New Books in Environmental Studies

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Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)

A call to place disability at the center of climate and disaster responses

Every disaster is a disability disaster, argues Angela Frederick. Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster (NYU Press, 2025) tells the stories... more

Yesterday • 36 min

Elana Resnick, "Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe" (Stanford UP, 2025)

Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwide,

promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism's

excess: waste. Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe (Stanford University Press... more

Yesterday • 41 min

Gretchen Heefner, "Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Deserts,

the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as

inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through

the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US

military had navigated during W... more

18 Jul 2026 • 50 min

Georgia Holly et al, .eds., "Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Beyond" (U Edinburgh Press, 2025)

Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Beyond (U Edinburgh Press, 2025) outlines the need to embed Ocean Heritage into ocean science, sustainable development, and marine conservation to meet the goal... more

18 Jul 2026 • 59 min

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Recent Guests

Sadiah Qureshi

Professor; author of Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction (Penguin, 2025)

Episode: Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

Sarah Elton

Assistant professor in social and behavioral health sciences, Eakin Chair in Critical Qualitative Health Research Methodology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Episode: Making Microbes Explicit

Maya Hey

Interdisciplinary researcher focusing on how we live with and understand microbes

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Episode: Making Microbes Explicit

Shawn Miller

Historian of Latin America and environmental history

University of California Press (author)

Episode: Shawn William Miller, "Dream Road to Pan America: A Century in Pursuit of the World's Longest Highway" (U California Press, 2026)

Susannah Crockford

Anthropologist; lecturer in anthropology at the University of Exeter; author

University of Exeter; University of Chicago Press (author of A Perturbed System)

Episode: Susannah Crockford, "A Perturbed System: Religion and Climate Change from the End of a World" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

Kenneth Bo Nielsen

Researcher; co-author of the discussed chapter

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Episode: Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context

Nihar Gokhale

Researcher; co-author of the discussed chapter

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Episode: Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context

David Famiano

Journals Director, UC Press Journals Program

University of California Press

Episode: Introducing Periodically: A UC Press Journals Podcast with Journals Director David Famiano

Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani

Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

Episode: Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani, "Accelerant: Energy Infrastructures and the Natural World in Making Modern Iran" (Stanford UP, 2026)

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Primary and recurring hosts include Michael Stauch, Miranda Melcher (multiple entries consolidated), and guest-guided scholars from various fields; additional show hosts include John Plotz, Helen Pennet, Kelvin Vu, Stephen Pimpare, Stephen Hausmann, Aisha Osori, Caleb Zakarin, Masako Ichihara, and Eleonora Mattiacci.

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Shawn William Miller, "Dream Road to Pan America: A Century in Pursuit of the World's Longest Highway" (U California Press, 2026)

Q: Could you introduce yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?

The guest describes his background as a historian focused on Latin America and environmental themes, with a particular interest in commons and urban/rural transformations in places like Brazil, which led him to explore the Pan-American Highway as a shared space and a perpetual incomplete project.

Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

Q: What are the ethical implications of de-extinction and should we pursue it as a solution to grief and loss?

The guest argues that while de-extinction can offer emotional solace, it risks ignoring ongoing harms to ecosystems and questions whether the resulting beings would have meaningful lives, urging a cautious, future-focused ethical discussion rather than a quick technological fix.

Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

Q: Can you map how the idea of extinction evolved from a theological concern to a scientific concept?

The host asks for the arc from a religious concern about perfect creation and plenitude to scientific questioning, which the guest explains by tracing fossil discovery, comparative anatomy, and public display that gradually legitimized extinction as a real historical process.

Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context

Q: How does the church's role evolve from the post-Vatican II era to today in relation to environmental activism?

The church transitioned from traditional welfare roles to actively supporting environmental movements, sometimes directly and sometimes through facilitating community-led initiatives, especially when direct confrontation with authorities risked political backlash.

Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context

Q: But what drew your attention to what we might call an agricultural turn in Goan environmentalism?

The agricultural turn emerged as a response to looming land-use changes and abandonment of fallow land, with local movements opposing projects and seeking to revalorize farming as a defense of land and ecological balance.

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This show features scholarly conversations around recently published books and research in environmental studies, often tying history, policy, and social justice to tangible environmental issues. Episodes frequently explore urban resilience, climate politics, environmental justice, and the cultural dimensions of environmental crises through cross-disciplinary lenses like anthropology, literature, architecture, and law. A notable strength is the blend of historical depth with contemporary relevance, bringing archival research and fieldwork into accessible discussions that appeal to researchers, students, and practitioners alike.

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