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Podcast18 Feb 2025

Ep. 112: WTiN’s 2025 State of Industry Report

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Madelaine Thomas, head of content at WTiN about WTiN’s 2025 State of Industry Report.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Podcast12 Feb 2025

Ep. 111: Natural antimicrobial advancement

In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2024.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Podcast5 Feb 2025

Ep. 110: World Emblem on 2025 trends

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Randy Carr, president and CEO of World Emblem, one of the world’s largest emblem and patch manufacturer.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Podcast27 Jan 2025

Ep. 109: Sustainability Winner

In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2024.

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Podcast21 Jan 2025

Ep. 108: Fashion’s governance for tomorrow

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Monica Buchan-NG, head of knowledge exchange (sustainability) at Centre for Sustainable Fashion.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Podcast13 Jan 2025

Ep. 107: Product Innovation Winner

In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2024.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Podcast6 Jan 2025

Ep. 106: Power of supply chain collaboration

The Textile Innovation Podcast presents Noble Biomaterials’ panel discussion on “Supply Chain Collaborations: Solving for Innovation and Certification” at Functional Fabric Fair in November 2024.

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Podcast18 Dec 2024

Ep. 105: WTiN 2024 in review

In the final episode of 2024, the Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with the WTiN content team.

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Podcast3 Dec 2024

Ep. 104: The future of virtual knitting

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Thijs Verhaar, owner of Knitwear Lab and Lyske Gais, founder of virtual knitting at Knitwear Lab.

FibresKnittingDesign & Trends

Podcast15 Oct 2024

Ep. 103: Roadmap to a circular future

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Danielle Kent, general manager industry transformation at Seamless.

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Podcast4 Sept 2024

Ep. 102: Creating clothing with purpose

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Gillian Ridley Whittle, founder and CEO of ethical underwear and clothing brand Peachaus.

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Podcast5 Aug 2024

Ep. 101: NASA-inspired Aerogel-infused foam

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Michael Markesbery, co-founder and CEO at Solarcore and OROS Labs, about scientifically advanced thermal solutions.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Podcast2 Jul 2024

Ep.100: The global wool supply chain

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Jeannette Cook, communications manager at the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO), about the global wool supply chain and the main challenges it currently faces.

NaturalYarnsCircularity

Podcast5 Jun 2024

Ep.99: Innovation for a circular economy

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Meredith Boyd of US-based textile solutions provider Unifi about its hero product Repreve and initiatives to create a sustainable value chain in textiles.

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Podcast2 May 2024

 Ep. 98: Biodiversity in fashion’s supply chain

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks to Katie Fensome of UK conservation consultancy Biodiversify about biodiversity and how fashion businesses can better meet Environmental, Social and Governance targets.

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ScalingPodcast10 Apr 2024

Ep. 97: Academia’s relationship with industry

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with Dr Yuly Fuentes-Medel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Fabric Innovation Hub about how academic collaboration is transforming practices within the fashion industry.

NaturalEffectsCircularity

Podcast6 Mar 2024

Ep. 96: Traceability across cotton’s supply chain

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with Alia Malki, chief development officer at Better Cotton, about how traceability can be implemented and improved across the full supply chain.

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Podcast8 Jan 2024

Ep. 95: Comparing and adapting standards vs indexes

The Textile Innovation Podcast talks to Daniel Rufenacht, chief executive officer at Bluesign, about how to stay ahead in the textile industry and ways of working that benefit the planet.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Podcast12 Dec 2023

Ep. 94: Alpaca wool, traceability and North Stars

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with Kris Cody, founder and chief executive officer at PAKA – a company on a mission to create natural, traceable and all-purpose clothing from alpaca fibres.

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EmergingPodcast23 Oct 2023

Ep. 93: Working with nature for better cotton

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with Graham Stewart – the man behind the patent-pending holistic Fibre52 process.

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Podcast13 Jul 2023

Ep. 92: Standardisation can propel e-textiles

This month, the Textile Innovation podcast speaks with Ishan Chathuranga – an e-textiles engineer based in Ontario, Canada, about standardisations, and issues and solutions within e-textiles.

Wearable TechnologyResearch & Development

Podcast21 Mar 2023

Ep. 91: Synthetic biology, technology and ethics

This month, WTiN talks to Eric Benoist, a technology and data specialist at Natixis – a corporate investment banking company based in Paris, France – about synthetic biology, technology and the ethics intertwined with the two.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Podcast19 Dec 2022

Ep. 90: Making circular fibres from kelp

This month, WTiN talks to Tessa Callaghan, one of the co-founders and chief executive officer at Keel Labs about its kelp-derived innovation, Kelsun.

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Podcast2 Nov 2022

Ep. 89: Turning mushrooms into leather and foam

This month, WTiN talks to Gavin McIntyre, co-founder at New York-based company Ecovative about its innovation – AirMycelium.

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