Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to Episode 558 of Sustainable Minimalists. This is a listener-supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living. And on today's show, we are getting into the nitty-gritty behind the ways in which marketing has changed in the last 75 years. And oh, my word,

has it changed? Here to help me is Ashley Piper. She is an author. She is a former marketing

executive. You name it. Ashley's done it. You'll see what I mean in a minute. But for our purposes today, Ashley is the

author of the book titled No New Things, A radically simple 30-day guide to saving money, the planet,

and your sanity. Now, maybe you've heard that book before. Maybe you have. You should have because

it is our book club selection for August.

That's right. Book Club is happening August 25th, 7 p.m. and hot news, Ashley, the author of the book we're

reading, is going to join us live at Book Club. So nice of her for offering to come. Really excited for

that. So yes, her book is our book club selection. Book club is for subscribers. We have a really darn good time there if I do say so myself. So if you have been thinking about subscribing to the show, supporting it with $5 a month, that gets you into book club if you want to come. You don't have to, of course, but we do have a good time.

Now, in order to get you all excited for Book Club, Ashley's doing another nice thing for all of you.

She and I are teaming up to give away three brand new copies of her really good book, no new things.

We are conducting this giveaway on Instagram.

There will be three winners, not just one, not just two, but three winners. The giveaway

will run from tomorrow, Wednesday, August 6th through Friday, August 8th. Winners will be

picked at random on August 9th. Come join us. Come enter. Come join the giveaway.

It's free and you just might walk away with a brand new book. So wow. Thank you, Ashley,

right off the bat for everything, for all of it, for coming to book club, for giving away three of your amazing books, which we're

going to talk about today. How are you? Oh my gosh, I am doing really well. How are you?

Great. I'm great. I'm so excited to talk about your journey from, dare I say, shopaholic?

Temporary shopaholic, I think. Why don't we start by you telling us about you,

who you are, what you do, and what you just wrote about? No new saying. Oh my gosh. Well,

one, thank you for that and thank you for also having me on the show. A little about me, so I won't

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