The podcast episodes provided explore various aspects of environmental literature, from the role of literature in representing extinction events to the use of literary techniques to engage readers on environmental issues.

For example, the episode 'Joshua Schuster, "What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals" (Fordham UP, 2023)' discusses how different discourses and cultural forms have been used to document and interpret extinction events over time.

The episode 'Dan Chapman, "A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir's Journey Through an Endangered Land" (Island Press, 2022)' is a work of environmental literature that uses a travelogue format to explore the relationship between human activity and the natural environment in the American South.

Similarly, the episode 'Hiromi Ito, "Tree Spirits Grass Spirits" (Nightboat Books, 2023)' showcases how Japanese poet Hiromi Ito uses poetic essays to examine the connection between humans and plant life, contributing to the genre of environmental humanities.