Audio Episode 10
In this episode we explore a relatively new subgenre of science fiction called Solarpunk, which aims to imagine better, more ecologically harmonious, futures on earth. In many ways Solarpunk is a reaction to both the real-world climate crisis and to the many apocalyptic visions of collapse filling our screens. Andrew Sage from the YouTube channel Andrewism joins host Jonathan McIntosh and friend of the show Carl Williams for this conversation.
References & Links
• The Andrewism YouTube Channel
• Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
• Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach
• Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation
• Fighting for the Future edited by Phoebe Wagner
• Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
• Princess Mononoke from Studio Ghibli
• The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin
• Monk and Robot book series by Becky Chambers
• Dear Alice from THE LINE
• Dear Alice’ Decommodified Edition by Waffle To The Left
• Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes
• 3000-Year-Old Solutions to Modern Problems by Lyla June
• Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
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Show credits
Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh
Intro music: Simon Stålenhag
Outro Music: Rick Lopez
1 Comment
Add Yours →Hi Jonathan,
Do you have any plans to ever create a transcript for these audio episodes? I want to write about them and it’s much easier to copy text than transcribe from the audio–but also occasionally in the early episodes it is difficult to make out the audio of one of your co-hosts. Still I know this could be a lot of work! Thanks as always for your great work, and I’m a grateful patron now.
Take care,
Dean