Podcast

Conscious Chatter

Author: Kestrel Jenkins
Feed episode count: 344
Official site: http://consciouschatter.com/
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Summary

The first global sustainable fashion podcast, Conscious Chatter opens the door to conversations about our clothing + the layers of stories, meaning and potential impact connected to what we wear. Hosted by Kestrel Jenkins, Conscious Chatter tackles nuanced topics that intersect with sustainability, fashion, systems of oppression, health, and wellbeing through a curiosity-driven lens. Through deep dive monthly themes, the focus is on making the conversation more circular.

Episodes

Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Designer Olivia Cueva of Oakland Style Lab on the overlapping of biomaterials research, fashion design, & community-centered education as a multifaceted approach to rethinking fashion's systems

Duration seconds: 3284
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2026/7/14-episode-342-olivia-cueva-biomaterials-fashion-oakland-style-lab

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Dr. Joanne Brasch of the California Product Stewardship Council on SB 707 The Textile Recovery Act Of 2024 - the nation's first textile EPR bill

Duration seconds: 3955
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2026/5/26-episode-341-california-product-stewardship-council-joanne-brasch-sb-707

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Constanza Gomez of Sortile on the questions we should be asking around EPR policy, a tool to support textile recycling, and the need for more research and data in the textile sector

Duration seconds: 2625
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2026/5/12-episode-340-sortile-epr-textile-diversion-policy

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Feb 3, 2026 · not_requested

Beth Jensen of Textile Exchange on fashion's complex history with data, how the organization is addressing it through their open-source reporting and the need to ensure the search for perfect data doesn't hinder real action

Duration seconds: 3019
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2026/2/2-episode-339-textile-exchange-fashion-data

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Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested

Miranda Green of Atmos on disappearing climate data, how it's impacting journalists & their ability to tell important stories, and what we can do about it

Duration seconds: 2787
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2026/1/20-episode-338-miranda-green-media-climate-data-disappearing

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Nov 18, 2025 · not_requested

Gail Gallie of THE NAT on their inaugural gala and the need to focus on galvanizing global capital to close the nature finance gap

Duration seconds: 2988
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/2025/11/18-episode-337-gail-gallie-the-nat-nature-finance-gap

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Nov 4, 2025 · not_requested

Carry Somers on her new book "The Nature Of Fashion" and the importance of both restoring fashion's connection with nature and repositioning fashion in the broader narrative of ecology as a mirror of who we are

Duration seconds: 2789
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/11/03-episode-336-carry-somers-the-nature-of-fashion

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Oct 21, 2025 · not_requested

Lisa Kibutu of Regenerative Fashion Collaborative Exchange (REFACE) on developing textiles in Africa from Indigenous agricultural waste and embracing AI (ancestral intelligence)

Duration seconds: 3034
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/10/21-episode-335-lisa-kibutu-reface-regenerative-textile-development-institute-africa

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Sep 17, 2025 · not_requested

Emily Mikhaiel of Nazeerah on honoring her ancestors and Egyptian cotton through regenerative, organic farming practices and a localized supply chain

Duration seconds: 2369
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/09/16-episode-334-nazeerah-regenerative-cotton-egypt

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Aug 26, 2025 · not_requested

Cate Havstad-Casad of Range Revolution on building a leather supply chain that centers traceability and regenerative practices for the land, people & community

Duration seconds: 4455
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/08/26-ep-333-range-revolution-leather-from-regenerative-farms

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Aug 20, 2025 · not_requested

An Update From Kestrel: why she's embracing sorting, shedding and creating space & why we should welcome the in-betweens in life, sustainability and fashion

Duration seconds: 1036
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/08/20-episode-332-kestrel-shares-a-personal-update-welcoming-the-in-betweens

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May 20, 2025 · not_requested

Ben Mead of OEKO-TEX® on the what brands should be doing to mitigate toxic chemicals across fashion's supply chains amidst shifting tariffs & global policy change

Duration seconds: 2445
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/05/20-ep-331-oeko-tex-toxic-chemicals-fashion-global-policy-tariffs

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May 6, 2025 · not_requested

Commons & the Second Nature Podcast on: what actually happens to your clothing donations?

