{"podcast":{"title":"Health, Happiness, Planet","slug":"health-happiness-planet-6309021","podcast_index_feed_id":6309021,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/de0b9058/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.wave-bef.com/health-happiness-planet","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/37152998/37152998-1680346919368-d30c7617e232c.jpg","author":"Juan Eduardo Steigerwald","episode_count":55,"summary":"Join Juan Steigerwald, a former senior corporate executive and founder of an environmentally friendly digital training company, on \"Health, Happiness & Planet\" podcast, where we explore simple and actionable steps towards a healthier and sustainable lifestyle. Discover tips, tricks, and alternative solutions to harmful products, so you can take care of yourself and our planet. Our goal is to show you the facts and explain the action steps that you can implement to feel healthier, happier, and contribute to a better future. Tune in and let's make the world a healthier and happier place.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:19:44.699673+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-happiness-planet-6309021"},"episode":{"title":"Dive Deeper into the Netflix Documentary “Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy” with Maren Costa","slug":"dive-deeper-into-the-netflix-documentary-buy-now-the-shopping-conspiracy-with-maren-costa","published_at":"2025-03-26T14:39:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-happiness-planet-6309021/dive-deeper-into-the-netflix-documentary-buy-now-the-shopping-conspiracy-with-maren-costa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-happiness-planet-6309021","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/health-happiness-planet/episodes/Dive-Deeper-into-the-Netflix-Documentary-Buy-Now-The-Shopping-Conspiracy-with-Maren-Costa-e305skj","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/de0b9058/podcast/play/99856467/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-14%2F396575281-44100-2-5ab503782845a.m4a","summary":"What if the brands we trust and the products we buy are actually contributing to the very crisis we are trying to solve? Today we are exploring this question with a guest who’s addressing consumerism, corporate power and the climate crisis directly. Maren Costa is a climate justice and workers’ rights advocate. Currently serving as a U.S. advisor at workforclimate.org where she empowers tech employees to push back against the growing influence of big tech. She is also featured in the Netflix documentary “Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy” where she highlights the role of companies in continuing unsustainable practices. The film reveals how big brands manipulate us into buying more, wasting more and continuing unsustainable practices. I encourage all of you to check out that documentary. With over 20 years in tech leadership roles at Amazon, Microsoft and Adobe Maren co-founded Amazon Employees for Climate Justice which helped push Amazon to sign its Climate Pledge and create the Earth Fund. After being fired for her activism, Maren gained national attention and sparked legal action. She also led initiatives at Microsoft and ran for Seattle City Council in 2023 on a platform of climate justice and workers’ rights. Maren believes that our biggest problems, such as like climate change and inequality, are caused by unfair systems and that real change comes from collective actions. In today’s conversation we will explore her journey as an advocate, the insights she gained from the documentary and practical ways we can all contribute to creating a healthier planet and society. Let’s dive in. Timestamps: 03:30 Maren's Journey to Climate Justice. 06:05 Organizing for Change at Amazon. 07:05 Impact of Employee Activism. 11:40 The Documentary Experience. 15:15 Key Messages from t…","meta_description":"What if the brands we trust and the products we buy are actually contributing to the very crisis we are trying to solve? Today we are exploring this quest…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3451,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/health-happiness-planet-6309021/episodes/dive-deeper-into-the-netflix-documentary-buy-now-the-shopping-conspiracy-with-maren-costa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-happiness-planet-6309021/dive-deeper-into-the-netflix-documentary-buy-now-the-shopping-conspiracy-with-maren-costa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}