Smart and Simple Matters: Creating Community, Simplicity, and Authenticity with You
By Joel Zaslofsky: Community Animator, Connector, Multipotentialite, Podcaster, and Spreadsheet Guy
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Description
Joel Zaslofsky – your community-building, convention-challenging show host – taps into all his powerful (and often quirky) strategies in a diverse mix of conversations and solo episodes. For example, you'll get chats with TED Talk hotshots like Andy Puddicombe on meditation, experts like Tsh Oxenreider on gratitude, humble influencers like Joshua Becker on minimalism, or Paleo superstars like Mark Sisson on Primal-living. The show has 100,000s of downloads because listeners love to deeply explore the slower side of life, simplicity through mindfulness, and intentional living … among other things. Do you need help with your "stuff," personal relationships, or your relationship with money? Do you enjoy nerdy riffs about spreadsheets or casual references to 1990s music? Subscribe to Smart and Simple Matters now and download this popular, groovy show.
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CleanDear Isolated, Detached, and Helpless Individual – SASM 126 | This special solo episode features what the loneliness industry is rubbing your nose in (often successfully), some eye-opening stats about how much our isolation costs us, and what the President of the Rugged Individualists Society needs you to know. | 3/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow the Modern Simplicity Movement Thrives with Dan Hayes – SASM 125 | This episode features Dan Hayes on how to be a strong believer without an organized belief system, why a walk can be better for your head than your body, how the origins of our modern simplicity movement started with the Industrial Revolution, | 2/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Life Integration, Non-Negotiables, and Your Powerful Lens with Kristoffer “KC” Carter – SASM 123 | This episode features Kristoffer "KC" Carter on which sacred life ingredients are needed for full life integration, why self-care is about consistency – not duration, and why the numbers 1:5:10 are so meaningful. | 12/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Give a Great Hug – SASM 122 | This special solo episode features the subtle similarities and wild differences in how cultures greet each other, how to telegraph your hugging intentions to help your fellow huggers, how long your hug should last (and how to relax into it), | 11/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean4 “C”s That Make Sustainability Possible with Ma’ikwe Ludwig – SASM 121 | This episode features Ma’ikwe Ludwig on how Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage happily uses 90% less resources than the average American, how competing cultures and classes can mix in beautiful ways, and why the economics, equality, | 10/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDelight is Right in Your Hands with Annie Raser-Rowland – SASM 120 | This episode features Annie Raser-Rowland on how a frugal lifestyle can be the highest form of luxury, how to own your pleasure-seeking urges without paying for it, and what lesser known pollution may be doing to you. | 10/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Path to Money, Meaning, and Variety for Multipotentialites with Emilie Wapnick – SASM 119 | This episode features Emilie Wapnick on how to have the three pillars of a great multipotentialite work life – money, meaning, and variety – with approaches as diverse as the Group Hug, Slash, Einstein, or Phoenix. | 9/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy I Vanished and What’s Next for the Show – SASM 118 | This special solo episode features where I've been on my podcasting break and what's coming up now that the show is revived. | 9/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Not So Big Way to Have Useful Beauty Every Day with Sarah Susanka – SASM 117 | This episode features Sarah Susanka on how to bring useful beauty to every room in your home, how to schedule your passions and actually act on them, plus why Sarah emphasizes "not so big" over small. | 1/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy the Future of Work Is Working for Yourself with Stephen Warley – SASM 116 | This episode features Stephen Warley on how to make big changes without a major crisis forcing them on you, why we learn best when things are hard, and how to deprogram yourself to take on the "risk" of self-employment. | 12/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen “Being” Your Way into Action Is Better Than Thinking with Julie Gray – SASM 115 | This episode features Julie Gray on how to create systems so you can work less and contribute more, why stress management seems so stressful, and how to tap into the power of your innate intelligence. | 12/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeath Literacy, Enoughness, and Why Life Is Long with Humaira Hamid (#CConDD) – SASM 114 | This episode features Humaira Hamid on why just about everything in life comes back to death and dying, how and where to become