In this episode, we start outside and talk about how gardens can be part of a revolution for positive change, the easiest way to start as a beginner, and the connection between gardens and habit stacking. Then we move inside to talk about Lottie's kitchen obsession.

About this week's guest: Lottie Delamain is an RHS Chelsea award-winning garden designer. She trained at the Inchbald School of Design and has worked on gardens around the UK, from small urban spaces to historic estates. She is also a regular contributor to House and Garden magazine, and a trustee of We Are Grow, a charity working with schools and communities delivering programs in sustainable food growing and outdoor learning.

Show notes!

This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project

Flower Pressing Class at Paper Canopy

Gardens That Can Change The World

Lottie's Website

Lottie's IG

Things we talked about:

Cupcake White Cosmos

Purity White Cosmos

Fizzy White Cosmos

Bunny Tails Grass

Ornamental Grasses

Nasturtiums

In this episode, we start outside and talk about the Nature Fakers controversy (and how Teddy Roosevelt was involved). Then we talk about Mason's new book and the struggle of making art while also making a living (day jobs, get rich schemes, and family help). And then Mason shares his inside thing - which leads us into a conversation about nostalgia for pre-internet days.

About this week's guest: Mason Currey is the author of the Daily Rituals books — Daily Rituals: How Artists Work and Daily Rituals: Women at Work. His new book, Making Art and Making a Living, looks at how anyone ever afforded to be an artist. Currey lives in Los Angeles and writes Subtle Maneuvers, a twice-monthly newsletter on the creative process.

Show notes!

This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project

Flower Pressing Class at Paper Canopy

Subtle Maneuvers (Mason's newsletter)

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Daily Rituals: How Women Work

Making Art and Making A Living


Things we talked about:

Nature Fakers Controversy

Peter Hujar's Day (book)

Peter Hujar's Day (movie)

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In this episode, we talk coffins made of mushrooms, when perspective taking costs too much, and the difference between empathy and accountability.

About this week's guest: Karen Faith is the CEO of Others Unlimited. Previously an ethnographer, her work has shaped initiatives at Google, Amazon, Indeed, Blue Cross, The Federal Reserve Bank, The NBA, The ACLU, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, to name a few. She's an empathy trainer named Karen, and the joke isn't lost on her. Which is how she's owned mics across 5 continents, and gave a TEDx talk that has since racked up over 3M views.

Show notes!
This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project

Flower Pressing Class at Paper Canopy

Others Unlimited

Things we talked about:

Mushroom Coffin

Karen's Ted Talk on Empathy

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In this episode, we talk about (nature): the importance of composting, the complexities of food waste, the myth of compost being stinky, and all the tips to get started. Plus (pop culture): why bros are so into aliens, the documentary that sparked the obsession, and the biggest question of them all, "do aliens compost?"

About this week's guest: Cassandra Marketos is a Los Angeles-based compost artist, writer, and author of Compost After Reading. In her past life, she was the first employee at Kickstarter and worked for the Obama White House.

Show notes!
This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project

Compost After Reading

The Rot (newsletter)

The Rot Squad (on IG)

Things we talked about:

The Age Of Disclosure

Warning Issued That Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis via Newsweek

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In this episode, we talk about the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in California (world's largest wildlife crossing), the return of skinny jeans, how trends are dictated, and the problem with designing for the internet and not ourselves.

About this week's guest: Since graduating from Harvard and Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Serena Wolf has put her culinary skills to work as a private chef, culinary instructor, recipe developer, author, and blogger at Domesticate-Me.com. She is the author of The Dude Diet, The Dude Diet: Dinnertime, and You Do You. Serena's work has been featured on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, People, Real Simple, SELF, Women's Day, as well as many other well-known publications and media outlets.

Show notes!
This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project

Serena's IG

You Do You: 100+ Endlessly Adaptable Recipes to Boost Your Culinary Confidence

Things we talked about:
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing

The New + Improved Skinny Jeans via Vogue

It Must Be Nice To Be A West Village Girl via The Cut

The happiness paradox: your friends are happier than you

Dunbar's number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships

The associations between social comparison on social media and young adults mental health

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This week we talk about the research project to find new species of butterflies, the legal push for plastic producers to pay, Heated Rivalry, Tell Me Lies, Robinne Lee's new book, and lots more!

About this week's guest: Ally is a stylist and personal shopper. Her superpower is helping you find your style and the clothes to go with it.

Show notes!

Sign up for the Inside + Outside newsletter

Where you can find Ally:
Personal styling site
Substack

Stuff we talked about:
Nine new butterfly species discovered by scientists tackling taxonomic tangle

The Legal Push to Make Plastic Producers Pay via Atmos

Heated Rivalry

Crash Into Me

Jill Zarin Fired from 'Real Housewives' Reboot

Find your hardiness / growing zone here

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In this episode we talk about Extinction of Experience (the loss of nature-human interactions), the wild and untold story of Barbie and Mattel (lawsuits, coporate espionage, and theft!), the Tiktokfication of celebrity news (the Beckhams and Scandoval), plus a surprise inside pick.

About this week's guest: Tarpley Hitt is an author, journalist, and an editor / contributor to The Drift magazine. She has previously reported on culture and money for The Daily Beast and Gawker, and her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian, and Air Mail, among others. Her first book is Barbieland.

Show notes!
This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project

Tarpley's website
Barblieland
Barbieland's NYT book review

Things we talked about:
Extinction of experience: the loss of human-nature interactions
Reborn Dolls
End It Like Beckham (on Hulu)

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In this episode, we discuss if celebrities actually do their own gardening, why fashion journalists aren't always the most "fashionable", and if Facetuning is an art or out of control.

About this week's guest: Emily is the founder of I Heart Mess, a roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion, on Substack and YouTube. She is a contributing writer for numerous publications, including i-D, New York, and the New York Times. She is also the co-founder of the Lowbrow Book Club and co-host of the podcast Mess World.

Show notes!
This week's sponsor: Semaine

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Emily's Work:
I Heart Mess Newsletter + YouTube
Mess World Podcast
The Lowbrow Book Club

Things we talked about:
Celebrity Gardens via BHG
Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Substack? via ICYMI Podcast
Inside the "10-Year Process" to Create Roses Named for Celebrities via Vanity Fair
A Brief History of The Merkin via InStyle

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