INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica Murnane

In this episode, we talk about how Amsterdam has banned meat and fossil fuel-related ads and oak trees fighting off caterpillars in the most wild way. And then we move inside with an ethical moral question about a very big fashion party, how cigarettes and Diet Coke have made a comeback, Brooke Shields on reality TV, The Devil Wears Prada, and a wee bit of Summer House, and more. 
About this week's guest: Ally is a personal stylist, shopper, and resident pop culture reporter.

Show notes!
This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project
Flower Pressing Workshop at Fine Feather - get tickets!
Amsterdam bans meat and fossil fuel ads via BBC
Oak Trees Delaying Leaf Production To Starve Caterpillars via Science Daily
West Coast's first yellow-legged hornet intercepted in Vancouver, Washington via KUOW

Ball Without Billionaires via Harper's Bazaar
Former Amazon Union Leader Who Was Arrested at Met Gala Has No Regrets via NYT
This Is The Scientific Reason Why Your Coke Tastes Better At McDonald's via Delish
Next Gen NYC Season 2 Trailer
Summer House Reunion Trailer

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In this episode, we discuss the hope that nature can bring to our lives, how it can promote social well-being, and the parallels of gardening and running a startup. Then we move inside to talk about historical fashion, how body standards have changed over time, and how they're changing (even more) with GLP-1s.
About this week's guest: Lauren ("Lar") Lee is the cofounder of Semaine Health, a plant-based women's supplement brand built on the belief that your body isn't a collection of symptoms — it's a system worth understanding. She started Semaine in 2020 with her twin sister Cath and her husband, Dr. Matt  Crane— after years of symptoms her own doctors couldn't explain.

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

Flower Pressing Workshop at Fine Feather - get tickets!

Semaine
Semaine on IG
Semaine on Tiktok

Gardens Of The World with Audrey Hepburn

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In this episode, we discuss the significant role flowers have played in creating our world, the biological reason we're attracted to flowers, women in horticultural, and David's inside pick (which is sort of an outside one).
About this week's guest: David George Haskell is a writer and biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. Haskell is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, for The Forest Unseen and Sounds Wild and Broken. He is recipient of an Award in Literature from American Academy of Arts and Letters. Haskell has also written essays and multimedia experiences for The New York Times, Emergence Magazine, and other venues. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Guggenheim Fellow, and is Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University.

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

How Flowers Made Our World
The Songs Of Trees
The Forest Unseen
Sounds Wild and Broken

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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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