Podcasts by Cultures of Energy
Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.
We believe in the possibility of personal and cultural change. And we believe that the arts and humanities can help guide us toward a more sustainable future.
Cultures of Energy is a Mingomena Media production. Co-hosts are @DominicBoyer and @CymeneHowe
Further podcasts by Center for Energy & Environmental Research at Rice University
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214 - Oil Beach (with Christina Dunbar-Hester) from 2023-04-27T15:04
Dominic and Cymene start off with a review of the new Apple TV Cli-Fi series Extrapolations especially its killer walruses and then recap a chat with German climate ac...
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213 - The City Electric (with Michael Degani) from 2023-01-19T18:42
Cymene and Dominic natter a bit about holiday misadventures and then (13:49) happily welcome Mike Degani (Cambridge U) to the podcast to talk about his new book, The City Electric (Duke...
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212 – Carbon Technocracy (with Victor Seow) from 2022-11-08T19:53
Cymene and Dominic relate tales from their harrowing weekend of having to deal with the absence of Henry Rollins in Black Flag and the presence of an active shooter down the block. Then (15:35) ...
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211 - Half Earth Socialism (feat. Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese) from 2022-09-13T21:43:09
Cymene and Dominic talk about hauling ice, champagne socialism and the mystery of Viennetta cakes on this week’s intro. Then (16:07) we are joined by Troy Vettese, an environmental historian, an...
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210 - Rights of Nature (feat. Daphina Misiedjan) from 2022-07-19T00:55:15
Dominic and Cymene begin this week’s episode with a medley of Hawaiian experiences, everything from 25-foot waves to energy utopias to whether watching Sharknado can actually help someo...
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209 - Degrowth (feat. Timothée Parrique) from 2022-06-26T00:34:15
Dominic and Cymene share first impressions of Honolulu and query why there are chickens everywhere. Then (16:50) we are thrilled to welcome economist Timothée Parrique (Listen
208 - Sarah Besky from 2022-04-20T16:23:40
Cymene and Dominic talk about flying chihuahuas and playground chamomile in this week’s intro. Then (12:26), we welcome Cornell’s Sarah Besky (htt...
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207 - Dilip da Cunha from 2022-03-30T18:18:06
Cymene and Dominic begin with a speculative analysis of malfunctional laptops. Then (11:32) we welcome the brilliant landscape architect Dilip da Cunha to the podcast to talk about his longstand...
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206 - Gail Simmons from 2022-03-10T00:46:22
Dominic and Cymene share a close encounter with a phantom raccoon and offer two ideas for sure-to-succeed new TV shows. Then (12:17) we are thrilled to welcome Gail Simmons—star judge of Bravo’s...
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205 - Intersectional Ecologies from 2022-03-02T22:47:12
Cymene and Dominic talk war, sunglasses and unexpected colors and then (10:27) we pivot to the main event, a discussion of intersectional ecologies featuring three brilliant minds: Brid...
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204 - Elizabeth Povinelli Returns from 2022-02-23T19:06:48
A potpourri of hot topix leads off this week’s episode: ASMR, Super Twosday, Ukraine, Bitcoin, and the correct pronunciation of Lindsey Lohan’s name. Then (17:36) we are so very thrilled to welcome...
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203 - David Farrier from 2022-02-17T03:28:54
Cymene and Dominic discuss extraterrestrial lavatology, evil corporate accounting software, skyfarms and chinchillas on this week’s intro. Then (14:15) we are so delighted to welcome David Farri...
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202 - Shannon Mattern from 2022-02-10T00:45:33
Cymene and Dominic talk about the vine that’s taking over their house and then (12:30) we welcome the New School’s magnificent Shannon Mattern to the podcast We discuss her new book A City i...
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201 - Arturo Escobar from 2022-02-02T15:46:08
Aaaaand we’re back! Cymene and Dominic start off with their usual nonsense, which culminates in a lively discussion of the missile silo now listed on the real estate site Zillow (we were wrong o...
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200 - Laura Nader from 2019-10-24T19:02:18
Wow, we made it to 200 episodes and 250k downloads this week. Thank you everyone for listening for the past nearly four years. It also seems like a good milestone for a change of pace. Your tir...
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199 - Bathsheba Demuth from 2019-10-17T16:28:54
Your co-hosts talk clonal trees and dispense important advice about relationships, breakups, and having “the conversation” with your children on this week’s podcast. Then (17:16) we talk to Brow...
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198 - The Mississippi (an Anthropocene River) from 2019-10-10T15:04:35
Dominic and Cymene discuss Swiss silence and whether soup can be a meal on this week’s podcast. Then (13:53) we sit down with Christoph Rosol and Tom Turnbull, two of the organizers of the baroq...
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197 - Climate Book Club Special! from 2019-10-01T20:12:45
In this week's special guest episode, Leah Stokes (UC Santa Barbara) and Bina Venkataraman take over the Cultures of Energy podcast to discuss Bina's new book, The Optimist's Telescope: Thin...
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196 - Energy Democracy from 2019-09-26T19:54:37
Cymene and Dominic wonder whether Brexit or Impeachment will make for better political theater in the months ahead. Then (14:22) we talk to three wonderful folks who are in the process of assemb...
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195 - Laura Watts Returns from 2019-09-19T21:06:29
Cymene and Dominic tease a family revelation and describe a museum full of caricatures of East Germany (a regime that tbh itself kinda caricatured socialism). Then (17:03) we welcome back to the...
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194 - Christine Folch from 2019-09-12T22:45:16
Dominic and Cymene take a trip down MTV memory lane to the romantic 1990s on this week’s podcast. Then (16:00) we welcome the brilliant Christine Folch from Duke U to the pod to talk about her b...
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193 - Sea Level Rise (feat. Orrin Pilkey Jr) from 2019-09-06T00:19
Your cohosts talk chihuahuas and squirrels on the verge on this week’s podcast. Then (14:56) we are delighted to welcome Orrin Pilkey Jr., Professor Emeritus at Duke University, to the podcast. ...
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192 - Elizabeth DeLoughrey from 2019-08-29T23:22:39
Cymene and Dominic talk about Jakarta sinking and Greta rising in this week’s intro. Then (14:32) we are thrilled to welcome Elizabeth DeLoughrey (Listen
191 - Amanda Boetzkes from 2019-08-23T02:07:35
Dominic and Cymene compare denialist and evangelical hate mail on this week’s podcast and then share a few reflections on Sunday’s trip to the top of Ok mountain. Then (16:53) we welcome the mar...
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190 - Democrats on Climate (feat. Leah Stokes) from 2019-08-15T21:54:59
Dominic and Cymene talk airbnb for flies, slime-mold residencies and close encounters with hypothermia to get things going. Then (11:36), hey, it’s primary debate season and if you’re like your ...
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189 - Sheena Wilson from 2019-08-09T02:15:50
Addled by cleaning products and dustballs, Cymene and Dominic imagine what a multispecies Ph.D. program might look like on this week’s podcast. Then (13:59) we welcome Queen of Feminist Petrocul...
