Nomad + Spice – Details, episodes & analysis

• We are going on hiatus for an exciting reason!

• Flashback to our 2021 end of year episode

• We might well be back, so keep us in your podcast feed!

• Managing creative and physical energy with long covid 

• Our Patreon will remain open to keep the N+S website and episodes up

• We’re still hoping to do our retreat

• Thank you for listening and supporting in so many ways. We love you!

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• US police solve only 2% of all major crimes  
• Defunding the police will actually make us safer  
• Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia
• Ursula K Le Guin's speech at National Book Awards
• Feminist writer, coach and business woman Kelly Diels 
• Sophie Lewis’ “Abolish the Family” book
• The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many
• For a lovely vision of what anti-capitalist living could look like, read A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• Also read: Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
• Communal living is taking off in the US: Leaving Cambridge for the comfort of strangers - The Boston Globe
• Map of communal living spaces in the US: Cohousing Assn of the US
• Financial Times: Britain and the US are poor societies with a few very rich people
• Chart on income inequality in the UK & US 
• Sustainable and ethical brand rankings: Good On You
• Jenny Lachs tells us why she thinks feminism and capitalism can’t co-exist
• Rich people who want to be taxed more: She’s Inheriting Millions. She Wants Her Wealth Taxed Away. - The New York Times
• ‘Tax us now’: ultra-rich call on governments to introduce wealth taxes
• Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know
• Join your local Buy Nothing group
• Tiff shares with us why she thinks capitalism and feminism are antithesis

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Content note: In this episode, we cover diet culture and fatphobia, so if that’s not good for you maybe give this one a miss!

• If you wanna get a sneak peek at Viv’s wedding here’s a 45 second trailer
• And here was the honeymoon resort in case you’re looking for the best all-inclusive holiday you’ve ever had 
• Contribute to our episode on neurodivergence that we’re planning for next year
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elise Resch
• Give @foodpeacedietitian, Ragen Chastain and Kirsten Ackerman a follow to find out more from a nutrition perspective
• Listen to the podcast Maintenance Phase by @yrfatfriend and Michael Hobbes, author of Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong

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• Need more Nomad + Spice in your life? Join our Long Reads club on Patreon
• With restrictions being lifted in the UK, are we seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?
• Dealing with uncertainty in a pandemic
• How Delta exposed Australia's pandemic weaknesses
• Sally wonders how the pandemic has changed our norms and behaviour and what anxieties we will we be taking into the future with us
• The pandemic made clear that Consent Is About More Than Sex
• Colour coded consent wristbands indicate your comfort levels with physical touch
• Sarah shares how the pandemic taught her spontaneity, but also raised concerns about having to re-learn how to socialise and date
• Marie tells us how it took the world coming to standstill for her to discover her true priorities in life
• Robin reflects on losing part of her identity as a traveller, while also discovering new desires and boundaries

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• Want to read with us? Join the Long Reads club on Patreon
• Be our friends on Goodreads! Kit and Viv
• Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
• Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata
• How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
• Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Know your Baldwin: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• If Beale Street Could Talk - Netflix documentary
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
• Just read any Taylor Jenkins Reid book
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
• Follow Rachel Cargle

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• Women of colour lost the majority of the jobs in the economic downturn
• Report that found women booked vaccination appointments for their male partners and their parents
• Women skipped medical appointments more than men during the pandemic
• People are reporting weird periods after getting vaccinated
• 1% pay rise for healthcare workers in the UK is a big UGHH
• The phenomenon of feminised job roles 
• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
• Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism
• “Covid took a crowbar into gender gaps and pried them open”  
• Kim Stanley Robinson’s piece about the positives in global decrease in population 
• ...but don’t let racism drive arguments about overpopulation
• “One for mum, one for dad, and one for the country”
• Find out more about Viv’s friend who got paid for the childcare on Viv’s other podcast

Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! hello@nomadandspice.com. Join our FB Group! Nomad + Spice. Catch us on Instagram! @nomadandspice. Tweet us! @nomadandspice. Theme music: Yellow Sea by Madame Gandhi.

• Our new Patreon tier!!
• Black lives still matter
• Ambar shares about how learning about herself has been an important project for her this year
• Read more about the Dunning-Kruger Effect
• Women You Should Know 
• Activists to follow:
• • @blairimani
  • @amandangocnguyen
  • @iamrachelricketts
  • @rachel.cargle
  • @michellekimkim
  • @keah_maria
  • @melaninmvskoke
  • @ajabarber
  • @beyonkz
  • @joshuaobawole
  • @teresabaker11
  • @pattiegonia
• Stop Asian Hate
• Greta’s got it
• Audrey shares her conflicted feelings about activism and learning
• You’re Wrong About
• Maintenance Phase
• Roxane Gay’s Writing for Social Change Masterclass
• Check out Kit’s dance vids!
• Witch, Please
• Sonia on professional and intentional learning

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• Kit’s current “home” Salem, Massachusetts, US
• Viv’s current “home”: Westward Ho!, Devon, UK
• Sarah shares her homes with us
• Indigenous Women Hike on Instagram (+ their story on what makes someone a local)
• A short summary of Australia Day protests 
• “The past is a foreign country”
• Martina shares the push/pull relationship she has with her family home
• Angie describe what home means to her 

Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! hello@nomadandspice.com. Join our FB Group! Nomad + Spice. Catch us on Instagram! @nomadandspice. Tweet us! @nomadandspice. Theme music: Yellow Sea by Madame Gandhi.

We talk about the (few) unexpected upsides of this year, the goals we’ve surprisingly reached as a result of the pandemic and what that tells us, and set vibes (NOT goals) for the coming year/s. With, you know, laughs. Happy end of 2020!

Help Lines:

• US, Canada, UK, Ireland - Crisis Text Line (also available on Facebook Messenger so you can )
• Australia - Lifeline
• Anywhere in the EU/EEA: call 116 123
• US: call 800-273-8255
• Everywhere: IASP 

Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! hello@nomadandspice.com. Join our FB Group! Nomad + Spice. Catch us on Instagram! @nomadandspice. Tweet us! @nomadandspice. Theme music: Yellow Sea by Madame Gandhi.

• Back when we knew nothing about the pandemic, we recorded this episode!
• Benedict Cumberbatch can’t pronounce “penguins”
• Here’s our beautiful castle … we can’t wait to go back once we’re allowed
• Kathryn shares her close call with the law
• Marie reflects on illness on the road
• The definition of bogan
• Nomads who…. scrub toilets?
• Angie Cole shares a cautionary tale about late night transportation