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Mar 27, 2020 • 59min

Kesang Ball on travelling, sustainability and identity

For this episode, we chat with Kesang Ball, co-founder of Trippin, the content platform redefining the travel industry. Trippin's global community of contributors help to provide a truly local viewpoint alongside stunning visual content. We discuss the relationships between privilege, sustainability and identity when travelling in a pre-corona world. This was recorded in our Studios in Shoreditch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Mar 20, 2020 • 54min

Louise Gray on the importance of creative education

For this episode, we chat with Louise Gray, a multi-disciplinary designer, educator and soon-to-be author. Having showed her collections at London Fashion Week 7 years running, Louise now creates work on her own terms, while also teaching on the MA Fashion course at Central Saint Martins — which is the course she originally moved to London for. We discuss the issues of sustainability in fashion, what authenticity means to brands and the realities and opportunities of the education system. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Mar 12, 2020 • 41min

Pip Black & Joan Murphy on making gym experiences more accessible

For this episode, we chat with Pip Black and Joan Murphy, co-founders of Frame, a new breed of fitness studio that are rapidly growing across London. They're two friends who saw a need for a gym experience that was accessible, affordable and fun ... as you'll hear, they very much practice what they preach! This was recorded in our Studios in Shoreditch, which is right next door to their first site ;-) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Mar 8, 2020 • 1h 2min

Siobhan Lyons on creativity as a force for positive impact

For this episode, we chat with Siobhan Lyons, Fashion Director of The September Issues, a biannual printed magazine celebrating the diversity and power of global feminism. Ever the polymath, Siobhan also freelances as a creative director, stylist, researcher, artist and teacher. In the face of the turbulent times we live in, we discuss the importance of creativity as a source of education, inspiration and its power to generate positive impact to women's lives across the globe. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Dec 6, 2019 • 50min

Seetal Solanki on understanding the materials around us

For this episode, we chat with Seetal Solanki, founder of Ma-tt-er, a materials research studio, consultancy and school who are on a mission to expand our understanding and impact of the everyday materials that surround us. This was recorded in our Studios in Shoreditch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Dec 6, 2019 • 58min

Valentina Milanova on normalising female reproductive health

For this episode, we chat with Valentina Milanova, Founder and CEO of UK based DAYE - A CDB tampon company who are on a mission a normalise the conversation around female reproductive health. Her story is both fascinating and well as impressive, as she's taking on the challenges of setting up physical manufacturing in the UK, the legal ambiguity of a fast changing cannabis market, as well as being a sole female founder. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Dec 6, 2019 • 53min

Sara Arnold on not buying new clothes

For this episode we chat with Sara Arnold, Founder of Higher Studio, a couture fashion rental and subscription service based in East London. She is also an active member of Extinction Rebellion who are promoting a fashion boycott, urging people not to buy any new clothes for a year. For some context, 100Bn new clothing items are produced each year, which in turn contributes 10% of the total global carbon emissions as well as releasing of a huge amount of microfibres and plastics into the ocean. We hope you enjoy her story... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Dec 6, 2019 • 44min

Kaave Pour on intertwining art, technology and design at SPACE10

Kaave Pour, managing director of SPACE10, has worked on innovative projects including a study into communal living and the future for meatballs ... backed by IKEA. Intertwining the fields of art, technology and design, SPACE10 works to evolve the human habitat, so that it can adjust to new urban realities. This was recorded in the basement of their workshop in the Meat Packing district in Copenhagen. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Nov 1, 2019 • 47min

Henrietta Thompson on changing the way we think about the objects we own

For this episode we spoke with Henrietta Thompson, co-Founder of Harth, a high-end furniture and artwork rental platform that's looking to change the way we think about the objects own. This was recorded in our Studios in Shoreditch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz
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Nov 1, 2019 • 32min

Tobias Peggs on the future of farming

For this episode we chat with Tobias Peggs, CEO of Square Roots, an urban farming company based in Brooklyn. By pioneering new vertical agriculture technologies, refining the seed-to-sale model and training the next generation of farmers, Tobias is challenging what the future of farming might actually look like. This was recorded in the somewhat noisey Square Roots HQ in Brooklyn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supplement.protein.xyz

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