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Episodes
SERGEI GURIEV - Economist - Provost of SciencesPo - Co-author of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is a spin dictator? What does tyranny look like in the 21st century? Why is populism on the rise? And how do we reinvent democracy?Sergei Guriev ...
Highlights - JASON deCAIRES TAYLOR - Sculptor, Environmentalist, Creator of Underwater Museums
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"It's always difficult to generalize about my work because obviously, they're very different in each location. Sometimes I'll witness some particular ...
JASON deCAIRES TAYLOR - Sculptor, Environmentalist, Creator of Underwater Museums
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What if museums weren’t confined to buildings but could be part of the natural world? What if sculptures could not only celebrate our oceans, but al...
JEFFREY SACHS - Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia - President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is the path to peace for the war in Ukraine? Is America still powerful enough to impose global order? The US has just 4.1% of the world's populat...
ANTHONY WHITE - Artist - What is the Role of Artists in Society?
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What role do the visual arts play in drawing upon history, activating democracy, and asking questions about what culture can do?Australian artist Anth...
MARGE PIERCY - NYTimes Bestselling Novelist, Poet & Activist
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marge Piercy’s 17 novels include NYTimes Bestseller Gone To Soldiers; National Bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women; the classics Wom...
ALICE NOTLEY - Poet & Artist - Academy of American Poets Award Winner
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Notley has published over forty books of poetry, most recently For the Ride (Penguin Books) and Eurynome’s Sandals (PURH). Notley has received...
Speaking Out of Place: DR. JENNIFER M. GÓMEZ discusses “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women and Girls”
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Dr. Jennifer Gómez about her new book, The Cultural Betr...
RICHARD VEVERS - Founder & CEO of The Ocean Agency · Featured in Netflix’s Chasing Coral
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Vevers is the Founder and CEO of The Ocean Agency. He is a fellow of The Explorers Club and an Adjunct Professor at the University o...
WORLD OCEANS DAY
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy World Oceans Day! Today we’re streaming voices of environmentalists and artists with music courtesy of composer, producer and multi-instrument...
Highlights - DITTE LYSGAARD VIND - Circular Economy & Design Expert - Founder of The Circular Way
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Putting design first, it really enables us to shape a future that we don't yet know. But we need to be super tactile and practical about it as well. ...
DITTE LYSGAARD VIND - Circular Economy & Design Expert - Author of Danish Design Heritage & Global Sustainability
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ditte Lysgaard Vind is a renowned circular economy and design expert and author of Danish Design Heritage & Global Sustainability (Routledge 2023)...
Special World Environment Day Stories - Environmentalists, Students & Teachers share their Love for the Planet
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re streaming voices of environmentalists, students, and teachers with music courtesy of composer Max Richter. All voices in this episode ar...
CARL SAFINA - Ecologist - Founding President of Safina Center - NYTimes Bestselling Author
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Safina’s lyrical non-fiction writing explores how humans are changing the living world, and what the changes mean for non-human beings and for ...
ANTHONY JOSEPH - T.S. Eliot Award-winning Poet, Novelist & Musician, Lead vocalist of The Spasm Band
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Joseph is a poet, novelist, academic and musician who moved from Trinidad to the UK in 1989. A lecturer in creative writing at Birkbeck Colleg...
PABLO HOFFMAN - Whitley Award-winning Conservationist - Exec. Director & Co-Founder of Sociedade Chauá
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pablo Hoffman has always been passionate about plants and natural ecosystems, with special appreciation for research and dissemination with practical ...
Speaking Out of Place: OLIVIA HARRISON discusses “Natives Against Nativism”
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Olivia Harrison, author of a new book entitled, Natives A...
Highlights - ANDRI SNÆR MAGNASON - Writer & Documentary Filmmaker - On Time and Water, The Casket of Time, LoveStar, Not Ok
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"In On Time and Water, I was invited to interview the Dalai Lama twice. I was thinking, what do you ask a person that has been reincarnated 14 times? ...
ANDRI SNÆR MAGNASON - Icelandic Writer & Documentary Filmmaker - On Time and Water, The Casket of Time, LoveStar, Not Ok
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andri Snær Magnason is an award winning author of On Time and Water, The Casket of Time, LoveStar, Dreamland and The Story of the Blue Planet. His wo...
Speaking Out of Place: IMRAAN MIR & HALEY DUSCHINSKI discuss Human Rights in Kashmir
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji interview Dr. Haley Duschinski and Mr. Imraan Mir,...