FORE Spotlights Archive

Season One
The Spotlights series began in September 2020. Our host, Sam Mickey, interviewed dozens of scholars, authors, artists, activists, and more in this first season of 53 episodes. 

Season Two
Our second season launched in September 2021 and contained 44 episodes of rich content. Also see Sam's end of season roundup of topical episodes:
Ecojustice; Climate Change; Art, Spirituality, and Ecology 

Season Three
Our third season included 25 episodes with figures such as Sigurd Bergmann, Larry Rasmussen, Beatrice Marovich, and Michael Northcott. Our host Sam dove into topics such as climate justice, ecological existentialism, petro-theology, and psychedelics and climate work. 

Season Four
Our fourth season included 23 episodes and included some truly fascinating guests, such as Timothy Morton on “Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology,” Christiana Zenner on Laudate Deum, Blair Nelsen on her work with Waterspirit, and many more. 

Season Five
Our fifth season of Spotlights began on September 9, 2024! Stay tuned for more rich and insightful bi-weekly interviews this season with our host Sam Mickey.

Spotlights, 5.1, Season 5 Opening
Welcome to the beginning of the fifth year for the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology podcast. In this short episode, our host welcomes everyone to a new season, while also giving a brief refresher about what religion and ecology is all about. It is an academic field of study as well as a moral force for personal and social change, examining the problems and promise that religious traditions hold for facilitating the emergence of a sustainable and just Earth community.