The Canopy, PPEH's Environmental Humanities Podcast
The Canopy is an environmental humanities podcast from the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities! Our episode’s segments include:
- Spotlights on EH at Penn and the Philadelphia Region: New and outstanding work in EH, at Penn and beyond: books, major websites, courses, new publications, and more
- Philadelphia Community series: Interviews with community experts, artists, educators, activists, and more
- Global Voices Interview series: “Environmental Humanities: What is it good for?”
- Student Spotlight: We will hear new voices in EH with this student-driven segment
The Canopy’s Managing Producer is Angela Faranda (faranda@sas.upenn.edu). Be in touch if you have an idea for a podcast segment and with other queries!
You can listen and subscribe at Spotify, Google, Apple!

EPISODE 2: SCALES / TALES of DISASTER
This episode presents stories of “un-natural” natural disasters including super storms and of the increasingly “everyday” disasters of ongoing climate change–like flooded basements or high school buildings too hot for learning. You’ll hear lively student voices and learn from academic researchers and community partners who are vitally important to the socially engaged work we make at PPEH.

EPISODE 1: STORIED BALTIMORE
In this first episode of The Canopy, a new podcast from UPenn’s Program in Environmental Humanities, we hear an early pandemic conversation with Dr. Sheri Parks of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), who shares her expertise and perspectives on the rich stories and environmental knowledge of Baltimore, MD as told through relationships, beauty, and resilience of community and place.