Inherited

Bringing you a sampling of one of our favorite shows today, Future Ecologies! In this episode, a sympoietic stream of consciousness; on language, art making, and more-than-human interconnection. Listen to Future Ecologies wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sold Out: Rethinking Housing In America is back with an all new season. Climate change is intensifying wet periods across California, untaming waterways humans corralled with dirt and concrete. Through the story of one family in Pajaro, California, we ask, when the water comes for your home, how do you adapt? Is abandoning life in the floodplain the only option? We’ll follow the Escutia family as they manage their retreat from the Pajaro levee after a devastating breach, and their search for an affordable home on higher ground. Listen to Sold Out wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As She Rises aims to personalize the elusive magnitude of climate change and brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. In the latest season of As She Rises, we're traversing the Colorado River Basin downstream, understanding water through a new lens and centering stories of resilience in the face of the drought. We’re starting our journey just south of Lake Powell, in the Navajo Nation. Over the years, the U.S. government has signed a number of treaties with the Navajo Nation, promising certain amounts of water, and water infrastructure. But, as they struggle to reallocate water in the face of drought, the government still tends to leave indigenous communities out of the conversation. Poet Kinsale Drake reads her poem, “after Sacred Water,” about how the U.S. government drowned an ecosystem to create a dam that is now shrinking fast. Emma Robbins, director of the Navajo Water Project, explains how her organization ensures households have running water, and that the Navajo Nation has a seat at the table. As She Rises is a Wonder Media Network production. Follow Wonder Media Network on Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inherited host Shaylyn Martos sits down with storyteller Keerti Gopal, whose sound-rich story “Island of People” was a closer look into the climate resilience and cultural memory of the Tao, and how the effects of climate crisis and industrialization of Lanyu is changing their land forever. Together, they talk about Keerti’s experiences in multimedia journalism and building community in Taiwan. Keerti Gopal is a multimedia journalist, documentary filmmaker, and National Geographic Explorer. In 2021, she graduated from Northwestern University, where she organized with the youth-led Sunrise Movement Chicago and researched youth climate activism. She then moved to Taiwan for her Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship, where she documented stories of climate action and resilience through photo, film, and written media. She’s now based in Brooklyn, NY and has completed fellowships at Inside Climate News, The Lever, and Solutions Journalism Network. She is a graduate of One World Media’s Global Short Docs Forum for international filmmakers. Keerti is particularly interested in climate justice solutions and storytelling that center frontline communities and marginalized expertise. In her free time, she likes to hike, bike, and read fiction! Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency. For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s season finale, storyteller Keerti Gopal shares three stories of climate resilience from the Tao, the indigenous people of Lanyu – a tiny, climate-susceptible island off the coast of Taiwan. From a deep-sea diver on the hunt for increasingly scarce fish, to the keeper of an underground house, to a taro farmer whose fields are destroyed by polluted water, Keerti talks with community members whose way of life is threatened. Together, they look toward a better future. For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices