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🎉 It’s ‪Max La Manna week on the podcast!

👉🏽 Max La Manna is an award-winning author, low-waste chef, and campaigner whose casual approach to cooking has attracted over 2 million followers and more than a billion video views. Drawing from his own life, he shares simple, affordable recipes that make the most of every ingredient and inspire people to waste less. His debut cookbook More Plants Less Waste won “Most Sustainable Cookbook” at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and his follow-up was named “World’s Best Vegan Cookbook” in 2023. Max has been featured in Vogue, Vice, and The Guardian, and hosted the BBC Earth series Regeneration Food as well as appearing on major TV shows including BBC Saturday Kitchen Live and Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch. Recognized as Digital Creator of the Year at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, he was also named one of top 30 chefs shaping the future of food.

👉🏽 In this conversation, we discuss his rise to internet fame, how he is using his platform for good, why he doesn't use the term 'vegan' to describe himself, the genocide in Gaza, hunger strikes, and so much more.

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✅ Join Max's campaign to send aid to Gaza.✅ Cook with Max's recipes.✅ Order Max's cookbooks.✅ Follow Max on Instagram.

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🎉 It’s ‪David Gate Day on the podcast!

👉🏽 It is a joy to have David on the show this week. David is from London and now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, NC. His work centers around care for the individual (heart, mind, body & soul) and the nurture of community (culture, the earth & environment, the dignity of others and spiritual communities). AND he has a new book of poems and essays out now — A Rebellion Of Care. It's so damn good.

👉🏽 In this conversation, we discuss poetry as a supreme art form, David’s spiritual journey, collective liberation, the genocide in Gaza, his new book, obviously, and so much more.

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✅ Buy a copy of A Rebellion Of Care: https://lgad.co/4lPwavP

✅ Buy David's stickers, prints, and more: https://www.davidgatepoet.com

✅ Follow David on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidgatepoet/

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🎉 It’s ‪Dr. Ibram X. Kendi day on the podcast!

👉🏽 It is a joy to have Dr. Kendi on the show this week. Read his full bio here: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/bio

👉🏽 In this conversation, we talk about his new book (Malcolm Lives!), collective liberation, the genocide in Gaza, the rise of fascism in the United States, and so much more.

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✅ Buy a copy of Malcolm Lives!: https://lgad.co/4kTw7y5

✅ Learn more about Dr. Kendi: https://www.ibramxkendi.com

✅ Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ibramxk/

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On May 5, Let's Give A Damn co-sponsored an event in NYC called Palestine: The Moral Issue Of Our Time with Gabor Maté and Chris Hedges. It was a sold-out event with 800 attending in persons and hundreds more attended online via our livestream.

Most importantly we raised tens of thousands of dollars for Middle East Children's Alliance! MECA works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. In the Middle East, MECA provides humanitarian aid, partners with community organizations to run projects for children, and supports income-generation projects. In the US and internationally, MECA raises awareness about the lives of children in the region and encourages meaningful action.

This is a unique podcast episode where I'm not interviewing anyone. It's just Gabor and Chris. Oh, and the wonderful Aaron Maté introducing these legends.

Listen! Be inspired! Take action! Give A Damn!

✅ Donate to MECA! They're incredible.

✅ Follow Gabor Maté on Instagram.

✅ Purchase Gabor's book, The Myth of Normal.

✅ Follow Chris Hedges on Instagram.

✅ Purchase Chris's new book, A Genocide Foretold.

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​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

🎉 It’s Taylor Lorenz Day on the podcast!

👉🏽 It is a joy to have Taylor on the show this week. Read Taylor's full bio here: https://www.taylorlorenz.com

👉🏽 In this conversation, we talk about the current state of independent journalism, why she constantly puts herself in the crosshairs of willfully ignorant idiots, the genocide in Gaza, Long Covid, and so much more. This conversation was a long time coming and I really really enjoyed it. ❤️

If you love the show and want to support us, please consider joining out Patreon.

NEXT STEPS:

✅ Buy a copy of Taylor's book.

