PEOPLE OVER PLASTIC PODCAST
Our internationally recognized Podcast is a safe space for activists, changemakers, organizers, and innovators to hold raw, unfiltered conversations about Environmental Justice. Launched in October 2021 with Co-Founder and Host Shilpi Chhotray, we’re now in our fifth season.
People over Plastic is a podcast from Counterstream Media. Our show is produced by a talented group of producers and creatives of color. We are proud to be ranked in Spotify’s Top 10 Podcasts for Society & Culture and listened to in 58 countries.
SEASON 5
DEMOCRACY & DISSENT
CREDITS
Host and Executive Producer: Shilpi Chhotray
Produced by: Mindy Ramaker and Dennis Maxwell
Project Manager: Vincent Ford
Season artwork by: Ly Ngo Heisig
Democracy and Dissent explores the intersection of Environmental Justice & Democracy. The urgency surrounding democracy is at an all-time high. But this is about more than politics, who wins the presidency, or maintaining the status quo. It’s about ensuring democracy delivers on its promise—for everyone, not just those in power.
We tackle three of the most critical aspects of democracy through the lens of environmental justice: Participation, Protections, and Protest.
Host Shilpi Chhotray has candid conversations with Environmental Justice thought leaders who have complex and differing relationships, histories, and hopes for democracy.
Because the fight for environmental justice is also a fight for democracy itself.
SEASON 4
ALL EYES ON THE GULF
CREDITS
Host and Executive Producer: Shilpi Chhotray
Lead Producer and Sound Engineer: Dennis Maxwell
Production Team: Alexis Young, Richard White, Jay Marcano, Yvonne Chen
Artwork by Mary Black (@mary.poppinn)
All Eyes On The Gulf spotlights voices of change and the pressing issues surrounding the US Gulf South — a major hub for plastic production and the fossil fuel industry. Hosted by Shilpi Chhotray and Counterstream’s multimedia journalist, Alexis Young.
SEASON 3
PEOPLE OVER PLASTIC WITH PRISM
CREDITS
Host and Executive Producer: Shilpi Chhotray
Lead Producers: Dennis Maxwell and Francisco Nuñez Capriles
Creative Director: Smeeta Mahanti
Editorial: Lara Michelle Witt, Ray Levy Uyeda, Michi Trota
Operations and Project Manager: Dawn Mundo
Artwork by: Sofahood (@sofahood)
In this season, learn much more about the industrial polluters and politicians that are turning cities and towns across the US into sacrifice zones – and the incredible community leaders driving transformational social change.
Join our hosts Shilpi Chhotray and Prism’s climate justice reporter Ray Levy Uyeda as they source answers to critical questions including; What are the decades-old redlining policies, failed lawsuits, and behind-closed-door corporate deals behind these stories?
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PoP fills a critical gap when it comes to informing through storytelling. It covers the widespread destruction of plastic pollution along multiple channels, and nothing else is approaching this issue from a lifecycle vantage point. PoP details the physical and epidemiological impacts of plastic, but also covers a social and cultural dimension that is fascinating.”
- Sara Colangelo
Director of Georgetown's Environmental Law & Justice Clinic
SEASON 2
WASTE MAFIA
CREDITS
Host and Executive Producer: Shilpi Chhotray
Lead Producers: Dennis Maxwell, Francisco Nuñez Capriles, and Miguel Astudillo
Creative Director: Smeeta Mahanti
Operations and Project Manager: Dawn Mundo
Artwork by Greg Dubois (@marvelgd)
Hear how waste moves throughout our world, across oceans and continents, through organized crime and black markets. Join our host, Shilpi Chhotray, as she meets with courageous individuals around the globe to learn what’s really happening when it comes to the business of waste.
SEASON 1
PEOPLE OVER PLASTIC
CREDITS
Host and Executive Producer: Shilpi Chhotray
Lead Producers: Dennis Maxwell and Miguel Astudillo
Creative Director: Smeeta Mahanti
Operations and Project Manager: Dawn Mundo
Artwork by Greg Dubois (@marvelgd)
