Future Ecologies podcast

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Host Francesca Amiker sits down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo, producer Angela Russo-Otstot, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, and more to uncover how family was the key to building the emotional core of The Electric State . From the Russos’ own experiences growing up in a large Italian family to the film’s central relationship between Michelle and her robot brother Kid Cosmo, family relationships both on and off of the set were the key to bringing The Electric State to life. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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Made for nature lovers and audiophiles alike, Future Ecologies explores our eco-social relationships through stories, science, music, and soundscapes. Every episode is an invitation to see the world in a new light — weaving together narrative and interviews with expert knowledge holders. The format varies: from documentary storytelling to stream-of-consciousness sound collage, and beyond. Episodes are released only when they're ready, not on a fixed schedule (but approximately monthly). This ad-free, independent podcast is supported by our listeners: https://www.futureecologies.net/join

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Future Ecologies

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Future Ecologies presents: Nature's Genius 32:50

8 days ago32:50

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Today, it's our pleasure to bring you an episode from our friends at Bioneers, who have just released a 6-part series called Nature's Genius. Follow Bioneers wherever you get podcasts, or listen to the rest of the series at bioneers.org/natures-genius/ This is episode 1 — The Universe Beneath Our Feet: Mapping the Mycelial Web of Life Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity, a bustling cosmopolis beneath your feet. Quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital nutrients, and form life-giving symbiotic partnerships. This is the mysterious realm of fungi. Acclaimed visionary biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake guide us through the intricate wonders of the mycorrhizal fungal networks that make life on Earth possible.…

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FE6.3 - Get Yer Ass Outta Here! 1:00:09

6 weeks ago1:00:09

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In this very special donkumentary, we’re headed to the Mojave Desert — to Death Valley, in particular — where we find one animal at the centre of a heated debate in land management: the hardy wild burro (AKA donkey, ass, or Equus asinus). These feral burros, beloved by some and reviled by others, are an introduced species in the desert southwest, but are uniquely entangled in its human history. Since before the establishment of Death Valley as a national monument, they have been widely regarded as overpopulated on the Mojave landscape. In recent years, rising costs, public controversy, and some conflicting legislation have brought the sustainability of conventional burro management into crisis. But not everyone is convinced that they’re harmful. Could this crisis be avoided altogether if we looked at burros under a different light? Are they crowding out the native and endangered fauna? Or are they filling an ancient ecosystem niche? Join us as we meet the land managers, ecologists, and donkey racers all trying to do right by the desert. Find photos, credits, a transcript, and citations at futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-3-get-yer-ass-outta-here — — — We rely on listener support to stay independent, ad free, and making the best podcast we can make. Help us keep the lights on at patreon.com/futureecologies — and get perks like early episode releases, bonus audio content, stickers, patches, a cozy hat, access to our community discord server, and your name on our website Get new episodes in your email: join our mailing list You can also find us on Bluesky , Instagram , Mastodon , & iNaturalist…

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[UNLOCKED] Skye Augustine // Diving deeper into Sea Gardens 47:22

7 weeks ago47:22

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We’re unlocking one of the conversations from our bonus feed. In this interview, building on episode FE6.2 , Mendel speaks with Skye Augustine, a leading voice uplifting the science, history, and culture of Sea Gardens. In a time where so much of the future feels uncertain, the resiliency of Sea Gardens over millennia is (at least to us) a source of deep comfort and inspiration. What’s more, if you’re as inspired as we are, and you want to learn how your community could build a clam garden, we’ve got you covered. Don't miss our conversation with Joseph Williams , Community Shellfish Liaison for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, who constructed the first Clam Garden of the modern era — available for free on our Patreon. — — — The Future Ecologies bonus feed is where we release exclusive bits of audio to all of our supporters. There’s a whole back catalogue of silly mini episodes, long-form extended interviews with guests from the main feed, and a bunch of entirely new, fascinating conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. It’s one of the ways we say thanks for helping us make the show — we really can’t do it without you. You can get access to the bonus feed (on your podcast app of choice) and more, for less than the price of a cup of coffee at patreon.com/futureecologies or subscribe directly within Apple Podcasts.…

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Future Ecologies presents: Hark (from Threshold) 35:55

11 weeks ago35:55

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We're borrowing an episode from one of our all-time favourite shows: Threshold , a Peabody Award-winning documentary podcast about our place in the natural world. Now in their 5th Season, "Hark", Threshold producer Amy Martin is exploring sound itself: investigating what it means to listen to the nonhuman voices on our planet — and the cost if we don’t. With mounting social and ecological crises, what happens when we tune into the life all around us? Other episodes from Hark cover the sounds of the primordial microbial ooze, of insects, of fish, and of plants. Today, we're featuring episode 3: on the sounds of coral reefs, and how listening to them may help them survive a warming world. Find Threshold (and the rest of Hark) wherever you get podcasts, or at thresholdpodcast.org…

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FE6.2 - SEA / GARDEN 1:01:50