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188 - Andrew Revkin from 2019-08-01T21:58:24
Dominic and Cymene talk about the Democratic debates on this week’s podcast. Then (13:57) we are humbled and thrilled to have legendary journalist Andrew Revkin join the conversation. We chat wi...
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187 - Mark Nuttall from 2019-07-25T22:02:39
Cymene and Dominic talk about Ok glacier’s 15 minutes of fame on this week’s podcast (e.g. https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/okjokull-iceland-glacier-death-plaque.html), ridiculous hate mail,...
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186 - Joanna Zylinska from 2019-07-18T22:45:31
Cymene talks about her exciting new life as a contractor on this week’s podcast. Then (10:14) we welcome the brilliant theorist, artist and curator, Joanna Zylinska (Listen
185 - Andrew Blum from 2019-07-11T23:19:18
Co-host Cymene reminisces this week about being the first intern hired by Wired magazine waaaay back in the day. Then (14:42) we are joined by journalist Andrew Blum (Listen
184 - Natalie Loveless from 2019-07-04T16:13:55
Dominic and Cymene celebrate the one thing the USA ever did right—Mr. Rogers. And we wonder whether there is such a thing as Canadian BBQ. Then (13:02) the delightful Natalie Loveless ( Listen
183 - Solar Power, Solar Justice (feat. Dustin Mulvaney) from 2019-06-27T19:03:41
Cymene and Dominic cover the stress (and joy!) of center directorships and sandwich-making on this week’s podcast. Then (13:53) Dustin Mulvaney (http://...
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182 - Heather Davis from 2019-06-21T01:04:08
Your cohosts report on the adventures of Cymene’s birthday week. We then (10:41) revel in the glory of having the most excellent Heather Davis (https://heat...
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181 - Nigel Clark from 2019-06-13T22:45:57
Cymene and Dominic discuss a strange effort to police sugar packet play on this week’s podcast. Then (15:52) we are delighted to welcome Nigel Clark to the conversation. Nigel is Chair of Social...
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180 - Max Liboiron from 2019-06-06T20:54:52
It’s a dazzling display of randomness to open this week’s podcast as your co-hosts discuss the Inslee/DNC fracas, writing memoirs in the forest, whether “in the danceline” can sub for “in the pi...
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179 - Nicole Starosielski from 2019-05-30T23:06:47
On this week’s pod, we firstly recall the happy days of After Oil School 2: Solarity. Then (14:31) your co-hosts share their conversation with the amazing Nicole “NicStar” Starosielski (NYU) abo...
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178 - Chris Kelty from 2019-05-23T04:02:12
Dominic and Cymene talk about HBO's Chernobyl and discuss whether humans will eventually try to breed chihuahua-scale alligators. Then (18:45) we welcome the multitalented Chris Kelty to the pod...
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177 - Recentering Energy Justice from 2019-05-16T21:42:36
We give Mexican President AMLO a piece of our minds on this week’s podcast for doubling down on extractivist petronationalism. Then (15:43) Cymene and Dominic report back from the “Recentering E...
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176 - Jason Cons from 2019-05-09T17:05:58
In a time- and perspective-bending intro segment possibly designed by friend of the pod Chris Nolan, Cymene and Dominic are joined by Jason Cons (jasoncons.net) from the University of Texas who ...
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175 - Kathryn Yusoff from 2019-05-02T23:37:58
Cymene and Dominic talk about homemade treadmills and the virtues of wasting time on this week’s podcast. Then (15:33) we welcome the one and only Kathryn Yusoff, Professor of Inhuman Geography ...
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174 - Stuart Gibbs from 2019-04-25T16:40:07
FINALLY an episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast that is for once totally wholesome and family-friendly and appropriate to listen to with your kids! Cymene and Dominic share their own though...
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173 - Dina Gilio-Whitaker from 2019-04-18T22:22:09
Dominic and Cymene talk about sunburns, the petrocultural epic that is the reboot of Dynasty, and whatever ASMR is. Then (19:46) the terrific Dina Gilio-Whitaker joins us to talk about ...
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172 - Climate Leviathan (feat. Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright) from 2019-04-11T03:06:55
Cymene and Dominic discuss last month’s catastrophic blackout in Venezuela on this week’s podcast. Then (17:39) we’re thrilled to have the chance to chat with Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright abou...
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171 - Jerome Whitington from 2019-04-04T18:33:47
Cymene and Dominic celebrate a podcast milestone and bid adieu to 1990s Democrats and their market-loving, head-kissing ways on this week’s show. Then (15:40) Dominic has a chance to chat with N...
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170 - Ursula Biemann from 2019-03-28T19:14:21
Dominic and Cymene talk about the weltschmerz of turning 10, review this week’s flood & fire news and offer handy recycling tips (e.g. don't recycle snakes!) on this week’s podcast. We then (19:...
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169 - Tim Ingold from 2019-03-21T18:23:45
Cymene and Dominic talk corporate irresponsibility—looking at you ITC and Boeing—on this week’s podcast. Then (13:44) we welcome the legendary Tim Ingold to the conversation. We start by talking...
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168 - Lauren Berlant&Katie Stewart from 2019-03-14T16:36:45
Cymene discovers the joy of Bob Ross on this week’s edition of the podcast and your co-hosts take a moment to discuss the scandal that is pay to play higher education. Then (18:09) we welcome to...
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167 - Lucas Bessire from 2019-03-07T18:09:39
Cymene’s sushi confessions on this week’s podcast lead us to the idea that supporting daydrinking and carb-heavy lunches in the oil industry might be an effective way to slow down the advance of...
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166 - Kyle Powys Whyte from 2019-02-28T21:53:59
Cymene and Dominic talk about restaurants failed by their bathrooms and “Human Uber” on this week’s podcast. We are then (14:20) delighted to welcome Kyle Powys Whyte—Tinnick Chair in the Humani...
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165 - Amanda Lynch&Siri Veland from 2019-02-22T02:27:53
Is coughing an identity? Well, if it’s your identity your cohosts have the scoop on a reputed new coughing cure on this week’s podcast. We are then (15:26) joined by a dynamic duo—Amanda Lynch (...
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164 - Eduardo Kohn from 2019-02-14T23:05:40
What’s worse than listening to lovebirds on Valentine’s Day? Surely it is listening to them wondering whether the rideshare model can be applied to socks. So feel free to skip past all that nons...
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163 - Beyond Debt (feat. Daromir Rudnyckyj) from 2019-02-08T00:35:08
Dominic and Cymene review the Green New Deal and the erotic life of Adam Smith on this week’s episode of the podcast. Then (18:52) Daromir Rudnyckyj joins us to talk about his new book, Beyo...
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162 - Kim Fortun from 2019-01-31T23:29:40
Cymene and Dominic discuss frostquakes and fyre festivals on this week’s edition of the podcast. Then (15:49) we are joined by a most esteemed guest, Kim Fortun from UC Irvine, author of Adv...
