Bright Green Futures Podcast

Hello Friends! In this episode, I talk about anger and hope and how to fight the dominant narrative that our actions are pointless. NOTE: This year, I’m going to send out more newsletters as a way to share hopeful stories and other information between podcasts...make sure you subscribe to the newsletter in addition to the podcast! I’m also hoping to spruce up the website, but you can already find...

Hello Friends! In this episode I talk about the 3 T's of Change Work (Triage, Transition, and Transformation) and how you can use those situate yourself in the larger movement. LINKS Ep. 37: Triage, Transition, and Transformation: Change Work in Hard Times * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Download Zines: Bright Green Futures and How to Solarpunk * Hopeful Climate Fiction Recommended Reads...

Hello friends! In this episode, I chat with author Henry Lien about his new book, Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird , which is all about 4 Act Eastern storytelling, the Japanese term for which is Kishōtenketsu. We discuss the book, East vs. West storytelling, and especially how Eastern storytelling can be a vital tool for solarpunk stories. LINKS Ep. 36: Solarpunk and 4 Act Eastern Storytelling with...

Hello friends! This episode is a cross-posting from the podcast IF THIS GOES ON (DON’T PANIC) with a few bonus notes about hopepunk, Murderbot, and a kickstarter for a hopepunk zine called Habitats. LINKS Ep. 35: Hopepunk and Horror [IF THIS GOES ON (DON’T PANIC)] * Original posting on IF THIS GOES ON (DON’T PANIC): Horror and Solarpunk: How different are they? with Susan Kaye Quinn and Maurice Br...

In this episode, I chat with author Ana Sun about her story in the Bright Green Futures anthology, why she picked Climate Heritage as a theme, and her very fascinating giveaway item. LINKS Ep. 34: Climate Heritage with Ana Sun * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * Bright Green Futures zines * Ana’s story (FREE until 5.29.2025): Coriander RELEVANT NEWSLETTERS * Ep. 27: Zines...

In this episode, I chat with author BrightFlame about her story in the Bright Green Futures anthology, why she picked Climate Resilience as a theme, and her very cool giveaway item. LINKS Ep. 33: Climate Resilience with BrightFlame * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * Bright Green Futures zines * BrightFlame’s story (FREE until 5.20.2025): Ancestors, Descendants RELEVANT N...

In this episode, I chat with author Danielle Arostegui about her story in the Bright Green Futures anthology, why she picked Climate Connections as a theme, and her very cool giveaway item. LINKS Ep. 32: Climate Connections with Danielle Arostegui * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * Bright Green Futures zines * Strong Towns * Asheville For All * Danielle’s story (FREE unt...

In this episode, I chat with author T. K. Rex about her story in the Bright Green Futures anthology, why she picked Climate Roles as a theme, and her amazing art giveaway item. LINKS Ep. 31: Climate Roles with T. K. Rex * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * Bright Green Futures zines * T. K.’s collection coming in 2026 from Stelliform Press: Wildcraft Drones * T. K.’s story...

Hello Friends! It's Earth Day and we're launching the Bright Green Futures anthology. In this episode, I talk about why stories like these matter, why joy is a tactical weapon, and how there’s really only one fight we’re engaged in now. LINKS Ep. 30: Earth Day, Joy as a Tactical Weapon, and Release Day for the Bright Green Futures Anthology * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaw...

In this episode, I chat with author Sarena Ulibarri about her story in the upcoming Bright Green Futures anthology, why she picked Climate Restoration as a theme, and her adorable giveaway item. LINKS Ep. 29: Climate Restoration with Sarena Ulibarri * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * Bright Green Futures zines * Bat World Sanctuary * Sarena’s story (FREE until 4.30.2025)...

In this episode, I chat with author Renan Bernardo about his new story in the upcoming Bright Green Futures anthology, why he picked Climate Anxiety as a theme, and his giveaway item coordinated with his story. LINKS Ep. 28: Climate Anxiety with Renan Bernardo * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * Bright Green Futures zines * Ep 27: Zines, Cultural Change, and Storytelling...

Hello Friends! In this episode, discuss how the resurgence of zines is connected to cultural change and storytelling in the underground. Where to Find Sue (all events in Pittsburgh area) * April 26th (11a - 2p): Mt Lebanon Galleria Book Show * May 29th (1p - 6p): Solarpunk Future 2025 * May 31st (10a - 5p): Pittsburgh Festival of Books * July 25 - 27: Confluence SFF Conference 2025 LINKS Ep. 27: Z...

