New Books in Environmental Studies

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Recent Guests

Billy Fleming

Author of Building Postcarbon Futures, Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Episode: Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)

Leah C. Stokes

Author of The Carbon Wave, Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara

Episode: Leah C. Stokes, "The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet" (MIT Press, 2026)

Stuart McHardy

Author and folklorist; teaching fellow at Edinburgh University Centre for Open Learning

Luath Press; Edinburgh University Centre for Open Learning

Episode: Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Geomythography: Myth, Landscape and the Roots of Culture" (Luath Press, 2025)

Robert Shum

Author of Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy? Climate and Energy Politics Between Crisis and Decarbonization

Palgrave Macmillan (book author)

Episode: Robert Shum, "Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

Piergiorgio Di Giminiani

Author of Alterhumanism, Associate Professor of Anthropology (as described in episode)

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile / University of Arizona Press

Episode: Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, "Alterhumanism: Becoming Human on a Conservation Frontier" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

Sarah Rios

Author

Cal Poly Humboldt, Department of Environmental Studies

Episode: Sarah M. Rios, "Diseases Have No Eyes: Valley Fever and Environmental Health Justice" (Temple UP, 2026)

Edward Cutler

Author of This Beautiful Country, Chelsea Green (2026)

Chelsea Green

Episode: Edward Cutler, "This Beautiful Country: How Italy's Nature Shaped Its Culture and Civilisation" (Chelsea Green, 2026)

Raf de Bont

Professor of History of Science and Environment, Maastricht University; co-editor of Globalizing Wildlife

Maastricht University; University of North Carolina Press (editor)

Episode: Raf de Bont et al eds., "Globalizing Wildlife" (UNC Press, 2026)

Prakash Kashwan

Author, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University

Brandeis University

Episode: Prakash Kashwan, "Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

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Morteza Hajizadeh

Host of The New Books Network channel; engages guests and frames scholarly discussions

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 72 ratings

Great series
As an environmental social scientist, this series is a great way to keep up with the literature. A lot of coverage of the more critical theoretical side of the field, but that reflects monograph publishing.
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Thoughtful, rigorous explorations of environmental ideas with strong academic grounding.

High-quality interviews with a mix of theory, history, and practical implications, though some episodes feel densely academic.

Guest selections consistently bring fresh disciplinary angles to climate and environmental discourse.

The host asks clear, accessible questions that help translate complex concepts for a broader audience.

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Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Geomythography: Myth, Landscape and the Roots of Culture" (Luath Press, 2025)

Q: What practical tips would you offer listeners who want to start exploring Geomythography where they are?

He urges readers to buy the book for its maps, start with their own location, use maps and local histories, and recognize that culture is locally rooted even as ideas travel widely, making local investigation the key to unlocking geomythographic insights.

Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)

Q: What drew you to framing the book around 'features' and three potential futures: post-carbon, low-carbon, and high-carbon?

The framing grew out of a deliberate effort to widen the reference points beyond conventional case studies, incorporating voices and projects that challenge dominant narratives, and to project how design and policy can co-create futures that center equity, community control, and multifunctional landscapes rather than single-molution, high-energy-density approaches.

Robert Shum, "Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

Q: Take us through the final case in Norway.

Norway demonstrates how a unitary, proportional representation system with centrist coalition governments can produce durable decarbonization through early and sustained support for electric vehicles and heavy taxation on internal combustion engines.

Robert Shum, "Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

Q: Let's start with the United States. What should we know about what we've done and what we haven't done?

The host asks for a big-picture view of US policy, highlighting institutional barriers, regulatory processes, and the difficulty of achieving cross-branch consensus in climate policy.

Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, "Alterhumanism: Becoming Human on a Conservation Frontier" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

Q: How do Settlers and Mapuche differ in their approaches to land, forests, and non-human beings, and are there points of overlap or exchange?

The guest notes deep ontological differences rooted in histories of colonization and land dispossession, but also identifies overlaps through collaboration, environmental projects, and shared threats from climate and ecological crises, illustrating complex interdependencies rather than simple oppositions.

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This show features in-depth conversations with scholars about recently published books spanning environment, climate politics, ecology, history, and related social dimensions. Episodes commonly pair an author or expert with a host who introduces the guest and guides the discussion through core arguments, methodologies, and notable case studies, often connecting theoretical frameworks to practical policy or cultural implications. Notable strengths include rigorous academic framing, cross-disciplinary perspectives, and a steady stream of place-based or policy-relevant angles—from republican governance of environmental issues to critiques of green branding in global sports and the politics of memory and landscapes. Listeners may appreciate the... more

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