A promising journalism career briefly takes a dark turn down the path of Instagram influencing. Alden Wicker, a freelance journalist and author, managed to come out the other side. Her career as a sustainable fashion journalist - as the editor of EcoCult and freelancer for numerous big name publications - culminated with her book To Dye For. We also discuss manifesting, MDMA and sex parties.

Countries featured: U.S.A., Bangladesh, India

Publications featured: Huffington Post, LearnVest, Newsweek, EcoCult, WIRED, Quartz, Refinery29, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, VTDigger

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

My story in the Overseas Press Club Award-winning series - https://bit.ly/4ac8bBa

Alden's book To Dye For on Amazon.com - https://bit.ly/4afMBf5

EcoCult - https://ecocult.com

Alden's story for Newsweek - https://bit.ly/43ByRch

Her story about American Spirit cigarettes - https://bit.ly/4aCD5Cu

Her story on a startup sex party with a questionable founder - https://bit.ly/4cEZwcg

Her Harper's Bazaar story on toxic clothing - https://bit.ly/43FM5og

Sourcing Journal - https://sourcingjournal.com

Rebecca Solnit's story In the Shadow of Silicon Valley - https://bit.ly/4cD02Hw