Ethically Questionable

EQ News: Elon Musk's Financial Obesity + The Social Media Ban & The Slow Death of Net Zero

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:00:00 GMT

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 line, after Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire.

Plus: the UK's proposed social media ban for under-16s and what it's like to have that conversation with your actual kid.

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Candice Brathwaite on the Changing World of Brand, Influence, & Value Alignment

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:24:45 GMT

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 from blogging to building her personal brand alongside her writing career, what she'd do if she was starting from scratch today, and how she's grown as both a creator and a brand partner without straying from the values that define her.

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EQ News: Farmed Salmon Boycott, Free Ben & Jerry's, plus Woodland Inheritance Fraud

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:00 GMT

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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Would You Let An Algorithm Make Your Dinner?

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:00:00 GMT

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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EQ News: The Plastic Detox, Cancelled Flights, & Pattie Gonia - Live from SXSW London

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:00:00 GMT

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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Miranda Priestly With A Conscience

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:45:33 GMT

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't) playing ball for us all.

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Plant People Get It

Wed, 27 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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 @JamilaFaye. For more from our guest catch them @PlantKween

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Top of the Game and Top of the Ethical Food Chain?

Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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 on instagram @martinkuczmarski. Shout out to our very ethical sponsor @Polestarcars for being part of the ride towards a better future for people and planet.

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Should Designers Demand More in Exchange for the Clout they Bring?

Tue, 05 May 2026 11:21:47 GMT

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 and credibility to brands both personal and commercial, should these artists be demanding more from their patrons than just money? Systemic change alongside financial exchange... Shout out to @twinbrett and @theseagull for the thought provoking content mentioned in the EQ News at the Top.

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You're Thinking about Your Wardrobe All Wrong

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:45:35 GMT

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 questionable...

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Could I date someone who didn't believe in Climate Change?

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:01:00 GMT

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.

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An Ethically Questionable Manifesto

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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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Trailer

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:36:02 GMT

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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