Podcast appearances and mentions of adam minter

In his previous book, Junkyard Planet, journalist Adam Minter went around the world to see what happened to American recyclables such as cardboard, shredded cars, and Christmas lights around the world as they became new things. In Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, Minter looks at what happens to all the things that get resold and reused, objects that end up in Arizona thrift stores, Malaysian flea markets, Tokyo vintage shops, and Ghanaian used-electronics shops. Who's buying the tons of goods that get downsized, decluttered, or discarded every year? Does the fact that we can just pass something off to a thrift shop justify our buying more things? What about the sheer scale of it all? Minter joins us in the studio to talk about how we filled the world with all this stuff, and what really needs to change for us to get out from under it—no matter where we live.Go beyond the episode:Adam Minter's Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage SaleVisit our episode page for further reading about fast fashion, the dark side of Goodwill, and the moral hazards of recyclingAbandon your idols: Mari Kondo has begun selling you junk to replace the junk you just KonMari'dRead more about why local textile industries are dying in Ghana and African countries more broadlyLearn more about the Right to Repair movementTune in every (other) week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek and sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.Subscribe: iTunes/Apple • Amazon • Google • Acast • Pandora • RSS FeedHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Minter has been traversing the globe throughout his career as an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling, critically acclaimed books, “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade” and “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale”.His objective? To uncover the facts about recycling.In the second installment of our two-part episode, Adam weighs in on the nuances that determine what makes something sustainable. Throughout our conversation, Adam shares several anecdotes to show how he makes sense of recycling and offers advice for his fellow reporters. Adam shares why the unprecedented demand for products that use recycled plastic will transform how materials are designed, used, and recycled over the next decade. 

From scraps to facts. How does a kid who grew up working in his family's scrap yard become an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling, critically acclaimed books about recycling?“They always say, write what you know about. It turned out I knew something about scrap!”Adam Minter's career trajectory is undoubtably a fascinating story in and of itself, but his reporting on global recycling is equally as intriguing. Both “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade” and “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale” flipped the script on the discussion around recycling as Adam travels the world to uncover facts about modern day recycling.In the first installment of our two-part episode, Adam shines a light on the complicated factors that inform our perceptions about recycling and explores the way this influences our beliefs surrounding waste and recycling. Join us on Sustainably Speaking to hear Adam discuss his global adventures in recycling and his personal mission to get the facts out. This journalist's journey might completely change the way you think about trash.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Inflection AI, about “The Coming Wave … Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma”. Then, Bloomberg columnist Adam Minter talks about his 2019 book, “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” You dropped it off at the thrift store … where does it go from there?

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Adam Minter joins the show to discuss his latest article titles "The Gravy Train is Ending for NCAA Football Coaches". And of course we continue taking more of your phone calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring is here, aka the season of deep-cleaning and decluttering. But there's no need to sweep the planet under the rug in the process. Though this time of year finds many Americans sorting through their belongings, the practice can result in undue waste when undertaken mindlessly. This week, we're resharing an important past episode with tips and tricks from journalist and recycling expert Adam Minter, who's nothing short of a sustainable spring cleaning pro. For a full guide, visit https://brightly.eco/blog/sustainable-spring-cleaning-guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join hosts Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower for a look at some of the latest headlines and stories in the business of sports. Noel LaMontagne, former NFL player and now Director at Verdence Capital Advisors focusing on high-net-worth clients in sports and entertainment joins to break down the early big signings and moves in NFL free agency. Then, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Minter talks about his latest piece on Iowa women's basketball superstar Caitlin Clark's meteoric rise and what it means for her future, as Fox Sports mulls making her an NIL deal if she stays in college an extra year. Plus, Mountain West Conference commissioner Gloria Nevarez joins to discuss the state of her league and college sports in general ahead of this year's NCAA basketball tournament, where a lot of her teams have high hopes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We explore the worker exodus from major cities, weight loss drugs, and developing America's risk-takers. We also dig into a debate around eSports - should it be an Olympic sport? Bloomberg Opinion's Adam Minter thinks so. Adam Minter joins us, as do Bloomberg Opinion columnists Conor Sen, Lisa Jarvis, and Allison Schrager. Amy Morris hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Infection AI, about “The Coming Wave … Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma”. Then, Bloomberg columnist Adam Minter talks about his 2019 book, “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” You dropped it off at the thrift store … where does it go from there?

Scientists say climate change is accelerating, but their voices are getting drowned out. Might using the drier while doing laundry be counterintuitive, or helpful, in slowing climate change. We also dig into the effectiveness of traffic cameras and Gen Z's relationship with live sports. Lara Williams, David Fickling, Justin Fox, and Adam Minter join. Amy Morris hosts.     Transcript:   00:01Speaker 1 You're listening to the Bloomberg Opinion podcast count US Saturdays at one and seven pm Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app and the Bloomberg Business App, or listen on demand wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Bloomberg Opinion. I'm Amy Morris. On this week's show, we'll look at what's better for the planet running the dryer or using a clothesline. The answer might surprise you. Plus, since the beginning of the pandemic, traffic deaths in the US have risen sharply. What will it take to get those numbers back down? And finally, if Taylor Swift can't bring gen Z to the NFL, who can? But we begin with the heat. The global temperature continues to rise and scientists are beside themselves. Officials from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say this past July was the hottest month for the Earth on record. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson certainly is self evident that the Earth is heating up. And what we find is that July of this year the temperatures are the hottest ever on record, and last month was the hottest September on record by far. This past June the warmest June ever recorded. Yeah, we're seeing the trend. Let's talk with Bloomberg opinion columnist Laura Williams, who covers climate change, and scientists are using some pretty unscientific language to describe the temperatures that they're seeing. If your column is any indication, Laura, what have you heard? Yeah, so we've had dobsmackingly bananas. We've had astounding, staggering and nerving, bewildering, flabber dusting, dusting, distrioting, dobsmacking. Scientists have been really, really surprised by the kind of the level of heat that we saw in September compared to previous records. It is a bit alarming that they seem so surprised by this because they've been calling attention to climate change and climate change issues and the effects for years. Why did this catch them so off guard? Yeah, it's just because it's half a degree celsius higher than the previous record in twenty twenty, and so when we see these records getting broken, they're not usually broken by that margin. And so it is a kind of market in Greece, and it looks like it could be. Some are saying an acceleration in the rate of global woman which would be worry. Yeah, I wondered was this an outlier, was just this is a one time thing. Is there's something that caused it specifically, or are we seeing an acceleration. It's going to just get hotter and hotter and hotter in the next few years. So that's something that scientists are debating. So there are two camps of scientists. The first camp and I spoke to sociologists and he'd kind of terms these guys accelerationists, and they are concerned that this is an acceleration. Basically, what we've seen, particularly this year, is there are these sulfur dioxide emissions which are comes from like crew like cruise ships and you know, ships like taking all our stuff across the oceans, and they've cleaned up their act and so we're seeing way fewer aerosols being emitted into the atmosphere. So that's a good thing for our health. But those aerosols have historically served to mass human induced climate change because they reflect the Sun's heats back into space, and so the fewer thing fewer of those that we have, the more solar radiation reaches the earth surface. The scientists that think that we've seen an acceleration point to that trend of you know, sulfur emissions going down, and point to the trend of you know, these these huge temperature records that we've seen over the past few months and say that it could be an acceleration. Now, I would argue that the other team of scientists, the observationists, are right in that this is just you know, it's a few data points, and there's there's lots of things that could be making this. You know, this the Earth a lot warmer right now, a lot of temporary things. So of the September that we've just seen was one point seventy five degrees celsius warmer than pre industrial temperatures. Now that's very scary. Number. One point two degrees celsius of that we know is down to US burning fossil fuels. The remaining zero point five degrees celsius or so is due to with a combination of different factors, and so it could be aerosols, but it should also be the fact that we are in an l Nino cason, which is a naturally occurring climate pattern that warms global temperatures. It should also be that, you know, there was this huge underwater volcano which held an immense plume of water vapor, which is a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere last year, and that would be enough to temporarily elevate global temperatures for a few years. It would be partly aerosols, and it should partly be the fact that we'll see we've got we've had reduced ice at the poles this year. So the more dark sea that's exposed, the more heat that's absorbed by the water. Oh, there's a lot there. Yeah. But no matter which side they're on, whether they believe that this is an acceleration or they believe this is just par for the course, the observationists, if you will, is there a new sense of urgency? Now? Well, I think that there's always a sense of urgency, and I you know, whether it's an acceleration or not, the overwhelming trend is that the Earth is just in warmer and that we are still not doing enough to combat that warming. And so if it weights people up and is a reminder that we actually need to, you know, take some severe action to stop this trend, then I guess that, yeah, there could be a call for a renewed sense of urgency. The urgency was needed all along, but yeah, I suppose that this would be a weight of call. We are talking with Bloomberg opinion columnist Laura Williams about the quote gob smackingly Banana's heat, as scientists describe it, and as it's listed in your column on the Bloomberg terminal. Laura, it was a great read, very interesting to see how they are using terms that you might you might hear among the laypersons such as myself, you don't usually expect to hear from people who study this for a loving What do they believe this could mean for the coming winter months. Are we going to see a milder than usual winter or because it's an extreme, where we going to see a colder winter. That's a good question, and I guess we'll find out when the data comes out, But I think for now, October is looking to be warmer than average. And I would say that with you know the fact that we're in an El Nino that tends to make things warmer. It actually tends to make parts of the world, So I think Europe might be might be CNA holder slightly tolder winter if their only pattern holds true. But I certainly wouldn't be surprised if we saw a warmer than average October and November. So there may be some disagreement about what these temperature trends are telling us right now among signs, but they do agree on one thing, and that there's an issue with political will. There isn't enough of it. Where does that stand? Yeah, so you know, I would say that the fissure between science and political will is huge. We need to be deterbinizing with farmer urgency. So according to the website the Climate Actioning Tractor, which takes stock of all of the promises and policies of countries around the world, and then not a single country in the world is taking action that's compatible with limiting warm into one point five degree celsius above pre industrial temperatures. The UK has rolled backs and that zero tardets. Germany's approved bringing toll fired power plants back in line over the winter. US oil production is running at an all time high. It's not really how you'd expect country is reacting to climate crisis to be acting. Is that in part because of the geopolitical climate that we are dealing with right now, what's going on in uk and now what's going on in the Middle East, and what it's going to mean for heating fuel being shipped out to those areas. Yeah, I think, I think definitely the geobilistal you know, environment is not helping. And we've also got a you know, really high inflation, which is you know, stretching people's wallets, and whether we like it or not, we have to admit that, you know, sometimes net zero action is going to cost people more in the in the short term. In the long term, you'd hope that it would, you know, eventually bills should come down. We rolled out renewables enough, but certainly in the short term we're feeling in our wallets. Have they been able to get any traction with this, to get the attention of those lawmakers and those leaders who would be able to take the lead on this, or are they being shouted down, if you will, or drowned out by what is going on in the rest of the world and the really urgent need in the rest of the world for things like heating fuel because of what's happening in Ukraine and Israel. For sure, I think that at the moment, it definitely feels like, you know, the scientists are being drowned out just because of the urgency of these other prices. It will be really interesting to see at COP twenty eight in Dubai in December, what kind of happens there, you know, whether we're able to kind of come around the table and re you know, set our sights on more ambitious climate action there and kind of you know, center ourselves around that, or whether indeed, you know, the under end conflicts kind of again makes it another kind of non event, all right, and we're going to watch it with you. Thank you so much, Laura for bringing us up to speed on this. Thank you very much for having me. Larah Williams a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. She covers climate change and coming up, we're going to continue this climate change conversation. We'll talk about what's better for the earth. Using a clothesline to dry your clothes or just run the dryer might surprise you. You're listening to Bloomberg Opinion. You're listening to the Bloomberg Opinion podcast. Catch us Saturdays at one and seven pm Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com. The iHeartRadio app and the Bloomberg Business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ur solar system. The time the toughest time, well, the two to toughest times for grids at the moment, or of course, the middle of the day, which we were talking about, and the evening the sun goes down. Everyone gets home, they switch on appliances, air conditioning, televisions, you know, or manner of things, and of course the solar that was there in the middle of the day is no longer there within your own home home solars, you know, home system. If you attach a battery to it you can be charging it in the middle of the day and discharging it in the evening, and that that potentially works quite well. But across the you know, across grids as a whole, things much more ambitious need to be done than that, and it's and it's a significant problem. You know, we're seeing things like here in Australia, for instance, there is a very big pumped pumped hydro project being built at the moment, which essentially what happens is when there is too much electricity in the middle of the day, a load of water is pumped uphill to a lake high up on a mountain just sort of southwest of Sydney, and then during the evening, when all that electricity is needed, then the water goes down through turbines like a standard hydroectionri dam and it will do this day after day. And there are lots of places, I think in California the same thing applies. There are lots of places where pump hydro is being used. And of course batteries as well for dispatchable power will be you know, utility scale batteries will be more active. But I think one of the problems that we're facing over the coming years. Is that the speed with which households are installing are installing solar power is faster than the sort of utility scale storage solutions can catch up. And dispatchable power, of course, dispatchable power, by which I mean you can switch on and off, you know, with the flick of a switch, which of course is not the case with any renewable power, also not really the case with is not the case with nuclear either. With dispatchable power, you know, most of it is fossil fossil fired, and that's a real problem because of course we want to get rid of fossil fossil fire electricity right now. And so it sounds like the two big things that need to be resolved would be managing the storage issue, the battery, making sure that those can be not only a portable but easy to acquire and quickly charged. And the infrastructure as a whole. Yeah. I mean one other solution, of course, which is again a lot of this depends on having the right market settings in place, and regulators I think in many ways have been somewhat slow to catch up on some of these things because it is all changing so very fast. But of course one thing to bear in mind is is we're seeing surging cells of electric vehicles. Electric vehicles another thing that should be sucking up power in the middle of the day and potentially could be used to discharge electricity in the evening, but at the moment in most markets there is very little regulation that would allow people to do that, you know, so instead we're seeing things like in South Australia, one of the states in Australia which has a particularly high volume of solar. Basically, the grid operator can switch off rooftop solar panels when there is too much of it, which is something that's possibly necessary to stop to stop stress on the grid. But ideally you want to find ways to use it. You don't want to be reducing the amount of zero carbon power that you're producing. You want to be using it more productively. So we're seeing a lot of these teething pains at the moment. David, this is just fascinating. Thank you for taking the time with us today. No, it's lovely to talk. Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickleing covers energy and commodities. Don't forget We're available as a podcast on Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. This is Bloomberg Opinion. You're listening to the Bloomberg Opinion podcast counts Saturdays at one in seven pm Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app and the Bloomberg Business App, or listen on demand wherever you get your podcasts. This is Bloomberg Opinion. I may you Morris Now. Since the beginning of the pandemic, traffic depths in the US have risen sharply, and during the high ight of the pandemic shutdown, speeding related accidents actually increased. At the time, Pamela Fisher of the Governor's Highway Safety Association explained, why fewer cars on the road, you should have fewer crashes. But the behaviors that were happening out there. People were seeing open highway, open roadways, local roads as well, not just on highways, and they were driving at really crazy speeds and engaging in other unsafe behaviors. Well, it hasn't improved much since then. Preliminary numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate forty six twenty people died in accidents involving motor vehicles in twenty twenty two. That's down just a bit from twenty twenty one, but still eighteen percent more than in twenty nineteen. Let's look at what's happening. Bloomberg opinion columnist Justin Fox covers Business and joins me, Now, Justin, you have voluminous amounts of data and some really nifty helpful charts to kind of guide us as to why all of this is happening. And you were even able to use this information to a limit. They some of the candidates for what is causing this? But what is the problem? Well, yeah, I mean when you bring this up that traffic fatalities are up in the US, and there's been a big jump since twenty nineteen, but they'd already started rising around I don't know, twenty fifteen or so. And a lot of times people will bring up smartphones or just the pandemic. But if you compare the US to other rich countries, I made a chart of the US, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and the UK. None of the rest of them have had this stall in the improvement in traffic fatalities like the US has. There In all those countries, they've kept going down. In the US, they stopped going down about a decade ago, and they've really gone up significantly over the past few years. So, okay, what's different about the US from these places? And one thing that's been brought up is we have these gigantic pickup trucks and SUVs that are you know, really safe if you're in them and get it in a a crash, but not so great for people in the other cars, and especially for pedestrians. I think there's some really big issues with the really high bumper pickups and SUVs being extreme pedestrian risk because they just you can't see what you're doing as well. So there's some research on that and the thought that maybe some percentage of the increase ten percent something like that is caused by the bigger trucks, and so that lame leaves Okay, well, what happened in the US since twenty nineteen that didn't happen in other places. And obviously it was this sort of national conflict rethinking argument about the role of the police, you know, especially in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Although obviously this discussion been going on for longer, you can sort of date it really coming to the fore to you know, Ferguson back in which I think was the end of two thousand and fourteen, and it if you look, you know, there aren't great national statistics on police stops for traffic violations. There's you know, there's a ole that the Bureau of Justice Statistics does and they're definitely down a little bit. But if you look at specific cities, it's pretty I mean, San Francisco is the champion in the San Francisco Chronicle was the first to report this a few weeks ago that traffic stops are down ninety four percent in San Francisco over the last eight years. But you find and Seattle is almost that much. You find a lot of other cities where they're down pretty significantly too. Now you ascribe some of this, at least to that sort of conflict between police and society what happened with the killing of George Floyd during the height of the pandemic. But could speed cameras, red light cameras, those types of traffic cameras also be a factor. Where you have an electronic eye versus a human eye keeping tabs on how we are on the highway right, those are much more common in most of these other countries that have had big, continued declines in traffic fatalities. We have some in the US, not many speed cameras outside a few big cities, a lot of red light cameras, but actually fewer than there were a decade ago. And that's something that there's been a lot of research done on over the years that especially the speed cameras seem to have a really pretty dramatic effect on reducing traffic fatalities. And it's I mean, I knew I've written about them before and I got lots of emails from people and I got them again now that just Americans hate this idea, and I think the one way to think about it is we also a lot of these other countries are kind of a little more reasonable about their speed limits, like Germany or something. You can drive really fast on the autobot in Germany. You just if you drive faster and you're allowed, you are likely to get in trouble. And I think the UK has been really the toughest on this and has had a really amazing decline in traffic fatalities. So yeah, it's like, Okay, we've dramatically cut back on the kind of traffic enforcement that we mostly do in the US, and at the same time, we're still really reluctant to embrace this other way of doing that has been pretty effective in other countries. It is, I mean, I will and I haven't checked if Kevin Newsom has signed it yet, but California has legislation that the Assembly and the Senate passed that would at least allow San Francisco and a few other cities to start experimenting with speed cameras, and I mean there aren't like New York has tons of both, and I think in general they have been shown to be pretty effective in making the city a lot safer than it used to be, although again New York has had a pretty big drop, you know, not like ninety percent, it's more like twenty or forty or something in enforcement and an increase in fatal accidents. And we are talking with Bloomberg opinion columnist Justin Fox about these sharp rise in traffic related deaths and what can be done about it. I want to get back to the speed camera, the red light camera situation, because you said something about how people just really aren't getting behind it. Anecdotally, I can tell you that when I would cover local news local traffic issues, local neighborhood issues in the Washington, DC area, If you are a driver a motorist, no, you are not crazy one hundred percent in love with those of the traffic cameras. But if you were in a neighborhood, you know, take that driver out of the car and put him in his living room with the kids who are outside playing in the yard. You want those traffic cameras in your neighborhood. I've talked to many people who are actually lobbying, petitioning to get a traffic camera in their neighborhood to slow people down, right, And that's like one reason why we have lots in New York City, because drivers are in the minority here and the people who are worried about getting hit by drivers are in the majority exactly. But that's just a really hard equation in a lot of the country. And I mean, I do think there's some history of the speed cameras being used by you know, small towns in Texas to nab people without adequate warning. And because Texas is one of the states that the legislatures outright banned them. I think there are nine states that have banned speed cameras and eight red light cameras, and then most states just don't have any law permitting them and therefore don't really have any But then they're like Maryland has tons. I don't know. I just think American motorists and I get it because so many people are so dependent on their cars to do everything in their lives. But American motorists are the most entitled people in the world. Like when they're thinking in car thought, sometimes when they get out of the car and realize, oh, I live in a neighborhood with that cars drive through, then they can change that. But just the knee jerk reaction from people, you know, I don't think the enforcement should be unreasonable, in the speed limit should be reasonable, but yeah, why not have automated enforcement rather? Because it has been shown pretty clearly. There was a really interesting, very recent study done using data from lyft and lift drivers in Florida where they could, because of lift's location data, tell exactly how fast the cars were going. They knew who all the drivers were, and black drivers were significantly who were driving the exact same speed as white drivers were significantly more likely to be pulled over. And yeah, with speed cameras, you don't have that. It's really it sort of Police jobs are the kinds of jobs that are hard to hire people for right now. I mean, across the economy, there's this big shortage of young people. I mean, there's lots of them doing it, but the demand, there's this big demand and supply mismatch of especially young people coming into non college degree requiring and police is one of them. And so there's this sort of overall issue. And I just think in a lot of cities people feel like, yeah, do I really want to be a cop? In San Francisco, it doesn't. They pay pretty well, but it doesn't seem like a high status job, and all the police cars are thirty years old, so I don't know. Justin it is a great column. I recommend everybody check it out. Thank you so much for taking the time with us. Thanks for having me. You're listening to Bloomberg Opinion. I n Amy Morris, it's the problem makes me. Actually, Taylor Swift isn't the problem for the NFL at all, but she might not be enough either because for the most part, gen Z couldn't care less about traditional sports. I want to talk about this now with Bloomberg opinion columnist Adam Mentor, he covers the Business of sports, and he joins us, Now, Adam, what will it take besides Taylor Swift for the NFL to win over gen Z? They've spent years worrying about this, and one of the things they're finding is that no matter what they do, overall, the interests of gen Z in their product and in other pro sports traditional sports products is declining. So they're looking and Taylor Swift, they hoped, would provide that a little bit of and temporarily she has, but once she's gone, they're looking for some way to fill that vacuum. So there was a little bit of a boost, but that didn't last. Where does this indifference come from? You know, if you grew up like I did, you sort of had your sports fandom passed on generationally. You watched the football game on Sunday with Grandpa or you watch it with dad, and then you went to school and everybody was talking about what they watched on Sunday with grandpa or dad or mom or whoever it was, and maybe that was inspiration to go and join the high school or elementary school football team. That's breaking down because everybody has their own screen at home now, and so you aren't getting what people who study this called generational fandom. It's not being passed on any more. People either have to find it on their own, they have to find their own way of embracing football, baseball, hockey, whatever it is, or they're just going to find other ways to entertain themselves. And increasingly that's the case. And it's a reason for panic for the NFL, the NHL, and all the major sports leagues. So does this also impact say, the NCAA and those leagues as well. Yes, and no. I mean yes in the sense that sure, you know you're gonna learn to watch Alabama with your parents who was an alum. But even so, you still have your own screen that you can sit on the couch and watch esports on. And we're finding that esports are incredibly popular for gen z, you know, roughly aged twenty six and younger. You know, then it used to be that way. If you're sitting on the couch and there's one TV in the house and it's tuned to the Alabama game, you're watching the Alabama game, not somebody playing you know, League of Legends, you know, with somebody else in Hong Kong. Is there a cultural or even economic impact that comes from the indifference. Right now, we're seeing, you know, huge media rights deals. For example, for the NFL. You know, the NFL is has just started this year a multi billion dollar deal. Amazon is paying a billion dollars a year to show Thursday Night NFL games. That deal is going to last for years. But you know gen Z is starting to age into its prime earning years. And you know the companies, the Googles, the ABC's, the espns, the ESPN, ABC are the same. You know, as they start projecting out what these media rights deals are going to be worth in five or ten years, they're going to look at these demographics and say, hey, wait a second. You know gen Z isn't as interested in this stuff as the millennials were or gen X was, and thus we're not going to pay as much. So it is a long term risk to their business models. I was going to ask, how do you win over the next generation, But it sounds like they don't really know. They haven't figured that part out yet. Yeah, I mean that's the thing they're struggling. One of the things that you hear the league say in the network say, well, we have to meet the fans where the fans are. Well, you know, that used to be at the one television in the living or more or at the stadium. It's not so easy now Now you have to meet them on TikTok. You know, you have to meet them on other social media sites. That gets harder. Who's going to create the content that attracts them? You know. One of the things that the NFL is doing is they're starting to hire influencers, gen z influencers, people who are popular, you know, on these social media service. Is it working? You know, I don't think anybody can say yet. You know, you're not going to see, certainly a Taylor Swift tight bump from a well known influencer on TikTok, you know, reflected in this week's TV ratings, but maybe long term you will. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Mentor covers the business of sports and that does it for this week's Bloomberg Opinion. We're produced by Eric Mullow, and you can find all of these columns on the Bloomberg Terminal. We're also available as a podcast on Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Stay with us Today's top stories and global business headlines. Just ahead, I may me Morris. This is Bloomberg.See 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Guatemala-based Megapaca is the number one importer of used clothing from the United States. The company has seen massive success in secondhand retail in Latin America, and now they have their sights set on expanding to the US.Bloomberg's Adam Minter walks us through this complex, data-driven operation. And Megapaca's back-office manager Jose Rivera talks about the company's ethos and its goal to become the leading seller of used clothing in the world. Read more: The Massive Guatemalan Operation That Wants to Sell Americans Their Old Clothes Back Listen to The Big Take podcast every weekday and subscribe to our daily newsletter: https://bloom.bg/3F3EJAK  Have questions or comments for Wes and the team? Reach us at bigtake@bloomberg.net.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In honor of back-to-school days, Laurie Dreyer, branch manager of Troy Public Library's Lansingburgh branch, selected four non-fiction books and two novels for adult learners to explore different aspects of life. "The Library Book" (Susan Orlean, 2018) covers the 1986 fire that completely destroyed the Los Angeles library as well as the history of libraries. "The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life" (Jill Schlesinger, 2023) provides financial advice aimed at the post-pandemic shift in many people's priorities. "Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale" (Adam Minter, 2019) looks at the global market for used objects and our tendency to "bond" with inanimate objects. "Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019" (Ibrim X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain, eds., 2021) gathers essays, poetry, and more from 90 African-American writers. Two novels explore women in 19th century America: "The Cherry Robbers" (Sarai Walker, 2022) and "Once and Future Witches" (Ailx E. Harrow, 2020). For details on these and other books, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