✅ Subscribe to Taylor's Substack.

✅ Watch Taylor's Podcast.

✅ Follow Taylor on Instagram.

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It’s Maggie Smith Day on the podcast! 

Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful; My Thoughts Have Wings, a picture book illustrated by SCBWI Portfolio grand prize winner Leanne Hatch; the national bestsellers Goldenrod and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change; as well as Good Bones, named one of the Best Five Poetry Books of 2017 by the Washington Post and winner of the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal in Poetry; The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, winner of the 2012 Dorset Prize and the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal in Poetry; and Lamp of the Body, winner of the 2003 Benjamin Saltman Award.

In 2016 Maggie Smith’s poem “Good Bones” went viral internationally, receiving coverage in the Washington Post, theGuardian, the Telegraph, Slate, Huffington Post Italia, and elsewhere. To date it has been translated into nearly a dozen languages; interpreted by a dance troupe in Chennai, India; and set to music by multiple composers. PRI (Public Radio International) called it “the official poem of 2016.” In 2017 the poem was featured on an episode of the CBS primetime drama Madam Secretary, also called “Good Bones,” and was read by Meryl Streep at Lincoln Center.

In this conversation, we talk about how she became the incredible writer and poet that she is, why we must continue making art in the face of genocide, fascism, and climate change, and we talk about her brand new book, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life. 

✅ Buy a copy (or two) of her new book.

✅ Subscribe to her Substack, For Dear Life. 

✅ Follow Maggie on Instagram.

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​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

It’s Ed Begley Jr. Day on the podcast! 

Ed Begley, Jr. recently starred in Hallmark film, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, and was a fan favorite on the very popular series Young Sheldon and Better Call Saul and was recently a series regular on Netflix’s Future Man. 

On the environmental front, he is one of the foremost environmentalists in Hollywood, supporting and advocating for multiple eco-initiatives and charity organizations.  He is also the name and face behind the successful ⁠Begley’s Earth Responsible Products⁠, a line of plant-based eco-friendly cleaning and pet supplies.    

Begley is a Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy nominated actor who for decades, has been a champion and educator for causes dedicated to protecting the earth.  In support of this work, he starred opposite his lovely wife and daughter on the hit eco-reality shows Living With Ed and On Begley Street.

Begley has appeared in the Christopher Guest films A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, and For Your Consideration. Other feature film credits include Pineapple Express, Batman Forever, The Inlaws, and countless more.

On television, Begley has recurred on Arrested Development, Portlandia, Better Call Saul, Modern Family, Veronica Mars, and many others.  He received his seventh Emmy nomination for the streaming series CTRL ALT DELETE.  

On the stage, he led the West Coast Premiere of David Mamet’s Cryptogram at the Geffen Playhouse, in the role that he first performed in Boston and New York. He also starred in Mr. Mamet’s production of Romance at the Mark Taper Forum.  Ed Begley Jr. wrote and directed the musical Cesar And Ruben, a play that won him a Nos Otros Award and four Valley Theater League Awards.  

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✅ ⁠Check out and purchase Ed’s eco-friendly cleaning products⁠

✅ Purchase Ed’s memoir, ⁠To The Temple of Tranquility…And Step On It!⁠

✅ ⁠Watch this fascinating tour⁠ of Ed’s eco-friendly home

✅ ⁠Follow Ed on Instagram⁠

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📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].

❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

It’s Ed Begley Jr. Day on the podcast! 

Ed Begley, Jr. recently starred in Hallmark film, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, and was a fan favorite on the very popular series Young Sheldon and Better Call Saul and was recently a series regular on Netflix’s Future Man. 

On the environmental front, he is one of the foremost environmentalists in Hollywood, supporting and advocating for multiple eco-initiatives and charity organizations.  He is also the name and face behind the successful Begley’s Earth Responsible Products, a line of plant-based eco-friendly cleaning and pet supplies.    

