The Learning Curve from Cut Off the Spigot

My guest today is Céd Hopkins, one of the co-founders of FABA Films - a free independent streaming platform created for artists, by artists. Artists keep 100% of the ad revenue generated from their work on the platform, helping to fund independent creative media. We discuss why she and her partner created FABA Films, how it works, what kind of artistic projects they support and discuss the film/en...

My guest today is Amelia Hruby, the host of the Off the Grid podcast and leaving social media expert! We discuss how to quit or pull back from social media as a small business owner, what life is like without social media, and why it matters. Watch the video version on Patreon or YouTube for free! Find Amelia's work at OffTheGrid.fun , her website , or get her book: Your Attention is Sacred (Excep...

In this episode of The Learning Curve, I spoke with Davidson Boswell, a comedian and activist in New York City. He works with organizations like Climate Defiance , Planet Over Profit and the Sunrise Movement , organizing creative disruptions of the powerful people who are killing our planet.   Watch the video version for free on Patreon or YouTube! We discuss: -Using comedy in activism, and how it...

In this episode of The Learning Curve, I spoke with Madge , the founder of The People’s Community Substack - a decentralized mutual aid network designed to help people share skills, resources, and support. Watch the video on Patreon or YouTube! We discuss: -Why community is so important -Simple ways to starting build community -What a “pod” is, and how to build one The People’s Community Links: Su...

In this episode of The Learning Curve, I spoke with Debra Ha , the founder of Sōtō Naturals, the first self-care brand built by and for neurodiverse life. Born from her own five-year journey out of AuDHD burnout, and the late diagnosis that revealed her life’s purpose.  We discuss: Our AuDHD journeys & experiences, including: Later in Life Diagnosis Testing & Diagnosis as a woman  Finding...

In this episode of The Learning Curve, I spoke with Debra Ha , the founder of Sōtō Naturals, the first self-care brand built by and for neurodiverse life. Born from her own five-year journey out of AuDHD burnout, and the late diagnosis that revealed her life’s purpose.  Watch the video-version on Patreon or YouTube! We discuss: Our AuDHD journeys & experiences, including Later in Life Diagnosi...

In this episode of The Learning Curve, I spoke with Daniel Bingham , the founder of Communities.  Communities is a new social media platform, similar to Facebook, for building and organizing community. Daniel is building it into a multi-stakeholder co-op model , where users and employees will have a voice in platform decisions.  Watch the full episode on Patreon or YouTube! We discuss: What Commun...

In this episode of The Learning Curve, I spoke with Daniel Bingham , the founder of Communities.  Communities is a new social media platform, similar to Facebook, for building and organizing community. Daniel is building it into a multi-stakeholder co-op model , where users and employees will have a voice in platform decisions.  We discuss: What Communities is, why Daniel started it, and what he h...

Listen to THE FIRST EPISODE of The Learning Curve! I spoke with Matthew Epperson , a solidarity economy practitioner, educator, and community organizer by passion and by training, on shared ownership structures. We discuss shared-ownership models like Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), worker and consumer co-ops, different company examples, how employee ownership works with unions, and what is...

I spoke with Matthew Epperson , a solidarity economy practitioner, educator, and community organizer by passion and by training, on shared ownership structures. We discuss shared-ownership models like Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), worker and consumer co-ops, different company examples, how employee ownership works with unions, and what is giving us hope in the shared ownership space. Watc...