This week on Sea Change Radio we dig into the archives to first speak with author and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Minter about the world of autonomous vehicles. We examine the impact autonomous vehicles might have on rural America, look at an appealing test program in a sparsely populated area of Minnesota, and explore how … Continue reading Adam Minter + Jim Motavalli: Autonomous Vehicles and EV Update → This article and podcast Adam Minter + Jim Motavalli: Autonomous Vehicles and EV Update appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

Adam Minter is an opinion columnist at Bloomberg covering Asia, technology and the environment. He's written two books, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, and Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. Adam is a global expert on the circular economy, and we spend the first chunk of the conversation covering the recycling market and the role of China therein. We then go into the reuse market and talk about textiles and clothing. Lastly, we cover some of his recent reporting, which spans water and agriculture before bringing it back to climate and China. Adam is deeply knowledgeable about a lot of topics, and he has a knack for uncovering the global market forces that shape local economic situations and trends. This conversation is rapid-fire and covers a lot of ground.In this episode, we cover: [02:00]: Adam's background and family history in the scrap metal business[03:28]: The existing circular economy as a theme in Adam's work[05:33]: The role of recycling in China's rise in the industrial economy[08:51]: The U.S. investment in recycling EV batteries[10:25]: Adam's thoughts on "green protectionism"  [11:15]: The global market for used consumer goods[13:26]: The role of secondhand clothing in developing countries and the impact of South and East Asian apparel manufacturers[19:22]: The pros and cons of big U.S. brands engaging in recommerce [21:02]: The true environmental value of extending product lifespan[25:10]: Challenges of mining and recycling rare earth minerals[27:44]: An overview of plastics recycling, the role of consumer demand, and limitations of recycling technology[34:25]: Adam's shift into the water and agriculture topic space[36:09]: His recent pieces on water scarcity due to groundwater depletion[42:07]: The complexities of water rights and regulation in the U.S.[45:57] Adam's thoughts on why the 2023 Farm Bill should support climate-positive farming practices[47:45]: How crop insurance policies can sometimes exacerbate food crises[51:36]: Adam's thoughts on China and the climate crisisGet connected: Adam Minter Twitter / LinkedInCody Simms Twitter / LinkedInMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on May 11, 2023 (Published on Jul 17, 2023)

If you wrote a list of all the things you own in your house, how long would it be? We surround ourselves with possessions, but at what point do they start to possess us? Original Air Date: September 05, 2020 Interviews In This Hour: The Magnum Opus Of Pointless Stuff — 'A $400K Container For A Washing Machine': An Author Grapples With The Inherent Ickiness Of Homeownership — The Global Garage Sale — Why Stuff Doesn't Last Anymore — A Museum Of The Mundane Guests: Angelo Bautista, Eula Biss, Adam Minter, Giles Slade, Clare Dolan Never want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast. Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

This week, we dig into President Biden's nomination of Adriana Kugler for the Fed's Board of Governors. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Allison Schrager says the president's made a mistake. Opinion's Jonathan Bernstein also joins, critiquing Vivek Ramaswamy's plan to raise the voting age. We also discuss life as a middle manager in corporate America with Sarah Green Carmichael, and discuss why plastic might, sometimes, be better than paper with Adam Minter.  Amy Morris hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Chris Bryant says we're all being too passive on inflation. What action can consumers take? He joins to explain. Opinion's Adam Minter also joins, discussing how protectionism negatively impacts farmers. Frank Wilkinson and Conor Sen also talk about their recent columns, "Tennessee Gun Politics Are Warped by Racism" and "Major League Baseball's Revolution Has Just Begun." Amy Morris hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering who should be happier: The Hockey Ambassador or the Wolves Super Fan? Adam Minter of Bloomberg joins to discuss the Southwest Lightrail debacle and the TikTok controversy.

Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering who should be happier: The Hockey Ambassador or the Wolves Super Fan? Adam Minter of Bloomberg joins to discuss the Southwest Lightrail debacle and the TikTok controversy.

Spring is here, aka the season of deep-cleaning and decluttering. But there's no need to sweep the planet under the rug in the process. Though this time of year finds many Americans sorting through their belongings, the practice can result in undue waste when undertaken mindlessly. That's exactly why we're getting tips and tricks from journalist and recycling expert Adam Minter, who's nothing short of a sustainable spring cleaning pro. For a full guide, visit https://brightly.eco/blog/sustainable-spring-cleaning-guide.

Have you ever been so tired behind the wheel that you needed to pull over to rest? Well, that's one of the problems autonomous or self-driving vehicles promise to eliminate. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with author and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Minter about the world of autonomous vehicles. We examine the … Continue reading Adam Minter: The Promise of Autonomous Vehicles for Rural America → This article and podcast Adam Minter: The Promise of Autonomous Vehicles for Rural America appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

Adam Minter from Bloomberg joins Dan to discuss NASA taking care of an asteroid yesterday!

Adam Minter from Bloomberg joins Dan to discuss NASA taking care of an asteroid yesterday!

In Episode 50 I report back from my recent visit to the Future Fabrics Expo in London. I got to discover what fabrics, fibres, textiles and haberdashery with more sustainable credentials are already on the market. Plus I learnt about some exciting new products and technologies currently in development that offer creative solutions to some of fashion's biggest issues. I share all this plus my predictions and hopes for garment making fabric going forwards… Support the podcast over on Patreon! Find out more about the Future Fabrics Expo HERE. The event is organised by The Sustainable Angle HERE. Bananatex make fibres from the Abaca banana plant leaves HERE. See some unprocessed banana plant fibres below: Piñatex is a company doing something similar with pineapple plants HERE. See the manufacturing cycle for these leather-alternative textiles below: Image source: Piñatex Orange Fiber is an Italian company working with Tencel producers Lyocell to make fabrics by combining citrus by-products and wood pulp HERE. The fibre and fabric innovations display: Ecovative are producing leather alternatives using mycelium HERE. See the resultant product below: Image source: Ecovative Fulgar chemically recycle used tyres and other waste products to create fibres similar to those created from virgin fossil fuels HERE. Dr Jess Redgrave explores the potential use of sunflowers in fashion. I couldn't find an active link to their work. See examples of fabrics dyed using pigments derived from various parts of the plant below: Learn more about the ‘Living Ink' created from the by-products of algae HERE. Listen to Clare Press's podcast The Wardrobe Crisis HERE. Three of my favourite episodes include: Ep.150: Liz Ricketts - Waste Colonialism and Dead White Man's Clothes. Ep.131: Aditi Mayer interviews Alok Vaid-Menon - Degendering Fashion. Ep.104: Adam Minter on Recycling, Reuse and the Second Hand Economy.

Investopedia's Caleb Silver on 2022's plunge across stocks, bonds and crypto. Is this (and spiking inflation) the reckoning for decades of easy money? Can the Fed save the economy without having to crash it? Plus: with commodity prices surging, we revisit my 2019 interview with global trash and recyclables guru Adam Minter.

Being a prepared person takes more than a gun and some canned food. During this episode we consider the importance of community preparedness. Professor Paul will offer some thoughts and suggestions to approach this topic. Brownells has announced their Mag Dump for Washington State. When you purchase a Brownells aluminum AR magazine, you will get a quality product and Brownells will donate money to the legal battle to overturn the latest Democrat gun control scheme. During our Duracoat Finished Firearm segment, Paul will give some tips to assist the first time user. Also, we have some surprising news to share during our SOTG Homeroom from CrossBreed Holsters. Another member has joined the coalition of Constitutional Carry states. Thanks for being a part of SOTG! We hope you find value in the message we share. If you've got any questions, here are some options to contact us: Send an Email Send a Text Call Us Enjoy the show! And remember…You're a Beginner Once, a Student For Life! TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE [0:03:47] DuraCoat Finished Firearms - DuraCoat University TOPIC: Best Results for the First-Time User studentofthegun.com/sexycancontest/ Huge thanks to our Partners:SDS Imports | Brownells | CrossBreed | Duracoat | Hi-Point Firearms [0:23:00] Brownells Bullet Points - Brownells.com TOPIC: Mag Dump for Washington State www.brownells.com [0:34:43] SOTG Homeroom - CrossbreedHolsters.com TOPIC: Ohio becomes Constitutional Carry State www.wcpo.com Trust the Justice System or Trust Yourself? www.dailywire.com [1:03:04] Community Preparedness a hard look at reality How do you get people who are used to thinking as individuals to work as a team? Is communal living a good solution? A Pipe Hitters Guide to the Citizens Irregular Defense Corps - https://amzn.to/3taWMi3 [1:08:00] Corn and Soybean Farmer to Americans: Your Grocery Bill Is Going to Go Up $1,000 a Month thefederalistpapers.org [1:17:00] China Accused of ‘Hoarding' Grain www.foodprocessing.com FEATURING: WCPO.com, DailyWire.com, The Federalist Papers, FoodProcessing.com, Madison Rising, Jarrad Markel, Paul Markel, SOTG University PARTNERS: SDS Imports, Brownells Inc, CrossBreed Holsters, DuraCoat Firearm Finishes, Hi-Point Firearms FIND US ON: Full30, Parler, MeWe.com, Gettr, Juxxi, iTunes, Stitcher, AppleTV, Roku, Amazon, GooglePlay, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, tumblr SOURCES From www.wcpo.com/news: Ohio's concealed carry requirements will be eliminated after Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 215, or the Constitutional Carry Bill, into law Monday. The bill makes concealed handgun licenses optional, meaning the only reason a person 21 or older could not carry a concealed weapon in Ohio would be if state or federal law prohibits them from having a weapon. Ohioans were previously required to pass a background check and show proof of eight hours of training before obtaining their license. Under the new law, people with concealed weapons will not be required to 'promptly' inform officers they are carrying a concealed weapon during a stop. (Click Here for Full Article)   From thefederalistpapers.org: A farmer joined Tucker Carlson's Fox News show to warn that Joe Biden's failed economic policies and the war in Ukraine are going to cause the costs of food to skyrocket in the coming months. If you think the high cost of gasoline is a problem now, wait until summer when your grocery bill soars. During his March 2 broadcast, Carlson informed his audience that Russia is a leading producer of the fertilizers and additives that American farmers use to help grow the crops that subsequently supply our grocery store shelves with food. (Click Here for Full Article)   From www.foodprocessing.com: China is keeping mass quantities of grain in storage, to the point where it's affecting global food prices, according to a columnist for Bloomberg. Adam Minter, author of “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade,” cites USDA statistics pointing to what he calls China's “hoarding” of key commodities. By mid-2022, China will hold 69% of the world's corn reserves, 60% of its rice and 51% of its wheat, according to USDA predictions. (Click Here for Full Article)

I talk with Julia Williamson of Unburdened Life about the book Secondhand by Adam Minter. Julia is here to help you discard the crap you hate and this book talks about how that works. We have a great time talking about the very personal mysteries of letting things go and the global realities of where those things go when that happens. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support

Links1. "Cookie Monster's Supply Chain Crisis and WTO Update," Trade Guys Podcast, CSIS, October 21, 2021.2. "No Escape from LA: Lingering Supply Chain Insecurity at Los Angeles Ports," by William Alan Reinsch and Aiden Arasasingham, CSIS, November 4, 2021.3. "CIMSEC Holiday Reading List 2021," by the CIMSEC Podcast Team, CIMSEC, December 17, 2021.4. "Beyond Defense: America's Past & Future Interests at Sea," by Jimmy Drennan, CIMSEC, October 25, 2021.5. "Protecting the Maritime Shipping Industry from Cybercrime," by Nicholas Glavin, CIMSEC, December 20, 2017.6. "Shipping as a Repository of Strategic Vulnerability," by Michael Haas, CIMSEC, August 16, 2013.7. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 2021.8. "The Next Shipping Crisis: A Maritime Labor Shortage," by Adam Minter, Bloomberg, November 6, 2021.9. "White House Port Envoy Joins Port of Los Angeles Executive Director to Discuss Supply Chain Solutions," Port of Los Angeles, October 14, 2021.10. "U.S. Mariner Mental Health & Wellbeing During COVID 19 and Beyond, by Dr. Marissa G. Baker, PhD, University of Washington School of Public Health, November 2021.

Have you ever wondered what happens to your recyclables once they're picked up from the curb? What happens to those mattresses or old TVs we throw away? Or where all those clothes you put in a donation bin end up? Adam Minter knows the answer. Adam is a journalist and author who has been covering the global recycling trade for almost 20 years. In this episode, Laura chats with Adam about where our recyclables and other discarded items go, why throwaway culture exists, and how we can reduce waste by buying less and buying better. For show notes, go to https://brightly.eco/throwaway-culture.

Highlights from Circularity 21 with Lisa Jackson, Adam Minter and more. Plus, why PARC is working on the air-conditioning challenge.

Comedian Paul Ollinger started Crazy Money to explore the connection between money, happiness, work, and meaning through the lens of his guests' expertise and/or money journeys. Preveious interviewees include prominent authors, academics, CEOs, celebrities, and winners of the Nobel Prize, Heisman Trophy, PGA Championship, and Olympic Gold medals, including: Academics: Princeton's Sir Angus Deaton (Nobel laureate) and Peter Singer (“the world’s most influential living philosopher”), Yale’s Laurie Santos, Brookings' Richard Reeves, Jonathan Rauch, and Carol Graham, Oxford’s Will MacAskill, UC Berkeley’s Barry Schwartz on The Paradox of Choice, Yale Law School’s Daniel Markovits. Journalists: Ron Lieber (NYT), Paul Sullivan (NYT), Paul Tough (NYT), Adam Minter, Oliver Burkeman (The Guardian). Best-selling authors: Ryan Holiday, Bill Browder, Lori Gottlieb, Michael Arceneaux, Christopher Ryan, AJ Jacobs, James Altucher, Jesse Itzler, Lisa Birnbach. Broadcasters: Guy Raz, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Adam Carolla, Bobbi Rebell. Others of interest: LL COOL J, Lord John Browne (CEO of BP, 1995-2007), Danny Wuerffel (Heisman Trophy winner now working with the urban poor), Apolo Ohno (8-time Olympic medalist), Rich Beem (PGA championship winner); comedians Rory Scovel and Kyle Kinane. Everyday folks: My dad (discussing raising six kids on a modest salary), My wife (talking about how we talk about money), AJ Jain (on losing everything and starting over), Julie Saxon on maintaining a career and sanity during her husband’s 6-year battle with cancer.

