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Pullback Podcast

Pullback is a podcast that explores big ideas and asks: is this a real solution or a distraction? Through discussions with leading experts, we cover ideas that proponents say will address global problems like inequality and climate change.

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59:44

Responsible Travel with Curious Tourism (formerly...

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2022/08/09

Kristen and Kyla are joined by Erin Hynes and Kattie Laur to discuss how we can travel more responsibly. Topics: choosing a destination; carbon offsets and flying; how to find vendors, tour guides, and places to stay; choosing souvenirs; general intentionality. Leave us a voicemail! https://podinbox.com/pullback Website: https://www.pullback.org/episode-notes/episode91 Curious Tourism (formerly known as Alpaca My Bags):

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01:00:06

Climate Deniers and How to Fight Back: Part 2

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2022/08/02

Kristen and Kyla discuss how to recognize prominent forms of climate denial, where climate denial started and where it is now, and what you can do to push back. Check out this great episode from How to Save a Planet for a guide to deep canvassing: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gbCRFSDUNznZhNhlZKrYX And one more from this great pod on how to talk to your loved ones about climate change: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/z3hog9o/trying-to-talk-to-family-about-climate Leave us a

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43:47

Climate Deniers and How to Fight Back: Part 1

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2022/07/26

Kristen and Kyla discuss how to recognize prominent forms of climate denial, where climate denial started and where it is now, and what you can do to push back. Check out this great episode from How to Save a Planet for a guide to deep canvassing: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gbCRFSDUNznZhNhlZKrYX And one more from this great pod on how to talk to your loved ones about climate change: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/z3hog9o/trying-to-talk-to-family-about-climate Leave us a

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52:02

Encore! The Plastic Crisis with Sarah King of...

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2022/07/19

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. In this episode, Kristen and Kyla talk to Sarah King, Head of the Oceans and Plastics Campaign at Greenpeace Canada, about the plastic pollution crisis. Visit the Greenpeace action page: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/act/ Visit the Greenpeace plastics page: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/plastic/ Leave us a voicemail! https://podinbox.com/pullback Harbinger Media Network:

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36:40

Environment and Children’s Wellbeing with Terence...

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2022/07/12

Kyla is joined by Terence Hamilton, domestic policy specialist focusing on child rights, health equality, and social justice with UNICEF Canada, or the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNICEF was established after world war 2 and works for child rights and well being. UNICEF helps children through natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and works to build global health and welfare systems that provide essential services, education, and safe environments for children and their families. Terence

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01:12:08

Encore! Plastic Free July

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2022/07/05

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. “So instead of being the Paper Bag Princess, we’re all kind of the plastic bag Princesses.” In this episode, Kyla and Kristen try out plastic-free July. Kyla discovers that coffee cups are plastic. Kristen joneses for chips. Topics: what even is plastic; the history of plastic; common types of plastic; plastic pollution; recycling plastics; and bioplastics. Leave us a voicemail

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56:55

Reacts: Doughnut Economics with Megan Linton

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2022/06/28

Kristen and Kyla are joined by Megan Linton, host of Invisible Institutions, to discuss the book “Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways To Think Like a 21st-Century Economist” by Kate Raworth. The book focuses on seven ways in which mainstream economics has failed humanity and paints a picture of a world where a just society lives within the means of our planet - and that picture looks like a doughnut! Find a great summary of the book here Want to read the book? We recommend checking to see if your local

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01:15:28

Encore! Zero Waste

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2022/06/21

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. “I mean I just smell like vinegar. I don’t know if that’s better.” In this episode, Kyla and Kristen fail at the ultimate sustainability challenge: going zero waste. Learn about some easy wins, as well as Kristen and Kyla’s “probably never” list. Topics: what is zero waste; the disposable society; single-use plastics and our oceans; the zero waste movement; zero waste principles (reduce, reuse,

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01:03:30

Road to Nowhere with Paris Marx

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2022/06/14

This week, Kyla and Kristen are joined by Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, a weekly podcast that critiques the worldview of Silicon Valley. Paris has been published by NBC News, CBC News, Toronto Star, Jacobin, Tribune, OneZero, Canadian Dimension, and more. Paris holds a Master's degree in Geography and will be talking to us about their new book, “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation”. This book explores the history of transportation and the

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01:11:28

Encore! Conflict Minerals

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2022/06/07

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. “That’s typically what taxes are, Kyla. We just don’t apply them to a lot of big companies…” Kristen and Kyla wrap up their discussion on electronics by exploring the complicated story of conflict minerals. Topics: what are conflict minerals; Democratic Republic of the Congo and conflict minerals; The Enough Project; what companies can do; what legislation can do; what you can do. Leave us a voicemail

