Farm to Future (Jane Z.)
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| 08 Feb 2022 | Regenerative is the new Organic — Joel Salatin | 00:47:20 | |
Joel Salatin, 64, calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don’t like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. He co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Featured in the New York Times bestseller Omnivore’s Dilemma and award-winning documentary Food Inc., the farm services more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets, and a farmers’ market with salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products. When he’s not on the road speaking, he’s at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. In this episode, Joel shares how his family turned the worst piece of land into one of the most biodiverse farms in the country, why we ended up with a chemical-based agriculture system post-WWII, and what it will really take (logistically, financially, personally) to shift to a large-scale carbon-based food system. Discounts
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| 22 Feb 2022 | Can you afford "sustainable" on food stamps? — Alex & Miguel from Fern Mill Farm | 00:45:07 | |
Alex and Miguel are "two brown guys starting a sustainable farm" (in their words, mostly). They're transforming a 158 acre wooded property in Connecticut into an agroforestry farm. Discounts
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| 08 Mar 2022 | From Mouse Surgeon to Mushroom Farmer — Ben Deuling | 00:46:23 | |
Ben Deuling is the founder of SporeAttic LLC, a gourmet mushroom farm in Bozeman, Montana. Ben moved from Michigan in 2017 to join a Ph.D. program in Molecular Bioscience at Montana State University. After 2 years working towards his doctorate, Ben finally accepted that he was unhappy, unfulfilled, and that academia would not take him where he wanted in life. Connect with Ben Follow Farm to Future on Instagram at @farm.to.future Discounts
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| 22 Mar 2022 | Accounting for the Invisible Costs of our Food System — Tim West | 00:41:56 | |
Tim West is a Slow Food chef turned Social Entrepreneur and Food Futurist. He was recognized as one of Zagat’s 30 under 30 Food-World Up-and-Comers for his work producing Food Hackathons and has since served as a Fellow4Good at the Institute for the Future and Global Ambassador to the Future Food Institute. His areas of interest include: mountain biking, climbing, local food systems, food as medicine, and permaculture. He now lives in Bellingham, WA, Pacific Northwest where he plans to get a farm dog. Discounts
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| 06 Apr 2022 | Crickets: the perfect protein? — Rose Wang | 00:43:27 | |
Rose Wang was co-founder and CEO of Chirps. She is a Shark Tank entrepreneur, Forbes 30 under 30 social entrepreneur, ELLE USA Impact Award winner, Echoing Green fellow, MassChallenge Gold Winner, Harvard Dean's Design Challenge winner, and TEDx speaker. She holds the record for World's Largest Nachos and is living proof that you can really do anything with a psychology degree. Links Discounts
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| 19 Apr 2022 | Sourcing Sustainable Salads for Sweetgreen — Orion Kobayashi | 00:48:17 | |
Orion Kobayashi has always had a passion for food, agriculture, and solving supply chain challenges. After serving in AmeriCorps and three years of working on farms, he went to Tufts Friedman School, earning an MS in Food Policy and Logistics. His work centers around connecting people with farmers, and through that connection creating value for sustainable products. He has helped build these value chains and manage the logistics at startups like sweetgreen and UrbanStems. Discounts
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| 03 May 2022 | Russia-Ukraine War: No More Muffins for Us? — Amal Chatterjee | 00:34:13 | |
Amal Chatterjee is an agricultural economist with 16 years of experience in Procurement. He graduated with a Master of Science degree from Penn State University in 2006. He currently manages the procurement of fats and oils, emulsifiers, and ingredients for his bakery ingredients company. He is married with two children and resides in a Philadelphia suburb. In his downtime, he enjoys reading, fishing and playing on his kids’ Nintendo Switch. Discounts
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| 17 May 2022 | Blockchain and Palm Oil — Aidan Dowdle | 00:28:27 | |
Aidan Dowdle is the CEO and founder of Verdethos Inc, a technology company which produces blockchain based ERP platforms that create greater efficiency, fosters traceability and eases sustainability reporting across complex supply chains. Aidan spent more than a decade working for Wilmar International, Asia’s leading agribusiness firm, where he held a variety of managerial positions leading Wilmar’s trading division and new ventures in South Africa. Being commercially responsible for Wilmar’s activities throughout a few emerging markets, Aidan has deep experience in developing efficiencies in challenging supply chains. Aidan immediately saw the opportunity for blockchain to deliver solutions for the agricultural commodity industry and supply chains at large while learning about new technologies at Columbia University Fu School of Engineering. Discounts
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| 31 May 2022 | Sugar and the Food Matrix — Chef Dr. Mike | 00:43:58 | |
Your favorite chef-cardiologist is back! And this time, we're talking all about sugar — the good, the bad, and the ugly — from a culinary medicine perspective. Plus, we answer your listener Q's about sugar addiction, low-calorie sweeteners, and what the deal is with natural sugars. Discounts
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| 14 Jun 2022 | Raising Happy Pigs from a Cowboy's Perspective — Neil Dudley | 00:49:54 | |
Neil Dudley is a Texas gentleman who believes in hard work with a little fun thrown in. His day job is makin’ bacon at Pederson’s Farms as the Vice President. But, his most important job is lovin’ on his wife & three young daughters…and throwing in some cowboy stuff when he can. As if that doesn’t keep Neil busy enough, he's picked up podcasting. You may know Neil from the Instagram account, The Cowboy Perspective. Most of the things he is confident in today stem from the things he learned and continues to learn from the cowboys and cowgirls in his life. The Cowboy Perspective is Neil's way of telling that story in hopes of being a resource to others. Discounts
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| 28 Jun 2022 | Rewind Episode: Turning Teff into Granola — Claire Smith | 00:52:47 | |
Claire Smith grew up as the 7th generation on a 2,300 acre family farm vowing to move as far away from the farm as she could. After graduating from University of Michigan with a BS Neuroscience and minor in Classics, she moved to western Canada. During this time, her parents decided to start pivoting the farm from corn and soybeans to alternative grains and seeds. Claire, acknowledging the irony, moved back to the farm to work with teff, an ancient grain native to Ethiopia. She created Teffola, or teff granola, and began selling to local grocery stores in Jan 2018. Since then, she's grown Teffola into 70 grocery stores and coffee shops across Michigan and is now branching into Chicago and Toledo. Follow along on her journey @eatteffola Connect with Claire Discounts
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| 19 Jul 2022 | Baking Sourdough on Mars — Bert Schamp | 00:40:22 | |
Bert Schamp is a Research Manager at Puratos and an Agronomist in the R&D team. As a researcher in applied biosciences, he has a track record in sustainable agriculture, vertical farming and smart farming techniques. At Puratos, he is also responsible for the Mission to Mars program, an R&D initiative where Mars' extreme conditions are an inspiration and stimulation to move the planet Earth forward by creating innovative food solutions for the health & well-being of people everywhere. Get 10% off Pederson's humanely raised meats with the code FARMTOFUTURE: https://pedersonsfarms.com/ Follow Farm to Future on Instagram at @farm.to.future Discounts
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| 02 Aug 2022 | Building the Kickstarter for Regenerative Farms — Dan Miller | 00:47:35 | |
Dan Miller is the Founder and CEO of Steward, a private lender providing regenerative farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and producers the capital they need to expand and sustain their businesses. And through our innovative online platform, qualified lenders have the opportunity to join in our mission and help fund the growth of regenerative agriculture by purchasing loan participations. After graduating from the Wharton School with a B.S. and M.B.A., Dan co-founded a pioneering investment crowdfunding business called Fundrise. In 2010, it was the first and largest real estate crowdfunding platform in the United States, and has since raised more than $500 million. It's this experience, combined with a passion for agriculture, ecology, and local food that led Dan to launching Steward in 2017. Discounts
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| 16 Aug 2022 | Gut Health 101 — Chef Dr. Mike | 00:50:40 | |
Chef Dr. Mike answers all your questions about gut health: why you don't need to spend $$$ on probiotics, what cuisines cater to better gut health, and ways to diagnose gut issues at home or with your doctor. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speaking events, articles, books, personal outreach, and media appearances, Chef Dr. Mike has become the voice of Culinary Medicine. His message empowers people to take control of their health, wellness, and happiness through a positive relationship with food. Connect with Chef Dr. Mike Follow Jane Z. on Instagram at @farm.to.future Discounts
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| 30 Aug 2022 | Living Ancestrally in a Modern World — Alison Kay | 00:41:48 | |
Alison Kay creates foods that enhance our biome, community and environment, working from her kitchen near Florence, Italy. She's the founder of Ancestral Kitchen, where she shares traditional food wisdom, fermentation and joyful eating in a practical and easily-accessible way. Discounts
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| 13 Sep 2022 | Hunting, Veganism, and the Problem with Dietician School — Amy Adams | 00:45:01 | |
Amy Adams is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian with more than 8 years working with patients and students from all walks of life. She has been gardening, tending chickens, and keeping bees since 2020. Amy is the host of The Backyard RD Podcast and blog. Her hope is to inspire beginners and seasoned growers alike with evidenced-based research to help you make more informed health choices. Amy has been a Registered Dietitian since 2014 and currently works with dietetic interns across the country. Amy and her husband live in Southeast Massachusetts, USA with their 2 dogs, 20 chickens, and a colony of honeybees. Discounts
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| 27 Sep 2022 | Making Online Shopping More Sustainable — George Wojciechowski & Michael Gongol | 00:41:48 | |
