Big shout out goes to Nate Ballard for making us finish this podcast. Now six months after recording this episode you can hear us talk about six months worth of no purchasing before that! We fail to focus on a question from my aunt, and discuss

Ep. 7 - June Gloom

Jul 18th, 2013 37m 34s

Back from summer adventures Darius and Cavedon settle back into life in Los Angeles for better or worse (there is a fight). And as always with some narrow/unfair interpretation of the rules for not buying stuff (‘investing’ and ‘subscribing’ lo

Ep. 6: Endless Summer (and other marketing ploys)

Jul 6th, 2012

We continue our talk on the cruise ship with Sarah Maher, RC Fill, and Lynn Trickey. Beyond using purchases to make ourselves feel better, we touch briefly on how the ability to buy what we want is actually an important freedom (although no one

Ep. 5: May-flowers

Jun 29th, 2012

That’s right, No Purchase Necessary brings you their first podcast from the open waters. Recorded at the beginning of May, this is the first half of a conversation Darius and Matt have with crew-members aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line, The Sta

Ep. 4: Taurus Troubles

Apr 23rd, 2012

We are a third of the way through the year and not buying things is proving to be a slippery challenge for Darius. Cavedon, under the influence of strong cold medication, has his deepest reveries yet about who you can trust when trying not to b

Ep. 3: Mid March iMadness

Apr 7th, 2012

We got some e-mails!The end of March reveals our heftiest mailbag segment yet; we respond to advice, two calls to action and Cavedon’s ridiculous temptations. All of which prompts us to further clarify some of the changes we’re trying to make,

Judge us, step 1

Apr 5th, 2012

And here are my glasses. They’re fine, right? I think I even like them better with bright white tape…

Imagined Purchases

Apr 5th, 2012

To help you judge us and our avarice, here are some illustrations of stuff Darius Would Have bought if he weren’t pledged to no purchases, one thing he Might buy Even Though he’s so pledged, and one thing he’s not buying even though work asked

Ep. 2: The Longest Little Month

Mar 2nd, 2012

Already February is more of a strain on at least one Matt, and Darius. We cover all the things we generally buy, look at what we wish we were buying, and cover a couple self-proclaimed victories in making gifts instead of purchasing them. And w

Ep. 1: An Unexpected Resolution

Feb 12th, 2012

In this first episode Keene, Cavedon, and De La Cruz talk about their sudden New Year’s commitment and some of the rules they’re living by in 2012. We have different conclusions about how well (badly) we’ve done so far, but despite unintentiona

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