https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-rift--6389332enPoliticsCopyright Roshan Krishnanhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/412654653dbe7cc93bb4fbe3c1293c16.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-rift--6389332Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:51:11 +0000Roshan KrishnanRoshan Krishnanfeeds@spreaker.comA radio show about climate change, ecology, politics, and power. Aired live every first and third Sunday of the month at 3pm CT on WEFT Champaign, 90.1 FM. Recordings here.false84fa135a-f771-5bf9-8098-fe64f61f0bafepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-32-degrowth-with-coilean--73351444https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73351444Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:31:58 +0000Roshan Krishnan08/02/2026: I speak with Coileán, an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America, about degrowth, and why it matters for the ecosocialist left.3216false32fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-31-how-the-left-should-approach-data-centers-with-winston-yau--72832216https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72832216Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:38:16 +0000Roshan Krishnan07/05/2026: I speak with energy and industrial policy researcher Winston Yau about the political-ecological dynamics of the data center boom, and how the left should strategize in response.3551false31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-30-energy-justice-in-alabama-with-john-dodd--71843451https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71843451Sun, 03 May 2026 21:29:42 +0000Roshan Krishnan05/03/2026: I speak with John Dodd, Policy Manager at Energy Alabama, over the recent legislative battle over the Power to the People Act and the fight for affordable, clean energy in Alabama.3337false30fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-29-global-ecological-justice-and-the-end-of-the-west-with-dr-daanish-mustafa--71121563https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71121563Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:36:42 +0000Roshan Krishnan04/05/2026: I speak with Dr. Daanish Mustafa, Professor of Critical Geography at King's College London, about imagining new ways of relating to the environment, and what the end of the West as we know it might mean for global ecological justice.3284false29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-28-how-iran-s-environmental-movement-is-navigating-repression-and-war-with-dr-maziar-samiee--70649853https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70649853Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:46:13 +0000Roshan Krishnan03/15/2026: I speak with Dr. Maziar Samiee, associate researcher at the University of Sussex's Center for Global Political Economy, about the fights that the Iranian environmental movement is waging, and how they are affected by government repression...2999false28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-27-managing-the-decline-of-fossil-fuels-with-emily-grubert-and-joshua-lappen--70073514https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70073514Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:49:40 +0000Roshan Krishnan02/15/2026: I speak with Emily Grubert, professor of sustainable energy policy at Notre Dame, and Joshua Lappen, postdoctoral researcher associate at Notre Dame about their new paper on the minimum viable scale of fossil energy systems and the...3322false27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-26-electing-climate-candidates-with-ada-recinos--69754561https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69754561Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:39:57 +0000Roshan Krishnan2/1/2026: I speak with Ada Recinos, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Democratic Training Committee, about how people running on climate and environmental justice issues are winning local elections around the country...3200false26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-25-eco-tourism-in-ohio-coal-country-with-kellye-blosser-and-tyler-mcdaniel--69499893https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69499893Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:26:43 +0000Roshan Krishnan1/18/2026: I speak with Tyler McDaniel and Kellye Blosser of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council about the history of coal mining in southeastern Ohio, the challenges these communities face, and how LCBD is trying to build community and...3109false25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-24-the-history-and-politics-of-refrigeration-with-nicola-twilley--69160578https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69160578Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:34:49 +0000Roshan Krishnan12/21/2025: I speak with author and journalist Nicola Twilley about her book Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.3155false24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-23-caste-labor-and-climate-politics-with-malini-ranganathan--68933200https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68933200Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:38:07 +0000Roshan Krishnan12/7/2025: I speak with Dr. Malini Ranganathan, Associate Professor at the American University School of International Service, about the intersection of caste and labor and how it's manifesting in climate politics in India and across the world.2824false23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-22-class-struggle-and-climate-change-in-the-rail-industry-with-railroad-workers-united--68594612]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68594612Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:57:40 +0000Roshan Krishnan11/16/2025: I speak with Ron Kaminkow and Nick Wurst of Railroad Workers United about cross-union organizing, the fight against mega-mergers in rail, and what a worker-lead rail industry might mean for the fight against climate change.]]>3332false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-21-conservation-and-violence-in-kenya-s-maasai-mara-with-bilal-butt--68207711https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68207711Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:08:25 +0000Roshan Krishnan10/19/2025: I speak with Dr. Bilal Butt, Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, about his research on conservation and pastoralism in Kenya's Maasai Mara, and his perspectives on a future of conservation...3059false21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-20-solar-energy-in-illinois-coal-country-with-randa-watts--68035471https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68035471Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:38:14 +0000Roshan Krishnan10/5/2025: I speak with Randa Watts, environmental organizer with Prairie Rivers Network, about her work engaging rural communities in central and southern Illinois about solar energy.2173false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-19-public-lands-from-the-left-with-jamie-tommins--67844124https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67844124Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:45:10 +0000Roshan Krishnan09/21/2025: I speak with writer and former trail worker Jamie Tommins about trail work, the state of our public lands, and what a just land management regime might look like.2958false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-18-the-environmental-impact-of-the-cloud-with-steven-gonzalez-monserrate--67667443https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67667443Sun, 07 Sep 2025 22:23:40 +0000Roshan Krishnan9/7/2025: I speak with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at Goethe University, about the ecology of the Internet and how data centers are impacting the environment.3172false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-17-zohran-mamdani-s-green-economic-populism-with-batul-hassan--67240965https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67240965Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:51:25 +0000Roshan Krishnan8/3/2025: I speak with Batul Hassan, Labor Director at the Climate and Community Project and Steering Committee member with the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, about Zohran Mamdani's campaign for mayor of New York City and what it...2931false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-16-oceans-lands-and-art-with-maya-weeks--67050873https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67050873Mon, 21 Jul 2025 01:27:57 +0000Roshan Krishnan7/20/2025: I speak with researcher and artist Maya Weeks about ocean pollution, native land rights, Marxist feminism, and how she makes art from her research.2780false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-15-the-republican-assault-on-the-epa-with-ellie-hagen--66568407https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66568407Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:46:13 +0000Roshan Krishnan6/15/2025: I speak with former Environmental Protection Agency scientist Ellie Hagen about the Trump administration's funding cuts and firings at the EPA and their effects on environmental regulation.2863false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-14-imperialism-and-ecological-breakdown-with-leon-sealey-huggins--66359795https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66359795Sun, 01 Jun 2025 21:46:11 +0000Roshan Krishnan6/1/2025: I speak with Dr. Leon Sealey-Huggins, Senior Campaigner on Just Transition with War on Want, about his study of the effects of imperialism and colonialism on climate response among Global South nations, and the struggle for global ecological...3163false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-13-debt-ecology-and-reparative-climate-finance-with-patrick-bigger--66143274https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66143274Sun, 18 May 2025 22:56:46 +0000Roshan Krishnan5/18/2025: I speak with Patrick Bigger, Research Director at the Climate and Community Institute, about the looming debt crisis among Global South nations, what it means for global climate justice, and how we can move toward a more just financial system.3029false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-12-fracking-from-the-permian-basin-to-colombia-with-sharon-wilson-and-andres-gomez--65914233https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65914233Mon, 05 May 2025 05:52:33 +0000Roshan Krishnan5/4/2025: I speak with Sharon Wilson of Oilfield Witness about the impacts of fracking in the Permian Basin, and hear from Andres Gomez of the Fossil Fuel Nonproliferation Treaty Initiative about Colombia's involvement in Permian fracking.3126false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-11-what-s-left-with-malcolm-harris--65644738https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65644738Sun, 20 Apr 2025 21:28:17 +0000Roshan Krishnan4/20/2025: I speak with author and Marxist intellectual Malcolm Harris about his new book, What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis.3219false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-10-greenpeace-on-trial-with-deepa-padmanabha--65382262https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65382262Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:46:24 +0000Roshan Krishnan4/6/2025: I speak with Deepa Padmanabha, Senior Legal Advisor with Greenpeace USA, about Energy Transfers' lawsuit against Greenpeace for their advocacy around the Dakota Access Pipeline, and what it could mean for left-wing activism moving forward.2730false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-9-the-fight-against-privatizing-south-africa-s-grid-with-brian-kamanzi--64923997https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64923997Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:24:21 +0000Roshan Krishnan3/16/2025: I speak with Brian Kamanzi, Researcher with Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, about South Africa's state-owned energy utility, Eskom, the struggle that unions and civil society are waging against its privatization, and the political...3123false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-8-climate-risk-in-public-pensions-with-allie-lindstrom--64663492https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64663492Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:19:03 +0000Roshan Krishnan3/2/2025: I speak with Allie Lindstrom, Senior Strategist with the Sierra Club's Sustainable Finance program, about how climate risk is affecting public pensions in the US and what workers can do about it.2354false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-7-utility-justice-in-detroit-with-liz-jacob--64411436https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64411436Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:27:58 +0000Roshan Krishnan2/16/2025: I speak with Liz Jacob, staff attorney at the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice in Detroit, Michigan, about the fight for affordable, reliable and clean electricity in Detroit.2699false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-6-wildfires-and-economic-justice-in-east-la-with-elba-serrano--64151729https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64151729Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:41:47 +0000Roshan Krishnan2/2/2025: I speak with Elba Serrano, Associate Vice President at East Los Angeles Community Corporation, about how the recent wildfires have affected members of her community, fighting for economic justice in LA, and how climate change is affecting...2554false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-5-a-history-of-big-oil-s-climate-denialism-with-rebecca-john--63594852https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63594852Mon, 06 Jan 2025 23:46:44 +0000Roshan Krishnan1/5/2025: I speak with investigative journalist and researcher Rebecca John about her latest reporting on the deceptive climate denialist practices of the Western States Petroleum Association.2722false5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-public-power-and-the-build-public-renewables-act-with-alex-patterson--63331705https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63331705Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:01:24 +0000Roshan Krishnan12/15/2024: I speak with Alex Patterson, Campaign Coordinator for the Public Power New York coalition, about the movement for public power and the fight to pass the Build Public Renewables Act in New York State.3454democracy,energy,new,power,public,yorkfalse4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-israeli-green-colonialism-and-palestinian-environmentalism-with-ghada-sasa--63101158https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63101158Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:47:44 +0000Roshan Krishnan12/1/2024: I'm joined by Ghada Sasa, Palestinian activist-scholar and PhD candidate at McMaster University, to discuss her research and advocacy on Israeli green colonialism, Palestinian environmentalism, and the struggle for Palestinian liberation.3108false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-herbicide-drift-with-kim-erndt-pitcher-and-robert-hirschfeld--62780928https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62780928Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:29:40 +0000Roshan Krishnan11/17/2024: On this episode, I'm joined by Kim Erndt-Pitcher and Robert Hirschfeld of Prairie Rivers Network to discuss the problem of herbicide drift in Illinois, and what widespread herbicide and pesticide use means for the present and future of...2730false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-climate-disasters-and-the-insurance-crisis-with-moira-birss--62599686https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62599686Sun, 03 Nov 2024 23:28:34 +0000Roshan Krishnan11/3/2024: In the wake of a destructive hurricane season, I'm joined by Moira Birss, Fellow at the Climate and Community Institute, to discuss the growing crisis in disaster insurance in the face of increasing climate-change-driven disasters.2625false1full