Paul Ollinger started Crazy Money to explore the connection between money, happiness, work and meaning through the lens of his guests' expertise and/or money journeys. Previous guests include prominent authors, academics, CEO's, celebrities, and winners of the Nobel Prize, Heisman Trophy, PGA Championship and Olympic Gold medals, including: Academics: Princeton's Sir Angus Deaton (Nobel laureate) and Peter Singer (“the world’s most influential living philosopher”), Yale’s Laurie Santos, Brookings' Richard Reeves, Jonathan Rauch, and Carol Graham, and Oxford’s Will MacAskill on Effective Altruism, UC Berkeley’s Barry Schwartz on The Paradox of Choice. Journalists: Ron Lieber (NYT), Paul Sullivan (NYT), Paul Tough (NYT), Adam Minter, Oliver Burkeman (The Guardian). Best-selling authors: Ryan Holiday, Lisa Birnbach, Bill Browder, Lori Gottlieb, Michael Arceneaux, AJ Jacobs, Kathy Wang Broadcasters: Guy Raz, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Adam Carolla, Bobbi Rebell. Others of interest: Lord John Browne (former CEO of BP), Danny Wuerffel (Heisman Trophy winner now working with the urban poor), 8-time Olympic medalist, Apolo Ohno, PGA champion, Rich Beem on “life after the spotlight fades"; comedians Rory Scovel and Kyle Kinane. Everyday folks: Paul's dad (discussing raising six kids on a modest salary), Paul's wife (talking about how they talk about money), AJ Jain (on losing everything and starting over), Julie Saxon on maintaining her career and sanity during her late husband’s 6-year battle with cancer.  

Welcome to the 2020 Spark Joy highlights show! Make sure you listen all the way through because we share an important announcement towards the end. This year was a wild one and really unlike no other, so we look forward to highlighting some positive moments of joy for the show and announce and celebrate our giveaway winners. Our show wouldn’t be possible without each and every one of you…. our listeners...many whom have been with us from day one. YOU spark the most joy! We are so grateful for your thought-provoking questions, inspiring stories of tidying highs and lows, and your dedicated listenership over the past 3 1/2 years. Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidying-lesson/tidy-a-z-what-to-expect-from-a-konmari-virtual-tidy/) Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) But first, a Joy Check! What Sparked Joy this year for Karin: As hard as this year was, I have been inspired by the perseverance and determination of people everywhere. That has helped me to keep going and has helped me see what I gained and learned this year. Hopefulness! What Sparked Joy this year for Kristyn: Leaning on the Spark Joy and For the Love of Tidy communites as we collectively got stuff done (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidy-tips/i-reached-the-end-of-my-to-do-list/) during a trying season. Joyful Show Highlights 2020 Spark Joy Ep 131 | Getting Things Done with David Allen (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/ep-131-getting-things-done-with-david-allen) Spark Joy Ep 144 | Essentialism with Greg McKeown (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/episode-144-essentialism-greg-mckeown) Spark Joy Ep 127 | Taking a Look at Why It's All Too Much with Peter Walsh (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/ep-127-taking-a-look-at-why-its-all-too-much-with-peter-walsh) Spark Joy Episode 132 | Where Does all the Stuff Go with Secondhand Author Adam Minter (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/episode-132-where-does-all-the-stuff-go-secondhand-author-adam-minter) The 3rd Annual Spark Joy Giveaway! Each of our three winners will receive a special KonMari Prize Bundle that includes: • A signed copy of Marie Kondo’s tidying sequel, Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Joy-Illustrated-Organizing-Changing-ebook/dp/B00Y6QG5D0) • A fifty-dollar gift card to the KonMari Shop on konmari.com • On behalf of For the Love of Tidy, a 2-hour Virtual Tidying Lesson (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidying-lesson/tidy-a-z-what-to-expect-from-a-konmari-virtual-tidy/) And here are our winners! Vapeters A Yooper Learning to Let Go! Spark Joy is the only podcast I listen to weekly - others that I have found around simple living or minimalism either is too much of just a general conversation that I get bored, has too many ads or clearly their agendas are to sell and pitch their guests books etc. I love that Kristyn and Karin have guests that have skills and professions that cover a range of topics and I appreciate their style of asking them specific questions about what they do. I live in the Midwest and would love to hear more from people who live in areas with extreme weather and how they deal with their tools, winter equipment and wardrobe etc. Keep up the good work and inspiration! KerieSue New Listener & Ready to Let Go! "I only discovered this podcast recently. I reluctantly subscribed thinking, “Oh, goodie. ANOTHER decluttering podcast.” *eye roll After the first 5 minutes, I realized, it was SO MUCH MORE than that. The advice offered here by the hosts, combined with the interviews is absolutely priceless! I am hooked and fully intend to “binge-listen” each and every episode as I begin my KonMari journey." Kimmykannonz So informative! Despite having read Marie Kondo's books and watched the Netflix show, I wanted more KonMari content as I completed my Tidying Festival. Kristyn and Karin are so kind, and I love their variety of guests. I have learned a lot from the episodes, and have been able to carry the lessons into my own life. Congratulations to our winners! The Spark Joy Podcast is saying goodbye! After three years, 161 episodes, over 95 hours of KonMari themed tips and over 2.5 million downloads, we’ve decided to end this run of the Spark Joy podcast. Your dedication to our mission has been absolutely incredible. While new episodes are paused, our mission continues. Here are some ways you can continue to listen while you tidy and access our show and community: • All 161 episodes will remain live and available to you during your tidying event. You can revisit your favorites or start from Episode 0 (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/episode-0-who-are-we-and-what-is-konmari) to binge-listen all of our episodes. • The Spark Joy Club will remain active and live! You can request to join by heading over to sparkjoypodcast.com and clicking Join the Club (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) to gain exclusive access to the community, The Tidy Home Joy Journal (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/joy-journal/), monthly live videos, accountability, advice from organizing experts, and inspiration from hundreds of active tidying companions. • If we have updates about the show in the future we’ll announce them via Spark Joy's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sparkjoypodcast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sparkjoy_podcast/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/SparkJoyPodcast), so make sure to follow us on your favorite platform. You can also join our mailing list (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/about) or reach out to us driectly at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com Karin and I will continue to serve clients in-person and virtually through The Serene Home (https://theserenehome.com) and For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com), respectively. Make sure to connect with us via our individual social media accounts, subscribe to our mailing lists, or reach out to us directly so we can continue to address your burning tidying questions. You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home (https://www.theserenehome.com/) You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/)

Do you tend to keep things that you don’t need now, “just in case” they might be useful one day? In this chat, Tristan ponders about the accumulation of 'stuff’. We take a deep dive on his emotions, childhood upbringing and the memories that keeps flooding back every time he wants to let go of the physical emotional baggage. Check out Tristan’s website at www.tristanjmiller.com, or follow him on Twitter @TristanJMiller1 or on Instagram at @tristanjmiller. Tristan recommends ‘Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale’ by Adam Minter. Thank you for tuning in. We would love for you to message your thoughts and questions to @dooverthinkit on Instagram or email dooverthinkit@gmail.com.

Wendy Woloson looks through the junk drawers around the country to figure out why we love cheap stuff. Adam Minter examines the global market for used goods.

When we donate clothing and other goods to a charity, do we really know where they go? Turns out, our decluttering fuels a global, billion-dollar, second-hand trade system. Adam Minter joins host Krys Boyd to talk about people who find treasure in our trash — and why, with all our stuff, we continue to buy new things. His new book is called “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” 

We recycle. But does it make a difference? We donate our old t-shirts. But does anyone want them? We try to shop less. But isn't that bad for the economy? On this episode, author Adam Minter explains the connections between our personal habits and a massive global network of recycling and secondhand markets...and he helps us consider: what would it take to build an economy that didn't depend on manufacturing yet more STUFF? Plus, Adam's own zig-zagging story: from growing up in a junkyard to carving out a career as an expert on the global recycling and reuse economies. This is the fifth episode of Season 5 which explains six systemic problems and profiles six amazing people working to fix them. Tell Manoush what’s going on with your career or company during these strange times @ZigZagPod on Twitter and Instagram or send a voice memo to ZigZag@StableG.com. You can also just say hi @ManoushZ

We recycle. But does it make a difference? We donate our old t-shirts. But does anyone want them? We try to shop less. But isn't that bad for the economy? On this episode, author Adam Minter explains the connections between our personal habits and a massive global network of recycling and secondhand markets...and he helps us consider: what would it take to build an economy that didn't depend on manufacturing yet more STUFF? Plus, Adam's own zig-zagging story: from growing up in a junkyard to carving out a career as an expert on the global recycling and reuse economies. This is the fifth episode of Season 5 which explains six systemic problems and profiles six amazing people working to fix them. Tell Manoush what’s going on with your career or company during these strange times @ZigZagPod on Twitter and Instagram or send a voice memo to ZigZag@StableG.com. You can also just say hi @ManoushZ

Dan Barreiro opens the show talking Twins and Kenta Maeda. Kenny Smith from TNT joins to talk NBA Playoffs, Adam Minter of Bloomberg joins to talk election judges and poll workers (and Spam?), Pat Kessler makes his weekly appearance.

Dan Barreiro opens the show talking Twins and Kenta Maeda's dominant performance. Kenny Smith of TNT joins to talk NBA Playoffs. Adam Minter joins to talk about the lack of election judges volunteering in this Covid winter. Pat Kessler makes his weekly...

