All The Small Things is a weekly interview series hosted by Venetia La Manna. Venetia will be speaking to inspiring people, thought leaders, writers and activists about the rituals that help provide structure when we need it most - or perhaps if creativity lies in the chaos if it all. We'll be learning about the small things that keep them in-check and uncover more about what makes their minds tick. What’s more, we’ll hear about the seemingly small moments that perhaps felt insignificant at the time, but their impact turned out to be life-changing.
This podcast aims to encourage us to pay closer attention to the present moment and cherish all the small things.
Note: this podcast is a follow up from Talking Tastebuds.
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All The Small Things is a weekly interview series hosted by Venetia La Manna. Venetia will be speaking to inspiring people, thought leaders, writers and activists about the rituals that help provide structure when we need it most - or perhaps if creativity lies in the chaos if it all. We'll be learning about the small things that keep them in-check and uncover more about what makes their minds tick. What’s more, we’ll hear about the seemingly small moments that perhaps felt insignificant at the time, but their impact turned out to be life-changing.
This podcast aims to encourage us to pay closer attention to the present moment and cherish all the small things.
Note: this podcast is a follow up from Talking Tastebuds.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Spoilers alert! In this voice note episode, we're chatting about the highest grossing blockbuster of 2023 and going through some valuable listener correspondence in regards to "starting a family", having friends who work in the fossil fuel industry and extra tips to help us spend less time on our phones. A special shout out to Ronaé for her Barbie voice note. Thank you for all your support on this season of the podcast, it's Bye Barbie for now but I look forward to seeing you soon!
Extra reading, links:
Films that surprisingly, Pass the Bechdel Test
Margot Robbie on saying "thank you instead of sorry"
Take Action Against Big Fashion
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic.
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On average, British people spend more than 2 hours per day on their phones. That amounts to an entire MONTH on our phones every year - or more - in my case!
In this episode, i'm sharing what i've learned from spending my weekends offline (with varying levels of success!) over the past 5 years, in a practice I call #offline48. I'll also be answering the questions I get asked most frequently and i'll be sharing tips and advice if you're keen to join me on an offline weekend.
Mentions
How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price
Lumie alarm clock
Unplugged cabins
You can email the show or send us a voice note of your own to atstpodcast@gmail.com
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic.
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Kieran Yates is a London-based journalist, broadcaster and author.
Her debut book “All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In” is part memoir, part social commentary. It’s a love letter to home and community and a vital and timely expose on the UK’s housing crisis.
By the age of 25, Kieran had lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales. Drawing on personal experience, interviews with tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back, highlighting the invaluable work of community organisers who have led the way to change and improve the housing system, inviting us to re-imagine what the future of housing could look like.
Find Kieran on Twitter
Mentions
From Pollution to policing - can Sadiq Khan clean up London?
Novara Media interviews landlords
This episode was hosted and produced by Venetia La Manna and edited by Nada Smiljanic.
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loads to talk about this week! including going on tv dressed for prom, wasting my time watching The Idol and a listener e-mail which i can't stop thinking about.
Take Action Against Big Fashion
Tan France on the Louis Theroux podcast
you can email the show - or send us a voicenote of your own to atstpodcast@gmail.com
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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this week we're catching up on my trip to France, i'm chatting about the books that i loved reading the places at which i enjoyed eating! i'm also reading out some of your brilliant emails.
email the show or send us a voice note of your own: atstpod@gmail.com
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Rachel Mills is a London based literary agent, business owner and entrepreneur. In this episode, we learn about the publishing industry the duty of care it owes memoir writers. Rachel shares her summer reading list and discusses her decision to live a child-free life. I hope you enjoy this episode!
Rachel's recommended summer reads:
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang
Psychedelics by David Nutt
Boyslut by Zachary Zane
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Imad's Syrian Kitchen by Imad Alarnab
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Welcome back to voice notes. This week we’re catching up on the last week, discussing Patagonia and the need to prioritise collective action that’s in solidarity with garment makers, and the responsibility of folks who are at the age where they could be grandparents to shift the dial on the “when are you having children” question.
mentions:
Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Patagonia manufactures in the same factories as fast-fashion
Do Ethical Billionaires Exist?
