Future Ecologies

Future Ecologies
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Made for nature lovers and audiophiles alike, Future Ecologies explores our eco-social relationships through stories, science, music, and soundscapes. Every episode is an invitation to see the world in a new light — weaving together narrative and interviews with expert knowledge holders. The format varies: from documentary storytelling to stream-of-consciousness sound collage, and beyond. Episodes are released only when they're ready, not on a fixed schedule (but approximately monthly). This ad-free, independent podcast is supported by our listeners: https://www.futureecologies.net/join

  1. [CONVERSATION] Saxon Richardson // Talking out of our asses (a donkey debrief)

    APR 7 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [CONVERSATION] Saxon Richardson // Talking out of our asses (a donkey debrief)

    Saxon and Mendel chat through some cutting room bits and pieces from FE6.3 — Get Yer Ass Outta Here! Enclosed: - Some making-of details - The role of Timbisha Shoshone people in maintaining open water in the Mojave, pre-burro introduction - Astrid Kodric-Brown's work on endangered pupfish - Saxon's experience going into remote springs with Erick - Is sterilization a realistic option for managing wild burro populations? - Bighorn sheep population dynamics & connectivity - Threats to bighorn and tortoises other than burros Photo by Roberto Lee Cortes

    32 min
  2. Future Ecologies presents: Nature's Genius

    MAR 18 · BONUS

    Future Ecologies presents: Nature's Genius

    Today, it's our pleasure to bring you an episode from our friends at Bioneers, who have just released a 6-part series called Nature's Genius. Follow Bioneers wherever you get podcasts, or listen to the rest of the series at bioneers.org/natures-genius/ This is episode 1 — The Universe Beneath Our Feet: Mapping the Mycelial Web of Life Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity, a bustling cosmopolis beneath your feet. Quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital nutrients, and form life-giving symbiotic partnerships. This is the mysterious realm of fungi. Acclaimed visionary biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake guide us through the intricate wonders of the mycorrhizal fungal networks that make life on Earth possible.

    33 min
  3. Get Yer Ass Outta Here!

    FEB 10

    Get Yer Ass Outta Here!

    In this very special donkumentary, we’re headed to the Mojave Desert — to Death Valley, in particular — where we find one animal at the centre of a heated debate in land management: the hardy wild burro (AKA donkey, ass, or Equus asinus). These feral burros, beloved by some and reviled by others, are an introduced species in the desert southwest, but are uniquely entangled in its human history. Since before the establishment of Death Valley as a national monument, they have been widely regarded as overpopulated on the Mojave landscape. In recent years, rising costs, public controversy, and some conflicting legislation have brought the sustainability of conventional burro management into crisis. But not everyone is convinced that they’re harmful. Could this crisis be avoided altogether if we looked at burros under a different light? Are they crowding out the native and endangered fauna? Or are they filling an ancient ecosystem niche? Join us as we meet the land managers, ecologists, and donkey racers all trying to do right by the desert. Find photos, credits, a transcript, and citations at futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-3-get-yer-ass-outta-here — — — We rely on listener support to stay independent, ad free, and making the best podcast we can make. Help us keep the lights on at patreon.com/futureecologies — and get perks like early episode releases, bonus audio content, stickers, patches, a cozy hat, access to our community discord server, and your name on our website Get new episodes in your email: join our mailing list You can also find us on Bluesky, Instagram, Mastodon, & iNaturalist

    1 hr
  4. [UNLOCKED] Skye Augustine // Diving deeper into Sea Gardens

    FEB 4 · BONUS

    [UNLOCKED] Skye Augustine // Diving deeper into Sea Gardens

    We’re unlocking one of the conversations from our bonus feed. In this interview, building on episode FE6.2, Mendel speaks with Skye Augustine, a leading voice uplifting the science, history, and culture of Sea Gardens. In a time where so much of the future feels uncertain, the resiliency of Sea Gardens over millennia is (at least to us) a source of deep comfort and inspiration. What’s more, if you’re as inspired as we are, and you want to learn how your community could build a clam garden, we’ve got you covered. Don't miss our conversation with Joseph Williams, Community Shellfish Liaison for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, who constructed the first Clam Garden of the modern era — available for free on our Patreon. — — — The Future Ecologies bonus feed is where we release exclusive bits of audio to all of our supporters. There’s a whole back catalogue of silly mini episodes, long-form extended interviews with guests from the main feed, and a bunch of entirely new, fascinating conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. It’s one of the ways we say thanks for helping us make the show — we really can’t do it without you. You can get access to the bonus feed (on your podcast app of choice) and more, for less than the price of a cup of coffee at patreon.com/futureecologies or subscribe directly within Apple Podcasts.

    47 min

  5. JAN 27 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [CONVERSATION] Skye Augustine // Diving Deeper into Sea Gardens

    Building further on many of the threads raised in FE6.2 - SEA / GARDEN, we've got another bonus conversation for you — this time with Skye Augustine, a leading voice uplifting the science, history, and culture of these important spaces. Don't miss this one.

    46 min

  6. JAN 9 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [CONVERSATION] Joseph Williams // Building a new Clam Garden

    If you were paying close attention to FE6.2, you may have caught a mention of the very first Clam Garden wall built in the modern era, by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. In this conversation with Joseph Williams, Shellfish Community Liaison for Swinomish, we get into the details of how they made it happen.

    31 min
  7. Future Ecologies presents: Hark (from Threshold)

    JAN 8 · BONUS

    Future Ecologies presents: Hark (from Threshold)

    We're borrowing an episode from one of our all-time favourite shows: Threshold, a Peabody Award-winning documentary podcast about our place in the natural world. Now in their 5th Season, "Hark", Threshold producer Amy Martin is exploring sound itself: investigating what it means to listen to the nonhuman voices on our planet — and the cost if we don’t. With mounting social and ecological crises, what happens when we tune into the life all around us? Other episodes from Hark cover the sounds of the primordial microbial ooze, of insects, of fish, and of plants. Today, we're featuring episode 3: on the sounds of coral reefs, and how listening to them may help them survive a warming world. Find Threshold (and the rest of Hark) wherever you get podcasts, or at thresholdpodcast.org

    36 min
  8. [CONVERSATION] Tal Engel // Integrative Forest Rehabilitation

    12/18/2024 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [CONVERSATION] Tal Engel // Integrative Forest Rehabilitation

    In the Autumn of 2024, Adam visted Tal Engel of Wolftree Integrative Forest Rehabilitation, and took a tour of the woodlands which serve as a living laboratory for Tal's experiments in ecosystem revitalization and forest fire fuel management. If you take care of any forested spaces, we're sure you'll be inspired by some of Tal's techniques.

    1h 19m
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Made for nature lovers and audiophiles alike, Future Ecologies explores our eco-social relationships through stories, science, music, and soundscapes. Every episode is an invitation to see the world in a new light — weaving together narrative and interviews with expert knowledge holders. The format varies: from documentary storytelling to stream-of-consciousness sound collage, and beyond. Episodes are released only when they're ready, not on a fixed schedule (but approximately monthly). This ad-free, independent podcast is supported by our listeners: https://www.futureecologies.net/join

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  • Creator
    Future Ecologies
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    144
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Future Ecologies
  • Show Website
    Future Ecologies
  • Provider
    Future Ecologies Media

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