Business and media have always had a complicated and co-dependent relationship. On this episode, we talk with Xanthe Sharff about her work at the Fuller Project, which investigates stories about human rights issues in supply chains, published in outlets like TIME and The New York Times. Her recent work covers child labor in the battery industry.

Yes, but what does a responsible supply chain manager actually do? You ask. We answer. Bada 
Bing Bada Boom. On this week's episode, Melissa Caraher, Senior Supply Chain Responsibility and Human Rights Manager at AMD, discusses her role in managing supply chain responsibility for one of the world's largest semiconductor companies, supporting the AI Boom. Get your ears in here.

The Trump Administration just negotiated reciprocal trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia that require the countries to prohibit the import of goods made with forced labor and strengthen enforcement of their own labor laws. This signals a new trend by the United States to offshore its forced labor import bans to other countries. We speak with former International Trade Specialist for 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Jennifer Jahnke about the implications for business.

Ah Contracts. We love them. We hate them. And yet we begrudgingly face them every day. A well-written contract can provide enormous benefits to the buyer, seller, and the world at large. Sarah Dadush, who teaches contract law at Rutgers University and was just recognized by Vogue Business, is here to teach us how to create supplier contracts that actually work.

What a show! This week's episode features Dr. Laura Murphy, the penultimate subject matter expert regarding import bans on goods made with forced labor. An award-winning researcher and political appointee, Laura T. Murphy led the research project as a professor at Sheffield Hallam University that supported import bans in the United States. She knows a thing or two about responsible supply chains.

Supply chain data is the sock drawer of every company. Nothing matches. There's duplicates everywhere. And it's hidden from the public so there's no reason to fix it. That is until theres a pandemic or trade war. Then everyone is screaming why the data is a mess. On this episode Stephany Lapierre of Tealbook tells us how to clean our sock (data) draws and win the day.

Untuckit is one of the growing apparel brands in the United States, thanks to this episode's guest, Chief Product and Supply Chain Officer, Bjorn Bengstsson. In this episode, we dive into how Untuckit manages product design, supply chain efficiency, and sustainability while riding a bike and chewing gum. While we don't suggest trying this at home, we do recommend trying it at work. d1ZTD5Pzxv8Cj7cRBZjr

One story told well can unlock a career, a law, a relationship, a fortune.....you get the point. Our guest is Lisa Kristine, an award-winning human rights photographer who uses her photographs to tell stories about human rights abuses in supply chains. Her life of bad-assery was turned into a movie with Gillian Anderson (X-Files, The Crown) playing Lisa, who is here to teach us all how to tell stories with our work. 

What's better than solving a problem? Solving lots of problems at once. Deborah Dull is here to tell us about how to reconfigure our manufacturing processes to solve for trade, climate, and human rights risks all at once! Sound crazy? Listen in and decide for yourself.

All can be fair in love and trade wars, we like to say. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Lea Esterhuizen about how responsible supply chain management adds to a company's bottom line.