Flying the Coop
By Janel Torkington
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Episodes: 19
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For the people in rooms where hard things get built.
Flying the Coop is Janel and Anna of Strange Birds, a worker-owned co-op, thinking out loud about how structure shapes what's possible.
Conversations with founders, operators, and organizational leaders doing serious work on what business can actually be.
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#17 Jessica Lackey: You can't move faster than the speed of your own growth
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May 07, 2026 |
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#16 Nilou Khonsari: Collectivism isn't radical, we just forgot how to do it
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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# 15 Meg Rye is redesigning recruitment from the inside
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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# 14 Tarzan Kay has the antidote to hustle culture (and it’s not simply "slowing down")
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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#13 Sara Otto: Supply chains that center the people within them
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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#12 Chloe Poynton: Human rights as a business responsibility
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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#11 Lauren Edwards: Building businesses that do good from day one
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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#10 An honest year-in-review of (almost) building a co-op
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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#09 Noah Scalin: The ROI of creativity in the age of AI
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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#08 Elijah Zimmerman: Compassion as resistance in a culture of optimization
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#07 Brandon Reid & Andrew Jacob: Co-ownership is the future of work
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Announcement: Why Flying the Coop is saying bye-bye to Spotify
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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#06 Nancy Disbrow: Rethinking work for different kinds of brains
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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#05 How we make difficult decisions: A business framework
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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#04 Jacqueline Radebaugh: The legal side of doing business differently
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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#03 Alfred García: Business should care for the people within it
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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#02 Haley Boehning: The relationship between purpose and profit
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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#01 Janel and Anna: Why we’re doing business differently
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Flying the Coop debuts on 4 September 2025!
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Aug 09, 2025 |