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Transcript available for 1.6:Talking About 'Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology' With Justine Norton-Kertson on our #Patreon - it's a free-access post. https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents
#transcript #podcastTranscript #EpisodeTranscript #SeasonOne #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #solarpunk #bioluminescence #lunarpunk #JustineNortonKertson #SolarpunkMagazine #Interview #SolarpunkFiction
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7.10: Ariel & Christina Discuss the Solarpunk Merits of Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow’s 2017 novel Walkaway has a reputation in solarpunk circles as a great example of a solarpunk lifestyle, and a must-read book for everyone from the individual who lives and breathes solarpunk to the solarpunk-curious to general science fiction fans. But what is it about Walkaway that gives it solarpunk cred? Ariel and Christina ponder this, discussing features of the novel that could be considered solarpunk, and some that might be more post-cyberpunk than anything, and how some of the ideologies and technologies are or have been applied in our present world. Is the world of Walkaway an achievable solarpunk paradise, or a nice hopeful story featuring very cool gadgets and bites of lefty philosophy? Or something else entirely? What is the draw, here, anyway? Join us to think through some of the quandaries and ideas the book raises.
#episode #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #podcasting #Walkaway #CoryDoctorow #SolarpunkFiction #scienceFiction #hopepunk #CatholicWorkers #socialism #communalism #cohabitation #cohousing #philosophy #TangPing #quietQuitting #leftistPolitics #leftistPhilosophy #hotTakesFromYourSolarpunkAunts
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7.9: Writing (and Doing!) Magical Activism Through Solarpunk Fiction With BrightFlame
In this episode, Ariel talks with BrightFlame: witch, workshop leader, co-founder of the Center for Sustainable Design at Columbia University, and author of solarpunk witchcraft short stories and now a new novel, called The Working. They discuss what solarpunk witchcraft looks like and how, though witchcraft’s manipulation of energy on the astral plane is extremely important, magic is only one half of the equation: the other is activism - actually getting out there and doing the thing, whether it’s attending a protest, contributing to a potluck to strengthen community bonds, or making something with a specific intent in mind.
#solarpunk #podcast #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #episode #SeasonSeven #MagicalActivism #SolarpunkWitchcraft #Witchcraft #SolarpunkFiction #Intention #Paganism #Spirituality #SolarpunkSpirituality @BrightFlame #TheWorking
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7.3: They Sent Us to Camp: My Family's Experience of Internment During WWII
If you meet a Japanese American, it’s also a pretty good bet, they probably won’t spontaneously start talking about what they or their family went through, how they feel about it, and how they or their family recovered from the ordeal.
I (Christina) wanted to rectify that by sitting down with my old friend Chie Furuya, whose parents (as tiny children), grandparents, and other family members were “sent to camp”, to ask her about it. The answers and stories she had for me were both fascinating and unexpectedly heartening. Her people are a resilient, cheerful people and I feel like there are life lessons for all of us here, in terms of withstanding and recovering from severe injustice (and coming out on top).
Ariel’s addition to this episode description is to point out that Japanese internment occurred in Canada in the early 20th century as well. We (by which she means Canada, or perhaps so-called Canada, as she likes to call it) aren't some bastion of anti-racism and tolerant plurality (if we ever were). Check out our blog post for links for further edification if you are interested or want to know more about the Canadian side of the story.
#episode #season7 #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #InterviewPodcast #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate #JapaneseAmericans #Nisei #Sansei #Internment #WorldWar2 #JapaneseAmericanInternmentCamps #xenophobia #politicalXenophobia #USpol #USpolitics #AmericanPolitics #History #Histodons #Racism #RacialTension #AssumptionOfGuilt #JailingAmericans #Citizenship
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6.10: The Dilemma of Utopian Joy: Ariel & Christina Discuss
While solarpunks often choose to stand in direct opposition to selfishness, greed, and systemic problems, the choice to be kind and to prioritize joy, sympathy, and understanding is also central to solarpunk in fiction and in real life. As Christina and Ariel discuss, while acts of kindness occur in all sorts of fictions, even cyberpunk and dystopian fictions, acts of kindness in solarpunk stories tend to be transformative, especially for the person or group on the receiving end. They then explore the sacrifices that it takes (and who has to make them) in order to maintain peace, prosperity, and joy in society by two famous solarpunk–adjacent stories set in utopias, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin and “The Ones Who Stay and Fight” by N.K. Jemisin. Christina is not sure if she’s on board for either of these stories, but she agrees with the premise that now is the time not to walk away in disillusionment, but to fight hard for human rights, justice, and fairness in all of our different political systems and societies.
