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The Textile Nerd Podcast

The Textile Nerd Podcast

By: Dan McGowan and Lori Atone
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 The Textile Nerd Podcast: Exploring textile curiosities without wasting your time. Featuring industry insights, intriguing backstories, innovations, history, interesting interviews, and more. If fabric is the focus, Lori Atone, Dan McGowan, and our cast of subject matter experts will nerd out about it.2023 Economics
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  • Textile Nerd Podcast: Patterns and Fit

    Textile Nerd Podcast: Patterns and Fit
    May 12 2025

    There's more at stake for textile designers, makers, and manufacturers to execute the right fit than meets the eye. So much is on the line, an experienced and innovative pattern maven, Julia Watts of PatternRoom.com, has developed an entire business around perfecting the fit and helping others nail it the first time. Lori and Dan discuss the often overlooked world of pattern making on this edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast.
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    14 mins
  • Textile Nerd Podcast: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'

    Textile Nerd Podcast: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
    Apr 28 2025

    The spectre of so-called "forever chemicals," or PFAS, looms over a significant portion of the textile industry. Lori and Dan will take a closer look with our colleague, TVF Global Trade & Logistics Manager Laura Martin, who joins us for an overview of some challenges and considerations for everyone from mills to manufacturers.
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    12 mins
  • Textile Nerd Podcast: Communications and Leadership

    Textile Nerd Podcast: Communications and Leadership
    Apr 14 2025

    Rachal McCarthy is a new-age leader in an old-school industry. On this edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast, the second-generation president of NTI Global in New York talks with Lori and Dan about the key place communications play in leadership in a world where the lines between on-site vs. off-site, high-tech vs. low-tech, and confidence vs. training are increasingly blurry.
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    12 mins

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