It is December 21st, 2023. For the Western world and many others around the globe, it's a time of celebrations, generosity, and reflection. Yet in Gaza, there is no time or reason to celebrate: for it is simply day 75 of the War on Gaza. Survival is the only thing that matters for more than 2 million Palestinians, half of which are children. With m…

Summer is over! (Though it seems there's no end to the heat!) Listen in as we're joined by Kai Heron, Lecturer in political ecology at Lancaster Univerity We talk: Public/Commons partnerships, Agroecology, Revolutionary Strategy, Eco-Leninism, Degrowth, Agrarian question in the UK, the State as a terrain of struggle, Global South extractivism, Effe…

Elle Salmansperger joins us on the show! We talk: Lützerath, social struggles, political emancipation, energy politics, German elections, forest protests, barricades & campsites, media narratives, what it takes to fight against the capitalist/extractivist machine, police and state violence, treehouses & much more! You can find Elle on instagram her…

David E. Gilbert joins us on the show! We talk: barricades, anarchy, social movements, worker actions in indonesia, the university system, capitalism, academia, protests, France, reclaiming land, connections, transformative change, performative actions, the Iraq War & much more! You can find David on twitter - here Or on his research page - here Le…

Song for the episode: Youtube: "Virgen y Volcán" by Grecia Albán Spotify: "Virgen y Volcán" by Grecia Albán In this episode, we welcome Patricia Castillo-Briceno, Principal Research Professor at ULEAM! We discuss her work on marine life physiology and environmental regulators, the details and ethics of such work, and how climate change is affecting…

In this episode Jamie and Skander discuss bioacoustics, citizen science, bird conservation and the ins and outs of field work with bird-expert and scientist Vijay Ramesh from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. You can find more of his work here - and Vijay himself on twitter @vjjan91De către Rising with the Tide

Your hosts Jamie and Skander welcome Zachary Foster to the show, a Historian of Palestine and scholar of Middle East History. We discuss the history of Palestine, what it means to be Palestinian, Zachary's work in obtaining elusive or forgotten documents and records, and much more around the idea of identity, place, and belonging. You can find Zach…

50 Conversations! That's what this beautiful talk with Jason W. Moore marks for your two curious hosts. Thank you so so much for giving us your time and attention, and for listening to our silly rants and constant tangents. And a huge thank you to every one of our fifty guests for coming along and putting up with us! In this milestone episode, your…

Welcome to episode 39! Or is it 49 with the prequels? Does it even matter! Your hosts literally punch through exam season as they metaphorically crawl out of May. It's summer, it's brighter, its hotter, as climate change makes itself seen and felt, one big question we've got is what are we doing about it? More precisely, what are the BIG boys/gals/…

As Jamie gets an urgent call to attend the Queen's secret funeral, Skander must respond to the bat signal on his lonesome. But fear not, his journey to the Appalachia goes without a problem, and before he knows it your host is hiking through the mountain-tops of West Virginia with Nicholas Stump, author of "Remaking Appalachia". Nicholas discusses …

Spring comes around and the scenery around us comes alive once again! Jamie accidentally falls into a river and, feeling wronged by Mother Nature, decides its time to learn about them. Know thy enemy, I guess. Your hosts depart for the eastern parts of India where they're gracefully welcomed by Rahul Ranjan, postdoc fellow at Oslo Met Univeristy. R…

After a hearty break, your hosts come back reinvigorated and ready to tackle some more topics they themselves know literally nothing about. We travel to the lands of Western Sahara with the help of Joanna Allan, Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, to learn about energy, poetry, and the remnants of colonialism in Africa. Of course, as critica…

Ready, set, jump! As your hosts bravely hop across the pond in a single superhuman jump, they receive a call from Alleen Brown, reporter for the Intercept. Managing an olympian landing right in the middle of the Twin Cities, Jamie and Skander follow Alleen as she takes them to the region's oil pipelines causing havoc on the local community and envi…

Another one! Sick of their ignorance around the subject, your hosts embark on a roadtrip to France to meet one of the leading experts in Environmental Justice today, Brendan Coolsaet! The associate professor takes us through a history of the movement, from its emergence in marginalised communities of colour in the United States, to its 'hop' across…

Jamie and Skander race to Cambridge in the latest episode of Rising with the Tide. Of course, as Jamie lives nearby he takes on a smug look and takes comically small and warped steps. Little does he know, Skander hasn't skipped leg day. The run from Oslo to their newest guest Sakshi is a breeze for the latter, even if he had to run on top of the No…