On this week's Tech Nation, the global supply chain of … recycled goods. Adam Minter talks about “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” Then in biotech, former University of Southern California professor Bob Ladner CEO of CV6 Therapeutics, moved his cancer research group from the beaches of Santa Monica to Belfast, Northern Ireland. CV6 is looking to make a chemotherapy used by millions of cancer patients each year better.

On this week’s Tech Nation, the global supply chain of … recycled goods. Adam Minter talks about “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” Then in biotech, former University of Southern California professor Bob Ladner CEO of CV6 Therapeutics, moved his cancer research group from the beaches of Santa Monica to Belfast, Northern Ireland. CV6 is looking to make a chemotherapy used by millions of cancer patients each year better.

Have you ever wondered what happens to your clothes after you drop them off at Goodwill? Or where your electronics go once you’ve left them at the recycling center? Yes, some of our excess is exported to emerging markets around the world and either resold or harvested for parts. Is that cool? And what can we do to shop in a way that reduces our environmental impact? Adam Minter is a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and the author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade and Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. Today, Adam joins Ross to explain how being born into a family of junk dealers informed his career as a journalist. He introduces us to what happens when we donate clothing to Goodwill, describing how items are sorted and resold or exported to other markets around the world. Adam weighs in on why it’s not unethical to send our e-waste to West Africa or resell used car seats in Mexico, challenging us to worry more about the quality of the products we buy and less about where they’re exported when we’re done with them. Listen in for Adam’s insight around the value of mass market collectibles and learn how to shift your consumer thinking from immediate cost to total cost of ownership. Resources Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori Nori on Patreon Nori Newsletter Adam at Bloomberg Opinion Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter Scrap Magazine Speed Queen Unbundled Airlines on Planet Money EP517 Kelley Blue Book Patagonia Worn Wear Frugalwoods Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living by Elizabeth Willard Thames The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

Author of Secondhand and Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter, joins Adam to talk about the hidden world of globalized recycling, where our trash actually goes, and the trash, recycling and secondhand economy.

Protests have rocked the US over the past few days, sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last week. As a result, at least 12 major cities including New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles, have imposed curfews, with President Donald Trump also threatening to deploy the military if state and city officials failed to control the violence. So for a view on what is happening on the ground, we speak to Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Minter, who is currently located in Minneapolis, where the protests first began.

I'm a little hurt @BTNGlenMason how much being on the show means to him and that made turning the Georgia job down a little easier in hindsight...#AreYouNuts

Protests have rocked the US over the past few days, sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last week. As a result, at least 12 major cities including New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles, have imposed curfews, with President Donald Trump also threatening to deploy the military if state and city officials failed to control the violence. So for a view on what is happening on the ground, we speak to Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Minter, who is currently located in Minneapolis, where the protests first began.

Downsizing. Decluttering. Discarding. After you’ve decided what sparks joy and donated the things that don’t serve you - what happens to all the stuff after it’s been KonMari’d? Guest Adam Minter is a columnist and author based in Malaysia. For nearly two decades, his journalism has focused on waste, recycling, stuff - and the hidden global world that it inhabits. His first book, 'Junkyard Planet,' was a best-selling dive into the recycling bin. His new book, 'Secondhand' is a global journey into what happens to our stuff after we no longer want it. We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast. Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy (https://10to8.com/book/fortheloveoftidy/189638) Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) In this episode, you’ll enjoy: The personal experience that sparked Adam's interest in figuring out what happens to the things when they go through the donation door that spanned 12 countries The number of items that on average thrift store sells off the shelves The items that are highest and lowest demand and most exported for second use Why used clothing traders prefer Canadian clothing What to do with antiquated media formats and electronics How Goodwill employees sort and price items based on the quality of the goods What happens to undergarments and socks Three unexpected items that Goodwill turns away The storage locker industry and the true cost of rentals The impact of Adam's research on his family Adam's favorite productivity tip: "Buy better. Buy more durable." What sparks joy for Adam: "My son." Gems: "If you're a thrift store the last thing you want to do is toss something into a landfill or an incinerator" "Some of us are spending more money to store our stuff than to store ourselves." "There is more storage locker space in the U.S. alone than the square footage of Palm Springs, California. " "Buy better. Buy more durable." You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home (https://www.theserenehome.com/) You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/) Special Guest: Adam Minter.

Adam Minter is a columnist for Bloomberg and has been covering the waste and recycling industries for nearly two decades. He’s the author of the new book "Secondhand: Travels In The New Global Garage Sale." Publisher’s Weekly called it “a fascinating, eye-opening look at a dynamic, largely unseen world that only starts when one drops off something at a thrift store.“ Adam is active on Facebook and Twitter, just search his name to find out more. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

Ever wonder what happens to church rummage sale leftovers after they get dropped off at a local donation center? If so, you're not alone. Dozens of women recently participated in a stimulating online exchange around the second Lutheran Ladies' Book Club pick: Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, and in this book club recap episode of the podcast, Sarah, Erin, Bri, and Rachel take their own turn at discussing and digesting some of the many compelling facts and insights found in Adam Minter's book. Why is “stuff” so key to our sense of identity? Why do we want so badly for other people to value our castoffs? How might our buying and purging choices today potentially either bless or burden someone half a world away from us? And how can taking an honest look at our relationship with our belongings (and with consumer goods in general) help us better learn to trust in God for everything? At the end of the episode, they announce the next Lutheran Ladies' Book Club's pick: Katherine Patterson's young-adult novel Jacob Have I Loved. Connect with the Lutheran ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and follow Sarah (@mrsbaseballpants), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erin.alter), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram.

A fascinating account of the industry of reuse, running the gamut from local thrift stores to Japanese vintage shops to used-goods enterprises in Ghana. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Jonathan Smith talk about the mystery of what happens to our unwanted, discarded, and donated stuff. Daniel Henning is a capable narrator who is easy on the ear, and he always sounds both interested and educational. It’s a lively production that will stick with listeners, inviting them to consider—or reconsider—their choices as consumers. Published by Dreamscape. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Jolina Petersheim’s How the Light Gets In — a 2020 Audie Awards winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Preston is an extreme tree climber and describes discoveries in the canopy. Adam Minter claims that the changing face of the secondhand market reflects shifting values. Sarah Miller tells the story of the world's first surviving quintuplets. Jane Lancaster of Brown University tells us the real story of "Cheaper by the Dozen."

Adam Minter is a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion where he writes about China, technology, and the environment. He is the author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, a critically-acclaimed, bestselling account of the hidden world of globalized recycling, and the forthcoming Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.   Adam has covered the global recycling industry for almost two decades. He has been cited, quoted, and interviewed on recycling and waste by The New York Times, Vice, NPR, BBC, The Huffington Post, and CBC. He regularly speaks to groups about the global waste and recycling trade including colleges, universities, and trade groups. We spoke via web conferencing with me in Atlanta and him in Malaysia.    Share your feedback with Paul via http://PaulOllinger.com or Paul@CrazyMoneyPodcast.com

  One man's junk is another mean's treasure.  How that item gets from the person who doesn't want it anymore to the person who needs it is a global phenomenon.  No one can tell the tale and explain this multi-billion dollar business better than Adam Minter, author of ‘Secondhand' and his previous book, ‘Junkyard Planet'.  … Continue reading EP 320 Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

Michelle Martin speaks to Adam Minter, Author of 'Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale’ about his book.

“Nothing lasts forever; the Mona Lisa won’t last forever.” Adam Minter is the author of Junkyard Planet and the just-published Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. It’s a great book that offers hopeful answers and hard truths. It’s a history of the stuff we’ve used and a contemplation of why we keep buying more. Secondhand shows us that it doesn't have to be this way, and what really needs to change to build a sustainable future free of excess stuff. He lives in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

The secondhand industry has spawned its own sub-culture, economy and entrepreneurs. Dive with us into the world of garage sales, flea markets and thrift stores with author Adam Minter who has spent a lot of his free time poking around secondhand stores and backyards. It's fascinating, compelling and heart-wrenching at times.

All the way from Kula Lumpur, 9,275 miles from our podcast studio in Detroit, Adam Minter, best-selling author and journalist joins the show via Skype to answer a myriad of questions regarding the secondhand fashion industry including “Who will be the last to kill your hoodie?” In Secondhand, Minter traces the lifespan and travels of various secondhand items donated to US charities and thrift stores, with a particular interest in clothing, only to find they have very specific geographic destinations based on quality, condition, durability, and demographics. For those in the fashion industry beating the sustainability drum, the book is a wakeup call and demonstrates the challenging work and complexity of issues that face the industry. For example, Minter applauds the industry for advances in reuse and rentables through the growth of such businesses as The RealReal and Poshmark, but justifiably derides the industry for its lack of transparency regarding detailed fabric content and chemical toxins. Secondhand is extremely well written, and for a non-fiction book, it reads like an intriguing “who done it” novel. Ultimately, Minter is optimistic about the fashion industry and is betting on technology, especially blockchain, to boost sustainability. Christine and Michael were impressed with Adam Minter for his journalistic integrity, his deep knowledge of the secondhand fashion industry, and his overall talent as a writer. Please enjoy the podcast. You can find the book here.

Literature, history, fashion, community, trigger-happy grandmothers … This episode has it all. Wrapping up discussion of the first Lutheran Ladies' Book Club pick, A Year Down Yonder, Rachel leads Sarah, Erin, and Bri through a lively discussion of key themes in Richard Peck's Newbery Award-winning young adult novel. Drawing upon listener insights shared through book club conversations in the show's Facebook group, the ladies consider what makes the Depression such a fascinating era in American history, how fashion can be used more intentionally, and which relationship is ultimately stronger: friend, or neighbor? At the end of the episode, Sarah, Erin, and Bri help Rachel choose and announce the Lutheran Ladies' Book Club's next pick: Adam Minter's Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. Connect with the Lutheran ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and follow Sarah (@mrsbaseballpants), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erin.alter), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram.

