It’s a challenging and highly stressful week in the new, coronavirus world order. If you’re looking for something to distract you from from the constant uncertainty, these podcasts might help.
1.The BoF Podcast: Retail Futurist Doug Stephens on How Coronavirus Will Shift Consumer Behaviour (24.20 minutes)
Primarily US focussed, but with some interesting insights comparing consumer behaviour after 9/11 to the Coronavirus crisis
2. Bloomberg- The Business of Conscious Clothing: Vanessa Barboni Hallik, Founder of Another Tomorrow, discuses her end-to end sustainable fashion business (6.34 minutes)
3. Conscious Chatter: Episode 187 | Dana Thomas + Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and The Future of Clothes (36.58 minutes)
Dana Thomas’ first book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, was groundbreaking in first drawing a link between our clothing and human rights abuses in the supply chain. In this podcast, Thomas discusses the findings of her follow up book, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.
4. Clare Press Wardrobe Crisis: Podcast 111, The Slow Travels Of Ocean Plastics Explorer Emily Penn (39.28 minutes)
Vogue’s first Sustainability Editor, Clare Press’s Wardrobe Crisis is the podcast equivalent of the sustainable fashion bible. A global nomad, Clare is at every major fashion sustainability event around the world, which means her interviews are the most current and influential thinkers on the planet.
5. Spirit of 608: Fashion, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability + Tech: Building a Secondhand Style Swapping Startup in Los Angeles with Swap Society’s Nicole Robertson (61 minutes)
Stories, tips and advice from women at the intersection of fashion, entrepreneurship, sustainability and tech.
Connecting the Asia Pacific ethical designer community 