Martens & Heads Weekly Curated Podcast List
5 podcasts, selected each week, to help you learn something new, develop your professional skills, or to just give you a little distraction
Many of us at Martens & Heads start our day, and our morning commute, with a good podcast. While we’re not commuting these days, we’re finding podcasts as a great way to connect with our community and to learn something new while staying at home.
We decided to share with you some of our favorites in a weekly, curated list, to connect from afar and to help you make the most of your confinement. These are diverse offerings from our fashion industry friends and colleagues, journalists, and thought leaders from around the world.
Happy listening and let us know about your favorite podcasts!
TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE:
The Memory Palace: Episode 161 Stories to Wash Hands By
A Peabody Award finalist, The Memory Palace is a series of short, surprising stories from the past. It's often melancholic and sentimental, but always extraordinary. While Nate DiMeo usually lends his velvety smooth voice to one unique moment in history, in this episode, Nate tells us a series of 20 second stories, each one long enough to do your most effective hand washing.
TO CONNECT YOU WITH THE FASHION COMMUNITY:
The Business of Fashion Podcast: Special Edition: Journalist Rana Ayyub on Why Social Distancing Is a Privilege
In this episode, Indian Journalist, Rana Ayyub and, BoF Editor-in-Chief, Imran Amed discuss the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, many of whom work in India's, now shuttered, textile industry.
Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff: Beautiful Hustle, Ariane Goldman of Hatch
Founder and Designer Rebecca Minkoff speaks with Ariane Goldman, the Founder of HATCH, a Maternity fashion brand, and Twobirds Bridesmaid, on how she launched two brands from pain points she found in the marketplace.
Goldman, resourceful when launching both of her brands, discusses recognizing the need to transition with talent and funding.
We especially love her consumer-centric approach to building a community, allowing “women to unite under the Hatch roof, wanting them to walk out feeling connected, supported and smiling.”
Leave your Mark with Aliza Licht: Mindy Grossman, CEO of WW, on Resilience, Transformation and Why You Should Never Waste a Good Crisis
Aliza Licht interviews one of the industry greats, Mindy Grossman. Down-to-earth and brilliant, Grossman discusses her professional and personal experience transforming brands, such as, Nike, HSN, Ralph Lauren and Weight Watchers. Packed full of leadership advice, Grossman gives tips on looking forward, taking smart risks and navigating through difficult times.
TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE:
Rough Translation: Episode 17 How COVID-19 is Challenging Culture
In our global society, there are moments when cultures collide and our sociocultural interactions challenge how we understand each other. Rough Translation discusses these unique cultural conundrums and why we do what we do in these key moments. In this episode, NPR international correspondents in China, Germany, and Greece weigh in to discuss the ways that culture is shaping, and is being reshaped by, the COVID-19 pandemic.
TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD:
The Bowery Boys New York City History: The Story of Brooklyn Heights
An entertaining and engaging two-part series of the history behind Brooklyn Heights, a picturesque neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY with beautiful 19th century homes, and America’s first suburb. Hear how Brooklyn Heights went from farmland to suburbia, and transformed from weathering through the storms and surviving to flourishing.
TO WORK ON YOUR DIGITAL KNOW-HOW AND SOCIAL MEDIA SAAVY:
Fashion Unzipped with The Telegraph: Instagram Fashion Oracle Eva Chen on Oversharing, Transparency and the Secrets of the Algorithm
Eva Chen, growing up in publishing with Vogue and personally selected by Anna Wintour, discusses the evolution of Fashion on Instagram, how print can still co-exist, and how much is too much on social media sharing.
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