The Rift

Episode 30: Energy Justice in Alabama with John Dodd

05/03/2026: I speak with John Dodd, Policy Manager at Energy Alabama, over the recent legislative battle over the Power to the People Act and the fight for affordable, clean energy in Alabama.

Episode 29: Global Ecological Justice and the End of the West with Dr. Daanish Mustafa

04/05/2026: I speak with Dr. Daanish Mustafa, Professor of Critical Geography at King's College London, about imagining new ways of relating to the environment, and what the end of the West as we know it might mean for global ecological justice.

Episode 28: How Iran's Environmental Movement is Navigating Repression and War with Dr. Maziar Samiee

03/15/2026: I speak with Dr. Maziar Samiee, associate researcher at the University of Sussex's Center for Global Political Economy, about the fights that the Iranian environmental movement is waging, and how they are affected by government repression and imperialist wars.

Episode 27: Managing the Decline of Fossil Fuels with Emily Grubert and Joshua Lappen

02/15/2026: I speak with Emily Grubert, professor of sustainable energy policy at Notre Dame, and Joshua Lappen, postdoctoral researcher associate at Notre Dame about their new paper on the minimum viable scale of fossil energy systems and the difficult task of a truly managed transition away from fossil fuels.

Episode 26: Electing Climate Candidates with Ada Recinos

2/1/2026: I speak with Ada Recinos, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Democratic Training Committee, about how people running on climate and environmental justice issues are winning local elections around the country and what it means for the climate justice movement.