Non Serviam Podcast #42 - Demanding Utopia! with Justine Norton-Kertson of Solarpunk Magazine
Channel: Non Serviam Media
Date: 2022-10-15

We're joined by our friend Justine Norton-Kertson of Solarpunk Magazine, to discuss the radical -- almost utopian -- hope that seems to define Solarpunk. This is a rich conversation covering Solarpunk Magazine itself, the role of science fiction and aesthetics in political movements, solarpunk's intersection with other political philosophies, and much more!

"Justine Norton-Kertson (they/he/she) is an author of stories, games, poems, and music, as well as a publisher and community organizer. Their work has been featured in over a dozen magazines including Utopian Science Fiction Magazine, Rulerless, and Jupiter Review. Justine is editing a forthcoming solarpunk anthology for AK Press and their lunarpunk anthology, Bioluminescent, is forthcoming in January 2023. Her nonfiction book, Solarpunk Witchcraft: A Radical Spiritual Praxis, is forthcoming from Microcosm Publishing in 2024. She can be found on Twitter @jankwrites."
--https://solarpunkmagazine.com/editorial-team/

twitter.com/jankwrites
twitter.com/solarpunklitmag
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/androidpress/bioluminescent-a-lunarpunk-anthology
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:32 Justine's Sci-Fi Influences
00:05:16 Justine's Background
00:08:22 Solarpunk Magazine
00:13:34 Dystopia
00:15:12 Radical Hope
00:18:58 Cyberpunk vs. Solarpunk
00:22:16 The Underbelly of Utopia
00:28:57 The Role of Aesthetic
00:36:34 Nuclear Power in Solarpunk
00:40:51 Ecofascism and Solarpunk
00:47:13 Is Solarpunk Anti-Statist?
00:51:23 Solarpunk Markets
00:56:20 Cappuccino
00:59:32 Replicators and Wealth
01:02:09 Making the Future
01:05:32 People Over Technology
01:08:25 Imperfection
01:11:31 Dismissive Demands
01:15:24 Fictitious Futures
01:18:44 Balancing Agenda and Narrative
01:22:22 Cornerstone Texts
01:24:45 Current Projects
01:28:10 Lunarpunk Horizons
01:29:36 Outro