Duration seconds: 2526
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025-05-06-episode-330-where-do-your-clothing-donations-go

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Mar 25, 2025 · not_requested

Personal stylist Jennine Jacob on welcoming the multiplicity of personal style while interrogating the language we use around fashion and why that matters

Duration seconds: 2672
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/25-episode-3/25-personal-style-jennine-jacob-interrogating-fashion-language

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Feb 25, 2025 · not_requested

Environmental scientist and microplastics researcher Dana Zhaxylykova on the links between fast fashion, toxicity and microplastics

Duration seconds: 2947
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/2/25-episode-328-fast-fashion-science-microplastics-toxicity

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Feb 4, 2025 · not_requested

Sanchali Pal of Commons Commons on why they developed their own sustainable brand ratings, one way to combat fast fashion this month, & the importance of connecting data with storytelling to shift behavior

Duration seconds: 2610
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/02/04-episode-327-commons-anti-fast-fashion-challenge

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Jan 28, 2025 · not_requested

Anna Bario of Bario Neal on why jewelry is integral to pushing fashion to be more sustainable, why small businesses have power to instigate change & how "investment" in jewelry can reflect economic trends

Duration seconds: 3488
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/2025/01/28-episode-326-bario-neal-investment-pieces-sustainable-jewelry

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Jan 14, 2025 · not_requested

How do you define investment piece, what makes you feel comfortable spending more on certain items & why is this integral to the sustainable fashion conversation?

Duration seconds: 2576
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/1/14-episode-325-the-landerine-investment-pieces

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Oct 29, 2024 · not_requested

Motherhood, entrepreneurship & sustainability: navigating impossible expectations while caring for yourself and others, and building things that center care

Duration seconds: 3309
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/10/29-episode-324-motherhood-entrepreneurship-sustainability-care-camille-forde

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Oct 15, 2024 · not_requested

Kestrel on vulnerability, personal health, podcast evolutions & a question to sustainable fashion folks: are you OK?

Duration seconds: 974
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/8/14-episode-323-vulnerability-personal-health-podcast-evolutions-are-you-ok

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Jul 2, 2024 · not_requested

Nelson ZêPequéno of Black Men With Gardens and Cayetano Talavera of Hecho By Caye on why fashion needs to listen to nature's lessons on slowing down, tuning in, practicing patience & cultivating creativity to better center sustainability

Duration seconds: 3871
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/7/2-episode-322-why-fashion-needs-to-listen-to-nature

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Jun 11, 2024 · not_requested

Teju Adisa-Farrar of Black Fiber & Textile Network and Author Layla K. Feghali on geography and what our relationship to place can teach us about sustainability

Duration seconds: 5036
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/6/11-episode-321-geography-what-place-teaches-us-about-sustainability

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Apr 23, 2024 · not_requested

Wafa Ghnaim of Tatreez and Tea & Dr. Tanveer Ahmed of Central Saint Martins on preserving culture, decolonial frameworks, and how intersectional reform can be a pathway toward sustainable fashion futures

Duration seconds: 4871
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/4/23-episode-320-intersectional-reform-pathway-fashion-future

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Apr 9, 2024 · not_requested

Sustainable fashion podcasters unite — Emily Stochl of Pre-Loved Podcast & Stella Hertantyo of Conscious Style Podcast help us reflect on 11 years since Rana Plaza, celebrating collective movements & ways to focus our continued advocacy

Duration seconds: 4416
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/4/09-episode-319-sustainable-fashion-podcasters-unite

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Mar 26, 2024 · not_requested

Upcycling artists Francisco Alcazar & Ella Wiznia of Series NY are redefining sustainable fashion while reimagining craft & challenging the gender binary

Duration seconds: 3837
Source: https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2024/3/26-episode-318-upcycling-artists-reimagining-craft-challenging-gender-binary

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