Activism, Meet Impact.
145 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -If you're passionate about people + planet, you're in the right place. Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. We believe that you can make an impact- in your career, in your relationships, and with your actions. We share sustainable and equitable solutions to humanitarian issues to help you do good. // On the full-length podcast, we talk with activists and leaders about how they create sustainable and equitable impact with new episodes every Wednesday morning. On Handful, our team tells you what we know about humanitarian issues in a condensed format-- each episode is shorter than a song, but long enough that you'll learn something new. New episodes come out sporadically. // We're talking about everything social impact and humanitarian issues, from the environment to education to poverty, with a focus on sustainability and equity. Learn more at novelhand.com/novel-hand-podcast // Read our daily articles on the Journal at novelhand.com/the-journal
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What is the Prison Industrial Complex?
October 05, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.34 MBWhat is the Prison Industrial Complex? | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/884989263 https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/private-prisons-united-states/ https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/issues/detention-101 https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/09/12/here-s-why-abolishing-private-prisons-isn-t-a-silver-bullet
Iran Breaks the Internet
October 01, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.86 MBAfter protests erupt in November 2019, Iran successfully shut down the entire country's internet, as they continue to devise ways to limit freedoms and hide civil oppression. Learn more about this at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/opinion/iran-internet-ban.html | Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/iran#
Iran Breaks the Internet
October 01, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.86 MBAfter protests erupt in November 2019, Iran successfully shut down the entire country's internet, as they continue to devise ways to limit freedoms and hide civil oppression. Learn more about this at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/opinion/iran-internet-ban.html | Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/iran#
Censorship
September 30, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.49 MBHow does a governing body differentiate the lines between private and public when it comes to cyberspace and how material is consumed? According to Iranian officials, privacy is not something that anyone owns. Learn more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/world/middleeast/irans-instagram-dancer-teen.html. | Others research by Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/country/iran/freedom-world/2020
Community Buy-in, Peace Corps, and Legal Advocacy with Stephanie Turrentine
September 29, 2020 13:43 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBOn this week's episode of the Novel Hand Podcast, I interviewed Stephanie Turrentine. We discussed community buy-in, the Peace Corps, and legal advocacy. Stephanie served as a Peace Corps member from 2019-2020, and currently works at Lawyers for Equal Justice. As a legal advocate, Stephanie assists lawyers with impact litigation-- cases that have the potential to have a larger impact beyond a single case. Read more at novelhand.com/podcast-six.
Public Singing
September 29, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.34 MBWomen are legally banned from singing in public in Iran. Learn about artists who have fled from Iran in pursuit of their musical careers: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-53451702.
Wells Fargo
September 25, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.61 MBWhat is the role of government in holding big business accountable? | Learn about benefit corps: https://benefitcorp.net/ | Lowest Wage Challenge: lowestwagechallenge.com | Wells Fargo's CEO commitment to diversity & inclusion: https://stories.wf.com/wells-fargo-ceo-a-watershed-moment/ | As always, learn more at novelhand.com/how-to-hold-big-business-accountable/
Kohl's
September 24, 2020 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.21 MBWhat is the role of collective action in holding businesses accountable to their stated social impact goals? | Check out the Lowest Wage Challenge: https://www.lowestwagechallenge.com/ | Read about the #PayUp campaign: https://www.givingfashion.com/community-1/2020/5/5/what-is-the-payup-movement | Learn more at novelhand.com
Walmart
September 23, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MBHow can we hold big businesses accountable to stated social impact goals? | This week on Handful, we're answering listener questions about activism & social impact. Today's question is from Katy, who asked how we can hold big businesses accountable for their commitments to social impact. | Walmart's commitment: https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/06/12/advancing-our-work-on-racial-equity | Read more at novelhand.com
Just One Quick Question
September 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.34 MBASK US YOUR QUESTIONS: novelhand.com/handful | This week on Handful, we'll be answering listener questions. Ask us anything -- sustainability, human rights, climate change, poverty, it's all fair game. We're excited to hear from you!
Your Role in the B Movement
September 18, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.47 MBBusiness can be a force for good. Here’s how. | Learn more about B Corps: https://bcorporation.net/ | Read more about B Corps: novelhand.com/b-corp-handful | Check back on Monday for your next Handful!
An Ethical Cup of Joe
September 17, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBCoffee can be a force for good. Here’s how. | Peace Coffee: peacecoffee.com | Learn about Fair Trade: https://novelhand.com/b-corp-fairtrade/ | Learn more at novelhand.com
Baby It's Cold Outside
September 16, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.72 MBClothing can be a force for good. Here’s how. | Learn more about Patagonia’s social and environmental impact: https://www.patagonia.com/our-footprint/ | From the Patagonia CEO: https://time.com/5684011/patagonia/ | Learn more at novelhand.com
Activism, Meet Impact
September 15, 2020 15:56 - 10 minutes - 7.62 MBThe Novel Hand Podcast is back! Today, Alexa is sharing what our team has been up to since our last episode, what she's been learning about over the past month, and what's to come on the NH podcast. Welcome back! Read more at https://novelhand.com/activism-meet-impact/
Sustainable Beer? Yep.
