The Rift
de Roshan Krishnan
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Episode 34: Brokers of Power with Conor Harrison
Episode 34: Brokers of Power with Conor Harrison
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A radio show about climate change, ecology, politics, and power. Aired live every first and third Sunday of the month at 3pm CT on WEFT Champaign, 90.1 FM. Recordings here.
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- Episode 34: Brokers of Power with Conor Harrison · 52 min · Épisode 3411/01/2026: I speak with Dr. Conor Harrison, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina and author of the book Brokers of Power: The Financialization of…
- Episode 33: Ann Arbor for Public Power with Brian Geiringer · 44 min · Épisode 3309/06/2026: I speak with Brian Geiringer, Executive Director of Ann Arbor for Public Power, about Ann Arbor residents' fight to create a municipal public power utility.
- Episode 32: Degrowth with Coileán · 54 min · Épisode 3208/02/2026: I speak with Coileán, an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America, about degrowth, and why it matters for the ecosocialist left.
- Episode 31: How The Left Should Approach Data Centers with Winston Yau · 59 min · Épisode 3107/05/2026: I speak with energy and industrial policy researcher Winston Yau about the political-ecological dynamics of the data center boom, and how the left should strategize…
- Episode 30: Energy Justice in Alabama with John Dodd · 56 min · Épisode 3005/03/2026: I speak with John Dodd, Policy Manager at Energy Alabama, over the recent legislative battle over the Power to the People Act and the fight for affordable, clean…
- Episode 29: Global Ecological Justice and the End of the West with Dr. Daanish Mustafa · 55 min · Épisode 2904/05/2026: I speak with Dr. Daanish Mustafa, Professor of Critical Geography at King's College London, about imagining new ways of relating to the environment, and what the end…
- Episode 28: How Iran's Environmental Movement is Navigating Repression and War with Dr. Maziar Samiee · 50 min · Épisode 2803/15/2026: I speak with Dr. Maziar Samiee, associate researcher at the University of Sussex's Center for Global Political Economy, about the fights that the Iranian…
- Episode 27: Managing the Decline of Fossil Fuels with Emily Grubert and Joshua Lappen · 55 min · Épisode 2702/15/2026: I speak with Emily Grubert, professor of sustainable energy policy at Notre Dame, and Joshua Lappen, postdoctoral researcher associate at Notre Dame about their new…
- Episode 26: Electing Climate Candidates with Ada Recinos · 53 min · Épisode 262/1/2026: I speak with Ada Recinos, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Democratic Training Committee, about how people running on climate and…
- Episode 25: Eco-Tourism in Ohio Coal Country with Kellye Blosser and Tyler McDaniel · 52 min · Épisode 251/18/2026: I speak with Tyler McDaniel and Kellye Blosser of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council about the history of coal mining in southeastern Ohio, the challenges…
- Episode 24: The History and Politics of Refrigeration with Nicola Twilley · 53 min · Épisode 2412/21/2025: I speak with author and journalist Nicola Twilley about her book Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.
- Episode 23: Caste, Labor, and Climate Politics with Malini Ranganathan · 47 min · Épisode 2312/7/2025: I speak with Dr. Malini Ranganathan, Associate Professor at the American University School of International Service, about the intersection of caste and labor and how…
- Episode 22: Class Struggle and Climate Change in the Rail Industry with Railroad Workers United · 56 min · Épisode 2011/16/2025: I speak with Ron Kaminkow and Nick Wurst of Railroad Workers United about cross-union organizing, the fight against mega-mergers in rail, and what a worker-lead rail…
- Episode 21: Conservation and Violence in Kenya's Maasai Mara with Bilal Butt · 51 min · Épisode 2110/19/2025: I speak with Dr. Bilal Butt, Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, about his research on conservation and pastoralism in…
- Episode 20: Solar Energy in Illinois Coal Country with Randa Watts · 36 min · Épisode 2010/5/2025: I speak with Randa Watts, environmental organizer with Prairie Rivers Network, about her work engaging rural communities in central and southern Illinois about solar…
- Episode 19: Public Lands from the Left with Jamie Tommins · 49 min · Épisode 1909/21/2025: I speak with writer and former trail worker Jamie Tommins about trail work, the state of our public lands, and what a just land management regime might look like.
- Episode 18: The Environmental Impact of the Cloud with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate · 53 min · Épisode 189/7/2025: I speak with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at Goethe University, about the ecology of the Internet and how data centers are…
- Episode 17: Zohran Mamdani's Green Economic Populism with Batul Hassan · 49 min · Épisode 178/3/2025: I speak with Batul Hassan, Labor Director at the Climate and Community Project and Steering Committee member with the New York City Democratic Socialists of America…
- Episode 16: Oceans, Lands, and Art with Maya Weeks · 46 min · Épisode 167/20/2025: I speak with researcher and artist Maya Weeks about ocean pollution, native land rights, Marxist feminism, and how she makes art from her research.
- Episode 15: The Republican Assault on the EPA with Ellie Hagen · 48 min · Épisode 156/15/2025: I speak with former Environmental Protection Agency scientist Ellie Hagen about the Trump administration's funding cuts and firings at the EPA and their effects on…
