Future Ecologies podcast

👀 An experiment in community podcasting took place last week. A group of environmental shows ALL released eps about masting (get it?). There's even a playlist where you can listen en masse!

Thanks to help from our pals at @jumpstartnature.bsky.social , Golden State Naturalist, Learning from Nature, @naturesarchive.bsky.social , and @outsideinradio.bsky.social!

and check out got this Spotify playlist (where episodes will be added as they drop).

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An illustration of a bicycle with a basket full of acorns, with many more acorns scattered across a forest floor. Many animals (acorn woodpeckers, scrub jays, mice, band tailed pigeons, deer) are enjoying the bounty.

It's time for a bumper crop of podcasts about (or inspired by) the perplexing phenomenon known as masting: where plants somehow synchronize their seed production across staggering distances.

FE6.7 - Critical Mast Quickly and easily listen to Future Ecologies for free!

What do you call it when a population of podcasts drop episodes on the same topic at the same time? It's Critical Mast!

Presenting a nutty experiment in community podcasting, with roots going back to the beginning of our FE (and our dedication to silly puns)

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Don't miss this absolutely fascinating edition of Hyphaedelity!! Huge thanks to Sadie and Hannah for making it happen.

Our guests are author Jordan Abel (Nishga, Empty Spaces), multi-disciplinary artist S F Ho (Green Lines), and poet Cecily Nicholson (Wayside Sang, Harrowings)

Music by Thumbug

Cover art by Alé Silva

In this episode, we're exploring how those intrinsic tensions may be metabolized through the practice of art, & more importantly, life.

Our co-producer and interlocutor for this episode is Darby Minott Bradford: poet, editor, translator, and the author of Bottom Rail on Top.

FE6.6 - Landings Quickly and easily listen to Future Ecologies for free!

What does it means to have a relationship to land? To be or not be of a place? In other words, to belong or not?

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The Podgoblin’s Hat The Podgoblin’s Hat is a Moomins read-through show. Tune in for weekly synopses, discussions, analysis and feelings by Dave, who has been reading Tove Jansson their whole life, and Nina, who’s just st...

What’s that you say? A bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat with Nina, Dave (me) and our guest Mendel Skulski from @futureecologies.bsky.social came out yesterday?

Listen and subscribe to The Podgoblin’s Hat wherever you get your podcasts.

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#Moomins #ToveJansson

good ep

FE6.5 - The Method — Future Ecologies Podcast The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry is a viral sensation: sprouting tiny, dense, native tree cover in neighbourhoods all around the world. With the promise of afforestation at a revolutionary speed,...

NEW EPISODE: FE6.5 - The Method

We're debating the legacy of Dr. Akira Miyawaki: the man, the myth, and the method.

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Have you already heard of the Miyawaki Method?

y/n in the comments. no cheating plz.

With sadness and respect, we honor the legacy of Dr. Jim Estes, who passed away this week. A pioneer of marine ecology, Jim’s groundbreaking work transformed our understanding of ecosystems and the essential role of keystone predators like sea otters. He is an icon in sea otter research. 🧵👇

FE6.4 - Humane Being — Future Ecologies Podcast When is it ethical to kill one thing to save another? Lethal intervention is a common practice in the field of wildlife management, especially when the survival of a species hangs in the balance

OUT NOW: FE 6.4 - Humane Being

We're facing an essential moral dilemma: the tension between collective and individual well-being, and the ethics of killing in wildlife conservation.

Feat. @sarahkcox.bsky.social and Sara Dubois

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The classic trolley problem meme: a person stands ready to pull a lever to switch the tracks carrying a trolley. On one set of tracks sits a Spotted Owl, which the trolley will hit if the person does nothing. On the other set of tracks are two Barred Owls.

Summing up our next episode in one picture.

(Early access out now on Patreon and Apple Podcasts)

Thank you dear Anna!! No matter how dark things get, there are always bright spots to guide us

Excerpt from The Guardian culture listings from March 1, 2025. It reads: Future Ecologies podcast, looking at the natural world through a leftfield and often microscopic lens, this fascinating series combines artful sound design with documentary reporting on everything from sea gardening to the majesty of monarch butterflies.

@theguardian.com 👀❕

Future Ecologies' podcasts are such good listening!

FE6.3 - Get Yer Ass Outta Here! — Future Ecologies Podcast In this very special donkumentary, we’re headed to the Mojave Desert — to Death Valley, in particular — where we find one animal at the centre of a heated debate in land management: the hardy wild bur...

Feral burros, beloved by some and reviled by others, are an introduced species in the desert southwest, but are uniquely entangled in its human history. Join us as we meet the land managers, ecologists, and donkey racers all trying to do right by the desert.

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FE6.3 drops tomorrow

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Our next episode: out now on Patreon

[UNLOCKED] Skye Augustine // Diving deeper into Sea Gardens Quickly and easily listen to Future Ecologies for free!

We just unlocked one of our bonus conversations from the Patreon feed: catch our interview with the inimitable Skye Augustine, diving even deeper into the science, history, and culture of Sea Gardens

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🧵 How I would Organize in the US given the fact that:
1) most social media platforms will suppress protest info
2) legacy media will avoid covering protests
3) surveillance state is on steroids

FE1.6 - On Fire: Combustible Communities (Part 2) — Future Ecologies Podcast In this second part of our two-episode series, On Fire , we look at ways to move our civilization forward – without continuing to deny the role of fire in our landscapes. We discuss how prescribed bu...

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From 2018, the second part on an ongoing series on fire (wild and prescribed), this one specifically about living in fire country

Goatwalker — Future Ecologies Podcast In this 4-part series, we trace the story of a philosopher-turned-goatherd, who developed a practice that he referred to as 'goatwalking': a form of prophetic wandering and desert survival based on go...

Well, there's a lot of obviously terrible stuff happening... We don't make podcasts fast enough to respond to anything in real time, but you might get something out of (re)listening to some of our older episodes

www.futureecologies.net/goatwalker on the origin of the sanctuary city movement, + more

A list of the top podcasts in the "Nature" category for the USA (Dec 13, 2024), from Apple Podcasts. The podcasts ranked number 1, 4, 6, 10, 14, 15, and 16 all refer to Bigfoot or Cryptids more generally.

44% of the Top 16 Nature Podcasts in the USA are about bigfoot / cryptids.

Help us change this.

SEA / GARDEN Podcast Episode · Future Ecologies · 2024-12-10 · 1h 1m

My friend showed me a sea garden once on Mayne Island.., they’re impressive and ingenious but I may never have noticed it if not for shared Indigenous Knowledge. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f... @futureecologies.bsky.social

FE6.2 - SEA / GARDEN — Future Ecologies Podcast Food security, climate adaptation, and vibrant biodiversity all in one place — welcome to the ancient and diverse technologies of Sea Gardening. These widespread (but often overlooked) monumental rock...

New episode: FE6.2 - SEA / GARDEN

Join us as we visit a sea garden, learn about how they work, and meet a few of the people bringing them back to life.

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The Best Podcasts of 2024 | KQED We’ll talk with Nicholas Quah and other critics about the best podcasts of the year and hear your picks.

Big thanks to @nwquah.bsky.social for the shoutout on @kqedforum.bsky.social best podcasts of 2024!

(BTW our next episode drops this Tuesday, and it's a banger)

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If you want some strange and fascinating and almost unbelievable plant facts that have nothing to do with US politics tonight, I highly recommend this episode of Future Ecologies.