Podcast Episodes

462: Bill Ryerson, part 3: The biggest impact you can make

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Episode 462

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Heartwarming is the best word to describe Bill's experience that I can think of.

In today's episode, Bill and I start by talking about the incomparably larger impact of having fewer kids, especially i…

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

461: 24 Hours With No Electrical Power (After)

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Episode 461

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My notes I read from:

What I did:

Kathryn Garcia in Washington Square ParkFarmers market (compost, oregano)Ride to BrooklynGrain de Sail sail boatVisit with friendCalisthenics by candlelightWake up, no…

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

460: 24 Hours With No Electrical Power (Before)

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Episode 460

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Here are the notes I read from for this post:

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I posted the other day an exercise to think about going twenty-four hours without using electrical power. To clarify, that exercise was to think about …

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

459: Jonathan Hardesty, part 3: How to Continue a Sustainability Podcast

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Episode 459

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Jonathan and I have a good rapport. We joke around. I love his expressiveness as an artist. I think he values stewardship more than he's behaved so far in life, so I hear him enjoying aligning his be…

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

458: The Spodek Method: How to Lead Someone to Act Joyfully Sustainably

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Episode 458

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I’ve taught a half-dozen people the technique I use in this podcast---the hosts of the other branches of the This Sustainable Life podcast. They started calling it The Spodek Method, so now I do too.…

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

457: Jon Levy, part 1: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence

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Episode 457

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Jon is famous for bringing people together and creating community, see the New York Times article on him below. He invited me to a few of his events before the pandemic and they lived up to the reput…

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

456: Jonathan Hardesty, part 2: How to Start a Sustainability Podcast

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Episode 456

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This episode is really two.

Remember that he started art late in life, so the first two-thirds talks about art. Also his experience with his kids and family picking up trash. You'll enjoy hearing his …

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

455: J. B. MacKinnon, part 2: What happens when you pay for quality?

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Episode 455

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Our world values cheap and disposable---in food and doof packaging, furniture, cars, and near the top of the list, clothes, especially fast fashion. The world is paying for it in the sense of overfil…

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

454: Richard Rothstein: Racial segregation in generations of U.S. law

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Episode 454

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Today’s guest, Richard Rothstein, is one of the experts on how the law has clearly and explicitly kept freedom, prosperity, longevity, opportunity, and more from people based on their skin color. Thi…

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Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

453: Bill Ryerson, part 2: How can we talk about population? What can we do?

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Episode 453

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What's the Earth's carrying capacity? If we're above it and we choose to lower it, what happens to the economy?

I've wondered these questions. I know the mainstream view gets it wrong because humans h…

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Published on 4 years, 8 months ago