Francesca Rheannon

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Host at Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon

Journalist, radio host, grandma

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Black History Month: Aaron Robertson, THE BLACK UTOPIANS. Also, Cory Doctorow, PICKS AND SHOVELS

2 months ago | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSIn this episode of Writer’s Voice, we talk with Aaron Robertson about his fascinating book, The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America. It’s about the hidden legacies of Black utopian experiments and what they teach us about the power of community today.
Eiren Caffall THE MOURNER’S BESTIARY & Betsy McCully, AT THE GLACIER’S EDGE

Oct 28, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSIn this episode of Writer’s Voice, we explore the intersections of personal and ecological narratives through two powerful interviews. Francesca speaks with writer and musician Eiren Caffall about her memoir, The Mourner’s Bestiary, and naturalist Betsy McCully, author of At the Glacier’s Edge: A Natural History of Long Island from the Narrows to Montauk Point.
Anna Zivarts, WHEN DRIVING IS NOT AN OPTION & Dan Piatkowski, BICYCLE CITY

Oct 6, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSIn this episode of Writer’s Voice, we talk about changing urban transport to make it more people-centric, not car-centric. We welcome disability mobility advocate Anna Zivarts, author of When Driving Is Not An Option: Steering Away From Car Dependency. Then, urban planner Dan Piatkowski tells us about how new developments in bike technology can make cities — and even suburbs — more people friendly.
Clayton Page Aldern: Climate Change Is Messing with Our Brains

Sep 14, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSIn this episode of Writer’s Voice, we talk with Clayton Page Aldern about The Weight of Nature, his groundbreaking new book on the impacts of climate change on our brains — from PSTD to brain-eating amoebas. Aldern explains how climate-induced stressors are shaping our mental health — harming our judgment, leading to rises in neurodegenerative diseases, and even eroding our capacity to tell truth from lies.
How To Stop A Pipeline: Jonathan Mingle, GASLIGHT

Jun 13, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSWhat did a group of ordinary citizens find out when they managed to stop a huge gas pipeline from being built? We spend the hour with Jonathan Mingle talking about his book, Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline And The Fight For America’s Energy Future. It’s the story of how a diverse group of citizens came together to fight a pipeline proposed by one of America’s biggest corporations — and won.
Stephen Robert Miller | Writer's Voice

Feb 8, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSWe talk with Elizabeth Flock about her book, The Furies. It follows three remarkable women — in the US, in India and in Syria — who took justice into their own hands to defend themselves, other women and their communities against abuse. Then, environmental journalist Stephen Robert Miller tells us about his book, Over The Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, And The Delusion Of Controlling Nature.
Hope For The Climate Crisis: Michael Mann, OUR FRAGILE MOMENT

Jan 25, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSWe talk with world-renowned climate scientist Michael Mann about climate, past, present and future. His book is Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis.
Cory Doctorow, THE LOST CAUSE

Jan 11, 2024 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSWe talk with Cory Doctorow about his new novel The Lost Cause, “a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency.” It imagines an America where another better world is possible, while confronting the evils of today. Writers Voice— in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004.
Tania James, LOOT, Vauhini Vara, THIS IS SALVAGED plus a garden guide to pollinator plants

Sep 24, 2023 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: | RSSWe talk with Tania James about her acclaimed new novel, Loot. It’s about a boy on a quest, a girl determined to make her way in a man’s world and a mechanical construction — an automaton — that exemplifies the Indian resistance to British colonialism. Then, Vauhini Vara tells us about her new collection of stories, This Is Salvaged. And we do a mini-review of a stunning new book for gardeners, Planting for Pollinators.
Annalee Newitz, THE TERRAFORMERS & Doug Tallamy, NATURE’S BEST HOPE

Jul 13, 2023 | writersvoice.net | Francesca Rheannon

We talk with Annalee Newitz about their new sci-fi novel, The Terraformers. Taking place some 60,000 years in the future on a planet far, far away it pits a motley crew of designer sentient life forms, including neo-Neanderthals, talking moose, sentient trains, journalist cats and gender-diverse Homo sapiens, against the greedy corporation that wants to gentrify their planet.