Speaking Out of Place
Public activism on human rights, environmental and indigenous justice, and educational liberation, with an emphasis on politics, culture, and art. Hosted by David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji. Website:
https://speakingoutofplace.com/
Podcasting since 2022 • 90 episodes
Speaking Out of Place
Latest Episodes
Using Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Justice: Deploying Data Against the Carceral System
Today we speak with two scholar-activists who are using satellite technologies and other tools to work for environmental justice, with specific attention to prisons and prison populations. They monitor air quality, water quality, extreme weathe...
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Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing. Conversation with Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise
Today we speak with Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise about their foundational work in starting and growing Jewish Voice for Peace. It’s a story captured in their new book, Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from J...
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Was Stanford Firing 23 Lecturers in Creative Writing Really Necessary? A Conversation with Lecturers and Students
Recently, twenty-three lecturers in the highly successful Creative Writing program at Stanford were summoned to a Zoom meeting where they were first praised, and then summarily fired. One of the most surprising aspects of this purge is the fact...
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Documenting the Fight Against the Palestine Exception: A Conversation with Filmmakers Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth
The Palestine Exception opens as campus encampments increase across the US in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. In the largest anti-war movement since the 1970s, students, faculty and staff make demands on their insti...
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Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood: What to Make of the Democratic Convention?
Today we speak with journalists and political commentators Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood about the state of the US Presidential elections. Recorded just after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, we muse about Kamala Harris’s asc...
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