In this episode we explore a relatively new subgenre of science fiction called Solarpunk, which aims to imagine better, more ecologically harmonious, futures on earth. In many ways Solarpunk is a reaction to both the real-world climate crisis and to the many apocalyptic visions of collapse filling our screens. Andrew Sage from the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN__G2hSqRKuqedN3M0JCDg joins host Jonathan McIntosh and friend of the show Carl Williams for this conversation. FOLLOW OUR PODCAST Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2C6SdbT75mdRp2jRyvuLfa Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-detective-audio-files/id1585512628 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3BjdWx0dXJlZGV0ZWN0aXZlLmFnZW5jeS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Our website: https://popculturedetective.agency/podcast PATREON https://www.patreon.com/popdetective PAYPAL https://www.paypal.me/popdetective WISHLIST https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/VPZW4GU512ON?ref_=wl_share LINKS & REFERENCES • The Andrewism YouTube Channel null • Walkaway by Cory Doctorow https://craphound.com/category/walkaway/ • Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/23059/ecotopia-by-ernest-callenbach/ • Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation https://upperrubberboot.com/sunvault/ • Fighting for the Future edited by Phoebe Wagner https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/androidpress/fighting-for-the-future • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel) • Princess Mononoke from Studio Ghibli https://letterboxd.com/film/princess-mononoke/ • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas • Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Skin • Monk and Robot book series by Becky Chambers https://us.macmillan.com/series/monkrobot • Disney’s Strange Solarpunk World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQJHja9qxU • Dear Alice from THE LINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ng5ZvrDm4 • Dear Alice’ Decommodified Edition by Waffle To The Left https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqJJktxCY9U • Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes https://www.versobooks.com/products/600-our-history-is-the-future • 3000-Year-Old Solutions to Modern Problems by Lyla June https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH5zJxQETl4 • Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_Realism * Background image is the cover of the first book in the Monk and Robot series entitled "Psalm for the Wild-Built." FAIR USE All multimedia clips included in this podcast constitute a ‘fair use’ of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law, which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. Learn more about fair use via New Media Rights! CREDITS Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh Intro music: Simon Stålenhag Outro music: Rick Lopez