15 weeks ago1:01:50

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Food security, climate adaptation, and vibrant biodiversity all in one place — welcome to the ancient and diverse technologies of Sea Gardening. These widespread (but often overlooked) monumental rock features are proof positive of thriving Indigenous maricultural systems all around the Pacific Rim, since time immemorial. These spaces are not only simply stunningly beautiful spots to hang out, they're also a powerful symbol of ecocultural restoration; of Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination, and internationalism; of relationship building; and of the kind of future that is possible as we adapt to a changing climate and rising sea levels. We hope you find them as inspiring as we do. Join us as we visit a sea garden, learn about how they work, and meet a few of the people bringing them back to life. — — — Visit futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-2-sea-garden for full credits, links, citations, photos, a transcript, and more. Support the making of this independent, ad-free podcast at futureecologies.net/join for as little as $1 each month , and get early episode releases and exclusive bonus content. Chip in a little more and we'll send you stickers, an embroidered patch, and a cozy hat.…

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FE6.1 - FOREST / TREE 1:01:34

21 weeks ago1:01:34

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Season 6 kicks off in the deep dark woods: the simplified, post-industrial forests of the world — the only forests that many of us have ever known. Join us as we meet foresters in British Columbia, Vermont, and Scotland, all working to embrace the messy art of ecological forestry. Because if we want our forests to be old growth-ier, we might not be able to just wait and leave them alone. It might mean challenging some assumptions and getting out of our comfort zone, but that's what it'll take to see the forest for the trees. — — — With the voices of Ethan Tapper , Brian Duff , Keith Erickson , and Herb Hammond Music by Thumbug , Spencer W Stuart , Nathan Shubert , and Sunfish Moon Light See also: FE3.4 - Dama Drama Galiano Conservancy Association NNRG's "A Forest of Your Own" FernGully: The Last Rainforest For photos from our time in the ancient old growth, citations, a transcript, and more, click here. – – – 🌱 If you like what we do, you can help us to do it ✨ Support the production of Future Ecologies by contributing any amount at futureecologies.net/join Our entire community of supporters get early episode releases, bonus content, discord server access, and a 50% discount on all merch. Our biggest supporters get to show off with stickers, patches, and now toques (aka beanies). Thanks for keeping us independent and ad free!…

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Auditory Compost / Convergence: The Music of Season 5 2:05

31 weeks ago2:05

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As is tradition, we're releasing all the original music we composed for the latest season of Future Ecologies as a set of soundtracks. For the first time ever, they are also available on all major music streaming services. Enjoy! Auditory Compost by Sunfish Moon Light Bandcamp , Spotify , Apple Music Convergence by Thumbug Bandcamp , Spotify ( Side A | Side B ), Apple Music ( Side A | Side B ) – – – Find all of our seasonal soundtracks at futureecologies.net/albums And get free download codes on our Patreon ✨…

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Future Ecologies presents: The Merry Monarchs 1:07:53

31 weeks ago1:07:53

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We're excited to share another beautiful guest episode with you today. In this piece, originally broadcast in 2 parts on The Wind (one of our favourite podcasts), producer Eleanor Qull is taking us on a pilgrimage in honour of, and in tribute to that most collective monarch — the monarch butterfly. Through those lepidopteran migrants, it’s a story of scale, agency, and spiritual offering in a changing world. Eleanor cooked up a special ~1 hour version just for us. It's spacious, equal parts silly and deadpan, with a big scoop of mono no aware. If you’d like to see pictures of the pilgrimage offerings from each stop, you can find them at thewind.org/episodes/the-merry-monarchs , along with complete list of citations, plus the original unabridged 2-part version — where the tour makes an additional stop (in space).…

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Future Ecologies presents: The Right to Feel (Part 2 — Eulogies) 55:07

36 weeks ago55:07

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Future Ecologies presents "The Right to Feel," a two episode mini-series on the emotional realities of the climate crisis. The second and final episode, “ Eulogies ,” is based on fictional writing from the class. Students imagine and eulogize something that could be harmed by the climate emergency, and then imagine a speculative future in which action was taken to mitigate that harm. Over a two-year period, associate professor of climate justice and co-director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice Naomi Klein taught a small graduate seminar designed to help young scholars put the emotions of the climate and extinction crises into words. The students came from a range of disciplines, ranging from zoology to political science, and they wrote eulogies for predators and pollinators, alongside love letters to paddling and destroyed docks. Across these diverse methods of scholarship, the students uncovered layers of emotion far too often left out of scholarly approaches to the climate emergency. They put these emotions into words, both personal reflections and fictional stories. “The Right to Feel” was produced on the unceded and asserted territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Find a transcript, citations, credits, and more at www.futureecologies.net/listen/the-right- to-feel — — — Part 2: Eulogies 02:15 – Clione by Annika Ord 12:49 –The Abundance Will Be Forever by Judith Burr 24:03 – A Eulogy for Wolves by Niki 33:33 – Return of the Hidden Worlds by Sadie Rittman 44:59 — Eulogy for the Bees by Rhonda Thygesen…

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Future Ecologies presents: The Right to Feel (Part 1 — Climate Feelings) 58:16