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBBeer can be a force for good. Here’s how. | Learn about Fat Tire Amber Ale: www.drinksustainably.com | novelhand.com | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novel.hand
The B Movement
September 14, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MBBusiness can be a force for good. Here’s how. | There are 3,522 Certified B Corporations across 150 around the world. | Learn about B Corporations: https://bcorporation.net/about-b-corps | Read about institutional impact: https://novelhand.com/institutional-impact/ | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novel.hand
Making Financial Inclusion Reality
September 11, 2020 13:00 - 2 minutes - 1.72 MBHow can we make financial inclusion reality in the US? | Kiva.org | https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45979.pdf | Read more at novelhand.com | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novel.hand
Give Me Some Credit
September 10, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.64 MBCredit is a humanitarian issue. Here's why. | Twenty percent of Americans are credit invisible, meaning that a credit score cannot be generated for them because they have no credit history. | Report from the Congressional Research Service: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45979.pdf | Credit Invisibility: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201505_cfpb_data-point-credit-invisibles.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Novel Hand is where activism meet impact. | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
Cold, Hard Cash
September 09, 2020 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MBCash is a humanitarian issue. Here's why. | For the unbanked, extra fees and costs just to be able to use your money can amount to up to $500 per year. | Learn more about digital financial inclusion: https://novelhand.com/covid-19-digital-financial-inclusion/ | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novel.hand | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact.
Ka-Ching
September 08, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.1 MBFinance is a humanitarian issue. Here's why. | Financial inclusion is a critical tool in poverty alleviation. | Learn more at https://novelhand.com/five-things-i-learned-from-financial-inclusion-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/ | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novelhand
Money, Money, Money
September 07, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.67 MBFinance is a humanitarian issue. Here's why. | 2.5 billion people worldwide are financial nomads. | Learn more at https://novelhand.com/five-things-i-learned-from-financial-inclusion-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/ | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novelhand
Human Trafficking: What You Can Do
September 04, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.66 MBActions we can take to fight against Human Trafficking. Here’s why. | Read “20 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking in 2020”: https://www.state.gov/identify-and-assist-a-trafficking-victim/ | https://www.state.gov/20-ways-you-can-help-fight-human-trafficking/ Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
Touchdown!
September 03, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes - 2.99 MBChampion sporting events are related to Human Trafficking. Here’s why. | Read “The Superbowl remains target for human trafficking”: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28607449/the-super-bowl-remains-target-human-trafficking| Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
Meet Jarred
September 02, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.44 MBIn this episode, Handful host Jarred introduces himself and shares his hopes for the podcast.| Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
Human Trafficking: Slavery in Disguise
August 31, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MBHuman trafficking is a humanitarian issue. Here's why. | The Migration Data Portal reported that 164 countries are locations of exploitation | the United States is within the top 10 | In 2019, the Polaris Project worked on 11,500 situations of human trafficking, including 22,326 individual survivors, nearly 4,384 traffickers and 1,912 suspicious businesses | Follow the upcoming articles in our series at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand | Migration Data Portal: https://migr...
BRB
August 24, 2020 11:00 - 27 seconds - 351 KBHandful will be back with a new week or episodes hosted by Jarred on Monday, August 31. | In the meantime, read our latest articles at novelhand.com
200 Years
August 21, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.72 MBWhat you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | Nisolo: nisolo.com | My interview with Connie of Nisolo: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7mplrrdqr6V0Fbox3Pl7MI?si=I_XxHtOjSySB16JjPeuHkg | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
300 Microfibers
August 20, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.72 MBWhat you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | A polyester t-shirt releases 300 microplastics during its first wash. | More about microplastic pollution from textiles: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
A 16-Hour Work Day
August 19, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.86 MBWhat you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | Garment factory workers may work up to 16 hours per day. | Forced Labor in Uzbekistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/world/asia/forced-labor-lives-on-in-uzbekistans-cotton-fields.html?_r=0 | Working Hours: https://cleanclothes.org/issues/working-hours | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand | This episode written in part by Grace Liu.
$95 Per Month
August 18, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.72 MBWhat you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | Garment workers in Bangladesh make as little as $95 per month. | Global Living Wages: https://www.globallivingwage.org/ | Wages in Bangladesh: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/869486297/for-bangladeshs-struggling-garment-workers-hunger-is-a-bigger-worry-than-pandemi | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follo...
What are you wearing, Jake from State Farm?