Begley is a Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy nominated actor who for decades, has been a champion and educator for causes dedicated to protecting the earth.  In support of this work, he starred opposite his lovely wife and daughter on the hit eco-reality shows Living With Ed and On Begley Street.

Begley has appeared in the Christopher Guest films A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, and For Your Consideration. Other feature film credits include Pineapple Express, Batman Forever, The Inlaws, and countless more.

On television, Begley has recurred on Arrested Development, Portlandia, Better Call Saul, Modern Family, Veronica Mars, and many others.  He received his seventh Emmy nomination for the streaming series CTRL ALT DELETE.  

On the stage, he led the West Coast Premiere of David Mamet’s Cryptogram at the Geffen Playhouse, in the role that he first performed in Boston and New York. He also starred in Mr. Mamet’s production of Romance at the Mark Taper Forum.  Ed Begley Jr. wrote and directed the musical Cesar And Ruben, a play that won him a Nos Otros Award and four Valley Theater League Awards.  

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✅ Check out and purchase Ed’s eco-friendly cleaning products

✅ Purchase Ed’s memoir, To The Temple of Tranquility…And Step On It!

✅ Watch this fascinating tour of Ed’s eco-friendly home

✅ Follow Ed on Instagram

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✊🏽 Support Let’s Give A Damn on Patreon!

👕 Buy some of our merch!

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✉️ Sign up for our weekly Substack.

📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].

​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

It’s Mara Kronenfeld Day on the podcast! 

As the Executive Director of UNRWA USA, Mara Kronenfeld leads the strategic vision, operations, and fundraising efforts of the nonprofit organization that supports the humanitarian and human development work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Middle East. With over 20 years of experience in international development, Mara is a Fulbright Scholar and an expert in designing, implementing, and leading public private partnerships supporting youth development programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

UNRWA USA supports the humanitarian work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) through fundraising, advocacy, and community engagement in the United States. UNRWA USA lifts up the voices, experiences, and humanity of Palestine refugees to secure American support for resources essential to every human being, for the promise of a better life.

✅ Download UNRWA USA’s digital advocacy toolkit

✅ Write to your reps

✅ Donate to UNRWA USA

✅ Follow UNRWA USA on Instagram

✅ Follow Mara Kronenfeld on Instagram 

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❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

It’s Lauren Paul & Molly Thompson Day on the podcast! 

Lauren Paul is the co-founder of Kind Campaign and Director, Writer and Producer of Kind Campaign's award-winning documentary, Finding Kind. Finding a way to start a conversation about bullying has been on Lauren’s heart ever since her own life-altering experience in middle school. After studying film at Pepperdine University, Lauren joined forces with her friend and fellow filmmaker, Molly Thompson and founded Kind Campaign, a multi-platform movement that has changed and saved hundreds of thousands of lives, friendships, classrooms and communities around the world. Kind Campaign is the nation's premier anti-bullying movement for girls and has impacted millions through their school assemblies, documentary film, Kind Club Curriculum and global movement. Since 2009, Lauren and Molly have been on the forefront of this conversation, personally speaking in over 776 schools across 26 Founders Tours. Lauren has been awarded with the Public Education Award by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Open Heart Award by the Open Hearts Foundation.

Molly hails from Texas where she lived for all of her life before moving to California to attend Pepperdine University where she met her “partner in KIND,” Lauren. During her time at the university, Molly studied acting and film/television production, joined Delta Gamma Fraternity, and studied abroad in Florence and London. This combination of experiences led her to understand even more that as girls, we weren’t all that different from one another, and that bullying often comes from a place of self-doubt and insecurity. She has spent many years now working to change the status quo and encouraging girls to ban together rather than farther apart.

Lauren Paul and Molly Thomson joined me to talk about how and why Kind Campaign started over 15 years ago, the thousands and thousands of lives that have been changed over the years because of their work, and so much more.

✅ Follow Lauren on Instagram.

✅ Follow Molly on Instagram.

✅ Follow Kind Campaign on Instagram.

✅ Visit Kind Campaign’s website to get involved today!

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​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!