Manifest Commerce is a 3PL (third-party logistics) platform that aims to be a true logistics partner to merchants by providing them with high performance fulfillment done in an environmentally responsible way. They've only just begun, and have already deployed:
George Wojciechowski is the Cofounder and CEO of Manifest Commerce. Manifest Commerce provides sustainable fulfillment solutions to eco-friendly brands and omnichannel retailers. Prior to launching Manifest Commerce, George cofounded ShipBob, a predominant name in the global ecommerce fulfillment space. George has held several roles in various investment communities including Goldman Sachs, among others. Michael Gongol is a founding member at Manifest. Prior to entering eCommerce logistics Mike toured the country supporting musical acts before joining ShipBob where he led the sales team in the capacity of Sr. Enterprise Account Executive for over 5 years. Connect with Manifest: Discounts
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| 11 Oct 2022 | Tamacti Jun from “See” is a Desert Farmer in Real Life - Christian Camargo | 00:46:22 | |
Christian Camargo is an award-winning actor and the owner of Sunever farm, a regenerative farm in the Mojave desert. He is perhaps best known for roles as Brian Moser in Dexter, Michael Corrigan in House of Cards, and Eleazar in The Twilight Saga. He currently plays Tamacti Jun in See and directed The Last Manhunt, which comes out in theaters November 18. Off-screen, Christian is a Mexican-American descendent of 4-5 generations of storytellers and ranchers. He believes that studying the desert lands and its creatures will inspire solutions to the region’s increasing water scarcity. He was turned to natural foods and medicinal plants during his cancer journey, and found profound benefits with olive oil while going through cancer treatment. Today, Christian is laying the foundations for his vision of Sunever farm as a diverse, native food oasis, farm education site, and grove of a thousand olive trees. Connect with Christian: Discounts
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| 25 Oct 2022 | Farm to Table jerky, but make it Asian — Anica Wu | 00:45:58 | |
Anica is a whole-animal butcher and founder of Bonjerk—an East Asian-spiced jerky company based in San Francisco. She is a first-generation Chinese American. In the years of growing up in Kansas, where Asians were the minority, food was a means for her family to keep traditions alive and celebrate their Chinese culture. Her love for food, especially meat, led her to the realization that Good Meat was mostly absent from Chinese grocers in America. Experimenting with jerky recipes became a way for Anica to rediscover and share flavors connected to her Chinese heritage with friends and family. In 2018, she started training as a whole-animal butcher and began her journey into the regenerative meat industry. Learning this craft has helped her to realize just how much work is required to get meat on our plates. It made her think about ingredients differently, the experience of eating food differently, and she was empowered by the control small farmers had over how the animal and land was treated. Alongside making some seriously delicious jerks, her hope is to be able to share her butchery skills, and help grow the support system for others, especially women, in food and agriculture. Discounts
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| 08 Nov 2022 | Pizza that doesn’t make you feel like crap — Chef Dr Mike | 00:42:14 | |
How to make good-for-you, good-for-the land pizza at home that you'll love, from our favorite culinary medicine friend Chef Dr. Mike. 🎂 Enter the Farm to Future giveaway by Nov 22!!! http://tiny.cc/farmtofuture Discounts
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| 22 Nov 2022 | 5 Things I Got Wrong about Sustainable Food | 00:29:06 | |
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| 06 Dec 2022 | Will carbon insetting save the world's forests? — Ariana Day Yuen | 00:34:47 | |
Ariana Day Yuen started her career as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in their DC and New York City offices where she advised clients across the government, non-profit, and private sectors. She then joined TechnoServe as a Fellow in their Ethiopia office and joined them full-time thereafter supporting a range of projects with Nespresso, Mondelez, Gates Foundation, JDC, the Swedish Government, and Diageo to ultimately design and build more sustainable and equitable value chains and market systems. Her accumulated experiences, passion for sustainable and delicious food, and deepening sense of responsibility to tackle complex societal issues are what led to Forested Foods. Prior Forested Foods, Ariana co-founded Common Farms, an indoor farm in Hong Kong, as well a North Korean arts fundraising series. Ariana grew up in Hong Kong before she moved to the United States to attend Syracuse University, where she triple-majored in Advertising Communications, Entrepreneurship, and Economics. She recently received her MBA from Yale’s School of Management, with a concentration of courses from Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Discounts
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| 21 Dec 2022 | How to (actually) recycle your packaging — Caroline James | 00:50:36 | |
Caroline James is the Director of Sustainability at Atlantic Packaging, where she works with customers across the Fortune 500 and beyond to transition towards using more sustainable packaging. She is particularly interested in designing packaging for circularity, as well as in improving systems for recycling and composting. Caroline graduated from the Yale School of Management with an MBA in 2022, where she was also grateful to take many classes at the Yale School of the Environment. While at Yale, Caroline and her team won the Mochen Liao Award for research in industrial ecology and life cycle assessment. She aims to talk to as man†canvay people as possible about moving to a circular economy in hopes that everyone will find their unique role in furthering our movement toward this new paradigm. Discounts
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| 05 Jan 2023 | Reinventing Canned Fish — Chef Sara Hauman | 00:54:30 | |
Sara Hauman is a self-proclaimed yogurt queen and tiny fish enthusiast, known for her appearance on Top Chef Portland in 2021, amassed skills at a range of restaurants—from San Francisco’s Mister Jiu’s to world recognized restaurant Asador Etxebarri in the Basque region of Spain. She employs a hands-on approach, preserving farm fresh ingredients, celebrating the Oregon coast’s bounty, enjoying yogurt and salty fish and letting quality speak for itself. She holds Eater Young Guns and Zagat 30 Under 30 awards (2015) and was a James Beard Award Rising Star semi-finalist (2016 and 2017). Discounts
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| 17 Jan 2023 | Pancakes that heal the land — Samuel Taylor | 00:43:10 | |
Samuel spent 15 years making a living in Shakespeare, puppetry, and the circus. He fell in love with an acrobat and made her nutrient-dense pancakes out of popcorn to get her attention. She married him (for her own reasons) and talked him into selling the pancakes as a side hustle. In 2015, Samuel founded Long Table to sell those mixes. When all the theaters closed in 2020 Samuel went full time on Long Table. He and Lindsey both appeared on Shark Tank on January 6, 2023. Discounts
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| 31 Jan 2023 | Are lab-grown meats the Theranos of food? — Julia Ranney | 00:47:14 | |
EDIT: The Inflation Reduction Act’s allocation for regenerative agriculture is $20 billion, not $20 million as mentioned in the episode. In her current position Julia produces CFS’s podcast, manages communications strategy across platforms, and serves on the policy team in Washington, D.C. She is passionate about the power of storytelling to effect change, using creative communications as a medium for education, and fostering more inspiration for the next generation. Connect with Julia Discounts
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| 14 Feb 2023 | Bone broth, log cabins, and gentle alarms: How to build up your immune system naturally — Chef Dr. Mike | 00:55:18 | |
How to build your immunity while traveling, how pine trees and music can help your immune system, why we should all be living in log cabins, and the easiest recipe for bone broth you can make at home. Discounts
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| 28 Feb 2023 | My favorite protein snacks, responding to meat comments, and what it costs to raise your own chickens | 00:28:35 | |
Join Jane Z. for a kitchen chat! Today we're discussing the spicy IG comments about medicinal plants and beef, survival tactics for soaring egg prices, and my favorite high-protein snacks for all my fitness fiends out there. Enjoy!
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| 14 Mar 2023 | Why seed oils are the devil and what to cook with instead — Chef Dr. Mike | 01:01:02 | |
Chef Dr. Mike shares how he as a physician evolved his guidance on fat — from low-fat diets to promoting saturated fats as part of a healthy lifestyle. He shares practical tips and answer all of your listeners questions, including: What oils are safe to use at high temperatures? What's the latest science on cholesterol? How much fat is too much? Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speaking events, articles, books, personal outreach, and media appearances, Chef Dr. Mike has become the voice of Culinary Medicine. His message empowers people to take control of their health, wellness, and happiness through a positive relationship with food. Resources: Discounts
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| 28 Mar 2023 | Lobbying Congress to heal America’s soils — Erica Campbell, Kiss the Ground | 00:47:24 | |
Erica Campbell is the Policy Director at Kiss the Ground, where she helps guide Regenerate America, a coalition-based campaign advocating for increased support for regenerative agriculture and soil health in the US Farm Bill. Erica has been working to transform food and agriculture systems for 25 years; most recently, she was Senator Sanders' policy advisor and farmer liaison. She's worked on local food systems development, farm to school, farm viability, and sustainable agriculture initiatives in the Northeast, primarily in Vermont where she lives. Discounts
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| 13 Apr 2023 | Is glyphosate making us gluten-intolerant and infertile? with Kelly Ryerson aka Glyphosate Girl | 01:00:10 | |
Kelly Ryerson, MBA, IHC, is a health advocate and environmental health writer, better known as Glyphosate Girl on social media and for her blog, Glyphosate Facts. Connect with Kelly Discounts
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| 25 Apr 2023 | Glyphosate part 2: Taking EPA to court — and winning, with Amy van Saun | 00:44:30 | |
Amy van Saun is a Senior Attorney in the Center for Food Safety's Portland, Oregon office. After clerking for CFS in law school, Amy joined CFS as an attorney in 2015. As part of CFS's legal team, Amy practices environmental and administrative law to defend farmers, communities, and the environment from industrial animal factories, aquaculture, genetically engineered crops and animals, and the overuse of toxic pesticides, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Amy also works to protect the integrity of organic and ensure the transparent labeling of genetically engineered foods.
