Worm From Home

Worm From Home
  • 5.0 (6)
  • NATURAL SCIENCES

Worm from Home is a podcast project that explores urban ecosystems, their participants and contradictions, in the context of the environmental history of East London. Where does ‘the natural’ in the city end, and the ‘unnatural’ begin? How do we think about organic non-human life in wholly ‘unnatural’ landscapes, in cityscapes? Why do we find these binary frames around the artificial and the natural so lacking, yet still seem to somehow need them to think about the world?

Episodes

  1. 21/04/2025

    Air (Pt 2 - Car)

    Just as the Clean Air Act was passed in 1956, London introduced a new pollution vector onto every street in the city: the private motor car. What has the effect of car pollution been on the city, and how does it affect us today? What does it mean to be a ‘car city’ - and can we ever be post-car? Links mentioned in the episode are available at patreon.com/wormfromhome

    44 min

  2. 06/02/2025

    On Nature - Interview with Jason W Moore

    I make this show because I love radio and I love nature... so I invited Jason W Moore on the radio to challenge and upend my ideas about nature. Jason (author of Capitalism in the Web of Life) and I talk about Nature, capitalism, labour, and history - and what we can do to work toward a truly ecologically democratic future. To learn more about Jason's work: https://jasonwmoore.com/ Our conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity, opinions expressed by guests on Worm From Home are always their own. ------------------------------------ Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source ⁠⁠xeno-canto.org⁠⁠, under Creative Commons license

    1h 15m

  3. 08/01/2025

    City Trees - Interview with Kieron Doick

    In this episode I'm joined by Kieron Doick from Forest Research. We talk about trees, urban heat, and the challenges posed to city trees from climate change. To learn more about Kieron's work, see the show notes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/city-trees-with-119550500 ------------------------------------ Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source ⁠⁠xeno-canto.org⁠⁠, under Creative Commons license

    48 min

  4. 12/12/2024

    Air (Pt 1 - Smog)

    How has air pollution shaped the ecology of East London, and affected the people who live here? How did the devastating Great Smog of 1952 lead to long term change - and what is needed to secure clean air for the future? ------------------------------------ Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source ⁠xeno-canto.org⁠, under Creative Commons license

    54 min

  5. 20/10/2024

    Earthworms - special episode

    Happy International Earthworm Day! ------------------------------------ Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

    29 min

  6. 02/08/2024

    War and the Woods (Part 3)

    In the third and final instalment of this series of episodes on woodlands and warfare, we focus in on East London. How did the Blitz disrupt the urban landscape of the East End, and how have woodlands and wildlife formed a part of its post war recovery? ------------------------------------ Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source ⁠xeno-canto.org⁠, under Creative Commons license

    44 min

  7. 23/05/2024

    War and the Woods (Part 2)

    In Part 2 of a series exploring woodlands and war, we look at the history of the environmental damage of war, and its impact on woodlands in particular. In France, Vietnam, and Britain, woodlands have played crucial roles as sites of, resources for, and means of recovery after warfare. How has war altered these landscapes? What pressures shape their restoration, and do human beings recover alongside them? ------------------------------------ Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source , under Creative Commons license

    51 min

  8. 01/05/2024

    War and the Woods (Part 1)

    Over a series of episodes, we’ll discover how a woodland came to be growing in Bethnal Green, and use this story to trace the intertwined histories of warfare and woodlands In part 1 we dig into the history of woods in Britain, the habitats they create, and consider how changing forms of human intervention have altered the woodland landscape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

    38 min

  9. 16/04/2024

    Intro

    Welcome to Worm From Home

    2 min

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

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out of 5
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About

Worm from Home is a podcast project that explores urban ecosystems, their participants and contradictions, in the context of the environmental history of East London. Where does ‘the natural’ in the city end, and the ‘unnatural’ begin? How do we think about organic non-human life in wholly ‘unnatural’ landscapes, in cityscapes? Why do we find these binary frames around the artificial and the natural so lacking, yet still seem to somehow need them to think about the world?

Information

  • Creator
    Worm From Home
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    9
  • Show Website
    Worm From Home