#62 The Upstate NY Lifestyle Brand (w. Shawna Dunworth, Erica Brown and Ani Kaiser) "Fetishizing the Catskills"

We are broadcasting from Radio Kingston on a new FM signal and its HOT HOT HOT! Please have patience with this episode as it may have some crackle, ok ... Today we have a quick conversation with Martha Frankel about the Woodstock Bookfest. She talks about why she writes, the importance of stories and books and all the goodness of this weekend's festivities! Our 3 guests today are Shawna Dunworth of Duo Bistro,  Erica Brown of Kingston Landtrust, and Ani Kaiser of Birch Body Care . We talk about the recent upstate lifestyle branding on social media, specifically city based social media influencers blogging and instagramming about our neighborhoods, and we ask the question "is it exclusionary and classist" or is it what our struggling economy needs?  From the outsiders perspective it looks as though they’re capitalizing on the ‘lifestyle’ in ways that are possibly not ethical and verging on classism and racism. Harsh words, but we want to talk about this! Self Care time! Talking safe spaces, mental health and hugging trees. Today’s show was engineered by Manuel Blas of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, audio from an interview with Glennon Doyle, and Martha Frankel. Feel free to email us, say hello: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: (845)481-3429 ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to our pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND US :) Follow Us: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas