Best Miniature Literature Podcasts (2024)

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SPECIAL EPISODE! (Co)Figurations of Care: Experience and Infrastructure in the Medical Humanities 1:19:33

2+ y ago1:19:33

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A special episode featuring LAC's April 2022 roundtable event (Co)Figurations of Care: Experience and Infrastructure in the Medical Humanities, featuring Anna Ulrikke Andersen, MK Czerwiec, and Victoria Lupascu. This roundtable discussed care and its multiple and diverse configurations. Care ranges from looking after a patient, to being attuned to …

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SPECIAL EPISODE! (Co)Figurations of Future: Ecocritical Approaches to Virtual Worlds 1:20:03

2+ y ago1:20:03

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A special episode featuring LAC's March 2022 roundtable event (Co)Figurations of Experience: Ecocritical Approaches to Virtual Worlds, featuring Alenda Y. Chang, Jonathan Correa, Kathryn Hamilton (a.k.a. Sister Sylvester), and Deniz Tortum. This roundtable explored the ecocritical dimensions of digital and virtual environments. Through an interdisc…

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The Anthropocene: From Classical Philosophy to Climate Ethics Today 1:01:02

3y ago1:01:02

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In this episode, LAC member Merve Tabur interviews Penn State professor Mark Sentesy. Sentesy introduces his research in philosophical anthropology and the Anthropocene and discusses how ancient views on human relationship to nature compare to our modern-day conceptions. Underscoring the significance of a philosophical understanding of environmenta…

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Conversations with Hannah Catalino and Lisanne Fear 42:43

3y ago42:43

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Beyond Dichotomies: Shaman Stories in Contemporary Literature 48:46

3y ago48:46

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In this episode, LAC member Müge Gedik interviews Dr. Özlem Öğüt Yazıcıoğlu. Dr. Öğüt Yazıcıoğlu discusses her new book project Shamanism in the Contemporary Novel: Histories of Lands, Animals, and Peoples beyond the Nature/Culture Divide on shamanism in contemporary literature, encompassing Northern Siberia, China, North America, Australia, and Tu…

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Conversations with Jody Diegel of Soul Harbour Ranch 29:44

3y ago29:44

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Conversations with Jody Diegel of Soul Harbour Ranch 38:22

3y ago38:22

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Conversations with Jody Diegel of Soul Harbour Ranch 45:41

3y ago45:41

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Conversations with Mary Phelps on Combined Driving Part 2 25:37

3y ago25:37

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Conversations with Mary Phelps on Combined Driving with A Classic American Shetland Pony Pair 39:49

3y ago39:49

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Multispecies Entanglement and Contagion in Ottoman Travel Writings and Miniatures 1:03:06

3y ago1:03:06

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In this episode, LAC member Merve Tabur interviews Dr. Gizem Yılmaz Karahan. Dr. Yılmaz Karahan discusses her research on written and visual representations of disease and contagion in the writings of the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682) and in the medical illustrations of an Ottoman surgeon, Şerafeddin Sabuncuğlu (1385-1468). Putting an…

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Meet the Team: Lisa Diersen, Patricia Milligan, and Julianne Neal 40:47

3y ago40:47

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Welcome to Tiny Horse Talk, featuring conversations about ponies and miniature horses. You’ll find information and education in each episode, along with a little dash of fun! Join host Patricia Milligan of Fox Lea Farm Mini Equine Rescue, an organization dedicated to helping the littlest horses find their way home, as we dive into the world of our …

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Artist Residencies for International Social Change 36:14

3y ago36:14

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LAC member Michelle McGowan interviews Francisco Guevara, a visual artist and curator. Guevara specializes in Levinasian ethics applied to the design of cross-cultural artistic projects as well as the analysis of performativity in contemporary art practices. He has over 20 years of experience designing, curating, managing arts projects, and promoti…

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Unraveling the Anthropocene Roundtable - Dr. Ranco, Anderson-Barbata, and Leyam-Fernández 52:14