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58:49

Reacts: Surveillance Capitalism (And How to Destroy It)

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2022/05/31

Kristen and Kyla are joined by activist Robert Miller to discuss Corey Doctorow’s book “How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism”. For extra credit Kyla and Kristen also tried to read Shoshana Zuboff’s “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”, as Doctorow wrote his piece in large part as a response to Zuboff’s. Topics: what is surveillance capitalism; what are the harms of surveillance capitalism; what would a world without surveillance capitalism look like. Robbie encourages listeners to support BSA

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01:45:04

Encore! Consumer Electronics

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2022/05/24

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. "I remember years ago going to an optometrist, and they ask how many hours of screen time I have in a day and at the time I think I sort of sheepishly said like 4 hours, or something like that, knowing it was actually higher. But today if I went it's like… well how many hours am I awake in a day?" Kristen and Kyla explore the ethics of consumer electronics, with a deep dive into human rights and the

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59:17

Ethical Porn with Gender Troubles

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2022/05/17

Kyla and Kristen join Eva and Emma of team Gender Troubles to kick off their Porn Month with a chat about whether porn can be ethical, and what ethical porn looks like in practice. Topics: Kristen and Kyla think Bridgerton is porn; Kyla eats a banana; what are the labour rights of folks in the porn industry; is big tech ruining porn with surveillance capitalism; how to support creators directly; legalizing the sex work industry; what policy makers should do next. Leave us a voicemail

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01:42:39

Encore! Sugar

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2022/05/10

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. In this episode, Kristen and Kyla are joined by food, migration, and labour historian Alexandra (Lex) Sundarsingh. Lex adds her knowledge about historical human rights abuses in sugar production — which, unfortunately, look a lot like present-day human rights abuses in sugar production. In their discussion, Lex, Kyla, and Kristen explain sugar production and why human rights practices are so fraught

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55:24

May Day 2022 with Emily Leedham

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2022/05/03

Kristen and Kyla celebrate May Day with special guest Emily Leedham, Prairie Reporter for Press Progress, and editor of Shift Work, a weekly newsletter round-up of national labour news, strikes, lockouts and new organizing across Canada. Some of the topics covered in this episode include the current state of labour and unions in Canada, discussing how companies employ anti-union tactics (calling out Uber and Amazon specifically), how COVID has and will continue to affect labour in Canada, how the

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01:16:09

Encore! May Day

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2022/04/26

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. In this episode, Kristen and Kyla are joined by activist Robert Miller for a special May Day episode reflecting on the state of the labour movement. Topics: problems and challenges; successes and promising starts; the future of labour; and what you can do. Website: https://www.pullback.org/research/mayday Leave us a voicemail! https://podinbox.com/pullback Harbinger Media Network:

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57:25

Fashion Revolution with Erin Polowy

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2022/04/19

It’s Fashion Revolution Week! Kristen and Kyla are joined by special guest Erin Polowy, Partnerships and Programming Lead with Fashion Revolution; the founder and editor of My Green Closet, a YouTube channel, blog, and community for slow fashion; and the author of Quit Fast Fashion. Topics: what is Fashion Revolution; what are the problems within the fashion industry; what solutions are activists working on; how to engage with fashion activism. Leave us a voicemail

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02:28:41

Encore! Clothing and the Fast Fashion Industry

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2022/04/12

“Don’t get rid of all your pants. You’ve gotta wear pants.” Welcome to our MEGA EPISODE where we re-mastered our Clothing series. In this tighter, better sounding classic, Kristen unravels some of the issues facing fast fashion. Topics: what is fast fashion; we are buying (and throwing out) so many clothes; how the fashion supply chain works; offshoring; FDR, labour hero; sweatshops; garment industry disasters; forced labour; child labour; the environmental impact of polyester, other synthetics,

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45:37

Climate Grief with Corey Hardeman

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2022/04/05

Kristen and Kyla are joined by special guest Corey Hardeman, painter, presenter, and certified Death Doula who also hosts workshops on climate grief. She holds a BSc in biology and is trained in both architectural drafting and classical drawing. Her art combines elements of traditional illustration and technical drawing, with a love of tonal painting and an eye for tension and movement. Corey discusses what forms grief may take, how it manifests in relation to the climate crisis, and what listeners

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01:14:49

Encore! Personal Behaviour Changes and the Climate...

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2022/03/29

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. In this episode, Kristen and Kyla are joined by Robert Miller, a progressive activist and Extinction Rebellion organizer in the heart of oil country. The discussion is all about personal behaviour changes and where they fit in the global climate movement. Topics: the Wetsuweten solidarity blockades; protest and our relationship with public spaces; Robert’s climate crisis awakening; belief and the

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