All the way from Kula Lumpur, 9,275 miles from our podcast studio in Detroit, Adam Minter, best-selling author and journalist joins the show via Skype to answer a myriad of questions regarding the secondhand fashion industry including “Who will be the last to kill your hoodie?” In Secondhand, Minter traces the lifespan and travels of various secondhand items donated to US charities and thrift stores, with a particular interest in clothing, only to find they have very specific geographic destinations based on quality, condition, durability, and demographics. For those in the fashion industry beating the sustainability drum, the book is a wakeup call and demonstrates the challenging work and complexity of issues that face the industry. For example, Minter applauds the industry for advances in reuse and rentables through the growth of such businesses as The RealReal and Poshmark, but justifiably derides the industry for its lack of transparency regarding detailed fabric content and chemical toxins. Secondhand is extremely well written, and for a non-fiction book, it reads like an intriguing “who done it” novel. Ultimately, Minter is optimistic about the fashion industry and is betting on technology, especially blockchain, to boost sustainability. Christine and Michael were impressed with Adam Minter for his journalistic integrity, his deep knowledge of the secondhand fashion industry, and his overall talent as a writer. Please enjoy the podcast. You can find the book here.

Journalist and author Adam Minter talks about his book Secondhand with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Minter explores the strange and fascinating world of secondhand stuff--the downsizing that the elderly do when they move to smaller quarters, the unseen side of Goodwill Industries, and the global market for rags.

According to journalist Adam Minter, we're experiencing a global "crisis of stuff." Americans discard more than 100 billion pounds of unwanted items annually, from electronics to textiles to furniture. Meanwhile, demand for our castoffs is shrinking: Twenty years ago, China was a major importer of used clothing.  Now it's a major exporter. We'll talk to Minter about what he calls "the rising tide of unwanted secondhand" and what we can do to stem it. His new book is "Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale."

In his previous book, Junkyard Planet, journalist Adam Minter went around the world to see what happened to American recyclables such as cardboard, shredded cars, and Christmas lights around the world as they became new things. In his new book, Secondhand, Minter looks at what happens to all the things that get resold and reused, objects that end up in Arizona thrift stores, Malaysian flea markets, Tokyo vintage shops, and Ghanaian used-electronics shops. Who’s buying the tons of goods that get downsized, decluttered, or discarded every year? Does the fact that we can just pass something off to a thrift shop justify our buying more things? What about the sheer scale of it all? Minter joins us in the studio to talk about how we filled the world with all this stuff, and what really needs to change for us to get out from under it—no matter where we live.This is our last episode of 2019. We’ll be back at the end of January, refreshed and ready to introduce you to some of the most interesting voices writing today. See you in 2020! ’Til then, take care, and stay sharp.Go beyond the episode:Adam Minter’s Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage SaleWant to learn more about the impacts of fast fashion on consumption and waste? Listen to our episode “Fashion Kills” with Dana ThomasFor our Autumn 2019 issue, Rob G. Green visited Kumasi, Ghana, to write about another problem created by the secondhand market—toxic scrap-tire firesWhere does the money that Goodwill makes from selling donations actually go?Learn more about the staggering scale of Anglo-American consumption in Susan Strasser’s Waste and Want: A Social History of TrashAbandon your idols: Mari Kondo has begun selling you junk to replace the junk you just KonMari’dRead more about why local textile industries are dying in Ghana and African countries more broadly Might recycling pose a similar “moral hazard” to wearing seat belts? Some consumer psychologists suspect that the option to recycle might actually increase resource consumptionLearn more about the Right to Repair movementTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe:

In his previous book, Junkyard Planet, journalist Adam Minter went around the world to see what happened to American recyclables such as cardboard, shredded cars, and Christmas lights around the world as they became new things. In his new book, Secondhand, Minter looks at what happens to all the things that get resold and reused, objects that end up in Arizona thrift stores, Malaysian flea markets, Tokyo vintage shops, and Ghanaian used-electronics shops. Who’s buying the tons of goods that get downsized, decluttered, or discarded every year? Does the fact that we can just pass something off to a thrift shop justify our buying more things? What about the sheer scale of it all? Minter joins us in the studio to talk about how we filled the world with all this stuff, and what really needs to change for us to get out from under it—no matter where we live.This is our last episode of 2019. We’ll be back at the end of January, refreshed and ready to introduce you to some of the most interesting voices writing today. See you in 2020! ’Til then, take care, and stay sharp.Go beyond the episode:Adam Minter’s Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage SaleWant to learn more about the impacts of fast fashion on consumption and waste? Listen to our episode “Fashion Kills” with Dana ThomasFor our Autumn 2019 issue, Rob G. Green visited Kumasi, Ghana, to write about another problem created by the secondhand market—toxic scrap-tire firesWhere does the money that Goodwill makes from selling donations actually go?Learn more about the staggering scale of Anglo-American consumption in Susan Strasser’s Waste and Want: A Social History of TrashAbandon your idols: Mari Kondo has begun selling you junk to replace the junk you just KonMari’dRead more about why local textile industries are dying in Ghana and African countries more broadly Might recycling pose a similar “moral hazard” to wearing seat belts? Some consumer psychologists suspect that the option to recycle might actually increase resource consumptionLearn more about the Right to Repair movementTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: 

This week we talk to Adam Minter, author of “Secondhand,” about the end-of-life supply chain for our cell phones, computers, and all the other stuff we keep in our houses. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we talk to Adam Minter, author of “Secondhand,” about the end-of-life supply chain for our cell phones, computers, and all the other stuff we keep in our houses. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pete and Noreen Czosnyka, who live on Chicago's northwest side, just accomplished something special--they beat the City of Chicago in a court case involving native plants in their yard. Pete and his lawyer Jeff Smith join us in studio. Then, Adam Minter, author of Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, talks to us about an unexpected but thriving economy of secondhand stuff.

On this week's Tech Nation, the global supply chain of … recycled goods. Adam Minter talks about “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” Then in biotech, former University of Southern California professor Bob Ladner CEO of CV6 Therapeutics, moved his cancer research group from the beaches of Santa Monica to Belfast, Northern Ireland. CV6 is looking to make a chemotherapy used by millions of cancer patients each year better.

Adam Minter is a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion where he writes about China, technology, and the environment. He is the author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, a critically acclaimed bestselling insider’s account of the hidden world of globalized recycling, and his book, Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. Adam has covered the global recycling industry for almost two decades. In 2002, he began a series of groundbreaking investigative pieces on China’s emerging recycling industries for Scrap and Recycling International. Since then, he has been cited, quoted, and interviewed on recycling and waste by a range of international media, including The New York Times, Vice, NPR, BBC, The Huffington Post, and CBC. He regularly speaks to groups about the global waste and recycling trade including colleges, universities, trade groups, TEDx, and an invited lecture to the Royal Geographic Society in London. Visit www.shanghaiscrap.com. Get the new Your Inner World – Guided Meditations by Sister Jenna. Visit www.americameditating.org. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.  

On this week’s Tech Nation, the global supply chain of … recycled goods. Adam Minter talks about “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” Then in biotech, former University of Southern California professor Bob Ladner CEO of CV6 Therapeutics, moved his cancer research group from the beaches of Santa Monica to Belfast, Northern Ireland. CV6 is looking to make a chemotherapy used by millions of cancer patients each year better.

Author Richard Preston is an extreme tree climber and describes discoveries in the canopy. Author and journalist Adam Minter claims that the changing face of the second-hand market reflects shifting values. Author Paul Kahan recounts the revolutionary vision behind the famous and infamous Eastern State Penitentiary. Tradd Cotter of Mushroom Mountain explains the surprising uses of fungi. Roger Clemens of USC explains "fortified" food.

According to journalist Adam Minter, we're experiencing a global "crisis of stuff." Americans discard more than 100 billion pounds of unwanted items annually, from electronics to textiles to furniture. Meanwhile, demand for our castoffs is shrinking: Twenty years ago, China was a major importer of used clothing.  Now it's a major exporter. We'll talk to Minter about what he calls "the rising tide of unwanted secondhand" and what we can do to stem it. His new book is "Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale."

Are you into vintage shopping or second-hand style? Join the club. Whether you're glued to Depop, buying high end designer vintage or a committed charity shop trawler, secondhand has lost its stigma in fashion circles.  Recommerce is growing. According to Thredup preloved fashion is on track to eclipse fast fashion within a decade, while 64% of women have either bought or are open to buying used clothes. But... that doesn't mean the world isn't drowning in unwanted stuff.  This podcast goes live on Black Friday. On this holiday and sales frenzy last year, Americans spent $6.2 billion on Black Friday, up 23.6% on the previous year. Much of this haul will end up on the bin. We're still discarding clothing and other unwanted items at a record rate. So what happens to all our stuff when we’re done with it? Meet the recycling obsessive who grew up on a junkyard and now works for Bloomberg. Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet, has a new book out. This one's called Secondhand - Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, and to write it he travelled all over the world talking to the people who deal in trash. In this fascinating interview, we discuss everything from how metals get recycled to the politics of exporting our trash. LOVE THE SHOW? Please share on social media and consider rating and reviewing in your favourite podcast app. Find Clare on Instagram and Twitter, and at clarepress.com  

This month we chat with author Adam Minter on his newest book "Secondhand: Travels In The New Global Garage Sale". It's a very eye-opening and human take on massive flows of stuff and resources that often go overlooked. The post Restart Podcast Ep. 47: Secondhand around the world with Adam Minter appeared first on The Restart Project.

Dan Barreiro opens the show talking about Mike Zimmer's future. Glen Mason makes his weekly appearance. Author Adam Minter joins in-studio to talk about his fascinating book about junk! Pat Kessler talks Impeachment.

Dan Barreiro opens the show talking about Mike Zimmer's future. Glen Mason makes his weekly appearance. Author Adam Minter joins in-studio to talk about his fascinating book about junk! Pat Kessler talks Impeachment.

