Communicating Care is a podcast hosted by Prof. Phaedra C. Pezzullowhere we talk about the ways environmental and climate justice advocacy are motivated by, express, and foster care. Publicly launched in 2022, on this podcast, we listen more deeply to people who have made headlines for making a difference to learn from their insights for successful creative climate communication and behavior change. To access audio recordings and the RSS feed, go to Buzzsprout site for this podcast.
Graphic Art by Niko P. Striphas, at age 12
To request a written transcript or if you want to be interviewed for the podcast, email:
phaedra [dot] pezzullo [at] colorado [dot] edu
Additional links for educators & advocates provided at the bottom of each episode description
SEASON 1 , SPRING 2022: Care & Plastics (9 episodes)
James Wakibia on Kenya’s Plastic Bag Ban & Hashtag Activism
Recorded: July 20, 2021.
Published: February 2, 2022
Time: 47 mins
Audio edited by: Bailey Troutman & Robert Lino
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Cheeky” by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
More ways to follow Wakibia:
Twitter: @JamesWakibia
Instagram: jameswakibia
Writing: jwakibia [dot] medium [dot] com
Her Excellency Prof. Judi Wakhungu on Kenya’s Ivory & Rhino Horn Ban & the nation’s Plastic Bag Ban
Recorded: September 10, 2021.
Published: February 16, 2022
Time: 43 mins 44 secs
Audio edited by: Robert Lino.
Music clips provided via Creative Commons: “Bossa Nova” by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
To follow Her Excellency Prof. Wakhungu on Twitter: @JudiWakhungu
For more: https://www.judiwakhungu.com/
Nancy Bui on the 2016 Vietnam Marine Life Kill, & #StopFormosaPlastic
Recorded: November 19, 2021
Published: March 2, 2022
Time: 37 mins 57 secs
Audio edited by: Robert Lino
Music clips provided via Creative Commons: “Happy Clappy Ukelele” by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
Links: Justice for Formosa Victims
Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation
Red Sea: Vietnam’s Modern Disaster (film) Formosa Plastics Global Archive
Vietnam Fish Decimation video (in Vietnamese with English Subtitles)
Petition
José Toscano Bravo, Exec. Director of the Just Transition Alliance, on Just Transitions and Plastics
Recorded: September 24, 2021.
Published: March 16, 2022
Time: 45 mins
Audio edited by: Robert Lino.
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Bees!”
by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
Website: Just Transition Alliance
Lifecycle of Plastics with an Environmental Justice Lens
Sharir Hossain on the Bangladesh Plastic Bag Ban, The First in the World
Recorded: October 7, 2021.
Published: March 30, 2022
Time: 25 mins 07 secs
Audio edited by: Robert Lino
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Happy Clappy Ukelele” by
Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
CU Boulder Alumna Emy Kane, Lonely Whale, on Plastic Bans & Ocean Advocacy
Recorded: August 27, 2021
Published: April 13, 2022
Time: 38 mins 07 seconds
Audio edited by: Robert Lino
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Bees!” by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
For more: https://www.lonelywhale.org/
Mia Ives-Rublee: Disability Justice, Coalition Work &
Environmental Futures
Recorded: February 2, 2022
Published: April 27, 2022
Time: 54:32
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Happy Clappy Ukelele” by
Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
Follow Mia on Twitter: @SeeMiaRoll
Book Mia for a speaking engagement
For infographics created by
disabled people of straw alternatives
Joe Andenmatten, Director of
CU Boulder’s Disability Services, on accessibility
Recorded: October 22 2021
Published: May 11, 2022
Time: 43 mins 44 seconds
Audio edited by: Robert Lino
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “What a Wonderful Day” by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish on art & environmental justice
Recorded: October 19, 2021
Published: May 25, 2022
Time: 1:00:29
Audio edited by: Robert Lino & Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Verão” by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com).
Instagram: @gpclan
Website to book & learn more: https://onceandfuturegreen.com
SEASON 2 , SPRING 2023: Dignity & Plastics
Yeb Saño, Executive Director at Greenpeace Southeast Asia, on Climate Justice Reparations & Creative Climate Communication
Recorded: December 6, 2022 (and a clip from a previous interview March 4, 2015)
Published: February 1, 2023
Time: 41:00
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers https://www.silvermansound.com
Follow Yeb on Twitter: [@] YebSano
On his work with Greenpeace
Prof. Greg Seigworth on affect studies & ecological relations
Recorded: January 10, 2023
Published: February 15, 2023
Time: 42:25
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided courtesy of a former student of Seigworth’s: Mox, “While You Sleep”
HellOnWheels on Plastic Straw Bans & accessibility
Recorded: February 15, 2023
Published: March 1, 2023
Time: 50:52
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers https://www.silvermansound.com
Bernard Ogembo & James Wakibia on Storytelling and Plastic Politics Globally (and in Kenya)
Recorded: February 23, 2022
Published: March 22, 2023
Time: 48:15
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers https://www.silvermansound.com
Erica Nuñez, lead on The Ocean Foundation’s plastics program, talks global treaties and politics.
Recorded: March 14, 2023
Published: April 12, 2023
Time: 39:01
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers https://www.silvermansound.com
Prof. Stacy Alaimo on plastics,
carbon-heavy masculinity, and caring for deep blue ecologies
Recorded: March 16, 2023
Published: April 19, 2023
Time: 46:22
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers https://www.silvermansound.com
Prof. David Naguib Pellow, from Trash Talk to Abolition
Recorded: April 4, 2023
Published: April 26, 2023 (forthcoming)
Time: 48.56
Audio edited by: Anthony Albidrez
Music clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers https://www.silvermansound.com
More Podcasts on plastics, environmental and disability justice, & care, including more links to podcasts featuring people and events in the book Beyond Straw Men, such as an UN Let’s Talk Ecosystems Podcast episode featuring artist Benjamin Von Wong: S01 E02 – Do you Know how Art can Closely be Linked to the Environment and Education? And more….
To be clear, I’m just a professor who loves interviewing smart people who practice care. Although I prefer asking questions & listening to others, I’ve been featured on the following podcasts myself:
- “Toxic Tours,” Podcast interview, hosted by Mark Pedelty. Public Lands Podcast. October 24, 2020. Available at: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/publiclandspodcast/episodes/2020-10-24T12_24_16-07_00
- Seven Scribes. “Today’s Fight for Environmental Justice.” Podcast with Sierra Club’s First African American President, Aaron Mair. Seven on Seven Podcast. (Recorded: February 20, 2016; Published: March 9, 2016). Available at: http://sevenscribes.com/s1e2-todays-fight-for-environmental-justice/
LINKS TO TAKE ACTION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
Videos and links about the plastics-industrial complex
More Podcasts on plastics, environmental and disability justice, & care
Check out the book based on Season 1: Beyond Straw Men
phaedracpezzullo.com 