Design Economics Podcast (Episode 21) When Vinny came across Jody Levison-Johnson’s Forbes piece arguing that the social sector deserves to be treated as an economic engine, he reached out. That conversation became this episode. Jody is President and CEO of […]
Erin Hotchkiss: Fragments & Frameworks; Translating Silos Into Systems (EP 20)
Design Economics Podcast (Episode 20) Join host Vinny Tafuro and IEE board member Erin Hotchkiss for a special origin story episode celebrating ten years since the publication of Unlocking the Labor Cage. This episode traces how curious questions unearthed economic […]
Misty Heggeness: Swiftynomics; Taylor Swift & the Women Economics Ignored (EP 19)
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 […]
Coalition Interview: Thaddeus Squire
Commoning as Infrastructure: Fiscal Sponsorship and the Solidarity Economy As a social sector member of the Design Economics Coalition, Thaddeus Squire brings more than 25 years of nonprofit innovation focused on shared infrastructure and collective action. As Lead Advocacy & […]
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 […]