3+ y ago52:14

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This episode is a recording of the Unraveling the Anthropocene roundtable, our keynote event which was held on March 29 of 2021, in the context of the Comparative literature luncheon speaker series. Merve Tabur (LAC vice president) introduced the speakers and served as moderator. The event gathered over 50 attendees from various departments, who pa…

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Intergenerational Memory: Revival of Trauma, Dersim Massacre, COVID-19 Pandemic 28:35

3+ y ago28:35

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In this episode, LAC member Müge Gedik interviews Berfin Çiçek, a graduate student in Cultural Studies at Sabancı University in Turkey. They discuss Berfin’s project on the revival of trauma and intergenerational memory catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Berfin takes the testimony of a member from the descendent generation of Dersim massacre victi…

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Grassroots Education for Social Change in Brazil and Beyond 46:32

3+ y ago46:32

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LAC member Michelle McGowan interviews Dr. Rebecca Tarlau, an Assistant Professor of Education and Labor and Employment Relations at The Pennsylvania State University. They discuss Dr. Tarlau’s book Occupying Schools, Occupying Land: How the Landless Workers Movement Transformed Brazilian Education (Oxford, 2019) and the intersections of Brazil’s L…

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Cosmic Consciousness: Exploring Racial, Viral, Environmental Pandemics through Spirituality 44:43

3+ y ago44:43

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In this episode, LAC member Müge Gedik has a conversation with Dr. Michele Prettyman on the intersection between academic and spiritual discourses. The episode explores certain political implications of excluding certain views of life and inhabiting the world. Dr. Prettyman advocates for spiritually animating inquiry as a part of our lives. This pa…

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Police Power and Pandemic Pressures 1:03:49

3+ y ago1:03:49

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How does antiblackness, slavery, and police power structure society? What has the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about policing? In this episode LAC member Irenae Aigbedion has a provocative conversation with Dr. Tryon Woods (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Providence College) on police violence, police power, and the interrelated systems and i…

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Toward a Just Transition: Environmental Justice and Community Organizing in Central Appalachia 1:00:42

3+ y ago1:00:42

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In this episode, LAC member Merve Tabur interviews community organizers Colleen Unroe, Teri Blanton, and Parson Brown. Unroe, Blanton, and Brown share their experiences with various nonviolent direct actions to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. They discuss the significance of documenting the stories of people who are most affected by the abuse…

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Anthropocene as Kleptocene: Colonial Theft, Ecological Destruction, Indigenous Activism 52:19

3+ y ago52:19

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In this episode, LAC member Müge Gedik has a conversation with Kyle Keeler on the colonial roots of our current epoch, popularly referred to as “the Anthropocene.” Keeler highlights the history of centuries of violent colonialism that would set in motion the industrial production, chemicals, and bomb blasts that are argued to distinguish the Anthro…

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Venetian Ecologies: Acqua Alta, Climate Change, and Pollution 1:02:53

3+ y ago1:02:53

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In this episode, LAC member Merve Tabur has a conversation with Dr. Daniel Finch-Race on the impact of climate change on Venice and the mitigation efforts led by the government, the NGOs, and the local community. Describing life in Venice during the November 2019 flood, Dr. Finch-Race discusses the various coping strategies adopted by the city's in…

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Personal Impressions (Ep. 1): A drag queen living the pandemic 44:46

3+ y ago44:46

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Pablo Valenzuela, Chilean teacher and drag queen, shares his experience and that of his community living during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Encounters with Viral Objects: Tracing the Genealogies of the COVID-19 Pandemic 51:33

3+ y ago51:33

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In this episode, LAC member Merve Tabur has a conversation with Dr. Sofia Varino on her "Viral Objects" project which brings together biomedical, ecological, and popular science discourses on the COVID-19 Pandemic. As defined by Dr. Varino, "Viral Objects" are biomedical objects such as masks, vaccines, COVID-19 tests, and Vitamin D supplements tha…

