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

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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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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