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Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Bonus Episode · ~55 min · Season 1 The full conversation with Cleve Jones, creator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt and collaborator on the original rainbow flag with Gilbert Baker. We'd been trying to make this interview happen for months. He…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Documentary Special (Part 3 of 3) · ~65 min · Season 1 The final part of the documentary. The Freedom Quilting Bee in Alabama. The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall. The rainbow flag on a clear blue day in…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Documentary Special (Part 2 of 3) · ~58 min · Season 1 On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in New York City. The exit doors were locked. One hundred and…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Documentary Special (Part 1 of 3) · ~55 min · Season 1 In 1302, a Flemish weaver named Pieter de Coninck led a militia of guild craftsmen against the French cavalry. Their weapon was called the Goedendag, which means "Good Day."…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Series Introduction · ~26 min · Season 1 This is the episode that explains why I made a podcast about textiles. Why fabric? Why thread? Because textiles are the material history of empire, and how people have fought back. Every major…