Hello Friends! In this episode, we're talking about the Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology, set to release on Earth Day! LINKS Ep. 26: Bright Green Futures:2024 Anthology * Bright Green Futures: 2024 Anthology * Anthology Giveaway * BioDiversity Library Bright Green Futures is a newsletter/podcast and lifts up stories about a more sustainable and just world and to talk about the struggle to get...

Hello Friends! In this episode, I explore how libraries are prefiguring a solarpunk world today. LINKS Ep. 25: Library Economies and Third Spaces * Nothing is Inescapable comic by Dylan Meconis, Jan 2018 * Solarpunk Dreams: A Liminal Life substack, Feb 2025 * The Existential Crisis of a 30 Hour Power Outage: Wild Letters substack, May 2024 * A Library of Everything, Andrewism (2025) * If you want...

Hello Friends!   In this episode, I talk about the doom loop created with geopolitical instability and the climate crisis, and the role of hopeful climate fiction as a tool in our survival toolkit. LINKS Ep. 24: Let’s Talk About the Doom Loop * A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning. The Conversation, Dec 9 2024 * New Section on Academic Studies of Solarpunk on B...

In this episode, I chat with Author Sanjana Sekhar about her new story in the Metamorphosis Collection and how connections—across family, culture, and time—are what will pull us through the climate crisis. LINKS Ep. 23: Creating Connection with Solarpunk with Author Sanjana Sekhar * Metamorphosis collection (published by Milkweed Editions) * Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown * Social Chang...

Hello Friends! In this episode, I talk about how community and connection are climate tools and tools to fight fascism. LINKS Ep. 22: Building Resilience for the Future (and Today) * On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder * Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future * Rewriting the Future (Susan Kaye Quinn, DreamForge Magazine) * Ep. 21: Doing Your Part (in the Climate Fight) * Ep. 7: Climate Fictio...

Hello Friends! Today we’re going to talk about the “easy to say, hard to do” concept of doing your part in the climate fight. LINKS Ep. 21: Doing Your Part (in the Climate Crisis) * Solarpunk Author Panel launching Metamorphosis , NYC Oct 7th Recording * Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future (releases Oct 22, 2024) * Nothing is Promised by Susan Kaye Quinn * Climate Imaginarium on Gov...

Hello Friends! In this episode, we’re going to talk about the ideological war that’s rising up all around us, pitting the status quo against our collective desire for a better greener world. LINKS Ep. 20: Technofeudalists vs. Solarpunk * Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis (transcript available on substack) Bright Green Futures is a weekly newsletter/podcast and lifts up st...

In this episode, I chat with Author BrightFlame about her new witchy solarpunk novel and how the mundane and the supernatural are both entangled with the climate crisis. LINKS Ep. 19: Witchy Solarpunk with Author BrightFlame * The Working by BrightFlame * The Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft (BrightFlame’s website) * Different Kinds of Defiance by Renan Bernardo * The Spiral Dance by Starhawk *...

Hello Friends! This episode, we’re going to talk about the four kinds of hope and how to understand the surge in hope and joy that’s happening in this political moment we’re having in America. LINKS Ep. 18: The Power of Hope * Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit * Rewriting the Future (Susan Kaye Quinn, DreamForge Magazine) * Sue’s website: explainer on hopepunk/solarpunk , short fiction , and nove...

Hello Friends! This episode, we’re going to talk about how to write diversely and why it's so important for climate stories. LINKS Ep. 17: Diversity in Climate Storytelling * Writing the Other website, book, classes, resources Make sure to enter August’s giveaway! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeal7OH0tiKlUn8HMJtBStjoDgmtcv0cnzHDRMBz6_UxUHNw/viewform (transcript available on substack)...

Hello friends! In this episode, I chat with Author Tashan Mehta about the shapes of stories and how form has to meet function as we tackle storytelling around the climate. LINKS Ep. 16: The Shapes of Stories with Author Tashan Mehta * Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta * Solarpunk Creatures (with Tashan Mehta’s story, Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song ) * The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh * How Forest...

Hello Friends! In this episode, we’re going to talk about the people who publish hopeful climate fiction, both to highlight where you can find new stories and where you can submit your own. LINKS Ep. 15: Climate Fiction Zines and Small Presses * Solarpunk Creatures (World Weaver Press) * Little Blue Marble * Different Kinds of Defiance by Renan Bernardo (Android Press) * Metamorphosis collection (...

Hello friends! In this episode, I chat with Author and Editor Sarena Ulibarri about her novella, Another Life, how she was radicalized by The Conquest of Bread, and how social ecology, anarchism, and communalism inspired her worldbuilding. LINKS Ep. 14: Imagining Another Life with Author and Editor Sarena Ulibarri * Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri * Solarpunk Winters edited by Sarena U...