Audio and Video
Amy Leach Reads “Radical Bears in the Forest Delicious”
February 23, 2012
Summary: Author Amy Leach reads an excerpt from her whimsical essay "Radical Bears in the Forest Delicious," published in the March/April 2012 issue of Orion. Get a glimpse into the bamboo-filled mind of the elusive, unwavering panda.
Paul Kingsnorth & Friends Discuss “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist”
January 19, 2012
Summary: Has environmentalism lost its way? What does sustainability really have to do with a healthy planet? During Orion's latest live web event, Paul Kingsnorth discussed his essay “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist” in the January/February 2012 issue of the magazine. According to Kingsnorth, environmentalism has effectively died, its original deep connection to nature lost in the language of science and economics. Kingsnorth is joined by authors Lierre Keith and David Abram.
Luis Urrea Reads His First Wastelander Column for Orion Magazine
December 23, 2011
Summary: Author Luis Urrea is Orion magazine's newest columnist. In this podcast, he reads from his first column, The Wastelander, (January/February 2012) about working the nightshift cleaning toilets at a skanky campsite in Southern California.
From: Night Shift
Orion Editors Out Loud: January/February 2012
December 23, 2011
Summary: Orion editors Chip Blake, Jennifer Sahn, and Jason Houston discuss the January/Feburary 2012 issue of Orion, including an exclusive interview between veteran environmental journalist/author Terry Tempest Williams and Tim DeChristopher on the eve of DeChristopher's lockup in a federal penitentiary; Luis Urrea's witty yet poignant new column The Wastelander; and an iconoclastic essay by Paul Kingsnorth titled "Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist" -- an essay that is sure to generate a lot of conversation on our website. Photo Editor Jason Houston also discusses this issue's dramatic photo essay about farmers in rural India committing suicide, as well as how Orion covers are selected.
Dan Shepherd: “Draw Me a Tree” Slide Show
December 23, 2011
Summary: In his project "Draw Me a Tree," featured in the January/February 2012 issue of Orion, Dan Shepherd captures people's connection to place by asking them to draw a tree of some significance to them. He then creates a double exposure, layering photos of their drawings over photos of the trees themselves.
Pam Houston Reads from “Contents May Have Shifted”
December 23, 2011
Summary: Author Pam Houston reads an excerpt from her story for Orion (January/February 2012) titled "Contents May Have Shifted." Please take your seat and fasten your seat belt. And also make sure your seat back and folding trays are in their full upright position.
Chris Jordan and Picture Editor Jason Houston Discuss Art for Advocacy
December 14, 2011
Summary: What is it about visual art that changes the viewer? What are the pitfalls and opportunities inherent to art that advocates? Hear renowned photographer and cultural activist Chris Jordan and Orion's picture editor Jason Houston discuss these topics and answer listener questions during Orion's most recent live web event. Jordan's series "Intolerable Beauty," which set a new standard for art that advocates, was featured in Orion in 2007
Sy Montgomery and Guests Discuss Animal Intelligence
November 16, 2011
Summary: What does an octopus think about? What might it feel like to be a bat? During Orion's latest live web event, authors Sy Montgomery, Marc Bekoff, and aquarist Scott Dowd discuss animal intelligence—the subject of Montgomery's feature "Deep Intellect" in the November/December 2011 issue of the magazine. Listen to Montgomery read an excerpt from her piece, and hear the panel share startling stories of animal consciousness and answer listener questions.
Stephan Faris: “Holy Water” Narrated Slide Show
October 25, 2011
Summary: Writer Stephan Faris discusses "Holy Water: A precious commodity in a region of conflict" from the November/December 2011 issue of Orion. Faris wrote the article and Francesco Zizola took the photographs for this photo essay about the politics of water usage in and around Israel.
Michael P. Branch reads his essay about Thanksgiving turkey pardons
October 25, 2011
Summary: Michael P. Branch reads his essay "Free Birds" (Orion November/December 2011) about the peculiar American tradition of presidential turkey pardons and other myths surrounding Thanksgiving.
Author: Michael P. Branch
From: Freebirds
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