Speaking Out of Place
Public activism on human rights, environmental and indigenous justice, and educational liberation, with an emphasis on politics, culture, and art. Website:
https://speakingoutofplace.com/
Podcasting since 2022 • 172 episodes
Speaking Out of Place
Latest Episodes
Talking with Yuri Herrera About Season of the Swamp, Palestine, ICE, and Fighting for a Better World
Today I am deeply honored to speak with novelist, essayist, and scholar Yuri Herrera about his new novel, Season of the Swamp, which is a deeply researched and dazzlingly imagined account of Benito Juarez’s time spent in exile in New Orleans.&n...
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A Conversation with Andrew Ross: The Weather Report: A Journey Through Unsettled Climates
Today I am delighted to speak with Andrew Ross about his new book, The Weather Report: A Journey Through Unsettled Climates. In this study, Ross revisits areas of the world that he has written about before—Palestine, the United Arab Emirates, P...
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Ananya Roy and Veronika Zablotsky: Beyond Sanctuary: The Humanism of a World in Motion
Today I am happy to speak with Ananya Roy and Veronika Zablotsky about their co-edited volume, Beyond Sanctuary: The Humanism of a World in Motion, which was based on a Sawyer Seminar they convened at UCLA. The essays collected in this...
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Thea Riofrancos: Confronting Contradiction and Working for the Planet
I am delighted to talk with scholar, journalist, and activist Thea Riofrancos about her new book, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. She takes us deep into the mining of lithium and the production of lithium batteries...
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Fighting Academic Cowardice and Activating Fearlessness: Speaking with Roderick Ferguson
Today I am delighted to talk with Roderick Ferguson about his provocative and much-needed intervention, “An Interruption in Our Cowardice.” Initially driven by his deep disappointment in some Black intellectuals’ compliance and even assis...
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