In Material Matters, host Grant Gibson talks to a designer, maker, artist, architect, engineer, or scientist about a material or technique with which they’re intrinsically linked and discovers how it changed their lives and careers. Follow us on Instagram @materialmatters.design and our website www.materialmatters.design Material Matters is produced and published by Delizia Media Ltd.
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Textile Design Podcasts
Join Felicia Lo, founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns, as she explores the sweet spot between craft, creativity, and colour together with some of the most inspiring knitters, spinners, designers, shop owners, and makers in this handmade community.
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Welcome to Ripstop on the Record. The podcast for makers, by makers. Where we talk about all things Make Your Own Gear (MYOG). You'll hear from gear companies, textile engineers, cottage vendors, and other leaders in the Textiles + Outdoor Gear industry. Brought to you by Ripstop by the Roll.
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This is why I do this. Jeansland is a podcast about the ecosystem in which jeans live. There are an estimated 26 million cotton farmers around the world, and about 25% of their production goes into jeans, which could mean 6.2 million farmers depend on denim. I read estimates that at least 1 million people work in retail selling jeans, and another 1.5 to 2 million sew them. And then there are all the label producers, pattern makers, laundries, chemical companies, machinery producers, and thos ...
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This is a show for burnt-out fashion designers (and TDs, PDs, patternmakers, textile designer and beyond) who want more flexibility in their career while still doing work they love. You'll learn how to build a freelance fashion business, so you can do the work you love on your own terms. Freelancing in fashion is the only way to get freedom in your day (instead of being tied to a desk). Whether you want to earn extra money on the side, fund your fashion brand, or replace your salary, the FDG ...
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Architect/designer/author Katie Hutchison and textile designer/educator Dawn Oliveira share insight into home design and design for the home. Design isn't an added extra, an extravagance, a nicety; it's a holistic process that drives the creation of homes that nurture and reflect our best selves to ourselves and within our communities. Katie and Dawn aim to demystify and humanize home design and design for the home. So grab a cup of coffee, and join us for some friendly design chat to inspir ...
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NeoConversations takes you inside the heart of NeoCon, the premier event for the commercial interior design industry. These conversations peel back the layers of the event, providing both new and returning attendees with insights to enhance their experience.
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A podcast all about historic needlework and those who stitched it, hosted by your local historic needlework expert, Isabella Rosner.
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Each episode Christine Cyr Clisset, of the sewing blog daughterfish.com, interviews creators and makers in the home sewing, fashion, and textile communities, ranging from independent pattern and textile designers, to couture experts and museum curators.
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Reverberate is a podcast exploring our wide world of textiles and the people who grow, design, make and wear them. Produced by A Verb for Keeping Warm in Oakland, California. Hosted by Adrienne Rodriguez. We plan to release vibrant episodes packed with interviews, conversations and stories from vital contributors to the fiber community. Examining the threads that tie us together across the country and the world. Join us on our audio adventures!
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Redesigning history by celebrating women. Amber Asay (host and designer) highlights groundbreaking contributions of women designers who have shaped the world we live in today. From graphic designers to architects, industrial designers to fashion icons, we explore the inspiring stories of the women who came before us, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations. There's a dual approach in each episode, with a designer as a featured guest, we'll uncover the remarkable journey o ...
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No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging technology, craft and sustainability
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Textiles matter! It is the most ubiquitous and powerful material we live with - it has the power to fulfil both our senses and our soul. Join Mili Tharakan, a Smart Textiles designer and researcher with 20+ years experience, as she speaks to textile makers, engineers, bio-chemists, material scientists, artists, innovators and others who are pushing the boundaries of the Textile and Fashion industry by creating textiles that challenge the very meaning, role and function of fabrics as we know ...
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Luminaries in the textile arts present at the Maiwa School of Textiles. These presentations are from an international collection of writers, travellers, craftspeople and artists.