Social Auditing, The Fast Fashion Get Out Of Jail Free Card
Why should the brand be responsible for factory working conditions?
Fashion campaign groups to follow and join: Remake, Clean Clothes Campaign, Labour Behind The Label
Hold an EU passport? Please sign the Good Clothes Fair Pay petition!
Email the show at atstpod@gmail.com
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welcome to the third voice note episode, it's great to have you here.
mentions:
flex appeal with Anna Whitehouse
is wellness just another fashion trend? with Rina Raphael
real self care by Dr Pooja Lakshmin
maintenance phase podcast
changes podcast with Emma Gannon
love, Lizzo documentary
the fast furniture fix on BBC Sounds
loneliness awareness week with Marmalade Trust
an extra special thank you to my loves Becca and Lottie for sharing their valuable insights with us.
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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welcome to the second voice note episode, it's good to have you here.
previous ATST episodes mentioned:
starting a sustainable business with Josephine Philips
transcending the binary with Willow Defebaugh
having children in a climate crisis with Tessa Khan
reproductive justice and parental ambivalence with Dr Pragya Agarwal
tailor your clothes at the Sojo pop up (or check out their app) if you're not based in London, try your local dry cleaner for alterations
Spice World on Sentimental Garbage
Willow Defebaugh's life hacks
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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welcome to my first solo-cast, in a series we're calling voicenotes. expect recommendations and personal thoughts on specific topics. this doesn't mean the end of the interviews, we're working on them as we go. in this first voicenote episode, i'm talking about having children.
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
recommendations from this episode:
Rye Lane
I Kissed A Boy (BBC)
having children in a climate crisis with Tessa Khan
we are child free podcast
embracing a child free life Today In Focus
Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day
Olive by Emma Gannon
Greg James for the i
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Season finale! Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder and executive director of climate action organisation Uplift who are on a mission to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. Tessa spent more than fifteen years supporting grassroots, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments around the world.
In this episode, we’re going to be speaking about fossil fuels and climate breakdown and what it means for ours and our children's future. We'll also be touching on eco fascism, the overpopulation myth, climate tipping points, the future of democracy, the energy crisis and Big Oil's recent profits.
Tessa is my first return guest to this podcast. Listen to our first conversation on the fight for a fossil fuel free future.
Since we last spoke, Tessa recorded an unmissable TED talk titled: "How Can We Escape Soaring Energy Bills? Stop Using Fossil Fuels"
Follow Tessa on Twitter
Join the campaign to #StopRosebank!
Listen to this previous episode with Swatee Deepak on Do Ethical Billionaires Exist?
Check out this related episode on reproductive justice with Dr Pragya Agarwal
Find me: Venetia
For accessibility reasons, a video version of this conversation is available to view with subtitles via this link.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Poppy Okotcha is a trained horticulturist and regenerative grower, on a mission to inspire people to engage with and connect to the natural world.
With her joyful instagram content, poppy teaches people how to grow and forage their own food, whilst living and eating consciously - for personal, community and planetary health. As a young black woman, Poppy also advocates for those who are underrepresented and marginalised in the world of horticulture and environmentalism.
A former successful model, in 2016 Poppy began her horticulture studies with the Royal Horticultural Society, and spent time working with a number of community gardens in London. She also studied alongside Martin Crawford, the creator of the oldest “food forest” in England, qualifying in 2019 as a Permaculture Designer. Poppy has been featured on Gardeners’ World (BBC2), and is a regular contributor to the Royal Horticultural Society podcast. She recently relocated to Devon, where she has more growing space to work with, and more links to a landscape of established, sustainably run farms and community gardens.
Mentions
Wintering by Katharine May
The Book Of Trespass by Nick Hayes
Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole
Find me on Instagram here and you can message me for anything podcast related @ATSTPodcast
This episode is sponsored by Neal's Yard Remedies. *The code has now expired*
For accessibility reasons, a video version of this episode is available to watch here.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Rina Raphael is a journalist who specialises in health, wellness and tech. She was the health and wellness features writer for the Fast Company and has also contributed to New York Times, LA Times, CBS and NBC News and was previously senior producer and lifestyle editor at The TODAY Show.