Your hosts embark on a journey to Northern Norway to meet an expert on none other than the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Teklehaymanot Weldemichel. Though a more somber subject than what we usually touch on, the war on Tigray deserves much more attention and international action. Teklehaymanot describes to us the atrocities witnessed around Tigray, fr…

Season 3 continues to take surprising turns as your hosts attempt their first proper livestream! Jamie picks up his shovel and kindly digs through the Earth's core to the other side of the world for us to meet Claire Burgess, PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania, in the land down under. As we cartoonishly hang upside down, unaccustomed to th…

Happy New Year! A new notch on humanity's belt never felt so good! As we slowly approach a (touch wood) post-covid era, another crisis looms not far behind. You already know what it is, we don't have to spell it out for you. What you may not know however is that this crisis has an effect on the earth itself. Not the planet, the ground, dummy! To ge…

While Jamie is away on his quest to join the proletariat in order to secure a liveable wage, Skander is joined by Andrew, a fellow student from the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Oslo. Together, with the help of arcane zoomic rituals, they conjure the spirit of Paul Robbins, Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmenta…

Welcome! Season 3 continues as we delve into climate adaptation and mitigation with Jola Ajibade, Assistant Professor at Portland State University! After going over her many accomplishments and the serendipitous road she took to get to where she is today, we discuss flooding adaptation measures in Lagos, Nigeria, surveillance and the intersections …

Welcome! In this episode we're joined by Professor Hilde Coffé, from the University of Bath, to talk about the history, implications and roles of women in the far right. Focusing on Western Europe, Hilde's research looks at voting behaviour, policy decisions and public views of far right parties and radical right parties. We discuss the potential r…

* S E A S O N T H R E E * ----------------------------- The coffees are poured. The migraines are had. The backs are arched. Here we go again! This time it's proper, it's real, season 3 is officially starting! No more of the flippity floppity Season 2 days of Skander attempting to record without howler monkeys in the back and Jamie daydreaming of h…

And we're live! This is the start of a new series of episodes straight from our Twitch streams! We don't yet have a schedule for them so stay tuned at www.twitch.tv/risingwiththetide and follow for notifications when we go online. We'll also be posting on twitter @risingwthetide when we go online. Our streams will be reserved for slightly chiller d…

Welcome to Episode 25! We're back at it again! Episodes are gonna start coming out again and we couldn't be more excited to begin with the wonderful Isabelle Axelsson! Isabelle is an activist and organiser for Fridays for Future in Sweden, has been a key part of the climate strikes in Stockholm and a public face for the youth's environmental activi…

Welcome to Episode 24! It's been a while :) In this episode, we talk to Benon Sevan, who retired as Under-Secretary General of the United Nations after a 40-year career. Benon was shared some of his favourite stories from Papua New Guinea, his 4 near-death experiences at the hands of insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as some insight as to…

In this brand new series, Skander is joined by Tim Marren as they deep dive into Belgian history. This is the second episode of a 4-part series on the origins and rise of the Flemish Far-Right, covering everything from the Belgian Revolution to today's Vlaams Belang. Join us as we trace our steps back to understand how the Flemish Far-Right in Belg…

Episode 23! We ditch the usual style for our first 4-person discussion. For this special occasion we've asked Nico Pizzolato and John Holst to come on the show and talk about the subject of their co-authored book: Antonio Gramsci. Listen in for a fascinating conversation on Gramsci's life, his ideas around pedagogy, revolutionary education for the …

Welcome! We continue our journey through season 2 with the amazing Kamea Chayne! An unstoppable force in the online eco movement, Kamea has hosted Green Dreamer through more than 300 episodes ranging from renewable greenwashing to indigenous rights! We discuss Kamea's journey up to and throughout Green Dreamer, an array of topics at the forefront o…

In this brand new series, Skander is joined by Tim Marren as they deep dive into Belgian history. This is the first episode of a 4-part series on the origins and rise of the Flemish Far-Right, covering everything from the Belgian Revolution to today's Vlaams Belang. Join us as we trace our steps back to understand how the Flemish Far-Right in Belgi…

Welcome to Season 2! We begin our wonderful new endeavour with the legendary Ben Burgis, author, philosopher, university instructor and host of Give Them An Argument! We're also joined for the first time (but definitely not the last) by Usman Ahmad (who you can find as Rip.Fun on all socials). We discuss Ben's book, and everything from the role of …

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Rebecca Willis, Professor in Practice at Lancaster University' LEC, Expert Lead for the Climate Assembly UK and Trustee of the New Economics Foundation. Rebecca's work touches on so many issues, it's difficult to sum it all up in a few sentences. She told us of her work with Climate …

