27 min
Ep 3: Imagining the End of The World Novel Climate
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In this episode, Meghan reflects on popular themes in post-apocalyptic literature — and how those traditions are reimagined in Octavia E. Butler's novel Dawn (book 1 of the Xenogenesis series). The novel, and the episode, invite you to consider how we imagine world-ending disasters and what that says about our culture. Guests include literary scholar Justin L. Mann, on Afrofuturism and national security in Dawn; curator Natalie Russell, on Octavia Butler's archives; and anthropologist Joe Masco, on the connections between nuclear warfare and climate change.
>>Transcript here.
>>Music by Bio Unit, Chad Crouch, Scott Holmes, Blear Moon, and Doctor Turtle.
>>Cover Art by Nonny Cartoons.
>>Learn more about Afrofuturism here.
>>Learn more about Octavia Butler here and here.
In this episode, Meghan reflects on popular themes in post-apocalyptic literature — and how those traditions are reimagined in Octavia E. Butler's novel Dawn (book 1 of the Xenogenesis series). The novel, and the episode, invite you to consider how we imagine world-ending disasters and what that says about our culture. Guests include literary scholar Justin L. Mann, on Afrofuturism and national security in Dawn; curator Natalie Russell, on Octavia Butler's archives; and anthropologist Joe Masco, on the connections between nuclear warfare and climate change.
>>Transcript here.
>>Music by Bio Unit, Chad Crouch, Scott Holmes, Blear Moon, and Doctor Turtle.
>>Cover Art by Nonny Cartoons.
>>Learn more about Afrofuturism here.
>>Learn more about Octavia Butler here and here.
27 min