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In Design Pickup by Ogojiii and Trouble Stories we explore how smart design is changing the world. In our first season we highlight five innovative ideas from this year's Index: Design to Improve Life Awards. Host: Thomas Noppen, Producer: Sofie Munk, Support: Trouble Stories. Music: Atie by Blinky Bill and Mitya & Nightmare by Fleslit.
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Brand New Ways is a podcast for instigators and rebel hearts seeking creative perspectives on life and how we live it, brought to you by writer & designer Jen Leonard. Each week, tune in as she gets curious with movers and shakers across art, design, science, politics, business and beyond.
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In Ghana, types of cloth and the design of textiles are about more than just fashion. Woven Kente cloth is a great status symbol, marking wealth and, in the past, office - something to be worn on important occasions and by important people. Adinkra is a printed fabric, hand-made and worn mainly for funerals, which are very important celebrations in Ghana. The tracks on this album introduce the Kente weavers and Adinkra workers, show the creative processes behind the textiles they make, and r ...
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Episode 1:Book Talk on Tim Ingold's Making The material turn in art is deeply linked to craft processes, materials and ways of making. For Book Talk, we invite people from different fields to read and discuss a single book. How might artists, curators, educators, and theorists respond to a book and potentially use as a tool in their own thinking? Join Stephen Knott, Sarah Margolis-Pineo, Rowland Ricketts, and Namita Gupta Wiggers for their discussion of anthropologist Tim Ingold's Making: An ...
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The South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) Podcast features conversations between the Center for South Asia at Stanford and guests who have a connection to Stanford as faculty, staff, students, or alumni. The podcasts feature a wide range of topics, ranging from poetry to politics, from manuscript collecting to music, from business to Bollywood. Every podcast consists of an informal and informative conversation about South Asia and its meaning in the world, in our lives, and at Stanford.
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Kate Hills is on a one-woman mission to save UK manufacturing. In this podcast she shines the light on British brands and manufacturers, and goes behind the scenes of their businesses. With tips, hints and tricks to help you manufacture in the UK and buy British. Never has there been a more critical time to get behind 'made in Britain'.
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Creativity takes many forms — a handwoven textile, a piece of original art, a digital design, a craft steeped in heritage — and each carries within it a story. Carlow County Council's Economic Development Section, working hand in hand with the Library Service, is bringing those stories to life in a new way with the launch of Creativity Chats, a six-part podcast series presented by Alan Swan and funded by Creative Ireland. At its heart, the series is about transformation: how crafts, art, and ...
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Indoor Voices is all about exploring the great indoors! Join host Brian Morgan for this series of informal conversations with experts from a wide range of industries, all offering insights into different aspects of improving indoor environments. We spend 90% of our time indoors...Companies and their facility managers are focusing more than ever on occupant health and wellbeing. Indoor Voices explores the individual factors that contribute to those goals, from facility hygiene to acoustics to ...
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Spent just 5 minutes a week with Anita Louise Art to discover about great artists around the world - we call this quick Art Education. Even if you do not like art but want to be more like you know what you were saying about art, this is the podcast to help you discover the art and great artists. Five minutes a week is all you need to increase your art knowledge.
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Heroes Of Tomorrow is a podcast about personal values, creativity, circular economy and Cradle to Cradle®. In a world that appears to be caught in a perpetual cycle of take - make - use - waste, the episodes are a very personal statement from successful, charismatic professionals about the necessity for circular thinking in our consumer society and the urgent need to act. Through the lens of individuals in different fields - ranging from cosmetics, furniture design to industrial production, ...
