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Season 3

Season 3 began in July 2020.

All Things Co-op: Interview with Steve Storkan, EOX Network

December 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 12)

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Kevin and Cinar talk to Steve Storkan, who self describes himself as "the ESOP 101 guy." He is the Executive Director for the Employee Ownership Expansion Network (EOX) and has been involved with employee stock ownership plans for over 25 years.

All Things Co-op Special Event: A Conversation with Prof. Wolff

December 2020 (Season 3 - Episode Bonus)

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Kevin, Larry and Cinar, hosts of All Things Co-op, talk with Prof. Wolff in this special Season 3 event about the future of worker co-ops, the new Biden administration, Silicon Valley’s young and politically active workforce and more.

Interview with Esteban Kelly, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

November 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 11)

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All Things Co-op welcomes Esteban Kelly, the Executive Director for the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives for a fascinating glimpse into the work of USFWC, and his thoughts on both national and international strategies for growth in the cooperative movement. Esteban talks USFWCs education and training and their advocacy and organizing work, how they measure their success, and much more.

Interview with Project Equity

November 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 10)

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Hilary Abell of Project Equity joins All Things Co-op to talk about her experiences and take away from almost 2 decades of work in co-op development. Topics include: The background, mission and work of Project Equity; Abell's thoughts on how the current pandemic and economic crisis contributes to the existing "silver tsunami" and increases the possibility for conversions; Successful conversion examples by Project Equity: pizza, manufacturing; Project Equity's process of identifying potential candidates for conversion; Abell's thoughts on growing the economic sector: the path to scale.

Interview with Mayor Jesse Arreguin

November 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 9)

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Mayor Jesse Arreguin joins All Things Co-op to talk about Berkley's cooperative roots, the legislation that Berkeley adopted in 2016 that provides incentives and support for cooperatives, and how cooperatives are a critical part of a just and equal economic system, and an inclusive recovery from the current pandemic and economic crisis. 

Interview with 1 Worker 1 Vote

October 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 8)

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In this episode, Kevin, Cinar and Larry welcome back Michael Peck, Executive Director of 1 Worker 1 Vote, and former International Delegate (USA) for the Mondragón Co-operative Corporation (1999 –2019). They have a fascinating and inspiring conversation about co-ops, union co-ops and other hybrid ownership models, the critical emphasis on ecosystem building, the inequalities revealed by Covid-19 and how the pandemic shows we need a cultural reset, and the promising snowballing effect of the cooperative movement with bi-partisan support. Peck's wealth of experience and knowledge in the cooperative field enables him to give many concrete examples of initiatives, movements, and practical applications of these ideas all across the country, and from the Mondragon Corporation.

Interview with Madison Cooperative Development Coalition

October 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 7)

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In this episode, Kevin, Cinar and Larry talk with two key figures at the Madison Cooperative Development Coalition (MCDC). Charity Schmidt is a cooperative development specialist at the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. Ruth Rohlich is a Business Development Specialist for the City of Madison, working in the Economic Development division. Among their many topics, they discuss how the city of Madison is approaching this cooperative initiative, the importance of community ecosystems, how entrenched legislation creates unforeseen barriers to cooperative ownership that must be changed, financing, and more.

Interview with OWN Rochester

September 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 6)

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In this interview we talk with Jamila Medley, the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA), about her work catalyzing the growth and popularity of worker co-ops particularly within communities of color in Philadelphia, how worker co-ops represent a viable alternative to a capitalist system in decline, and more.

Interview with the the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance

September 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 5)

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In this interview we talk with Jamila Medley, the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA), about her work catalyzing the growth and popularity of worker co-ops particularly within communities of color in Philadelphia, how worker co-ops represent a viable alternative to a capitalist system in decline, and more.

Interview with the Democracy at Work Institute

August 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 4)

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How do we create a more just, sustainable world? Zen Trenholm, Program Manager with the Democracy at Work Institute, joins All Things Co-op to talk about cooperatives as an economic solution that goes beyond band-aid solutions. In this episode we discuss various co-op ecosystem development models across cities in the US.

Interview with the Cooperative Development Institute

August 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 3)

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Kevin, Cinar and Larry are joined by Rob Brown, the Director of Cooperative Development Institute’s Business Ownership Solutions program. They discuss the motivations for cooperative conversions, the practicalities of co-op conversions and what they do for communities, some realities of Main Street Employment Act, how the right of first refusal works for housing cooperatives versus business cooperatives, the existing but rarely used systems within the Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act that could support cooperative conversions and more.

Interview with the Vermont Employee Ownership Center

July 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 2)

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Matt Cropp is the Co-Executive Director of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center and has a wealth of knowledge about a number of issues that pertain to co-ops. Matt mainly works on conversions, but has had experiences of all types organizing different worker cooperatives and ESOPs. We discuss the work that the VEOC does, including its upcoming conference. This conversation spanned many topics and we can't wait to have Matt back on to talk more about his work.

Interview with the Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership

July 2020 (Season 3 - Episode 1)

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In this first episode of Season 3, Cinar and Kevin talk to Kevin McPhillips from the Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership (PACEO). They discuss educating people about worker co-ops, the initiatives that Kevin has helped foster with the city, and the overall work and goals of the PACEO.

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