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Pierogis and buy nothing

Making It Up 199

Lifestyle / Retail

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Hosted:

Charis Poon

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Eugene Kan

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Eugene and Charis discuss Buy Nothing groups/movement and what a change in platform means for their participants. They also talk about Kevin LaBuz’s article “Grandma’s Pierogis” about how corporate culture is created and knowledge passed on.

Timestamps

00:04:47 Buy nothing
00:20:49 Pierogis

Links

#107 – Grandma’s Pierogies from Below the Line by Kevin LaBuz
Buy Nothing exploded on Facebook — now it wants a platform of its own by Mia Sato

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