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Solarpunk Now!
Luka D.
21 episodes
7 months ago
Dr. Wesley Cox, Dani Haogue, and Zaria Smith all grew up in Altadena, CA. In the wake of the Eaton Fire which destroyed more than half of the city in January 2025, they share their personal stories and how they connect to the wider picture of Black history in Los Angeles, environmental racism, and the struggle for a brighter future. DONATE to Dena Rebuild: https://denarebuild.co/ For show notes and more info about this episode, click here. Follow me on Twitter: @solarpunkcast Mastodon: @solar...
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Dr. Wesley Cox, Dani Haogue, and Zaria Smith all grew up in Altadena, CA. In the wake of the Eaton Fire which destroyed more than half of the city in January 2025, they share their personal stories and how they connect to the wider picture of Black history in Los Angeles, environmental racism, and the struggle for a brighter future. DONATE to Dena Rebuild: https://denarebuild.co/ For show notes and more info about this episode, click here. Follow me on Twitter: @solarpunkcast Mastodon: @solar...
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Solarpunk Now!
After the LA Fires: Scholars and Activists on Altadena's Black History, Present, and Future
Dr. Wesley Cox, Dani Haogue, and Zaria Smith all grew up in Altadena, CA. In the wake of the Eaton Fire which destroyed more than half of the city in January 2025, they share their personal stories and how they connect to the wider picture of Black history in Los Angeles, environmental racism, and the struggle for a brighter future. DONATE to Dena Rebuild: https://denarebuild.co/ For show notes and more info about this episode, click here. Follow me on Twitter: @solarpunkcast Mastodon: @solar...
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7 months ago
1 hour 23 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
We Have to Consider Collapse
As solarpunks, we have to consider the possibility of collapse. Matthew Azoulay–aka EpicTomorrows–introduces us to collapse awareness, a view of the climate crisis which accepts the inevitability of societal collapse on some level. We'll hear a bit about his forthcoming book, an anthology of global perspectives on collapse, as well as how this view might fit within a solarpunk perspective.Help launch the book by Nov. 15th: Ecological crisis, revolutionary change & collapseFor show notes a...
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1 year ago
55 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
No Healing Without Decolonizing: Community Mental Health in Gaza w/ Dr. Jess Ghannam
In 1995, Dr. Jess Ghannam was one of two psychiatrists for the entire population of the Gaza strip. Jess’s work centers around community mental health, a model that aims to deliver care at scale by integrating with the community. We talk about how Jess’s own experience with intergenerational trauma as a Palestinian drew him to the mental health profession, how the Western model fails to meet global needs, and where we go from here.Note: Since October 7th, much of this work in Gaza has been de...
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1 year ago
1 hour

Solarpunk Now!
Ecology is Radical: A People’s History of Environmentalism
This Earth Month, we’re looking back on the history of environmental radicalism. Brian Tokar is a teacher, activist, and writer who’s been involved in the movements he writes and teaches about since the 70s. We discuss how leftism and environmentalism came together, why ecology matters for the left, and what lessons we can learn from these traditions and put into practice today.Support Solarpunk Now!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/solarpunkcastFor show notes and more info about this episode, c...
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1 year ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
When the Aliens Land, Invite Them to Dinner: Ruthanna Emrys on Monsters, First Contact, and Hope
What happens when a solarpunk world is visited by aliens?Ruthanna Emrys writes stories for monsters - stories that challenge the role of the monster as something “other,” something to be feared. Her latest novel, A Half Built Garden, is a story of high-stakes interspecies negotiations, of hope and progress despite immense challenges, and of bridging the divide between the familiar and the alien.Ruthanna Emrys (website, and links to buy the book): http://ruthannaemrys.com/Support Solarpunk Now...