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| 16 May 2023 | My gut health journey: fainting in high school, going vegan in college, and healing my gut through trial and error | 00:29:39 | |
Story time! Hear about how I healed my gut through years of trial and error, and how I pieced together my gut health triggers and needs over the years, from fainting and migraines in high school to experimenting with vegan diets in college, to cutting gluten in adulthood. Plus, I share my favorite gluten-free foods that have changed my life.
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| 30 May 2023 | Eating bugs and reinventing capitalism — 6 Asian American voices from the Farm to Future archives | 00:24:23 | |
Happy AAPI month! (Yes, it's technically still May.) To celebrate Asian eco-foodies everywhere, here are six of my favorite clips from the Asian American/Canadian voices we've had on the show. Buckle up for some fun stories and colorful perspectives on food and sustainability, that you don't typically hear in the farm to table world.
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| 13 Jun 2023 | Nutrigenomics: How your DNA affects the way your body responds to food — Chef Dr. Mike | 01:07:13 | |
Chef Dr. Mike gives us an intro to Nutrigenomics, the study of how food affects your genes and how your genes affect the way your body responds to food. This is a different way of looking at food than nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.) but how different foods have bioactives, chemical compounds that interact with our genes and cause certain genes to turn on or off. Connect with Chef Dr. Mike Discounts
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| 04 Jul 2023 | A peek into Indigenous life in Northern Canada: harvesting medicine, paying the land, and McDonald’s — Carl Jr. Kodakin-Yakeleya | 00:42:38 | |
Carl Jr. Kodakin-Yakeleya is Shutagot'ine (Mountain People) from the communities of Tulita and Deline First Nations located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. He grew up living in many towns across the Northwest Territories and spent extended periods of time in the bush with his father and siblings. Now, as a father to 3 children of his own, Carl want to pass on the teachings that have protected these Lands for millennia. In this time of rapid climate change, the team at Ever Good Medicine believe in the power of healing through traditional values of connection to the Land, respect and preparation of medicines and sharing what we know and have. Connect with Carl Jr. Discounts
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| 18 Jul 2023 | How Max Kane healed from Crohn’s and quit medications with raw milk and local food | 00:56:16 | |
Max Kane is an American entrepreneur, local food activist, author, engaging speaker, natural health advocate, and a leading expert in non-toxic, raw dairy production. Max is the CEO of three privately held companies and the author of several books on food and health. Max has over $50M in marketing experience driving revenue to small farms, and has apprenticed under hundreds of farmers around the United States learning about food production.
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| 01 Aug 2023 | The Ultimate Guide to Olive Oil: “cold pressed,” tasting notes, expiration dates — Emily Lycopolus, Olive Oil Critic | 00:47:44 | |
Olive Oil Sommelier, educator, and author of eight cookbooks, Emily Lycopolus is the Olive Oil Critic. With a degree in Life Science from Queen’s University and an MA in Cultural Anthropology, her love of science and discovery has blended with her deep love of food and flavour — her kitchen is a lab for discovery and learning. Since being introduced to olive oil at an olive grove owned by her husband’s family, she has dedicated her life to the ingredient.
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| 15 Aug 2023 | The healing powers of Raw Milk (and why it’s safe to drink) — Mark MacAfee and Max Kane | 01:14:34 | |
Mark McAfee founded the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) in 2011 to assure that farmers had a resource to assist them in producing very low risk raw milk for their consumers. Mark is passionate about “grass to glass” risk reduction management on the farm, and he believes that raw milk cannot emerge as a trusted food unless it is very low risk. He is certified in HACCP management from Chapman University and has developed and implemented award winning Food Safety Plans including Raw Milk Risk Analysis & Management Plans (“RAMP”). Mark co-founded the world’s largest organic raw milk dairy in 1999 named Organic Pastures Dairy. Today, it sells it’s raw products safely across the United States of America in over 900 store locations. The Raw Farm brand estimates to feed over 50,000 families in California, alone. Mark has worked with state regulators and industry leaders to develop the business’s Test & Hold custom food safety program. Mark is a premed-trained retired EMS Paramedic and acute care medical educator with a background in organic farming. In 1997, Mark was awarded the Best of the West grower award for being the first farmer in the USA to initiate an “on farm audited HACCP type risk management system” with the Odwalla juice company. Mark has lectured on the safety and gut biome benefits of raw milk at USC, Stanford, UCSB, Rutgers, University of Guelph, UVIC BC Canada, UCLA, CSUF, Chico State and other Universities and medical schools in Australia, USA and Canada. Max Kane is an American entrepreneur, local food activist, author, engaging speaker, natural health advocate, and a leading expert in non-toxic, raw dairy production. Max is the CEO of three privately held companies and the author of several books on food and health. Max has over $50M in marketing experience driving revenue to small farms, and has apprenticed under hundreds of farmers around the United States learning about food production.
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| 29 Aug 2023 | 10 regenerative brands you need to try, plus marketing tips for farmers — Jean-Marie Merkle, Dig Digital | 00:45:20 | |
Meet Jean-Marie Merkle: an extroverted maximalist with a knack for branding, project management, and regenerative agriculture. With a decade in the design world under her belt, she is all about sharp design, savvy strategy, and forging connections. Starting from urban roots in Pennsylvania, she left home at 18 to study Fashion Marketing in Philadelphia. A detour led her to New York, where she worked with Diddy and later landed a Project Manager role at a tiny Brooklyn design agency, sparking her career journey. After hustling between cities, burnout hit, and Jean-Marie sought change. She embraced a healthier lifestyle and discovered a passion for regenerative agriculture. An enlightening stay at Quarter Spring Farm in Tennessee rewired her outlook, trading screens for farm chores and kindling an affinity for farm life. Witnessing the magic of goat milk soap-making sparked an idea, adding it to the farm's offerings. The joy she brought farmers fueled a realization: her skills were meant for the farming community. A year of Nashville exploration followed, including farming classes and soul-searching. A car crash, the pandemic, and some cosmic alignment led to her own LLC. Jean-Marie jumped into projects to build credibility, then aimed higher, moving to Lancaster County, PA, where farming and history converged. Her business shifted focus to amplify farmers and disrupt the broken food system. Now, living her dream, Jean-Marie thrives by boosting clients' digital presence in the agriculture realm, excited for the shared journey ahead.
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| 14 Sep 2023 | My DNA test results: food sensitivities, detox needs, breast cancer risk, and I’m a quarter Japanese!? | 00:54:54 | |
Join me as I walk through my comprehensive DNA test! I took the Circle DNA’s Premium DNA test, which includes over 500 results across diet, nutrition, fitness, cancer and disease risk, ancestry, and drug response. I walk through highlights from my report, some of the science behind the results, and who I think should get this test done. Use code JANEZHANG for 40% off the Premium DNA test from Circle DNA: https://circledna.com/premium Jump to section: 2:20 How the test works - Whole Exome Sequencing 4:42 Diet results 6:20 Alcohol sensitivity and scientific details 13:16 Salt sensitivity 15:52 Detox: cruciferous vegetable needs 19:43 Red meat consumption 22:30 Co-enzyme Q10 25:08 Vitamin B12 27:20 Stress & sleep 30:22 Pollution & skin 30:51 Fitness 34:48 Ancestry 39:06 Family planning 41:58 Cancer risks 44:08 Disease risks 45:37 Drug response 48:15 Who is this test for? Was is it worth the investment? Nutrigenomics episode with Chef Dr. Mike: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yZNqQclezjXEULoXteGpZ?si=cb1bb5c4cbab4dda Discounts
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| 26 Sep 2023 | Helping every small farmer become Will Harris – Henry Arrowood, Farmshare | 01:00:43 | |
Henry Arrowood, Founder and CEO of Farmshare, is revolutionizing American agriculture. After moving to a 7th-generation cattle ranch in Montana and recognizing the barriers farmers and ranchers face, he launched Farmshare. Now based in Colorado, Henry is focused on digitizing the $11 billion direct-to-market farm sales industry, empowering farmers and ranchers with modern, easy to use and convenient tech tools. Discounts
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| 20 Oct 2023 | Rescued foods: Giving not-so-perfect fruits and vegetables a second life — Christine Couvelier | 00:36:22 | |
Christine Couvelier is a leader who is passionate about food. With over 40 years experience as a Senior leader, Executive Chef, Culinary Executive & Global Culinary Trendologist, Christine is a global Voice of sustainability, food waste and circular economy. Her exceptional ability to be external focused, study competitive & category Discounts
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| 31 Oct 2023 | Stop drinking tap water, and other toxins in your home — Wendy Kathryn, environmental toxins lawyer | 01:01:40 | |
Wendy Kathryn is an environmental toxins lawyer turned clean living coach, who educates women about how toxins are impacting our health and our kids’ health, how to spot them, and how to avoid them. Wendy’s career has spanned making coffee as a Starbucks barista to reviewing and analyzing environmental toxins regulations in Europe. Wendy dug deep in to the law and once she fully understood that there were ZERO regulations limiting toxins in our cleaners and personal care products, she found her life’s purpose. Connect with Wendy: Discounts
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| 14 Nov 2023 | Eating for fertility and pregnancy, the whole food way — Chef Dr. Mike | 01:02:21 | |
Learn about the whole food approach to preparing your body for motherhood (and fatherhood). Chef Dr. Mike answers your questions about when to take prenatal vitamins, foods to support fertility, and the crucial window where what you eat will affect your child’s health for years to come. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speaking events, articles, books, personal outreach, and media appearances, Chef Dr. Mike has become the voice of Culinary Medicine. His message empowers people to take control of their health, wellness, and happiness through a positive relationship with food. Links:
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| 28 Nov 2023 | Food dyes, preservatives, canola oil, and other harmful additives to avoid — Julia Putzeys from Trash Panda app | 00:48:18 | |
Julia Putzeys is the founder and general manager of the Trash Panda App. As a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Julia combined her career in software product management with her passion for health and wellness. The concept for Trash Panda was ignited when she realized how many harmful additives are in our food today, and the impact they have on chronic disease. As a mom of two who lives in San Diego with her family, she’s passionate about advocating for a happier, healthier future.
