029 Toasters, a Pledge and a Compostable Christmas

...ghts). Designer Thomas Thwaites’ toaster project DeltaToast An Italian non-electric toaster called the Tostapane which is available at Fante’s Kitchen Shop Cats knocking over Christmas trees If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by R...

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035 Local Flowers with Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms

...r of 2015 Andean Free Trade Agreement The Fifty Mile Bouquet by Debra Prinzing Sue Keating and sweet peas Hashtags: #losangelesgrown, #slowflowers and #cagrown Silver Lake Farms on Instagram If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by R...

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091 Artist John Hartley’s Contingency Research

...ct William Blake’s Angel Oak The Peckham Experiment Building Jewellery The Goldcrest Standard Special thanks to Kate of the blog Wild Economies for tipping me off to John’s work. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this...

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037 Reinventing the Toaster

...an workers who make a living wage. During the podcast we also discuss: Brustolina, an Italian stove-top toaster I reference the Ted Talk by Thomas Thwaites on building a toaster from scratch If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by R...

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089 The New Wildcrafted Cuisine with Pascal Baudar

...ion rosin baked potatoes fermented hot sauces ethics of foraging You can take a class with Pascal via urbanoutdoorskills.com and make sure to check out Pascal’s amazing Facebook page. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of...

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