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1 year ago
59 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Bringing Theory Beyond the Academy: Strange Matters Magazine
The editors of Strange Matters Magazine want your reading experience to feel like meeting a grad student friend for coffee. Meaning: they explain the most exciting parts of their research, give you all the hot gossip in their field, skip the jargon and elitism, and still deliver the information in a rigorous manner. Strange Matters publishes a variety of genres and viewpoints, all committed to “a new culture of open-minded inquiry on the Left.” In this episode I chat with two Strange Matters ...
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1 year ago
1 hour 32 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
From Capitalist Realism to a Solarpunk Reality
After the 2023 Solarpunk Conference, my fellow panelists and I got together for a follow-up. Our panel, From Capitalist Realism to a Solarpunk Reality, discussed the thought and action necessary to bring solarpunk to life. In this episode, we expand on these ideas and develop connections between our related areas of research. Featuring Joey of The Fire These Times, Ariel of Solarpunk Presents, and Andre of HydroponicTrash.Support Solarpunk Now!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/solarpunkcastFor s...
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1 year ago
1 hour 28 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
AI is Already Existential: The Case for an Anti-fascist Resistance
AI, as it currently exists, already poses immediate risks. We don’t need to wait on the singularity for AI to become existential – the resistance starts now! In this episode, Dan McQuillan (Goldsmiths Department of Computing) critiques AI from an informed, technical basis. We explore the risks of currently existing models, from shaping our subjectivities to eradicating marginalized groups. And finally, Dan makes the case for an anti-fascist alternative: radical care as the antidote to careles...
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2 years ago
1 hour 33 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Fashioning the Future: Why Accessible Fashion Matters
AJ is a fashion designer who focuses on making accessible fashion: clothing for diverse bodies, abilities, and genders. AJ offers his view of the problems with the fashion world, how he’s navigated fashion as a trans man with disabilities, and how his design processes challenges harmful norms. We’ll also hear some great ideas for making fashion part of a brighter future!Support Solarpunk Now!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/solarpunkcastFor show notes and more info about this episode, click her...
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2 years ago
58 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
More than a Measure: Building Political Consciousness through the Electoral System
In fall 2022, Pasadena’s Measure H established citywide rent control, “just cause” eviction protections, and a rental housing board to implement the law. But the campaign to get there wasn’t easy, and the struggle certainly isn’t over. On the face of it, Measure H might seem like just another electoral campaign. But Aeryn, Ryan, and Bee of the Pasadena Tenants Union saw an awakening of political consciousness, and an expansion of the horizon of possibility for disempowered and disillusioned t...
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2 years ago
1 hour 26 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Scientists for Socialism! Why Activism and Research Go Hand-in-Hand
Bee Rooney is both a scientist and a socialist. She got her PhD in environmental engineering and science at Caltech (Pasadena, CA), and now organizes with the Socialists of Caltech and Pasadena Tenants Union.Bee shares her insights on balancing the demands of research and activism. We also discuss her work in relation to climate, public health, and building a solarpunk future. Scientists can do a lot when they organize together, and when they bring their skills and knowledge outside of the ac...
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2 years ago
1 hour 8 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
The Union Makes Us Strong! Stories of Tenant Organizing for a World in Crisis
This episode is about tenants unions, fighting for the right to secure housing in an increasingly precarious world.Tenants are uniquely situated between socioeconomic inequality and climate change, so a tenants union fights against a wide variety of challenges: harassment and illegal evictions, gentrification, natural disasters, displacement, racism, and more. In this episode, we’ll hear from two tenants unions who have faced unique regional challenges. We’ll see where their struggles overlap...
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2 years ago
49 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Your Imagination is Haunted: Exorcising Neoliberalism's Ghosts with Joey Ayoub
This is a collab episode with fellow podcaster Joey Ayoub of The Fire These Times. We talk in detail about the research I was doing before I started my show, as well as how it connects to Joey’s current research. We cover neoliberalism, capitalist realism, hauntology and ghosts, and all sorts of issues with temporality and imagining the future.Support Solarpunk Now!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/solarpunkcastThe Fire These Times website: https://thefirethesetimes.com/You can also follow Joey ...
