Audio and Video
Stone River: The Passion of Jon Piasecki
November 17, 2009
Summary: Orion contributor Jon Piasecki spends his days moving -- and thinking about -- stones and how he can use them to save the world.
Author: An Orion Original Video
Stone River: The Passion of Jon Piasecki from Orion Magazine on Vimeo.
Orion Authors Aloud: Alexi Zentner Reads “The Clearing”
October 22, 2009
Summary: Alexi Zentner reads his story from the November/December 2009 issue of Orion.
Author: Alexi Zentner
From:
Orion Editors Out Loud: November/December 2009
October 22, 2009
Author: Orion Editors discuss the November/December 2009 issue of Orion
From:
Orion Authors Aloud: David Abram Reads “The Air Aware”
September 18, 2009
Summary: The author reads his essay -- in which he proposes an entirely new definition of what it means to be one with nature -- from the September/October 2009 Orion.
Author: David Abram
From: The Air Aware
Orion Editors Out Loud: September/October 2009
August 24, 2009
Summary: Two Orion editors discuss the September/October 2009 issue.
Author: Editor-in-Chief H. Emerson Blake and Editor Jennifer Sahn
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Orion Authors Aloud: Joe Wilkins Reads “Out West”
August 24, 2009
Summary: An audio recording of Joe Wilkins reading his article from the September/October 2009 Orion. Growing up in eastern Montana makes you hard -- and not necessarily in a good way.
Author: Joe Wilkins
From: Out West
Orion Authors Aloud: Lia Purpura reads “On Coming Back as a Buzzard”
August 24, 2009
Summary: Audio of the author reading her essay from the September/October 2009 issue of Orion, about the beautiful necessity of an appetite for all things.
Author: Lia Purpura
From: On Coming Back as a Buzzard
Orion Editors Out Loud: July/August 2009
June 23, 2009
Summary: Editors Chip Blake and Jennifer Sahn discuss what’s in the July-August 2009 issue, including Sandra Steingraber’s surprising column on abortion and the environment, Karen Halverson’s unique photographs of Mulholland Drive, and a trio of feature articles that strike a clear-eyed note of optimism.
Author: Editor in Chief H. Emerson Blake and Editor Jennifer Sahn
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Orion Authors Aloud: Kim Todd Reads “The Trumpet of the Swan”
June 22, 2009
Summary: Childhood memories withstand the test of time, but a fragile species may be another story -- the July/August 2009 article "The Trumpet of the Swan" is read by the author.
Author: Kim Todd
From: The Trumpet of the Swan
Orion Authors Aloud: Erik Reece Reads “Hell, Yeah…”
June 22, 2009
Summary: Erik Reece reads "Hell, Yeah, We Want Windmills" which was published in the July/August 2009 Orion.
Author: Erik Reece
From: Hell Yeah, We Want Windmills
Orion Editors Out Loud: May/June 2009
April 23, 2009
Summary: Editor-in-chief H. Emerson Blake and editor Jennifer Sahn talk about some of the highlights in, and stories behind, the May-June 2009 issue of the magazine, including: "3 Bets," by Sandra Steingraber; "Oracle in the Desert," by Craig Childs; "The Barbaric Heart," by Curtis White; "World at Gunpoint," by Derrick Jensen; "Pulverized," by Jay Griffiths; and "The Return," by Rick Bass.
Author: The Editors
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Craig Childs Reads “Oracle in the Desert”
April 23, 2009
Summary: The author reads his story from the May/June 2009 Orion magazine, about a retired cop continuing his high-stakes journey among bald knobs and sheer dropoffs of Arizona.
Author: Craig Childs
From: Oracle in the Desert
Interview with Sandra Steingraber
April 23, 2009
Summary: Executive Editor Hal Clifford interviews Sandra Steingraber about her May/June 2009 article "3 Bets" which concerns ecology, economy, and human health.
Author: Sandra Steingraber
From: 3 Bets
A Small-Hydro Road Trip
April 14, 2009
Summary: Orion Contributing Editor, Ginger Strand, travels with Verne Tower to the small-hydro site he rebuilt and helps maintain. A follow up to Ginger's May/June 2009 article, The Poetry of Power, in Orion magazine.
Author: An Orion Original Film
A Small-Hydro Road Trip from Orion Magazine on Vimeo.
March/April Poets Read Their Poems
March 10, 2009
Summary: Authors read the poems included in the March/April 2009 Orion magazine. The audio includes: "Be Here First," by Ellen Doré Watson "Ovid's List of Hounds," by F. Daniel Rzicznek "The Plain Speech," by Mary Rose O'Reilley "Eskimo whizzamajig," by Elizabeth Bradfield
Author: E. Watson, F. Rzicznek, M. O'Reilley, E. Bradfield
From: Eskimo whizzamajig, The Plain Speech, Ovid’s List of Hounds, Be Here First
An Interview with Jim Carrier
February 20, 2009
Summary: An interview with Jim Carrier, author of “All You Can Eat,” an investigation into the failings of the global shrimp trade, published in the March-April 2009 issue of Orion.