36 weeks ago58:16

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Future Ecologies presents "The Right to Feel," a two episode mini-series on the emotional realities of the climate crisis. This first episode, “ Climate Feelings ,” is a collection of students’ non-fiction essays and reflections on their personal realities of living with and researching the climate crisis. The first episode opens with an introductory conversation between Naomi Klein and series producer Judee Burr that contextualizes how this class was structured and the writings it evoked. Over a two-year period, associate professor of climate justice and co-director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice Naomi Klein taught a small graduate seminar designed to help young scholars put the emotions of the climate and extinction crises into words. The students came from a range of disciplines, ranging from zoology to political science, and they wrote eulogies for predators and pollinators, alongside love letters to paddling and destroyed docks. Across these diverse methods of scholarship, the students uncovered layers of emotion far too often left out of scholarly approaches to the climate emergency. They put these emotions into words, both personal reflections and fictional stories. “The Right to Feel” was produced on the unceded and asserted territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Find a transcript, citations, credits, and more at www.futureecologies.net/listen/the-right- to-feel — — — Part 1: Climate Feelings 2:38 — Introduction by Judee Burr and Naomi Klein 19:05 — Connection to Jericho Willows by Ali Tafreshi 22:27 — Connection to the Water by Foster Salpeter 27:06 — Connection to Family and Land by Sara Savino 31:01 — Scientists and Feelings by Annika Ord 36:00 — Biking away from the Smoke by Ruth Moore 39:32 — Climate Sensitivity on the Bus by Nina Robertson 43:13 — Grief and Climate Change Economics by Felix Giroux 46:36 — The Age of Sanctuary by Melissa Plisic 52:04 — Age of Tehom by Maggie O’Donnell…

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FE5.10 - Everything Will Be Vine 47:12

42 weeks ago47:12

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Vision without eyes? Intelligence without a brain? Are plants more akin to us than we have been prepared to acknowledge? Or are they different in ways we will forever strain to imagine? One way or another, a vine with some unusual abilities is shaking the field of botany to its foundations. On this episode: Zoë Schlanger (author of the newly-released, New York Times bestselling book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth ) takes us to the misty rainforests of Chile and back to report on what might just be the world’s most extraordinary plant — hidden in plain sight. — — — With music by Modern Biology , Mort Garson , Hotspring , Thumbug , and Sunfish Moon Light . For credits, citations, transcript, and more, visit futureecologies.net/listen/fe-5-10-everything-will-be-vine — — — 🌱 Future Ecologies is an independent, ad-free, listener-supported podcast. Be the first to hear new episodes, and get exclusive bonus content, behind the scenes updates, and access to our discord server, plus stickers, patches, and toques @ futureecologies.net/join…

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FE5.9 - Home on the Rangelands: Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (Part 3) 1:06:00

47 weeks ago1:06:00

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In this conclusion to our trilogy, we're looking at a proposal to move beyond the concept of "rangelands" through the rewilding of the American west — meaning, the return of forgotten landscapes, species, and ecologies not commonly seen in generations (not to mention improved water and carbon storage). But at least one thing isn't compatible with this vision: grazing cattle on public lands. Catch up with Part 1 and Part 2 And find citations, a transcript, and credits on our website — — — This ad-free podcast is supported by listeners just like you! Join our Patreon to get early episode releases, bonus content, merch, discord server access, and now toques ! Head to futureecologies.net/join and choose whatever option works best for you.…

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FE5.8 - Home on the Rangelands: The Beef and the Butterflies (Part 2) 1:04:07

1 year ago1:04:07

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Our series on cows and rangelands continues in the weeds and in the thorns, looking at a specific piece of public land where livestock are being employed to give some endangered species a new lease on life. In this 3-part series, we're hearing from impassioned scientists and land managers with diametrically opposed opinions on the concept of "rangelands" — by some estimates, accounting for 50-70% of the earth's surface. Missed Part 1? Catch up here — — — Find credits, citations, a transcript and more at futureecologies.net/listen/fe-5-8-home-on-the-rangelands-part-2 This ad-free podcast is supported by listeners just like you! Join our Patreon to get early episode releases, bonus content, merch, discord server access, and more. Head to futureecologies.net/join and choose whatever option works best for you.…

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FE5.7 - Home on the Rangelands: Welcome to Cowlifornia (Part 1) 53:23

1 year ago53:23

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The introduction of cattle to western North America has undeniably contributed to massive ecosystem change. But could cows be as much a part of the solutions as they are the problem? In this 3-part series, we're hearing from all sides of this issue: impassioned scientists and land managers with diametrically opposed opinions on the concept of "rangelands" — by some estimates, accounting for 50-70% of the earth's surface. Part 1 kicks things off with a look at the special case of California, and a challenge to the conventional environmentalist perspective that cattle are always a destructive force for biodiversity and ecosystem health. — — — Find credits, citations, a transcript and more at futureecologies.net/listen/fe-5-7-home-on-the-rangelands-part-1 This ad-free podcast is supported by listeners just like you! Join our Patreon to get early episode releases, bonus content, merch, discord server access, and more. Head to futureecologies.net/join to meet everyone who makes this podcast possible.…

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Welcome to Future Ecologies 1:00

1 year ago1:00