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a weekly very good talk hosted by a college graduate with a real people day job discussing everything from intentional living, sexuality and mental health tings while drinking various beverages

Yordi

  • Jun 24, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 27m AVG DURATION
  • 14 EPISODES


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014 - a very good talk about transformative justice

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 17:15


In this very good talk, we discuss on about how transformative justice is not that pretty -- and could actually be messy A cool resource for TJ: https://www.transformativejustice.eu/en/what-are-ca-and-tj/

013 - a very good talk about Black Lives Matter

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 32:44


In which Yordi talks poetic ( or tries to) about the people that are not showing up for black lives What inspired me to make this - Nathan Zedd's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bftJQ11f_XATwitter: @verygoodtalkpod

012 - a very good talk about naming the feeling

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 33:35


In this episode Yordi talks about the power of doing nothing in a time like this where we are being pressured to do everything we can when we should be naming the feeling ( grief) and watching trashy shows where we turn off our brain for a minute I got a podcast TWITTER: @verygoodtalkpod Episode resources - Harvard Business Review Article: https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief Shows for escaping: Crash Landing on YouMusic for escaping: Scrubb Books for escaping: How to Fight Presidents or all the Harry Potter books

011 - a very good talk about not COVID-19

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 25:24


in this very good talk Yordi makes excuses about why she still hasn't set up a social media page, and her reasoning for not recording. She also discusses COVID-19 followed by the narratives that is told by network tv.

010 - a very good talk about problematic media

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 27:57


In this episode, Yordi celebrates by nitpicking the problematic nature of media and saying the word problematic over 152 time. Stay tuned.

009- a very good talk about the importance of entertainment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 24:01


In this episode, Yordi attempts to talks about the mundanity of life and how entertainment is a tool to ease that, but also to destroy your life.References: Blog on entertainment: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2019/04/08/is-entertainment-bad/Psychology Today article on Entertainment: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-drugs-and-boredom/201104/entertainment-good-or-bad-you

008 - a very good talk about favorite things of 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 39:59


Happy 2020 friends! I am so excited to start the new year with so many good intentions and good energy. May 2020 be a year of good habits, decolonization and warm relationships. On this very good talk, I ramble about my favorite things of 2019, hope you enjoy.

007 - a very good talk about travel + escapism

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 19:37


In this episode Yordi dives the shallow waters of travelling and the way her view has changed around her travels and their impacts

006 - a very good talk about diversifying your identity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 24:33


In which Yordi talks about identity and politics but not identity politicsHere is an awesome and more articulate article that Mark Manson wrote: https://markmanson.net/diversify-your-identity

005 - a very good talk about veganism pt 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 31:54


In this episode, Yordi continues her discussion of some of the misconception of veganism and debunks them with science. Sources Mentioned on the episode: Interview with Colin Campbell: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/nutrition-advice-from-the-china-study/?_r=0B12 article: https://www.riseofthevegan.com/blog/b12-is-not-just-a-vegan-problem Not all carbs are created equal: https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2011nl/dec/eatmorestarch.htm Anthropocentric Indoctrination: https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/19/478645426/humans-are-meathooked-but-not-designed-for-meat-eating Animal products and Heart Disease: https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/heart-disease/

004 - a very good talk about veganism pt1

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 19:36


In today's episode Yordi discusses her journey toward veganism and her main motivators.

003 - a very good talk about the impact of books

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2019 24:12


002 - a very good talk about financial literacy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 45:52


a very good financial smarts and mistakes we have made

001 - a very good talk about Rhode Island

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2019 16:10


in which yordi talks about everything Rhode island related and how depression sometimes makes you run away to the northeast for refugeeSpoiler alert: It wasn't completely a terrible choice

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