Truth and Reckoning Podcast

Donkeys, Slowing Down, and Eco-Collapse with Jeff McFadden

Welcome to Truth and Reckoning, a podcast and newsletter from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF).

Apr 8 • Max Wilbert

1:09:48

Fracking, Workers Health, and Labor Power w/ Truckers Movement for Justice

Watch now | An interview with the organizers who are fighting for workers rights on the front lines of capitalism's supply chain

Mar 3 • Tish O'Dell, Kai Huschke, Max Wilbert, and CELDF

1:12:08

Community Resistance to Toxic Waste Mining w/ Tom Grotewohl

Watch now (75 mins) | "Protect the Porkies" is a campaign to stop a copper mine in Michigan's UP

Feb 9 • Max Wilbert

1:14:50

"Greedy Hands in the Wetland" — Update on Virginia Beach Forest Destruction

An interview with four community members standing up for the natural world

Jan 27 • Tish O'Dell and Max Wilbert

1:37:58

"It Rips Your Heart Out" — Defending Southern Arizona's Borderlands with Kate Scott and Tony Heath

An interview from the Huachuca Mountains on the U.S.-Mexico border

Jan 8 • Kai Huschke, Max Wilbert, and CELDF

1:11:38

Defending 2,000-Year-Old Forests w/ Elder Bill Jones and Will O'Connell

Voices from the front lines of a forest defense movement currently blocking old-growth logging in Western Canada

Dec 15, 2025 • Max Wilbert

1:42:34

Funding the Transformation with Kai Huschke

A conversation with CELDF's Executive Director about the future of our movement

Dec 5, 2025 • Max Wilbert and Kai Huschke

22:57

Indigenous Environmental Justice with Dina Gilio-Whitaker

We discuss her two latest books, focusing on Indigenous identity, "pretendians," and resistance

Dec 3, 2025 • Max Wilbert

55:40

Climate Collapse, Imperialism, and Technological Solutionism in Academia with Aashis Joshi

"Change is coming no matter what, and it's going to be cataclysmic — but there are opportunities here, despite this grim prognosis."

Nov 7, 2025 • Max Wilbert and CELDF

1:35:31

Art and Ecology with Carine Gibert

Creativity, Community, and Collective Action

Nov 4, 2025 • CELDF and Tish O'Dell

1:00:16

“It’s a Rigged System” — Community Rights and Environmental Protection w/ Sherry Fleming and Bill Lyons

Episode 11 of the Truth and Reckoning podcast with two longtime organizers for rights of nature and community rights

Sep 29, 2025 • CELDF

1:11:27

Portraits of Heroes with Robert Shetterly

Episode 10 of the Truth and Reckoning podcast with the creator of the "Americans Who Tell the Truth" portrait series

Sep 15, 2025 • Kai Huschke and Max Wilbert

1:02:16

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