Building an Audio Series: BlueLab’s ”Mining for the Climate”

This month's episode is a podcast about a podcast! We sat down with Nate Otjen and Jessica Ng, two of the leaders of the audio story series "Mining for the Climate," to discuss the audio documentary series and its investigation of the rhetoric arguing for continued mining as essential to the "green transition." The first season, set in Gaston County, North Carolina, details the controversy surrounding a proposed lithium mine in the county, and the upcoming second season takes listeners to Nevada to discuss the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. We discuss their creation process, how they constructed the narrative across five episodes, learn some updates on Gaston County since the first season, and explore the second season's auditory, photographic, and cartographic elements.

 

For more about Mining for the Climate:

 

Email:

• Jessica.ng@princeton.edu
• notjen@ramapo.edu

Website:

• Bluelabmedia.org

 

Guest Reading Recommendations:

• Benedetta Brevini's AI Scholarship
• Kohei Saito's Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

 

ASLE EcoCast:

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• Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast
• Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette
• Alex Tischer: @ak_tischer

 

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Episode recorded February 28, 2025

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