EXALT Podcast

About EXALT Podcast

Resource extraction impacts our daily lives and has helped push the climate to the brink, but there are people around the world living and fighting for alternative ways forward. Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov and their guests on the last Friday of each month for a discussion of the impacts of extractivisms, alternative ways forward, and stories from people living the struggle every day. If you are someone interested in how our environment and societies have come to their current state or learning about different ways we can move forward, this is the podcast for you.

Publisher

EXALT Initiative

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Oct 2019

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

107 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Avi KBH - Wait, there's more to malaria than just mosquitoes?!

   This month we were delighted to be joined for the second time by Avi (Dr KBH), who is a researcher in medical anthropology at the University of Helsinki. He is currently PI of the project “After Malaria” which investigates Cyprus and Finland and their successful malaria cessation stories. Avi gives us insight into this project and into the documentaries that are being made about each of the case locations. In addition to discussion of these works, Avi gave us a heads up about an event that will be held in Helsinki on November 13 and 14. If you are interested in public health and what a world after malaria looks like, then check out the WAM! Event (link below). Check out the WAM event details: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/WAM_2026 (https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/WAM_2026) Check out the After Malaria project website: www.aftermalaria.org (http://www.aftermalaria.org/)

2. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Amber Huff - What are the big myths about rangelands and how can they be tackled?

   This month we are delighted to be joined by Amber Huff, who is a is a research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies and the coordinator of the Centre for Future Natures at the University of Sussex. Amber is a political ecologist and social anthropologist, who focuses on the crisis of, and the stories we tell in the Anthropocene in relation to the common(s) and enclosure. She helps to highlight the big stories we are being told in an era of extended crisis at many different levels, from the high-level discourses to the on ground lived experiences in place. She asks questions like: what does it look like and feel like in the era of extended crisis, how does this affect us physically and mentally. Amber has conducted research in Madagascar, Kenya, South Africa, the Southern United States and the United Kingdom. Join us for this exciting conversation! Want to learn about Amber’s work? Check out her profile, project webpages, and the referenced keynote here: Amber’s University profile https://www.ids.ac.uk/people/amber-huff/ (https://www.ids.ac.uk/people/amber-huff/) Future Natures https://futurenatures.org/ (https://futurenatures.org/) REPAiR Project (Resilient and Equitable Nature-based Pathways in Southern African Rangelands) https://repairproject.org/ (https://repairproject.org/) Keynote at the TreesForDev & REMM Project, Spring Symposium 2026 https://youtu.be/ZGSHHBZW0Ek?si=oAjz46eLynyJzof3 (https://youtu.be/ZGSHHBZW0Ek?si=oAjz46eLynyJzof3)

3. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Bonn Juego - Are you also a student of capitalism?

   We are very excited to be joined by our colleague from the University of Jyväskylä, Bonn Juego. Bonn is a political economist, Senior Lecturer in International Development Studies, and the four-term Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR). Above all, Bonn considers himself a “student of capitalism”—investigating its political-economic, geopolitical, socio-ecological, and technological dimensions. His work bridges global political economy, heterodox economics, and post-colonialism, offering critical insights into the phenomena of “authoritarian neoliberalism” (i.e., a neoliberal economy embedded in the politics of authoritarianism) and “authoritarian populism” (i.e., the popular legitimacy given to anti-democratic personalities and practices), while contributing to conceptualizations of “securitization” (i.e., the dominance of security institutions and agents over societal spheres) and “just sustainability” (i.e., sustainable futures firmly grounded in the principle of justice). In this wide-ranging conversation, Bonn shares his personal and intellectual journey from the Philippines and Malaysia to Estonia, Denmark, and Finland, reflecting on his consciousness formation through lived experiences, progressive mentorship, and pivotal moments that shaped his worldview. He also expands our understanding of extractivisms today by sharing ideas from his contemporary endeavors and writings: examining rent-seeking and extractivist activities of governance elites and the oligarchic class; interrogating the historical-structural link of capitalist development with war and conflict, whereby valuable nature and human beings are prematurely disposed of and profitably transformed into wasted lives and into wasteful things; drawing on his recent policy study on worker and data extractivism in the interplay between labor and technology under conditions of competition-driven AI and other new technical innovations; and reflecting on his ongoing project studying the transnational recruitment and migration of Filipino nurses to the Finnish healthcare system—exposing the contradictions, devaluation, racialization, and inequalities in extractive transnational care relations and the crisis of social reproduction in both a Global South nation and a Nordic welfare state. Confronting complex global crises, Bonn leaves us with a reflexive framework for activist scholarship, taking a cue from Gramsci's “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” He makes an inspiring appeal to treat development studies as a prefigurative discipline of conscience—emphasizing means-ends consistency, everyday ethical action, and the indispensable power of collective movements in making a difference. Want to learn more about Bonn's work? Check out his academic profile here: https://www.jyu.fi/en/people/bonn-juego (https://www.jyu.fi/en/people/bonn-juego)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

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5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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Engagement

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