Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast

By Justine Norton-Kertson

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THE PRESENT


Our newly renamed podcast, Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast is all about radical hope and resistance in the age of climate disaster. This newest iteration of Solarpunk Magazine's podcast will launch it's first episode on Monday, January 27, 2025.


On Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast, host Justine Norton-Kertson (founder and co-editor-in-chief of Solarpunk Magazine) envisions a world where humanity thrives in harmony with nature, equity and justice guide our communities, and creativity fuels solutions to our shared challenges. By imagining brighter futures and confronting current crises with resilience, we aim to cultivate hope and empower individuals to co-create a sustainable, inclusive, and thriving planet. Our mission is to inspire hope and action by exploring solarpunk ideas, sharing grassroots solutions, and amplifying the voices of change-makers who challenge dystopian realities. Through critical analysis, meaningful conversations, and creative storytelling, we provide listeners with the tools and inspiration to build a more just, equitable, and sustainable world while nurturing optimism in the face of adversity.


THE PAST


Our podcast began with the title Solarpunk Futures and has gone through a few different iterations. Starting in the fall of 2021, the original podcast ran for seven monthly episodes. Then beginning in fall 2022, the podcast was rebranded as Solarpunk Presents. That iteration was hosted by our then non-fiction co-editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha. In January of 2023, Solarpunk Presents branched off on its own as a separate podcast, and in the spring of 2024 Solarpunk Futures came back briefly for a few episodes before going on hiatus for a reworking and rebranding.


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Episode Date
AI Has a Body
May 13, 2026
Why Are Hopeful Stories Still So Hard to Write?
May 11, 2026
The Grid is a Care System
May 07, 2026
Stop Greed, Build Green
May 06, 2026
Housing Is Solarpunk's Genre Test
May 04, 2026
Has Solarpunk Become Too Aesthetic?
May 04, 2026
No Borders, No Barriers
Apr 27, 2025
SO[L.A.]RPUNK
Apr 14, 2025
DEI, Education, and a Solarpunk Future
Mar 24, 2025
Aging with Dignity in a Solarpunk Future
Mar 16, 2025
Resisting Dystopia is Demanding Utopia
Mar 11, 2025
Solarpunk vs Imperialism (Pt. 2)
Mar 02, 2025
Solarpunk vs Imperialism (Pt. 1)
Feb 23, 2025
Moving Forward
Feb 18, 2025
The Anatomy of Utopia
Apr 25, 2024
Utopian Visions Through Time
Apr 19, 2024
Solarpunk Futures: The Evolution of Solarpunk
Mar 28, 2024
Solarpunk Futures: When We Hold Each Other Up
May 08, 2023
Solarpunk Presents Finale: Let's Talk Solstice, Solarpunks!
Dec 19, 2022
How We Build Climate Resilience: An Interview with Dr. Lisa Dilling
Dec 12, 2022
Shining bright in the heart of oil country: interview with Heather MacKenzie from Solar Alberta
Nov 28, 2022
The Soft Glow of the Deep Sea: Talking Bioluminescence with Dr. Steve Haddock
Nov 14, 2022
Interview with Justine Norton-Kertson about BIOLUMINESCENT: A LUNARPUNK ANTHOLOGY
Oct 31, 2022
Interview with Dr Jayde Lin Roberts about saving democracy through urban planning
Oct 24, 2022
Interview with Gabrielle Gelderman about Climate Grief Chaplaincy
Oct 10, 2022
Interview with Dr Hélène Jacot Des Combes on Climate Change and the Marshall Islands
Sep 19, 2022
Interview with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project
Sep 05, 2022
"Must Solarpunk Should?" - Our Nonfiction Editors Discuss
Aug 29, 2022
Solar Futures: an Interview with ASU's Joey Eschrich & Clark Miller
Dec 12, 2021
Interview with Nina Munteanu
Nov 22, 2021
Shine Anthology: Interview with Jetse de Vries
Nov 08, 2021
Art, Carbon Capture, and Restoring Native Forests
Oct 26, 2021
Interview with Sarena Ulibarri + Reading "Caught Root"
Oct 11, 2021
Countdown to Blast Off
Sep 27, 2021
Amazofuturism and Solarpunk
Sep 12, 2021