218/ Solarpunk Panel 2026 w/ Luka Dowell, Ariel Kroon & Andre

For episode 218 of The Fire These Times, I talk to Luka Dowell (Solarpunk Now!), Ariel Kroon (Solarpunk Presents) and Andre (HydroponicTrash) about our changing relationships to Solarpunk given everything that's been going on in the world since the last time we all sat together (in 2023).

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Previous TFTT episodes on Solarpunk:

• Solarpunk and Storytelling the Present and Future w/ Phoebe Wagner
• Climate Narratives that Go Beyond the Apocalypse w/ Alyssa Hull
• The Political Economy of Solarpunk w/ Andrew Dana Hudson
• In Search of Afro-Solarpunk w/ Rob Cameron
• Hauntings, Futurisms and the Present Movement w/ Luka Dowell aka Solarpunk Now!
• Solarpunk and Post-Capitalist Desires w/ HydroponicTrash

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Elia's recent pieces

• 972Mag:⁠⁠⁠ Is Israel trying to foment civil war in Lebanon?

Also, for Hauntologies

• The Lie I Tell Myself When Covering Israel

• Elia's Picks, May 2026 Edition

Recent Podcast interviews

• It Could Happen Here: ⁠⁠Israel's Attack on Lebanon⁠⁠

• The Final Straw:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠The US-Israeli War with Iran Spreads, Nuclear Weapons, Lebanon and Anti-Imperial Solidarity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

• The Dugout:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Honoring Political Ghosts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

• The Breakup Theory:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Episode 31 – Iran and the US-Israeli Death Drive Economy⁠

Credits

Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode design), Elliott Miskovicz (Sound Editor), Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music), ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design),⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics) and ⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Transcriptions).