BONUS: Ignorance Was Bliss - Not Enough Fish In The Sea - Tribute to Kate Walinga with Corinna Bellizzi (ep. 445)
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Can algae be interesting? (Hint: Yes. Yes, it can.) Can it save the world? (Hint #2: Also yes.) Give this a listen. It matters.
Special Tribute Episode
Care More Be Better Host / Ignorance Was Bliss Guest: Corinna Bellizzi
Ignorance Was Bliss Host: Kate Wallinga (Archival Audio), republished with the permission of Kate Wallinga's family
Introduction:
Corinna Bellizzi opens the episode by paying tribute to Kate Wallinga, a podcaster and storyteller who recently passed away. Bellizzi reflects on her connection with Kate, emphasizing her role as an inspiration and a significant influence in the podcast community.
Tribute to Kate Wallinga:
- Hosted Podcast: Ignorance Was Bliss
- Podcast Run: 2018 - January 2024
- Episodes: 498 episodes, over 1 million listens
- Background: Kate shared her life's journey, her battle with health challenges, and her insights through her podcast. She passed away on February 10, 2024, at the age of 46.
Discussion Points:
- Kate’s Impact: Bellizzi discusses how Kate’s curiosity and storytelling prowess encouraged her to open up about personal and professional experiences, particularly in health and nutrition.
- Omega-3 Fats: Corinna dives deep into the benefits of Omega-3s, their necessity in diets, and the science behind them. She explains the difference between Omega-3 and other fats and the health problems arising from Omega-6 heavy diets.
- Sustainability in the Omega-3 Industry: Bellizzi talks about the challenges of sourcing Omega-3s sustainably, touching upon overfishing and the innovative alternatives like deriving Omega-3s from algae.
- The Future of Nutrition: Exploring the shift from fish-derived Omega-3s to algae-based sources, Corinna explains the environmental and health benefits of this transition.
Kate’s Final Words (Archival):
Kate reminisces about a past recording session with Corinna, highlighting her initial intrigue about discussing algae and how it turned into an engaging and educational conversation.
Conclusion:
Corinna invites listeners to explore Kate’s podcast, "Ignorance Was Bliss," to further connect with her stories and contributions. She closes by thanking Kate’s family for allowing her to share this episode and paying homage to Kate's lasting impact.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:09.7 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:15.3 | You'll learn how you can make a difference. |
| 0:17.2 | Vote with your dollars and get involved today. |
| 0:20.1 | Here's your host, Karina Belizey. |
| 0:24.2 | Today I have a special tribute to share with all of you. Over the course of the last couple of |
| 0:30.2 | years, I've been a guest on so many podcast shows and radio shows, and one of my absolute favorites |
| 0:36.5 | was a podcast called Ignorance Was Bliss. |
| 0:40.6 | It's hosted by the incredibly skilled interviewer, a creative storyteller, and the ever-curious |
| 0:47.2 | Kate Willenga. Sadly, Kate battled incredible health challenges since well before our first connection back in 2022. |
| 0:56.5 | She sadly passed away at the young age of 46 this year on February 10, 2024. |
| 1:04.5 | Ever since, I've been thinking about how best to pay tribute to her, so I reached out to her husband, |
| 1:10.2 | Willem, to ask if I could share |
| 1:11.6 | this episode and her voice on the podcasts that I host. I'm so glad that he said yes. |
| 1:19.0 | You see, for me, Kate was an inspiration. She was so many things to so many people. She was a |
| 1:25.7 | devoted mother, a beloved wife, a committed storyteller, |
| 1:30.4 | and a compassionate clinician. She shared her life through her podcast, which she got started back in |
| 1:37.5 | 2018 and kept running up until the very end. Her last episode was published in January 2024, just weeks before she |
| 1:47.2 | passed. She was transparent with her journey. She said the good, the bad, the sad. In her time |
| 1:54.7 | podcasting, she recorded and released a total of 498 episodes with well over one million listens overall. And with her show, |
| 2:04.8 | she collected and shares stories that explore how we each become who we are on a fundamental level. |
| 2:13.2 | I truly loved my time with her. She inspired me to share more than I typically do. |
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