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Future Human has teamed up with the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art and design, to launch a weekly podcast series that will introduce listeners to some of the Europe's most radically progressive minds. Visionaries seeks out individuals who are reimagining innovation in their field, and asks them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends. Hosted by Jack Gwilym Roberts with Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Future Human – understand radical change: futurehuman.io
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Magic in the Cloud Podcast: Unlocking the Secrets of Visionary Business Transformation Welcome to Magic in the Cloud, a dynamic podcast that explores the intersection of intuition, strategic action, and technology-driven business transformation. Hosted by industry experts Joseph Griffith and Ryan Golembiewski, this thought-provoking series brings you exclusive conversations with C-suite executives, revenue leaders, and digital transformation pioneers who have achieved remarkable success thro ...
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Shades and Layers is a podcast focused on black women entrepreneurs from across the globe. It is a platform for exploring issues and challenges around business ownership, representation and holistic discussions about the meaning of sustainability in an increasingly complex global context. Conversations are wide- ranging and serve not only as a Masterclass in Entrepreneurship but also provide wisdom and tools for Successful Living. It is a space for meaningful conversation, a place for black ...
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To make sustainable change, protect our environment and create a lower-carbon future, we need to have a dialogue with everyone involved. Join us on Sustainably Speaking, as we talk with innovators, policymakers, academics, and scientists to discuss the most critical issues of our time – and innovative ways to create a brighter future through the lens of sustainability. Visit: https://plasticmakers.org/education-innovation/podcast/.
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Opening doors and removing barriers, creating new paths in the wilderness of modern anxiety, guilt and drivenness. If you're beginning to sense a need for God in your life my podcasts are for you.
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Carbon Times is sponsored by Carbon Profile - Leaders in Energy Efficiency a UK based professional and technical services provider visit their website at http://www.carbonprofile.co.uk/ Sustainability is our passion and that is why this Podcast exists. We know the world has to pull together to secure a sustainable future so we want to bring likeminded individuals (and sceptics) together, to really get under the skin of what practical actions can be taken by all of us to drive success. The po ...
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A Business and Entrepreneurship in Fashion Podcast by Revstance. We give you an insight into Fashion and Beauty and how it impacts the Creative Arts and its participants.
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Future Human illuminates radical change, telling the stories of the thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs who are reshaping life in the 21st century. Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts with Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
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How can fashion be a force for good? Goodbye fast fashion! Hello to a better way focused on social and environmental justice, inclusivity and sustainable development. The UN's Ethical Fashion Initiative acts as a bridge, connecting marginalised artisan communities, often in challenging and remote locations, with some of the biggest names in international fashion. Explore the issues driving the ethical fashion conversation with your hosts UN officer Simone Cipriani and sustainable fashion jou ...
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What do [insert job title] do all day!? Brought to you by qwork™; In each episode of this limited series narrative podcast, you'll learn about different careers and industries by experiencing a day in the life on the job. The full 24 in less than 1! At qwork™ , we're building community platform for experts, students & careerists to come together and help everyone achieve their career goals! Join the waitlist today at https://qwork.work ***FYI: Season 1 episodes have TWO parts to ONE job: Par ...
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Decoding the Hidden Language of Abstract Art
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13:13In this episode of our podcast, we dive deep into the fascinating world of abstract art, challenging the skepticism that often surrounds it. Frequently dismissed as something “a child could create,” abstract art is revealed to be a sophisticated visual language that emerged as a necessary departure from the constraints of traditional realism. We ex…
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This episode starts in 1975, just after Portugal’s Carnation Revolution. A dictatorship ends. No civil war. No collapse. Just a quiet reset and a country that suddenly has to figure out how to function without fear, hierarchy, or shortcuts. Then we jump to now. Portugal is one of the strongest-performing economies in Europe, and almost nobody is ta…
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Send us a text How our guest went from weekend prototypes to leading design work at The North Face, Nike, and Burton. This episode traces what it really takes to get great at designing gear. You’ll hear practical insights on materials, overseas factories, and the decisions that shape products you trust. Guest: Douglas Davidson of Canvas Worker and …
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Carole Collet on the magic of mycelium and regenerative design.
