G.G. Kellner joins the podcast to discuss her debut novel, Hope, A History of the Future. She and Forrest discuss hope, resilience, and how to build a better world.Hope, A History of the FutureBuy on Bookshop from $15.59Buy on Amazon from

Interview: Joel Burcat, Author of "Strange Fire"

Mar 1st, 2022 1h 8m

Joel Burcat is an author and environmental lawyer. He has written three award-winning environmental legal thrillers, the latest of which is Strange Fire.Buy Strange Fire:Buy from the publisher from $19.95Buy from Midtown Scholar from $19.

S3 E3.0 "New York 2140" by Kim Stanley Robinson

Dec 22nd, 2021 16m 14s

In part one of our discussion of New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson, we'll cover a plot summary and list of major characters. Stay tuned for part two, where we'll dive into analyzing this classic work of solarpunk.Transcript: https://storie

Interview: Alison Stine, Author of "Trashlands"

Nov 30th, 2021 48m 58s

Alison Stine is an award-winning writer and the author of Trashlands.→ Buy Trashlands on Bookshop*: https://bookshop.org/a/140/9780778311270→ Alison Stine's website: https://www.alisonstine.com/Stories for Earth:Transcript:Support us th

Interview: Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author of Sugar Birds

Nov 16th, 2021 1h 5m

Sugar Birds tells the story of a young girl named Aggie who’s on the run from her troubles after lighting a terrible fire at her family’s home in the Pacific Northwest. I had the pleasure of talking to Cheryl Grey Bostrom about her novel, which

S3 E2: The Day After Tomorrow with Dr. Yanas Kisten of Geekoscopy

Nov 1st, 2021 1h 32m

Seeing The Day After Tomorrow as a youth was probably the first time I was exposed to the idea of climate change. And 17 years later, this film remains one of the only major Hollywood productions to explicitly engage with the topic. For this sp

Interview: Jonathon Keats on His Atlanta River Time Project

Sep 30th, 2021 1h 39m

A new conceptual art project called the Atlanta River Time Project aims to challenge the delusion that humans are separate from nature by offering an alternative method of timekeeping: the meander and flow of a river. Created by experimental ph

S3 E1: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Aug 24th, 2021 18m 15s

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue tells the story of a fictional African village called Kosawa as it fights for environmental justice with the American oil company Pexton. While this is a work of fiction, it contains many parallels to modern

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Coming Soon: Stories for Earth Season 3

Aug 10th, 2021 3m 11s

Season 3 of Stories for Earth is coming to a podcasting platform near you soon. In our first episode, we'll discuss How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue.Website: https://storiesforearth.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/stories4earthInst

Interview: Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Nicholson of "Survive the Century"

Aug 3rd, 2021 1h 5m

Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Nicholson are the co-creators of the climate video game Survive the Century, a choose-your-own-adventure style game where you make decisions about how to cover the climate crisis as the editor in chief of the most in

Interview: Costa Boutsikaris, Co-Director of "Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perpsective"

Jul 13th, 2021 1h 5m

I recently spoke with co-director Costa Boutsikaris about the new documentary Inhabitants, and I was absolutely fascinated with the time-tested ways of living in harmony with the environment the film shows. We talked about the making of the fil

Interview: Nina Munteanu, Author of "A Diary in the Age of Water"

Jun 1st, 2021 1h 18m

Nina Munteanu is a prolific and insightful Canadian science fiction writer who has published nine books, including her most recent novel A Diary in the Age of Water. This novel imagines a Canada in the not-so-distant-future where water is becom

Interview: C.C. Berke, Author of "Man, Kind"

May 12th, 2021 1h 40m

Christopher C. Berke, or C.C. Berke, is the author of multiple short stories and the novel "Man, Kind." I got to ask Chris all my questions about the book, learn about what inspired him, and find one more thing to make me anxious about the futu

Interview: Julie Carrick Dalton, Author of "Waiting for the Night Song"

Apr 21st, 2021 46m 47s

One February morning, I jumped on a Zoom call to interview Julie Carrick Dalton, author of the popular new novel Waiting for the Night Song. Julie spoke with me from New England, where she works as a journalist and runs a small organic farm wit

S2 E7: Gun Island and The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh

Apr 15th, 2021 37m 52s

Gun Island and The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh could not be more appropriate works for discussion on this podcast—they're both about the role stories play in fighting the climate emergency! In this episode, I summarize and analyze Gun Isl

Interview: Craig Russell, Author of "Fragment"

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 28m

In January, I had the chance to sit down with Canadian science fiction and fantasy author Craig Russell to talk about his 2016 novel Fragment. Fragment follows a cast of characters ranging from scientists to naval officers to TV news anchors as

S2 E6: The Overstory by Richard Powers with Lovis Geier

Feb 23rd, 2021 1h 40m

I finished reading The Overstory by Richard Powers in late 2020, but every time I tried to start writing about it, I got intimidated and quit. Thankfully, my new friend Lovis Geier asked me to come on her YouTube channel, Ecofictology, as a gue

Interview: Joel Burcat, Author of "Amid Rage"

Feb 5th, 2021 1h 16m

Joel Burcat is an author of environmental legal thrillers and a retired environmental lawyer for the state of Pennsylvania. In this interview, Forrest and Joel discuss his new novel "Amid Rage," published by Headline Books on February 2, 2021.

S2 E5: Infest The Rats' Nest by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Jan 26th, 2021 26m 33s

Infest The Rats' Nest by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is an adrenaline-fueled concept album about a group of people forced to flee Earth due to climate collapse while the rich live it up on Mars. Listen along for a track-by-track commentary

Interview: Isaac Yuen of Ekostories

Dec 15th, 2020 1h 30m

Isaac Yuen is a Chinese-Canadian nature writer and the founder of the website Ekostories. Isaac's writing ranges from short stories to personal essays to flash fiction, and his work often explores the meaning of nature and our relationship with

S2 E4: Weather by Jenny Offill

Dec 12th, 2020 16m 17s

Weather by Jenny Offill tells the story of Lizzie Benson, a mildly disappointing former humanities student who works at a library in New York. Lizzie’s life is okay, not bad, until she gets a job managing the email inbox for a friend’s climate

S2 E3: Okja from Bong Joon-Ho

Sep 22nd, 2020 20m 41s

From the creator of Parasite and Snowpiercer comes Okja, a Netflix-exclusive film from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho. This film is a deep dive into the world of genetically modified animals, factory farming, and runaway capitalism, and it

S2 E2: Joy Harjo—Crazy Brave and An American Sunrise

Aug 4th, 2020 25m 44s

We take a deep dive into two of Joy Harjo's books, Crazy Brave and An American Sunrise, exploring what they say about Native history and environmentalism. Joy Harjo is a writer and performer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the 23rd Poet Laur

S2 E1: What Final Fantasy VII Says About Environmentalism

Jun 9th, 2020 21m 36s

Final Fantasy VII is a cult classic video game from the 90s, with a remake for PlayStation 4 that came out in April 2020. It might be famous for the cool and aloof Cloud Strife and characters with big swords, but Final Fantasy VII also has a lo

S1 E6: Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson: A Future Mythology

Feb 25th, 2020 17m 18s

Our discussion of Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson covers a plot summary and explores what our future can look like through this utopian eco fiction novel.→ Buy NEW on Bookshop from $22.07*Transcript: https://storiesforearth.com/2020/02