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161 - Eben Kirksey from 2019-01-24T16:42:56
Your co-hosts celebrate MLK day, muse over whether Gattaca invented Tinder, toy with the idea of kale eugenics, and if that weren’t enough, Cymene Howe predicts Ragnarok on this week’s edition o...
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160 - Matthew T. Huber from 2019-01-17T17:33:22
Cymene and Dominic talk democratic do-overs, vegan falcons, Hegel’s bagels, and the 1980s arcade game Dig Dug on this week’s edition of the podcast. Then (19:51) we have a chance to catch up wit...
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159 - Gísli Pálsson from 2019-01-09T20:14:12
Cymene and Dominic are back and borderline alert for 2019. They recently watched the first half of Netflix’s Bird Box and speculate as to whether the alleged “Bird Box challenge” is further evid...
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158 - Goodbye 2018/Rare Exports from 2018-12-31T23:22:46
This week it’s our end of year special edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast. Dominic and Cymene discusses a couple of energy news stories from 2018, Dominic apparently says Permian “basemen...
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157 - Solarpunk (feat. Rhys Williams) from 2018-12-20T23:48:14
Cymene and Dominic wonder whether there’s a holiday film out there that also addresses Anthropocene issues and wonder whether the Grinch was actually woke to climate change. Then (12:40) we welc...
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156 - Jason De León from 2018-12-13T22:58:39
Dominic and Cymene wonder whether there isn’t some way to make the academic job market experience slightly less spirit-killing on this week’s podcast. Then (14:36) we are most fortunate to get U...
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155 - Maria Whiteman from 2018-12-06T22:55:09
Dominic and Cymene talk about gloomy climate news and dogs that can judge the goodness in human souls on this week’s podcast. Then (19:16) we catch up with environmental artist Maria Whiteman at...
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154 - Evan Berry from 2018-11-29T21:53:03
Cymene and Dominic rediscover the Violent Femmes on this week's podcast and that prompts a discussion of the best albums of all time. We then (18:54) welcome American U’s Evan Berry to the podca...
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153 - Laura Ogden from 2018-11-22T16:07:28
Dominic and Cymene talk urban turkey encounters on this week’s edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast. With multispecies on our minds, we then (8:59) check in with Dartmouth’s Laura Ogden. We...
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152 - Adriana Petryna from 2018-11-15T20:15:05
California is burning again. So, in solidarity, Cymene and Dominic try to do an intro segment with N95 masks on and quickly realize this isn’t a good way to have to live. To learn more about the...
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151 - Anne Galloway from 2018-11-08T22:13:32
Cymene and Dominic get their mojo back as they dip their toes into the blue wave. Then (13:12) we connect with Anne Galloway about her life and work as a scholar and a farmer. We start with Anne...
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150 - Paige West from 2018-11-01T19:16:25
Cymene and Dominic recap their Halloween on this week’s episode of the podcast and plug the spooky new Cultural Anthropology series, “Time of Monsters,” (Listen
149 - Tim Neale from 2018-10-25T22:17:48
Dominic tries to sing Ted Cruz out of office on this week’s podcast and retells a story about the senator’s dirty shirt. Then (14:59) fellow anthropologist and environmental humanities podcaster...
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148 - Caroline A. Jones from 2018-10-18T18:51:35
Dominic and Cymene talk foot injuries, bears, and a project called "smell my box." We then (15:52) welcome to the podcast the marvelous Caroline Jones from MIT who talks about her amazing resear...
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147 - Paul Warde from 2018-10-11T22:10
We get to hear about Cymene’s mod years and her experience this week with “cat therapy.” And then (14:06) Dominic speaks with Cambridge environmental historian Paul Warde about his new book,
146 - Cara Daggett from 2018-10-04T23:06:30
Dominic and Cymene talk about the country’s first robot sex brothel coming to Houston. And then (14:40) we welcome the amazing Cara Daggett to the podcast. Cara has an amazing book in press with...
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145 - Solarity! (feat. Darin Barney&Imre Szeman) from 2018-09-27T23:01:05
This week’s episode starts with some serious reflections on cracked masculinity, misogyny, 1980s culture, and the Supreme Court. But in the spirit of demanding better worlds to come, we then (15...
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144 - Rosalind Fredericks from 2018-09-21T00:16:42
Cymene and Dominic debate whether dogs can have bullshit jobs on this week’s podcast. Then (13:46) we are most fortunate to welcome NYU’s Rosalind Fredericks to the podcast to talk about her bra...
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143 - Graeme Macdonald from 2018-09-14T00:04:38
Cymene and Dominic answer the timeless surrealist question, can raisins function as bait, on this week’s podcast. We then (9:20) welcome to the podcast Scotland’s finest son, Graeme Macdonald (c...
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142 - Sleep Dealer from 2018-09-07T00:02:13
On this week’s podcast, Cymene and Dominic recap their time at the marvelous Petrocultures 2018 event in Glasgow and tell tales of adventures with quinoa sandwiches and Buckfast, a curious liquo...
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141 - Lacy M. Johnson from 2018-08-30T21:42:10
Dominic and Cymene report from Scotland where they have arrived for what looks to be an amazing Petrocultures 2018 event. Some talk of haggis and whiskey follows. But it’s also the anniversary o...
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140 - Judit Hersko from 2018-08-23T21:02:08
Cymene and Dominic chat about the Wizard of Oz, unglacier tours, rocket toilets and motorized scooters to lead off this week’s podcast. Then (12:37) we are most fortunate to have the chance to t...
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139 - Andri Snaer Magnason from 2018-08-16T23:35:25
Dominic and Cymene bask in 15 seconds of Icelandic limelight and discuss Madonna@60. Then (14:28) to celebrate the premiere of our film, “Not Ok: A Little Movie About a Small Glacier at the End...
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138 - John Hartigan returns! from 2018-08-09T21:38:36
Cymene and Dominic check in from Iceland on this week’s edition of the podcast and talk about the virtues of the Icelandic horse. Then (12:36) we welcome dear friend and horsexpert John Hartigan...
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137 - Michael E. Mann&The Trouble from 2018-08-03T00:48:10
We start this week’s double episode on climate science and climate policy with ruminations on Trumpian arguments against fuel efficiency, Europe breaking its heat record, and what in retrospect ...
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136 - Jennifer Gabrys from 2018-07-26T21:19:28
Your cohosts discuss what sensory technologies they might wish for their own home and the kind of multispecies encounters Cymene might have had in a Tegucigalpa red light district hotel (trigger...
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135 - Christina Cogdell from 2018-07-19T22:44:08
Cymene and Dominic talk surprising energy trends and how to make news more fun with games. Then (15:05) we talk with the marvelous Christina Cogdell from UC-Davis about her fascinating soon-to-b...