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1:00:54Carole Collet is professor in Design for Sustainable Futures at Central Saint Martins. She is also director of Maison/0, the CSM – LVMH creative platform for regenerative luxury and co-director of the Living Systems Lab, a research group at the same university. During 2000, she founded the Textile Futures course at CSM, which went on to become Mate…
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Ep 46: Inside Denim Journalism with Sophie Bramel
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37:51Sophie Bramel is the technical editor at Inside Denim, and she watches the entire global denim ecosystem. Brands, mills, fibers, innovation, sustainability. All of it. In this conversation, Andrew and Sophie trace her path from music and fashion reporting to becoming one of the industry's most trusted observers. She talks about why denim mills feel…
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Textile Conservation and Marie Antoinette Style: An Interview with Hannah Sutherland
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57:55In this episode, Isabella interviews Hannah Sutherland, ACR, Senior Textile Conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The two discuss what is involved in conservation, knitted masterpieces, and the exhibition Marie Antoinette Style. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast has a websi…
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Titian's Cain and Abel Historical Witness
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10:53In this episode of our deep dive podcast, we explore the historical and artistic significance of Titian’s Renaissance masterpiece, *Cain and Abel*. We begin by unraveling the tragic biblical story that inspired the painting, setting the stage for its original commission as one of three ceiling panels for a Venetian church in the 1540s. From there, …
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Tata Power and India's Energy Transition: Balancing Growth and Decarbonization
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38:49As bonus episode of Climate Rising, we feature aconversation among Tata Power CEO Dr. Praveer Sinha, Harvard Business School Professor Vikram Gandhi, and HBS Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Brian Kenny that explores how India’s largest private power company is navigating its net-zero commitment while supporting a rapidly growing economy.…
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269: She Quit Her Job in Under a Year—and Now Makes More Freelancing in Fashion
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44:43Ever wondered how long it really takes to quit your job and go full-time as a freelance fashion designer? For Candice Stokes, it was less than a year. She went from working as an embroidery tech to earning *more* money on her own—working with dream clients and building a business that aligns with her values. In this episode, she shares exactly how …
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The Artist Who Painted Away His Trauma and Accidentally Invented Modern Scandinavian Design
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13:11Carl Larsson was a Swedish artist whose journey from poverty to prominence has made him an enduring icon of Scandinavian art. Often likened to Norman Rockwell for his warm and relatable depictions of daily life, Larsson captured the essence of Swedish culture through his vibrant and intimate paintings. His marriage to fellow artist Karin Bergöö was…
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A Life of Pivots: Art Galleries, Sustainable Textiles, and AI for Good | Farahmand Kaleyah | EP 111
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53:31A conversation 40 years in the making—and one that ties reinvention, resilience, community service, and purpose-driven entrepreneurship into a single, remarkable storyline. In this episode, we explore how Farahmand Kalayeh repeatedly reinvented himself across recessions, industries, and countries. From running a collective art gallery during an eco…
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In this week’s episode of Andrew’s Take, Andrew breaks down COP30 in Belém, Brazil and why so many people still don’t know what COP is or why the world gathers every year to discuss climate goals that rarely materialize. He walks through the entire arc, from COP’s 1992 origins to the Kyoto years, the Copenhagen disaster, the Paris moment of optimis…
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S5 E17 Spinning and Fibre Artist Heavenly Bresser
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1:11:35Send us a text In this episode of The SweetGeorgia Show, Felicia Lo speaks with Heavenly Bresser, an accomplished fibre artist known for her expertise in spinning, knitting, and teaching. They discuss Heavenly's creative journey, the importance of community in fibre arts, and her passion for restoring spinning wheels. Heavenly shares her experience…
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Fix These MYOG Mistakes Before You Start Your Next Project
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1:21:33Send us a text Sewing mistakes happen to everyone. Yes, even the pros. Today we’re breaking down how to actually fix the ones that haunt your workshop. From feeding fabric through the machine to perfecting seam allowances and choosing the right project order, we’re giving you the guide we wish we had on day one. Plus, we answer community questions …
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Moorings: Indian Ocean voyages, labor, and fieldwork
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38:50Lalita du Perron talks to Nidhi Mahajan, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UC-Santa Cruz about her new book Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean, the way her fieldwork interviews shaped her project, and the arduous process of turning a PhD into a monograph.
