Join K Dot and ScHoolboy Q (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with cross-functional, impact driven Eva Putzova. Eva Putzova, an accidental American born and raised in Slovakia, served on the Flagstaff City Council and ran for Congress in 2020. She co-founded Catch Fire Movement, an organization dedicated to building progressive leadership and democracy from the bottom up.

Locally, she is known as the architect of the Flagstaff Minimum Wage Citizen Initiative, which voters successfully passed in 2016. She also authored the Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights, first introduced as a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 by Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Jesús "Chuy" Garcia, and Marie Newman.

Eva continues to “meddle” in politics because she believes we need more serious people with political courage who are unbossed and unbought to stand up for working-class folks and human rights.

https://www.catchfiremovement.org/

Join Oliver Putnam and Charles-Hadan Savage (aka Cody and Dan) as they reflect on 2024 and set intentions for 2025 in the least efficient way possible. This includes a summary of the phenomenal guests on #beyondFLG and interesting topics on Quick N' Nerdy from 2024 followed by a summary of early plans for 2025 including a continuance of phenomenal guests and a series on cognitive biases.

Two major announcements in this episode are the introduction to a new show on the Beyond the Pines channel called Land Defenders with Mattea Goetz from the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter. This show will address ecological issues in our region and promote a more reciprocal relationship between humans and the natural world.

Secondly, we are also seeking podcast sponsorship to support our various ongoing shows, #beyondFLG, Quick N' Nerdy, Crossing the Chasm, and Land Defenders. Stay tuned for details and reach out to us on InstaGram @beyond_flg or through our website, www.beyondflg.com, to learn more about connecting with us via sponsorship.

Join Alex and Franky Venegas, known as Flyysoulja and Kodiyakredd respectively, and known collectively as the Island Boys (aka Dan and Cody) as they go #beyondFLG with Kathleen Ventura. She is the co-owner of Compost Crowd, an award-winning compost collection service right here in Northern Arizona. She and her husband, Brock Delinski, offer residential, commercial and event food scraps collection in both Flagstaff and Sedona. Their objective is to keep organic matter out of the landfill, engage the community in this diversion, and return the nutrients to the soil at local farms. Kathleen is an avid environmentalist and was just named Arizona’s Green Leader by Green Living Magazine. Compost Crowd was also named Arizona's Best Eco-Friendly Service for Your Home, Best Arizona Company Doing Good for the Planet, and Arizona's Best Eco-Friendly Small Business.

When Kathleen isn’t elbows deep in food scraps and bucket washing, she can be found making vegan food and hosting themed dinner parties, camping in the backcountry or chilling in her refurbished 1994 camper, walking 20,000 steps/day with her rescue dog, or thrifting for gently-used fashion fits.

In this episode we cover the history and origin of Compost Crowd, adventures in life, and what brought Kathleen and her husband to the west.

Thank you so much for tuning-in as we go #beyondFLG with Kathleen Ventura.