Tectonic
With recent health, environmental, and economic crises, the capacity of humankind to innovate its way to a better future is, at times, in doubt. How are science and technology confronting our most foundational global challenges? How can we increase public trust in science? And what are the ethical and political challenges to charting a path of human progress in the 21st century? In this podcast, host Brendan Karch interviews thinkers, writers, scientists, policymakers, and researchers who are tackling these seismic questions. Tectonic is a production of Swissnex in Boston and New York, whose aim is to bring the leading ideas from our hub of academic inquiry to Switzerland and the world, in order to inspire new thinking across disciplinary and national boundaries.
Tectonic
Latest Episodes
From Human Rights to Rights of Nature
Lawyers, scholars, and policy makers are increasingly coming to recognize the right to a healthy environment as an essential human right – but is that enough to protect the environment itself? Can we protect nature by protecting humans' rights ...
Humanities for the More-than-Human
In the previous episode, we explored how questioning anthropocentrism could help us better understand not just other species, but humanity itself. But what if we broadened our perspective beyond the biological? What would it mean to recognize t...
Beyond Human Exceptionalism with Christine Webb
As humans, we tend to see ourselves at the top of a natural hierarchy — the most intelligent and successful species on Earth. What if that conviction isn't just wrong, but also dangerous?In this episode of our season on planetary diploma...
Defining the Planetary with Jonathan Blake
What do we mean when we talk about the planetary? Why not just use familiar terms like global or international? For the first episode of our new season on planetary diplomacy, we sat down with Jonathan Blake, Associate Director of P...