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Cubitts founder Tom Broughton on acetate and the history of spectacles.
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1:00:07This episode of Material Matters is as much about an object as it is a material. Tom Broughton is the founder of Cubitts, a modern spectacles company based in London’s Kings Cross. The company started in 2013 from his kitchen table and has grown to 20 stores across the UK and US, serving 250,000 customers across 100 countries. It offers frames in a…
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Chinese Textiles in 18th-Century Britain: An Interview with Shilei Zeng
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47:46In this episode, Isabella interviews Shilei Zeng, Assistant Curator of China at the Victoria and Albert Museum and final year PhD student at King's College London. The two discuss Shilei's research into the use of Chinese textiles in 18th-century Britain and beyond. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Face…
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Christus Consolator: The Rags-to-Riches Story of Bertel Thorvaldsen and the World's Most Welcoming Statue
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14:26Bertel Thorvaldsen was a celebrated Danish sculptor of the 19th century, renowned for his mastery of neoclassical art. Born into humble beginnings in Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen's exceptional talent earned him early admission to the Royal Danish Academy of Art. His career took a transformative turn after receiving a stipend to study in Rome, where he a…
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Ep 44: Building Jeans Worth Defending with Menno van Meurs
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34:15“If the supply chain isn’t something I can be proud of, the garment isn’t worth making.”— Menno van Meurs, Founder of Tenue de Nîmes and Tenue. Menno van Meurs runs one of the most respected denim stores in Europe, Tenue de Nîmes in Amsterdam. He also makes his own jeans under the Tenue brand. He's not chasing trends. He's holding the line on craft…
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Decarbonizing Steel in the Global South: JSW Group’s Climate Strategy
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57:37Parth Jindal and Prabodha Acharya of JSW Group join ClimateRising to discuss how one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates isreducing the carbon intensity of its steel business while scalinginfrastructure for a fast-growing economy. They share how JSW built vertically integrated operations—from power to cement to ports—through industrial symb…
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BONUS: The 3 Part Framework for Developing Profitable UK-Made Products
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1:23:36🚀 Want to join British Brand Accelerator? Apply here: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply Doors close December 7th - don't wait! Got a question before applying? DM me on Instagram: @makeitbritish
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268: Solo to Scaling: How This Booked Out Footwear Freelancer Is Building an Agency
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48:46Imagine being so booked out as a freelancer that you can’t take on a single new client—so you start building a team. That’s where Louise Ryan found herself. In this episode, she shares how she went from solo footwear designer to scaling toward a full-blown agency. We talk about the mindset shifts, growing pains, and strategic moves that helped her …
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Admire, Know, and Remember - 7 Women Impressionist Artists
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14:42In this episode of Admire, Know, and Remember - 7 Women Impressionist Artists, we shine a spotlight on the often-overlooked female artists of the Impressionist movement. Join us as we explore the lives and works of trailblazing women like Berthe Morisot, Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Marie Bracquemond, Louise Catherine Breslau, Eva Gonzales, Lilla Cabot …
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Finding Hidden Revenue to Turn Struggling Divisions into Profit Engines | Rob Bedell | EP 110
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36:39Rob Bedell has built a career helping companies uncover hidden revenue, reshape broken sales cultures, and rethink how they show up for their customers. In this conversation, Rob breaks down why most organizations misjudge their own value, where leaders accidentally create blind spots, and why the most powerful sales shift is realizing that “it’s n…
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These Materials Tell a Story Beyond the Performance
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1:03:02Send us a text Great pack fabrics don't always come right from the mill. Luke from Truce Designs finds some of his fabrics from old sailboats, kites, and scrap bins. Upcycled fabrics aren't just "green" they're durable, functional, and full of old stories. They're the perfect accent to include on a bespoke project. Listen to this episode to hear ab…
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In April, the White House called it Liberation Day. The apparel industry called it panic. Andrew breaks down what happened when decades of predictable duty rates got wiped out overnight. Global jeans suppliers were hit with numbers no one saw coming. Vietnam at 46%, Cambodia at 49%, Bangladesh at 37%. Orders paused. Panic spread. The rollout felt l…