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Multispecies Entanglements in the Anthropocene: Ecocide, Speciesism, Vulnerability 53:47

3+ y ago53:47

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In a conversation with LAC member Müge Gedik, Rimona Afana discusses the ties between speciesism and ecocide. She argues that without challenging our speciesist beliefs and institutions, we cannot advance justice and peace in the Anthropocene. Rimona’s cross-disciplinary research informs her multimedia artwork, collaborative projects, and activism.…

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Altermundos in the comics of Chile, Argentina, and Brazil 42:01

3+ y ago42:01

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In a conversation with LAC member Camila Gutiérrez (Penn State), Javiera Irribarren (Columbia University) discusses how contemporary graphic narratives from Chile, Argentina and Brazil offer non-western views on the interactions between species, time, and spaces. She argues that South American artists make a decolonial move in these comics; questio…

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"Shelter-in-Art": A Creative Memorialization of the Pandemic 40:25

3+ y ago40:25

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In this episode, LAC members Merve Tabur and K'Lah Rose Yamada interview Dr. Karen Keifer-Boyd, Michele Mekel, and Lauren Stetz from the Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 project. Viral Imaginations (#Penn State) is a collaborative art project that consists of an online gallery that aims to curate current and former Pennsylvanians’ creative engagements …

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Feminist Art Education & Mental Health during COVID 48:22

3+ y ago48:22

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LAC member Camila Gutiérrez interviews working artist, teacher, and researcher Melissa Leaym-Fernandez. Leaym-Fernandez has worked in a variety of creative learning spaces that include rural towns, urban cities, and sites with environmental toxins, including with the lead-poisoned in Flint, Michigan, and many other students who are intimidated to d…

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Recognizing Indigenous Law as Law: The Reverse Side of Coloniality in the Anthropocene 29:05

3+ y ago29:05

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In this episode, LAC member Müge Gedik welcomes Dr. Paulo Ilich Bacca, a legal ethnographer and the Director of Ethnic and Racial Discrimination Area at Dejusticia, Centre for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society in Bogotá, Colombia. Paulo’s research proposes the idea of indigenizing international law by following the anthropological turn in whic…

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“All the Way to Hell”: Mineral Rights Between Art and Activism 38:35

3+ y ago38:35

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In Episode 14, “‘All the Way to Hell’: Mineral Rights Between Art and Activism,” Hannah Matangos and Merve Tabur interview visual artist and activist Eliza Evans. Evans introduces her activist-art project “All the Way to Hell,” which aims to draw attention to fossil fuel development on private land in the U.S. by giving away mineral rights to parti…

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Linking Climate Justice and Racial Justice through Eco-intersectional Analyses 35:46

3+ y ago35:46

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What is the connection between race and environmental justice? Which communities are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis? How does including race along with class, gender, sexuality, and disability for climate justice provide a broader perspective on climate change research and adaptation strategies? In this episode, LAC member Müge G…

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Endless Creativity: Examining Intersections of Performance, Protest, and Pandemic in Latin America 56:51

3+ y ago56:51

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What does performance and protest look like in a time of pandemic? How do we study live performance at a moment when keeping our distance is the safest way to keep safe? When do we as researchers stop observing and put our bodies on the line in solidarity with protest movements? In this episode, Irenae Aigbedion (LAC) and Camila Gutiérrez (LAC) int…

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Self Made Masks: Negotiating Identities in Medicine and Art 46:29

3+ y ago46:29

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When we talk about the things that define us--the things that make us who we are--, what do we show the world, and what do we keep to ourselves? How is art a tool that we can use to bridge gaps in providing care in medical treatments? These seemingly separate questions come together in this episode, as Irenae Aigbedion (LAC) and Mark Stephens (Penn…

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Pandemics as a Politics of Death in the Anthropocene: Is a Virus a Dispositif? 52:47