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| 12 Dec 2023 | Why you need to be putting olive oil all over your face and body — Emily Lycopolus | 00:42:25 | |
Olive Oil Sommelier, educator, and author of eight cookbooks, Emily Lycopolus is the Olive Oil Critic. With a degree in Life Science from Queen’s University and an MA in Cultural Anthropology, her love of science and discovery has blended with her deep love of food and flavour — her kitchen is a lab for discovery and learning. Since being introduced to olive oil at an olive grove owned by her husband’s family, she has dedicated her life to the ingredient.
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| 04 Jan 2024 | How to reset your gut after the holidays and after travel — Chef Dr. Mike | 00:55:06 | |
Hey friends, happy new year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday and ate lots of good food. I certainly feasted and got to enjoy my dad’s cooking for about two weeks straight, so no complaints. And if you’re like me and overdid it a bit with the desserts or heavy meals or just feel like you need a reset, especially if you’ve been traveling, I’m here with Chef Dr. Mike today to share some tips on how to give your gut a proper rest. We talk about doing a fermented juice detox, intermittent fasting, and some of the science behind how your gut microbiome connects with your circadian rhythm and the seasons.
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| 23 Jan 2024 | Joel Salatin: Regenerative is the new Organic [Revisit] | 00:47:20 | |
Hi friends! Enjoy this revisit of my interview with farmer Joel Salatin from 2022 while I recover my health. Looking forward to sharing tons of exciting new content very soon! Much love, Jane.
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| 30 Jan 2024 | How genuine high-quality Italian olive oil is made — Claudio Vignoli | 00:46:58 | |
Claudio Vignoli is an Italian Oleologist, Master Miller and Olive Oil Sommelier with over 25 years of experience in the olive oil industry. From 1996 until the end of 2007, he worked as an Export Sales Manager for the world's leading manufacturer of olive oil mills. In 2007, he founded his own company, Claudio Vignoli Group, providing technical and marketing consultancy to olive oil producers around the world.
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| 13 Feb 2024 | How to diagnose your gut issues: IBS, constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux, etc. — Aicacia Young, RDN | 01:05:26 | |
Aicacia Young, RDN is a Registered Dietitian and product developer who specializes in gut health and microbiome education. Her own health complications as an adolescent drew her to the field of Human Nutrition, where she worked in a Functional Medicine clinic helping people address their autoimmune issues through the lens of gut health. Her passion and curiosity around the gut microbiome led her to join a microbiome therapeutic company, where she served as the Director of Scientific Affairs. During this time, she lectured at medical conferences around the country, developed a cutting-edge microbiome test, and created the company’s product protocols. Today, she serves as the Chief Scientific Officer at Silver Fern Brand, where she formulates innovative products, develops product protocols, and provides product training to consumers and health practitioners. Get 10% off spelt sourdough bread and other Prairie Foods at www.farmmatch.com/jane/prairiefoods
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| 27 Feb 2024 | Why “warming” foods are essential for young women, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine — Dr. Helena Zhang | 00:52:38 | |
Serving as the professor and clinical supervisor at Emperor's College of Chinese Medicine, Santa Monica, Dr. Helena Zhang (PhD, LAc, NCCAOM) is certified by Californian and National Boards. She brings over 25 years of experience to her patients practicing acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and qi gong. With a focus on assisting women in the entire reproduction journey, from fertility, pregnancy, pre-labor to postpartum and breastfeeding, she created the unique JG Acupuncture-Hypnosis method comprised of a total of 8 tailored protocols to ease and accompany women's reproductive life. Dr. Zhang is also an expert in dealing with other female issues such as painful menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, menopausal symptoms, depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Connect with Dr. Helena Zhang Discounts
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| 05 Mar 2024 | 3 dairy products to try if you're lactose intolerant | 00:17:55 | |
I had given up on dairy about a decade ago and it wasn’t until I got into fitness and weightlifting and really needed to up my protein intake that I realized dairy is an excellent whole food source of protein. So if you are lactose intolerant like me or simply don’t tolerate dairy well, but you really want to enjoy milk or ice cream or cheese, etc. here are 3 types of dairy products you should try!
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| 19 Mar 2024 | Gut health Q&A with Aicacia Young: protein intake, gut detox protocol, IgG, cycling hormones, trendy supplements | 01:08:39 | |
Our gut health queen is here! Aicacia Young - you guys really loved our episode last month all about IBS and how to diagnose your symptoms. So we have her back on the pod today for a Q&A. We’ve got a jam packed episode - we’re gonna cover how much protein you should be eating in a day, how to figure out what specifically in dairy triggers you, the one magical supplement everyone could benefit from, why you should do a gut detox before getting pregnant, and the two supplements to take for a proper gut detox. And we get Aicacia’s hot take on some of the trendy supplements out there like Athletic Greens and Seed probiotics. Connect with Aicacia Discounts
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| 02 Apr 2024 | The link between autism, glyphosate, and antibiotics — Dr. Chidozie Ojobor, Co-founder of Vitract | 00:50:48 | |
Chidozie Ojobor is a scientist-entrepreneur and is the cofounder and Chief Science Officer at Vitract, a microbiome company providing comprehensive and accessible gut testing to clinicians to improve the gut health of their clients/patients. Chidozie started his academic career in virus research, where he studied rotaviruses that cause gastroenteritis in children under the age of 5.
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| 16 Apr 2024 | 5 gluten-free breads that actually taste good | 00:22:16 | |
Can you believe it is 2024 and we don't have a single gluten-free bread that tastes amazing and is widely available. Why can't I go into a fast food chain and order a burger with good GF bread!?
If you're gluten-intolerant, you may have a chemical sensitivity to glyphosate, not necessarily gluten. In which case, organic flour/bread/pasta may sit well with you! Here are some organic options:
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| 30 Apr 2024 | The science behind breast milk and why it's amazing for gut health — Dr. Kavita | 00:55:40 | |
Dr. Kavita is a Family Medicine Physician, Lactation Consultant and Mother of 3. She has a wealth of medical experience spanning 17 years, including 6 years in Hospital Paediatrics at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network including Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) at RHW, Randwick before further training to become a General Practitioner/Family Medicine Doctor. Despite her extensive Paediatric experience, she was shocked to see the maternal mental distress faced by new mothers. This distress is largely due to societal misconceptions about breastfeeding and newborn care and this is what ignited her passion and further training in Breastfeeding Medicine. She is an active member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. She is experienced in the model of Neuroprotective Developmental Care and a Possums NDC Practitioner. She is also certified in the Thompson Breastfeeding method. She is passionate about improving breastfeeding support and education. Outside of medicine, she has a strong interest in nature, martial arts and social justice. Before Medicine she did a Bachelor of Arts - majoring in Classics - Greek and Roman Literature and Political science. Discounts
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| 04 Jun 2024 | Are plant-based diets healthier? Here's what the science says — Chef Dr. Mike | 00:40:56 | |
My grandmother was one of those rare, special humans to live to 100 years old. And she actually lived up until earlier this year in February, 2024. In a way, this episode is in her honor because she was one of the more plant forward people in my life. My grandma was a Buddhist and she had the utmost respect for food, whether it came from animal or plants or fungi.
