{"podcast":{"title":"Conscious Chatter","slug":"conscious-chatter-322689","podcast_index_feed_id":322689,"rss_url":"https://consciouschatter.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://consciouschatter.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/b/b/2/6bb2c19c8cd8a9fd16c3140a3186d450/Channel_Cover_Conscious_Chatter_Kestrel_Jenkins-sustainable-fashion-Final.png","author":"Kestrel Jenkins","episode_count":344,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:18:41.073288+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conscious-chatter-322689"},"episode":{"title":"Cate Havstad-Casad of Range Revolution on building a leather supply chain that centers traceability and regenerative practices for the land, people & community","slug":"cate-havstad-casad-of-range-revolution-on-building-a-leather-supply-chain-that-centers-traceability-and-regenerative-practices-for-the-land-people-community","published_at":"2025-08-26T16:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conscious-chatter-322689/cate-havstad-casad-of-range-revolution-on-building-a-leather-supply-chain-that-centers-traceability-and-regenerative-practices-for-the-land-people-community","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conscious-chatter-322689","url":"https://www.consciouschatter.com/podcast/2025/08/26-ep-333-range-revolution-leather-from-regenerative-farms","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/consciouschatter/Conscious_Chatter_Range_Revolution_Leather_Regenerative_Practices__333.mp3?dest-id=523042","summary":"In Episode 333, Kestrel welcomes Cate Havstad-Casad, a designer, entrepreneur, and first-generation regenerative rancher, to the show. Cate's work as a designer and land steward has evolved a great deal since she founded Havstad Hat Company in 2014. Today she manages Casad Family Farms with her husband, while building Range Revolution , a luxury leather goods brand focused on using 100% American, regeneratively sourced hides. \"I love the idea of having things forever. I love the idea of a great leather boot being resoled again and again. My work in hats, I'm like the anti-growth capitalist. I'm like, you should have two hats, maybe three and that should be it for your whole life and you send it back to me and I will re-block it and clean it up and reshape it for you. That is the world of craft that I come from and so I bring that ethos to this work with Range Revolution and leathers.\" -Cate AUGUST THEME — WELCOMING THE IN-BETWEENS IN LIFE, SUSTAINABILITY & FASHION This week's episode touches on a discourse that often fuels a lot of really intense reactions. I remember moderating a panel discussion about it in Berlin during fashion week that got very heated, and even recently, I hosted an Earth Day event in San Francisco, where the conversation suddenly got intense when this topic arose. If you guessed it – I'm talking about the oh-so-familiar LEATHER debate. There's a recurring dispute in the sustainability and fashion space that pins animal-based leather against vegan leather. It's often very this vs that oriented, and focuses on claiming which is quote unquote more \"sustainable\" than the other. A lot of the time, things get heated because leather is intrinsically linked to peoples' belief systems and values, which can leave very little space for the in-between. And I…","meta_description":"In Episode 333, Kestrel welcomes Cate Havstad-Casad, a designer, entrepreneur, and first-generation regenerative rancher, to the show. Cate's work as a de…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4455,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conscious-chatter-322689/episodes/cate-havstad-casad-of-range-revolution-on-building-a-leather-supply-chain-that-centers-traceability-and-regenerative-practices-for-the-land-people-community/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conscious-chatter-322689/cate-havstad-casad-of-range-revolution-on-building-a-leather-supply-chain-that-centers-traceability-and-regenerative-practices-for-the-land-people-community.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}