Lessons from @StoopingNYC on creating communities of care online, finding balance through creativity and amazing NYC finds

Today's podcast guest are the hosts of @StoopingNYC, a supportive online community of “stoopers” which share free things left out on NYC stoops and sidewalks, all shared through the account run by a couple living in Brooklyn

@StoopingNYC has reached over 250K followers through its several daily posts where community members across the five boroughs can find unique and nice things for their home. The account has been featured in numerous news outlets including NPR, Vogue, and Time Out. They have developed a community where folks share their stooping successes, including the creative projects they have turned out of items that were left for the trash. In this episode we talk about what it means to build an online community which actually serves a community, how creativity builds balance in our daily lives, and the many unique things that have come to their accounts straight from NYC streets.