August 17, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MBWhat you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | It takes 2700 liters to make the typical cotton t-shirt. | The life cycle of a t-shirt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSYoeqb_VY | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at http://novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand
Manufacturing Matters
August 14, 2020 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.17 MBWe're recapping our highlights from this week's episodes on cement manufacturing and the efforts toward plastic waste reduction and the innovative approaches being bridged by companies like Sway.
Sway
August 13, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.64 MBShownotes: Seaweed can eliminate plastic waste. Here’s why. Read “In 2018, seaweed is the new plastic”: https://thespoon.tech/in-2018-seaweed-is-the-new-plastic/#:~:text=Seaweed.&text=In%20fact%2C%20seaweed%20can%20grow,potential%20lies%20in%20disposable%20packaging. | Read “Environmental toll of plastics”: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-environmental-impact-2501923191.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 | Sway: https://hellosway.co/
Seaweed
August 12, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.8 MBShownotes: Seaweed can eliminate plastic waste. Here’s why. Read “In 2018, seaweed is the new plastic”: https://thespoon.tech/in-2018-seaweed-is-the-new-plastic/#:~:text=Seaweed.&text=In%20fact%2C%20seaweed%20can%20grow,potential%20lies%20in%20disposable%20packaging. | Read “Environmental toll of plastics”: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-environmental-impact-2501923191.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 | Sway: https://hellosway.co/
The Tallest Building in the World
August 11, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.53 MBCement is leading climate change. Here’s why. | Read “Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about”: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46455844 | Gates Notes: https://www.gatesnotes.com/2019-Annual-Letter#ALChapter3 |Watch “The grand challenges of climate change”: https://youtu.be/0__6kx-vTO4
Meet Layla
August 10, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.25 MBIn this episode, Handful host Layla introduces herself and shares her hopes for this podcast. | Read more at novelhand.com/handful | Handful is turning activism into impact.
Happy Friday!
August 07, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.14 MBMeat is a humanitarian issues. Here's why. To learn more about plant-based meat, check out the Impossible Foods (https://impossiblefoods.com/) and Beyond Meat (https://www.beyondmeat.com/) | Read more at novelhand.com | Follow Novel Hand on Instagram: @novel.hand
KFC
August 06, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.53 MBChicken is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | Read the study comparing the environmental impact of five animal proteins: https://www.pnas.org/content/111/33/11996#sec-1 | Chicken Facts: https://www.takeextinctionoffyourplate.com/pdfs/ChickenFactsheet.pdf | Beyond Fried Chicken: https://www.kfc.com/beyond | Beyond Meat: https://www.beyondmeat.com/ | Read more at novelhand.com
A George Foreman Grill
August 05, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.81 MBBacon is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | Read the study comparing the environmental impact of five animal proteins: https://www.pnas.org/content/111/33/11996#sec-1 | Reactive Nitrogen: https://www.wired.com/2008/05/reactive-nitrog/ | Great Michael Scott meme: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/337277459576894862/ | Read more at novelhand.com
Medium Rare, Cheddar, Tomatoes
August 04, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.7 MBBurgers are a humanitarian issue. Here’s why. | Learn more: Meat Without Animals TED Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxXUWDt0Mqw | Good Food Institute: gfi.org | Impossible Burger: impossiblefoods.com
(Less Than) Two Minutes
August 02, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBWelcome to Handful- a really, really short podcast. We're turning activism into impact a few minutes at a time. Check back tomorrow for an episode about burgers. Learn more at novelhand.com/handful/. Handful is a production of Novel Hand: Activism, Meet Impact.
Alexis Cook, Co-founder of Unlocked
April 01, 2020 15:42 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBThis week Grace sat down with Alexis Cook, Vanderbilt alumna and co-founder of Unlocked. Unlocked is a Nashville-based jewelry brand which employs homeless Nashville women to produce ethical, sustainable, and beautiful jewelry. Founded in 2018, Unlocked has thrived as a social enterprise and offers a comprehensive transitional program called Pathways which offers housing, employment, mental healthcare, financial literacy, and a living wage to their Makers. Read more at novelhand.com/episode...
The Response to the Tennessee Tornadoes
March 09, 2020 19:04 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBOn Tuesday, March 3, several tornadoes hit central Tennessee. A few members of the Novel Hand team volunteered as part of the relief efforts. On this week's podcast episode, Angel and Alexa discuss how they volunteered and the best ways to support those affected by the tornadoes. Read more at novelhand.com/episode-003-tornado
Ethical Fashion with Connie Tsai
February 16, 2020 18:20 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week we're talking to Connie Tsai of Nisolo about ethical fashion. Nisolo is an ethically sourced and environmentally conscious shoe company based in Nashville, TN. Listen to hear about their Lowest Wage Challenge and how we as consumers can be aware of the environmental and social impact of our purchases. Read more at novelhand.com/episode-002
Welcome to the NH Podcast!
February 06, 2020 21:16 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MBWelcome to the Novel Hand podcast! In this episode, Alexa explains the mission behind Novel Hand and interviews a special guest.