LIVE: The BREAK—DOWN Issue 3: Airborne w/ Geoff Mann, Daniela Gabor and Oliver Eagleton

About this episode

The episode discusses the climate crisis and air pollution in relation to the launch of The BREAK—DOWN's spring issue, Airborne.

We're celebrating the launch of The BREAK—DOWN's spring issue, Airborne! On May 6th, The BREAK—DOWN hosted a live podcast where editor Adrienne Buller was joined by Geoff Mann , Daniela Gabor and Oliver Eagleton to discuss climate crisis through and beyond the contents of AIRBORNE. ISSUE #3: Airborne The engines of industrial production that power the modern economy release vast quantities of carbon and pollutants into the air, seeping into our soil, our water, and even our bodies. Air pollution alone is responsible for around ten million deaths each year. And yet this everyday emergency has not fundamentally reshaped how we understand our place in the world. This issue explores the tensions between global causes and local effects, between the invisible and the immediate, by looking closely at the air itself: the medium that surrounds us, connects us, and sustains life, even as it is increasingly contested and compromised. Featuring essays by Adam Almeida and Shruti Iyer on the inequalities of air pollution across time and place, from New York to India; Zsuzsanna Ihar on a spaceport in the outer Hebrides; Vera Huwe on the political history of air travel; Mae Losasso on the…

People in this episode

Host: Adrienne Buller

Guests: Geoff Mann, Daniela Gabor, Oliver Eagleton

Topics covered

• climate crisis
• air pollution
• industrial production
• environmental inequalities
• politics of air travel
• clean air
• climate repair

Keywords

• climate crisis
• airborne
• pollution
• environment
• industrial production
• clean air
• climate repair

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The BREAK—DOWN, Airborne

Places: New York, India, outer Hebrides, Beirut

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