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| 30 Jun 2024 | The AI that helps you order dishes for YOUR dietary needs — Tamir Barzilai, Honeycomb.ai | 00:58:42 | |
Tamir Barzilai is the CEO and co-founder of Honeycomb.ai, a company dedicated to building the next gen for food discovery for people with dietary restrictions. His company is pioneering an end-to-end dietary pipeline from restaurants to aggregators to consumers, powered by their in-house AI model called RAMS-E. Tamir has spent the last decade working in FoodTech, working with small mom and pop restaurants, to national chains, to Fortune 500 level food companies. After being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, he set out to make ingredient transparency the norm rather than the exception. To date, Honeycomb.ai has helped over 1 million people find suitable food across their product-line.
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| 26 Aug 2024 | How this "Grubhub of food rescue" works to feed communities with leftovers — Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine | 00:41:54 | |
If you've ever thought about how much food goes to waste in restaurants, today’s episode we’re going behind the scenes to see what happens to those leftovers. Robert Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, and he’s been tackling this issue for over a decade. Robert started rescuing food back in college, where he would deliver dining hall leftovers to a nearby homeless shelter. Almost 15 years later, he’s built and scaled this non-profit to saving millions of pounds of food from ending up in landfills and feeding countless people across the country. Robert’s going to share the nuts and bolts behind their logistics model and business model, how they pivoted during the pandemic when restaurants shut down, and the big role that city governments can play when it comes to food rescue. Discounts
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| 24 Oct 2024 | Breaking down the Kellogg's food dye controversy with Chef Dr. Mike | 00:50:46 | |
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| 14 Nov 2024 | AI pesticide bots, cow IVF, and lab-grown chocolate: My review of the THRIVE Global Impact Summit | 00:15:58 | |
Jane Z. shares key insights and innovations from the THRIVE Global Impact Summit, exploring the intersection of technology, sustainability, and agriculture. From AI-powered pesticide reduction to lab-grown chocolate, discover how startups and major agricultural companies are tackling climate change and food sustainability challenges.
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| 26 Nov 2024 | How AI can make cow IVF smarter and more sustainable — Dr. Cara Wells, EmGenisys | 00:48:37 | |
Ever wondered how modern breeding techniques are making cattle farming more sustainable? This week, we dive deep into the world of cattle IVF with Dr. Cara Wells, a reproductive physiologist and founder of EmGenisys. She explains how advanced reproductive technologies are helping create more efficient, climate-friendly cattle while improving animal welfare and food production. About Dr. Cara Wells Dr. Cara Wells is an entrepreneur, inventor, and animal scientist who has revolutionized the field of embryo evaluation technology. After earning her B.S. and PhD in Animal Science from Texas Tech University, she gained valuable experience working in both animal and human clinical IVF laboratories. This unique perspective helped her identify key industry challenges and opportunities. As the founder of EmGenisys, she holds 8 issued US patents, 8 US patents pending, and 54 international patents. Under her leadership, EmGenisys has gained national and international recognition, secured seed funding, and expanded into new markets including human health and space agriculture. Beyond her work at EmGenisys, Cara is passionate about mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs and serves in advisory roles for multiple companies, including ventures in pollinator conservation, epigenetics, and biometric sensors. She lives in Dripping Springs, TX with her husband, 2 horses, boxer dog, and cat. Discounts
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| 07 Jan 2025 | How this Danish startup turns brewery 'waste' into nutritious food ingredients — Aviaja Riemann-Andersen, Agrain | 00:45:32 | |
In this episode, we explore how Danish startup Agrain is revolutionizing food sustainability by upcycling spent grains from breweries into nutritious food ingredients. Aviaja Riemann-Andersen shares how these grains, far from being "waste," actually develop enhanced nutritional profiles and unique flavors through the brewing process. The conversation spans from the technical aspects of grain processing to broader themes of circular economy and sustainable food systems. Circular economy and respect for our planet are the guiding principles for Aviaja, and through her work with Agrain and in several committees, she is promoting a more sustainable future. Aviaja is a Board member in the Danish Plantbased Food Association and a board member in The Danish Food and Drink Federation. From 2021-2022 she was a member of the Government’s Green Advisory Board. Agrain has since June 2022 been a proud member of the EIT Rising Food Star Programme. Privately, she lives in Copenhagen with her two daughters, she is a hot yoga heavy user. She has a MSc in economic and Japanese from Copenhagen Business School and worked 15 years in cosmetics before she joined the food industry.
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| 04 Feb 2025 | Robots for regenerative agriculture — Clint Brauer, Greenfield Robotics | 00:58:21 | |
Join us for a deep dive into the world of chemical-free farming with Clint Brauer, CEO and Founder of Greenfield Robotics. From autonomous weeding robots to regenerative agriculture practices, Clint shares how technology can help scale sustainable farming while keeping farmers' needs at the forefront. We explore the challenges of agricultural chemicals, the importance of soil health, and a vision for localized, nutrient-dense food systems. About Clint: Clint Brauer is a third-generation farmer from Kansas who is on a mission to eliminate harmful chemicals through food production by leveraging robotics. His journey began in 2020 when he abandoned his role as an LA-based tech executive to help his family and its farm after his father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a disease linked to a 200–600% increased risk when exposed to herbicides. With numerous farmers using his Robots-as-a-Service and two consumer packaged goods deals under his belt, it’s safe to say he’s on track. Links: Discounts
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| 17 Nov 2020 | #1 - Lifting Off into Professor Mode with Astronomy Professor Sarah Ballard | 00:53:04 | |
Sarah Ballard (@hubbabubble) is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Florida. Over a decade ago, she took an astronomy class at UC Berkeley to fulfill a freshman science requirement, but was quickly drawn into the study of the universe. She’s since established herself in the field of astrophysics as an “exoplaneteer,” having taken part in the discovery of four exoplanets (planets orbiting stars other than the Sun). She did her graduate studies at Harvard and has been a Torres Fellow at MIT, a L'Oreal Fellow, and a NASA Carl Sagan Fellow. What her stellar CV won’t tell you is that her road to becoming professor was rocky to say the least. In this episode, Sarah shares her journey as a victim of sexual harassment and later a named complainant in a Title IX case, why academia is worth salvaging, and her dedication to making science culture more equitable. Discounts
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| 24 Nov 2020 | #2 - Becoming Black James Bond with U.S. Army Officer Eman Massi | 00:42:53 | |
Emmanuel Massi (@iameman) claims he’s a superhero who got fired and went rogue to become a Black James Bond. Today, he works in operations overseeing fifteen companies in the U.S. Army. In other words, he's a pretty big deal. What Eman won’t tell you is what his day job consists of — that’s top-secret. But we sat down to talk about his life and travels before and during his time in service. Eman grew up fleeing the Congo wars with his family, living in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa before moving to the United States right after 9/11. He got an international business degree studying in Illinois, France, and Sweden, and went on to get a Master’s Degree in Sports Management. After a brief stint in corporate, Eman walked into the Armed Forces building one day and decided to enlist as an Officer. Tune in to hear Eman talk about his time living six miles from the North Korean border, how he was mistaken for the Black Panther, and why, at one point, he had to do push-ups to earn his breakfast every morning. Discounts
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| 01 Dec 2020 | #3 - Growing Up in Front of 2.6 Million People with DIY YouTuber and Rising Artist Jennifer Zhang | 00:45:36 | |
Jennifer Zhang (@jenerationdiy) is well-known on YouTube for her DIY craft videos and extreme room makeovers, and as JEN Z on Spotify for her dark yet dance-y bops. Jennifer is a 22-year-old YouTube Creator and singer/songwriter with a YouTube following of 2.6 million. Since starting her channel in 2013, she’s gotten to travel the world and work with brands like Microsoft, Amazon, thredUP, Clinique, and American Eagle, just to name a few. And she happens to be my sister. In this episode, we dive into Jennifer's life and career up to this point. We talk about getting her hands dirty (literally) with a DIY bathroom renovation, getting invited to join Semester at Sea on a cruise ship in Spain, living in New York, dropping out of NYU, and her struggles with mental health while maintaining a public persona. BONUS: Join us this Friday Dec 4 at 2pm PST / 5pm EST on Instagram Live for the afterparty! We’ll answer your questions, show some blooper clips, it’ll be a blast. Follow @insideoutwithjane and @jenerationdiy to join the fun. Discounts
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| 08 Dec 2020 | #4 - The Early-Stage Startup Grind with A.I. Startup Founder Seve Ibar | 00:46:03 | |
