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NBN Episodes hosted by Emma:

Timothy Neale, "Wild Articulations: Environmentalism and Indigeneity in Northern Australia" (U Hawaii Press, 2017)

April 2, 2018

Wild Articulations

Timothy Neale
Hosted by Emma Shortis

In Wild Articulations: Environmentalism and Indigeneity in Northern Australia (University of Hawaii Press, 2017), Tim Neale examines the controversy o…

Dagomar Degroot, "The Frigid Golden Age: Climate Change, the Little Ice Age, and the Dutch Republic, 1560 -1720" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

February 14, 2018

The Frigid Golden Age

Dagomar Degroot
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Historians, writes Dagomar Degroot, rarely feature in discussions about global warming. With his new book, The Frigid Golden Age: Climate Change, the …

Andy Bruno, "The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History" (Cambridge UP, 2016)

January 30, 2018

The Nature of Soviet Power

Andy Bruno
Hosted by Emma Shortis

What can be learned about the Soviet Union by viewing it through an environmental lens? What would an environmental history teach us about power in th…