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159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy
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She’s a botanist, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the author of the bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass. In her new book she criticizes the market economy — but she and Steve find a surprising amount of common ground.
- SOURCES:
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
- RESOURCES:
- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024).
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2015).
- Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2003).
- "The Deadweight Loss of Christmas," by Joel Waldfogel (The American Economic Review, 1993).
- "Reproductive Ecology of Tetraphis pellucida. I. Population Density and Reproductive Mode," by Robin Wall Kimmerer (The Bryologist, 1991).
- EXTRAS:
- "The Deadliest Disease in Human History," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
- "How Smart Is a Forest?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done." by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
188 episodes
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She’s a botanist, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the author of the bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass. In her new book she criticizes the market economy — but she and Steve find a surprising amount of common ground.
- SOURCES:
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
- RESOURCES:
- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024).
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2015).
- Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2003).
- "The Deadweight Loss of Christmas," by Joel Waldfogel (The American Economic Review, 1993).
- "Reproductive Ecology of Tetraphis pellucida. I. Population Density and Reproductive Mode," by Robin Wall Kimmerer (The Bryologist, 1991).
- EXTRAS:
- "The Deadliest Disease in Human History," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
- "How Smart Is a Forest?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done." by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
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