Severin Ibarluzea (@seveibar) is the CTO and Co-founder of Workaround Online (wao.ai), a platform that helps companies clean up their datasets to prepare them for machine learning algorithms. What sets them apart from competitors is their social mission: Workaround employs displaced Syrian refugees who would otherwise have trouble finding fair and dignified work. This isn’t Seve’s first rodeo — he’s also the CEO and Co-founder of CollegeAI, a machine learning platform that matches high school students with their best-fit colleges. In this episode, we talk about Seve’s start as a software engineer, building Flash games and coding for ham radio enthusiasts, what it’s like starting your own company versus working in a large corporation, and how his company (and nine others) got scammed by an organization representing none other than Pope Francis — yes, the Pope. BONUS: We’ll be live streaming on Twitch! Join us this Thursday, Dec 10 at 2pm PST/5pm EST at twitch.tv/seveibar for a Q&A and hangout. Discounts
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| 15 Dec 2020 | #5 - Building The First Electronic Playground with Bryanne Leeming, CEO and Founder of Unruly Studios | 00:53:24 | |
Bryanne Leeming is the Founder and CEO of Unruly Studios and the inventor behind Unruly Splats, the first STEM learning tool that combines coding with active, recess-style play for kids. Splats are durable, programmable floor buttons that light up, make sound, and sense when kids stomp on them. Kids can code their own rules for Splats games like relay races, whack-a-mole, and dance routines. Since founding Unruly five years ago, Bryanne has grown the team to 12 people and Splats are now used in 800 schools across the United States and Canada. In this episode, we talk about how Bry leveraged her Cognitive Science degree from McGill University and her MBA from Babson College to build a solid foundation for the business, why a Kickstarter campaign was the best training, and how to attract an A-team. Bry herself is an all-star — we talk about how she’s built up her mental muscle to keep going no matter what, through running marathons, growing up playing hockey and lacrosse and doing gymnastics, and watching her parents keep restaurants open during hard times. Discounts
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| 22 Dec 2020 | #6 - How to Become an Astronaut with Pilot, Gymnast, and Biomechatronics PhD Daniel Levine | 00:43:02 | |
Dan Levine is a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab in the Biomechatronics group. His work involves building better prosthetic limbs, and he was once part of a team that built a tongue-computer interface for people with spinal cord injuries. (That’s right, it's a computer you control with your tongue!) Dan holds Bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from Cornell University, and a Masters degree from Cornell Tech’s Connective Media program. In this episode, we talk about how Dan’s dream job as a kid was to become a test pilot, how he started his gymnastics career at age thirteen before becoming Captain of Cornell’s Club team and Men’s President of the MIT team, and how he imagines a world where we interact with technology with mutual respect, as if between friendly creatures. We also explore his time living in Thailand and Israel, and his future plans of joining the Air Force and eventually becoming an astronaut. Discounts
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| 05 Jan 2021 | #7 - Glowing Up Through Travel with Digital Nomad, Dancer, and Blogger Viola Wang | 00:47:13 | |
Viola Wang (@theblessingbucket) is best known for her travel blog, where she shares gorgeous photography alongside practical tips for travelers on a budget. An advocate of slow travel, Viola has traveled to 32 countries and spent time living in Australia, Japan, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Peru. She also completed her yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India, considered the world capital of yoga. When Viola was 10 years old, she immigrated to Canada with her family from Chengdu, China. She was extremely shy at the time and spoke zero English. In today’s episode, we talk about the many ways Viola has challenged herself over the years to overcome her social anxiety, from dance to cheerleading to solo traveling the world. Today, Viola is her own boss, running her travel blog and Instagram while teaching English, crafting, yoga, and dance classes for kids online. Viola's Travel Blog: www.theblessingbucket.com Discounts
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| 12 Jan 2021 | #8 - From Walt Disney to Mental Healthcare with Jero Beccar, CEO & Co-Founder of Hyka Therapeutics | 00:46:40 | |
Jero Beccar is an entrepreneur and filmmaker from Buenos Aires. After getting his B.A. in Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, he worked for Warner Brothers and Walt Disney. While at Disney, he managed a crew of over 45 people to shoot Disney’s first Apple iTunes commercial. He then took his technical lighting experience back home to Argentina, where he co-founded an LED lighting company, producing fixtures for train stations and commercial clients like McDonalds, Starbucks, and Puma. Jero never thought he’d go back to school, but he ended up in the new Master of Design Engineering (M.D.E.) program at Harvard University. There, he learned about the gaps in the mental health care system in the U.S., which led him to co-found Hyka Therapeutics, a care management platform that helps improve the care journey for patients and mental healthcare providers. In today’s episode, we talk about bringing Argentinian food culture to Boston, Jero’s early fascination with the math behind moving pictures, what filmmaking and startups have in common, and how to build a team that feels like family.
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| 19 Jan 2021 | #9 - Solo Hitchhiking, Cycling, and Couchsurfing through the Middle East and Central Asia with Marsha Jean | 00:39:48 | |
Marsh Jean (@themarshajean) has been solo traveling the world since she was 18. In the past five years, she’s done things many would consider nuts — she’s hitchhiked alone from Iran through France, cycled solo through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan, and couchsurfed in places like Kandahar (former “capital” of the Taliban) and Iranian Baluchistan (one of the most dangerous places in the world, according to some Western governments). In this episode, Marsha speaks openly about how she ran away from an abusive home at 18, and how the beautiful places she’s traveled to and the people she’s met ultimately changed her mind about taking her life. She sees travel as a pilgrimage, involving hardship and self-discovery, and intentionally chooses to take the roads less traveled. We talk about how she manages to stay safe and support herself financially and how her photography helps break stereotypes about “dangerous” places and solo traveling as a young Asian woman. ***Trigger Warning*** This episode touches on topics of depression and suicide. If you or someone you care about is suffering, please tread carefully. Some resources are linked for you below <3
>> Mental Health Resources If you or someone you know is in crisis and experiencing serious thoughts of suicide, call the suicide prevention hotline in your country. for the United States, call 911 immediately or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 (open 24/7). Here are some other U.S.-based resources:
If you’re not in crisis but looking for support in finding a clinician for consistent therapy, search engines on HelpPro or Psychology Today can help, and you can filter by insurance type. Or get connected with a therapist immediately for a low, flat fee at BetterHelp. **Many insurance companies are waiving co-pay fees for mental health services during the COVID-19 crisis, contact your provider to see if this applies Discounts
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| 26 Jan 2021 | #10 - Building The Real-Life Sims with Stephen Sun, Architect and CEO/Co-founder of DIG | 01:02:47 | |
Stephen Sun is a Licensed Architect and CEO/Co-founder of Development Integration Group, or DIG. His team is building an AI-based “digital architect” that will eventually allow anyone to design their own fully-compliant home or building. One glance at Stephen’s LinkedIn profile will tell you he never stops learning — his job roles have spanned from Elementary School Teacher to Real Estate Developer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Urban Designer, all the way to Ice Cream Scooper (not listed in LinkedIn). What Stephen cares deeply about, and what we spend the bulk of this hour talking through, is the crisis that architecture is going through, why the industry is worth saving, and one compelling case for using technology to automate away the mundane parts of an architect’s job. We also discuss Stephen’s experiences at three of the top architecture schools in the country — Carnegie Mellon University, SCI ARC, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Plus, Stephen gives us the inside scoop on his co-founder drama that led to dropping out of the coveted Y Combinator accelerator program, and his #1 piece of advice for anyone looking to start their own company. >> Connect with Stephen >> Connect with Us Instagram: @insideoutwithjane Discounts
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| 02 Feb 2021 | #11 - Creating a Digital Magazine for Korean Stories with Harriet Kim & Mirae Lee, Co-founders of Choa | 00:38:10 | |
Harriet Kim and Mirae Lee are the Co-founders of Choa Magazine (@choamagazine), an online platform for Korean diasporic stories. Harriet is a photographer, writer, community arts organizer, and environmentalist. She co-created a portrait series called Dressed in Layers: A Hanbok Project and is the founder of the Korean Canadian Writers’ Collective. Mirae is a cultural producer, bilingual writer, translator, and illustrator. She has worked with various Tkaronto-based not-for-profit arts organizations until recently when she moved to Asia to explore new possibilities in new settings. In this episode, we talk about the inspiration behind Choa Magazine, why we need more authentic immigrant stories, and what “grandma taste” means when it comes to Korean food.
