INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica Murnane

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:
The Age Of Disclosure
Warning Issued That Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis via Newsweek

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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

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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!

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Where you can find Ally:
Personal styling site
Substack

Stuff we talked about:
Nine new butterfly species discovered by scientists tackling taxonomic tangle
The Legal Push to Make Plastic Producers Pay via Atmos
Heated Rivalry
Crash Into Me
Jill Zarin Fired from 'Real Housewives' Reboot

Find your hardiness / growing zone here

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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 website
Barblieland
Barbieland's NYT book review

Things we talked about:
Extinction of experience: the loss of human-nature interactions
Reborn Dolls
End It Like Beckham (on Hulu)

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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

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Emily's Work:
I Heart Mess Newsletter + YouTube
Mess World Podcast
The Lowbrow Book Club

Things we talked about:
Celebrity Gardens via BHG
Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Substack? via ICYMI Podcast
Inside the "10-Year Process" to Create Roses Named for Celebrities via Vanity Fair
A Brief History of The Merkin via InStyle

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