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From pre-doc to start-up: hard work, serendipity, and potential
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35:09Lalita du Perron talks to Daniel Praburaj, former pre-doctoral fellow at the Stanford King Center on Global Development about his journey to Stanford (spoiler: it did not involve an IIT) and his plans for the future. Lalita and Daniel are joined at the start of the podcast by the meows of Lalita’s cat Michelle, but after about 10 minutes she gives …
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The Scientific Secrets of Wallpaper: How Botanical Masterpieces by Merian, Redouté, and Audubon Became Modern Home Décor
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13:26Step into the lush world of botanical artistry and its lasting impact on modern interior design. In this episode, The Legacy of Botanical Artists and Their Influence on Modern Wallpaper Design, we explore how the intricate works of six historical masters—Maria Sibylla Merian, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Anne Pratt, Elizabeth Black…
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Ep 42: Fifty Years of Denim at Over the Rainbow with Joel and Daniel Carman
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41:46In 1975, Joel Carman opened Over the Rainbow with $2,000, a love of jeans, and no idea what he was doing. Fifty years later, Joel and his family run one of the longest-standing independent denim retailers in North America. Andrew sits down with Joel and Daniel to talk about what it takes to survive five decades in retail—from the early days when Jo…
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De-Risking Climate Tech: Inside the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center with Galen Nelson
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53:26Galen Nelson, Chief Climate Officer at the MassachusettsClean Energy Center (MassCEC) explains how the state is helping accelerate climate innovation through early-stage grants, equity investments, and infrastructure support. Galen outlines how MassCEC targets “market failures” where private investors hesitate—such as pilot and demonstration projec…
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267: From $14/hour to $65/hour as a Freelance Sample Maker (Even Though She Was Scared AF to Charge More)
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1:12:17In Part 1, Caroline quit her underpaid factory job to run her freelance biz full-time. But what happened next? This episode is where it *really* gets juicy. Caroline opens up about the exact moment she raised her rate to $65/hour—and how terrifying it felt to say it out loud. She nearly backed down. She literally shook through the call. But she did…
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From Survival to Success: Leading with Trauma-Informed Wisdom in Tech | Sonia Aleman | EP 109
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49:59In this raw and transformative episode of Magic in the Cloud, host Joe welcomes Sonia Aleman—a technology leader who turned decades of corporate program management experience and personal trauma into a mission to revolutionize workplace wellness. 🎯 What You'll Learn: Corporate Leadership Insights: How to lead complex, multi-stakeholder technology p…
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AI, Alignment, and Empathy: How People-First Companies Win | Jon Cline | Magic in the Cloud | EP 108
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56:32In this episode of Magic in the Cloud, host Joe sits down with Jon Cline, founder of The People First Method, to explore how mastering soft skills can lead to hard results — in leadership, sales, and tech. From over a thousand Salesforce projects to years of coaching experience, Jon shares how empathy, communication, and trust have become the new p…
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Japanese Artists' Timeless Influence on Wallpaper and Textiles
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11:12Discover the profound impact of Japanese aesthetics on global design in this episode. We explore how principles of nature, harmony, and balance have influenced modern wallpaper and textile trends. Focusing on seven iconic Japanese artists, including Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige, we dive into their unique styles—from the bold ukiyo-e woo…
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Send us a text Good design is more than shapes and stitches. It’s timing, color, and knowing when something is good enough to release. We chat with James from Route Unknown to talk about secrets behind the drop method and how he creates modular, beautiful, and ultra-durable products in his one-man shop. Plus, why the UK doesn't have that many cotta…
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If a corporation were a person, what kind of person would it be? Andrew revisits the 2003 documentary The Corporation, which diagnosed the modern company as a psychopath. No empathy, no remorse, no conscience. Just profit with zero regard for human cost. He applies that lens to denim. Chasing cheaper wages. Blue-washing sustainability while underpa…
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Brodie Neill on ocean plastic (and reclaimed wood).
