Joel Willans, creator of Very Finnish Problems and author of the best-selling book 101 Very Finnish Problems, chats with clothing industry activist and sci-fi writer Rinna Saramäki about the evils of the clothing industry. Thomas Nybergh, co-host and producer of the show, is skeptical about ethical consumerism and likes his sci-fi bleak and dystopian.

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Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media

Shownotes:

Rinna’s blog (in Finnish): https://rinnasaramaki.wordpress.com

Rinna’s books (in Finnish): https://atena.fi/kirjailijat/rinna-saramaki

Why ethical consumerism isn’t enough: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-myth-of-the-ethical-shopper/

Rinna’s book pick - Emmi Itäranta’s critically acclaimed “Memory of Water” (Teemestarin kirja): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_Water

Joel’s book pick - “The Day of the Triffids” by John Wyndham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids

Rinna didn’t like the movie adaptation of “Valérian and Laureline”: https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/20/15999808/valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets-review-luc-besson

The meaning of “Jumping the Shark”: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JumpingTheShark

New York Times’ Review of Thomas’ dystopian book pick, P.C. Jersild’s “After the flood”. Jersild’s “A Living Soul” is also awesome: http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/05/books/in-short-fiction-187486.html

Joel’s book pick - “Z for Zachariah” by Robert C. O’Brien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_for_Zachariah">Joel's pick: "Z for Zachariah

Rinna’s book pick - “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Windup_Girl

Worldcon 75 took place in Helsinki this year: http://www.worldcon.fi

Kuoriaiskirjat, a cool small Finnish book publisher: https://kuoriaiskirjat.wordpress.com

Osuuskumma, another cool small publisher of fine Finnish fiction. Some books translated to English and Spanish: http://osuuskumma.fi/osuuskumma-international/