Deceleration Podcast

Deceleration Podcast

Marisol Cortez & Greg Harman

Episodes 45
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (4)
Since Sep 2016
Latest Episode May 2026

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Deceleration Podcast is talking all things climate and environmental justice, rooted in San Antonio and the South Texas bioregion with global concerns. 


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44: Texas Inmates are Cooking In Record-Breaking Heat—But Reforms May be on the Way

May 15, 2026 53m

Send us Fan MailTexas is getting hotter—nearly four degrees hotter in just the last few decades. The last 10 years all rank among the hottest years ever on the planet, with residents forced to…

43: Project Matador: Fermi's 'Hyperscale' Data Center Complex Hitting Resistance in the Texas Panhandle

Apr 24, 2026 49m

Send us Fan Mail“Project Matador” outside of Amarillo, Texas, pairs Fermi America and the Texas Tech University System seeking a pod of “hyperscale” data centers over 6,000 acres across a privately…

42: Texas Data Center Boom + Todos Agua at Esperanza + Women Lead Drive to Abolish ICE

Mar 19, 2026 1h 35m

Send us Fan MailAcross Texas we’re seeing an explosion of two kinds of industrial warehouses going up: one to fill up with humans in the some of the most miserable conditions imaginable as part of…

41: Bill Barker on Extreme Heat, City Planning, and Policies to Save Lives

Feb 10, 2026 1h 4m

Send us Fan MailHumankind didn't evolve in heat like this. It's been well over 100,000 years since the planet has seen the sort of scorching temperatures that have become the norm in the last few…

40: Liam Ramos, Gaige Davila on Gulf Coast Fights, Defeating Climate Behemoth, More

Feb 05, 2026 1h 19m

Send us Fan MailLiam Ramos and father freed from Dilley Detention, but Federal Judge Biery's words need to be heard by those who snatched him. Plus: Extended dialogue with Gaige Davila about his…

39: 10 Years of Deceleration: Talking Year Behind, Year Ahead w/ Marisol Cortez & Syris Valentine

Jan 16, 2026 1h 2m

Send us Fan MailStrange times, indeed. Deceleration turns 10 this year. Founder/Managing Editor Greg Harman speaks with Executive Editor Marisol Cortez and contributor/Alternative Futures…

38: Building Radical Democracy Into Climate Struggles w/ Ashish Kothari

Dec 04, 2025 35m

Send us Fan MailDeceleration’s Marisol Cortez speaks with Ashish Kothari on his work with the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, recently returned from the People’s Summit and COP30 in Belem, Brazil.…

37: Antiwar Vets Urge Soldiers to Claim their 'Right to Refuse' Illegal and Immoral Orders

Nov 13, 2025 1h 35m

Send us Fan MailIn a community conversation closing out a gallery exhibit organized by ABOUT Face: Veterans Against the War, panelists from Texas and California discuss the histories of veteran…

36: ‘Curtains of Rain’ Author Anel Flores Examines South Texas Environmental Racism in Queer Coming-of Age Story

Oct 24, 2025 41m

Send us Fan MailDeceleration’s Marisol Cortez speaks with Anel Flores about their new novel Curtains of Rain/Cortinas de Lluvias (Jaded Ibis Press, 2025), a queer coming-of-age story that explores…

35: Remembering Jack Elder: Activist, Peacemaker, Defender of Human Rights & La Madre Tierra

Sep 19, 2025 28m

Send us Fan MailDeceleration’s Marisol Cortez remembers our friend and neighbor Jack Elder who passed away last month, speaking with friends and comrades George Cisneros, Carlos Nicolas Flores, and…

S1E34 34: Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

Feb 12, 2025 54m

Send us Fan MailDeceleration’s Greg Harman speaks with Dave Cortez, Executive Director of the Lone Star Sierra Club, as part of Preparing to Protect, a series of interviews with those most targeted…

S1E33 33: Gentrification, Displacement, Heat Deaths, & the Robert E. Lee Tenants Union

Oct 26, 2024 1h 26m

Send us Fan MailIt’s the hottest year ever…again. Heat-related deaths have been spiking year over year. As Deceleration wrote recently, there were nearly 600 heat-related deaths in Texas last year.…

S1E32 32: SpaceX Wastewater, LNG in the RGV, & Sustained Indigenous Resistance

Oct 11, 2024 1h 19m

Send us Fan MailBoca Chica, the “little mouth” of the Rio Grande/ Rio Bravo is increasingly the epicenter of NewSpace new colonizing impulses bridged by an explosion of billion-dollar LNG projects…

Arturo Escobar: A Decelerated Community Conversation

Oct 03, 2024 1h 42m

Send us Fan MailDeceleration Conversation: An April 2023 community conversation with Colombian decolonial scholar-activist Arturo Escobar, produced by Deceleration in partnership with UTSA. Financial…

S1E31 31: Kara Jordan on Reweaving the Social Fabric of Climate Action

Aug 19, 2024 37m

Send us Fan MailWhat do building relationships of trust and care between neighbors have to do with climate justice? Everything, according to local organizer Kara Jordan, an herbalist, regenerative…

S1E30 30: Rose Jones & Uncovering Extreme Heat's Hidden Impacts

Sep 22, 2023 39m

Send us Fan MailWe've heard that this summer has been one of the hottest the Earth has seen since long before official record-keeping began. But policymakers and public health officials too often…

29: Talking w/ Edwin Lyman re: Nuclear Power, Nazi Terror, and Energy Security in Texas

Feb 14, 2023 38m

Send us Fan MailAttacks on US energy infrastructure across the US are increasing. Incidents in Texas logged by the US Department of Energy shot up in 2021 and 2022. Meanwhile, the US Nuclear…

28: Voices from Climate Justice Alliance's Our Power Communities Summit

Nov 03, 2022 27m

Send us Fan MailDeceleration Podcast #28: In the middle of October, San Antonio played host to the Climate Justice Alliance's Our Power Communities Summit. The gathering called together roughly 50…

27: Armon Alex and the Climate Movement's 'Clean Slate' Challenge in Corpus Christi

Oct 26, 2022 39m

Send us Fan MailIn the shadow of the port shipping most of all US crude oil to the rest of the world, four 'Clean Slate' candidates are running for local City Council seats. They are bound together…

26: Thanos Was An Ecofascist (But You Don't Have to Be)

Jul 13, 2022 1h 15m

Send us Fan MailThis week, Deceleration speaks with the amazing team behind the Anti-Creep Climate Initiative, who utilize Marvel characters to educate the public about the dangerous fallacies behind…

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How many episodes does Deceleration Podcast have?

Deceleration Podcast has published 45 episodes since September 2016, covering topics in Daily News, News.

Is Deceleration Podcast still active?

Deceleration Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 49m.

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