In her new book The Gospel Of Wellness, Rina balances the good with the bad, taking a deep, nuanced dive into this $4.4 trillion dollar industry, and how it’ s a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society. She is here to help us tear down the false idols that have taken hold and ultimately shows how we might shape a better future for the movement - and for our well-being.
Find Rina: rinaraphael
Buy her book: The Gospel Of Wellness
Find me: Venetia
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Angie Tiwari is a yoga, meditation and breath work coach specialising in diversity, accessibility and inclusion. Her teachings show how we can incorporate powerful ancient rituals in modern day life.
Angie has been listed as one of eight women breaking the bias in sports, fitness and wellness by Women's Health Magazine and her retreats have achieved multiple accolades, including being listed as one of the best in the UK & Ireland by The Times and the best for beginners by Condé Nast Traveller.
Angie has collaborated with businesses who want to learn about wellness, diversity and accessibility through corporate coaching sessions, hosting, featuring on panels, and speaking with the media on topics across wellness, South Asian culture and trusting your intuition. UNEARTHED is her wellbeing community platform that I am a proud member of. It’s aim is to connect you with ancient Indian rituals to apply in your modern day life.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the whitewashing of yoga and how we can all learn to appreciate the practice rather than appropriate it, and create meaningful change so that is respectful of its roots and inclusive of all bodies.
Find Angie: @TiwariYoga
Check out her platform: https://www.tiwariyoga.com/
Find me Venetia
For accessibility reasons, a video version of this conversation is available to watch here.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Josephine Philips is the CEO of Sojo, a seamless and scalable clothing alterations and repairs app, on a mission to make the fashion industry more circular. Sojo wants to make it easy for everyone to show their clothes the love they deserve and they do this through alteration and repair of clothing, allowing more of us to love our clothes for longer. In this episode, we learn about Jo's path to sustainable fashion, how she raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding for Sojo, their aims to democratise sustainable fashion, the highs and lows of running your own business and much more.
Resources
Check out Sojo
Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis
Last week's episode with The Or Foundation's Liz Ricketts
Learn about the women carrying our clothing waste here
Follow Sojo on Instagram
Follow Jo on Instagram
Find me Venetia
Other recommended episodes
Marielle Elizabeth on size inclusive fashion
Aja Barber on the cost of fast fashion
For accessibility reasons, a subtitled video version of this conversation is available here.
This episode is kindly sponsored by LovenessLee.com. Use code “SMALLTHINGS20” at checkout or at their London Southbank store for 20% off. Valid until the end of February.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Liz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The Or Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development.Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz witnessed the toxicity of fashion’s disposable culture firsthand and has since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. Her upcycled garments have appeared in international magazines, film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for a Justice-Led Circular Economy has been published widely.
Useful resources
Learn about The Or here: https://theor.org/
New to the work of The Or Foundation? Start with this ATST podcast episode: Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis
Read Liz's piece for Atmos This Is Not Your Goldmine
Learn about the women carrying our clothing waste here
Read Chloe's op-ed for Teen Vogue here
Find me Venetia
For accessibility reasons, a subtitled video version of this conversation is available here.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Marielle Elizabeth is a body activist and writer in the ethical fashion community, who advocates for broader size inclusion and radical body acceptance. Throughout her social media platforms, she shares not only her lived experience as a plus size person, but also the ways in which we can all be striving to be kinder to the skin we’re in.
She is also a change-making contributor to Vogue, where she writes brilliantly about issues including but not limited to:
"Am I An Ethical Fashion Mean Girl?" and
“So Your Body Changed During the Pandemic. Here’s How to Rebuild Your Wardrobe”
In short, Marielle is here to make Slow Fashion EASIER for Plus Size Babes. She is one of my favourite people to follow on social media, and in my humble opinion, one of the most important voices for positive change. In this episode we unpack fashion’s fatphobia and sustainable fashion’s shortcomings when it comes to size inclusivity.
