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by Roshan Krishnan
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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- 1 weeks ago51 min
Episode 34: Brokers of Power with Conor Harrison
11/01/2026: 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 the US Electricity System, about the intersection of the financial and electrical system and how that's affected utilities and developers through the energy transition.
- Sep 7, 202643 min
Episode 33: Ann Arbor for Public Power with Brian Geiringer
09/06/2026: 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.
- Aug 2, 202653 min
Episode 32: Degrowth with Coileán
08/02/2026: I speak with Coileán, an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America, about degrowth, and why it matters for the ecosocialist left.
- Jul 5, 202659 min
Episode 31: How The Left Should Approach Data Centers with Winston Yau
07/05/2026: 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 in response.
- May 3, 202655 min
Episode 30: Energy Justice in Alabama with John Dodd
05/03/2026: 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 energy in Alabama.
- Apr 5, 202654 min
Episode 29: Global Ecological Justice and the End of the West with Dr. Daanish Mustafa
04/05/2026: 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 of the West as we know it might mean for global ecological justice.
- Mar 15, 202649 min
Episode 28: How Iran's Environmental Movement is Navigating Repression and War with Dr. Maziar Samiee
03/15/2026: 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 environmental movement is waging, and how they are affected by government repression and imperialist wars.
- Feb 15, 202655 min
Episode 27: Managing the Decline of Fossil Fuels with Emily Grubert and Joshua Lappen
02/15/2026: 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 paper on the minimum viable scale of fossil energy systems and the difficult task of a truly managed transition away from fossil fuels.
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