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134 - Leo Coleman from 2018-07-12T23:13:55
Dominic and Cymene react to the new CENHS podcast studio and share a tale of robot sushi misadventure. Then (15:02) we welcome Leo Coleman (Hunter College) to the program and get right into his ...
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133 - María Puig de la Bellacasa from 2018-07-05T23:07:54
Dominic and Cymene indulge a little post-Pruitt glee on this week’s podcast and speculate about the possibility of six foot tall low carbon lava lamps in the future. Then (16:46) we are thrilled...
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132 - Jeffrey Jerome Cohen from 2018-06-29T00:21:54
Cymene and Dominic debate the Pet Rock as a capitalist or proto-new-materialist venture on this week’s episode of the podcast. Then (16:59) we welcome to the podcast multitalented environmental ...
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131 - Waterworld from 2018-06-21T19:56:37
On this week’s podcast, in honor of the summer solstice we bring to you another edition of Soylent Rainbow, our occasional special feature talking ecopocalyptic films past and present. This time...
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130 - Transhumanism (feat. Andrew Pilsch) from 2018-06-14T23:56:45
On this week’s Cultures of Energy pod we discuss this week’s disturbing revelations concerning the toxic work environment at the journal HAU (3:04)—if you need/want to catch up on the story plea...
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129 - Juan Salazar from 2018-06-08T02:14:56
Live from Santa Cruz, CA, Cymene and Dominic cover the politics of homelessness, celebrity academic sightings, and the legacy of R.E.M. Then (13:01) anthropologist and filmmaker Juan Salazar joi...
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128 - Bethany Wiggin from 2018-05-31T20:27:30
Cymene and Dominic talk about climate despair and climate violence on this week’s edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast, and on a lighter note, a perfect 48 hours in Santa Cruz, CA, in 1986....
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127 - Ancient Civilizations&Climate Change (feat. Hervé Reculeau) from 2018-05-24T22:33:40
Dominic and Cymene wish Westworld was better on this week’s episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast and then dry their tears with the news that the trailer and website for the “Not Ok” film ha...
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126 - Jaume Franquesa from 2018-05-18T02:19:49
Cymene and Dominic talk air pollution and bumper stickers on this week’s ozone action edition of the podcast. Then (9:19) we are happily joined by fellow wind power enthusiast Jaume Franquesa (S...
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125 - Displacements Recap (w. Anand Pandian, Andrea Muehlebach&Marcel LaFlamme) from 2018-05-10T22:32:13
This week’s podcast is devoted to discussing a prototype for making academic conferences less carbon intensive and more accessible to our colleagues outside the global North. Case in point is la...
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124 - Summerson Carr from 2018-05-04T00:15:10
Dominic and Cymene begin with a deep dive into the marvelous world of goat yoga and wonder what other animals should get into the game. Of course, we only learned about goat yoga because of this...
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123 - Elizabeth F.S. Roberts from 2018-04-27T02:10:16
Cymene and Dominic talk true crime and Pruitt crime on this week’s podcast before (13:59) welcoming the fabulous Liz Roberts from the University of Michigan to the conversation. Our offspeed sta...
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122 - Making Alternate Worlds (feat. Ganzeer&Jeff VanderMeer) from 2018-04-20T01:45:10
After Cymene and Dominic take a moment to call out for profit academic publishing and cheerleading, this week’s podcast brings you (16:00) the keynote panel from CENHS’s Cultures of Energy 7 sym...
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121- Heather Paxson from 2018-04-12T11:41:30
Dominic and Cymene plug Cultures of Energy 7—this year’s energy humanities symposium at Rice which begins today, details at culturesofenergy.org—and then they turn to cheese, why it’s funny, how...
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120 - Brian Larkin from 2018-04-05T19:18:41
Dominic and Cymene discuss the Houston city government’s recent decision to elevate new homes in the floodplains and they take a few moments to plan their dream dinner parties. We then (18:12) t...
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119 - Petroculture Doubleheader (feat. Carola Hein, Rebecca Babcock&Jason Lagapa) from 2018-03-29T21:58:50
This week on the Cultures of Energy podcast we offer up a special double episode of petrocultural analysis. Cymene and Dominic set the stage with a new offshore pub concept, The Oily Hound, and ...
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118 - Candis Callison from 2018-03-22T23:35:14
Dominic and Cymene talk Tom Waits, velour jumpsuits and the long afterlife of Hurricane Harvey. And then (13:33) we are most fortunate to welcome to the podcast Candis Callison (U British Columb...
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117 - Orit Halpern from 2018-03-16T00:31:11
Cymene and Dominic share wild tales on this week’s Spring Break edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast and make the case for #feralgarden4thward as the weedy edge of Houston urbanism. Then (1...
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116 - Dana Powell from 2018-03-08T23:35:02
Happy International Women’s Day from the Cultures of Energy podcast! Cymene and Dominic struggle to remember an Indigo Girls song and reminisce about desert Stonehenge and vegan punk. Then (12:1...
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115 - Joshua Reno from 2018-03-02T00:17:28
Dominic and Cymene make a cinematic announcement and offer dubious pronunciations. Then (13:05) we welcome to the podcast legendary anthropologist of waste, Joshua Reno from Binghamton Universit...
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114 - The Shale Dilemma (feat. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran) from 2018-02-23T03:01:16
The kids are all kinds of all right on this week’s episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast. Then (12:55) we welcome our guest, environmental economist Shanti Gamper-Rabindran from the Universi...
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113 - Paul N. Edwards from 2018-02-15T23:59:50
Cymene and Dominic talk love and precarity and then (13:52) we are very fortunate to welcome Stanford historian of climate science extraordinaire, Paul N. Edwards to the podcast. We ask Paul how...
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112 - Graham Harman from 2018-02-09T00:19:45
What do the Super Bowl, horse-based gymnastics, the fact that magic might be really real and bragging about Bruno Latour have in common? Why, they are on your co-hosts minds this week on the pod...
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111 - A Philosopher's Guide to Fracking (feat. Adam Briggle) from 2018-02-02T02:07:33
This week on the Cultures (not Vultures) of Energy podcast, Cymene and Dominic declare Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom the cultural grandparent of all Honey Badger videos. Then (15:32) we welcome...
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110 - Lisa Sideris from 2018-01-26T03:07:12
Cymene and Dominic announce their latest educational venture, the Chicago Climate Change & Culture Institute (4CI) and ask y’all’s help in getting the word out —
109 - Hannah Knox from 2018-01-19T02:56:23
Dominic and Cymene report on icy Rice and the raw and the cooked. And then (14:47) we speak to our dear friend Hannah Knox from University College London. We start with why Hannah thinks infrast...
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108 - Steve Mentz from 2018-01-12T03:15:42
Cymene and Dominic talk games and wombs of yore. And then (15:15) we turn to a conversation with the original blue humanist, Steve Mentz from St. John’s University. We start with his recent work...
