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SEASON 4: POLITICS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

A podcast series for students and researchers studying environmental politics.

EPISODES
  • Episode 1 
    We're Back! Talking About the Anthropocene

    Hosts Peter Andree and Ryan Katz-Rosene reflect on the journey so far, revisiting key themes and topics explored over the past three seasons, while hinting at the exciting season ahead.

  • Episode 2 
    Axe the Tax, or Face the Facts?

    Dr. Kathryn Harrison and Dr. Andrew Leach help unpack the federal carbon tax in Canada, exploring its mechanics, provincial variations, consumer impacts, and its role in the broader political and environmental policy landscape. 

  • Episode 3 
    Sustainability through Philanthropy?
    Beth Hunter of FoodBridge and Lorne Johnson of the IVEY Foundation discuss the role of philanthropy in advancing sustainability in the food system, offering insights for students, researchers, and environmental advocates alike.

  • Episode 4 
    Geoengineering

    Dr. Pete Irvine and Dr. Aarti Gupta explore the science, risks, and research behind stratospheric aerosol injection, while affressing  opposition from the Global South, governance challenges, and concerns for vulnerable communities.

  • Episode 5 
    The Growth-Environment Debate pt. 1

    In the first of a two-part series, co-hosts Ryan Katz-Rosene and Peter Andrée dive deep into the complex and often controversial relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability - the subject of Ryan’s recently published book, The Growth-Environment Debate!

  • Episode 6 
    Becoming an Ecopolitical Researcher

    Devon Cantwell-Chavez, Obed Asamoah and Kaleigh McIntosh talk with Peter Andrée about what it takes to become an ecopolitical researcher in these challenging times.

  • Episode 7 
    The Growth-Environment Debate - Part 2

    In this second half of our two-part series on The Growth-Environment Debate, Ryan and Peter explore two of the more provocative discourses in the debate over sustainability and economic growth. What if growth is the problem? And what if it's already too late?

  • Episode 8 
    Mindful Approaches to Ecopolitics

    In this powerful and personal episode, host Peter Andrée is joined by Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel (University of Victoria, Cherokee Nation) and Dr. James Rowe (University of Victoria, author of Radical Mindfulness) to explore how mindfulness, ceremony, and heart-centred practices offer resources for witnessing and metabolizing the emotional grief associated with environmental and social injustice.

  • Episode 9 
    Living Relations - Part 1

    Peter Andrée and guest host Tehya Quachegan explore the Living Relations Project, a collaboration between Indigenous and settler partners in Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada. Through stories and reflections, the episode highlights food sovereignty, intergenerational knowledge, and relationship-based research across two settler-colonial contexts.

  • Episode 10 
    Living Relations - Part 2

    This episode is our second installment on the Living Relations partnership, focusing on transnational collaboration between Indigenous and settler partners from Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand). Hosts Peter Andrée and Tehya Quachegan are joined by project co-director John Reid to share insights from members of its Indigenous Advisory Circle and Research Circle.

  • Episode 11 
    Canadian Ecopolitics in the Anthropocene

    In this episode, Peter Andrée is joined by Dr. Rosalind Warner (Okanagan College), Dr. Will Greaves (University of Victoria), and Dr. Peter Stoett (Ontario Tech University) and together they explore themes from their new book, Canadian Ecopolitics (University of Toronto Press, 2025). 

  • Episode 12 
    Hope as Practice

    In this episode, host Peter Andrée and guests Leah Penniman and Jan Hania explore how inner spiritual work and personal transformation are inextricably linked to the outer work of social and environmental change. At a time when reactionary, right-wing parties or coalitions are in power in both their countries, they discuss the value of moving beyond anger toward non-violent resistance based in compassion.

  • Episode 13 
    Collective Action for Sustainability

    In this episode, host Peter Andrée and co-host Kaleigh McIntosh explore how collective action and governance can drive sustainability transitions, using food systems as a central lens. Drawing on interviews with food movement elders, Dr. Harriet Friedmann and Dr. Rod MacRae, the episode examines how change emerges through the interaction of community organizing, institutional strategy, and policy advocacy.