Passion and Practicality: A Liberal Arts Podcast
Past, Present, and Future
Episodes

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 47 min
Alycia Harris presents “Eco-Icons and Green Signals: Examining the Visual Language of Sustainability.” Alycia Harris and Helen G. Hammond present “Sustainable Minds: Teaching Conscious.” Lisa Jacovsky presents “Sustainable Futures: Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Agents of Environmental and Social Change.” Kathy Spencer, Linda Savage, and Kiley Church present “Reimagining Environmental Justice: Addressing Past Injustices, Present Conflicts, and Future Solutions through Policy, Property, and Cultural Perspectives.” Kayla Stoll presents “New Hampshire Environmental Education Bill.” Luvuyo Batyi presents “The Miracle of the Diverse Portulacaria Afra Bushel: An Evaluation of Local South African Flora on its Potential Ecological Impact Through Carbon Sequestration.”
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Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 58 min
Patricia Weeks presents “Imperfectly Perfect.” Mac Scotty McGregor presents “Reclaiming the Earth: How Positive Masculinity Can Reshape Environmental Conservation.” Alena Shellenbean presents “Wild Home: The View from the Tent Flap throughout American History.” Georgena Luiso “Waste Not Want Not: How Cultural Perspectives Towards Plastic Implementation Hinder Large-Scale Plastic Waste Mitigation Techniques.”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 16 min
Saikat Pradhan presents “The Past, Present and Future of Environmental (In)Justice in India: A Bioregional Reading of Orijit Sen’s River of Stories.” John Bessai, Independent Scholar presents “Reclaiming the Toxic Sublime: Environmental Witnessing and the Aporia of Canadian Public Memory.”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 29 min
Lisa Jacovsky presents “Framing Change: Artistic Expressions of Environmental and Social Transformation.” Scott Courtney presents “The Silk Road and the Sound of Exchange: Musical Instruments as Environmental and Cultural Artifacts.”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 41 min
Jacob Haqq Misra presents “Long-term Scenario Modeling of Governance on Earth and Beyond.” Jeremy R. Pauley presents “Maximizing Potential: Through Neuroscience, Psychology, and Ethical AI Integration.” Michael A. Babcock presents “Stewardship in Artificial Environments: An Ecological Approach to AI Pedagogy.”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
27 min
Christopher Lee presents "Animal Crossings: Rethinking Roads in a Shared World."

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
38 min
Laman Tasch presents “The Impact of Social, Political, and Cultural Environments on Flamenco Art: From Marginality to UNESC Heritage, A Journey through Andalusian Identity”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 40 min
Oriana Smy presents “The Plasticene Ocean: The Dynamic Human Dimensions of Marine Plastic Pollution.” Fabienne Sowa presents “Made in USA: A Photo Essay on Coastal Wildlife, Human Presence, and the Future of Shared Shores.”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
40 min
Aditi Basu presents “Resilience Theory as a Framework of Architectural History? An Analysis of Traditional Houses in Modern Times.”

Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
1hr 27 min
Olawale Yemisi presents "'Take Your Herds and Leave Our Land, Animals': Grazing Land Allocation Politics and Resources Conflicts in Farmer Herdsmen Relations in Nigeria." Guyma Noel presents "Exploring Ethical Balance in Climate Change Negotiations for Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies Through A Polycentric Approach." Soumya Ranjan Gahir presents "Postcolonial Environmentalism in Practice: Can India Lead South Asia Toward Just Sustainability?"