ASLE EcoCast

Farewelcome

McIntyre Amy

This episode is a goodbye and a hello. Brandon Galm, the creator of EcoCast in 2020 and co-host since its inception, is now stepping away from the podcast to make more time for his new roles at Cloud County Community College in North Central Kansas. We say hello to Alex Tischer, a recent graduate from Wright State in English who is now applying to English Ph.D. programs. Brandon and Alex are on either side of the Ph.D. process, and this episode discusses the ...

This Episode is a Whale Oiled Machine: A Conversation with Jamie L. Jones and the History of Whaling

McIntyre Amy

Many apologies for the whale pun in the title, but Brandon can never resist. This month he and Lindsay chat with Jamie L. Jones, author of Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling. Jamie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We discuss the fascinating history of whaling in the United States, ranging from the environmentally destructive to the culturally traditional. Moby Dick may or may not be discussed; you’ll have ...

Special Episode: ASLE/AESS Conference Conversations

McIntyre Amy

This month’s episode was recorded live throughout the ASLE/AESS Conference in July 2023 in Portland. Brandon had the opportunity to set up a table at the conference and the five wonderful people who you’re getting to listen to on this episode stopped by and shared their work with him (and now you!)

Guest List:

Rajendra Ponde, Man, Nature, and Wildlife Depicted in the Jungle Literature of Jim Corbett and Kenneth Anderson Lori DiPrete Brown, Montañas and 3 or 4 Rios: Antología Bilingüe, ebook available at various retailers Pam Uschuk, Cutthroat: ...

“The Paradox of Place”: Appalachian Ecocriticism with Laura Wright and Jessica Cory

McIntyre Amy

In this episode, Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Laura Wright and Jessica Cory to discuss their recent edited collection Appalachian Ecocriticism and the Paradox of Place. The episode kicks off with some gleeful sharing of a love for cryptids, but then gets into the heart of what it means to be from Appalachia, the common misconceptions of the area, and the important role those perceptions play in understanding the environmental issues facing the region.

Episode recorded May 15, 2023.

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Saving the Day, Saving the Oceans: A Conversation with Ryan Poll about Aquaman

McIntyre Amy

EcoCast heads back to the ocean again as its theme, this month to discuss Ryan Poll’s recent book Aquaman and the War Against Oceans: Comics Activism and Allegory in the Anthropocene. He and Brandon examine the character’s evolution, the comics’ role in an oceanic imaginary, and how Aquaman comics can help bring attention to the issues facing the environment.

Episode recorded March 20, 2023.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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For more on Ryan:

Aquaman and the War Against Oceans: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496225856/

Twitter: @RyanPoll2

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What is Your Center?: Re-thinking Maps and Oceans with Christina Gerhardt

McIntyre Amy

This month Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Christina Gerhardt, Associate Professor and Founder of the Environmental Humanities initiative at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and the Editor-in-Chief of ASLE’s journal ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. We discuss Christina’s recently released book (it comes out the same day as this episode!) Sea Change: Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean, which challenges us to re-consider the idea of mapping in a world increasingly affected by global warming.

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What Stage are We In?: A Conversation on Ecological Grief with Joshua Trey Barnett

McIntyre Amy

This month Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Joshua Trey Barnett, assistant professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University, to discuss his recent book Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly Coexistence. We talk about extinction, what it means to grieve nature, and even get a little personal with the idea of naming and loss of pets.

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Joshua’s Info:

Twitter: @joshuatbarnett

Email: barnett@psu.edu

Joshua’s Book Recommendations:

Shimmer: Flying Fox Exuberance in Worlds of Peril: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shimmer.html

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A Home on Their Back: A Conversation with Thom Van Dooren on Snails and Extinction

McIntyre Amy

This month’s episode is no slog. It’s no slug, either. This month is all about the wonderful world of snails! Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Thom Van Dooren, Deputy Director at the Sydney Environment Institute and an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia. Thom joins EcoCast to discuss his most recent book, A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinction.

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Thom’s Info:

https://www.thomvandooren.org/

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Peace with Nature: Exploring the Korean DMZ with Eleana Kim

McIntyre Amy

Eleana Kim, professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at UC Irvine, joins Lindsay and Brandon to discuss her work that examines the unique liminal space of the Korean DMZ, and the natural, militaristic, and hybrid ecosystems within it. Eleana argues that this particular space helps us better understand the impacts of war on the natural world, but that it also helps us better connect with the natural world and each other when we explore that space.

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Reading the Blue: Melody Jue and Oceans as Media

McIntyre Amy

This month we dive deep (pun intended) into the work of Melody Jue, Associate Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara. Melody joins us to discuss her most recent book Wild Blue Media, and we get below the surface (pun intended) of how important oceans are, the human fascination with them, and how they serve as a space for orientation. The episode is a real splash (no pun intended)!

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For more on Melody: 

http://www.melodyjue.info/

Wild Blue Media: https://www.dukeupress.edu/wild-blue-media

 

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