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Once Upon a Planet — 91 episodes

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A Toolbox and a Prayer

2

Beware the Easy Button!

3

Our Eternal Optimist

4

Funeral Homes and Furniture--Caution, the contents of this episode are HOT!!

5

Good Design is a Healthy Diet!

6

Eric Cory Freed Me From the Boredom!

7

The Messy Middle

8

More than Checking a Box: Designing for people and the planet

9

Breaking More Dishes with Friends at Greenbuild 2025! Episode 2

10

Breaking Dishes with Friends at Greenbuild 2025! Episode 1

11

The Final Smash: Women, Design, and the Future We Want

12

Climate Activism and Gender Justice: A Conversation with Ayshka Najib

13

Less Friction, More Flow — Evolving Design Materials Evaluation & Communication

14

Women at the Frontlines of Climate Justice

15

Unlabeling the Future: Gender, Work & The Climate Challenge

16

Rethinking the Hero: A Creative Conversation with Ayse Birsel

17

Beyond the Classroom: Gender, Learning & Leadership at UT Arlington

18

The House By The Sea, Eileen Gray and Other Women History Forgot

19

Breaking Barriers with architect, designer and trailblazer, Lauren Rottet

20

From Products to Planet: Jane Abernethy’s Mission

21

Prowl Breaks Barriers: Gender, Design & Sustainability

22

Crunching the Numbers: Women in Design with ThinkLab

23

Beyond Patriarchy: Indigenous Perspectives for a Sustainable Future

24

Accidental Activists and Citizen Designers

25

Lost Corners: Understanding Climate Migration through Empathy and Advocacy

26

Lessons from Space: What an Astronaut Learned About Life on Earth

27

Climate Complexities with the Queer Brown Vegan

28

If You Can't Fly With the Eagles, You Can Soar With the Ibis

29

Can Baya be a playa? You betcha!

30

He Saved His Community When He Saved Himself—The Story of Domingo Morales

31

Davies Re-Does It

32

One Man’s Battle with Plastic Pollution

33

Take a Seat on the Climate Beat

34

Good Neighbors Make Good Rebels

35

Shaping Sustainable Minds: Empowering Young Designers with Lisa Tucker

36

Designing with Purpose: Pioneering change with Linda Sorrento

37

Breaking the Mold: Interior Design Impact with Jenn Chen

38

Championing Change: Trailblazing Sustainable Design with Ken Wilson

39

Earth Day: Activate Accordingly

40

Roundtable: Climate, Health, and Equity

41

Creating with wonder and rigor.

42

Building to better: LIVE from Greenbuild 2022

43

New Year, New Dishes To Break

44

Sustainability at Sea: LIVE from the Cruise Ship Interiors Expo

45

From Scientist to Climatist.

46

How to raise your climate voice.

47

Can a design firm save humanity?

48

LIVE from NeoCon: Part 2 - Deconstructing design for a better tomorrow

49

LIVE from NeoCon: Part 1 - Designing for the future.

50

Design for Good is Good for Design

51

Don't "Unwaste" our time!

52

Please take a Reseat.

53

Can accountants save the planet?

54

Sea Shells by the Sea Shore...and Concrete.

55

What's in Your Product?

56

The Humanity of Humanscale

57

Winter is Not Coming.

58

A look into the crystal ball for 2022.

59

So, A Designer and an Activist Walk into a Bar...

60

Our Planet Needs More Heirlooms!

61

Our Industry Has a Long Overdue Climate Pledge!!

62

Mind Your Materials!

63

Material Transparency and Toxicity-Let's Talk About It!

64

"Corporate Complicity" is a thing folks.

65

Can Cofffee Drinkers Save the Planet?

66

Weaving Culture into Environmental Activisim

67

The Godfather of Hand Printing

68

From the Belly of a Fish to the Belly of a Camel

69

Some Time With Doug

70

Breaking Dishes with the Master!

71

The Evolution of Truth in Design

72

The Legacy of Trees

73

Act Like an Activist!

74

Mango's a Go Go!!

75

Blooming Algae with Sole!

76

Can MIIR Empower a Better Future?

77

We're officially "Air Heads"

78

Design From Scrap

79

The Missing _Ink!

80

The Concrete Culprit

81

Pandemic Podcasting

82

The Aesthetics of Ethics

83

Carbon takes a seat!

84

Carbon's New Kryptonite

85

Carbon Has a Hot Body!

86

Everybody needs a Lonely Whale

87

The Surfrider Foundation and the "Bag Monster".

88

Forensic Design is a Thing!

89

One man's fishing net is another man's skateboard.

90

Who said packaging can't be sexy and smart?

91

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