Roshan Krishnan

The Rift

News EN ↓ 31 episodes

A radio show about climate change, ecology, politics, and power. Aired live every first and third Sunday of the month at 3pm CT on WEFT Champaign, 90.1 FM. Recordings here.

Author

Roshan Krishnan

Category

News

Podcast website

www.spreaker.com

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 6: Wildfires and Economic Justice in East LA with Elba Serrano 02.02.2025

2/2/2025: I speak with Elba Serrano, Associate Vice President at East Los Angeles Community Corporation, about how the recent wildfires have affected members of her community, fighting for economic justice in LA, and how climate change is affecting other struggles for social justice.

Episode 5: A History of Big Oil's Climate Denialism with Rebecca John 06.01.2025

1/5/2025: I speak with investigative journalist and researcher Rebecca John about her latest reporting on the deceptive climate denialist practices of the Western States Petroleum Association.

Episode 4: Public Power and the Build Public Renewables Act with Alex Patterson 15.12.2024

12/15/2024: I speak with Alex Patterson, Campaign Coordinator for the Public Power New York coalition, about the movement for public power and the fight to pass the Build Public Renewables Act in New York State.

Episode 3: Israeli Green Colonialism and Palestinian Environmentalism with Ghada Sasa 02.12.2024

12/1/2024: I'm joined by Ghada Sasa, Palestinian activist-scholar and PhD candidate at McMaster University, to discuss her research and advocacy on Israeli green colonialism, Palestinian environmentalism, and the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

Episode 2: Herbicide Drift with Kim Erndt-Pitcher and Robert Hirschfeld 17.11.2024

11/17/2024: On this episode, I'm joined by Kim Erndt-Pitcher and Robert Hirschfeld of Prairie Rivers Network to discuss the problem of herbicide drift in Illinois, and what widespread herbicide and pesticide use means for the present and future of agriculture and ecological health more broadly.

Episode 1: Climate Disasters and the Insurance Crisis with Moira Birss 03.11.2024

11/3/2024: In the wake of a destructive hurricane season, I'm joined by Moira Birss, Fellow at the Climate and Community Institute, to discuss the growing crisis in disaster insurance in the face of increasing climate-change-driven disasters.

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