S3 Ep19 ADAM MINTER: Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale - on the second-hand industry on a global scale. Listen and subscribe on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | or wherever you get your podcasts! Please rate & review the show so more vintage lovers find this community. Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly interview show about rad vintage style with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with. Find the show on Twitter at @PreLovedPod and follow @brumeanddaisy and  #PreLovedPod for updates on future episodes. This episode of Pre-Loved Podcast is sponsored by Depop. Depop is the community marketplace app where creatives come to buy, sell and discover the most unique items from around the world.  We all know and love the thrill of tracking down a hard-to-find vintage or owned piece, and with Depop it’s so easy to find incredible items that let you express yourself and your personality. Added bonus: Depop lets you look for those one-of-a-kind items without doing too much damage to your wallet or the environment. The possibilities for your style are limitless. Download the app for iOS and Android now to get started. The Pre-Loved Podcast Depop is @prelovedpod. Pre-Loved Podcast: Adam Minter This week’s guest is Adam Minter. Adam is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade” and the recently published --- and very fitting to Pre-Loved Podcast -- “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale." A bonus just for you -- we’re running a giveaway for a copy of Secondhand, there are details on how to enter in the outro and show notes.  In this episode, we talk about researching his newest book, the second-hand industry on a global scale, what goes on in the sorting rooms at your hometown Goodwill, and some of the innovations driven by the second-hand industry that are crucially important to deal with wastefulness worldwide. - let’s dive right in! All the Episode Links: Adam’s website @AdamMinter Adam’s books “How China Profits from Our Junk” in The Atlantic  Adam’s Junkyard Planet interview on NPR What is a circular economy? China will no longer import recycling ThredUP Resale Report   Mottainai   Book Off - Japan’s leading used book seller Patagonia Used Patagonia - Worn Wear Lumpur Flea Market iFixit GIVEAWAY: We’re are running a very special giveaway for Pre-Loved Podcast listeners. You have a chance to win a copy of Secondhand, so head on over to my instagram -- that’s @brumeanddaisy -- and enter to win by going to the post that pictures Adam’s book. I’ll pick a winner at random and announce Thursday, November 21st at 5pm CST.  * For more good stuff every week be sure you get our newsletter! It’s called The French Press and you can sign up here.  ** Check out the Pre-Loved Podcast Vintage & Second-Hand Shops Guide -- a global directory sourced from this amazing community! *** Want to get in touch? Email me at prelovedpod@gmail.com Pre-Loved Podcast is created by Emily Stochl of Brume & Daisy. Follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Brume & Daisy.   

Bloomberg writer Adam Minter takes readers through a series of stories from around the world, of people whose lives revolve around the thriving secondhand industry, in his new book Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade.  Adam lives with his wife and son  in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Find on Amazon

SUMMARY Coming from a long line of junk dealers, Adam Minter explores the “afterlife” of billions of tons of used goods in his second book, Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. Minter evaluates both the monetary and emotional value of things that we use then give away. Sobering and hopeful at the same time, his findings unveil why we feel both repelled and pulled toward used goods. His travels throughout the world lead him to vintage shops in Tokyo, used -goods enterprises in Ghana, and thrift stores in the American Southwest—all of which play a part in the multibillion-dollar reuse industry. KEY POINTS/STATISTICS Hoarders contribute to the unhealthy side of consumption, contributing to the surplus of environmental waste. “Cleanouts” can be very painful because the process breaks bonds with things, stripping a person of who he is and rendering him almost anonymous. Mini-storage units are proliferating rapidly to meet the ever-growing demand from Americans for space to store their stuff, with the rental cost per square foot often exceeding that of their homes. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 2015, Americans tossed out 24.1 billion pounds of furniture and furnishings—a flood yet to crest. “Shoddy” – word assigned to low-quality wool textile recycled from earlier wool Small secondhand shops are often the dominant form of commerce across rural towns in Southeast Asia. Africa is the largest market for secondhand clothes globally. Older consumers are less willing to buy fast-fashion clothing, but the online fashion reseller thredUP is finding millennials are the demographic most likely to discard a garment after one to five wearings. Thirty percent of clothing tossed out in the U.S. is turned into rags, which are especially useful to big industries such as oil and gas; hotels, bars, and restaurants; auto manufacturers; painters; and healthcare. Goodwill began in Boston as a retraining program for wayward youth. Asians have a high reverence for Japan’s reputation for excellent manufacturing and design. Pyrex has become highly collectible among younger Americans with some pieces selling for thousands of dollars.  QUOTES FROM MINTER “The world is filled with more things than at any time in history.” “Americans are prone to keep things longer, and sometimes value them more than they value themselves.” “The things that we buy tend to create [an] identity for us….We build up who we are by the things that we acquire.” “People value the things that they saw as children. We’re all kind of nostalgic in our hearts.” BUY Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale RECOMMENDATION BUY Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Website Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit 

Nick Raich of The Earnings Scout returned to the Market Call to discuss his unique brand of stock analysis which focuses on earnings forecasts -- rather than past results -- looking for the best changes in earnings estimates, and he noted that while his models are starting to like developed international markets over the U.S., he still likes defensive sectors like health care, consumer staples, real estate and utilities, while being concerned and nervous about industrials, communications services and energy stocks. Also on the show, Chuck answers a listener's question about tax-loss selling, author Adam Minter discusses his book 'Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale,' and Chris Gatz of CreditWise at Capital One discussed consumer stresses over debts and finances.

Trash and junk guru Adam Minter on what we throw away and how we do it says about the new global economic order. He is author of Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale (2019) and Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade (2013).

From scrapyard kid to acclaimed author, Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet and journalist at Bloomberg, has much to share. Listen as we talk about the many challenges of global recycling, waste trends, e-waste, his new book Secondhand, the packaging crisis in China, and much more. It's a jam-packed episode you won't want to miss! #NothingWastedPodcast

Eric is the Waste Reduction manger at The University of Kansas. He handles administrative duties for KU Recycling as well as  other issues on campus related to municipal solid waste such as collection scheduling, vendor relations, market conditions, and community partnerships/outreach. With almost 10 years in sustainable waste management, Eric focuses on a holistic approach to waste focusing on reduction, recycling, and fiscal responsibility. While at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park Kansas he oversaw the development and operation of the first in-vessel compost system at an educational institution in the state. Eric is certified as a Compost Site Manager from the University of Maine, a board member of the Kansas Organization of Recyclers and the YP Representative for the Sunflower Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America. Eric attended Johnson County Community College and The University of Kansas. Eric Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Leading waste reduction in large organizations Recycling is not the answer What is need to move towards a circular economy Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Eric's Final Five Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I would say keep a good attitude and keep a sense of humor. Sense of humor would be the most important thing. I think it's very easy to get bogged down when you do this work day after day and see the challenges that we're up against, but I think it's important to keep your eye on the prize so to speak, or you just not get bogged down by the work we do. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm really excited about the push to more of a circular economy and seeing how the manufacturers are going to come up with ways to maybe use some of the new commodities that we're trying to find homes for here in the United States. I think there's a big opportunity right now for innovation, so looking forward to seeing that in the next decade or so. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? I would say my favorite is Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter. It's almost outdated now with China in the last two years, but it kind of broke down where your aluminum can goes after it goes into the recycling bin and its journey across the sea and into a container ship. So it's a great background on waste management. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in the work that you do? I'm a big fan of the CURC webinar series, so that's College and University Recycling Coalition. About every month they do a new one when the school starts back up. I try to stay on those, to kind of see what colleagues are doing across the country. Lots of great ideas. Solid Waste Association of North America is kind of an industry trade group for waste management. They have a lot of of great resources and learning opportunities as well. I'd say those are my two main ones and then I try to network as much as possible with colleagues Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work you're leading at the University of Kansas. We're at recycle.ku.udu. KU Recycling is also on Instagram, even though I'm still learning how to use it effectively as a recycling guy. We are on Twitter as well. I'm on Linkedin if anybody wants to be professional and reach out on Linkedin, I'm there too. That's probably where our social media outreach is right now. We're not on Snapchat. We're not that hip.  

At 4pm on the afternoon of Friday 21st September, Adam Minter was crossing the iconic Tower Bridge in London, when he spotted an object floating in the Thames. At first Mr Minter believed it to be either a stained barrel or manikin, but as the object came closer to the bridge, he was able to see that the object was the body of a young child. Mr Minter could also tell that the body had been mutilated. When the Police retrieved the body from the water, it became apparent that the child was a young boy dressed only in orange shorts. His head, arms and legs had been removed, his body washed and then placed into the Thames. As there was absolutely no way of immediately identifying the poor child, Detectives named him Adam. His murder remains unsolved and is one of the most disturbing murders ever committed in the UK.

Adam Minter is a veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner, whose book “Junkyard Planet” takes readers on a journey through the vast, often hidden, multibillion-dollar trash trade industry. We find out more about this industry, which is fast transforming economies and the environment and discover why it might be a good idea to be smarter about the way we take out our thrash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the VICE Podcast, Wilbert L. Cooper sits down with Adam Minter, an expert in the global economy of scrap and author of Junkyard Planet. Adam's unique perspective as an American who was raised on a family scrap yard offers uncanny insight into the world of scrap metal and how it impacts our lives from the devices we use to the air we breathe. Today he chats with us about the environmental, economic, and ethical issues surrounding the $500 billion international scrap industry. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sponsored by the government organization Hanban, the Confucius Institute has been successfully promoting the learning of Chinese Language internationally. However, it recently inspired a lot of resistance, especially in the San Gabriel Valley, where an editorial in a local paper decried that the Chinese Communist Party is sending Chinese teachers to spread Communist ideology. Is the Confucius Institute a cultural exchange platform or an aggressive arm of Chinese foreign policy? Some of China’s major news agencies are busy expanding their English-language satellite news networks. For example, CCTV has recently invested six billion dollars in its international satellite news network and has established bureaus all over the U.S. But who is the audience of this media expansion? As one of the biggest plays for soft power that China has ever staged, the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was intended to showcase Chinese culture and innovation. However, was it as inspiring in the view of Western core values as Chinese media had praised, or was it more imposing and intimidating? Shanghai EXPO just opened after billions of dollars have been devoted to it by the Chinese government, but do people outside China really care? In this week’s podcast, Kaiser and Jeremy discuss different facets of the grand Chinese soft power push as an effort to win the world through attraction rather than coercion. Is Beijing’s global soft power charm bearing fruits? Is China making or breaking its public image? Why has Chinese culture not made meaningful impacts on the West? In what ways is China still deficient that would make for real attractiveness?  Joining our podcast this week are Gady Epstein, Beijing bureau chief for Forbes magazine, and Evan Osnos, Beijing-based staff writer for the New Yorker and part-time enforcer in Kaiser's outlaw e-biker gang. We are also proud to have extra commentary from Adam Minter, an American writer in Shanghai who brings us stories from his first-hand encounter with the 2010 Expo.