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EQ News: Elon Musk's Financial Obesity + The Social Media Ban & The Slow Death of Net Zero
38:48|This week on EQ News, Jamila, Jenn, and Aisling dig into the three stories dominating their feeds.Jenn returns with an update on the salmon crisis and the science behind what researchers are calling the "extinction vortex." Aisling unpacks the SBTi's major overhaul of net zero standards and whether more flexibility for companies is progress or a cop-out. And Jamila makes the case that we need a wealth line, not just a poverty line, after Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire.Plus: the UK's proposed social media ban for under-16s and what it's like to have that conversation with your actual kid.Ethically Questionable is electrified by Polestar, the Swedish electric performance brand created to accelerate the shift to zero tailpipe emissions.Follow us on:www.instagram.com/ethicallyquestionablewww.tiktok.com/@ethicallyquestionablepodwww.youtube.com/@EthicallyQuestionablePod
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9. Candice Brathwaite on the Changing World of Brand, Influence, & Value Alignment
01:12:08||Ep. 9This week we have two-time Sunday Times bestselling author and podcaster Candice Brathwaite in the Polestar for a deep dive on the changing world of brand partnerships, influence, and value alignment. In a world where we're stuck to our devices, either as creators or consumers of content, what do we sell when we sell out to bad brands, and how do we reclaim that space? To help us unpack that, Candice talks us through her career from blogging to building her personal brand alongside her writing career, what she'd do if she was starting from scratch today, and how she's grown as both a creator and a brand partner without straying from the values that define her.Join the ride. Electrified by Polestar.For more from Candice Follow her & her Podcast Conversations with Candice Here:https://www.instagram.com/candicebrathwaite/
EQ News: Farmed Salmon Boycott, Free Ben & Jerry's, plus Woodland Inheritance Fraud
41:22|Will a campaign in the restaurant sector to boycott farmed salmon save our waterways? Will Ben & Jerry ever free Ben & Jerry's from their evil corporate overload The Magnum Ice Cream Corporation? Can Planting Trees as an Inheritance Tax Loop Hole save the world? We question all of this and more on this weeks... Ethically Questionable News.
8. Would You Let An Algorithm Make Your Dinner?
01:06:08||Ep. 8Sophia Roe doesn't mince words. In this episode we get into the quiet automation of our food system — from AI-generated recipes to big farming's grip on what ends up on your plate — and ask what we're actually losing when convenience becomes the default. Cooking skills. Nutritional value. The connection between a person and what they eat. Do you really want to be eating auto-food?
EQ News: The Plastic Detox, Cancelled Flights, & Pattie Gonia - Live from SXSW London
25:53|Sustainability experts Jenn & Aisling are on the pod for our first ever "Ethically Questionable News" episode recorded at SXSW London. Tune is as we gossip about Everlane and Shein, Plastic Sperm, Jet2 Holidays 2 Nowhere, and a Drag Queen Climate Activist who didn't hike 100 miles through the California wildnerness in full glam for this shit.
7. Miranda Priestly With A Conscience
01:06:29||Ep. 7Lucy Cleland is the editorial director and founder of Country & Townhouse, the world's first B Corp glossy magazine, and one of the most quietly radical publications in British media. In this episode, we drive through West London talking about why luxury has nothing to do with what you own, the psychology behind why we buy things we don't need (or even like!), and how some of Britain's most beloved heritage brands are (and aren't) playing ball for us all.Buckle up for the latest ride on Ethically Questionable, Electrified by @PolestarCars.
6. Plant People Get It
51:59||Ep. 6The PlantKween has Spoken - and they are here to help you rethink your relationship with your houseplants. Yes they are pretty, yes they need love, yes you can (and should) give it! Because as Plant Kween always says - if you can learn to care for a plant, then you can care for the planet, and at the end of the day, won't that save us all. Ethically Questionable is electrified by @PolestarCars. For more from me check out @JamilaFaye. For more from our guest catch them @PlantKween