Celebrated author Rebecca Solnit explores how the stories we tell shape the way we see the world—and our ability to change it. She challenges the idea that certainty equals truth, arguing instead that uncertainty creates possibility and space for action.
The conversation dives into topics like climate change, feminism, and political resistance, emphasizing that the biggest barriers to progress are often cultural and narrative—not technical.
Writer and historian Rebecca Solnit is the author of 25+ books on feminism, history, and hope, including Men Explain Things to Me. A Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, she writes for Harper’s and The Guardian and is the Fall 2025 Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters.
Interviewer
Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.
Videography and Audio Recording
Greeneye Productions
Production Assistance:
Willow Hutchison
Sound Engineering:
Adeel Meer