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Ethically Questionable

by Jamila Brown
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  • Pure Dictator Aesthetic Core

    October 23, 2026 · 30 min

    Ethically Questionable, Electrified by Polestar. Jenn hosts this week. Our theme is governments letting us down, and the bar is on the floor. Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia held a 14 minute briefing, took three questions…

  • Sh*t's Creek: WTF is Happening to the Water?

    October 16, 2026 · 22 min

    Sh*t’s Creek: WTF Is Happening to Our Water? Ethically Questionable, Electrified by Polestar. This week, Danny Dyer floated a giant poo sculpture down the Thames and delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for the water industry to…

  • People Don't Really Like Starbucks Anymore

    October 9, 2026 · 28 min

    Starbucks wants to get “Back to Starbucks.” So why has it just dropped or scaled back most of the sustainability goals it set in 2020, including its targets to halve water use and landfill waste, while CEO Brian Niccol pushes through $2…

  • We're Creating a Culture Where Sexual Assault is an Opinion

    October 2, 2026 · 35 min

    Trigger warning: this episode discusses sexual assault. A former Cornell student alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in 2024. Messages about it were reportedly shared in a group chat with dozens of…

  • Hating AI Whilst Using AI

    September 29, 2026 · 47 min

    Artificial intelligence is becoming impossible to ignore. It is changing how businesses operate, how people work, how students learn, and even how we think about productivity. But behind the excitement is a much harder question: What…

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  • EQ News: Live from Climate Week NYC w Plant Kween

    September 25, 2026 · 39 min

    Recorded live at DUMBO House for Climate Week NYC, Jamila welcomes back her first ever repeat guest, Christopher Griffin, aka Plant Kween, educator, storyteller and author of You Grow Girl. Between them they've been to a lot of events this…

  • EQ News: Fashion, Porn, Sports, Music

    September 18, 2026 · 34 min

    This week's news cycle had it all, and Jamila and Jenn are not holding back. First up: CFDA CEO Steve Kolb's shocking physical altercation with PETA protesters at a COS runway show, caught on camera and now under investigation. Then, adult…

  • The Clothes Are Not Alright

    September 15, 2026 · 45 min

    Why "Polyester" Became an Insult (And Why Brands Are Still Making More of It) Shayeza Walid, sustainability journalist at The Business of Fashion Polyester turned into a slur online this year. Teenagers use it to mean cheap, plastic, fake…

  • EQ News: Champagne on the Titanic

    September 11, 2026 · 21 min

    This year's heatwaves have produced what English wine growers are calling a genuine vintage year for sparkling wine, and that's not a coincidence. Jamila and Jenn get into three reports that landed this week and what they add up to. The…

  • EQ News: Do Some People Deserve To Be Cancelled?

    September 4, 2026 · 26 min

    This week Jamila and Jenn look at two very different "cancellations" making headlines right now. The Met Gala had to scrap a planned museum exhibition honoring designer John Galliano after backlash over antisemitic remarks he made back in…

  • EQ News: Gen Z's Nastiest New Slang Word Is Coming for Your Wardrobe

    August 28, 2026 · 19 min

    Gen Z has a new insult and it is savage. This week Jamila and Jenn break down "polyester," the TikTok slang word taking over from "larp" to call something fake, janky, and low effort. Except it turns out the word did not come out of…

  • EQ News: Imagine Being Mad about Kids Having Clean Air

    August 21, 2026 · 22 min

    This week on Ethically Questionable News, Jamila and Jenn pause to talk about the death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday following weeks of press scrutiny, and what it says about the responsibility we all carry (media and public alike)…

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About the show

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.