by efc8d-admin | Mar 26, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Climate Crisis, Ecological Justice, Educational Liberation, Palestine
Today it gives me special pleasure to speak with Fernando Racimo, a leading scientist-activist, about his new book, Science in Resistance. This book gives a riveting account of the founding and growth of the international group Scientist Rebellion, in which now...
by efc8d-admin | Feb 16, 2026 | Environment and Biosphere, Nature
Today it gives me special pleasure to speak with Helen Whybrow about her book, The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life. Besides being a detailed account of the day to day, season by season life on her farm, where she and her family raise sheep, build a broad...
by efc8d-admin | Jan 26, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Climate Crisis, Ecological Justice, Palestine
Today I am delighted to speak with Andrew Ross about his new book, The Weather Report: A Journey Through Unsettled Climates. In this study, Ross revisits areas of the world that he has written about before—Palestine, the United Arab Emirates, Phoenix, Arizona, and...
by efc8d-admin | Jan 15, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Climate Crisis, Ecology, Environment and Biosphere, Labor
I am delighted to talk with scholar, journalist, and activist Thea Riofrancos about her new book, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. She takes us deep into the mining of lithium and the production of lithium batteries, which have been welcomed as a key...
by efc8d-admin | Oct 8, 2025 | Ecology, Environment and Biosphere, Science
Today I am delighted to speak with primatologist Christine Webb about her new book, The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why it Matters. The title of the book itself is a concise and precise description of its two constituent halves. First, Webb...
