From The Marginlands
In From The Marginlands, we -- Prem Panicker and Arati Kumar Rao-- explore storytelling and making sense of the elemental connections between us and the world around us. We converse with carefully curated guests on the art of telling stories about the environment and on climate change as it manifests around the world.
Podcasting since 2025 • 21 episodes
From The Marginlands
Latest Episodes
Cheetahs, Tigers, People, & Forests: Raza Kazmi Walks Us Into India's History
In this season-ending episode of From The Marginlands, Arati and I dive deep into Indian forests, not just as ecosystems but as archives of memory, power, and change. Our guide into this layered terrain is Raza Kazmi, who helps us explore how h...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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2:15:24
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR HUMANS & LEOPARDS TO SHARE LANDSCAPES? WE ASK VIDYA ATHREYA
Leopards live far closer to us than most of us realise — not just in forests, but across farms, villages, and city edges. In this episode, Arati and Prem speak with Dr. Vidya Athreya, one of India’s leading carnivore ecologists, about why leopa...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:31:27
Do We Still Need Wildlife Films? Kalyan Varma Weighs In
Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Kalyan Varma joins Arati and Prem on From the Marginlands to explore what it means to document the natural world today. From the ethics of filming a vanishing wilderness to the uneasy rise of AI-generate...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:26:30
What Are We Doing To The Mountains? Ft. Manshi Asher
Each monsoon, the Himalayas make headlines for floods, landslides, and loss. But what if these aren’t “natural” disasters at all, but the result of choices we keep making? In this episode, Arati and Prem speak with environmental researcher Mans...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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