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53:19Brodie Neill is a Tasmanian-born but London-based furniture designer, who has made a name for himself by creating pieces from waste and reclaimed materials. In 2016, for example, he represented Australia at the inaugural London Design Biennale with his exhibition entitled, Plastic Effects. In it, he showcased the Gyro Table, with a top made of frag…
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Ep. 40: The Fight Worth Fighting—with James McKinnon
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25:36James McKinnon runs a 72-year-old family textile business in South Carolina. He's third generation. He sits on the Cotton Board, advises the USDA on cotton standards, and he'll tell you straight up that U.S. textiles are fighting some incredibly strong headwinds. But he also thinks it's a fight worth fighting. In this conversation, Andrew and James…
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Governing Climate Action: Massachusetts’ Strategy for Decarbonization and Resilience
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44:53Jonathan Schrag, Deputy Climate Chief for the Commonwealthof Massachusetts, joins Climate Rising to discuss how the state istackling emissions, electrifying infrastructure, and responding to a shiftingfederal policy landscape. Jonathan shares how Massachusetts’ newly created Climate Office coordinates across agencies—from housing to public health t…
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Finance, debt, and artistic entrepreneurship
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41:33Lalita du Perron talks to Shanthi Senthe of the University of Windsor Law School about her former life as a corporate lawyer, her current life as a scholar of law and business, and her experiences doing fieldwork in Sri Lanka.
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266: From Self-Doubt and a Factory Job to Freelance Biz Owner: Caroline’s One-Year Transformation
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42:38If you’ve ever wondered *how the heck someone actually quits their job to freelance full-time*—this episode is it. Caroline Kuhlman went from working in a sewing factory, filled with doubt about her skills, to running her own thriving freelance fashion business...in just one year. She had no portfolio, no website, and no idea where to start. But sh…
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Investing In Sustainable Technology with SK Capital's Anne Kolton
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18:30Biodegradable water-soluble films. Recycling that reuses molecules over and over. AI that can develop more sustainable polymers. In this conversation, Sustainably Speaking host Mia Quinn sits down with Anne Kolton, Chief Sustainability Officer at SK Capital Partners, to explore the next wave of innovation in manufacturing and materials. Anne shares…
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The History of Punch Needle: An Interview with Micah Clasper-Torch
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1:01:52In this episode, Isabella interviews Micah Clasper-Torch, an artist, designer, and educator whose work is centred around the traditional craft of punch needle rug hooking. The two talk about the history and use of punch needle in all of its forms. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast h…
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James Fox on his extraordinary journey through Britain's crafts.
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1:02:53James Fox wears a couple of hats. He is director of studies in History of Art at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and creative director of the Hugo Burge Foundation. As well as that he is a BAFTA-nominated broadcaster and an author with a brand new book out. Craftland: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Arts & Vanishing Trades is his journey through Brita…
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Ep. 39: Andrew's Take: Do Jeans Really Symbolize Freedom?
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5:12Jeans have long been seen as the uniform of freedom. But if freedom is what we're selling, what's the truth behind the people making them? In this solo episode, Andrew looks at two global scorecards, one for freedom and one for happiness, across the 11 countries that produce most of the world's denim. The results aren't comfortable. China ranks thi…
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