The Textile Nerd Podcast

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.

The Textile Nerd Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Dan McGowan and Lori Atone, with 56 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dan McGowan and Lori Atone hosts The Textile Nerd Podcast, a business show with 56 episodes published.

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  Episode #56

  Textile Nerd Podcast: Finer Points of Fabric Printing

  Aug 5, 202612 minS1

  The finer points of fabric printing are everchanging and often incredibly complex. An incorrect printer setting, misaligned tension, fouled up fixation step, or any other miscue along the way can spell disaster for a print run. Kornit Digital , a global leader in fabric printing and ink, has been developing technology and methods throughout the years designed to cut out complications and deliver brilliant, consistent prints on-demand. Lori and Dan welcome Kornit Digital Presales Applications Manager Matthew Meany to The Textile Nerd Podcast.

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  Episode #55

  Textile Nerd Podcast: Printing Education

  Jul 22, 202612 minS1

  Advances and availability of textile printing technology must go hand-in-hand with first-rate printing education. PRINTING United Alliance , the premier trade association for printing professionals, is answering the call with rigorous course work and certifications through its iLEARNING+ platform to get novices up to speed and bolster the skills of industry veterans. Lori and Dan chat with Ray Weiss , director of digital print programs whose carries tremendous experiential chops, about relevant and responsive training for print media professionals in the textile world.

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  Episode #54

  Textile Nerd Podcast: Proactive Questions

  Jul 8, 202611 minS1

  Proactive questions are like insurance for a successful textile project. Ask the right ones (even if you think you're asking too many), and you'll save yourself a serious amount of effort, headaches, and funds later on. What are some of the right questions to ask? Lori and Dan welcome back TVF Vice President of Business Development Robert Hinsch to detail projects that were loaded with lessons -- the good kind and the tough kind -- to help keep fabric decisions on-track. He discussed these proactive questions during a recent Advanced Textiles Association webinar.

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  Episode #53

  Textile Nerd Podcast: Fabric Content and Education

  Jun 17, 202613 minS1

  In a world flooded with information, how do you zero in on quality industry-vetted fabric content and education? One solution is textile trade organizations, and more specifically, Advanced Textiles Association . On this episode of The Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan sit down with ATA Director of Content and Member Programs Jonathan Sweet , a former journalist, to examine initiatives designed to inform, enlighten, and boost the industry.

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  Episode #52

  Textile Nerd Podcast: Onshoring, Nearshoring, Reshoring

  Jun 3, 202612 minS1

  <p >With international markets in a near constant state of flux, textile companies in the United States are investigating options like onshoring, nearshoring, and reshoring to keep their edge. Sounds great, but how feasible? Lori and Dan convene a panel of supply chain experts that includes TVF Supply Chain leaders Stephanie Shrader, Tabitha Green, and Jamie Sullivan, as well as well-traveled global textile executive and AATCC Chair Courtney Williams to sound off on the challenges and possibilities of a more American-made textile industry.</p>

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