Audio and Video
Andrei Codrescu discusses his move to the Ozarks and much more
October 25, 2011
Summary: In a far-reaching interview with Orion Managing Editor Andrew Blechman, Andrei Codrescu discusses his unexpected move to the Ozarks; Ovid's exile to Romania, the importance of timing; his family's escape from the Nazis; meeting Allen Ginsberg in the 1960s; the power of poetry and monetizing creativity; how to become a poet; his start as a commentator for National Public Radio; his coverage of the Romania revolution; his latest book based on the Persian folk tales in One Thousand and One Nights; and the wonders of retirement.
Author: Andrei Codrescu
Orion Editors Out Loud: November/December 2011
October 25, 2011
Summary: Orion editors Chip Blake, Jennifer Sahn, and Andrew Blechman discuss the November/December 2011 issue. They reflect on Bill McKibben's column about the need for small and many versus big and brittle; the reign of the One Percenters and how income inequality is stunting cultural evolution; Andrei Codrescu's unexpected move to the Ozarks and what he's found there; Sy Montgomery's unusual ability to get cuddly with octopuses; and Michael Branch's ruminations on the presidential pardoning of turkeys.
Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge Discuss the End of Growth
October 19, 2011
Summary: Must the economy always grow? At what societal, personal, and planetary cost? Orion hosted a live discussion on the end of economics as we know it with Richard Heinberg, author of The End of Growth, and Helena Norberg-Hodge, whose film The Economics of Happiness explores the costs and alternatives to perpetual growth. During this hour-long dialogue ranging from Occupy Wall Street to climate change, our guests shared ideas, resources, and answered listener questions.
Erik Reece and Friends Discuss the Future of Education
September 30, 2011
Summary: Is our education system capable of producing young people who are ready to tackle today's social and environmental challenges? The outlook is grim, argues Erik Reece in his essay in the September/October 2011 issue of Orion, "The Schools We Need." Reece and noted education thinkers Deborah Meier and Dr. Leon Botstein reflected on these questions and more during a live web event hosted by Orion; the three discussed Reece's essay, the future of our school system, and answered listener questions.
Rachel Barrett: “Nature and Nurture” Narrated Slide Show
August 25, 2011
Summary: Photographer Rachel Barrett discusses her photo essay from the September/October 2011 issue of Orion about how gender can imprint itself upon the land. She photographs a group of young women living together in Bolinas, California, and a group of young men farming a tract of land in the Catskill mountains of New York.
Orion Editors Out Loud: September/October 2011
August 25, 2011
Summary: Orion editors Chip Blake, Jennifer Sahn, and Andrew Blechman discuss the September/October 2011 issue. In particular, they reflect on Erik Reece's article about addressing his freshman comp students' grievances and how education influences democracy; the wonderment one feels when contemplating an animal as strange and beautiful as the sturgeon; author Ginger Strand's visit to Speed Week in the Utah desert; Rachel Barrett's photo essay on how gender can imprint itself on the land; and Sandra Steingraber's frustration with how the public perceives environmental change.
Ginger Strand Discusses the Future of Automobiles
August 25, 2011
Summary: Orion managing editor Andrew Blechman interviews author Ginger Strand about Speed Week at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and the mostly male obsession with acceleration. Strand discusses her time at Speed Week among the usual suspects of motorheads, as well as a new breed of speed geeks pursuing record-breaking acceleration fueled by alternative means such as battery and compressed air.
From: Speed Freaks
James Howard Kunstler: Audio of Live Web Event July 2011
July 13, 2011
Summary: As the climate warms, oil disappears, and the economy shakes and shifts, how will our urban places adapt? Will density and communal living be important tools for human resilience, or will city life become costly and unworkable—or even unlivable? Listen to Kunstler share his forecast for the American city, elaborate on his feature in the July/August 2011 issue of the magazine, and answer listener questions.
Sharona Muir Reads Her Short Story “Monumental City”
June 23, 2011
Summary: Sharona Muir reads her short story "Monumental City" (Orion July/August 2011, story not available online) about giant spiders taking over an important city (hint: it might be Washington, D.C....)
Author: Sharona Muir
Bear Guerra: “Peasant Bounty” Narrated Slide Show
June 23, 2011
Summary: Photographer Bear Guerra discusses his photo essay from the July/August 2011 issue of Orion about a communitarian peasant movement in rural Haiti, called the Mouvman Peyizan Papay (MMP), in which farmers address issues of food sovereignty in addition to food security.
Author: Bear Guerra
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