FAR OUT #31 ~ Getting Conned and Giving Gifts

Episode Description

A moral dilemma at a truck stop in France and a wedding in a remote village in the Himalayas leads Alasdair and Julie-Roxane to explore how gift-giving can change the way we relate with people and the world.

Listen and explore:

• Alasdair and Julie-Roxane survive a high-speed auto collision

• A moral dilemma at a truck stop in France. Babies are involved.

• Did we get conned?

• Could we have approached the situation differently?

• Eating freshly slaughtered water buffalo and drinking Nepali juice at a party in the Himalayas.

• What being invited to a wedding in a remote village of Nepal taught us about gift giving.

• The difference between a gift economy and a commodity economy and how they impact our attitudes and choices.

Mentioned on this episode:

• New Cascadia Bakery

• ASMR

• The story of how we met (pt 1)

• The story of how we met (pt II)

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald

• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com))