EPISODE · Mar 23, 2023 · 31 MIN
How the Buy Nothing Movement Imploded
from Story of the Week with Joel Stein · host Pushkin Industries
In 2013, two women started a Facebook group called “Buy Nothing” for their local community on Bainbridge Island to swap unwanted items for free. But their small group quickly grew, becoming a national movement with millions of users. A coup within Buy Nothing raised questions about if it’s possible to create a utopian project within a broken society. Vauhini Vara reported on the saga of Buy Nothing for Wired Magazine. You can read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-for-buy-nothing/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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