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Textile Nerd Podcast: High-Performance Fabric

The Textile Nerd Podcast

Release Date: 02/04/2026

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The Textile Nerd Podcast

More than four decades working with textiles coupled with even more time adventuring on trails, skies, tracks, and slopes helps understand high-performance fabrics on a deeper level than almost anyone.  and  will comprehensively examine the durable and adversity-tested characteristics built into the fabrics relied upon by the fierce, fit, and fearless.

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Zoë Hong show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Zoë Hong

The Textile Nerd Podcast

In a world full of influential fashion figures, be more like Zoë Hong. That's one impression  and  came away with during this wide-ranging discussion with one of YouTube's most engaging fashion educators and innovators. Zoë Hong has dedicated her career to all facets of fashion, instructing, and learning, and she'll share her journey, wit, and wisdom.

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Gray Back Fabric show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Gray Back Fabric

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What is a gray back fabric in the print media world? The answer lies in the intersection between printability and sustainability, and the result is a European-borne innovation.  and  sit down with  Digital Printing Business Unit Director  to discuss the market demands and the development story of these fabrics that are crisply-printable and recyclable after their first life.

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Lexus Bows show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Lexus Bows

The Textile Nerd Podcast

The pantheon of memorable holiday commercials is extensive, and one car company's ad campaign still stands out year-after-year: Lexus bows. But what's the story behind the elegant accoutrement? Turns out, an innovative print services provider in Los Angeles has been bringing the bows to life for years.  and will take you behind the scenes with  Director of Operations .

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Advanced Textiles Expo show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Advanced Textiles Expo

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In a companion to our "Why Do Trade Shows Matter?" episode, we welcome Erica Roudabush and Blake Theademan to Podcast Row of Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 to talk about their impressions based on their varying years of attendence at the industrial fabrics industry’s flagship show. Blake and Erica are colleagues of  and , and they'll also relay their textile industry origin stories.

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What better place to answer the question "why do trade shows matter" than the floor of one of the most well-known textile trade shows around?  and  talk with from podcast row at Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 in Indianapolis. Robert is an esteemed colleague and vice president of business development at  with more than 40 years of industry experience and he weighs in on the evolution of attending and showcasing fabrics at tradeshows.

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Fabric Horror Stories show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Fabric Horror Stories

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Sometimes a job or project doesn’t quite go as we drew it up, and we escape to tell the tale. Fashion professor and influencer (of fame) and two veterans of the TVF Print Media Sales Team, and , join  and  on the Textile Nerd Podcast to discuss their fabric horror stories. Join in the conversation and let us know about your own hair-raising tales.  

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Medical Fabric Waste show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Medical Fabric Waste

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Some 5 million tons of medical fabric waste is created globally every year. That number sounds daunting, but brilliant minds in health care and textiles are focusing every day on solutions.  and  will welcome back to the Textile Nerd Podcast, a surgeon, educator, and medical textile waste researcher who will discuss the helpers, the hinderers, and the hope to curb this growing issue.

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Industry Connections show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Industry Connections

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Some people have a knack for building industry connections, and in textiles, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone working harder to bring the community together more than . On this edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast,  and talk with Devin, whose publication is billed as “The Voice of the U.S. Textile Industry.”

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Textile Nerd Podcast: Fabric in Pop Culture show art Textile Nerd Podcast: Fabric in Pop Culture

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Fabric is all around us in both the physical sense and in pop culture and the entertainment we consume. This edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast will go off the beaten path and cover a few of  and 's favorite moments in TV and movies (Seinfeld, anyone?) where fabric is the focus. Did we miss any of your favorites?

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More than four decades working with textiles coupled with even more time adventuring on trails, skies, tracks, and slopes helps Robert Hinsch understand high-performance fabrics on a deeper level than almost anyone. Lori and Dan will comprehensively examine the durable and adversity-tested characteristics built into the fabrics relied upon by the fierce, fit, and fearless.