J.B. MacKinnon joins us to discuss his book, The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves. The 21st century has brought a critical dilemma into sharp relief. We must stop shopping: Our consumer appetites are tearing the planet apart. Yet we can’t stop shopping: If we do, our economies collapse. J.B. MacKinnon is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, and The Atlantic, as well as the Best American Science and Nature Writing anthologies. He is also the author of four books of nonfiction, including the bestselling Plenty (with Alisa Smith), widely recognized as a catalyst of the local foods movement. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-day-the-world-stops-shopping-jb-mackinnon?variant=32269079838754

World traveler and noted drinks writer André Darlington is about to take you on a once-in-a-lifetime tour through more than forty of the globe's most vibrant cocktail locales—and you won’t even need to leave your barstool. Each city stop on the Booze Cruise: A Tour of the World’s Essential Mixed Drinks is packed with insider intel on the current scene, local history, easy food-and-drink recipes, and tasting notes. André Darlington is the co-author of Booze & Vinyl, The New Cocktail Hour, and Movie Night Menus. He has been an award-winning beverage columnist and restaurant critic. http://www.andredarlington.com/news

Susana Stoica has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and over 30 years of experience in defining and using advanced technologies. Born with the gift of healing, she worked with doctors to aid in healing people worldwide. After two traumatic brain injuries on the same day, she decided to focus her healing practice on helping people with neural impairments, especially those who have recent and old brain trauma, including strokes. https://healingbraininjury.com/