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Welcome back to the Carbonated Conversations podcast! This week's guest, Zita Riser, is the zine creator and collector behind the South Carolina Zine Collection at Richland Library, where zine authors can have their creations catalogued for check out just like any book in the library's collection. Zita shares their journey from online blogger to zine artist and author, recalls first discovering Columbia's world of zines after moving to the city, and explains how zines function as a symptom of a thriving arts community. Ge your tissues ready because this episode is full of Pisces energy and as always carbonated holiness: laughter.

This week Claire, one of the founding organizers of Columbia Community Fridges, joins us to talk food insecurity, rescue, recovery, and redistribution. CCF is a grassroots organization working to bring outdoor, publicly accessible community fridges to our city. These fridges are beautifully decorated with murals by local artists and community members and will be accessible 24/7 without supervision. Claire discusses mutual aid in detail, including how mutual aid is the naural order of the universe biologically , and how to support CCF and their mission. You will not want to miss this one!