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107 - Michael Watts from 2018-01-04T23:22
Cymene and Dominic report on the insane fireworks situation in Reykjavík. Then (16:02) Dominic chats with our esteemed energy humanist colleague Michael Watts from UC-Berkeley. Michael explains ...
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106 - Macarena Gómez-Barris from 2017-12-28T23:19:03
Cymene and Dominic kick off the last podcast of 2017 with an emotional year in review; there is talk of resolutions for 2018 and then Cym informs the world about what it’s like to be in a float ...
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105 - Sheila Jasanoff from 2017-12-21T21:16:55
On this holiday edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast, Cymene and Dominic discuss redistributions of wealth and what they are looking for in a holiday robot. Then (10:51) we welcome someone ...
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104 - Marianne Lien from 2017-12-14T21:37:06
Dominic and Cymene wonder if they could drink 12 diet cokes a day. That makes us thirsty for water and the life aquatic and so (11:44) we welcome the brilliant Marianne Lien from the University ...
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103 - Astrida Neimanis from 2017-12-08T00:07:34
Coming to you this week from Kreuzberg, Cymene and Dominic imagine Truman Show Berlin. Then (9:04) we connect to Australia at long last with the help of Astrida Neimanis from the University of S...
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102 - Kregg Hetherington from 2017-11-30T20:12:39
Cymene and Dominic report from the AAA meetings in Washington DC and talk love, monsters, vodkasts, sodcasts and godcasts. Then (10:49) we are joined by the delightful Kregg Hetherington who tra...
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101 - Joe Masco from 2017-11-23T19:01:34
Cymene and Dominic explain “trunk cake” and then (9:27) we welcome to the podcast the fabulous Joe Masco, author most recently of Theater of Operations (Duke UP, 2014). The con...
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Ep. #100 - Robert Macfarlane from 2017-11-16T23:00:17
On this week’s landmark 100th episode of the podcast, the artist-almost-known-as-Bebeny tells the true crime story behind her name. Then (14:07) we welcome to the centenary party celebrated writ...
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Ep. #99 - Kath Weston from 2017-11-10T00:27:48
Cymene and Dominic review this week’s blue wave and talk about becoming a more multispecies household. Then (10:57) we welcome to the podcast the brilliant and wise Kath Weston to talk about her...
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Ep. #98 - Allan Stoekl from 2017-11-03T05:12:03
It’s been a big week in Houston between Halloween and the World Series (Go Astros!) and your co-hosts process all that as well as recent developments in the investigation of Honduran land activi...
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Ep. #97 - Nikhil Anand from 2017-10-26T23:34:23
Cymene and Dominic talk about Al Gore’s visit to Rice and share thoughts on going solar both at home and in Puerto Rico. Then (12:25) we welcome Nikhil Anand from the University of Pennsylvania ...
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Ep. #96 - Matthew Burtner from 2017-10-19T22:32:21
Dominic and Cymene talk surprise interspecies encounters. Then (11:08) we talk to composer, musician and sonic activist Matthew Burtner (http://matthewburtne...
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Ep. #95 - Gretchen Bakke from 2017-10-12T23:04:54
Ofcymene and Ofdominic share their thoughts on The Handmaid’s Tale and then (17:20) we are delighted to welcome to the podcast, Gretchen Bakke, anthropologist and author of the celebrated Th...
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Ep. #94 - The Yes Men from 2017-10-05T23:16:39
Your co-hosts compare inaction on gun violence to inaction on climate change and rant a little about how we can hope for a better future world when we can’t even make our communities safe in the...
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Ep. #93 - John Broome from 2017-09-28T19:13:59
Dominic and Cymene chat about community wind power, bioplastics, sucropolitics, and the inevitability of edible children’s toys. Then (11:10) Cymene sits down to talk with economist-turned-philo...
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Ep. #92 - Roy Scranton from 2017-09-22T22:43:58
Dominic and Cymene share fun facts about ice worms and water bears on this week's bonus episode of the podcast. Then (9:27) we continue our effort to process this storm season philosophically by...
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Ep. #91 - Environmental Injustice at the EPA from 2017-09-19T23:14:28
Cymene and Dominic wonder whether haunted houses can help in the fight against climate change. Then (11:55) we welcome Britt Paris (UCLA) and Sara Wylie (Northeastern U) to the podcast to bring ...
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Ep. #90 - Low Carbon Leisure&Pleasure (w. Daniel Aldana Cohen) from 2017-09-15T00:10:55
Please enjoy our first live Cultures of Energy show in which Cymene, Dominic and Penn sociologist Daniel Aldana Cohen (of Hot & Bothered podcast fame, Listen
Ep. #89 - Naveeda Khan from 2017-09-07T23:24:37
Dominic and Cymene plug low carbon leisure and pleasure and consider the world of competitive dishwashing. Then (8:49) we welcome to the podcast the amazing Naveeda Khan from Johns Hopkins. We c...
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Ep. #88 - Harvey's Aftermath (feat. Jim Blackburn) from 2017-08-31T21:57:34
The sun is finally shining again over Houston but the process of coming to terms with Hurricane Harvey’s catastrophic impact on the city and region has only just begun. Cymene and Dominic share ...
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Ep. #87 - Hurricane Harvey (feat. Timothy Morton) from 2017-08-27T18:47:33
On today’s emergency shelter in place edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast we speak to Timothy Morton to help process the Hurricane Harvey landfall and catastrophic flooding that Houston an...
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Ep. #86 - Kaushik Sunder Rajan from 2017-08-25T02:23:50
Hurricane Harvey is bearing down on the Texas coast, which prompts some moments of reflection from your co-hosts. Then (13:02) we welcome dear friend of the pod, Kaushik Sunder Rajan from the Un...
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Ep. #85 - Jason W. Moore from 2017-08-18T00:37:57
Cymene and Dominic talk capital and Vanilla Isis and then (11:21) we welcome to the podcast the one and only Jason W. Moore from Binghamton University, author of Capitalism in the Web of Lif...
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Ep. #84 - Ashley Carse from 2017-08-10T23:25:35
It’s all about the Panama Canal on this episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast! Dominic and Cymene sing Van Halen and share tales of self-sabotaging students and then (13:58) the phenomenal A...
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Ep. #83 - Jennifer Lieberman from 2017-08-04T00:16:14
Dominic and Cymene go into the vault to talk steam tunnels, heat wells, bland college town food and Enrico Fermi’s ghost. Then (10:41) we are fortunate to be joined by Jennifer Lieberman from th...
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Ep. #82 - The Climate Media Net from 2017-07-27T22:44:31
This week on the Cultures of Energy podcast we do a deep dive into a fascinating project, The Climate Media Net (https://theclimatemedia.net), which se...
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Ep. #81 - Snowpiercer with Ragnar Hansson from 2017-07-20T17:49:15
Summer’s a good time to just relax and have a little fun, no? This week we’re introducing a new occasional feature on the Cultures of Energy podcast, a lively discussion of a work of climate fic...
