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We had too many favorites that we needed to share episodes from the archives for two more weeks... up now, Ep 213: The Quiet Rebellion of Biodesigner Natsai Audrey Chieza! Natsai Audrey Chieza spent her youth in Zimbabwe in a close-knit extended family where she and her cousins were “in each others’ pockets.” She then rejected the prescribed path of a professional architect, instead pursuing a postgraduate program in Material Futures that set her on a path of designing with bacteria. Now, she’s founded Faber Futures, a biodesign studio, and Normal Phenomena of Life, an artful lifestyle and fashion brand that also functions as a working prototype of a new model bioeconomy. She’s spent her whole life quietly not doing what was expected of her, and in this space of outsiderness she’s been very busy creating new paradigms for how we might collaborate with nature and new models for the equitable stewardship of these new biotechnologies. Listen now to Amy Devers and Natsai on this fascinating episode on your fav podcast app.