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| 09 Feb 2021 | #12 - From Child Star to Married at 19 with Dani Calleiro (formerly Dani Cimorelli) | 01:05:06 | |
Dani Calleiro (@consciouscalleiro), formerly known as Dani Cimorelli, is a 20-year old YouTube Creator and former pop star. Dani grew up in a house of 10 siblings and sang in a band with her five sisters called Cimorelli. Their YouTube covers were an instant hit, and before long they garnered a fanbase of over 5.5 million subscribers. Dani was only 10 when she joined the band and they signed with Universal Music record label. Over the next decade, Dani got to live the Hannah Montana dream — Cimorelli’s songs hit the Billboard charts, they won a Teen Choice Award, and toured around different countries performing solo concerts and sold-out festivals. Despite all the perks and excitement, Dani certainly felt the weight of growing up in the public eye. In this episode, we talk about how having millions of people talk about you as a kid affects your self-esteem, how she “rebelled” and turned to partying for a few years, and how her now-husband (!) Emmyn helped her gain the courage to leave the band and pursue her own dreams. Getting married young was no breeze either — we talk about how Dani went through with the tough decision to get married despite backlash from family and fans, and how Dani and Emmyn support each other and now collaborate on a YouTube channel and Emmyn’s music. >> Connect with Dani >> Connect with Us Discounts
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| 16 Feb 2021 | #13 - From Spinal Cord Injury to Multi-Million Dollar Startup with Ryan Chen, Co-Founder of Neuro | 00:58:12 | |
Ryan Chen is the Co-founder of Neuro (@neurogum), a company that makes functional gum and mints to energize, calm, and focus your mind. On paper, Ryan might look like a familiar startup success — Forbes 30 Under 30, Shark Tank contestant, revenue in the millions, and an investor in other consumer startups. What these wins don’t capture is how Ryan had to literally rebuild his life from the bottom up. Over a decade ago when he was 19, Ryan shattered his spine in a bad snowboarding accident. He was instantly paralyzed from the waist down. At first, he was in denial. He had grown up an athlete — playing basketball with friends, competing in Kendo with a Black Belt, and was captain of his high school track team. After a heavy 6 months in the hospital and a ton of support from friends and family, Ryan made it back to college. Slowly but surely, he found reasons to live, from scuba diving to training with the U.S. Paralympic team to working at Hulu, then co-founding Neuro with one his best friends Kent. Be forewarned — Ryan is inspiring af! >> Connect with Ryan & Neuro
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| 23 Feb 2021 | #14 - Building a Platform for Asian Millennial Stories with Natasha Jung, Founder & Executive Producer of Cold Tea Collective | 01:01:49 | |
Natasha Jung is the Founder of Cold Tea Collective (@coldteacollective), a new media platform for stories from Asian millennials in Canada and the U.S. Today, the platform features stories across topics like arts and culture, food, career, and mental health, from over 30 contributors across North America. Natasha was inspired to found CTC when she attended the Vancouver Asian Film Festival a few years ago. She described it as the first time seeing herself on screen, and she wanted to share that feeling of being seen and understood with other Asian millennials. Natasha’s career as a creative producer started in high school when she organized a high school singing competition called RichCity Idol, which led to an internship at MTV Canada. She got her BA in Communications from Simon Fraser University, which led her into a career in marketing and producing. The journey wasn’t all sunny — Natasha opens up about how she overcame her mental health struggles with depression and presenteeism, the condition when you’re physically present at work but not able to be productive. Today, she runs Cold Tea Collective alongside a full-time brand marketing job that she enjoys, and in this episode she shares the lessons she’s learned around career, creative work, and how to value your own time. >> Connect with Natasha >> Connect with Us Discounts
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| 02 Mar 2021 | #15 - Why do people suffer? Death, Faith, and Medicine with Neurology Resident Dr. John Rhee | 01:19:07 | |
Dr. John Rhee is a neurology resident at Mass General Brigham at Harvard Medical School and the co-founder of the podcast and platform The Hippocratic Forum. He has published articles on palliative care, physical-assisted suicide, and on loneliness at hospitals in the time of COVID (links below). He is also a devout Catholic and one of the smiliest people you will ever meet. In this episode, we talk about how John got over his fear of death by volunteering at a hospice, how his coursework in human development and policy tie into his work, and why he’s so passionate about end-of-life care. We dive deep into topics of what human flourishing could look like in a hospital, and how our society thinks about death, dying, and the sick and elderly. John also cares deeply about helping other medical residents ground their practice in their values and ideals, which led him to co-found a podcast for medical students called The Hippocratic Forum (links below). >> Connect with John >> Connect with Us Discounts
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| 09 Mar 2021 | #16 - Ironman Triathlons and UX Design with Chi Pham, Google.org Fellow and MPH Candidate | 01:03:12 | |
Chi Pham is a UX Designer at Google, a Masters of Public Health candidate at UC Berkeley, and an Ironman triathlete. Chi empowers over 120,000 women to embrace their badass selves through her Instagram account @fit_pham, where she’s been documenting her fitness journey over the years. Chi’s parents fled the Vietnam War and landed in San Diego, where Chi grew up and learned to swim, later swimming competitively all throughout college. In this episode, we talk about how we both transitioned from our environmental studies roots to working in tech, why racial categories don’t make sense, and how we all go through unhealthy periods of self-hate in our fitness journeys. And of course, we talk about Chi’s insane accomplishments of running Ironman triathlons — the things they don’t teach you in training, how she survived a 10-hour cramp during a race, her favorite post-race snack, and why she keeps going back for more. Wherever you are in your fitness journey, prepare to be inspired! >> Connect with Chi >> Connect with Us Discounts
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| 16 Mar 2021 | #17 - Building a Bollywood-based Fitness Movement with Shahil Patel, CEO & Founder of BollyX | 01:09:38 | |
Shahil Patel (@shahilbollyx) is the Co-Founder and CEO of BollyX, a Bollywood-based fitness class that’s grown into a global movement. BollyX has been featured on Shark Tank and in 2009, Shahil led the first-ever Bollywood dance team to the final rounds of America’s Got Talent. Shahil has choreographed, produced, and led over 200 Bollywood performances and has performed alongside superstars such as Gloria Estefan, Jamie Foxx, Enrique Iglesias and Diana Ross! In this episode, we talk about how Shahil got into dancing while at UC Berkeley to impress his mother, how he led his dance team to win first place at nationals after only one week of rehearsals (!), and how he managed to land a highly competitive consulting job at Accenture with mediocre grades. We also talk about Shahil turned his passion for dance into a dance company and later BollyX, how BollyX has evolved as a company and community over almost 8 years, and why giving and receiving feedback is SO important. You might want to take notes on this episode! >> Connect with Shahil >> Connect with BollyX >> Connect with Us Discounts
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| 23 Mar 2021 | #18 - What the Heck is Human-Centered Design? Designing Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa with Carly James, Anthropologist and Design Researcher | 00:53:15 | |
Carly James is the Executive Director of Global Development at ThinkPlace Global, a strategic design thinking firm that tackles the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Carly is trained as a cultural anthropologist, and she’s worked on design research projects like behavior change in the health system for Somali women, disaster resilience in Myanmar, HIV testing in West Africa, and co-designing the future state of male contraceptives. Carly holds two Master's degrees — an MDes in Risk and Resilience from Harvard, and an MA in Anthropology from McGill University. In this episode, we talk about how Carly’s upbringing in Alabama, her early career in rural development in Delaware, and French colonial studies in college coalesced into a fascination with international aid and development in sub-Saharan Africa. Carly shares what it’s like to work and live in contexts like Kenya and Somalia where you feel like a complete outsider, what she’s learned about imposter syndrome, and what it’s like to work side by side with your (romantic) partner! >> Connect with Carly >> Resources Mentioned >> Connect with us Discounts
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| 30 Mar 2021 | #19 - From Teaching to EdTech with Mark Pan, People Partner at Newsela | 00:53:03 | |
Mark Pan is the Director of HR & Business Strategy at Newsela, an EdTech platform that delivers news-related content to students at different reading levels. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Urban Education, Mark took his knowledge to the classroom, teaching English in San Jose, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. He then brought his teaching skills into the tech industry, where he managed partnerships at Coursera and later joined Newsela in business strategy and now People Operations. RESOURCES MENTIONED CONNECT WITH US Discounts
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| 06 Apr 2021 | #20 - Working on the Ebola Response with Vivienne Walz, Public Health Evaluator | 00:42:48 | |
Vivienne Walz is a former Health Scientist at the CDC who worked on the 2018 Ebola Outbreak response in the DRC, where she focused on analyzing community feedback from Red Cross volunteers. Today, Vivienne supports the Covid-19 response as a community health liaison in the Kahnawà:ke First Nations reserve outside of Montreal. Vivienne holds an M.Sc. in Public Health and B.A.&Sc. in Cognitive Science, both from McGill University, and she’s built a career around community well-being, sustainability, social justice. In this episode, we talk about Viv’s upbringing on a Swiss farm in rural Ontario, how the CBC documentary 8th Fire set Viv down a career path around indigenous culture and social justice, and the story of when she got hit by a drunk driver. And of course, we talk about how Viv ended up working at the Centers for Disease Control, what evaluation work looks like, and what it was like being on the ground in the DRC working on the Ebola response. CONNECT WITH VIV RESOURCES CONNECT WITH US Discounts
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| 13 Apr 2021 | #21 - My Startup Journey: Eating Acorns and Designing Better Classrooms | 01:03:22 | |
To cap off Season 1, Severin from Episode 4 comes back to interview me, Jane Z.! We take a trip down through my multi-leg journey of entrepreneurship, from building a neighborhood piano school at age 13 to designing a student-run cafe at McGill University, building a clean tech startup community in Vancouver, to co-founding the first-ever classroom design platform. We also discuss my research on food systems, from growing tomatoes in urban greenhouses to making acorn tofu. Sev and I pull back the curtain on the highs and lows of our startup journeys - from the excitement of building something from scratch to the burnout of doing too much. This sets us up for season 2, which will be all about how to build a thriving creative business without losing your mind.
