We Are The Deluge Podcast
By Emily Crandall & John McMahon
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Episodes: 52
Description
Welcome to We Are the Deluge, a spoiler-free chapter-by-chapter podcast about the climate change novel The Deluge by Stephen Markley. For each chapter, we’ll be analyzing major themes, examining the politics of the chapter, suggesting pop culture accompaniments, tracking characters, shouting out the comedy in this dystopian (?) novel, and pitching punny episode titles.
The catch? each of the six POV characters gets a specialized format remixing those core elements based on their role and the style of those chapters. Is this an overly elaborate, galaxy-brain podcast conceit? Yes. Do you want to hear a Jackie pitch deck and Shane manifesto and Ashir report and so on? Also yes.
We Are The Deluge Podcast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://delugecast.wordpress.com/
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34. An Interview with Stephen Markley!
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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33. Matt V (2031, 2039, and beyond), Part 2 – The Years of Swallowing the Earth Itself
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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32. Matt V (2039—), Part 1 – The Archive of the Heart: On Finding the Complete and Utter Coherence of Her Absence in a Single Perfect Algorithmic Text
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May 05, 2026 |
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31. Tony V (2037-38) – Dreams of Civilization, Descendants, and All Those Dense Lonely Spinning Planets
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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30. Keeper V (2037) – The Cosmological Concession and the Fragility of All Possible Things … It ain’t really up to me
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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29. Ash V (2037) – A Contemporaneous Account Of A Frankenstein Bill To Unf*ck A Situation That We Are Not Confident is Unf*ckable
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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28. Jackie V (2036-37) – BiLT for Speed: Only Bløǒd This Time
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Bonus: Spring Break(ers) Forever
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Interlude 15 (2036): One Collapse After Another
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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27. Shane V (2036) – She Was the Weapon
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Interlude 14 (2036): The Years of Rain and Thunder… and Apocalypse
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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26. Keeper IV (2036) – The Suffering, The Redemption, The Memory, and the Eternal Whole
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Interlude 13 (2035): Fractured Realities
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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25. Jackie IV (2035) – Chaos of Investment: Get Your Money for Justice and Your Mining the Arctic for ESG
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Interlude 12 (2035): The Legacy of Shallow Plays at Moral Absolution
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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24. Ash IV (2034) – Executive Summary on the Transpositions of Time, the Arrogance of the Living, and the Unchecked Suffering of our Luckless Civilization
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Interlude 11 (2034): Politics as Usual
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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23. The Siege, part 2 (2034)- The Heat, the Death, the Vanishing to Wind and Stars
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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22. The Siege, part 1 (2034)- A Complex and Dangerous Nonviolent Ambush, AKA This Unthinkable Nightmare
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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21. Matt IV (2034) – Mesmerizingly Abstruse Narrative: The Years of Reunions and Breakups
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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20. Tony IV (2033) – Leviathan or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Instead be Terrified of the Security Apparatus
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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19. Shane IV (2033) – In an Emergency, Smash Protocol
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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18. Ashir III (2032): Executive Summary On the Anomic American Polity and Clandestine Conferences
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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17. Jackie III (2032) – Leveraging New HoriZons for the Environmentalism of the Rich
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Interlude 10 (2032):[redacted]
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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16. Tony III (2031) – Rescuing What: Why is there an Action Movie in My Climate Fiction?
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Interlude 9 (2031): Dude, When’s my Headline Splash?
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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15. Matt III (2031) – Sex Scandals, The Corporate Plutocracy and the Security State: Kate Morris wracks up losses in climate, life, love, and hope
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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14. Shane III (2030) – Too Late for Slogans
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Interlude 8 (2030): Generic AI-generated weather pun about terrible politics
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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13. Keeper III (2030) – You’re a Sinner in the Storm of an Angry God
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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12. Jackie II (2029) – Steer, Into the. Skid: Strategic Accommodation of the Persuadable Middle
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Interlude 7 (2029): The Daily Deluge Podcast
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Interlude 6 (2029): Crandall and McMahon Ponder the Bleak Future – Or is it the Present?
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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11. Ashir II (2029) – Executive Summary on Sloppy Science and the Chaos of Reality
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Interlude 5 (2028): OK, Boomer — Don’t Be A Climate Doomer
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May 13, 2025 |
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10. Shane II (2028) – Slow Ends Our World: Society Must Not be Defended
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May 06, 2025 |
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9. Matt II (2028) – The Sensation of Density: Years of Boldness and Prudence
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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8. Tony II (2027) – Can you pierce collective delusions?: An exploration of climate change, kinship, and the politics of reality
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Interlude 4 (2026): Kate Chaos and Political Parties in Dark Times
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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7. Keeper II (2025) – The Freezing Hurricanes and The Keeper of the Keys
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Interlude 3 (2025): 6 Degrees of Separation from the Climate Mainstream?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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6. Matt I (2017) – Hiking, Arendt, and Writing about Writing: How Markley introduces an avatar for himself and also the real (?) main character of The Deluge
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Interlude 2 (2017): Tony Pietrus and The Wall Street Journal discover Climate Mao
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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5. Ashir I (2016) – DustMotes_Colossus.docx
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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4. Keeper I (2015) – Anger and Dérangement in Ohio
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Interlude 1 (2014): John and Emily Analyze Markley Headline Splash
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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3. Jackie I (2014) – Windy City Synergies of the Actor
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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2. Shane I (2014) – Build the Path
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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1. Tony I (2013) – Distracted Ominous Foreboding: Unlikely Climate Warriors and the Phase Transitions of Methane Hydrates
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Prologue: What Is This Deluge Podcast And Why Should You Listen To It?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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We Are The Deluge Trailer
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Nov 12, 2024 |