Flying the Coop

Business
Janel Torkington
strangebirds.land/podcast
Fortnightly podcast. Next episode on Thursday, April 16.
For the people in rooms where hard things get built.

Flying the Coop is Janel and Anna of Strange Birds, a worker-owned co-op, thinking out loud about how structure shapes what's possible.

Conversations with founders, operators, and organizational leaders doing serious work on what business can actually be.
18 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
S2 E15
# 15 Meg Rye is redesigning recruitment from the inside
S2 E15·
March 19
March 19
33 mins
S2 E13
#13 Sara Otto: Supply chains that center the people within them
S2 E13·
February 18
February 18
37 mins
S2 E12
#12 Chloe Poynton: Human rights as a business responsibility
S2 E12·
February 4
February 4
39 mins
S1 E10
#10 An honest year-in-review of (almost) building a co-op
S1 E10·
January 7
January 7
32 mins
S1 E9
#09 Noah Scalin: The ROI of creativity in the age of AI
S1 E9·
Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025
41 mins