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Ep. #80 - Gökçe Günel from 2017-07-13T17:49:29
Dominic and Cymene eat crow about Larsen C, discuss d-bags and make an exciting announcement about next week’s episode. Then (16:29) we welcome to the podcast former CENHS postdoc and current Ar...
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Ep. #79 - Antarctica! with Jessica O'Reilly from 2017-07-07T03:08:13
With Antarctica back in the news again, Dominic and Cymene share their feels about the imminent Larsen C calving and the possibly less probable rise of penguins and puffins against human governa...
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Ep. #78 - Sophia Roosth from 2017-06-29T20:08:56
Cymene and Dominic talk drone dreams, disappearing glaciers and boring sagas and then (13:07) the wonderful Sophia Roosth (Harvard, History of Science) joins the pod to talk about, among other t...
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Ep. #77 - Matthew Schneider-Mayerson from 2017-06-22T21:36:55
Dominic and Cymene expose the truth behind a rabid raccoon attack and then (16:46) former CENHS star Matthew Schneider-Mayerson (now Yale-NUS) joins the podcast to talk about his book Peak O...
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Ep. #76 - Greta Gaard from 2017-06-15T22:38:43
Cymene and Dominic speak ecological truth to nostalgia and then (16:09) welcome to the pod Greta Gaard, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin River Falls, and, once upon a time, a ...
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Ep. #75 - Claire Colebrook from 2017-06-08T23:51:03
Cymene and Dominic speculate about fonts and life after academe. Then the fantastic Claire Colebrook joins us on the pod. We begin by discussing her recent two volume collection, Essays on E...
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Ep. #74 - Amelia Moore from 2017-06-01T22:59:02
Cymene and Dominic process today’s news about the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement as well as yesterday's ExxonMobil shareholder insurrection, which will force the company to start measu...
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Ep. #73 - Jennifer Wenzel from 2017-05-25T22:40:30
Dominic and Cymene talk about the carbon footprint of war, the best paper airplane design and map out an adventure to the center of climate change. Then (15:13) Jennifer Wenzel from Columbia Uni...
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Ep. #72 - Alexei Yurchak from 2017-05-17T23:46:11
To help us sort through a week dominated by spiraling Russo-American political intrigue, we welcome (13:01) to the podcast Berkeley anthropologist, Alexei Yurchak, analyst extraordinaire of all ...
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Ep. #71 - Mike Hulme from 2017-05-11T14:05:12
Dominic and Cymene hide in the bushes to talk existential terror and low carbon pleasure. We then (10:23) chat with famed geographer Mike Hulme, author of Can Science Fix Climate Change? Listen
Ep. #70 - Kairn Klieman from 2017-05-04T23:24:11
Cymene and Dominic discuss possible raccoon attacks that may have occurred near Marfa, the cuteness and moxie of javelinas, and the worst table service in Texas. Then (14:13) we welcome long tim...
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Ep. #69 - Joe Dumit from 2017-04-26T23:48:19
Cymene and Dominic talk globalist cucks and S-Town and then (16:58) we sit down to a lovely cup of coffee with the multitalented Joe Dumit, author of Drugs for Life: How Pharmaceutical Compa...
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Ep. #68 - Matthew Taylor from 2017-04-21T23:45:36
Dominic and Cymene talk diet soda, dementia and the art of titling books and then (13:40) we welcome to the pod UNC English professor Matthew Taylor, author of Universes without Us: Posthuma...
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Ep. #67 - Cultures of Energy 6 from 2017-04-19T01:44:52
A special bonus podcast this week offers a mosaic of keywords and reflections from participants in CENHS’s annual energy humanities extravaganza. Cymene and Dominic lead things off with a discus...
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Ep. #66 - Daniel Barber from 2017-04-13T13:14:29
Your co-hosts chat about the return of Veep and a new indie film under production by the rogue AI of the American Anthropological Association’s panel submissions system, Being Chris Kelty Listen
Ep. #65 - Saskia Sassen from 2017-04-06T22:58:45
Your co-hosts chat about hyperloops, hydrarails and that time Newt Gingrich flirted with Cymene. Then (16:54) renowned sociologist Saskia Sassen joins us to share her thinking about our contempo...
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Ep. #64 - Hannah Appel from 2017-03-31T04:40:43
Dominic and Cymene discuss this week's rollback of the Clean Power Plan and Cymene’s 1980s close encounter with Adam Ant. Then (14:55) we are delighted to welcome UCLA anthropologist Hannah Appe...
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Ep. #63 - TheGreatClimatePodSummit2017 (feat. Kate Aronoff and Daniel Aldana Cohen) from 2017-03-27T21:41:17
On this week’s special bonus episode, ClimateKitten45 and CarbonYeti27 kick things off by scheming on how to get a million YouTube subscribers. Then we expand to become a fantastic foursome of c...
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Ep. #62 - Stephen Gardiner from 2017-03-24T00:25:33
Cymene and Dominic honor the new river citizens of Aotearoa-New Zealand and India and try to give certain politicians credit where credit is due. Then (13:53) we welcome to the pod University of...
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Ep. #61 - Geoffrey Bowker from 2017-03-16T19:17:35
On this week’s spring break edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast, Cymene and Dominic talk about the dangers of hiking and Trump’s budget. Then [10:37] we welcome to the podcast the ever del...
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Ep. #60 - David Hughes from 2017-03-09T22:02:48
Cymene and Dominic read their spam and ruminate on the evolving alien intelligence of the interweb. Then (14:40) our old friend David Hughes from Rutgers joins the conversation. We consider the ...
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Ep. #59 - Lisa Messeri from 2017-03-02T19:03:18
Dominic and Cymene marvel at the rise of transplanetary anthropology on this week’s podcast, as well as outer space films (and sexed up goblins). Then (16:08) we welcome the University of Virgin...
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Ep. #58 - Standing Rock Forever (feat. Jaskiran Dhillon) from 2017-02-24T06:16:01
On this week’s episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast, Cymene processes the news of the clearance of the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock with the help of Jaskiran Dhillon (New School). Th...
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Ep. #57 - Timothy Mitchell from 2017-02-16T23:11:36
Cymene and Dominic take a break from the political chaos and happily nostalgize the 1970s. Then (13:57) to help us better understand what kind of carbon Listen
Ep. #56 - Jessica Barnes from 2017-02-10T00:08:46
Cymene and Dominic talk acupuncture, evil clone henchmen, environmentally questionable NYT recipes, and the interpretation of dreams. Then (15:30) we are joined by Jessica Barnes, author of ...
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Ep. #55 - Gabrielle Hecht from 2017-02-02T23:54:28
In a fittingly bizarre intro for these political times, Cymene and Dominic share weird fantasies and actual plans for resistance. We then (11:57) welcome to the podcast renowned historian and et...