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #episode #SeasonSix #utopia #joy #UtopianJoy #kindness #compassion #dilemma #TrolleyProblem #ParadoxOfTolerance
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6.9: There's More to Explore: Diving Deeper Into Fully Automated! a Solarpunk RPG, With Andy Gross
Due to personal issues, Christina couldn't take part in the original interview with Andy Gross about the solarpunk role playing game Fully Automated! that made up S6E2. But she had questions. In this episode, she had a chance to ask them. Before you grab your dice and download the game (for free!) at https://fullyautomatedrpg.com/ have a listen!
https://youtu.be/rVbt259kvoY?si=X8pIWaprFex_XOqS
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #SolarpunkPodcast #Episode #seasonSix @FullyAutomatedRPG #TTRPG #RPG #postScarcity #roleplaying #tabletoproleplaying #imagination #imaginativeexpansion #games
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6.8: Fighting the Far Right's Attack on Public Education with Dr Sam Myovitch
Across the USA, the far right candidates have been getting themselves elected to local and county school boards. Their goals include financially choking public schools by diverting government funds toward charter schools, often religious in orientation. Tune in to hear what Dr Sam Myovich, retired history teacher turned school board candidate campaign field coordinator, has to say about what’s at stake, the far right’s deployment of fascist tactics in their fight to destroy public education, and what we ordinary citizens can do to fight back against them, save our schools, and protect our very democracy itself.
#solarpunk #episodes #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #SeasonSix #PublicEducation #Schools #SchoolBoards #FarRightAgenda #AltRight #Fascism #Policy #Democracy #Education
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6.7: Restorative Justice & Reconciliation With Rev Nora Jacob
Join us for a conversation with Rev. Nora Jacob on a better way to dispense justice than to subject offenders to a strictly brutal prison experience. A way that, by recognizing that hurt people hurt people, aims to empower, not just victims, but also offenders, to heal. This isn’t just showing mercy to incarcerated people, it significantly lowers the chances that they’ll end up back in prison after their release. That's a win for us all.
#SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #solarpunk #podcast #RestorativeJustice #JusticeSystem #AmericanJusticeSystem #Reconciliation #Episode #SeasonSix #EcoJustice #Justice #Repair #Reintegration #AmericanPrisonSystem #Education #BuildingRElationships #CommunityCare #Empathy
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6.6: Emotional Literacy with Dr Tiffany Millacci
In this week’s episode, Ariel quizzes guest Dr Tiffany Millacci about emotional literacy. What is this relatively new phrase? How can being emotionally literate help us to navigate difficult conversations, awkward interactions, or even generally just having relationships in the first place? Isn’t all this talk of emotions just a different way for the self-help industry to get us to buy stuff?
Join us for a fascinating conversation about a complex topic - we barely skim the surface! But never fear, Dr Millacci has your back; listen in for some good places to start learning more.
Check out our blog for links!
Disclaimer: We’re coming from a white, western viewpoint and we recognize the limitations and strictures of that - even within the same cultures and societies (heck, within the same families) emotional expression can vary wildly according to personality, gender, neurodivergence, whatever your social location. This interview necessarily takes broad strokes to begin a conversation about how to better be in community with each other, and it is our hope that we can continue to showcase how this can vary, taking steps towards a solarpunk future where people can disagree - even on important topics like politics and religion - without violence or relationship rupture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzD821HHgj8
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Podcast #episode #SeasonSix #EmotionalLiteracy #EmotionalIntelligence #Community #CommunityBuilding #emotion #emotions #affect #AffectTheory #arguments #relationships #HowToBeInRelationship #psychology #agreements #disagreements #YouTube #video #interview
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6.5: Teaching Hopepunk Fiction with Dr Tanis MacDonald
On this episode of the podcast, Ariel chats with Dr Tanis MacDonald about her upcoming course in winter 2025 on hopepunk. What exactly is so punk about this kind of hope? Can hopepunk even be said to be a genre in its own right, or is it an aesthetic or lens that we can use to think through just why the characters are deciding to have hope in bleak situations?
Tune in for recommendations of hopepunk novels (and poetry!), ruminations on political hope, the centrality of relationships and radical empathy to these stories, and more. Plus some academic theories informing the formulations of hope, of course.
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #podcasting #hopepunk #literature #hopeful #hope #hopeful books,teaching hopepunk #affectheory #emotions #hopefulLiterature #hopefulResistance #Anthropocene #radicalEmpathy #choosingCare #politicalHope #chooseHope #YA #Science Fiction #episode #SeasonSix
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6.5: The Challenges and Joy of Fostering Rescue Animals
If you’re a no-kill animal shelter or an animal rescue group and you’ve got more animals than kennels to keep them in, or you’ve got dogs or cats with health or behavioral problems that need sorting out to render the animals adoptable, what are you going to do? You’re going to call an animal fosterer like Rena Curtis to take that animal in, de-traumatize it, teach it some manners, and get its health problems sorted out so it can go a-courtin’ its forever people. Tune in as we discuss this hard, sometimes frightening, occasionally heart-wrenching, but ultimately satisfying work, why there are so many more dogs and cats than homes to put them in, and what we can do to change that situation.
