We talk with Kyle Devine, author of a new book about the environmental impact of music recordings, which raises a number of issues that we had never previously considered.

Guest:

Kyle Devine
Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music

Show notes:

Nightmares on wax: the environmental impact of the vinyl revival
Shellac (Wikipedia)
Vinyl Record Production in Peril After Fire at California Plant
What the Vinyl Records Comeback Really Looks Like…
Phtalate (Wikipedia)
William T. Vollmann: Carbon Ideologies

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