The podcast episodes provided demonstrate the relevance of political ecology as a framework for analyzing environmental issues and sustainability efforts.

Several episodes directly reference political ecology, such as the discussions of Manisha Anantharaman's work on waste management in Bangalore "Recycling Class: The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability", Charis Enns' examination of settler colonialism and wildlife conservation in Kenya "Settler Ecologies: The Enduring Nature of Settler Colonialism in Kenya", and the analysis of Cuba's low-carbon energy transition in "The Low-Carbon Contradiction: Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the Infrastructural State in Cuba".

These episodes highlight how political ecology approaches can shed light on the complex, and often contradictory, ways that political, economic, and ecological factors interact to shape environmental outcomes, particularly in the context of the Global South.