14 episodes
Carbon Social Club Lauren Gifford
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Carbon Social Club is a podcast about art and the environment. Each episode we interview artists, writers, and makers about how environmental change influences their creative process. We talk about human-environment relationships, the impacts of climate change, and the realities of environmental justice.
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Episode 14: Mixed Media Artist Kirk Rankin
Mixed media artist Kirk Rankin, known to family and friends as K5, talks about using art to foster justice work, how creative expression has helped keep him happy and occupied during the pandemic, and how he juxtaposes life between Washington, DC and New England. Lauren lived next door to K5 when she was in college, and he was 4, and this episode is the first time they’ve spoke as adults. Kirk/K5 lives in Burlington, Vermont.
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Climate Scientist Jane Zelikova
Dr. Jane Zelikova is a climate change scientist working at the intersection of science and policy. She talks about her contribution to the new book, All We Can Save, co-founding 500 Women Scientists, and the important work of making science open, inclusive, and accessible.
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Founder + Visionary Kwasi Asare
Kwasi Asare, co-Founder of the start up Esaiyo, and founder of Fedia, talks about pivotal life moments that inspired him to follow an unconventional path connecting art, media, technology and politics, including his time working with Diddy and Bad Boy Entertainment and his experience as a NYC investment banker during 9/11.
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Painter Kathi Smith
Painter Kathi Smith talks about small (really small!) island life, incorporating memory, history and place into her paintings, and life as a full time artist. Kathi is Assistant Professor in Studio Arts and Art Appreciation at Husson University, and her work is shown at Greenhut Galleries. She lives in Ellsworth and on Great Cranberry Island, Maine.
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Environmental Policy Expert Dr. Michael Dorsey
Dr. Michael Dorsey, renewable energy investor, public intellectual, and diplomatic disruptor, speaks about the environmental implications for the 2020 presidential election, climate justice, and his hope that the Biden administration prioritizes clean energy development.
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Philadelphia Election Round-up with Gregg Gethard & Tariem Burroughs
Comedian Gregg Gethard and sociologist Tariem Burroughs talk about the mood in Philadelphia leading up to, and after, the 2020 presidential election. They discuss Philadelphia’s ethos, the Flyers mascot Gritty, and Guliani’s press conference at Four Season Total Landscaping. They also get serious on how they feel as adoptive parents with mixed race families whose government is often pushing against, not for them.