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Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going

by Sean Cross

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So many things we do are unsustainable, be that to our personal lives, our businesses or the planet. This podcast is about opening up these things. Talking them out with others but also exploring how my personal experiences of starting a business, finding out the secret to real happiness, coming to terms with money and the pace of the modern world and learning to be a better occupant of this planet.

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Episodes

  1. EP29 Consumerism+

    This one goes off on a tangent. I was thinking about a discussion more like the one in this video from OCC: https://youtu.be/x0ckvo2Z5BU

  2. EP28 Why are we so poor?

    Generations might not be Real, but they are pretty real and we are the poorest, sort of. Phil Edwards (the Vox guy) talks about generations and the fourth turning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9AeQgUZyOk Van Neistat talks about generations and the fourth turning:...

  3. EP27 Ideologies of advice

    I wanted to ask about the idea of bad people giving good advice

  4. EP26 Social constructs IRL

    A week is a week right? It isn't a social construct, or is it. ohhh spooky. Philosophy Tube: https://youtu.be/koud7hgGyQ8

  5. EP25 The loneliness epidemic

    I made a video about feeling acutely lonely (Link here) but I didn't realise that I was becoming chronically lonely. I wonder how many people that has happened to.

  6. EP24 Check yourself Shapiro

    My thoughts on Ben Shapiro's questions about why you cannot identify as a different age or why you know the sex of your dog.

  7. EP23 A very British beaver

    In this episode I talk about rewinding the countryside and what that really means as well as the reintroduction of the British beaver to help with the ecology of the English wilderness. Rewilding https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-59944245 Re-beavering...

  8. EP22 Wholesome fraudulent banana saves world

    The story of Enset, the Ethiopian crop set to save us all and the plight of plastics in the Isle of Man. Banana saviour: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60074407 No plastic for you, IOM: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-60082938

  9. EP21

    There's a commonly stated statistic that I can't find the provenance of which states that the average American home has in it 300,000 items, where as the average European home reportedly has only 10,000 on average....

  10. EP20 Processed food is evil

    This little video from Russel Brand got me thinking about the problems with the conversation around processed food and chemicals

  11. EP19 Coffee is going extinct

    Coffee is going extinct, or at least thats what's predicted

  12. EP18 Oddbox and their odd business model

    I placed an order with a company called Oddbox, they promise to divert waste from landfill by sending you wonky veg. Turns out it was the service that was wonky.

  13. EP17 Is advertising inherently evil?

    I'm in the mist of a moral dilemma about the world of advertising.

  14. Ep16 I dont want to be a 'Grown up'

    Explaining what I think we have wrong about growing up.

  15. EP 15 Have My resolutions ended already?

    Strava's deep dive into their data has shown that most people have given up on their resolutions by the 19th of January. I may be one of those people, not by choice.

  16. EP14 The state of minimalism & Sustainable eating

    In this episode I talk about how I overcomplicate things to the point that they become to difficult to sustain. I talk about the state of minimalism in 2022 and how subscriptions like Oddbox and Huel might be my way to sustainable eating.

  17. EP13 Camping is for big strong men & the end of resolutions is the 19th of January

    Todays podcast is on three topics: 1. Grace under fire. A hiking YouTube came under fire in a shitty piece of journalism 2. Rest can be stressful 3. Strava data says that the end of peoples resolutions is the 19th of January Grace's adventures: https://www.youtube.com/c/GracesAdventures/videos…

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  18. EP 12 Bulk Book Review Jack Reacher's latest, A monk's guide, the outrun

    This is a bulk book review of book that I read recently. A Monks Guide to a Clean House and Mind: https://amzn.to/3qhRtKT Jack Reacher Better off Dead: https://amzn.to/3H2YV3m The Outrun: https://amzn.to/3sxh1GG This podcast with video: https://youtu.be/5ZZTlNLHL-Q

  19. EP11 So you did your own research

    Our Changing Climate: https://www.youtube.com/c/OurChangingClimate/videos Answers in Progress: https://youtu.be/vbDObzI-CTc The book I mentioned: https://amzn.to/3oIgiAq The video version: https://youtu.be/6GRjGxTNsp4

  20. EP10 Free Will & Supplements

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/UnYe7CrDA6w Free will is an interesting topic, is it real, is it necessary. Why would you even care, its not like we are ever going to be offered up the roadmap. If that road map does exist and we could see it then I would concede that the lack of free will would...

  21. EP09 Not a vegan & ADHD Entrepreneur

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/gv5QDWYVWNY Articles: https://www.brightzine.co/news/2020/6/2/lets-talk-about-intersectionality https://womanofvegan.com/blogs/news/let-s-talk-about-the-intersectionality-of-veganism-and-feminism?locale=en...

  22. EP08 Storage Wars, Powerful Computers & Extreme Veganism

    Storage Wars, Powerful Computers & Extreme Veganism Cosmic Skeptic: https://www.youtube.com/c/cosmicskeptic

  23. EP07 Illegal Photoshoot, Dissagrement & Should we know how to fix stuff

    I did a photoshoot that was probably illegal and I don't know whether or not its an honourable trait to be able to fix things and work with your hands. Video Version: https://youtu.be/vVNPnKJ3VwQ

  24. EP06 Cryprto Crash, Personal Development & Mistakes

    Check out the instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/unsustainable.yt/

  25. EP05 Cryptocurency, Amazon & Staycations

    In todays episode I talk about my tentative start in cryptocurrency, how amazon is damaging but using it isn't the end of the world if you do have to use it. I also talk about how I'm trying to negotiate the difficult world of camping in the uk.

  26. EP04 Aphantasia and Food Swamps

    The video about Aphantasia: https://youtu.be/ewsGmhAjjjI The video version: https://youtu.be/vgGxovuLxjk

  27. Sharing Personal Data as a Choice

    Have a look at my instagram account and let me know how the screen time stats make you feel: https://www.instagram.com/unsustainable.yt/ The OCC video I mentioned: https://youtu.be/Asxg3qqkAi8 The Japanese Jazz background music that I've really been loving: https://youtu.be/G68Q4lCM5pQ

  28. The Social Dilema & The New Gatekeepers

    This episode is about a little more than what I've written below but I thought it went nicely together. If you would like to read more from me check out seancross.co We thought we’d lost our biggest gatekeepers when the internet was born. When it didn’t take a publishing house, radio station or…

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  29. Seaspiracy review, profit first, Running Vs Walking Vs Cycling

    My review of The Planet of the Humans: https://youtu.be/rTMe8-ZiQdg The books I mentioned: Profit first: https://amzn.to/3s2v439 Deep Work: https://amzn.to/3afcU8v Essentialism: https://amzn.to/3wEgQZQ Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/upbxarw-3uU AMAZON LINKS ARE AFFILIATE LINKS AND...

About this show

So many things we do are unsustainable, be that to our personal lives, our businesses or the planet. This podcast is about opening up these things. Talking them out with others but also exploring how my personal experiences of starting a business, finding out the secret to real happiness, coming to terms with money and the pace of the modern world and learning to be a better occupant of this planet.

Hosted by

Sean Cross

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going have?

Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going has 29 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on February 3, 2022.

What is Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going about?

So many things we do are unsustainable, be that to our personal lives, our businesses or the planet. This podcast is about opening up these things. Talking them out with others but also exploring how my personal experiences of starting a business, finding out the secret to real happiness, coming to...

How often does Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going release new episodes?

Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going publishes every two weeks, based on its 29 episodes since April 2021.

Who hosts Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going?

Unsustainable - Conversations to Keep you Going is created and hosted by Sean Cross.
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