Episode 324 features Camille Forde, a mother and entrepreneur working at the intersection of business, sustainability, and community-centered solutions. As a mother of two, Camille is deeply committed to building a more equitable and sustainable future that prioritizes community care.
Read MoreEpisode 323 features Kestrel (just me!) in the first-ever solo episode of the show. With a primary focus on vulnerability, Kestrel shares some of the rollercoasters she has faced personally over the last year (from health to finances), why she and Nat are parting ways when it comes to regularly hosting the show, the true costs of producing a podcast, as well as a question on whether performative vulnerability is what we are seeing too often from the industry.
Read MoreIn episode 322, you’ll hear from guests Nelson ZêPequéno, a Ghanaian-American Artist and the founder of Black Men With Gardens and Sustain Creative, alongside Cayetano Talavera, a fiber artist, zero waste fashion designer, and the creative force behind Hecho By Caye.
Read MoreIn episode 321, you’ll hear from guests Teju Adisa-Farrar, the founder and co-creator of the Black Fiber & Textile Network and the creator/host of the Black Material Geographies podcast, alongside Layla K. Feghali, the founder of River Rose Remembrance, a Plantcestral & Ancestral Re-Membrance practitioner, cultural worker, author & story re-collector (archivist).
Read MoreIn episode 319, you’ll hear from guests Stella Hertantyo, the co-host of the Conscious Style Podcast, alongside Emily Stochl, the host and creator of Pre-Loved Podcast.
Read MoreIn episode 318, you’ll hear from guests Francesco Alcazar, a zero waste designer & founder of his eponymous label, alongside Ella Wiznia, the founder and designer of ethically made genderless clothing & accessories brand Series NY.
Read MoreIn episode 317, you’ll hear from guests Megan L. Schnitker, an Indigenous Traditional Herbalist and the founder of Lakota Made LLC, alongside Niha Elety, a fashion advocate, designer, chef, and storyteller, & CEO of Tega Collective.
Read MoreIn episode 316, you’ll hear from guests Lina Barkawi, a tatreez practitioner, preservationist, and educator based in Brooklyn, alongside Eman Toom, a Palestinian tatreez artist, teacher, sewer and crafter.
Read MoreIn episode 315, you’ll hear from guests Amy Denet Deal, the founder of 4Kinship, a Diné (Navajo) owned sustainable artwear brand, alongside Sha’Mira Covington, Ph.D., interdisciplinary scholar-artist and Assistant Professor in Fashion.
Read MoreIn episode 314, you’ll hear our first official roundtable format, featuring guests Beth Jones, YouTube star and creator of B. Jones Style, alongside Dounia Wone, the Chief Impact Officer at Vestiaire Collective, a platform that showcases luxury preloved fashion.
Read MoreYour co-hosts Kestrel Jenkins and Natalie Shehata (yes, co-hosts!) unveil the first monthly topic of Season 7 — Fast Fashion, Consumption & Why Self Work Is Integral To Changemaking — and dive into more layers behind how self work is necessary to changemaking.
Read MoreDenali Jöel is a non-binary Multidisciplinary Artist, Designer, Educator and Fashion Griot. Their art praxis intersects design, performance, media and community engagement with particular focus on queer identities and Afro-diasporan histories, futures, collective healing, and radical imagination.
Read MoreJulius Tillery is a 5th-generation cotton farmer from North Carolina and the founder of BlackCotton, a business that centers and uplifts the Black community closest to the cotton fields in Northampton County, North Carolina.
Read MoreCassandra Pintro is the founder of Consumption Project, a new platform that serves as a catalyst for educating folks about the impact of their buying habits and nurturing a collective mindset that values quality, longevity, and the environment.
Read MoreJeanell English is an experienced facilitator and people operations leader, and the founder of Elizabeth. She previously served as the Executive Vice President of Impact and Inclusion at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Read MoreMuchaneta Ten Napel is a fashion economist, a lecturer, a writer, a consultant, and the founder of Shape Innovate, a venture that critically examines the economic imprint of the fashion industry. She’s also the driving force behind FashNerd.com, a digital platform that explores the latest in fashion tech.
Read MoreRachel Arthur is a strategist, journalist, and the Advocacy Lead for Sustainable Fashion at the United Nations Environment Programme. She’s the lead author of The Sustainable Fashion Communications Playbook, which was published earlier this year by the UN Environment Programme and the UN Climate Change Fashion Charter.
Read MoreTameka Peoples is the founder and CEO of Seed2Shirt, a Black-woman-owned vertically integrated ethical apparel production & boutique cotton merchant firm.
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