Flying the Coop
Rethinking how business works and who it should work for.
Flying the Coop
Rethinking how business works and who it should work for.
About Flying the Coop
Rethinking how business works and who it should work for.
A podcast for business owners who know there has to be a better way. We are Janel and Anna, small business owners learning in public as we turn our company, Strange Birds, into a worker-owned co-op.
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Recent Episodes
#10 An honest year-in-review of (almost) building a co-op
Flying the Coop • Jan 7, 2026
#09 Noah Scalin: The ROI of creativity in the age of AI
Flying the Coop • Dec 11, 2025
#08 Elijah Zimmerman: Compassion as resistance in a culture of optimization
Flying the Coop • Nov 26, 2025
#07 Brandon Reid & Andrew Jacob: Co-ownership is the future of work
Flying the Coop • Nov 12, 2025
Announcement: Why Flying the Coop is saying bye-bye to Spotify
Flying the Coop • Nov 12, 2025
#06 Nancy Disbrow: Rethinking work for different kinds of brains
Flying the Coop • Oct 29, 2025
#05 How we make difficult decisions: A business framework
Flying the Coop • Oct 15, 2025
#04 Jacqueline Radebaugh: The legal side of doing business differently
Flying the Coop • Oct 1, 2025
#03 Alfred García: Business should care for the people within it
Flying the Coop • Sep 17, 2025
#01 Janel and Anna: Why we’re doing business differently
Flying the Coop • Sep 4, 2025
#02 Haley Boehning: The relationship between purpose and profit
Flying the Coop • Sep 4, 2025
Flying the Coop debuts on 4 September 2025!
Flying the Coop • Aug 9, 2025
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