The Humanities and the Anthropocene Podcast, Episode 2.

In this second episode, join our host, Donnie Secreast, in conversation with literature and science scholar Dr. Bruce Clarke about his book Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene. Donnie and Bruce discuss Lynn Margulis’s role in the development of the Gaia Hypothesis, her collaboration with James Lovelock, and the connection between Gaian thought and neocybernetic systems theory, highlighting its rhetorical and scientific impact.

The Humanities and the Anthropocene Podcast, Episode 1.

In this opening episode, we gather insights from various experts to understand their perspectives on this topic. As part of Texas A&M University's three-year initiative, we spotlight the role of humanistic inquiry in addressing and confronting the challenges of climate change.

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Born in Catalonia in 1975, Albert Serra is one of the most outstanding contemporary filmmakers on an international scale. He made his international debut with Honor de cavalleria, premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and considered one of the best films of the year by Cahiers du Cinéma. In 2009 he returned to Cannes with El cant dels ocells, selected and awarded at several international festivals. He has also directed projects for museums: Els nomsde Crist, presented at the MACBA exhibition Esteu a punt per a la televisió? (2010) and El Senyor ha fet en mi meravelles, for the exhibition Totes les cartes of the CCCB. In 2013 he writes and directs the film Història de la meva mort, awarded with the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival and considered one of the best films of the year by The New Yorker, awards that make him leap into a world cinematic panorama. In 2016 he presents La mort de Lluís XIV, which receives the Jean Vigo Award and obtains seven nominations for the Gaudí Awards. In 2019 he returns to the Cannes festival with Liberté, a work about the libertines expelled from the puritan court of Louis XVI with which he wins the special jury prize. In 2022 he directs Pacifiction, a mesmerizing thriller shot in French Polynesia. It premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, where it competes for the Palme d'Or, is chosen the best film of 2022 by the prestigious French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, wins the Louis Delluc Award and obtains nine César nominations. Tardesde soledad (2024), his latest work is a documentary exploreing“the spiritual pain of bullfighting, the tormented torero in a ring, one of the most excessive and graphic examples of the origin of Southern European civilization” (IMdB). Albert Serra is currently working on his next film, “Out of This World” (aiming for a 2025 release), where he explores the rivalry between Russia and the USA.