Podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium for education, motivation, inspiration, and connection — and sustainable fashion podcasts are no exception!
These podcasts on fashion sustainability, worker rights, slow fashion, secondhand style, mending, and more are dedicated to supporting your on your own conscious style journey, whatever that looks like for you.
Inspired by the power of podcasts, we actually have our own show here at Conscious Life & Style, called the Conscious Style Podcast, where we — with the help of changemakers and thought-leaders in the industry — explore what it will take to create a more sustainable and equitable future for fashion.
I learn so much from the guests we have on the show — but I’m also always listening to other ethical fashion podcasts, like the ones listed out below!
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Sustainable Fashion Podcasts to Subscribe To:
1. Conscious Style Podcast
Did you know we have a sustainable fashion podcast? In the Conscious Style Podcast we spotlight thought-leaders and change makers — activists, designers, entrepreneurs, journalists, content creators, authors, and more — to explore how we can create a better, more sustainable and equitable future for fashion.
The first season offers an overview of some of the biggest issues facing fashion (and proposed solutions). The second season dissects circular fashion and what it will really take to reach circularity in fashion. And the third season is dedicated to going ‘behind the scenes’ of the fashion industry to offer unique perspectives that you may not find elsewhere.
Avg. Episode Length: 50 minutes
Listen to: The Psychology Behind Fashion & Consumerism and What is Sustainable Fashion?
2. Clotheshorse
Hosted by Amanda McCarty, Clotheshorse is a podcast for anyone who loves clothes, but not the hypercapitalist and overconsumption-driven fast fashion industry.
With the help of her guests, Amanda “demystifies” the interworkings of the fashion industry so that you can make smarter decisions about what you do and don’t buy.
Avg. Episode Length: 2 hours
Listen to: This is a Bad System with Aja Barber and This is a Bad System Part 2
3. Conscious Chatter
The podcast “where what we wear matters”. As one of the first sustainable fashion podcasts, you’ll find over 250 episodes hosted by Kestrel Jenkins that seek to “reimagine the narrative around sustainability” and “deconstruct how oppressive systems impact the sustainable fashion space.”
Kestrel is an incredibly thoughtful host and podcast producer, who ensures that each episode is intentional and thought provoking.
Avg. Episode Length: 50 minutes
Listen to: The Root series and Reclaiming “influence” with Jazmine and Gabby
4. Wardrobe Crisis
Fashion journalist Clare Press interviews a wide swath of ethical fashion experts for her engaging sustainable fashion podcast, The Wardrobe Crisis.
And this podcast does not shy away from the big issues. Clare is joined by changemakers like authors, designers, researchers, journalists, and activists to discuss topics like garment worker rights, fashion’s role in climate change, and what a post-growth fashion future would look like.
Avg. Episode Length: 50 minutes
Listen to: Is it Time to Defashion? and Can Degrowth Save Fashion?
5. Pre-Loved Podcast
If you’re looking for a podcast about secondhand fashion, look no further! The Pre-Loved Podcast, hosted by Emily Stochl (who was also a guest on the Conscious Style Podcast!), offers a trove of episodes on vintage style, the sustainability of secondhand, thrifting tips, and clothing reseller stories.
You’ll also find several fascinating interviews about the global secondhand supply chain from this weekly podcast.
Avg. Episode Length: 1 hour
Listen to: Liz Ricketts – co-founder of the OR Foundation and Orsola de Castro, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
6. Crash Course Fashion
This is a new sustainable fashion podcast brought you by the Sustainable Fashion Forum and hosted by SFF founder Brittany Sierra.
This show features interviews with industry insiders like Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Laura Balmond and Marie Claire’s Julia Gall. And each episode unpacks burning questions about topics like greenwashing, transparency, the rise of resale, and misinformation.
Avg. Episode Length: 50 minutes
Listen to: What’s the media’s role in cracking down on greenwashing? and How to increase data literacy
7. Recloseted Radio
This is the slow fashion podcast for any entrepreneurs or fashion business owners out there! Host Selina Ho — who is also the founder of the consultancy agency Recloseted – covers a variety of topics relevant for conscious fashion brand founders.
You’ll find plenty of resources for launching and scaling a sustainable fashion business as well as tips for marketing and industry-wide insights to help you make more informed decisions.
Avg. Episode Length: 15 minute solocasts and 30 minute interviews
Listen to: 10 Mistakes I’ve Made and What I’ve Learned and Scaling Your Sustainable Fashion Brand
8. Hot Buttons
News in the sustainable fashion space moves fast! Keep up by subscribing to the Hot Buttons podcast, a show “about the future of fashion and culture on a changing planet.”
Hosts Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker unpack the latest sustainability-related fashion moves and dive deep into topics like microplastics, domestic manufacturing, and fashion resale. Plus, they share their “hot buttons”, big and small.
