A podcast exploring art and the ecological crisis

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  • e65 drifting into season 3

    ‘What I’m looking for, ultimately, is an anchoring point: where are we at and what can we do to ensure the continuation of life?’ * e65 drifting into season 3 is a monologue that I recorded on September 13th 2021, in one take, while drifting in a kayak on the Preston River, Duhamel Québec, that explains what…

  • e63 a case study (part 1)

    ‘Welcome to the History of 2021 in Canada seminar. We’re going to do a case study today of the second season of the conscient podcast.’ * episode 63 is part 1 of a bilingual speculative fiction radio play set in an undergraduate university history seminar course about the arts scene in 2021 in Canada that launches season 3 of the…

  • e50 newton – imagining the future we want

    We put bounds on what feels like reality and the arts helps us push against that limited set of beliefs: we can imagine the future we want.

  • e35 salas – adapting to reality

    Artists are interested in understanding how to adapt their practice to the climate crisis but they need help, like we all do.

  • e21 dufresne – capitalism is over

    Capitalism is over: we need artists, and others, to tell us what kind of vision they have for a different future