by efc8d-admin | Jul 25, 2026 | Abolition, Activism and Actions, Ecological Justice, Organizing
Today I am honored to welcome activists and organizers from #StopCopCity, a series of actions in Atlanta that drew international attention, and state and federal prosecutions of people involved in protecting the environment and fighting the construction of a massive...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 16, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Ecology, Environment and Biosphere, Ethics, Nature, Philosophy, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today it is my immense pleasure and honor to welcome Amitav Ghosh to Speaking Out of Place to talk about his new novel, Ghost Eye. The novel is about reincarnation, but also a lot more. In our conversation we talk about the need to address the terrible set of...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 25, 2026 | Climate Crisis, Ecology, Empire and Colonialism, Ethics, Palestine, Poetry, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today I have the immense pleasure of speaking with author Anna Badkhen about her new collection of essays, To See Beyond. Badkhen talks about how her experiences as a veteran war correspondent exposed her to War’s multiple forms of violence, destruction, and carnage,...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 3, 2026 | Abolition, Decarceration, Law and Violence, Organizing
Today I am honored to speak with veteran journalist Victoria Law. She is the author of such books as Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms (co-authored with Maya Schenwar),...
by efc8d-admin | Jan 19, 2026 | Abolition, Activism and Actions, Human Rights, Migration and Borders, Politics and Culture
Today I am happy to speak with Ananya Roy and Veronika Zablotsky about their co-edited volume, Beyond Sanctuary: The Humanism of a World in Motion, which was based on a Sawyer Seminar they convened at UCLA. The essays collected in this book are international in scope...
