343 | The Good Goods
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about practical, reliable, and durable goods and the social, moral, and environmental responsibilities of the companies that produce them, and they answer the following questions:
Where did you get the idea for the title, “The Good Goods”? (01:50)
Is there a curated list somewhere on the Internet of companies that sell high-quality, durable goods that also take responsibility for their social and environmental impact? (05:23)
What is “impact anxiety”? (16:45)
What is “corporate social responsibility”? (22:55)
Do dollar stores sell any high-quality items? (25:23)
How has planned obsolescence changed our shopping habits? (36:31)
What are the benefits of buying locally? (42:08)
How do we find items that are high-quality and appropriately priced? (48:30)
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| 0:00.0 | every little thing, you think that you need |
| 0:12.9 | every little thing, you think that you need |
| 0:17.3 | every little thing, that you're feeding your greed |
| 0:22.4 | or I bet that you'll be fine without it |
| 0:26.5 | Hello everybody, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast where we discuss what it means to live |
| 0:31.5 | a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:33.3 | My name is Joshua Fields-Millburn and I'm Ryan Nicodamus and together we are the Minimalists. |
| 0:37.7 | Ryan we often buy things that look great in an Instagram ad just to receive a package |
| 0:44.3 | filled with silly second rate substandard stuff. |
| 0:49.7 | Have you ever purchased something that looked great online but it turned out to be a piece |
| 0:54.7 | of junk? |
| 0:55.7 | Are you talking about wish.com? |
| 0:57.7 | Well, maybe that thing you purchased fell apart after a month, maybe it didn't live |
| 1:03.3 | up to all the reviews, maybe it was cheap, flimsy and inferior. |
| 1:09.1 | Today on this public episode of the Minimalist Podcast, we're talking about the good goods. |
| 1:15.6 | That is high quality things that last. |
| 1:18.6 | Useful things that we are grateful to own. |
| 1:22.4 | In this Thursday on the Minimalist Private Podcast, Ryan and I are going to talk about seven |
| 1:26.8 | brands we trust for home furnishings and other household goods. |
| 1:31.2 | We'll also talk to some of our listeners about some of the mediocre things they've purchased |
| 1:36.9 | that didn't match the hype. |
| 1:38.7 | You can check that out at patreon.com slash the Minimalist, your support keeps our podcast |
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