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| 08 Jun 2021 | #22 - Building a Food Brand from Scratch to 70 Stores with Claire Smith, Founder of Teffola | 00:54:16 | |
What’s the first step to building a thriving business? Well, easy — getting started. But that can be scary. Whether it’s quitting your day job, putting up a website, or getting out there to find your first customer, just getting started requires being brave. Here’s a secret, though. You don’t need to be brave all of the time. Just the moments that matter. That’s how Claire Smith managed to quit her day job at a restaurant to start a granola company and grow it to over 70 stores. Claire grew up as the 7th generation on a 2,300-acre family farm, vowing to move as far away from the farm as she could. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Neuroscience and minor in Classics, she moved to western Canada. Her parents decided to start pivoting the farm from corn and soybeans to alternative grains and seeds during this time. Claire, acknowledging the irony, moved back to the farm to work with teff, an ancient grain native to Ethiopia. She created Teffola, or teff granola, and began selling to local grocery stores in January 2018. Since then, she's grown Teffola into 70 grocery stores and coffee shops across Michigan and is now branching into Chicago and Toledo, Ohio. In this episode, Claire shares her business journey from late nights and farmer’s markets to building a customer-centric food brand that brings awareness to small farmers and ancient grains. Connect with Jane Z! Discounts
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| 15 Jun 2021 | #23 - How an Event Planner Created an Travel-Friendly, Color-Matching Dry Shampoo with Laura Armstrong | 00:45:18 | |
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| 22 Jun 2021 | #24 - Building a Million-Dollar Jewelry Brand with Allison Claire | 00:34:52 | |
When you first start your business, not everyone will believe in you. But that’s okay, because the only person that needs to believe in what you’re building — at least to start — is you. Allison Claire had a ton of doubters when she was starting her jewelry business - her dad, one of her first customers, and banks who denied her a loan. But it turns out, Allison had a perfect background for what she was doing. During her 8 years of working in university administration, Allison struggled to find a way to represent her alma mater at football games and fancy events without looking tacky in a hoodie. So she built Allison Claire, a jewelry brand that offers luxury collegiate pieces like gold necklaces and diamond earrings. In just 5 years, Allison Claire has made almost $1 million in sales and over 1,000 orders — as a one-woman show! The brand is a licensed jeweler for 8 schools and counting, including the University of Washington, University of Arizona, and Virginia Tech. Today, Allison is here to tell the tale of how she dove head-first into a new industry, teaching herself jewelry design and manufacturing, and some of the sacrifices she had to make to build a million-dollar brand. Connect with Allison Claire Connect with Jane Z Discounts
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| 29 Jun 2021 | #25 - From Rejection to Making Chandeliers for Disney and Mattel with Nicole Ketchum, Founder of Hey Girl Decor | 00:36:17 | |
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| 06 Jul 2021 | #26 - Slowing down the Hustle with Michelle Favin, Artist and Painter | 00:41:30 | |
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| 13 Jul 2021 | #27 - How a Helicopter Mechanic Created an Ocean-Safe Hair Care Line with Kayla Pearson, Founder of Surf Soap | 00:38:44 | |
Kayla Pearson is a surfer, hairdresser, helicopter mechanic, and the Founder of Surf Soap (@surf_soap), an ocean-safe hair care and skincare company. Kayla was born in a tiny town in California, and has always had an affinity with the ocean. After growing up in Utah, she moved to Florida, where she learned to surf. Kayla joined the Army in 2013 as a UH60 Blackhawk mechanic and crew chief, and then pivoted into military intelligence after she had her daughter Eleanor in 2017. In that time, she’s competed in Ironman 140.6 Japan, won the women’s title in the Seoul International Marathon, and earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Kinesiology while remodeling a home with her husband, Ben. Kayla launched Surf Soap in November 2020 with their signature 3-1 shampoo-conditioner-body wash bar, and they've already shipped over 2,000 orders! In this episode, we talk about how building a business is just like running a marathon, how to stay consistent and get past that mile 18, and how Kayla manages her time running Surf Soap on top of full-time work and being a parent.
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| 20 Jul 2021 | #28 - How to Avoid Burnout with Time Management Coach Alexis Haselberger | 00:43:15 | |
Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach who helps people do more and stress less through coaching, workshops and online courses. After 15 years of working in operations and HR at early-stage start-ups, Alexis has mastered the art of time management in high-stress environments. She has now taught thousands of individuals to take control of their time and her clients include Google, Lyft, Workday, Capital One, Upwork and more. In this episode, Alexis spills all her secrets on time management for ambitious busybodies. We walk through her system for organizing tasks, techniques for setting boundaries and saying “no” without burning bridges, and how to develop a mindset around productivity. What’s the one tip from Alexis that resonated with you? Post it in an Instagram story and tag @insideoutwithjane to be featured! Connect with Alexis Connect with Jane Z. Discounts
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| 27 Jul 2021 | #29 - How a Burnt Out Bodybuilder Founded a Meditation School with Sandy Vo | 00:45:09 | |
Sandy Vo (@isandyvo) is a meditation teacher and the founder of Prosperous the Podcast and Prosperous: School of Self-realization, a 90-day breakthrough experience for modern-day leaders. Sandy encountered the path of meditation after living with crippling depression and anxiety for most of her teen years. In college, Sandy looked like a rockstar – she competed as a bodybuilder, made the Dean’s List, ran her own business, and juggled multiple jobs. But on the inside, she was burnt out and battling depression. Through practicing self-transformation methods, Sandy learned how to self-heal mental, emotional, physical trauma, and break generational patterns. In today’s episode, we dive deep into Sandy’s journey and how meditation can “reprogram” the software of your mind and bridge the gap between outer success and inner fulfillment. Link between thyroid issues and suppressing anger: https://www.womenshealthnetwork.com/emotions-anxiety-and-mood/low-thyroid-repressed-anger/ Connect with Sandy Connect with Jane Z. Discounts
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| 03 Aug 2021 | #30 - Treat your Career like a Design Problem with Jake & Erin from Out of Architecture | 00:47:18 | |
Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino are the co-founders of Out of Architecture (@outofarchitecture), a career consulting firm for architects looking to apply their incredible talents in untraditional ways. Jake and Erin met during their Bachelor of Architecture program at Cornell University, and both received their MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology and graduate degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Currently, Jake works at adidas where he manages teams in Computational Design, Digital Technologies, and Pattern Engineering.He also teaches visual communications at Portland State University. Erin is a Visiting Lecturer in Architecture at Cornell and Principal of her studio, Matter. In this episode, we discuss passion versus pay, creative and financial burnout, and how to see your own career as a design problem. Connect with Jake & Erin: Connect with Jane Z. Discounts
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| 10 Aug 2021 | #31 - From Corporate Ladder to Conscious PR with Digital Nomad Maria Eilersen | 00:44:23 | |
Maria Eilersen is a PR coach and the founder of Be Conscious PR, helping conscious entrepreneurs and startups reach millions of people. With a journalism degree from NYU, global PR experience in the startup space and 300+ hours of yoga teacher training under her belt, Maria is on a mission to demystify PR for heart-led business owners. As a third culture kid, Maria was born in Denmark, grew up in Tokyo, and spent the last decade adulting in New York and London before calling Lisbon home. When she's not working her PR magic, Maria teaches and practices yoga, which informs her conscious approach to her clients and the media. Links Connect with Maria Eilersen Discounts
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| 17 Aug 2021 | #32 - Accidentally Wes Anderson: From Travel Photos to New York Times Bestseller with Founder Wally Koval | 00:56:49 | |
Wally Koval is the Founder of and content curator behind @AccidentallyWesAnderson (AWA) - a global Community of Adventurers - lovers of design, architecture, aesthetics, and history. Over the past 3 years the AWA community has grown to include more than 1.5 million members, a New York Times Best Selling book has been published in 9 languages, and there have been countless write-ups from some of the most prestigious media organizations. Discounts
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| 24 Aug 2021 | #33 - How Shang of "Save My Cents" Reached Financial Independence at 31 Years Old | 00:54:32 | |
Shang is a personal finance influencer on Instagram @savemycents. She reached millionaire status in her 30s through frugal living, raising her income, and investing her savings, and is work optional today. She has a passion for teaching everyone to get financially fit and save for a retirement, no matter what background. Connect with Shang Connect with Jane Z. Discounts
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| 31 Aug 2021 | #34 - The Ordinary Joe who Ran 6 Marathons in 6 Days across 6 Continents | 01:00:01 | |
Joe Gagnon is a seasoned CXO executive and endurance athlete. He's consulted for companies in over 45 countries and, as a turnaround CEO, Joe has taken over from the founder on three occasions to restructure businesses and put them on a path to growth. As an athlete, Joe completed six Ironman Triathlons and over 80 marathon+ distance races — all after the age of 40. In 2017, he ran Six Marathons across Six Consecutive Days on Six Continents. He recently published his book Living the High Performance Life and co-hosts the podcast Chasing Tomorrow. Discounts
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| 07 Sep 2021 | #35 - Making Coffee for Space (and Food Security on Earth) with Peter Lee, Founder of Coba Coffee | 00:48:55 | |
Peter Lee is the founder of COBA Coffee (@coba.coffee), the makers of the coffee chocolate bar. His coffee experience started from building his own coffee roaster with a tripper and a pot to sourcing coffee in Latin American countries, and to date COBA has raised over $75,000 from crowdfunding campaigns. Prior to his coffee journey, Peter dropped out of high school as a straight-A student because a fire burned down his parents’ toy store. Peter has since been rebuilding his identity through various side hustles and experimenting towards the future of food. Connect with COBA Discounts
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