Worm From Home
Worm from Home is a podcast project that explores urban ecosystems, their participants and contradictions, in the context of the environmental history of East London. Where does ‘the natural’ in the city end, and the ‘unnatural’ begin? How do we think about organic non-human life in wholly ‘unnatural’ landscapes, in cityscapes? Why do we find these binary frames around the artificial and the natural so lacking, yet still seem to somehow need them to think about the world?
Episodes

Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Just as the Clean Air Act was passed in 1956, London introduced a new pollution vector onto every street in the city: the private motor car.
What has the effect of car pollution been on the city, and how does it affect us today? What does it mean to be a ‘car city’ - and can we ever be post-car?
Links mentioned in the episode:
London Air
Breathe London
Annie Kelly on 15 minute cities and conspiracy theories

Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
I make this show because I love radio and I love nature... so I invited Jason W Moore on the radio to challenge and upend my ideas about nature.
Jason (author of Capitalism in the Web of Life) and I talk about Nature, capitalism, labour, and history - and what we can do to work toward a truly ecologically democratic future.
To learn more about Jason's work:
https://jasonwmoore.com/
Our conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity, opinions expressed by guests on Worm From Home are always their own.
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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
In this episode I'm joined by Kieron Doick from Forest Research. We talk about trees, urban heat, and the challenges posed to city trees from climate change.
To learn more about Kieron's work:
Climate Change Factsheet : Factsheet: Climate change and urban forests - Forest Research
Climate Change Hub: Welcome to the Climate Change Hub - Forest Research
What is the urban forest? - Forest Research
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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
How has air pollution shaped the ecology of East London, and affected the people who live here? How did the devastating Great Smog of 1952 lead to long term change - and what is needed to secure clean air for the future?
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Great recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

Wednesday Oct 23, 2024

Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
How did the Blitz disrupt the urban landscape of the East End, and how have woodlands and wildlife formed a part of its post war recovery?

Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
In Part 2 of a series exploring woodlands and war, we look at the history of the environmental damage of war, and its impact on woodlands in particular.
Great recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Over a series of episodes, we’ll discover how a woodland came to be growing in Bethnal Green, and use this story to trace the intertwined histories of warfare and woodlands
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Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Welcome to Worm From Home
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