DO 302 - Starting a Farm and a Farm Store on Main Street
Geoffrey Long of Long Story Farms joins Jason to talk about what it actually takes to build a working farmstead part-time, the real challenges of scaling production and finding local markets, and why ...
10 Mar 1h 6min
DO 301 - Open Source Civilization: Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology
When Your Tractor Breaks, Open Source the Whole CivilizationMarcin Jakubowski, founder of Open Source Ecology, joins Ashley to talk about his 20-year project to open source the blueprints for civiliza...
4 Mar 1h 14min
DO 300 - Celebrating 300 Episodes of Doomer Optimism
Three hundred episodes in, and we’re still here, still questioning, still laughing, still building.In this special 300th episode, we gather voices from across DO; past guests, hosts, collaborators, an...
25 Feb 1h 18min
DO 299 - Small Scale Production, Henry George, and the Land Value Tax
Willy Denner of Little Seed Gardens in Chatham, NY, joins Jason and returning co-host Nigel Best for a wide-ranging conversation about 32 years of small-scale organic farming, the economics of direct ...
17 Feb 1h 46min
DO 298 - The Wool Empire, Faith, and Local Business
Jason is joined by Greg Cello to discuss his plan to build a regional wool industry in New England, starting with sheep on his Rhode Island homestead. This isn't just about producing sweaters; Greg se...
11 Feb 1h 14min
DO 297: Mulberries in the Rain: Permaculture, Crisis, and Building Food Systems for the Future
How patient design and ideological diversity are reshaping food productionAshley sits down with Ryan Blosser and Trevor Piersol, co-founders of Shenandoah Permaculture Institute and authors of Mulberr...
3 Feb 1h 11min
DO 296: Building Community in Fragmented Times
Ashley Fitzgerald sits down with Elizabeth Oldfield to explore how we can foster genuine connection across ideological and cultural divides and why it matters more than ever.Drawing on Elizabeth’s exp...
20 Jan 1h 5min
DO 295 - Navigating the Evolution of Meat Production with Greg Gunthorp & Nate
Surviving Consolidation, One Pig at a TimeGreg Gunthorp, a fourth-generation Indiana hog farmer, joins Nate for a wide-ranging conversation about survival, stubbornness, and adaptation in the American...
13 Jan 1h 40min
