Introducing: Discarded

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We’re dropping in your feed today to let you know about a new Lemonada Media series, DISCARDED. DISCARDED tells the story of a modern-day Erin Brockovich, set on the Mississippi River in an area known as “Cancer Alley.” Her name is Sharon Lavigne, her community is St. James Parish in Louisiana, and her fight is to keep out one of the largest plastic manufacturing companies in the world. In this investigative four-part series, hosted by Emmy award-winning journalist Gloria Riviera, we unwrap the complex world of plastic through the lens of Sharon's story. Because plastic is everywhere - it has advanced our world, but it has damaged our environment. So, we take a look at what’s next for all of us and how we can learn from communities like St. James to make a difference in our own backyards.

In this clip of episode one, you’ll be introduced to The Sunshine Project, which is a $9.4 billion proposed petrochemical plan that would sprawl across 2,400 acres of St. James Parish, Louisiana, pushing up against the community that has lived and died there for generations. Lifelong resident Sharon Lavigne becomes an accidental activist after trying to save her community and its history.

This series is presented in partnership with Only One, the action platform for the planet. Only One is on a mission to restore ocean health and tackle the climate crisis in this generation — with your help. Visit only.one to learn more and get involved.

To hear more of Discarded, head to https://lemonadamedia.com/show/discarded/

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0:00.0	So I got a box in the mail the other day and you know I'm not usually thrilled with the
0:06.7	box usually it's not always for me.
0:08.4	This time it was from well before.com and I obdled up and there were a whole bunch of masks
0:14.4	including what they call their premium 3D Pro KNN-D5 mask which I started wearing when
0:21.4	I was in crowded places and became stable for me during the winter and during the holidays
0:26.4	and with a new variant circulating I don't really want to get COVID I can't take packs
0:31.1	love it so there's also other viruses there's fires all kinds of reasons why having a whole
0:37.2	box of masks around made me really really happy.
0:40.1	So I am always happy when the box shows up as it's now started to do they actually are
0:44.6	sold through a subscription which is kind of a game changer because you can work through
0:49.0	your masks and then you always know that the KNN-D5s are going to show up again.
0:54.7	So thank you well before go to well before that's w-e-l-l-b-e-f-o-r-e.com slash in the bubble
1:02.8	or use the code in the bubble for an extra 10% off site wide.
1:09.2	So y'all have been sending me comments and questions about the podcast and I love how smart
1:15.1	and engaged in the bubble listeners are like class of one but if you want to get even smarter
1:20.4	particularly in the realm of finance which I do turn into all words money matters podcast
1:25.8	it's where I go to hear award winning Scott Hansen in Papaclean make sense of real life
1:30.6	financial topics that matter to my retirement planning.
1:33.9	If you got a question call it and they'll answer it on the air so catch all words money
1:38.1	matters every Saturday wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:49.0	You know what's everywhere plastic plastic is everywhere it's in our homes our oceans
1:53.8	even our bodies how do we get here so we got a new show from Luminati Media called discarded
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