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Sustainability can be heavy. Design can be precious. Climate storytelling can feel like a lecture. Once Upon a Planet is here to change that. Hosted by Jon Strassner—co-creator of Break Some Dishes and longtime challenger of the status quo—this podcast explores the intersection of interesting and climate change. That tiny 2-stop intersection is vitally important if we want to grow our understanding and awareness of global climate change.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSustainability can be heavy. Design can be precious. Climate storytelling can feel like a lecture. Once Upon a Planet is here to change that. Hosted by Jon Strassner, co-creator of Break Some Dishes and longtime challenger of the status quo, this podcast explores the intersection of interesting and climate change.
Once Upon a Planet is hosted by Jon Strassner. The show has published 93 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "What Does It Take for a Manufacturer to be "Good" in our Industry? Human Active Technology Shares." (2 October 2026, 49 minutes), "Can Farm to Furniture Help Our Planet Heal?" (4 September 2026, 48 minutes), and "A Toolbox and a Prayer" (22 June 2026, 35 minutes).
Once Upon a Planet publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 93 episodes.
Booking probability for Once Upon a Planet is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Once Upon a Planet requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Once Upon a Planet's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jon Strassner hosts Once Upon a Planet, an arts podcast with 93 episodes published.
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Episode #76
In this episode, Jon talks with Shaun Smith and Amy Vilasi, of Human Active Technology. How do you take the sustainability work that goes into good product design and share it in your brand narrative in a way that rings...
Episode #76
This episode is all about Regenerative Design. Farm to Furniture, like Farm to Table, means we can and should pay more attention to not just what we put in our bodies, but where we put our bodies. Jon talks with...
Episode #7
In this episode of Once Upon a Planet we spend time talking about the fear of starting something new. Bill Davies watched workers throw perfectly good, yet used, workstations into a dumpster and did one simple thing...
Episode #6
Jon spends time spitballing with Ren DeCherney, of Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. We talk about the value of re--use and try to wrestle with the question of whether or not labels have helped us with...
Episode #5
In this, our fifth episode, I finally get to catch up with long time friend, Doug Shapiro! Doug offers some valuable insight into simplifying our attitudes and expectations when it comes to planet health. How about this...
Dianne Murata joins Jon on today's episode, where we talk about making that unexpected pivot in our work. Dianne hit the crossroad where she could ignore her customers and stay in her lane, or figure things out. She...
Episode #3
In this episode, Jon dives into the design world of Carl Gustav Magnusson. Carl is a design icon, a thinker and truly someone who's work has changed our planet. We talk about some of his work and discover that good...
Episode #2
Architect Eric Cory Freed joins Jon Strassner in an episode dedicated to communication and the art of re-framing the conversation around climate so that people don't run away from it. Reading a room, understanding your...
Episode #1
In the season's first episode, Jon Strassner talks with industrial designer Brian Graham. We talk about doing the best we can and learning how to operate in the messy middle, where our expectations of perfection are...
Once Upon a Planet
Designers and architects face a complex matrix of requirements to meet modern requirements for building performance, appearance and overall impact on people and the planet. On this episode, key team members from Rockfon...
Once Upon a Planet
In this continued episode of Break Some Dishes, Jon ventures to Los Angeles to podcast from the floor of Greenbuild 2025. For a second day, a bunch of different guests stepped into Jon’s podcast booth during the...
Once Upon a Planet
In this episode of Break Some Dishes, Jon ventures to Los Angeles to podcast from the floor of Greenbuild 2025. Eight different guests slipped into Jon’s podcast booth during the conference to talk about everything from...
For the season finale of Break Some Dishes , Jon and Verda wrap up a challenging but rewarding season about women; women in design, in leadership, and in the climate movement. Why do women still hold far fewer...
In the penultimate episode of season six, Jon and Verda have a conversation with Ayshka Najib, who shares her journey from being inspired by the Chipko movement in India to becoming a fervent champion for both climate...
Live from the NeoCon show floor in Chicago, Verda and Jon sit down with Kathleen Egan and Paul Shahriari, co-founders of Ecomedes. If you’ve ever struggled to specify sustainable materials, this episode is a...
In this episode, Jon and Verda sit down with Osprey Orielle Lake, founder of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), to explore the connections between women’s rights, climate justice, and the rights of...
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In this episode, Jon and Verda go live from Chicago, at the Gensler Principal's Retreat to unpack some of the issues shaping the design industry. Amanda Schneider, of ThinkLab, is back and joins us on stage...
In this episode, we sit down with product designer and creative thinker Ayse Birsel. She is the co-founder of Birsel + Seck, the award-winning design and innovation studio and is known for her work with...
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In this episode, Jon travels to the University of Texas School of Architecture at Arlington to talk with professors and students about learning, teaching and mentoring. Does what we teach, and how we teach...
In this episode, we sit down with Kyle Bergman, founder of the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF), to explore House by the Sea — a dreamy new film that revisits Eileen Gray’s iconic E1027 house and...
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Chargers Beat Reporter, Chargers Sporting Tribune
Vice President of Research and Insights at OFS, Turner Broadcasting
Captain & Women's Team Manager, Grand Island Central School District
author, activist, and changemaker, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
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