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Professor Beverly Gage describes the growing movements on the left and the right in the 1960s and 70s while Professors Blight and Freeman try to resist the urge to stroll down memory lane.
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The progress of the conservative movement in late 20th Century America is examined by Professor Beverly Gage in this lecture.
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The 1960s brought prosperity, violence, and protests. Professor Beverly Gage brings into focus some of the important trends and events.
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In today’s episode, I talk with a truly special group of scholars, Candace Borders, Alison Kibe, and Jeania Ree Moore. They met as Graduate Writing Fellows and connected by giving each other feedback on their writing. While they share academic fields and methodologies, their ethics of care and investment in each other’s work allowed them to try out a new form of peer-review group, as “group consultations.” Conjoining the structure and duration of a peer-review writing group with the feedback process of an individual consultation, their group offers a unique model that can be formed by grad students who share a department and discipline. Sharing a discipline or department can have its’ challenges with respect to going “too deep” into the content, possible competition, and uneven experiences with working with advisors and gaining access to resources. Our guests offer a pathway based on Black feminist writing practices and theory that can mediate these challenges to offer a truly collaborative, compassionate, and accountable group writing and feedback model.
Jeania Ree Moore is a writer, clergyperson, and interdisciplinary scholar of theology, religion, and African American studies. She is a PhD candidate in African American Studies and Religious Studies at Yale University, where her research draws on theology, ethics, and related disciplines to engage a range of sites in Black history and culture.
Alison H Kibbe is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the College of Charleston. She is a scholar, multidisciplinary artist, and cultural organizer. In her scholarly work, Alison specializes in critical food studies, Black geographies and Black mobilities, and cultural production across the Caribbean and African Diaspora.
Candace Borders is an interdisciplinary scholar, educator, and curator. Her research explores the intersections of race, gender, class, and the urban Midwest, with particular attention to role of Black women’s activism in shaping the urban landscape. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Center for the Humanities, Washington University in St. Louis and received her PhD in American Studies and African American Studies from Yale University.
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What happens when the next generation of clean energy lands in a small rural town?
After suffering from economic “boom and bust” cycles of mining, railroad, and hog production, Milford, Utah was ready for change.
This documentary explores how Fervo Energy’s cutting-edge geothermal project is breathing new life into the community, providing 24/7 green power, stable clean energy careers, and tripling local business in just a few years. Discover how a project developer’s connection to the community and commitment to hiring locals is fundamentally changing the town’s economic outlook, and how oil and gas workers are meaningfully transitioning to a better future.
Revival is supported by the Clean Economy Project.
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❓ Common Questions
Why is Milford, Utah important for renewable energy?
How does Fervo Energy’s geothermal project differ from previous geothermal plants?
What are “careers” as opposed to “jobs” in a rural community?
How is the oil and gas industry experience transferable to clean energy?
What is baseload 24/7 power?
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Future in Bloom bridges climate tech and human nature. Hosted by clean energy entrepreneur Steph Speirs, Future in Bloom brings together innovators, scientists, and investors working on the world’s most promising planetary solutions.
Adapted from the Yale School of Management course “Climate Tech Innovation and Commercialization,” learners discover next generation technologies through data-driven lectures, deep dive studio interviews, and vivid short documentaries. Future in Bloom is here to show that a thriving future is within reach.
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About Steph Speirs:
Steph Speirs is a clean energy entrepreneur, strategic advisor, and teacher. She founded Future in Bloom, a media studio about intelligent solutions for a thriving world. Steph teaches climate entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management and is a Resident Fellow at the Center for Business and the Environment. She keynotes and advises philanthropists, investors, and companies on the future of climate tech and clean energy.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club Foundation, Vote Solar, and on the Credit Committee of the Community Investment Guarantee Pool. Steph most recently cofounded and was CEO of Solstice, an enterprise dedicated to radically expanding the number of American households that can take advantage of clean energy using community-shared solar farms (acquired by MyPower/Mitsui). Steph previously worked at the White House National Security Council and in clean energy companies in India and Pakistan.
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Professors Joanne Freeman and David Blight ask Professor Beverly Gage about her recent lectures on World War II and the Cold War.
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Professors Beverly Gage, David Blight and Joanne Freeman recap their final lectures on the late 20th century and reminisce about the Bicentennial.
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The aftermath of World War II brought prosperity to America along with a growing fear of Communism. Professor Beverly Gage brings the class through the ‘red menace’ and a new security state.
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Why are clean energy projects being banned across America? The answer isn’t technology, it’s trust.
In this panel from the Aspen Institute’s Clean Econ: Revival In The West, we uncover the unscalable secret to success: enduring community trust. Learn how the same expertise used in oil and gas is delivering zero-emissions, 24/7 geothermal power, and why local relationships are the most vital part of project development. The discussion features Milford High School Principal David Kluff and Fervo Energy’s Senior SVP of Strategy Sarah Jewett.
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💡 The panel answers the biggest questions facing the energy transition:
Shifting Economics: Learn how to shift the economic outlook in boom-and-bust towns and create long-term careers.
Culture Over Policy: Understand why “policy follows culture” is increasing opposition to clean energy projects.
Durable Projects: Discover how to build durable, bipartisan projects by focusing on people and community needs.
Base Load Power: Explore how the oil and gas workforce is essential to delivering clean, 24/7 geothermal base load power.
The Unscalable Key: The most important secret to project success—enduring trust—is fully revealed.
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About this video:
The video features a panel discussion at the Aspen Institute, a prominent “think tank”, where experts address pressing global issues. This “climate change forum” explores strategies for organizations and governments to take greater action on “climate change” and “environmental protection”. Discover how leaders are working towards solutions for a “warming planet”.
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Innovation strategist and entrepreneur John Duffield shares an extraordinary journey through two open-heart surgeries—an experience that reshaped his understanding of purpose, leadership, and the future of patient care. Merging his technical expertise with personal experience in the healthcare system, John works to redefine the patient journey and how technology can support patients during their most critical moments. He tells stories of his own; using AI to translate complex diagnoses into metaphors his children could understand and developing models to ease the fear and uncertainty leading up to surgery.
This episode dives into resilience the unexpected ways purpose reveals itself — in critical moments when a sudden health crisis becomes a catalyst for personal transformation.