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Diogo Verissimo, Director of On The Edge Conservation, research fellow at Oxford University and expert in social marketing. We discuss the ins and outs of social marketing, what the term means and how it's been used in the past. Diego argues against the environmentalist knee-jerk rea…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Chloe Miko, host and co-creator of The Burning Case Podcast! Similar to ours, the Burning Case takes on topics related to environment and politics, but with their own european/democracy twist! In their own words they are: "a place for critical conversations about our future on this p…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Thomas Worsdell, an independent researcher currently working with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). A lot of Thomas' work revolves around land, people and the complex interactions between the two. We learned a lot throughout the ep…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Sicily Fiennes, Master by research student at Kent University's DICE and conservationist specialising in birds. Sicily also co-runs Trade Chirps to help the public in keeping up with bird trade. We discuss her work on conservation and trade, what tactics work, what doesn't, as well a…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Martin Siegert, Professor, glaciologist and Co-Director of the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. Martin tells us what it's like being at the head of his world-leading research institute, and of his experience in climate change education. We discuss Antarctica and Martin'…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Brian Hoskins, visiting Professor at the University of Reading and Chair/Founding Director of the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. Brian tells us of his experience as head of the Grantham Institute, what he's learned and what he's seen. We discuss meteorology, the Stern…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Carola Rackete, a woman of many talents: she's an ecologist, a conservationist, a master mariner, a polar scientist and a sea rescuer! Carola shot to fame as Captain of Sea Watch 3 in 2019 when she headed a ship that rescued people lost at sea and attempted to dock to safety in Lampe…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Daniela Lerario, Co-Lead of the Climate Champions Team for the COP 26 and Co-Chair of Sistema B Brazil. She is a biologist by trade but also a waste and circular economy expert. Daniela tells us all about the diverse projects she's worked on, from ocean plastic waste studies to inter…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with William Gosling, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics about his research on Mauritius, just what does "Palaeoecology" mean and his role as Chair of Education for the British Ecological Society! Let us know your thought…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Danny Harris, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives (TA). Danny and TA work to end the "carmaggedon" that is New York City, and push for cheaper, cleaner and safer alternative modes of transport. We discuss car ownership as an issue of machism and addiction, the multplici…

In this brand new series (recorded a while ago so forgive the old LUXR intro), the Gang - Ellie, Jamie, Pablo and Skander - take on Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore's 2019 film "Planet of the Humans". Let's not kid ourselves. This film ruffled some feathers. We talk about what we think it got right and wrong, the back and forth between Gibbs/Moore and …

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Isabel Smallegange, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. We discuss population dynamics around bulb mites, beach hoppers and manta rays, as well as what it means for certain individuals to evolve certain traits. Isabel tells us about her research, her life as a scienti…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Adil Delwar, a Bangladeshi bio-med student by training turned eco-entrepreneur. Adil's company Palm Life lays out an exciting future for single-use tableware with their biodegradable plates and utensils made from fallen palm leaves. We ask Adil all the hard questions around the manuf…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with George Iordăchescu, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield's BIOSEC project. George studies illegal timber trade and deforestation in his native Romania's beautiful mountains: the Carpathian. He tells us about the fine grey lines separating the legal from the crimi…

Welcome fellow travellers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Matthew Green, Member of Parliament for the New Democrat Party (NDP) of Canada in Hamilton Centre, Ontario. We discuss his personal views on the socio-economic issues, climate change and energy policy to name a few. Matthew brings a unique point of view to the podcast to help us lear…

*Episode 10 of our archived LUXR series* In the final episode of our retired podcast, your hosts Skander and Jonny talks with Dr. Duncan McLaren, Professor in practice and research fellow at Lancaster University's LEC We discuss what carbon removal actually means, practically, its potential for positive change and climate outcomes, but also how com…

*Episode 9 of our archived LUXR series* Your host Skander talks with Dr. Rebecca Whittle, human geographer and lecturer at Lancaster University. We discuss community gardening and alternative agriculture systems, her research on the topics as well as a more general discussion around emotional wellbeing: How do we deal with the emotional responses t…

Welcome fellow travelers! Your hosts Jamie and Skander talk with Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government of George Mason University. She tells us the tales of Los Zetas cartel and their involvement in energy policy corruption throughout Mexico. We discuss the ins and outs of Mexican land and energy…

*Episode 8 of our archived LUXR series* Your hosts Ellie and Skander talk with Joanna Haigh, retired Professor Emeritus at Imperial College London. Joanna tells us about her time as co-director of the Grantham Institute and as IPCC Lead Author, her career highlights and lows. We also discuss climate denialism, the relationships between science and …