{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty","title":"Episode 226: How To Be Okay","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6362,"description":"2025 is a lot. Things are kinda overwhelming right now: there’s a lot of news to digest and it's coming fast, it’s hard to suss out reality from fiction, and we don’t know what we can do to help. And so…it’s hard to be okay right now.  But it sure is easy to be overwhelmed. Frightened. Angry. Trapped in a sense of powerlessness. \nFind this episode's transcript (and so much more) at clotheshorsepodcast.com\nThis week we are going to talk about how to be okay, whether you’re facing fascism, climate change, plastic pollution, the fast fashion crisis, or all of these at once.Why we doomscroll, how it's impacting our brains, and what we can do to stop it,How to manage the flow of accurate information into our lives,How to talk to people online,How to take care of ourselves,And things we can actually do to help out locally and globally.Along the way, we'll talk about why waiting for collapse isn't helping anyone and why you should never forget the mouse in your pocket.\nThings mentioned in this episode:\nDon't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show\nOr read the transcript here.\n5 Best Apps to Limit Social Media Time\nThe Brick\nInput/Output (Caitlin Kunkel Substack)\nGood Climate News (Alaina Wood Substack)\nRobert Reich Substack\nLetters From An American (Heather Cox Richardson Substack)\nIndivisible.org\nJoin the conversation on the Clotheshorse Slack! Sign up here!\nGet your Clotheshorse merch here: https://clotheshorsepodcast.com/shop/\nIf you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it’s a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.world\nDid you enjoy this episode? Consider \"buying me a coffee\" via Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/clotheshorse\nClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:\nThe Pewter Thimble Is there a little bit of Italy in your soul? Are you an enthusiast of pre-loved decor and accessories? Bring vintage Italian style — and history — into...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_u71z-ZNs_Ob6wKJAM2DSS8-P3fYJ_G9yobrjlS91nE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNjll/OTRlMDEwOWM3ZWFh/ODc4ODkxNDIyM2Jj/YjZjMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}