A five-part podcast series about literature, the environment, and people.
Novel Climate
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A five-part podcast series about literature, the environment, and people.
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April 24, 2021
Ep 5: Rewriting Hurricane Katrina
<p>In this episode, Meghan reflects on Hurricane Katrina and the social and political aspects of natural disasters. Political scientist Cedric G. Johnson recaps the events before and after the storm, including continued political effects. Literary scholars Carlyn Ferrari and Stefanie Dunning unpack Jesmyn Ward’s novel Salvage the Bones, which tells the story of a rural family preparing for Katrina and builds upon the pastoral and Southern gothic traditions.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong><br> >></strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14iNWkvOvb8kuTdp5eEb5qJA6GnvDIYzxGCyJgSRfUIs/edit?usp=sharing"><strong>Transcript here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>>>Music by </strong><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch"><strong>Chad Crouch</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Birch/music-made-in-isolation/you-are-not-forgotten"><strong>Daniel Birch</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/crowander/from-the-piano-solo-piano/willy-fog"><strong>Crowander</strong></a><strong>, and </strong><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/5f91e09024ca8/kerchingless-wonder"><strong>Doctor Turtle</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>>>Narration by </strong><a href="https://www.macibass.com/"><strong>Maci Bass</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>>>Cover Art by </strong><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/nonnycartoons"><strong>Nonny Cartoons</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>>>Book Recommendations: </strong><a href="https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Black-to-Nature"><strong>Black to Nature: Pastoral Return and African American Culture</strong></a><strong> by Dr. Stefanie Dunning and </strong><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-neoliberal-deluge"><strong>The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans, edited by Cedric G. Johnson</strong></a></p>
April 4, 2021
Ep 4: The Fairy Tale of Oil Magic
<p>In this episode, Meghan explores the stories we tell — and don't tell — about the extraction and production of oil. Nigerian-British writer Ben Okri's short story What the Tapster Saw leads to discussions of magical realism, African literature and the environment, and the geopolitics of oil. She talks with political and environmental anthropologist Omolade Adunbi about the history of oil in the Niger Delta; postcolonial literature scholar Rose Casey about Okri's short story; and African literature scholar Cajetan Iheka about representations of the environment in African literature.</p> <p><br></p> <p>>><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18mhjywJ03AT8XLfSCNrIAERT9nTGHDfWlclu891imwQ/edit?usp=sharing">Transcript here</a>.</p> <p>>>Music by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/5f91e09024ca8/kerchingless-wonder">Doctor Turtle</a>, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/movement-1">Sergey <u><strong>Cheremisinov</strong></u></a>, and <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/alex-mason/albion/prisoner">Alex Mason</a>.</p> <p>>>Narration by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTC1vsvogotg9sn2j8s0aZQ">Chimdi Ihezie</a>.</p> <p>>>Cover Art by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/nonnycartoons">Nonny Cartoons.</a></p>
March 7, 2021
Ep 3: Imagining the End of The World
<p>In this episode, Meghan reflects on popular themes in post-apocalyptic literature — and how those traditions are reimagined in Octavia E. Butler's novel Dawn (book 1 of the Xenogenesis series). The novel, and the episode, invite you to consider how we imagine world-ending disasters and what that says about our culture. Guests include literary scholar Justin L. Mann, on Afrofuturism and national security in Dawn; curator Natalie Russell, on Octavia Butler's archives; and anthropologist Joe Masco, on the connections between nuclear warfare and climate change. </p> <p><br></p> <p>>><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/191SLnEcH4j3PQsxjk6fRfSNcNbCGZo7C011d5NOFuKU/edit?usp=sharing">Transcript here</a>.</p> <p>>>Music by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bio_Unit">Bio Unit,</a> <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch">Chad Crouch</a>, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes">Scott Holmes</a>, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon">Blear Moon</a>, and <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/5f91e09024ca8/kerchingless-wonder">Doctor Turtle</a>.</p> <p>>>Cover Art by<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/nonnycartoons">Nonny Cartoons</a><strong>.</strong></p> <p>>>Learn more about<a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/623/we-are-in-the-future-2017"> Afrofuturism here</a>. </p> <p>>>Learn more about Octavia Butler <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/octavias-parables/id1519024926">here</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/968498810/how-octavia-butlers-sci-fi-dystopia-became-a-constant-in-a-mans-evolution">here</a>. </p>
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