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #episode #SeasonSix #pets #cats #dogs #fostering #FosterFail #RescueDogs #RescueCats #AdoptDontShop
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6.2: Publishing Eco Horror & Solarpunk with Selena Middleton of Stelliform Press
This week on Solarpunk Presents Podcast, Ariel chats with Selena Middleton, Publisher and Editor of Stelliform Press, all about publishing eco-fiction. What is eco-horror, and how does it relate to solarpunk fiction? What are the hallmarks of a good solarpunk story, according to Selena? How does history fit into visions of the future, and what does character have to do with it? Join us as we discuss all this and more.
https://youtu.be/S4TOt5vs6fM?si=ljarUfTt_JNRzUAJ
PS: Check the video description for links to the books we talk about. I haven't been including links in these toots because they tend to take the place of the link that I want to highlight, but clicking through will easily get you there. Enjoy the episode!
#Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk #Ecofiction #Ecohorror #publishing #genre #SF #ScienceFiction @StelliformPress #StelliformPress #CanadianSF #AmReading #AmWriting #SolarpunkStorytelling #SolarpunkStories #SolarpunkFiction
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Episode 5.7: Building Dual Power, with Andre Rosario [aka HydroponicTrash]
André Rosario (aka HydroponicTrash) joins us this week on the podcast to tell Ariel all about dual power - what it is, how it fits in with solarpunk, and how people can mobilize it in their daily lives. Their conversation ranges from the history of the term dual power, to examples from André’s own life, to the concept of mutual aid, the importance of imagining a better world, how to build relationships as an introvert, and even includes a discussion of human nature.
#Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk #DualPower #HydroponicTrash #Hydroponics @hydroponictrash #MutualAid #SolarpunkFiction #BetterWorlds #SocialJustice #SocialChange #Neighborhood #Neighbourhood #CivicPower #Cities #UrbanSolarpunk
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Season 3 Episode 8: Propaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan Kinder
What is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?
Dr Jordan Kinder has spent the last decade of his life thinking about these questions, specifically in the context of the Canadian oil industry and Alberta. The result? His new book Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil, which covers these topics and more, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press in spring 2024. Join Ariel and Jordan to learn about the many competing narratives about (and even by!) Canadian oil and gas—including but not limited to being labelled dirty oil, ethical oil, one of the world’s leading polluters, an underdog industry under attack, a Canadian success story, the ball and chain around Canada’s neck as it tries to avert climate catastrophe, and the list goes on…
https://youtu.be/_2X-AY5DRV8?si=tV8liBgRi3KLsX8-
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #Oil #CanadianOil #AlbertaOil #Petroculture #Petroturfing #OilAndGas #OilSands #ClimateChange #Pollution #Advertising #Propaganda
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Season 3 Episode 7: Protecting the Environment With GIS: Mapping WWII's Sunken Ships with Paul Heersink
This week, Ariel chats with Paul Heersink, cartographer and Program Manager for the Roads and Addresses program at ESRI Canada. Formerly, he was Production Manager of the Community Maps Program: an initiative that is aiming to build a seamless topographic basemap of Canada using contributor data, and the Roads and Addresses program aims to do the same with community-sourced data, building a navigable map of Canada with the most up-to-date information provided by those who know it best.
Paul also personally maintains and updates a map of the sunken battleships (and other naval vessels) that were downed during World War Two. Paul’s map combines two of his interests - cartography and WWII history and, though it started as a passion project outside of work, Paul has been approached by numerous organizations since publishing his data that are very interested in using it to support salvaging and reclamation efforts. The ships have been called “ticking ecological time bombs” as they are carrying crude oil, munitions, and other toxic materials that can leach into the water around them as the hulls degrade. That said, some also contain traditional treasure! Join us for a discussion about the details.
https://youtu.be/R4-xfO8ff2Q?si=kAV-Fj5W7TpCE3CK
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #GIS #maps #SunkenShips #OceanMapping #OceanPollution #Oil #Ships #WW2 #WWII #ESRI #ESRICanada #GeographicInformationalSystems
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Season 1 Episode 10: Let's Talk Solstice, Solarpunks! -- with Ariel & Christina
In the finale of Solarpunk Presents' first-ever season, Ariel and Christina sit down to chat together about the Winter Solstice - Christina brings the scientific knowledge, Ariel brings a few book recommendations, and we discuss traditions of celebrating the return of the sun (as we've experienced them in the northern hemisphere).
