Design Economics Podcast with Vinny Tafuro

EP 21 Jody Levison-Johnson: Five & Rising; The Economy's Unfunded Engine

When Vinny came across Jody Levison-Johnson's Forbes piece arguing that the social sector deserves to be treated as an economic engine, he reached out. That conversation

EP 20 Erin Hotchkiss: Fragments & Frameworks; Translating Silos Into Systems

Join host Vinny Tafuro and IEE board member Erin Hotchkiss for a special origin story episode celebrating ten years since the publication of Unlocking the Labor Cage. Thi

EP 19 Misty Heggeness: Swiftynomics; Taylor Swift & the Women Economics Ignored

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Misty Heggeness, associate professor at the University of Kansas, former principal economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, and

EP 18 Holly McCann: Growing Local; Blue Ridge Blueprint for a Local Food Economy

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Holly McCann, co-founder and Core Steward of Blue Ridge Foodshed Commons, a public benefit company catalyzing a self-sustai

EP 17 Masami Sato: Woven In; Embedding Impact by Design

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Masami Sato, founder and CEO of B1G1, a Singapore-based social enterprise and certified B Corp that has generated over 395

EP 16 Miren Oca: Exit While They Slept; Employee Ownership & the Perpetual Trust

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Miren Oca, founder and CEO of Ocaquatics Swim School, who built a Miami swim instruction institution over 32 years before t

EP 15 Helena Norberg-Hodge: Local Futures; Happiness as a Cure

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures and pioneer of the new economy movement. Helena traces the economic forces t

EP 14 Tom Llewellyn: Borrow Don't Buy; Tools, Trust & The Commons

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, exploring what a genuine sharing economy actually looks like. Tom traces th

EP 13 Pam Shockley-Zalabak: The Trust Deficit: Economics' Costly Blind Spot

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a compelling conversation with Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak, former Chancellor of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and leading resear

EP 12 John Feldman: Documenting Revolution, Scientific Paradigm Shifts

Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest John Feldman, filmmaker and founder of Hummingbird Films, for a conversation about how ecological documentaries challenge scientific orth

EP 2.4 Tonya Donati: Growing Slow is Sexy: Kombucha, B Corps & Patient Capital

Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest Tonya Donati, Founder and CEO of Mother Kombucha, for a conversation about building a certified B Corp through bootstrapped, regional gro

EP 2.3 Walter Balser: Decentralization & Paradigm Shifts in K-12 Education

Join host Vinny Tafuro for an engaging conversation with guest Dr. Walter Balser, Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of F

EP 2.2 Stan Deetz: Systems Design to Slow Down Capitalism

Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Dr. Stan Deetz, exploring why corporations—not governments—make most decisions affecting our lives. Stan reveals how extern

EP 2.1 Melanie Sue Hicks: Invisible Snake Bites, The Economics of Broken Workplaces

Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest Dr. Melanie Sue Hicks, a workforce and employee experience expert with more than two decades of experience in organizational development

EP 1.6 Thaddeus Squire: Fiscal Sponsorship as Management Commons

Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest Thaddeus Squire, Chief Commons Steward at Social Impact Commons, for a conversation about fiscal sponsorship in the social sector. Thadde

EP 1.5 Riane Eisler: Nurturing Our Humanity and Partnership Economics

Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest Dr. Riane Eisler, renowned systems scientist and author, as they explore her groundbreaking work on partnership systems and their impact

EP 1.4 Eric Eisenberg: Paradigm Change and Orthodoxy in Academia

Join host Vinny Tafuro for an engaging conversation with guest Dr. Eric Eisenberg, Senior Vice President for University-Community Partnerships at USF. Through the lens of

EP 1.3 Exploring Afrofuturism and The Dinkinesh Method with Ingrid LaFleur

Join host Vinny Tafuro for an engaging conversation with guest Ingrid LaFleur, a curator, Afrofuturist, and pleasure activist. Her groundbreaking work has been featured i

EP 1.2 The Collective Impact of B Corps with Nathan Stuck

Join host Vinny Tafuro for an engaging conversation with guest Nathan Stuck, an entrepreneur, B Corp consultant, and the founder of B Local Georgia. Their conversation fo

EP 1.1 After Capitalism: Designing Economic Futures with Andy Hines

Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest Andy Hines, Assistant Professor and Program Director of the graduate program in foresight at The University of Houston as they discuss An