Let’s be honest: how often do you throw away food withoutreally thinking about it? Most of us do it more than we’d like to admit. In today’s episode, we’re talking about Taste Before You Waste, a local organization that tackles this problem by collecting surplus food and turning it into community dinners. We’ll hear how it started, what difference it makes, and why even small steps can help reduce food waste.

Tiffany Flaherty is part of the organisation and she is going tell us everything about how taste before you waste operates and its impact, but also how we can redefine what we call “waste” and how each of us can reducefood waste at home.  



Tiffany's additional thoughts regarding the Erewhon strawberry:

The Erewhon strawberry - the viral strawberry selling for $19.99 - epitomises an unsustainable food system and contributes to the global food waste issue. Advertised as a seemingly perfect strawberry, one might ask "what happens to the strawberries that aren't the perfect size, shape, or color?" Likely they are thrown away, despite being edible. This not only contributes to wasted resources (water, land, and energy) to produce a fruit that is merely thrown away, but it also contributes to food inequality where rather than edible food being redistributed to those who need it the food is wasted. Since these strawberries are produced in Japan and have a peak ripeness with just a mere 24-48 hours, they are flown across the globe to reach L.A. The carbon footprint of the Erewhon strawberry is undeniable. Aside from carbon emissions, the fact that each strawberry is sold in an individual plastic cloche contributes to the use of single-use plastic and greater plastic pollution. There is also an unsustainable social element to this strawberry. It has become a luxury item only available for those willing and able to afford it. Food is one of humanity's basic needs and rather than ensuring greater access and resources to those struggling to feed themselves, we have glorified a single strawberry. This subsequently skews the prices people are willing to pay for food and what are acceptable prices for our basic necessities. If only the staggering price indicated the true environmental and social cost of trying one of these strawberries.



Links:

Website Taste before you waste: https://www.tastebeforeyouwaste.org/

Instagram Taste before you waste: https://www.instagram.com/tastebeforeyouwaste/

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98: Tackling Food Waste One Meal At A Time - Tiffany Flaherty

When was the last time you used ChatGPT? It surely wasn't too long ago, right?

Artificial intelligence has pushed its way into our lives so fast during the past few years and now most of us make use of it to make our professional life easier, for example. Or we let it plan our itinerary for our next city trip.

But what, if we could also use AI for emotional support, as a friend who listens or to work through previous trauma.?

Artist Mila Bogi did exactly that and in this episode, she is going to tell us everything about it.



Links:

Instagram Mila Bogi: https://www.instagram.com/mila.bogi/

Spotify Mila Bogi: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0vM7kWHyUt0EML2LtSgDX8

Album Glass & Mirrors: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/milabogi/glass--mirrors



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97: Healing Trauma With AI - Mila Bogi

In this episode, we’re diving into Sexhibition—a bold andboundary-shifting art exhibition traveling across the Netherlands. Each artwork is created with, not about, sex workers. No voyeurism. No exploitation. Just real stories, real people who love their job, real agency, and real art.

Mistress Eve is one of the initiators of the project, a musefor a piece of art, a sex worker and an activist. And yes, there will be talk of a vulva coat … you are welcome ...



Links:

Sexhibition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexhibitionnl/

Sexhibition Website: https://www.seksworks.nl/sexhibition/

Mistress Eve's Podcast Succes in sekswerk (Dutch): https://open.spotify.com/show/32NLbnZo3jPBQ3qn1chXKC

Website Succes in sekswerk (Dutch): https://www.succesinsekswerk.nl/

Prostitution Information Center Website: https://pic-amsterdam.com/

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96: Sexhibition: Art, Visibility & Dialogue - Mistress Eve

When was the last time you did something for the first time?When was the last time that you were really curious about something?

Often we get so hung up in our own life reality, our bubbleand our ways that we forget that breaking out of routines can be – quite literally – eye-opening. How do other people work? How do they live their lives? What choices did they make in the past and who did they lead them to be today?

This is what the Curiosity Club Amsterdam wants to achieve. Toinspire us, to make us curious again and to learn from each other.



Links:

Curiosity Club Amsterdam Website: https://wearecuriosity.com/en/clubs/amsterdam/

Curiosity Club Amsterdam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiosityclubamsterdam/

LinkedIn Anaïse Crombé: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaise-crombe/

LinkedIn Sanne Chateau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanne-chateau-63810918/

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95: The Curiosity Club - Anaïse Crombé & Sanne Chateau

 Gender equality is an ongoing struggle, and there is still a long way to go to achieve full equality of rights and opportunities between men and women. In the meantime, a newmovement against gender equality is gaining traction in Europe, weakening democracies.

This is a quote from the EU-funded project Push*Back*Lash towants to develop sustainable solutions, bringing together gender activists, EU experts and researchers from several fields such as political science, anthropology, communication and media, philosophy, sociology and social psychology.

Liza Mügge Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam is part of this project and she is going to tell us everything about the backlash and the pushback.

