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Three Problems with Utopia: Hayek, Kornai, Gorgias (video)

30 April 2024 | Watch here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I delivered a plenary entitled "Three Problems with Utopia: Hayek, Kornai, Gorgias" at the conference on Utopia and the Return of History at the University of Manchester, 30 April 2024.

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Nichtstun fürs Klima! Brecht’s Daoism, Useless Trees and the Action of Non-Action (video)

12 February 2026 | Watch here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I talk about the surprising resonances between the playwrite Bertolt Brecht and Laozi: both figures praise forms of non-action and uselessness. In conversation with Heinrich Detering and Alexander Karschnia, comment on the implications for climate action.

What's Wrong With (podcast)

9 July 2024 | Listen here

Architect Filip Mesko and I go on the What's Wrong With podcast to talk about my book Half-Earth Socialism and its intersection with architecture and design.

Shepherd Books (blog)

6 May 2024 | Read here

In this blog post, I offer five recommendations for books about the environmental crisis and how to solve it.

Three Problems with Utopia: Hayek, Kornai, Gorgias (video)

30 April 2024 | Watch here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I delivered a plenary entitled "Three Problems with Utopia: Hayek, Kornai, Gorgias" at the conference on Utopia and the Return of History at the University of Manchester, 30 April 2024.

City Atlas (podcast)

13 April 2024 | Listen here

I speak with the City Atlas team about my book Half-Earth Socialism, the accompanying video game, and about how young people can fight for social and ecological justice.

Global Marxism Online Talk at Gyeongsang National University (video)

30 October 2023 | Watch here

I gave a talk on my book Half-Earth Socialism as part of the Global Marxism Online Talks series at Gyeongsang National University in Jinsu, South Korea.

Directo al Paladar (newspaper)

24 October 2023 | Read here

I spoke with the journalist Miguel Ayuso Rejas about the Spanish translation of my book Half-Earth Socialism.

Srsly Wrong (podcast)

19 July 2023 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I talk to Aaron and Shawn from Srsly Wrong about our book Half-Earth Socialism, utopias, and much more.

Socialist Standard (newspaper)

1 July 2023 | Read here

I spoke with the Socialist Standard, paper of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, about my book Half-Earth Socialism.

Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley (radio)

19 September 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Sasha Lilley of Against the Grain on KPFA (Berkeley) about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

Cultures of Energy with Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer (podcast)

14 September 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer of the Cultures of Energy podcast about utopia.

Species Unite with Elizabeth Novogratz (podcast)

7 July 2022 | Listen here

I spoke Beth from the Species Unite podcast about my book Half-Earth Socialism.

Current Affairs Podcast with Nathan J. Robinson (podcast)

7 July 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Nathan from the Current Affairs podcast about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

The Land and Climate Review with Bertie Harrison-Broninski (podcast)

4 July 2022 | Listen here

I spoke with Bertie Harrison-Broninski about my book Half-Earth Socialism.

A World to Win with Grace Blakeley (podcast)

15 June 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Grace Blakeley on the World to Win podcast, from Tribune Magazine, about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

Green New Deal Media (podcast)

9 June 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with the Green New Deal Media podcast about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

Tech Won't Save Us with Paris Marx (podcast)

12 May 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I talk about our book Half-Earth Socialism, and our attitude towards technology, with Paris Marx.

Tocqueville21 with Justin Saint-Loubert-Bié (blog)

9 May 2022 | Read here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I go in depth on our book Half-Earth Socialism with Justin Saint-Loubert-Bié for Tocqueville21, the blog of the Tocqueville Review (American University of Paris).

NovaraFM with Aaron Bastani (podcast)

6 May 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I talk about our book Half-Earth Socialism with Novara's Aaron Bastani.

Majority Report (video)

19 April 2022 | Watch here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Emma Vigeland of the Majority Report about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

Future Histories with Jan Groos (podcast)

17 April 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Jan Groos about the prospects of expanding democracy into the economic sphere.

Digging in the Dirt with Kevin Gallagher (radio)

14 April 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Kevin Gallagher of the Digging in the Dirt radio show on WPKN about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

Storytelling Animals with Dayton Martindale (podcast)

5 April 2022 | Listen here

My co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with the brilliant Dayton Martindale about our book Half-Earth Socialism.

Blueprint from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio)

19 February 2021 | Listen here

In this radio interview, my co-author Troy Vettese and I spoke with Blueprint's Jonathan Green about how land use change might help us make sense of recent global fire crises from California to Siberia, Brazil to Australia.