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Chrysalis with John Fiege
I’m a professor, filmmaker, and storyteller interested in the question of how we can transform ourselves—as individuals, as societies, as an entire species—in ways that allow our planet’s ecological systems to thrive. I began this work through the study of environmental history and cultural geography. I then became a filmmaker and photographer focused on stories of transformation in the face of ecological peril. Most recently, I launched the Chrysalis newsletter and podcast to have…
Episodes
- Chrysalis with John Fiege
40. Tom Stolp — Inside the Cedar Gorge Clay Bluffs Scandal
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39. Charles Carlin — Land Stewardship and Political Sabotage in Wisconsin
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38. Brendan Hoffman — Photographing Ecocide in Ukraine
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37. Isabel Duarte-Gray — “Tennessee Valley Authority”
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36. Matt McPherson — Apple Ketchup
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35. Jennifer Huang — “From the Taiwan Cypress in Alishan”
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34. Anne Haven McDonnell — “The Study”
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33. Jenny Rosenstrach — Miso-Mushroom Tacos with Pickled Vegetables
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32. Jennifer Elise Foerster — “Leaving Tulsa”
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31. Joan Naviyuk Kane — “Exceeding Beringia”
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30. Carey Thornton — Tilth Alliance
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29. Henri Cole — “Haiku”
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28. Beth Osnes — Shine: A Climate Musical
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27. Alina Simone — Siberia's Black Snow and the Environmental Threat of Authoritarianism
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26. Christi Cooper — The Biggest Crime Against Humanity Ever
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25. Abraham Joffe — The Polar Bear Trade
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24. Laura Dunn — Live! Prophets! Live!
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23. Christy Rupp — From Rubble Rats to Plastic Pangolins
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22. Revisiting Poisoned Ground at Love Canal with Luella Kenny – Photographs and Upcoming Live Event
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21. Ken Baker — Rethink Food
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20. Todd Scott — Detroit Greenways Coalition
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19. Jim Morris — Don't Worry, Nothing Here Will Hurt You
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18. Lois Gibbs — The Legacy of Love Canal
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17. Transformation for a New Era
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16. Sean Dixon — Puget Soundkeeper
The tires of your car have a chemical in them, called 6PPD, that slows tire degradation by binding with oxygen and ozone that could break down the rubber. But…
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15. Allison Adelle Hedge Coke — "When the Animals Leave this Place"
There is a line in Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s poem, “When the Animals Leave this Place,” that I find haunting: “They said no one belongs here.” She’s writing…
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14. Kara Maria — Precious and Precarious
I love beautiful pictures of animals surrounded by their natural habitats. It’s exhilarating to see idyllic environments and the animals so amazingly…
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13. Brian Teare — "Doomstead Days"
Before I read Brian Teare’s poem, “Doomstead Days,” I had never heard of a doomstead. It’s a clever portmanteau, combining homestead with doomsday: an…
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12. Layel Camargo — Queer Ecology, Indigenous Stewardship, and the Power of Laughter
What is our relationship to the land, to its other-than-human inhabitants, and to the rest of humanity? These are fundamental questions for thinking through…
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11. Forrest Gander — "Forest"
Lichen is a strange presence on this planet. Traditionally, scientists have understood lichen as a new organism formed through symbiosis between a fungus and…
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10. Dave Cortez — The Education of a Chicano Climate Warrior
Our love for the world around us and our passion for protecting that world can come from many different places. It can come from a connection to the land, or a…
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9. Elizabeth Bradfield — “Plastic: A Personal History”
When we’re gone from this Earth, what will we leave behind? What will we pass down to those who come after us? Plastic. If nothing else, lots of plastic. A…
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8. Salma Arastu — We Are All One
Art can show us the pain and trauma and suffering of the world, and often it does. But art can also go the other direction. It can reveal the beauty, harmony…
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7. John Shoptaw — “Near-Earth Object”
I’m continually amazed by the immensity of the world that a small poem can conjure. In just a few lines or words, or even just a line break, a poem can travel…
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6. Constanza Ocampo-Raeder — Tasting the Wind, Talking to Rocks, Listening to Rainbows
Official camarones ban season poster in Lunahuana, Peru. Photograph by V. Constanza Ocampo-Raeder © 2021. Modern society has removed many of us from an…
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5. Vernon Haltom and Junior Walk — Coal River Mountain Watch
Many assaults on the environment happen slowly and continually, almost invisibly to us: starting a car engine, buying meat at the grocery store, throwing away…
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4. Heather Houser — Deluged by Data in the Climate Crisis
Here’s something we hear all the time: if only more people knew more about environmental problems, then they would certainly act in some ecologically…
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3. Adam Rome — An Historical Perspective on Our Environmental Future
The full-page ad for the first Earth Day, published in The New York Times on January 18, 1970. Each year, we celebrate Earth Day; and each year, our collective…
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2. Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap — The Biblical Call for Ecological Care
Martin Luther Hammers His 95 Theses to the Door, by Ferdinand Pauwels Environmental activists often focus on facts and data, as if more climate information…
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1. Jacqui Patterson — Envisioning Eco-Communities amidst Toxic Legacies
From the South Side of Chicago, to Jamaica, to South Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, Jacqui has continually asked what deep, transformative change looks…