Ep. 5: Sam Bliss

What if we valued the things that weren't for sale?<br/><br/>I&#8217;m doing a series of interviews with contributors to the second book by the <a href="https://www.wickedproblemscollaborative.com/">Wicked Problems Collaborative</a>; what do we do after the pandemic? I recently sat down with Sam Bliss to discuss his chapter, The Necessity of Non-Market Relationships. Sam and I also discussed degrowth ( a topic covered by Riccardo Mastini in our book). He then shared a story about his experience giving a talk to a group that looks at the world very differently than he does. (I think that last bit has some good lessons for us all.) The conversation was good fun. I hope you enjoy it and pick up something good to chew on. <br/><br/>Thanks for listening.<br/><br/>-Chris<br/><br/>WPC Book #2: What do we do after the pandemic? <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092JR923L">is available for pre-order</a>.<br/><br/>Sam Bliss grows, shares, and studies non-market food. He co-organizes Food Not Bombs Burlington and is <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/gund/profiles/sam-bliss">a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vermont</a>. He is also one among many presidents of <a href="https://www.degrowus.org/about-degrowus">DegrowUS, </a>and a member of the scholar-activist collective <a href="https://degrowth.org/">Research & Degrowth</a>.<br/><br/>Follow Sam on <a href="https://twitter.com/ii_sambliss">Twitter</a>.<br/><br/>If you&#8217;re ready for more, check out the last WPC interview with Jacob Bacharach: <a href="https://wpcs.substack.com/p/wpc-interview-jacob-bacharach">On Reclaiming Public Space</a>.<br/><br/>If you enjoy this episode, please check out some of the other WPC Book #2 interviews. <br/><br/>Get on the email list at <a href="https://wpcs.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">wpcs.substack.com</a>