UnLivable Cultures

Because the world is actively made unlivable for too many. Join Julia, Clayton, and Cody as they experiment with social theory, politics of liberation and solidarity, and real world issues to question: How can we make livable cultures?Follow our Twitter (@unlivablepod) for sneak peaks of new episode topics before they release. More information at unlivablecultures.wordpress.com.

UnLivable Cultures is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts UnLivable Cultures, a society show with 26 episodes published.

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  Theorizing the Nuance of Queer and Trans Life: A Conversation on Gender Without Identity with Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini

  Dec 18, 20241h 13mS0

  <p>How can psychoanalysis support the flourishing of queer and trans life in light of the discipline’s contested history and present? Why is it preferable to understand gender as a process of becoming instead of something that is a preprogrammed part of the self? In this interview from July 2024, Clayton speaks with Dr. Ann Pellegrini and Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou about their book Gender Without Identity and how their ideas and their psychoanalytic practice seeks to answer these questions.</p> <p>Avgi Saketopoulou is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC, and a member of the faculty at New York Un...

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  Jeroen Oomen and David Keith debate the Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

  Sep 11, 20241h 3mS0

  <p>This episode got a little spicy, and is a must listen for anyone who cares about climate change, geoengineering, or collaboration between natural and social scientists.</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you are confused, check out Cody's piece on geoengineering governance: https://blog.castac.org/2024/09/geoengineering-de-facto-environmental-governance-and-alternative-future-making/ </p> <p><br></p> <p>References: Frank Biermann et al., “Solar Geoengineering: The Case for an International Non‐use Agreement,” WIREs Climate Change 13, no. 3 (January 17, 2022), https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.754.</p> <p>Gupta, Aarti, and Ina Möller. 2018. “De Facto Governance: How Authoritative Assessments Construct Climate Engineering as an Object of Governance.” Environmental Politics 28...

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  Youth advocates on exploratory research into Solar Geoengineering

  Jul 21, 20241h 7mS0

  <p>In this episode, Cody talks with Anton Keskinen (Head of Strategy at Operaatio Arktis, and part time Rebel with Extinction Rebellion in Helsinki) and Clara Botto (Director of Youth Engagement Director of Youth Outreach for The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering, UNFCC Fellow, Advisory Board Member, Centre for Climate Repair and American Geophysical Union, among other things) about geoengineering, what Solar geoengineering is, geoengineering advocacy, its controversial nature, youth, climate justice, and Indigenous rights. </p> <p> </p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Sapinski, J. P., Holly Jean Buck, and Andreas Malm. Has it come to this?: The promises a...

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  A Lunar Anthropocene and Celestial Ejaculations: That’s Capitalism, Baby!

  Jul 8, 202454 minS0

  <p>Human remains scattered on the moon, pollution in the night sky, colonizing outer space—that’s capitalism, baby! In this episode, Clayton, Julia, and Cody discuss the idea of a “lunar anthropocene” and how settler colonialism shapes space exploration.  </p> <p>Sources The case for a lunar anthropocene by Justin Allen Holcomb, Rolfe David Mandel & Karl William Wegmann </p> <p>Works of Zoe Todd</p> <p>Staying with the Trouble by Donna J. Haraway</p> <p>The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him</p> <p>Which animals will be the first to live on the moon an...

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  Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate: Carbon Offsets and Taylor Swift (with special guest Injy Johnstone)

  Jun 4, 202456 minS0

  <p>Curious about Taylor Swift's Carbon offsets? Well wonder no more. Oxford researcher talks to Cody and Clayton about carbon offsets, Taylor Swift, and what a functioning carbon market could do amidst their mostly catastrophic outcomes.</p>

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