Pullback
Pullback is a podcast about the ethical issues behind everyday goods and services. On each episode hosts Kyla Hewson and Kristen Pue challenge themselves to try something new in ethical consumption and tell you what they learned. As they try—and frequently fail—to be good people, they bring listeners information about the underlying causes that drive ethical problems in our everyday decisions and talk about the different ways that people are trying to help while educating listeners about consumer movements, ethical labels and lifestyles, and policy solutions.
Show Team
Kyla Hewson
Kyla Hewson
Kyla Hewson (she/her) is an audio wizard living in “the-rent-is-too-damn-high” Vancouver. She is the producer and co-host of Pullback Podcast and Climate
Organizing Shorts. Kyla started Pullback with Kristen upon returning to Canada, after
living and working abroad. Travelling pushed her to think more about how the world
connects and has driven her to learn how systems of injustice can be changed for the
better. Pullback is a project that holds her accountable as she explores how to be a
better person. Kyla is an avid podcast listener, see her favourite recommendations here! Follow her on Twitter @KylaHewson
Kristen Pue
Kristen Pue
Dr. Kristen Pue (she/her) is a senior policy analyst living in “the snow-is-too-damn-high” Ottawa, specializing in social policy, health and wellbeing, and climate resilience. She is the co-host of Pullback Podcast and Climate Organizing Shorts. Kristen has a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and continues to collaborate on research projects in her spare time. Check out her publications here! Follow her on Twitter @KristenPue
