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 energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.
We believe in the possibility of personal and cultural change. And we believe that the arts and humanities can help guide us toward a more sustainable future.
Cultures of Energy is a Mingomena Media production. Co-hosts are @DominicBoyer and @CymeneHowe
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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 about her fascinating and moving n
Sep 21 58 min
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) we welcome Conor Harrison to th
Sep 7 51 min
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 improve their social lives. Then (17
Aug 24 59 min
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) Billy Fleming saves the podcast b
Aug 9 1 h 18 min
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 Cymene reports about feeding baby e
Jul 26 57 min
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 province, and talk about party hotel
Jul 13 53 min
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 to talk to us about battling sm
Jun 27 49 min
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 only Tim Mitchell back to the
Jun 15 54 min
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 film, Backrooms. Then (17:01) w
Dominic and Cymene eat crepes, share limericks and wonder whether dogs and rabbits might hold the secret to world peace on this week's episode. Then (13:09) we welcome Ci
May 17 55 min
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 segment. Then (12:12) we welcome Fe
May 4 58 min
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 discuss his new book, Europe's Dis
Cymene and Dominic discuss what happened when ten art school kids were given a disney princess baking challenge on this week's episode of the podcast. Then (14:48) we wel
Apr 5 51 min
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) we welcome to the podcast th
Mar 22 1 h 15 min
250 - Energy Democracy (feat. Nikki Luke)
Dominic and Cymene celebrate the 250th episode of the podcast with tales of steamy avian encounter. And then (16:14) we welcome Nikki Luke to the podcast, author of the b
Mar 8 59 min
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 to be joined by Jennifer Mae H
Cymene and Dominic share pirate tales from the Sundance Film Festival and reimagine Heated Rivalry with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk as the lead lovers. Then (15:34) we welco
Feb 8 1 h 07 min
247 - Feeding the Future (feat. Nicole Negowetti)
We kick things off this week with a short but heartfelt celebration of the tenth anniversary of the podcast. Several friends—Geoff Bowker, Heather Davis, Imre Szeman, Joh
Jan 25 1 h 26 min
246 - Radioactive Governance (feat. Maxime Polleri)
Happy 2026! It's been quite a year so far and your co-hosts talk about their recent trip to Nicaragua and Shadow's reinvention as a fly assassin. Then (17:18) we welcome
Jan 12 1 h 06 min
245 - 2025 Year in Review (feat. AI ;)
Neither headcolds nor hangovers will keep your plucky co-hosts from bringing you one more episode for 2025. Since this is supposedly the year of AI, we let ChatGPT create
Dec 27 2025 43 min
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And I’m blown away. The Energy Democracy conversation was so comprehensive and concise at the same time. Awesome guest, who was on point and extremely knowledgeable. Beautiful work - can’t wait to hear the rest of the 254 episodes.
Matty4300 · May 2026
One of the best scholarly podcasts out there. Dominic and Cymene bring cutting edge research across the environmental humanities to life through meaty, entertaining, idea-driven conversations with authors, artists, activists, and more.
Midwestern Exile · Apr 2019
Unlike most academic podcasts, Cultures of Energy captures some of the actual joy of talking about ideas. Also unlike most academic podcasts, this show has hosts with a personal touch, a strong point of view, and real rapport. Strongly recommend.
Sei Babi · Dec 2017
If you are into science and technology studies, globalized energy systems, infrastructure, environmentalism, ecology, or the social impacts of climate change, this is a podcast for you!
I got hooked on these folks when they interviewed one of my favorite political economy academics- Timothy Mitchell of Columbia University- on the politics of fossil fuels. Mitchell's CoE episode is the best recorded interview I've come across with the author. His ideas are complicated, and nearly impossible to distill into a single conversation. I immediately knew the hosts were pros, because they managed to (figuratively) bring him down from outer space and explore his work in an accessible way. I wish I had listened to this interview before I nearly broke my brain trying to understand Mitchell's books, honestly...
Since then, they have introduced me to several really amazing thinkers on some of the most inscrutable topics in the world today. Dominic and Cymene are approachable, but never afraid to delve beneath the surface. Highly recommended!!!
forkenhimer · Nov 2017
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