Design Economics Podcast (Episode 19) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Misty Heggeness, associate professor at the University of Kansas, former principal economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, and author of Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy. […]
Holly McCann: Growing Local; Blue Ridge Blueprint for a Local Food Economy (EP 18)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 18) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Holly McCann, co-founder and Core Steward of Blue Ridge Foodshed Commons, a public benefit company catalyzing a self-sustaining local food economy in Western North Carolina. Holly traces […]
Masami Sato: Woven In; Embedding Impact by Design (Ep 17)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 17) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Masami Sato, founder and CEO of B1G1, a Singapore-based social enterprise and certified B Corp that has generated over 395 million giving impacts across more than 50 […]
Miren Oca: Exit While They Slept; Employee Ownership & the Perpetual Trust (EP 16)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 16) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Miren Oca, founder and CEO of Ocaquatics Swim School, who built a Miami swim instruction institution over 32 years before transferring 100% of it to her employees […]
Helena Norberg-Hodge: Local Futures; Happiness as a Cure (EP 15)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 15) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures and pioneer of the new economy movement. Helena traces the economic forces that transformed Ladakh, a self-sufficient Himalayan culture untouched by […]
Tom Llewellyn: Borrow Don’t Buy; Tools, Trust & The Commons (EP 14)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 14) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, exploring what a genuine sharing economy actually looks like. Tom traces the roots of community sharing infrastructure from the first tool […]
Pam Shockley-Zalabak: The Trust Deficit: Economics’ Costly Blind Spot (EP 13)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 13) Join host Vinny Tafuro for a compelling conversation with Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak, former Chancellor of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and leading researcher on organizational trust. Their discussion explores the 50-year decline in social […]
John Feldman: Documenting Revolution, Scientific Paradigm Shifts (EP 12)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 12) Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest John Feldman, filmmaker and founder of Hummingbird Films, for a conversation about how ecological documentaries challenge scientific orthodoxy. Over his forty-year career, John’s work has evolved from defending traditional […]
Tonya Donati: Growing Slow is Sexy: Kombucha, B Corps & Patient Capital (EP 2.4)
Design Economics Podcast (Season 2 | Episode 4) Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest Tonya Donati, Founder and CEO of Mother Kombucha, for a conversation about building a certified B Corp through bootstrapped, regional growth. Tonya’s journey from occupational therapist […]