What is ecofascism and who “is” ecofascist or “does” ecofascism? Alex Menrisky walks us through why his new book is titled Everyday Ecofascism, and the ways that ecofascism is not solely a far-right governmental structure but a genre, a mode of storytelling. This means that ecofascism emerges through not just laws and political leaders but through quotidian acts and utterances by citizens and politicians alike. Listen in as he walks us through representations of land, food, drugs, tools, and more that often utilize both ecological visions of catastrophe and alarm with fascist thought.

Episode recorded November 17, 2025.  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

For more on Alex Menrisky: https://english.uconn.edu/person/alex-menrisky/

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