Derrick Jensen is an American author, radical environmentalist (and prominent critic of mainstream environmentalism). According to Democracy Now, Jensen has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement.

Jensen has published several books, including The Culture of Make Believe and Endgame, that question and critique civilization as an entire social system, exploring what he describes as its inherent values, hidden premises, and modern links to supremacism, oppression, and genocide.

Host Sylvia Richardson has a lively discussion about his latest book Monsters a collection of wild, weird, and whimsical tales with a twist.