Author: Jim Carrier
From: All You Can Eat
An Interview with Richard Louv
February 20, 2009
Summary: An interview with Richard Louv, author of “A Walk in the Woods,” an article about children and their right to unmediated play in nature, published in the March-April 2009 issue of Orion.
Author: Richard Louv
From: A Walk in the Woods
Artifice vs. Pastoral, Read by Jay Griffiths
February 20, 2009
Summary: Jay Griffiths reads her article “Artifice vs. Pastoral,” an essay on how we have confused what is real and what is unreal (and are paying a high price for it), from the March-April 2009 issue of Orion.
Author: Jay Griffiths
From: Artifice v. Pastoral
Kidding Season, a Short Story Read by Lydia Peelle
February 20, 2009
Summary: O’Henry Award-winner Lydia Peelle reads her fictional short story “Kidding Season,” from the March-April 2009 issue of Orion.
Author: Lydia Peelle
From: Kidding Season
Peter Friederici Reads “Transformations”
February 12, 2009
Summary: The author reads his beautiful piece about connecting to where you live.
Author: Peter Friederici
From: Transmutations
“Tea,” Read by Leslie Harrison
February 12, 2009
Summary: Leslie Harrison reads her poem from the January/February 2009 Orion.
Author: by Leslie Harrison
From: Tea
“Duff,” Read by Robert Wrigley
February 12, 2009
Summary: Robert Wrigley reads his poem from the January/February 2009 issue of Orion.
Author: by Robert Wrigley
From: Duff
“Suppose You Were a Moray Eel,” Read by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
February 12, 2009
Summary: The poet reads her poem from the January/February 2009 Orion.
Author: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
From: Suppose You Were a Moray Eel
“Before Fort Clatsop,” Read by Michelle Bonczek
February 12, 2009
Summary: The author reads her poem from the January/February issue of Orion.
Author: by Michelle Bonczek
From: Before Fort Clatsop
Interview with Curators involved with Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet
January 06, 2009
Summary: Interviews with curators and directors of organizations involved in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Mark Dion
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Marcos Ramírez ERRE
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Ann Hamilton
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Rigo 23
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Dario Robleto
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Diana Thater
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Interview with Artist Xu Bing
January 06, 2009
Summary: The artist was included in the traveling contemporary art exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, which was born of a five-year collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive, and the environmental organization Rare. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Lidia and Alexander Rossner, who specialize in documentary work about the art world, attended the opening of the exhibit and interviewed each of the artists as well as the curators and directors of both museums and Rare.
Author: Video by Lidia and Alexander Rossner
From: Human/Nature Slide Show, Human/Nature
Joni Tevis Reads “Fairy Tales of the Atomic Age”
January 06, 2009
Summary: The author of a January/February 2009 article reads her essay about a trip through the looking glass of a Tennessee tourist attraction.
Author: Joni Tevis
From: Fairy Tales of the Atomic Age
An Interview with Auden Schendler
December 19, 2008
Summary: The author of "Climate Revelations" from the January/February issue of Orion chats with editor Hal Clifford about how a self-described atheist discovers that he must bring God into the climate conversation.
Author: Auden Schendler
From: Climate Revelations
A Conversation with Erik Reece
October 27, 2008
Summary: A conversation between Erik Reece, author of the article "Notes from a Very Small Island" (Orion magazine, November-December 2008), and Orion executive editor Hal Clifford.
Author: Erik Reece
From: Notes from a Very Small Island
A Conversation with Jason Peters
October 27, 2008
Summary: A conversation between Jason Peters, author of the article "Destined to Fail" (Orion magazine, November-December 2008), and Orion executive editor Hal Clifford.
Author: Jason Peters
From: Destined for Failure
A Conversation with Ginger Strand
October 27, 2008
Summary: Strand: A conversation with Ginger Strand, author of "The Crying Indian" in the November-December issue of Orion.
Author: Ginger Strand
From: The Crying Indian
A Conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore
October 21, 2008
Summary: A conversation with the author of "Silence Like Scouring Sand" from the November/December 2008 Orion.
Author: Kathleen Dean Moore
From: Silence Like Scouring Sand
A Conversation with Hank Lentfer
September 25, 2008
Summary: A brief conversation with the author of "Window", from the Coda of the September/October 2008 Orion magazine, which embodies a deep appreciation of the moment, in nature. Hank Lentfer lives on a creek bank in Gustavus, Alaska, where he is working on a book titled Faith of Cranes.
Author: Hank Lentfer
From: A Window
Sandra Steingraber: Talking to Kids about Climate Change
September 25, 2008
Summary: Sandra Steingraber discusses her September/October 2008 Orion magazine column called "The Big Talk" which is about how we speak to our children about climate change -- telling them where the birds and bees have gone. Sandra Steingraber, a scholar in residence at Ithaca College, writes about health and the environment.