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2 years ago
1 hour 39 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
The Sensual Side of Social Ecology (Chaia Heller Pt. 1)
What if we could meet not just our needs, but also our desires, without harming the environment? What if our society and nature actually worked together to strengthen each other? Chaia Heller, author of The Ecology of Everyday Life, explains social ecology and her work developing a philosophy and politics of social desire. Social ecology, starting with the work of Murray Bookchin, envisions a rational society that values both social justice and the environment. Sounds pretty solarpunk to me!C...
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2 years ago
42 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
It's Not a Revolution if We Can't Dance! (Chaia Heller Pt. 2)
The theories of social ecology and social desire provide a rational basis for solarpunk projects of all kinds. This is the second part of my conversation with Chaia Heller, author of The Ecology of Everyday Life. In this episode we bring her theory of the five aspects of social desire to life, showing how this theory unfolds into practice: direct actions, illustrative opposition, building alternative political structures, and beyond!Check out the Institute for Social Ecology: https://social-e...
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2 years ago
42 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
The Roleplaying Game Helping Us Build Utopia
Imagining the future isn’t easy, but artist collective Solarpunk Surf Club is here to help. Nick and Max, two members of the group, designed Solarpunk Futures, a card-based tabletop RPG, to break down barriers to radical imagination and strengthen our imaginative capabilities. It’s well-researched, beautifully executed, and ultimately a powerful and versatile tool for imagining a better future. In this episode, we dig into the design process, artistic philosophy, and utopian vision behind Sol...
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3 years ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Log On, Clock In, Drop Out: Tech and Liberation (HydroponicTrash Pt. 1)
Andre–aka HydroponicTrash–is a hacker, gardener, organizer, and all-around solarpunk. In this episode we discuss technology: as an industry, as a cultural phenomenon, and as a potential method of liberation. We also cover the history of the 60s counterculture, which is surprisingly relevant to technology and utopianism today.Follow Andre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HydroponicTrashOn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hydroponictrashOn Substack: https://anarchosolarpunk.substack.com/For more ...
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3 years ago
52 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Let's All Do Acid Communism! (HydroponicTrash Pt. 2)
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Andre–hacker, gardener, organizer, and all-around solarpunk. In this episode we continue our discussion of historical social movements, then talk about how to build power and organize your community in the 21st century. The secret? A little something called Acid Communism.Follow Andre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HydroponicTrashOn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hydroponictrashOn Substack: https://anarchosolarpunk.substack.com/For more info about this...
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3 years ago
59 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Compassion Is Radical: Care Work Within a Punitive System
Sarah is an addiction counselor at a nonprofit agency in California. Her agency offers a wide range of services, both inpatient and outpatient, and they primarily serve low-income clients with publicly funded health insurance. In this episode we discuss: the structural barriers her clients face, encouraging developments in addiction treatment, and a vision for a future where everyone gets the care they deserve.For more info about this episode, click here.Support my work: https://www.buymeacof...
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3 years ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Building a Better Democracy... with Computer Science!
Matthew Gray is a computer science researcher and history buff passionate about sortition, a method of allocating public offices by lot rather than by election. In this episode we explore the potential benefits of sortition, and Matthew explains the computer science that could make it work securely and efficiently at the national level.For more info about this episode, click here.Support my work: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/solarpunkcast…and be sure to follow Solarpunk Now on Twitter at @sol...
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3 years ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Solarpunk Now!
Dr. Wesley Cox, Dani Haogue, and Zaria Smith all grew up in Altadena, CA. In the wake of the Eaton Fire which destroyed more than half of the city in January 2025, they share their personal stories and how they connect to the wider picture of Black history in Los Angeles, environmental racism, and the struggle for a brighter future. DONATE to Dena Rebuild: https://denarebuild.co/ For show notes and more info about this episode, click here. Follow me on Twitter: @solarpunkcast Mastodon: @solar...