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Ep. #54 - Saving Environmental Data (feat. Michelle Murphy&Nick Shapiro) from 2017-01-26T15:03:42
Dominic and Cymene briefly review The Disaster (week 1) and remind themselves that the best way to resist the schemes of evil rich men is to make full use of our strengths as a diverse majority....
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Ep. #53 - Jón Gnarr from 2017-01-19T23:18:11
Cymene and Dominic talk about, what else, the future tomorrow will bring. To sprinkle a little comedy on our tragedy, [12:37] Dominic has a chance to catch up with old friend Jón “Houstonsson” G...
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Ep. #52 - Arlie Russell Hochshild from 2017-01-12T23:12:59
Cymene and Dominic talk secret information, anxious white masculinity, emotional labor and neoliberal America’s bus to nowhere. Then (17:48) Berkeley sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild joins u...
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Ep. #51 - Nicholas Kawa from 2017-01-06T00:29:19
Dominic and Cymene talk about the past, plans for the future, and socks. Then (12:35) Ohio State environmental anthropologist Nick Kawa joins us on the podcast to talk about his research in Amaz...
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Ep. #50 - Annise Parker from 2016-12-29T17:50:32
Cymene and Dominic ring out 2016 by sharing a few energy and environment stories you might have missed. Then (22:11) we welcome to the podcast Annise Parker, three term mayor of Houston (2010-20...
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Ep. #49 - Cindy Isenhour from 2016-12-22T23:16:37
On this week’s episode of the podcast, Dominic and Cymene relate their fave holiday traditions and identify the one thing that any gift-giving culture should absolutely avoid giving. Then (14:51...
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Ep. #48 - Douglas Rogers from 2016-12-15T20:44:49
All this Russia hacking talk has Cymene and Dominic thinking about Boris, Natasha, Rocky & Bullwinkle. To set matters straight (12:02) Yale anthropologist Doug Rogers joins us to talk about the ...
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Ep. #47 - Naomi Oreskes from 2016-12-08T20:19:53
Cymene and Dominic talk fake news and our alleged 'post-truth' condition and then (19:13) we are fortunate enough to welcome to the podcast distinguished Harvard historian of science Naomi Oresk...
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Ep. #46 - Paige West&J.C. Salyer from 2016-12-01T21:41:27
Dominic and Cymene talk Trumpism vs. Reaganism and whether we are somehow cycling back to the "culture wars" on race, gender and sexuality from the 1980s. We drop a (conspiracy?) theory about cl...
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Ep. #45 - Standing Rock 2 (feat. Nick Estes&Kristen Simmons) from 2016-11-24T00:05:53
We’re offering some food for thought on Standing Rock this Thanksgiving week. Our guests are the brilliant scholar-activists Nick Estes and Kristen Simmons who help us to better understand what ...
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Ep. #44 - Stefan Helmreich from 2016-11-17T17:04
On this week’s podcast, Dominic and Cymene continue to process election aftermath and offer thoughts on how to escape the dungeon. Then (14:20) things get wavy when Stefan Helmreich from MIT—aut...
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Ep. #43 - Elizabeth Povinelli from 2016-11-10T19:26:18
Cymene and Dominic share honest thoughts from the morning after the morning after. Then, because we all need a new superhero right about now, (27:07) Beth Povinelli of Columbia anthropology fame...
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Ep. #42 - Andrew Mathews from 2016-11-04T01:07:39
It turns out that one of your co-hosts is a magical creature – feel free to guess which one. This week we are thrilled to welcome to the podcast (9:35) fellow Oaxacanist anthropologist Andrew Ma...
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Ep. #41 - Fred Stenson from 2016-11-01T18:54:18
On today’s special bonus Tuesday episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast, Cymene and Dominic share their election season nerves and then have the chance (9:05) to talk to novelist Fred Stenson...
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Ep. #40 - Amitav Ghosh from 2016-10-27T20:29:25
Cymene and Dominic define (finally!) professionalism and offer a brief review of Leonardo DiCaprio’s soon to be released climate change documentary, Before the Flood. Then (11:43) we ar...
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Ep. #39 - Stacy Alaimo from 2016-10-21T00:30:40
Cymene and Dominic say hello from Copenhagen and muse about the humanities’ expanding color spectrum. We then welcome (12:12) to the podcast the fabulous Stacy Alaimo, Professor of English at th...
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Ep. #38 - Katharine Hayhoe from 2016-10-13T19:23:40
Fresh off her #SXSL White House appearance with Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio, we welcome (10:54) to the podcast this week atmospheric scientist extraordinaire, Katharine Hayhoe, Professor ...
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Ep. #37 - Everyday Ogres (feat. Tania Mouraud&Allison Myers) from 2016-10-07T00:01:38
We talk art and artistic superpowers on this week’s Cultures of Energy podcast. Our special guests (9:59) are the celebrated conceptual and multimedia artist Tania Mouraud (Listen
Ep. #36 - Woody Clark from 2016-10-04T00:12:58
On this special bonus midweek episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast, we welcome (10:25) qualitative economist and green energy consultant Dr. Woody Clark (Listen
Ep. #35 - Vanessa Agard-Jones from 2016-09-29T22:40:45
This week’s podcast dives into ‘the chemical turn’ in the human sciences. Dominic and Cymene talk intoxication and wonder whether there’s a drug that could cure patriarchy. Then (9:04) we welcom...
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Ep. #34 - Bron Taylor from 2016-09-22T22:52:21
Cymene and Dominic compare their ecospirituality on this week’s episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast, appreciate the mystical connectivity among all Californians and then Dominic explains t...
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Ep. #33 - Standing Rock (feat. Jaskiran Dhillon&Nick Estes) from 2016-09-16T03:01:33
Until a few weeks ago, most of us hadn’t heard about the lawsuit and protest of the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Now the resistance is the subject of national ...
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Ep. #32 - Greening Campus Life (feat. Richard R. Johnson) from 2016-09-09T01:14:26
It's our back to school episode this week! And to make some of us feel a little better about being back at school, we want to highlight all the good green work that goes on, often behind the sce...
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Ep. #31 - Jan Zalasiewicz from 2016-09-02T02:04:55
Big news this week, friends, it turns out we’re living in the Anthropocene after all. The Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) of the International Union of Geological Sciences released its report a...
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Ep. #30 - Thomas Hylland Eriksen from 2016-08-26T01:49:59
Dominic and Cymene discuss air conditioning, fathers who don’t listen, and share certain VC-ready ideas for revolutionary technology. Then (10:04) we welcome to the podcast esteemed and delightf...
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Ep. #29 - Shannon Lee Dawdy from 2016-08-19T02:06:51
This week’s episode takes a close look at New Orleans and shines some light on the legacies of Hurricane Katrina and the impacts of climate change as Louisiana suffers under another round of mas...
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Ep. #28 - Fredrik Albritton Jonsson from 2016-08-12T02:27:28
Your co-hosts wonder why coal seems so sinister and they’re pretty sure it has something to do with all those Santa-related threats. Then (8:51) we welcome University of Chicago environmental an...
