- 49 minutes 44 secondsSeason Finale! Why Amsterdam Banned Meat + Fossil Fuel Ads and Diet Coke, Cigs, and Pop Culture News with Allyson Holleb (stylist and pop culture reporter)
In this episode, we talk about how Amsterdam has banned meat and fossil fuel-related ads and oak trees fighting off caterpillars in the most wild way. And then we move inside with an ethical moral question about a very big fashion party, how cigarettes and Diet Coke have made a comeback, Brooke Shields on reality TV, The Devil Wears Prada, and a wee bit of Summer House, and more.
About this week's guest: Ally is a personal stylist, shopper, and resident pop culture reporter.
Show notes!
This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project
Flower Pressing Workshop at Fine Feather - get tickets!
Amsterdam bans meat and fossil fuel ads via BBC
Oak Trees Delaying Leaf Production To Starve Caterpillars via Science Daily
West Coast's first yellow-legged hornet intercepted in Vancouver, Washington via KUOW
Ball Without Billionaires via Harper's Bazaar
Former Amazon Union Leader Who Was Arrested at Met Gala Has No Regrets via NYT
This Is The Scientific Reason Why Your Coke Tastes Better At McDonald's via Delish
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21 May 2026, 2:09 pm - 48 minutes 7 secondsHow To Find Hope Through Nature + When Historical Fashion Meets GLP-1s with Lauren Lee (founder of Semaine)
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 To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
14 May 2026, 4:48 pm - 42 minutes 18 secondsHow Flowers Made Our World and Heated Social Media Debates with David George Haskell (author of The Forest Unseen)
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
Sounds Wild and Broken To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
7 May 2026, 1:10 pm - 33 minutes 26 secondsGardens That Can Save The World and A Noodle Obsession with Lottie Delamain (RHS Chelsea award-winning garden designer)
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:
10 April 2026, 2:53 am - 44 minutes 44 secondsThe Nature Faker Controversy and Peter Hujar's Day with Mason Currey (author of Daily Rituals + Making Art and Making A Living)
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
Making Art and Making A Living Things we talked about:
Peter Hujar's Day (movie) To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
2 April 2026, 1:12 pm - 50 minutes 48 secondsCoffins Made Of Mushrooms and Empathy For As*holes with Karen Faith
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:
Karen's Ted Talk on Empathy To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
26 March 2026, 6:13 pm - 40 minutes 2 secondsComposting 101 + Why Are Longevity Bros So Obsessed with Aliens? with Cass Marketos (author of Compost After Reading)
In this episode, we talk about (nature): the importance of composting, the complexities of food waste, the myth of compost being stinky, and all the tips to get started. Plus (pop culture): why bros are so into aliens, the documentary that sparked the obsession, and the biggest question of them all, "do aliens compost?"
About this week's guest: Cassandra Marketos is a Los Angeles-based compost artist, writer, and author of Compost After Reading. In her past life, she was the first employee at Kickstarter and worked for the Obama White House.
Show notes! This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project Compost After Reading
The Rot (newsletter)
The Rot Squad (on IG) Things we talked about:
Warning Issued That Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis via Newsweek
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5 March 2026, 2:13 am - 47 minutes 55 secondsThe World's Largest Wildlife Crossing and The Death / Rebirth of Skinny Jeans with Serena Wolf (author of You Do You)
In this episode, we talk about the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in California (world's largest wildlife crossing), the return of skinny jeans, how trends are dictated, and the problem with designing for the internet and not ourselves.
About this week's guest: Since graduating from Harvard and Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Serena Wolf has put her culinary skills to work as a private chef, culinary instructor, recipe developer, author, and blogger at Domesticate-Me.com. She is the author of The Dude Diet, The Dude Diet: Dinnertime, and You Do You. Serena's work has been featured on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, People, Real Simple, SELF, Women's Day, as well as many other well-known publications and media outlets.
Show notes! This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project Serena's IG
You Do You: 100+ Endlessly Adaptable Recipes to Boost Your Culinary Confidence Things we talked about: The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
The New + Improved Skinny Jeans via Vogue
It Must Be Nice To Be A West Village Girl via The Cut
The happiness paradox: your friends are happier than you
Dunbar's number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships
The associations between social comparison on social media and young adults mental health To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
26 February 2026, 2:22 am - 43 minutes 4 secondsNew Species of Butterflies, Tell Me Lies, and What To Watch After Heated Rivalry with Ally Holleb
This week we talk about the research project to find new species of butterflies, the legal push for plastic producers to pay, Heated Rivalry, Tell Me Lies, Robinne Lee's new book, and lots more!
About this week's guest: Ally is a stylist and personal shopper. Her superpower is helping you find your style and the clothes to go with it. Show notes! Sign up for the Inside + Outside newsletter Where you can find Ally: Personal styling siteSubstack Stuff we talked about: Nine new butterfly species discovered by scientists tackling taxonomic tangle
The Legal Push to Make Plastic Producers Pay via Atmos
Jill Zarin Fired from 'Real Housewives' Reboot Find your hardiness / growing zone here To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
19 February 2026, 1:54 am - 45 minutes 11 secondsExtinction Of Experience, The Truth About Barbie, and The Tiktokfication of The Beckham Family Drama with Tarpley Hitt
In this episode we talk about Extinction of Experience (the loss of nature-human interactions), the wild and untold story of Barbie and Mattel (lawsuits, coporate espionage, and theft!), the Tiktokfication of celebrity news (the Beckhams and Scandoval), plus a surprise inside pick.
About this week's guest: Tarpley Hitt is an author, journalist, and an editor / contributor to The Drift magazine. She has previously reported on culture and money for The Daily Beast and Gawker, and her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian, and Air Mail, among others. Her first book is Barbieland.
Show notes! This week's sponsor: The Working Garden Project Tarpley's websiteBarblieland Barbieland's NYT book review Things we talked about: Extinction of experience: the loss of human-nature interactionsReborn DollsEnd It Like Beckham (on Hulu) To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
10 February 2026, 11:00 pm - 59 minutes 44 secondsSeason Finale! Celebrity Gardens + Is Facetuning An Art or Out of Control? with Emily Kirkpatrick (founder of I Heart Mess)
In this episode, we discuss if celebrities actually do their own gardening, why fashion journalists aren't always the most "fashionable", and if Facetuning is an art or out of control.
About this week's guest: Emily is the founder of I Heart Mess, a roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion, on Substack and YouTube. She is a contributing writer for numerous publications, including i-D, New York, and the New York Times. She is also the co-founder of the Lowbrow Book Club and co-host of the podcast Mess World.
Show notes! This week's sponsor: Semaine Sign up for the Inside + Outside newsletter Emily's Work: I Heart Mess Newsletter + YouTube Mess World Podcast The Lowbrow Book Club Things we talked about: Celebrity Gardens via BHGWhy Are So Many Celebrities Joining Substack? via ICYMI Podcast Inside the "10-Year Process" to Create Roses Named for Celebrities via Vanity FairA Brief History of The Merkin via InStyle To advertise on the podcast: [email protected]
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