Sanchez Clapper about her research and teaching work at Bethel University. The discussion covers daffodils...
Episode 30: Kate Brelje interviews Osprey Orielle Lake
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Osprey Orielle Lake about her rich new book, The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake...
Episode 29: Kate Brelje interviews Jill Pflugheber and Steven F. White
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Jill Pflugheber and Steven F. White about their fantastic project Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Ameri...
Episode 28 Kate Brelje interviews Saewon Oh
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Saewon Oh about flower essences, hypnotherapy, and community practice with plants. Specific plants covered include ca...
Episode 27 Kate Brelje interviews Nayeli Urquiza Haas
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Nayeli Urquiza Haas about her interdisciplinary work with criminal law, regulation of traditional plant medicines...
Episode 26 Kate Brelje interviews Duván Rivera Arcila
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews practitioner and PhD candidate Duván Rivera Arcila about his work with yage (ayahuasca) in Colombia facilitated by r...
Episode 25 Kate Brelje Interviews Sarah Gabriel
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Kate speaks with Sarah Gabriel, a spiritual ecologist and experience designer. Sarah creates projects and practices that widen our eco-literacy...
Episode 24 Kate Brelje interviews Kathleen Gutierrez
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Kathleen Gutierrez about the toad lily, colonial botany, plants in the Philippines, and the stories of Filipino s...
Episode 23 Kate Brelje interviews Yogi Hendlin
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Yogi Hendlin about his forthcoming edited volume, Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants (Brill, 2024). We...
Episode 22 Kate Brelje interviews Maura Flannery
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Maura Flannery (emerita from St. John's University and current research associate at the A.C. Moore Herbarium of ...
Episode 21 Kate Brelje interviews Sophie Chao
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews anthropologist Dr. Sophie Chao about her work in Papua New Guinea. Plants discussed include eucalyptus and sago palm....
Episode 20 Kate Brelje Interviews Catriona Sandilands
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Catriona Sandilands about her work with feminist critical plant studies and "loving the difficult" in invasive pl...
Episode 19 Kate Brelje interviews Patrícia Vieira
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate interviews Dr. Patrícia Vieira about her project EcoAmazonia. In addition to plants in the Amazon region, they discuss olive tr...
Episode 18 Kate Brelje Interviews Lucas Mertehikian
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Dr. Lucas Mertehikian about his work with plants. If...
Episode 17 Kate Brelje interviews Alyssa Paredes
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews anthropologist Dr. Alyssa Paredes about her work wit...
Episode 16 Kate Brelje interviews Megan Kaminski
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews poet and interdisciplinary scholar Professor Megan K...
Episode 15 Kate Brelje interviews Emilia Jane Wolfe
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Emilia Jane Wolfe about her fascinating work with pl...
Episode 14 Kate Brelje Interviews Sydney Kale
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Sydney Kale about her fascinating work with plants. ...
Episode 13 Kate Brelje interviews Thomas Hart
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Dr. Thomas Hart about his work as a paleoethnobotani...
Episode 12 Kate Brelje interviews Jon Pitt
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Dr. Jon Pitt about his work on critical plant and Ja...
Episode 11 Kate Brelje interviews Emma Trott
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Dr. Emma Trott about her work on plant poetry and ec...
Episode 10 Kate Brelje interviews Evelyn Brister
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews professor of philosophy Dr. Evelyn Brister about her...
Episode 9 Kate Brelje interviews Joan Maloof
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews activist Joan Maloof about her work in the Old-Growt...
Episode 8 Kate Brelje interviews Joela Jacobs
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews German studies professor Joela Jacobs. From zombies ...
Episode 7 Kate Brelje Interviews Joe Culhane
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews multi-talented artist and consultant Joe Culhane. Fo...
Episode 6 Kate Brelje interviews Meera Baindur
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews environmental philosopher Meera Baindur. For more in...
Episode 5 Kate Brelje interviews Deepta Sateesh
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews environmental philosopher Deepta Sateesh. For more i...
Episode 4 Kate Brelje interviews Evgenia Emets
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews artist and poet Evgenia Emets about her vegetal work...
Episode 3 Kate Brelje interviews Prudence Gibson
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene Podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Prudence Gibson about her new book The Plant Thieves...
Episode 2 Kate Brelje interviews Paul Moss
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene, Kate Brelje interviews Paul Moss about his work with plants. Paul is the co-founder of ...
Episode 1 Kate Brelje interviews Paco Calvo and Natalie Lawrence
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene, Kate Brelje interviews Paco Calvo and Natalie Lawrence about their new book Planta Sapi...