Author: Sandra Steingraber
From: The Big Talk
A Conversation with Tom Montgomery-Fate
September 25, 2008
Summary: This conversation was published on the web alongside the author's article "The Art of Dying," published in the September/October 2008 issue of Orion magazine, a meditation on the crises humanity faces. Tom Montgomery-Fate is the author of Beyond the White Noise and Steady and Trembling. He teaches at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Author: Tom Montgomery-Fate
From: The Art of Dying
Terry Tempest Williams Reads Her Article about Rwanda
September 01, 2008
Summary: Acclaimed environmental writer reads her unabridged article "Twibuke: Healing Rwanda" from the September/October 2008 Orion magazine, about her experiences traveling to Rwanda, and what "healing Rwanda" might feel like. Terry Tempest Williams is the author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World, a narrative set in three locations: Ravenna, Italy; Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah; and Rwanda. She is the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah.
Author: Terry Tempest Williams
From: Healing Rwanda
Roger Pinckney and development on Dafuskie Island
July 15, 2008
Summary: From the article "Once Upon a Turtle Moon - Waiting for miracles at the water's edge" in the July/August 2008 issue of Orion magazine.
Author: Roger Pinckney
From: Once Upon a Turtle Moon
Conversation with Rebecca Clarren about “Pesticide Drift”
July 01, 2008
Summary: A conversation with environmental writer Rebecca Clarren about her article "Pesticide Drift" which appeared in the July/August issue of Orion magazine. The article is about how immigrant workers are affected by pesticides. Rebecca Clarren writes about environmental and labor issues for various magazines such as Fortune and High Country News. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Author: Rebecca Clarren
From: Pesticide Drift
A Conversation with Charles Bowden
June 23, 2008
Summary: A conversation with Charles Bowden that accompanied his article "Exodus," about the wave of immigration from Mexico and why it can't be stopped, published in the July/August 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Charles Bowden has lived along the U.S.-Mexico border for fifty years. His book Exodus, a collaboration with photographer Julián Cardona, was published by the University of Texas Press.
Author: Charles Bowden
From: Exodus
A Conversation with Mike Tidwell: Acting on Climate Change
May 01, 2008
Summary: The author of "Snap into Action for the Climate" discusses activism and alarmism, and the need for dramatic and immediate change; this audio interview was placed alongside Tidwell's article in the May/June 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Mike Tidwell is the author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities and Bayou Farewell, and is the founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
Author: Mike Tidwell
From: Snap into Action for the Climate
Conversation with Michelle Nijhuis
May 01, 2008
Summary: This brief conversation accompanied web publication of Ms. Nijhuis's article "Taking Wildness in Hand" (published in the May/June 2008 Orion magazine), which explored the idea of re-introducing species to new habitats as a result of the changing climate. Michelle Nijhuis's writing has recently won a Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She lives in rural western Colorado.
Author: Michelle Nijhuis
From: Taking Wildness in Hand: Rescuing Species
An Abandoned Reservoir Inspires Dance
April 01, 2008
Summary: Video supplement to Ginger Strand's "A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn". Shot by Ruytaro Ishikane and Robin Vachal. Edited by Jennifer Monson. Danced by Maggie Bennett, Charlotte Gibbons and Mariangela Lopez, sound by Kenta Nagai.
Author: Ruytaro Ishikane and Robin Vachal
From: A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn
A Conversation with Ginger Strand
March 01, 2008
Summary: Author Ginger Strand discusses infrastructure, values, and other enthusiasms with Orion editors. The interview was associated with an article published in the March/April 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Ms. Strand is the author of Inventing Niagara as well as Flight, a novel. She lives in New York City.
Author: Ginger Strand
From: A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn
An Audio Pause in the Big Butterfly Year
February 13, 2008
Summary: Bob Pyle is in 2008 engaged in a "Butterfly Big Year" -- spending a year on the road in the U.S., trying to locate as many butterfly species as possible. He submitted this audio entry on break from his Butterfly Big Year journey. See his Orion magazine blog of his efforts.
Author: Robert Michael Pyle
From: Home for a Quick Break
“If Nature Had Rights” Read by the Author
January 01, 2008
Summary: Author Cormac Cullinan reads is provocative essay "If Nature Had Rights" in which he imagines what nature might gain, and what people might "lose" if nature gained legal protections. The article was published in the January/February 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Cape Town–based environmental attorney Cormac Cullinan is the author of Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice.
Author: Cormac Cullinan
From: If Nature Had Rights
Clarinet and Whale Duet
December 01, 2007
Summary: David Rothenberg and belugas communicate at the edge of the White Sea, a piece that accompanied his article about the experience, published in the January/February 2008 issue of Orion magazine. David Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, The Book of Music and Nature, and also has six CDs to his name.
Author: David Rothenberg
From: Serenading Belugas in the White Sea, David Rothenberg reads his essay “Serenading Belugas in the White Sea”
David Rothenberg reads his essay “Serenading Belugas in the White Sea”
December 01, 2007
Summary: This is the story of noted musicologist David Rothenberg's trip to the White Sea to explore inter-species communication, playing his clarinet at the sea's edge. Mr. Rothenberg reads the full text of his essay published in the January/February 2008 Orion magazine. David Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, The Book of Music and Nature, and also has six CDs to his name.
Author: David Rothenberg
From: Serenading Belugas in the White Sea, Clarinet and Whale Duet
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