Ethically Questionable

Ethically Questionable

Wondering how you can have everything you want in life without f*cking up the planet? Join Jamila Brown, former Global Head of Sustainability and Social Impact at Soho House, & founder of international impact agency Light/Work, each week as she talks to the culture shapers, industry innovators, and impact activists who are figuring it out too. From fashion to food, dating to design, wealth building to wellness, we're diving into it all. From simple swaps to mindset shifts, to just being able to decode the language some greenwashing marketer is trying to sell you, this is a lift under the hood of the things we love, with some of the coolest people in those spaces. Tune in each week as we figure out what's worth keeping in our pursuit of the good life, and what's well... Ethically Questionable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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June 18, 2026 38 mins

This week on EQ News, Jamila, Jenn, and Aisling dig into the three stories dominating their feeds.


Jenn returns with an update on the salmon crisis and the science behind what researchers are calling the "extinction vortex." Aisling unpacks the SBTi's major overhaul of net zero standards and whether more flexibility for companies is progress or a cop-out. And Jamila makes the case that we need a wealth line, not just a poverty l...

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This week we have two-time Sunday Times bestselling author and podcaster Candice Brathwaite in the Polestar for a deep dive on the changing world of brand partnerships, influence, and value alignment. In a world where we're stuck to our devices, either as creators or consumers of content, what do we sell when we sell out to bad brands, and how do we reclaim that space? To help us unpack that, Candice talks us through her career fro...

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Will a campaign in the restaurant sector to boycott farmed salmon save our waterways? Will Ben & Jerry ever free Ben & Jerry's from their evil corporate overload The Magnum Ice Cream Corporation? Can Planting Trees as an Inheritance Tax Loop Hole save the world? We question all of this and more on this weeks... Ethically Questionable News.

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Sophia Roe doesn't mince words. In this episode we get into the quiet automation of our food system — from AI-generated recipes to big farming's grip on what ends up on your plate — and ask what we're actually losing when convenience becomes the default. Cooking skills. Nutritional value. The connection between a person and what they eat. Do you really want to be eating auto-food?

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Sustainability experts Jenn & Aisling are on the pod for our first ever "Ethically Questionable News" episode recorded at SXSW London. Tune is as we gossip about Everlane and Shein, Plastic Sperm, Jet2 Holidays 2 Nowhere, and a Drag Queen Climate Activist who didn't hike 100 miles through the California wildnerness in full glam for this shit.

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June 2, 2026 66 mins

Lucy Cleland is the editorial director and founder of Country & Townhouse, the world's first B Corp glossy magazine, and one of the most quietly radical publications in British media. In this episode, we drive through West London talking about why luxury has nothing to do with what you own, the psychology behind why we buy things we don't need (or even like!), and how some of Britain's most beloved heritage brands are (and aren...

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May 27, 2026 51 mins
The PlantKween has Spoken - and they are here to help you rethink your relationship with your houseplants. Yes they are pretty, yes they need love, yes you can (and should) give it! Because as Plant Kween always says - if you can learn to care for a plant, then you can care for the planet, and at the end of the day, won't that save us all. Ethically Questionable is electrified by @PolestarCars. For more from me check out @JamilaFa...

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So, you want to be a good leader? Join us this week as we host my old boss, and hospitality industry legend MARTIN KUCZMARSKI of Soho House, The Dover, Dover St Counter, and Martino's fame in the Polestar for a chat on being best in the biz, and the things he wishes people would take inspiration from in his brands beyond the aesthetics and the vibes. For more on MK, his hospitality ventures, and his reviews of my driving follow him...

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This week we catch up with @DearTyler designer and Project Runway star TYLER NEASLONEY on fashion, fabrics and fascism. We chat about ethical expectations in high design, if you should work with people/systems you don't agree with, and of course the viral "Not even to dinner with the Kushners" moment which has been living rent free in my head for years. The convo left me wondering - in a world where designer collabs enhance clout a...

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This week we catch up with the founder By Rotation the world's largest clothing rental app ESHITA KABRA-DAVIES on looking at your wardrobe as an asset, and making the circular and sharing economies work for your wallet as well as your morals.


Our simple swap this week - search with www.Ecosia.org get the app on your homescreen or whatever and help that ad revenue flow towards some environmental good, vs some technological quest...

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This week we have OLIVIA PETTER in the Polestar. Sex and relationships journalist, author, and broadcaster Olivia and I deep dive into the intersections of choosing your life partner and living a life aligned to your values. Cuz compromise is tough ya'll, but some things just aren't worth letting your standards slip for.


Sustainable Sex Toys: www.thenaturallovecompany.com


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April 22, 2026 16 mins
Welcome to Ethically Questionable, a show about having everything you want in life without f*cking up the planet. Episode 1 is our manifesto. I gotta level set with you guys and help you tear down all the crazy things you think and feel and have heard about being more sustainable. Most of the negative stuff is bullsh*t. Cleanse your palette with me and then lets start the show!

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April 15, 2026 45 secs
Ethically Questionable is a new podcast helping us figure out how we can have everything we want in life without f*cking up the planet. Hosted by Jamila Brown and Launching April 22nd

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