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797: Alden Wicker, part 2: Try and Try Again: E-biking in Vermont
Episode 797
Many people think sustainability requires fixing everything or else we'll collapse. The Spodek Method creates a mindset shift followed by continual i…
1 year, 2 months ago
796: Jack Spencer, part 3: Authenticity on Acting on Sustainability (also Project 2025)
Episode 796
We start by talking about the internal challenges Jack felt about acting to do something he wouldn't have otherwise. He cares about the environment a…
1 year, 2 months ago
795: Lorraine Smith, part 1: Leaving mainstream "sustainability" to pursue actual sustainability
Episode 795
Lorraine is one of the few people I know who saw mainstream sustainability efforts for what they are: ineffective and often counterproductive but sel…
1 year, 2 months ago
794: Lorna Davis, part 3: Before taking the sustainability leadership workshop
Episode 794
Lorna first appeared on this podcast in 2021. We became friends and remained so, though we challenge each other, as you'll hear in this conversation.…
1 year, 2 months ago
793: Nick Loris, part 1.5: Heartwarming nature, family, and fatherhood
Episode 793
People I talk to on the political left who care about the environment see people on the political right as opponents to defeat. When I share that I t…
1 year, 2 months ago
792: Travis Fisher, part 2: The spirit that America was founded on, Cato, and sustainability
Episode 792
We recorded this conversation just after the election. We talked about it, especially Travis's and the Cato Institute's views. One of his main views …
1 year, 2 months ago
791: Sustainability Leadership Is a Performance Art
Episode 791
I'm following up my recent solo post, 790: Talking to a guy injecting on the sidewalk, with another extemporaneous one. This one is also with a forme…
1 year, 3 months ago
790: Talking to a guy injecting on the sidewalk
Episode 790
On a beautiful sunny Saturday, 9:50am, I was walking to Washington Square Park to charge my battery and talk at 10am to my friend Dan McPherson (he's…
1 year, 3 months ago
789: Solomon Schmidt: Author of Legal Gladiator, on Alan Dershowitz
Episode 789
As a podcast host, I get pitched a lot of authors, books, and more. Most aren't relevant or are counterproductive to sustainability. I received an em…
1 year, 3 months ago
788: Susan Liebell: John Locke, Stewardship, and the US Constitution
Episode 788
I quote Susan in my book, Sustainability Simplified. In it you'll see how much John Locke influenced my long-term vision for the US to understand and…
1 year, 3 months ago