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Cultures of Energy

Dominic Boyer

Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and...

Episodes

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267 - Fossil Fascism (feat. William Callison and Jacob McLean)

On this special All Saints edition of the podcast, we talk Halloween and hypostition and then (14:34) welcome William Callison and Jacob McL...

01:00:31Nov 2, 2026

266- AI is a bad idea (feat. Mél Hogan)

Dominic and Cymene can't wait to tell you all about the new Nathan Fielder documentary, You Can See Everything . But don't worry, no spoiler...

01:06:01Oct 18, 2026

265 - The Carbon Wave (feat. Leah Stokes)

On this academic application edition of the Cultures of Energy podcast we are thrilled (16:57) to welcome old friend Leah Stokes back to the...

01:09:07Oct 4, 2026

264 - Decolonial Endurance (feat. Ting Hui Lau)

Cymene offers an epic #CymRant against AI-gone-wild on this week's podcast. Then (17:07) we welcome Ting Hui Lau to the podcast to talk abou...

58:29Sep 21, 2026

263 – Brokers of Power (feat. Conor Harrison)

Dominic and Cymene enjoy a confetti-free trip to Philadelphia on this special Labor Day edition of the podcast. To keep us company (12:24) w...

51:32Sep 7, 2026

262 - Petroforms (feat. Helen Kapstein)

Cymene recounts her visit to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and we wonder whether students can be convinced that academic writing will improv...

59:06Aug 24, 2026

261 - Building Postcarbon Futures (feat. Billy Fleming)

The Queen and King of Jetlag recount tales of airplane toilets, surprise geckos and AI abominations on this week's episode. Then (16:32) Bil...

01:18:15Aug 9, 2026

260 - Pipeline Cinema (feat. Mona Damluji)

Your cohosts' electric summer adventure has brought them to Thailand! Dominic wonders if he will be allowed to eat Thai spicy food and Cymen...

57:34Jul 26, 2026

259 - Petrostates (feat. Ryan Cecil Jobson)

The China adventure continues for your two co-hosts. Cymene and Dominic report from Zhangzhou, a small city of five million in Fujian provin...

53:05Jul 13, 2026

258 - Smog (feat. Ann Carlson)

Cymene and Dominic report from the first week of their trip to China. And then (11:22) we welcome legal scholar Ann Carlson to the podcast t...

49:48Jun 27, 2026

257 - The Alibi of Capital (feat. Timothy Mitchell)

It's World Cup season and so your co-hosts deliver their first ever sports corner. And then (9:38) drum roll please, we welcome the one and...

54:46Jun 15, 2026

256 - Land Art Generator (feat. Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian)

Cymene goes shopping with Beyoncé in this episode's dream sequence and if that weren't dreamy enough your co-hosts also break down the new f...

01:01:30Jun 1, 2026

255 - Accelerant (feat. Ciruce Mohavedi-Lankarani)

Dominic and Cymene eat crepes, share limericks and wonder whether dogs and rabbits might hold the secret to world peace on this week's episo...

55:10May 17, 2026

254 - Shrinking Cities (feat. Fernando Ortiz-Moya)

Cymene and Dominic talk about shrinky dinks, tiny sweaters, miniaturized submarines and elemental ethnography during this week's intro segme...

58:02May 4, 2026

253 - Disappearing Waste (feat. Dan Sosna)

Dominic and Cymene marvel at April snow and the ice cream stylings of Ben and Jerry. Then (8:28) we welcome Dan Sosna to the podcast to disc...

50:31Apr 20, 2026

252 - Southern Anthropocenes (feat. Casper Bruun Jensen)

Cymene and Dominic discuss what happened when ten art school kids were given a disney princess baking challenge on this week's episode of th...

51:17Apr 5, 2026

251 - Deep Listening (feat. Zina Saro-Wiwa)

Cymene and Dominic lament what is happening in Iran and explore what kinds of dogs they would be on this episode of the podcast. Then (15:47...

01:15:32Mar 22, 2026

250 - Energy Democracy (feat. Nikki Luke)

Dominic and Cymene celebrate the 250 th episode of the podcast with tales of steamy avian encounter. And then (16:14) we welcome Nikki Luke...

59:39Mar 8, 2026

249 - Weathering (feat. Astrida Neimanis and Jennifer Mae Hamilton)

Dominic and Cymene talk about their Cathostant (or is it Protelic?) families in this week's intro segment. And then (11:59) we are thrilled...

01:02:54Feb 22, 2026

248 - Maintenance & Repair (feat. Jérôme Denis & David Pontille)

Cymene and Dominic share pirate tales from the Sundance Film Festival and reimagine Heated Rivalry with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk as the lead...

01:07:18Feb 8, 2026