Find Marielle
Find me Venetia
Marielle recommends: SellTradePlus and ShopBerriez
Sustainable, size inclusive brand recommendations: Wray, Mara Hoffman, Christy Dawn
Also worth checking out: Loud Bodies, Birdsong, Lora Gene x Aja
This episode is kindly sponsored by WUKA. They are kindly offering my listeners £5 off your WUKA order, just use code “SMALLTHINGS” at checkout, valid until the 31st January. Ts&Cs: Minimum spend of £10 applies. Excludes shipping. Subject to availability: https://wuka.co.uk/discount/SMALLTHINGS5
For accessibility reasons, there is a video version of this podcast available with subtitles via this link.
Further reading:
'Solving' Fast Fashion Isn't A Plus-Size Responsibility
Fast Fashion Is Bad For The Environment. For Many Plus-Size Shoppers, It's The Only Option
This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Swatee Deepak is a consultant who works with private and public foundations in strategy development and design, with individuals and families of wealth on their redistribution strategies and oversees a portfolio of businesses and start-ups across philanthropy, socially minded businesses and the arts.
Together, without our friends Ruby and Devi we co-founded Remember Who Made Them, a campaign and podcast championing a new solidarity economy in fashion. Swatee is a guest lecturer for Columbia University, The London College of Fashion, is on the bench of Stanford University's Global Center for Gender Equality and is a Practitioner in Residence for LSE's Marshall Institute.
She is a founding member of several collectives working across philanthropy and social justice movements including Closer Than You Think, Healing Solidarity and Shake the Table and is a Board Director of the Global Fund for Children and EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation.
Find Swatee
Find me Venetia
Useful links:
On billionaires
Hassan Minhaj: Why Billionaires won't save us
On how philanthropy is involved in and can help counter the roll backs in human rights
Global Philanthropy Project's report into how $6.2bn was spent to roll back gender rights globally
The right hates feminists because we want freedom, here's how to fight back
Our campaign
On Patagonia
NextCity Webinar on understanding Patagonia and Perpetual Purpose Trusts
This episode is kindly sponsored by WUKA. They are kindly offering my listeners £5 off your WUKA order, just use code “SMALLTHINGS” at checkout, valid until the 31st January. Ts&Cs: Minimum spend of £10 applies. Excludes shipping. Subject to availability: https://wuka.co.uk/discount/SMALLTHINGS5
For accessibility reasons, there is a video version of this podcast available with subtitles via this link.
This episode was hosted and produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Welcome to a brand new season of All The Small Things! It's a joy to be back.
This week, I'm chatting to Willow Defebaugh. Willow is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Atmos, which is a stunning and thought provoking biannual magazine focused on the exploration of climate and culture. Willow writes a weekly newsletter called The Overview which offers a holistic look at life on Earth through the lens of deep ecology. Her work has been featured in V Magazine, L’Officiel USA, Vogue US i-D, The Guardian, Them and the BBC, to name just a few.
In this episode, we discuss the importance of surrender, especially in terms of nature and the seasons, how our passion is our purpose, our insatiable need for fashion trends, the importance of creating boundaries that prioritise joy meaning activism can be truly sustainable and long-lasting, how Willow's transness has informed her environmentalism and much more.
Follow Willow
Find Atmos
Check out Atmos Volume 7, Prism
Find me: Venetia
This is episode is kindly sponsored by my favourite light therapy brand, Lumie. Listeners can use code "VEN20' for 20% off, valid for a limited time only.
For accessibility reasons, there is a video version of this podcast available with subtitles via this link.
This episode is produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. It was coproduced by Holly Falconer. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Natasha Lunn is the features director at RED magazine and the creator of a popular and acclaimed bimonthly email newsletter, Conversations on Love.
Her Top 10 Sunday Times Best-selling book, also called Conversations On Love, discusses a wide range of themes intimately connected to love. After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, she set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. Natasha turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it?
Some of my favourite conversations from the book include: Candice Carty-Williams on friendship, Emily Nagoski on the science of sex, Alain de Botton on the psychology of being alone, Esther Perel on unrealistic expectations and Roxane Gay on redefining romance.
Follow Natasha: natashalunn
Buy the book, and others from the series: bookshop.org/shop/venetia
Subscribe to Natasha's newsletter here
Find me: VenetiaLaManna
Find the show: ATSTpodcast
This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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