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?

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Episodes

Air (Pt 2 - Car)

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

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

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

Air (Pt 1 - Smog)

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

Earthworms - Special episode

Wednesday Oct 23, 2024

Wednesday Oct 23, 2024

Happy International Earthworm Day!

War and the Woods (Part 3)

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?
 

War and the Woods (Part2)

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

War and the Woods (Part 1)

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
https://www.patreon.com/WormFromHome 

Intro

Friday May 03, 2024

Friday May 03, 2024

Welcome to Worm From Home
 
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