EPISODE · Dec 21, 2025 · 10 MIN
CASPER
from Queering the Grid · host Walking Chicago
What does "grid resilience" have to do with me growing up in semi-rural 1980s Russia without running water? With being an urban planner, energy efficiency consultant, and hobbyist TikTok content creator riding a packed Brown line L car during rush hour? With getting near-cancelled for daring to have an opinion in 2025, for the bold claim that systemic collapse is, in fact, not a good idea, a position inspired by my own lived experience that I am not interested in receiving feedback about, thank you very much, because I am now divorced and 39, and just not interested in wasting time arguing when we all have much, much bigger things to worry about, like the state of the country's power grid, and ways that we each can build community in real and not performative ways.But I digress. Tune in and try to keep up as my story weaves in and out of time, place,
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What does "grid resilience" have to do with me growing up in semi-rural 1980s Russia without running water? With being an urban planner, energy efficiency consultant, and hobbyist TikTok content creator riding a packed Brown line L car during rush hour? With getting near-cancelled for daring to have an opinion in 2025, for the bold claim that systemic collapse is, in fact, not a good idea, a position inspired by my own lived experience that I am not interested in receiving feedback about, thank you very much, because I am now divorced and 39, and just not interested in wasting time arguing when we all have much, much bigger things to worry about, like the state of the country's power grid, and ways that we each can build community in real and not performative ways.But I digress. Tune in and try to keep up as my story weaves in and out of time, place,
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