Episode 229: Every community needs a Radical Sewing Club, with Scout Quiquivix
How can we do good things in difficult times? The seemingly small things we do as individuals are actually really radical, impactful, and important. And if we do these good things with members of our ...
24 Mar 20252h 30min
Episode 228: Thrifty Business with Sara and Shan of Bargain Thrift Center
Over the past few years, we have explored many different facets of the secondhand economy: resellers and the ethics of reselling secondhand items, the various secondhand platforms, the fine art of thr...
17 Mar 20252h 16min
Episode 227: How to find accurate news in unprecedented times, with Elizabeth Segran
One of the challenges facing all of concerned citizens is where and how to find accurate and reliable news. This week Amanda is joined by Elizabeth Segran, Senior Staff Writer at Fast Company Magazin...
24 Feb 20252h 27min
Episode 226: How To Be Okay
2025 is a lot. Things are kinda overwhelming right now: there’s a lot of news to digest and it's coming fast, it’s hard to suss out reality from fiction, and we don’t know what we can do to help. And ...
10 Feb 20251h 46min
Episode 225: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity Round Table
This is part four in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. Amanda is joined by some rad people doing great work making slow fashion more inclusive:Itohan Asemota is the founder of HN...
5 Feb 20251h 44min
Episode 224: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity with Itohan and Marlee
This is part three in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. In this episode you'll meet two people working to get more people into slow fashion and highlight size inclusive ethical b...
28 Jan 20252h 4min
Episode 223: Winning the Battle Against Doomerism
Despair. Apathy. Not believing that things can change and be better. Just fully discounting any possibility of progress. Have you struggled with these feelings? It's called doomerism and you're not w...
20 Jan 20251h 31min
Episode 222: Capitalism, The (Board) Game
In the final episode of 2024, Amanda is inspired by a conversation with her friend Janelle to explore board games that teach children (and adults) the “winner takes all” aspect of late stage capitalis...
31 Des 20241h 33min