death literate, plus how to surf the waves of "identity death" throughout your life. | 11/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Be Social, Selective, and Simple with Ryan Nicodemus – SASM 113 | This episode features Ryan Nicodemus on a surprising path from minimalism into environmentalism, why he doesn't do anything for anyone else on the Internet before 12:30 p.m., and three circles of relationships to guide who to connect with. | 11/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy and How to Run an Offers and Needs Market – SASM 112 | This special solo episode features five simple, powerful benefits of an Offers and Needs Market, why your friends, family, and neighbors are counting on you to own your gifts, and how to elevate your own and other people's gifts. | 10/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Role of Slow in “No,” Letting Go, and Laziness with Brooke McAlary – SASM 111 | This episode features Brooke McAlary on how to consistently question what's necessary in your life, a surprising (and rare) hallmark of the slow-living community, and why the minimalism label can be limiting – even if you own it. | 10/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDear Mindless, Busy Consumer and Buyer of Fleeting Joy – SASM 110 | This special solo episode features what the food industry is rubbing your nose in (often successfully), what Citizens against Quiet, Idle Hands, and Saving needs you to know, and some eye-opening stats about how much stuff Americans actually own. | 10/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRewilding, Sovereignty, and the Heart of Domestication with Daniel Vitalis – SASM 109 | This episode features Daniel Vitalis on the difference between natural, wild water and processed water, how to see yourself as and act like a sovereign being, and why we're not biologically designed for houses, jobs, or modern institutions. | 9/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFrom Mindless in a Rocker to Rocking Bonsai Business with Shanna Mann – SASM 108 | This episode features Shanna Mann on how to strategically use constraints to pole-vault over your obstacles, how she got left on the side of the road with a traumatic brain injury, and how to grow your own intentionally small bonsai business. | 9/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Get a “Plan A” Life with Bravery and Bravado – SASM 107 with Warren Talbot | This episode features Warren Talbot on how to borrow bravery when you're coming up short, how to make conscious decisions to have your "Plan A" life, and how to tell fear, "I hear you … but this is still happening." | 8/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSocial Security vs. social security – SASM 106 | This special solo episode features why and when social security is more important than Social Security, the history of Social Security and how the word "social" got attached to it, and why your social capital is literally keeping you alive. | 8/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Discuss Identity, Race, and Prejudice with Charlie Gilkey – SASM 105 | This episode features Charlie Gilkey on what's required to talk reasonably and openly about self-identity, race, and discrimination, how to say, "What about this?" without discounting others' views, and why Charlie shifted his focus to engage would-be . | 7/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSimplicity as Your Path Back to Love with Courtney Carver – SASM 104 | This episode features Courtney Carver on how she got 2,000 people to almost instantly ask her to come to their city, how she fell in love with forty strangers in one day, and why starting with the mechanics of simplicity is so helpful. | 7/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPractice Dying to Live Better – SASM 103 | This special solo episode features how to transcend our hard-wired fear of death and dying, the step-by-step process of how I practice dying, and what finally shattered the emotional walls between my pal Sal and his father. | 6/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Escape the Crash/Recover Cycle with Christine Walker – SASM 102 | This episode features Join Christine Walker on what to do when your mindfulness muscles are weak, how the "Pentagon of Wellness" works to heal you, and why going fast is addictive in our brains and culture. | 6/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Mix Ingredients to Make the Minimalism Documentary with Joshua Fields Millburn – SASM 101 | This episode features Joshua Fields Millburn on how you can have more meaning and less stuff with a slight pivot, why a ninety-something great-great grandma took five family generations to a book tour stop, | 5/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean6 Key Community Conversations and the Questions That Transform Them – SASM 100 | This special solo episode features why community becomes a bigger deal the more you don't have it, the 3 qualities of a great question for any community setting, and which of the 6 crucial conversations you need to have in your community. | 5/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFeeling Paralyzed? Find a New “P” and Change Your Reality with Kelly Exeter – SASM 099 | This episode features Kelly Exeter on how her total breakdown led to a less frantic life, a gift that every parent can (should?) give their kids, and why more "doing" is not the solution to feeling overwhelmed. | 5/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe More of Less and Generosity as an Act of Bravery with Joshua Becker – SASM 098 | This episode features Joshua Becker on why generosity is an act of bravery (even though everyone wants it), how minimalism lets you pursue happiness or fulfillment where you want, and the three layers of clutter ... and how to get rid of each one. | 4/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlexx Stuart: from World’s Best Bartender to Low Tox Life Champion – SASM 097 | This episode features Alexx Stuart on why food as love can be unhealthy – especially for children, how to align what's best for you with what's best for our planet, and the #1 tip to give your kids ownership over what and how they eat. | 4/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBeing Happily Replaceable, Spreadsheet Poets, and Fertility Challenges with Emily McDermott – SASM 096 | This episode features Emily McDermott on why asking for help early prevents getting overwhelmed later, how having an accountability partner can change your life (even if you've never met), and whether happiness can come from making yourself replaceable. | 3/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 5 Elements of Your Full Voice and Saying Yes to Our Biggest Fears with Barbara McAfee – SASM 095 | This episode features Barbara McAfee on why fear is like an outfit that looks bad on everyone, the five distinct elements of your voice and how to use them, plus how innate talents are trained out of you (and how to get them back). | 3/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Deleting 90.44% of My Best Music Made Me Feel Super – SASM 094 | This special solo episode features what artists influenced my youth – and that I'm now disowning, attributes of the 26 songs I kept (and the 246 I deleted), and how to reassess what experiences you invite into your life. | 2/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFinding and Aligning Your Core Values with Jeff Sandquist – SASM 093 | This episode features Jeff Sandquist on how to uncover your core values and live in alignment with them, why relying on external validation is such a dangerous trap, and how tasting life's brittleness is both a curse and a blessing. | 2/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSlow Food, Social Obesity, and Why Nobody Wins a Parenting Race with Carl Honore – SASM 092 | This episode features Carl Honore on how to prevent social obesity while gorging on meaningful connections, how to make your smartphone your servant instead of your master, and who wins the parenting race: the tortoise … or the hare? | 1/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy JoelZaslofsky.com Is Our New Home for Simplicity, Community, and All Things Groovy – SASM 091 | This special solo episode features my new vision of how I contribute best to your life, why my favorite currencies are hugs, smiles, and authentic chats, and why I made the big move from Value of Simple to JoelZaslofsky.com. | 1/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Be Alive and Embrace Your Personal Power with Colin Beavan – SASM 090 | This episode features Colin Beavan on how to help people wake the heck up to their personal power (and what happens when we do), how the "monk and the merchant" paradox applies to you, and how to participate in an eco-Sabbath – No Impact Project style | 12/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean5 Secrets to Quick and Consistent Mindfulness with Toku McCree – SASM 089 | This episode features Toku McCree on why self-awareness is the most powerful catalyst for change, what his one universal truth is, and – of course – Toku's five secrets of super-fast mindfulness. | 12/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Simplicity Helps You Reach Your Life’s Purpose(s) with Tsh Oxenreider – SASM 088 | This episode features Tsh Oxenreider on how pretending to move overseas can help you declutter, where to find freedom when you're tethered to your town, and why simple-living can be as simple as living holistically with your life's purpose. | 11/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Scott Dinsmore’s Connections, Passion, and Work Changed Our World (a Tribute) – SASM 087 | This episode pays tribute to Live Your Legend's founder and my friend, mentor, and hero – Scott Dinsmore. Remember his legacy with me and discover how to change the world by doing work you love, where to find the most amazing people in your local comm | 11/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow 241 Post It Notes, Candid Stories, and Huggr Power Changed 55 Folks (#SimpleREV 2015 Recap) – SASM086 | SimpleREV 2015 brought 55 simple-living enthusiasts together and the impact was big. Discover why we loved sticking 241 Post It Notes on a wall (and what we did with them), how one small clothes donation