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Episode 2: Jeweler Stacy Hopkins

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Release Date: 03/31/2020

Episode 14: Mixed Media Artist Kirk Rankin show art Episode 14: Mixed Media Artist Kirk Rankin

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Mixed media artist Kirk Rankin, known to family and friends as K5, talks about using art to foster justice work, how creative expression has helped keep him happy and occupied during the pandemic, and how he juxtaposes life between Washington, DC and New England. Lauren lived next door to K5 when she was in college, and he was 4, and this episode is the first time they’ve spoke as adults. Kirk/K5 lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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Episode 13: Climate Scientist Dr. Jane Zelikova show art Episode 13: Climate Scientist Dr. Jane Zelikova

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Dr. Jane Zelikova is a climate change scientist working at the intersection of science and policy. She talks about her contribution to the new book, All We Can Save, co-founding 500 Women Scientists, and the important work of making science open, inclusive, and accessible.

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Episode 12: Founder + Visionary Kwasi Asare show art Episode 12: Founder + Visionary Kwasi Asare

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Kwasi Asare, co-Founder of the start up Esaiyo, and founder of Fedia, talks about pivotal life moments that inspired him to follow an unconventional path connecting art, media, technology and politics, including his time working with Diddy and Bad Boy Entertainment and his experience as a NYC investment banker during 9/11.

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Episode 11: Painter Kathi Smith show art Episode 11: Painter Kathi Smith

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Painter Kathi Smith talks about small (really small!) island life, incorporating memory, history and place into her paintings, and life as a full time artist. Kathi is Assistant Professor in Studio Arts and Art Appreciation at Husson University, and her work is shown at . She lives in Ellsworth and on Great Cranberry Island, Maine.

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Episode 10: Environmental Policy Expert Dr. Michael Dorsey show art Episode 10: Environmental Policy Expert Dr. Michael Dorsey

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Dr. Michael Dorsey, renewable energy investor, public intellectual, and diplomatic disruptor, speaks about the environmental implications for the 2020 presidential election, climate justice, and his hope that the Biden administration prioritizes clean energy development.

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Episode 9: Philadelphia Election Round-up with Gregg Gethard & Tariem Burroughs show art Episode 9: Philadelphia Election Round-up with Gregg Gethard & Tariem Burroughs

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Comedian Gregg Gethard and sociologist Tariem Burroughs talk about the mood in Philadelphia leading up to, and after, the 2020 presidential election. They discuss Philadelphia’s ethos, the Flyers mascot Gritty, and Guliani’s press conference at Four Season Total Landscaping. They also get serious on how they feel as adoptive parents with mixed race families whose government is often pushing against, not for them.

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Episode 8: Ross Kenyon of Nori show art Episode 8: Ross Kenyon of Nori

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Ross Kenyon, communications lead for Nori carbon removal marketplace, talks with Lauren about producing and hosting the podcasts and .

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Episode 7: Culinary Nutritionist Christa Gonzalez show art Episode 7: Culinary Nutritionist Christa Gonzalez

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Culinary Nutritionist Christa Demment González talks food justice, making fresh produce accessible through simple recipes, and pivoting during Covid to produce cooking videos in English and Spanish.

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Episode 6: Climate Activists Ayano Ishimura and Matilda Allen show art Episode 6: Climate Activists Ayano Ishimura and Matilda Allen

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Maine youth climate activists Ayano Ishimura and Matilda Allen spoke with Lauren about helping their island community act on climate change, successfully lobbying their town council to declare a climate emergency, and curating a show of climate-related art. As interns with A Climate to Thrive, they are working toward local energy independence and a climate resilient island. They live on Mount Desert Island and Great Cranberry Island, Maine.

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Episode 5: Author Jaime Fountaine show art Episode 5: Author Jaime Fountaine

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Author Jaime Fountaine talks to Lauren about the the weirdness of the suburbs, growing up working class and translating that into her writing, and the ickiness of self-branding. Jaime is the author of the novella ‘Manhunt.” She lives in Philadelphia.

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Biologist-turned-jeweler Stacy Hopkins talks to Lauren about metalwork, art inspired by the rawness of nature, life as an American ex-pat in Italy, and manifesting the life you want. Stacy lives and works in the Upper Valley of Vermont.