I was late this week with the podcast. Five days late, in fact. And if I’m being honest, it wasn’t because of scheduling or some technical hang-up. I just didn’t like what I had. It didn’t hit hard enough. It felt like noise—like more of the same. So I did what I usually tell myself not to do when a deadline’s looming: I went back to the basics.
I ran a full GAP analysis on my own damn episode. What did I miss? What did I assume? What did I not want to say out loud but probably should? I sat with the uncomfortable stuff—the parts of the story we tend to bury because it makes us feel vulnerable or exposed or, worst of all, like we’re not in control. And after that, after days of digging and tossing out half-finished drafts and obsessing over framing, I hit a point of exhaustion. And clarity. That’s when I finally hooked up the mic… and hit record.
So here it is. The episode that almost didn’t make it. The one that asked for more than I thought I had to give this week. It’s called: Seeds of Survival: What the Dust Bowl Can Teach Us About Supply Chain Resilience.
We start in the 1930s, sure—but only as a point of reference. Because this isn’t really about the Dust Bowl. It’s about the hidden fragility of our systems—agriculture, logistics, labor, even belief. It's about the fault lines beneath our shiny new hemp fiber economy and what history tells us about collapse, and more importantly—about bounce back. If you work in this space, or rely on people who do, you’ll want to hear this one through.
Let’s get into it.
