Podcasts by Sustainable Culture Podcast

Ep 25: Worms! Heroes of the Underground w/ Jeremiah Brunelle from 2022-03-11T08:00:19

It's our last episode of our 8-episode winter season already! As the weather begins to warm up and the soil begins to thaw, many of us are anxiously waiting to get back into our gardens again, p...

Ep 24: Connecting Nutrition to Emotion w/ Karmen Gregg from 2022-02-25T14:45:55

Today our guest is a nutritionist trained in integrative and functional nutrition, she’s also an instructor of health and nutrition at Great Northern University, the brilliant Karmen Gregg. Karm...

Ep 23: Emerge - Fostering an Art Collective w/ Jeni Hegsted from 2022-02-11T14:22:06

How do we build community? Getting the community involved sure helps with that! Our guest today is Jeni Hegsted, Founder & Executive Director of Emerge, a local art collective. Emerge is a f...

Ep 22: Let's Pick on Environmentalism w/ Bri Crotinger from 2022-01-28T08:00:18

Bri returns once again to the podcast to help me take an objective look at a true phenomenon of our time. This episode wades through a few key critiques of environmentalism from Ayn Rand, random...

Ep 21: What Does Community Mean to You? Pt. 2 w/Brian Seguin from 2022-01-14T08:00:15

The intelligent and ever-resourceful Brian Seguin returns to conclude our discussion on who and what is included in a community. How do you feel belonging in your community? Do you feel at home ...

Ep 20: Integrating Into Community (to Thrive) w/Mari Gilge from 2021-12-31T08:00:19

Every now and then in life we come across individuals with the grace and intention to sit with us and hear us speak about what's actually happening. Why are we so passionate about what we believ...

Ep 19: Abby & the Hive Tribe - Communing With Bees w/Abby Henning from 2021-12-17T08:03:47

What community is more integrated than the bee community? We marvel at the idea.

Abby Henning is an artist & flower child, less bee-keeper and more bee-communer. Her bond with bees is ...

Ep 18: Idaho's Salmon & the Recovery Ahead w/Mitch Cutter from 2021-12-03T09:00:15

What would it look like if Idaho's salmon population nearly collapsed?

Well...it kind of did. And thankfully there are people doing some pretty cool stuff about that.

Mitch Cutter is...

Ep 17: What Does Community Mean to You? Pt. 1 w/Brian Seguin from 2021-06-18T07:10:15

We could always simply read the dictionary in situations like this, but how can we explain the emotional response that the word "community" conveys? Friend and guest Brian Seguin joins us on the...

Ep 16: Tearing it Down from 2021-05-21T07:26:56

After a long absence, I approach a few foundational ideals within the philosophy of interdependence as it relates to individual responsibility. What would it look like if a society of people pra...

Ep 15: Coffee Pt. 1 w/ Ty Paluska from 2020-09-16T18:22:14

Coffee is the second most popular drink in the world, just under water. Hundreds of billions of people drink this lovely and delicious beverage worldwide and the industry is only growing. Coffee...

Ep 14: The Struggle is Real (The Return of the Bri) from 2020-08-26T14:31:10

Let's be honest about something for a second. We're all struggling a little right now. As tensions remain at a high in our country, we thought it imperative to spend some time in a positive atmo...

Ep 13: Distributive Economics Part 2, Distributive Design from 2020-07-29T21:34:37

Who owns the land? Who makes your money? Who owns the labor? Who will own the robots? Who owns the ideas?

In our second entry to our series, we examine the five pillars of distributive des...

Ep 12: Distributive Economics Part 1, Inequality from 2020-07-02T19:37:35

As the need for meaningful cultural change in the 21st century becomes more of a spotlighted issue, we’ve also been seeing a steady and problematic rise with economic inequality throughout the c...

Book Club Ep 2: Reason For Hope from 2020-06-17T10:00

Having finished Dr. Jane Goodall's wonderful book Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey, we're back to share our thoughts.

Episode 11: How Observations Compel Cultural Change from 2020-06-09T07:29:41

Last month's episode brought us into the woods of interpersonal communication when we spoke about developing our listening skills. This time we look closer at how we learn from our surroundings ...

Book Club Ep 1: Reason For Hope Introduction from 2020-05-20T10:00

We are so excited to finally announce the new monthly featured series, the Sustainable Culture Book Club! Join us as we read a new book each month, expanding our minds and enhancing our mindsets...

Ep 10: Listening to Each Other - The Cure for Divisiveness from 2020-05-07T02:14:04

We’re dealing with a profound amount of division in today’s day and age. Are those who disagree with us the enemy, or perhaps an unlikely ally? Is it too idealistic to strive for a society which...

Bonus Episode Book Review: Lou and the Animals from 2020-03-09T05:47:21

Our friend Dylan Stiegemeier of The Theodores is back to introduce his new children's book Lou and the Animals, a whimsical tale of a young girl who is empowered by her animal friends to rid the...

Episode 9: Sustainable Housing from 2020-01-22T22:14:54

How can a sustainable mindset affect the way we build our own homes? Perhaps it's as simple as energy efficiency and smarter building materials, or perhaps it's something far deeper than that. B...

Episode 8: Artistic Expression from 2019-12-27T07:04:36

How does creating art pertain to building sustainable communities? Art teacher Kerry McGrath joins me to discuss the curious and profound ways art can stimulate our brains and change us into com...

Episode 7: Jet's Guide to Sustainable Thinking from 2019-11-27T21:46:10

Environmentalists are great and all, but they're only a fraction of the collective "us". The great question that looms is, "How do you get an entire society to willingly and cohesively function ...

Episode 6: Haircare from 2019-10-29T21:07:43

Have you ever considered a sustainable barber shop? The podcast returns with Courtney Jackson of Alchemy Color Lounge, North Idaho's first and only Green Circle salon.

Episode 5: Women's Health from 2019-04-05T10:00

What does women's health have to do with sustainability? We believe they're linked in ways that your ego wasn't expecting. In this low-pressure and relaxed discussion, the bubbly and brilliant <...

Episode 4: Public Action from 2019-03-19T01:30:59

More people are getting involved in their communities these days, but how do we get ourselves to jump across the gap between social media activism and real-life community involvement? Outdoor lo...

Episode 3: Innovation from 2019-03-10T09:00

We know innovation is important, but how exactly does it play into sustainable societies? Do communities benefit directly from innovation, or is that kind of know-how exclusive to a niche, succe...

Episode 2: Clothing from 2019-03-03T09:00

How exactly does the clothing industry affect the world, and should we be worried? Bri Crotinger of Knotted Massage joins us this to shed some light on how it's possible to make big impacts in a...

Episode 1: Stories from 2019-02-18T09:00

What is sustainability, really? Is it just about throwing trash in the correctly-colored bin, or is there something else the word can describe? Tyler Sea of The Community Experiment Podcast and ...