{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/6462ef58f754a900110d0235?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"687: Should We Amend the Constitution for the Environment?: A constitutional scholar (Michael Herz) and American abolition historian (James Oakes)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1685238491117-e0ff458c38080a883824ba0ea4608418.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>See the <a href=\"https://youtu.be/6dFy8aBrcSw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">video for this episode here</a>.</p><p>I speak about the concept of a constitutional amendment on the environment with former guests on the This Sustainable Life podcast:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Michael Herz: Constitutional scholar and former lawyer for the Environmental Defense Fund (<a href=\"https://joshuaspodek.com/guests/michael-herz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael's podcast episodes</a>)</li><li>James Oakes: US historian, focusing on the Revolutionary War to Reconstruction (<a href=\"https://joshuaspodek.com/guests/james-oakes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">James's podcast episodes</a>)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We approach the concept from many perspectives, especially comparing it with the Thirteenth Amendment.</p><p><br></p><p>This is my first conversation with two experts on a topic I'm just starting to learn about based on very detailed fields, including law, history, abolitionism, and politics. I have to start somewhere. We recorded this conversation months ago and I've learned tremendously since.</p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}