Links:

Website Push*Back*Lash: https://pushbacklash.eu/

Project website MEN4DEM: men4dem.eu [https://men4dem.eu/]

Cartoons: https://politicsofdiversity.eu/news-media/news/push-back-lash-cartoon-series-digital-violence



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Photo Credits: Daan Quittner (@d.q.media)

94: Solutions For The Backlash Against Feminism- Liza Mügge

Growing up in a loving, caring and nurturing environment,created by our own family and our own parents, that should be the default for every child. But sometimes, this is just not possible, for various reasons. This is usually, when a government office for youth welfare and child protection interferes and when the foster system comes into play.

Aarathy Balasingam has lived with a foster family for the larger part of her childhood and she has decided to make a film about her experience, to raise awareness for what it is like to grow up this way.



Links:

LinkedIn Aarathy Balasingam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarathy-balasingam/

Crowdfunding: https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/18595-alleenkind-hku-afstudeerfilm

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93: Growing Up As A Foster Child - Aarathy Balasingam

The city of Amsterdam welcomes more than 10 million touristsevery year, offering hop on hop off busses, boat trips and sightseeing tours. Those walking tours focus on the red light district, food, street art, jewish life etc etc etc. And how many of them focus on women? Yeah, not as many. But Martine Bontjes wanted to change that and today she is going to tell us moreabout her Women of Amsterdam.

Links:

Women of Amsterdam website: https://womenofamsterdam.net/

Women of Amsterdam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/women.of.amsterdam/

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92: Women Of Amsterdam Tour - Martine Bontjes

Today is the 8th of March, international women’s day and we’re diving into a conversation that couldn’t be more important—consent.

Joining me is Claudia Dictus, founder of Our Bodies OurVoice, an organization dedicated to sexual violence prevention and education. We’ll explore what consent really means, how we can create a culture of respect and empowerment, and why open conversations about boundaries are key.

So, let’s get into it—because consent isn’t just a one-time‘yes’ or ‘no,’ it’s a conversation we all need to have.
Please note: During this episode, we will be adressing topics as sexual assault, sexual violence and the objectification of female bodies. In case you do not feel safe with these topics, please consider skipping this episode or listening with someone who can support you.

Info:

For the volunteer position please email ourbodies.ourvoice@gmail.com with 'Volunteer' in the subject of the message

Links:

Our bodies our voice website: https://www.ourbodies-ourvoice.com/

Our bodies our voice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourbodies.ourvoice

Centrum Seksueel Geweld website: https://centrumseksueelgeweld.nl/

Centrum Seksueel Geweld hotline & chat: 0800 - 0188 (free of charge and anonymous)



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https://www.ourbodies-ourvoice.com/resources

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337580400_Our_Bodies_Our_Voice

https://conceptually.org/concepts/overton-window

91: Our Bodies Our Voice: Consent Workshops – Claudia Dictus

Losing a beloved one is probably one of the worst things that can happen to all of us. Having to deal with death in our close proximity is a fear that probably unites all of us.

And in such a moment that we all rather like to keep away from us, as far as possible, Liza Berenfeld managed to find beauty. In death, she has found her calling.

Liza Berenfeld is a death doula and today, she is going to tell us more about her very special profession.



Instagram Death Doula Den Haag: https://www.instagram.com/death_doula_den_haag

LinkedIn Death Doula Liza Berenfeld: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liza-berenfeld-a43342a

Workshop Natural Health Centre: https://www.thehague-naturalhealthcentre.com/events



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90: Death Doula And Death Positivity Activist - Liza Berenfeld

Have you ever heard of something called hypersensitivity, high sensitivity and an HSP?

It refers to a certain way how the brain works and how people experience the world, but - as there is still not a lot of knowledge about it - many HSPs probably don't even know that they have it.

Esther Bergsma - and myself as well - are HSP. Highly sensitive people. And we also didn't know it for the largest part of our lives.

In this episode, we are talking about what hypersensitivity is, what it feels like to be a highly sensitive person and why we sometimes feel like the world is really not made for people like us.



Esther Bergsma website: https://hoogsensitief.nl/

English blogs: https://hoogsensitief.nl/category/english-blogs/

 

Summary of Esther's international research on HSP at work places in English: https://hoogsensitief.nl/hsp-and-burnout-international-research/

 

Her English book The Brain of the Highly Sensitive Person can be ordered via Amazon and as an ebook on her own website.

In this blog post you can find more information on the highly sensitive brain: https://hoogsensitief.nl/the-highly-sensitive-brain/

Based on scientific insights, Esther Bergsma developed a model that offers tools to professionals in healthcare, education and to therapists and coaches who want to learn more about high sensitivity. Her goal: that everyone – and especially the highly sensitive person – has a better understanding and appreciation for this quality. High sensitivity offers unprecedented talents that only become apparent when we understand high sensitivity and create the optimal environment for HSP’s.

 

Her Dutch books can be ordered here: https://hoogsensitief.nl/bestel/

 

Please find here the HSP test by Esther Bergsman (only in Dutch): https://hoogsensitief.nl/test/

English test by Elaine Aron: https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/



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89: Being Highly Sensitive Is A Superpower - Esther Bergsma

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