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.
Why Join Flying the Coop as a Guest
Co-Op Audience Fit
You reach business owners and future-of-work listeners who care about worker ownership, co-ops, and doing business differently.
Conversation-Led Editorial
You get a real interview, not a scripted promo spot, with room for your ideas on collectivism, purpose, and practical change.
Curious, Credible Hosts
You're interviewed by two small business owners actively navigating their own co-op transition, so your expertise meets lived experience.
Shareable Episode Asset
You leave with an episode you can share with your audience, network, and collaborators as proof of your thinking.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Worker Ownership In Practice
You unpack what co-ownership looks like beyond theory, including the messy decisions and tradeoffs.
Human-Centered Business Design
You show how to build a business that cares for the people inside it while still functioning well.
Beyond Hustle Culture
You challenge optimization culture and share a healthier way to think about growth, creativity, and success.
Workplace Systems That Work
You explore recruitment, supply chains, and legal structures that better support people and values.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners rethink work, ownership, and business design with more care, clarity, and courage.
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Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a founder, operator, legal advocate, movement builder, or small business owner with a thoughtful take on co-ops, workplace design, purpose-led business, or alternative models of ownership.
Recent Episodes
#17 Jessica Lackey: You can't move faster than the speed of your own growth
Flying the Coop • May 7, 2026
#16 Nilou Khonsari: Collectivism isn't radical, we just forgot how to do it
Flying the Coop • Apr 2, 2026
# 15 Meg Rye is redesigning recruitment from the inside
Flying the Coop • Mar 19, 2026
# 14 Tarzan Kay has the antidote to hustle culture (and it’s not simply "slowing down")
Flying the Coop • Mar 5, 2026
#13 Sara Otto: Supply chains that center the people within them
Flying the Coop • Feb 18, 2026
#12 Chloe Poynton: Human rights as a business responsibility
Flying the Coop • Feb 4, 2026
#11 Lauren Edwards: Building businesses that do good from day one
Flying the Coop • Jan 21, 2026
#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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