quickly changed a family's life, | 11/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEssentialism with Greg McKeown: The Priorities Problem, Creating Space, and Your Highest Contribution – SASM 085 | This episode features Greg McKeown on why you need to create s-p-a-c-e to discern what's essential, how a "personal quarterly offsite" helps you find consistent clarity, and the best way to become an Essentialist. | 10/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Joy of Cravings, Intimate Acts in Public, and Surprising Science with Alex Jamieson – SASM 084 | This episode features Alex Jamieson on how to have cravings that empower you instead of enslave you, the four root causes of cravings – and what to do about each one, plus why eating food is the most intimate thing we do with others (in public). | 10/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Grow Food Anywhere and Build Community Everywhere with Eugene Cooke – SASM083 | This episode features Eugene Cooke on why you need a food abundance system more than abundant food, how to ease poverty with local solutions and NO legislation, how to make nature your church, and why the men who spoke the least influenced Eugene the m. | 9/21/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean5 Strategic Steps to Streamline Your Life with Miriam Ortiz y Pino – SASM 082 | This episode features Miriam Ortiz y Pino on why clutter is really just unresolved piles of decisions, the five simple steps to streamline your stuff and life, and how Miriam went from a "pack-rat stacker" to an organized simplifier. | 9/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Rich I Am, What Angers Me, and the Mess I’m Withholding from You – SASM 081 | Discover just how freakin' rich I am, what pisses me off, why I'm so scared of you listening to this episode, how I've wronged my dogs, why SimpleREV makes me feel like an entitled parent (or spoiled brat), and who I was, am, | 8/24/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 4 Pillars of Survival and How to Reconnect to Nature with Cliff Hodges – SASM 080 | This episode features Cliff Hodges on the benefits of "moving at the pace of nature," how to reconnect with your primal, animal heritage, and the 4 pillars of survival (one of them unique to humans). | 8/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to End the Undeclared War on Childhood and Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne – SASM 079 | This episode features Kim John Payne on how our chronically overwhelmed culture creates an undeclared way on childhood, giving kids the gift of wandering or boredom, and the shifting parental role from Governor to Gardener to Guide. | 7/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Gratitude Journal, Vision Board, and Tension between Hustle and Slowness with Vernon Foster – SASM 078 | This episode features Vernon Foster on why attachment to outcomes can hold you back from best ones, how Costa Rica made him feel like he landed on another planet, a dynamite question that can change everything, | 7/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWant a Thriving Community? Share More, Own Less, and Join the Economy of Human Connection with Sash Milne – SASM 077 | This episode features Sash Milne on how to break down the new, hidden barriers to human connection, why you have to act locally to be felt globally, what the "Economy of Human Connection" is (and how to participate), | 6/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Go Carbon Neutral, Grow from Rejection, and Have the Pope Ask for Your Prayers with Jared Brock – SASM 076 | This episode features Jared Brock on how living at an eco-resort or intentional community can change everything, what happens when a little kid loses a $20 bet (with money he doesn't have), why you need to do a full life audit to become carbon neutral,. | 6/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Great new show
Joel has a wonderful interview style- He really knows how to make the most of 30 minutes with his guests. This show is an eclectic mix of practical advice for leading a more simplified and prosperous life. I've been listening from the beginning and can't wait to see where it goes! Definitely add this to your podcast subscriptions today!
A Genuine Resource For Simplifying Your Life
From the first few seconds of listening, it's easy to hear that Joel practices what he preaches in simplifying, organizing, and curating the information and experiences that he finds useful in his life. His tips and reflections on how to do all these things are the perfect mix of practice and philosophy.
If you want to hear how to better organize YOUR life, you definitely want to add this podcast to your subscriptions.
Great Information
I discovered Joel's podcast a few days ago and just finished listening to them all back to back. Yes, they're that good. Joel has an easygoing, professional style and each episode is very well produced. The podcasts are filled with great information, and even at this early stage (6 episodes in) there is a variety of engaging topics covered. Definitely subscribe.
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