3+ y ago52:47

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In this episode, LAC members Müge Gedik and Camila Gutiérrez interview Dr. Eduardo Mendieta (Penn State, UP) about his project on the anthropocentric COVID-19 virus in terms of an apparatus of pandemic governmentality in the Anthropocene as well as the role of colonialism and slavery in the production of the Anthropocene, including European colonia…

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Transboundary Water Justice and Environmental Peacebuilding in the Middle East 42:57

3+ y ago42:57

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In this episode, Merve Tabur (LAC) interviews Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, and Yana Abu Taleb, co-directors of EcoPeace Middle East. Gidon, Nada, and Yana introduce the environmental peacebuilding and conflict resolution strategies employed by EcoPeace Middle East in addressing transboundary water justice issues in the Jordanian-Palestinian-Isra…

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Candomblé in Crisis: Confronting Religious and Environmental Racism in Brazil 1:02:50

3+ y ago1:02:50

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In this episode, Irenae Aigbedion (LAC) welcomes Dr. Jamie Lee Andreson (Penn State) to the series to discuss the latter's project, "Candomblé Temples in the Fight against Religious and Environmental Racism in Brazil." Through her personal stories and case studies, Dr. Andreson takes us to the main site of her work: Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, where…

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Navigating Risk, Race, and Gender in American Adrenaline Narratives 37:58

3+ y ago37:58

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LAC member Hannah Matangos interviews Kristin Jacobson, Professor of American Literature, American Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stockton University in New Jersey. Jacobson researches what she terms “adrenaline narratives,” or perilous adventure stories. She and Hannah have a conversation about the ways race, gender, the pan…

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From Confederate Monuments to COVID-19: Data Glitches and the Aesthetics of Decay 29:08

4y ago29:08

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In this episode, LAC member Camila Gutiérrez interviews David Van Ness (Northern University of Arizona) about his artistic production combining glitch art, digital 3D models, and 3D printing. David talks about his first encounters with glitch art, his personal trajectory, and seeing art as a collaboration between the human and the computer. Then, D…

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Critiquing Whiteness through Constructive Discomfort: The Art Practice of Jeff Musser 57:37

4y ago57:37

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LAC member Hannah Matangos interviews Sacramento-based conceptual artist Jeff Musser. In the episode, Musser discusses how he came to tackle race, racism, and whiteness in his work, and the ways in which his perception of these topics - and their relationship to his own personal and family histories - has changed through his artmaking. In his artma…

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History's Rough Draft: Documenting #BlackLivesMatter in New York City 41:51

4y ago41:51

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In this episode, LAC member Irenae Aigbedion interviews Rob Gerhardt, a New York based photographer, on his series, "Mic Check." Focusing on the development of the #BlackLivesMatter movement across New York City, his series is an ongoing chronicle beginning in 2014 after the grand jury ruling in the case of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. The conver…

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Symbiosis: Eating and Thinking with Multiplicity in the Anthropocene 38:20

4y ago38:20

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In this episode, LAC member Müge Gedik welcomes Dr. Margot Finn (University of Michigan) to talk about her project “Bellies Full of Stars: Feeding Multitudes of Multitudes in Apocalyptic Times.” This conversation begins with Margot Finn’s approach to the Anthropocene and her conceptualization of apocalypse. She underlines the importance of the ways…

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Irreverent Humor: Coping with COVID across Africa 1:10:34

4y ago1:10:34

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In this episode, LAC members Irenae Aigbedion and Tembi Charles welcome Dr. Sinfree Makoni (Penn State) and Dr. Bassey Antia (University of the Western Cape) to have a conversation about their project, "Humor as a Semiotic Resource: Coping with COVID-19 Stress in Africa." The conversation branches out from a close examination of their work to a ref…

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Welcome to “Unraveling the Anthropocene” 29:53

4y ago29:53

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In our pilot episode of “Unraveling the Anthropocene: Race, Environment, and Pandemic,” we introduce you to the team and discuss our interests in and goals for the project. We also discuss the history of the term “Anthropocene” and its significance in relation to our position at a land grant institution in Central Pennsylvania.…

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