Avg. Episode Length: 45 minutes
Listen to: Repairing our way to sustainability and The latest food group we’re eating is microplastics
9. Sustainably Influenced
Hosted by Bianca Foley and Charlotte Williams, Sustainably Influenced is a podcast about fashion sustainability and conscious living. Bianca and Charlotte interview experts to get a deeper look at common terminology and some of the biggest topics in sustainability, including several about fashion.
You’ll find episodes on (or that intersect with) ethical and sustainable fashion like clothing rental, textile innovations, the B-Corp certification, consumerism, climate justice, and more.
Avg. Episode Length: 30 minutes
Listen to: The Evolution of Fashion & the Importance of Sustainability and What Does it Take to Create a Sustainable Fashion Brand?
10. Soil To Soil by Fibershed
Fibershed is a nonprofit advocating for natural fiber systems and a regenerative fashion future, and their podcast is dedicated to “connecting the dots in the lifestyle of clothing and material culture.”
Each episode interviews a member of the Fibershed community to explore how they’re working to cultivate fiber and dye systems that support the health of our soil and biosphere.
Avg. Episode Length: 1 hour
Listen to: How can fiber systems sequester carbon? and How can soil connect communities and economies?
11. Love to Sew Podcast
And now a slow fashion podcast for the sewing lovers! The Love to Sew podcast is a weekly show about modern sewing, hosted by Helen Wilkinson and Caroline Somos.
You’ll find no shortage of practical tips in this show, like how to choose the perfect fabric or how to sew linings. Plus, you’ll also hear conversations on topics like size inclusivity in the sewing community or trans and queer sewing.
Avg. Episode Length: 1 hour
Listen to: What I Wish I Knew When I Started Sewing and Sustainability and Sewing
12. Manufactured Podcast
Hosted by supply chain insiders Jessie Li and Kim van der Weerd (those Jessie Li is no longer a co-host), the Manufactured Podcast unravels and illuminates the hidden sides of the fashion supply chain.
The hosts talk to manufacturers, buyers, activists, brand owners, and industry thought-leaders to hear all sides of the fashion ecosystem and uncover what it will take to build a better industry.
Avg. Episode Length: 30 minutes
Listen to: Rachel Faller and Sokpriya Yan on Co-Creation and Cannon Michael on Cotton Traceability
13. Ethical Fashion Podcast
The Ethical Fashion Podcast is a project of the UN’s Ethical Fashion Initiative, which bridges marginalized artisan communities with international fashion brands.
The two podcast hosts — UN officer Simone Cipriani and sustainable fashion journalist Clare Press — interview designers, stylists, creatives, and entrepreneurs at the forefront of the movement to build a more equitable fashion system.
Avg. Episode Length: 40 minutes
Listen to: Overproducing & Undervaluing Fashion and Trend Forecaster Li Edelkoort on Slow Fashion & Consumerism
14. Spirit of 608
Hosted by Lorraine Sanders, Spirit of 608 is a podcast about businesses at the intersection of F.E.S.T. — fashion, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and tech.
And while this sustainable fashion podcast is great for conscious brand founders, there’s something for everyone on this show whether you’re curious to know the behind the scenes stories of the brands you love or you want a deeper understanding of the industry.
Avg. Episode Length: 40 minutes
Listen to: Talking Media, Money, and Messaging with Katie of ESJ and Poshmark Co-Founder Tracy Sun on Entrepreneurship
15. Common Threads
Common Threads is an ethical fashion podcast hosted by by Ruth MacGilp and Alice Cruickshank. The UK-based show breaks down topics like inclusivity, transparency, representation, cultural appropriation, the sharing economy, and secondhand fashion.
The two hosts interview thought-leaders like Maxine Bédat, Ayesha Barenblat, Lauren Bravo, and Mikaela Loach.
Avg. Episode Length: 35 minutes
Listen to: Unraveling the Journey of a Garment and Fashion Diversity: Why Representation Matters
Bonus: Limited Series Sustainable Fashion Podcasts
Unspun
While there are just 24 episodes of this ethical fashion podcast, this is an insightful show worth adding to your listening queue.
Unspun, hosted by sustainability experts Lauren Hill, Danielle Arzaga and Catherine Tedrow, explore the intersections of worker rights, racial justice, and supply chain ills (and potential solutions and alternative approaches) to uncover what it will take to truly change the fashion system. And all in episodes that average about 35 minutes.
Fashion Revolution Podcast and Who Made My Clothes
These podcasts explore “the hidden stories behind the clothing we wear.” The ethical fashion nonprofit Fashion Revolution conducts interviews and investigations to explore transparency, sustainability, and ethics in the fashion industry.
Remember Who Made Them
This six-part ethical fashion podcast is on a mission to “help energize a new solidarity economy in fashion”. Remember Who Made Them partners with existing fashion campaigns, activists, and unions to raise awareness and raise funds for the people who make our clothes.
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