8.6 Solarpunk Presents: The Protopian Prize

Countdown to Hurricane Season 2026 Part 1

This short series is to explore the way people feel and think about Climate Change in a post-Melissa Jamaica where we were given strong evidence of a changing climate. The two guests preferred to be anonymous. * Machine heat and Climate Change: https://www.gu.se/en/news/machines-and-lighting-affect-the-climate [https://www.gu.se/en/news/machines-and-lighting-affect-the-climate] * Solarpunk Presents Patreon: https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents [https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents] * Website with music and commentary on the timeline: https://fastfrwrd.info [https://fastfrwrd.info] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

8.6 Solarpunk Presents: The Protopian Prize

This episode, Ariel talks to Ruthanna Emrys and Gideon Lichfield, two of the judges of the inaugural Protopian Prize. Ruthanna will be judging the Democratic Futures prize, and Gideon will be judging the Public AI prize. We discuss just what each of those means, how they got involved with the Protopian Prize in the first place, and ideas and concepts that they would like to see submitted. The winners of each category will be published in a forthcoming MIT press anthology, which will be edited by Ruthanna and Gideon. Aleya and Ariel then discuss the results of the past month's Patreon poll, what is your ideal political organization method? To shape the next poll discussion, vote on our Patreon linked below, it's free! Links: * The Protopian Prize website: https://protopianprize.com/ [https://protopianprize.com/] * The Public AI network: https://publicai.network/ [https://publicai.network/] * The Protagonist Problem: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-protagonist-problem/ [https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-protagonist-problem/] * Solarpunk Presents Patreon: https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents [https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

8.5 Dahvia Hylton Jamaican Climate Advocate

For this episode, Ariel and Aleya sit down to talk with Dahvia Hylton, Jamaican Climate Advocate and educator, formerly from the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council (JCCYC) and currently still supporting the Stronger Caribbean Together Network. We discuss deep sea mining, the oceans being the second set of lungs of the earth, hurricane Melissa, Solarpunk-esque happenings on the island and hints of the best path forward. Links: * Stronger Caribbean Together Network: https://strongercaribbeantogether.org/ [https://strongercaribbeantogether.org/] * Kindred on the Rock - (St. Catherine) https://www.instagram.com/kindredontherock/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/kindredontherock/?hl=en] * Solidarity Yaad (St. Ann) https://www.solidarityyaadjamaica.org/ [https://www.solidarityyaadjamaica.org/] Thanks for listening and if you would like to support our podcast, you can check us out on Patreon: https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/ [https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/] Music: Anatomy from Aleya Jobson, available on https://fastfrwrd.info [https://fastfrwrd.info] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

8.4 Solarpunk Presents: Lunarpunk Conversations

This episode, Ariel questions Aleya about lunarpunk, how she got into it, why it attracts her, and even some things that she doesn't like about it. Aleya then turns the interview around to ask Ariel about solarpunk, how she got involved, and its application in her everyday life. This episode also serves to announce changes at Solarpunk Presents; Christina has stepped back for personal reasons, and Aleya is stepping forward into the role of cohost, and we're pretty excited about it. Links: * Andrewism's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Andrewism * Sundown Town definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town * Jamaican Dance Hall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancehall * "the sublime": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_(philosophy) * Dr. Rhys Williams: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/rhyswilliams/ (Ariel is choosing to cite Wikipedia definitions, because even though the site is sus in terms of stable info, at least it's guaranteed not to be AI-generated) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

DIY Virtuality with 'Albi' Albrecht Ihlenburg and Aleya

This episode of DIY Virtuality has me talking couchsurfing, workaway, travel, hitchiking and alternative currencies with Albi or Albrecht Ihlenburg or Rumkommen, a former couchsurfer of mine! We also have a song together where he made the track on his own, I found it, asked permission, and made “Hammerhead” from the album “Seeker” and also on “Seekers of Utopia” the expanded album. Audio crackling due to unsteady signal, working on it. * Website: https://fastfrwrd.info [https://fastfrwrd.info] * May 2026 Hunger Strike Game Plan: https://fastfrwrd.info/may-2026-hunger-strike-game-plan/ [https://fastfrwrd.info/may-2026-hunger-strike-game-plan/] * Music (also on Fastfrwrd): https://aleya.bandcamp.com [https://aleya.bandcamp.com] * Solarpunk Presents Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/solarpunkpresents [https://www.patreon.com/cw/solarpunkpresents] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.