Podcast from the Prairie

In this final episode of the first season of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen reverse roles. Jackson asks the questions about Jensen’s new book, The Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson: Searching for Sustainabil

Podcast from the Prairie - Episode 6: “Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions”

Feb 14th, 2021 48m 18s

In this penultimate episode of the first season of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen discuss Jackson’s new book, Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions. The stories in the book move from Jackson’s childhood o

Podcast from the Prairie - Episode 5: “The Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man”

Jan 23rd, 2021 54m 8s

In this episode of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen discuss the creativity of both humans and the larger living world. In addition to finding expression in art, human creativity also is essential in the scientific enter

Podcast from the Prairie - Episode 4: "Methodism to My Madness"

Dec 18th, 2020 54m 51s

In this episode of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen will discuss the role of religion, both in Jackson’s life and in our human future. The title of this episode references something Jackson has said for years, “There’s

Podcast from the Prairie - Episode 3: "Mad About Science"

Nov 8th, 2020 47m 37s

In the first two episodes of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson discussed some of the key ideas he developed in his half-century career as an educator and activist in the movement for ecological sustainability, and reflected on the role of

Podcast from the Prairie - Episode 2: "Respecting Your Tools"

Sep 1st, 2020 46m 37s

In the inaugural episode of Podcast from the Prairie, Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen explored some of the key influences on Jackson’s distinctive philosophy, on how he came to embrace an ecological perspective and a “creaturely worldview.” In Ep

Podcast from the Prairie - Episode 1: "Intellectual Grounding"

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 1m

Welcome to “Podcast from the Prairie.” Wes Jackson, one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture movement, tells stories that take us from lessons learned growing up on a Kansas farm to the front lines of crucial debates about ecological

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