Vicki Robin

Vicki Robin is a prolific social innovator, writer, speaker, and host of the What Could Possibly Go Right? podcast. She is coauthor with Joe Dominguez of the international best-seller, Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence (Viking Penguin, 1992, 1998, 2008, 2018). And author of Blessing the Hands that Feed Us; Lessons from a 10-mile diet (Viking Penguin, 2013), which recounts her adventures in hyper-local eating and what she learned about food, farming, belonging, and hope.

Vicki has lectured widely and appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Good Morning America,” and National Public Radio’s “Weekend Edition” and “Morning Edition.” She has also been featured in hundreds of magazines including People Magazine, AARP, The Wall Street Journal, Woman’s Day, Newsweek, Utne Magazine, and the New York Times.

She currently lives on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound and is active in her community on a range of social and environmental issues including affordable housing, local food, and community investing. For fun, she is a comedy improv actress, sings in a choir, gardens, and nurtures a diverse circle of friends.

Longing to belong: The power of a place called home

A thriving village is a collective creation. People, place, participation, creativity, and inclusion are the ingredients.

October 9, 2026

How can you make your community thrive?

There’s a crucial difference between places where people thrive and a thriving community. That distinction is the critical ingredient that enables some communities to flourish while others do not.

September 25, 2026

What makes a community thrive? Look to the matriarchs at its heart

What helps communities thrive? Could one key be respected, benevolent women who lead without dominating?

September 22, 2026

Richard Heinberg

Remembering Richard Heinberg: ‘One of my core mentors is gone’

Richard’s clarity and kindness went right into my heart. My activist was ignited again, not to stop the system but to help my community and others adapt. With kindness.

July 30, 2026

Episode 50

What Could Possibly Go Right? Revisiting a conversation with Katharine Wilkinson

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is an author, strategist, and teacher, working to heal the planet we call home. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”

May 1, 2026

A non-prepper’s guide to surviving collapse

As housing costs rise and populations age, underused space in existing homes offers an overlooked solution. In-home suites can provide affordable housing, support aging in place, and strengthen community ties while making better use of what we already have.

April 29, 2026

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