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S4:E3 Creating with Wonder and Rigor

Jon and Verda talk to Creativity Strategist Natalie Nixon about the importance of wonder and rigor when it comes to creativity and innovation, the ethics of aesthetics, jazz and improv in the workplace, the responsibility designers hold as the gatekeepers to how we navigate the world, and more.

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S4:E2 Building to better: LIVE from Greenbuild 2022

Jon and Verda are LIVE from Greenbuild 2022 in San Francisco. Our various guests today talk about how they lead and make sustainable change in different ways through biomaterials and carbon capture, water and energy conservation, design accountability, carbon offsets, or resource reuse.

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S4:E1 New Year, New Dishes to Break

Our January episode kicks us off into 2023 where Jon and Verda have an insightful one-on-one conversation with each other. Guided by research, articles, and books the pair have read lately, they discuss different topics to lead us into 2023.

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S3:E14 From Scientist to Climatist

Our guest today, Akshat Rathi, is a Senior Climate Reporter at Bloomberg, focused on shaping the energy and climate change conversation around the world. He also has a podcast: Zero!

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S3:E13 How to Raise Your Climate Voice

Our guest today is described as a true climate champion. Jennifer Allyn is the Director of Programs and Campaigns at ClimateVoice, an organization working to unlock corporate influence to address the crisis at scale.

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S3:E13 Can a Design Firm Save Humanity?

For this Break Some Dishes episode, our guest is the Founding Principal and Chief Design Officer of MASS Design Group, Alan Ricks! MASS is advancing the role of design to create a more equitable and just world.

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S3:E9 Design for Good is Good Design

John Cary, President & CEO of Eames Institute, has been a key

player in the Pro Bono Design movement for a long time. He believes everyone deserves good design.

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S3:E8 Don’t “Unwaste” Our Time!

In today's episode, hear how Ashley Gorrie and her company, Unwasted, are taking a stand to clean up recycling by harnessing the power of design and discarded plastics to create functionally beautiful furniture.

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S3:E7 Please Take a Reseat

Our guest today is Brandi Susewitz - she's the CEO and Founder of Reseat, the first online marketplace for second-life office furniture, and the first step toward a more sustainable, circular industry.

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S3:E6 Can Accountants Save the Planet?

Ken Pucker is a senior lecturer at the Fletcher School at Tufts University - he is also the former COO of Timberland. In today's episode, Ken helps pull back the curtain on sustainability reporting

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S3E4: What’s in your Product?

Our guest today is Jeff Frost - he's a material specialist with Brightworks Sustainability and co-founder of mindful MATERIALS collaborative; an industry-led initiative to make it easier for building professionals to select products with health and environmental attributes.

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S3E3: The Humanity of Humanscale

Today, we welcome the Founder & CEO of Humanscale, Bob King. During our discussion, Bob reveals how combining sustainable principles with business acumen has led to industry-leading success.

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