https://youtu.be/P9maqK6-__o?si=LLnj9MRIsCj9mtV8
#Episode #Season1 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solstice #SolarpunkFiction #traditions
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In this episode, Christina talks with hacker and enthusiastic solarpunk Paweł Ngei about the power of solarpunk narratives to open our eyes to the ways in which we do things and invite us to critically examine them. Why is tech built this way? Who are we disenfranchising by not having more or different designs for things? Who are we handing over too much power over our lives to mindlessly letting them thrust their tech into our lives without us knowing how it works?
For more info about and thoughts from Paweł, you can check out his blog (alxd.org), be inspired by his podcast (podcast.tomasino.org @SolarpunkPrompts) read his short story about a disabled inventor at glider.ink, or read his review of Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future at his blog.
Other solarpunk media Paweł recommends are the book A Half Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys and to a great solarpunk engineering wiki: www.appropedia.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilMcperL3U8
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #SolarpunkHacker #Hacker #SolarpunkTechnology #AppropriateTechnology #PawełNgei @alxd #SolarpunkNarratives #SolarpunkFiction #HopefulFutures #DIY #DIYtech #engineering #power #control
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Is there anything more solarpunk than public libraries? Serving at the heart of communities, they’re a place where anyone regardless of income, ability, race, class, or gender can go to read books, listen to music, use the internet, learn things, hear story hour, get out of the weather for a while, and ask librarians for information on just about anything, including what organizations to turn to for additional support in your life or endeavor.
In Episode 2 of Season 2 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina talks to Don Gardner, a librarian for many years for the Salinas Public Libraries in Monterey County, California. Hear about how people rescued the library after the city council tried to close it down to save money, about what libraries can do for you and your community, and about what you can do for your local library.
https://youtu.be/YUqjdHEBwg0?si=rp7HjYo-oyPdEc4Q
#solarpunk #podcast #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #library #libraries #librarian #LibrarianInterview #Interview #SupportYourLocalLibrary #LocalLibraries #Community
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Episode 3.4 is live! "The Radical Democratizing Power of a Better Way to Make Things, With Sarah Hutton"
Have the inhumanity and environmental destructiveness of global supply chains got you down? What about the rapaciousness of multinational corporations who have twisted globalization into a nightmare for so many people on Earth? Here’s one thing you can do about it: you can support the growing movement known as distributed production. In Episode 3 of Season 4, researcher Sarah Hutton of the Internet of Production Alliance explains what distributed production is, why it’s all about people power, and exactly why it is a completely radical and powerfully democratizing activity that is also better for local jobs, local communities, and the environment. Listen here!
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #DistributedProduction #democracy #politics #community #trade #production #InternetOfProductionAlliance #PeoplePower #Action #Activism #LocalJobs #Jobs #environment #globalization #InternationalTrade #GlobalTrade #Multinational #Corporations #SupplyChain #GlobalSupplyChain #GlobalSupplyChains
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Have you read our first advice column? We've launched a series called "Dear Solarpunk Presents..." where we respond to questions or links or comments (etc) you've sent us about solarpunk and related things.
Not sure if something is solarpunk? Want the opinions of either @arielkroon or @xtinadlr?
We have a LOT of opinions, and we're very happy to be wrong but we can only learn if other people join our conversation.
So head over to our blog and let us know what you think!
(Disclaimer: we're not the arbiters of what is solarpunk or not; that would be very silly. This series hopes to provide a place for discussion where the solarpunk community can learn from each other!)
#solarpunk #solarpunkPresentsPodcast #blog #DearSolarpunkPresents #Advice #AdviceColumn #city #UrbanPlanning #Billionaires #SolarpunkCity #UrbanDesign #IsItSolarpunk? #QandA #Question #CaliforniaForever
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Dear Solarpunk Presents...
We're launching an advice column! (Well, sort of...) Our first question is from a listener who wanted our opinion about the "California Forever" project to build a sustainable city in Solano County, California. Is it solarpunk?
Click through to see what California-raised @xtinadlr has to say about it, and join the conversation in the comments to share your opinion.
(Ariel also took a look at the project, but this is more in Christina's wheelhouse!)
-Ariel
#solarpunk #solarpunkPresentsPodcast #blog #DearSolarpunkPresents #Advice #AdviceColumn #city #UrbanPlanning #Billionaires #SolarpunkCity #UrbanDesign #IsItSolarpunk? #QandA #Question #CaliforniaForever