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Ep. #27 - Sunila Kale from 2016-08-05T06:01:18
Cymene and Dominic test out the identity of “semi-professional podcasters” by reeling off impressive sounding words like “load-shedding” and “blackout” and then (10:21) we welcome University of ...
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Ep. #26 - Dale Jamieson from 2016-07-29T02:14:15
It’s Dominic’s birthday and he’ll cry if he wants to. Your co-hosts first talk green virtue and anthropocenic temperance and Cymene’s childhood close encounter with a tiger. We then (9:02) welco...
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Ep. #25 - Benedikt Erlingsson from 2016-07-21T23:36:23
Cymene and Dominic briefly highlight the plight of refugee polar bears in Iceland and pitch PolarBearLand as a creative response. Then (9:34) we welcome to the podcast celebrated Icelandic actor...
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Ep. #24 - Veronica Strang from 2016-07-15T08:07:49
Water, water everywhere. The human sciences have become animated by the politics, ethics and materiality of water of late and for good reason. Our guest (11:13) on this week’s Cultures of Energy...
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Ep. #23 - Annemarie Mol from 2016-07-08T07:06:02
Dominic and Cymene may or may not enjoy an evening cocktail on a perfect Berlin evening on this week’s Cultures of Energy podcast. Then, we turn (4:05) to a lively and fascinating conversation w...
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Ep. #22 - Iceland! (featuring Heiða Helgadóttir&Guðmundur Jónsson) from 2016-06-30T09:48:33
Coming to you straight outta Reykjavík, Cymene and Dominic chat about the many remarkable things happening in Iceland this summer, the Melt research project and what “cryohuman relations” look l...
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Ep. #21 - Jeff VanderMeer from 2016-06-23T20:33:36
Cymene and Dominic debate the merits of season 1 of Bloodline and quickly agree to disagree on this week’s Cultures of Energy podcast. Then (9:25) we get to the main event, our conversa...
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Ep. #20 - Albert Pope from 2016-06-16T19:57:19
Cymene and Dominic talk about the future of low carbon city, Dominic learns about “subsidence” and then we welcome to the studio (10:55) our esteemed colleague and CENHS co-conspirator, Albert P...
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Ep. #19 - Dipesh Chakrabarty from 2016-06-10T08:55:09
After the usual nonsense, we welcome to the podcast this week (5:11) Dipesh Chakrabarty, theorist and historian extraordinaire from the University of Chicago. Dipesh recounts an amusing encounte...
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Ep. #18 - Platform London (feat. Anna Galkina) from 2016-06-03T04:01
Back home in Houston, Cymene and Dominic discuss their efforts to save small animals (with mixed results). Then, in London, (11:05) Dominic talks to Dr. Anna Galkina from the remarkable organiza...
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Ep. #17 - Karen Pinkus from 2016-05-27T12:48:03
Live from Ithaca NY, we talk (8:35) to OG energy humanist (and sometimes rockstar) Karen Pinkus, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Cornell, about what attracted her to writing a...
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Ep. #16 - Giorgos Kallis from 2016-05-20T10:13:28
It’s a deep dive into “degrowth” this week on the Cultures of Energy podcast. We welcome (6:57) Giorgos Kallis, a political ecologist and ecological economist based at the Autonomous University ...
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Ep. #15 - Michael Hathaway&Brit Ross Winthereik from 2016-05-13T11:28:17
Welcome to a special bonus double episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast! This week we offer new perspectives on two countries—China and Denmark—that have become touchstones for contemporary ...
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Ep. #14 - Lawrence English from 2016-05-06T06:53:57
This week Cultures of Energy welcomes the brilliant (and fully certified) sound artist and composer Lawrence English (http://lawrenceenglish.com) to the...
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Ep. #13 - Cultures of Energy 5 from 2016-04-29T12:13:05
This week’s energy humanities podcast recaps and takes inspiration from CENHS’s fifth annual spring research symposium, otherwise known as Cultures of Energy 5 (Listen
Ep. #12 - Natasha Myers from 2016-04-22T04:29:12
It’s all about plants on this week’s Cultures of Energy podcast. Our guide is anthropologist Natasha Myers, director of the Plant Studies Collaboratory at York University (Listen
Ep. #11 - Toby Jones from 2016-04-15T11:58:52
This week’s Cultures of Energy podcast turns toward the Middle East as Dominic and Cymene speak (8:35) with Rutgers historian Toby Jones, author of Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged M...
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Ep. #10 - Timothy Morton from 2016-04-08T11:05:21
Cymene and Dominic talk drug awareness to open this week’s episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast and then (6:10) share laughs and ecological thoughts with their marvelous and occasionally ha...
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Ep. #9 - Laura Watts from 2016-04-01T12:10:25
This episode is our first recorded out of the studio and on the road in St. Andrews, Scotland. Dominic and Cymene appreciate all that St. Andrews has to offer by way of golf, gulls and edible mo...
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Ep. #8 - Diane Nelson from 2016-03-25T13:21:57
This week’s Cultures of Energy podcast is brought to you by the number zero. Our co-hosts cover the need for more fun in academic life and Hollywood takes on the Anthropocene. Then (9:11) Cymene...
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Ep. #7 - FotoFest 2016 (featuring Judy Natal&Marina Zurkow) from 2016-03-11T13:40:26
This week’s Cultures of Energy podcast is a double episode focusing on two art shows that CENHS has sponsored for Houston’s FotoFest 2016 biennial, “Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future...
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Ep. #6 - Imre Szeman from 2016-03-04T13:14:34
Dominic and Cymene debate what Albertan city is most like Houston and then (6:44) talk to Imre Szeman, Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and Professor of English, Film Studies and Sociol...
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Ep. #5 - Stephanie LeMenager from 2016-02-24T19:07:21
Cymene and Dominic embrace amateurism as they have trouble pronouncing names on this week’s podcast. Then (8:28 Listen
Ep. #4 - John Hartigan from 2016-02-14T14:18:45
Dominic Boyer and former Lost Boys extra, Cymene Howe, banter easily on this week’s Cultures of Energy podcast. Cymene then (6:16) talks to anthropologist, multispecies ethnographer and na...
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Ep. #3 - Roy Scranton from 2016-02-08T17:00
On this week’s Cultures of Energy podcast, Cymene and Dominic share getting up close and personal with the Anthropocene in the form of Tropical Storm Jonas. Then (6:26) Dominic talks with Roy Sc...
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Ep. #2 - Anna Tsing from 2016-01-19T22:58
Cultures of Energy Podcast is now on iTunes! Stitcher soon! We celebrate Anna Tsing, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Santa Cruz, one of the world’s greatest an...
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Ep. #1 - Paolo Bacigalupi from 2016-01-19T22:49:12
Here's a little preview of the Cultures of Energy Podcast! Look for episodes on iTunes and Stitcher as soon as all the tubes get connected and all the magic podcast elves work through their ...
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