The Textile Nerd Podcast

About 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.

Publisher

Dan McGowan and Lori Atone

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Oct 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

61 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Textile Nerd Podcast: Sewing

   The sewing segment of a U.S. textile industry that shipped an estimated $64 billion in 2024 remains formidable, but it's not the global juggernaut it once was. On this edition of The Textile Nerd Podcast, Hummy Truh, a cut and sew industry lifer who now serves as sales consultant at TVF, will talk about this highly-skilled world that continues to face challenges while being ripe with growth opportunities. Lori (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-atone-99b332205/) and Dan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvmcgowan/) will discuss the role technology, innovation, and precise people must play for the domestic sewing industry to gain back some prowess.

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Textile Nerd Podcast: Blake Theademan's Journey

   Where do textile careers begin? They almost never take a linear path. In the inspirational case of Blake Theademan's journey, it's revolved around finding solutions while doing what's best for his family. Lori and Dan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvmcgowan/) welcome the TVF sales consultant to the Textile Nerd Podcast to find out what has taken him from the warehouse floor to closing deals with some stops in-between.

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Textile Nerd Podcast: CORDURA®

   The fabric world doesn't have too many brand names that immediately speak for themself, but CORDURA® is in a class by itself. On this episode of The Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan take a deep dive into the history and mystique of this rugged and ready fabric whose roots date back decades for its military uses and now as a mainstay for bags and gear that can hold up to the most challenging conditions.

Who has been a guest on The Textile Nerd Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Travis Conlon
• Bryson Proctor
• Brian Vieweg

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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  Haptic & Hue

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  The Long Thread Podcast

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  The Straight Stitch: A Podcast About Sewing and Other Fiber Arts.

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  The Journal.

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  Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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  WSJ What’s News

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