The podcast episodes discuss the role of ethnographic methods in studying climate change, emerging technologies, and other complex topics.

In the first episode, the discussion explores how ethnographic methods can be used to examine climate adaptation efforts and their implications for racial inequalities and political ideologies in the context of Guyana's history of plantation slavery and indentured labor. This episode is linked to "Sarah E. Vaughn, 'Engineering Vulnerability: In Pursuit of Climate Adaptation' (Duke UP, 2022)".

The second episode examines the use of 'speculative ethnography' as a research approach for understanding emerging technologies like Web3, and how established ethnographic practices of observation and field notes can be reflexively examined. This episode is linked to "Mint & Burn Episode 47: Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance Reading Group 3. 'Speculative Fiction' w. Ellie Rennie, Kola Heyward-Rotimi, hosted by Kelsie Nabben, Tara Merk, & Cent Hosten".