Lifepod

Adam Greenfield

The podcast about taking care of ourselves in a world on fire, hosted by Adam Greenfield. Featuring conversations about autonomy, mutual care and collective power in a time of universal crisis, Lifepod is dedicated to the proposition that nobody is riding to our rescue — that we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

Episodes

  1. S01e00 An introduction to Lifepod

    27 FEB

    S01e00 An introduction to Lifepod

    Host Adam Greenfield welcomes you to Lifepod with an overview of the show’s themes and central concerns, rooted in his book Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World On Fire (Verso, 2024). In this episode, we consider the Occupy Sandy mutual-aid effort in New York City in 2012, and what it might have to teach us about surviving our era of climate-system collapse with values of dignity, invitationality and justice intact. Terms and topics mentioned:- Mass population movements associated with the end of the Second World War and the Partition of India- The “survival programs” of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense- Solidarity kitchens, clinics and pharmacies in Crisis-era Greece- Municipalist city government in Spain- Rojava, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria- The First International (International Workingmen’s Association congress, 1866)- San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk- Guardian article on preparing for a 3˚C rise in average temperature- Iwan Baan’s photograph of Lower Manhattan blacked out during Superstorm Sandy- US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) activities during Superstorm Sandy- 520 Clinton Avenue (Occupy Sandy distribution hub)- “Filter blockades” (Counter-ICE measure in the Twin Cities)- Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell- John P. Clark, The Impossible Community- scott crow on Common Ground, New Orleans mutual-aid effort- Cassie Thornton, The Hologram- Charles Fritz’s disaster studies- An account of “Spinozan joy” ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    48 min

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

The podcast about taking care of ourselves in a world on fire, hosted by Adam Greenfield. Featuring conversations about autonomy, mutual care and collective power in a time of universal crisis, Lifepod is dedicated to the proposition that nobody is riding to our rescue — that we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

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