Best Elizabeth Townsend Gard Podcasts (2025)

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Just Wanna Quilt in Nebraska - Katie Francisco 1:29:10

2y ago1:29:10

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Katie Francisco, the Assistant Curator of Exhibitions sat down to chat with me on a Saturday. She was also the one who took me around the first day, and so it was especially lovely to be able to chat! Katie is "responsible for the production and installation of exhibitions based on the IQM collections, and for research and disseminating results of …

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Just Wanna Quilt in Nebraska - June 2023 - Interview with Quilter and IQM Volunteer Jim Kohler 1:14:57

2y ago1:14:57

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We visited with Jim Kohler, a volunteer at the International Quilt Museum, who quilts 1800s tops by hand to add them to the Education Collection. But the interview is about so much more. Jim talks about his grandmother (b. 1890), who taught him to quilt, his life in Alaska, his philosophy of "we", and so much more.…

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Just Wanna Quilt in Nebraska: Interview with Curator Carolyn Ducey 1:14:53

2y ago1:14:53

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We're doing a special series at the International Quilt Museum for the next few weeks! Today, I chatted with Carolyn Ducey, the Ardis B. James Curator of Collections. She is amazing. But we already knew that. We intervieweed her in 2019 in a two-part podcast interviews: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18105882 and https://www.spreaker.com/episode/…

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Quilter Timna Tarr joins us! 39:55

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Timna Tarr is a world-famous quilter, whose work has been featured on The Quilt Show and Quilting Arts TV. She Is know for a specific type of portrait work, including animal portraits. She has published in countless magazines, and her book, Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting teachings you her specific technique that we all so love. For more, see https:…

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Trademark and Internet Law Professor Eric Goldman teaches us about Section 230 and the Internet 1:04:58

2y ago1:04:58

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Professor Eric Goldman from Santa Clara University is an expert all things trademark and all things Internet. He talks with us about current U.S. Supreme Court cases that may impact how we engage wtih the Internet. And he talks about slinkies too (he has a lot alot maybe all of the slinkies). For more on Eric, go to https://law.scu.edu/faculty/prof…

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Lyric Kinard talks to us about the Academy for Virtual Training 55:58

2y ago55:58

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Lyric Kinard joins us to catch us up on her life since 2019, her new endeavors with teachers and quilt guilds, and other lovely things. In particular, we talk about her new business that teach others the businesss of quilting, at the Academy for Virtual Training, or AVT. https://members.academyforvirtualteaching.com/ For more on Lyric, see https://…

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Maddie Kertay of Badass Quilter's Society Talks about Building a Brand and Kittens 56:01

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Maddie Kertay of Badass Quilter's Society (https://badassquiltersshop.bigcartel.com/) talks to us about her life since 2019, the canceling of Bass Quilter's Society on Facebook with over 30,000 members and the new rebuilding of Badass now. As always, a joy of a guest. We have interviewed Maddie before. See Maddi's original interview on October 22, …

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Quilter Willow Olson talks to us about AccuQuilt, EQ8 and Other Adventures 42:26

2y ago42:26

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Willow Olson joins us to talk about her adventures with Just Wanna Quilt and more. She runs the AccuQuilt and More Facebook group, (https://www.facebook.com/groups/accuquiltandmore/?ref=share) and has just started the YouTube Channel, Quilting with Willow (https://www.youtube.com/@QuiltingWithWillow). Willow has long been associated with Just Wanna…

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(Free Motion) Quilt Teacher and Author Jenny Lyons joins us 1:05:57

2y ago1:05:57

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Jenny Lyons, who was a previous guest in 2019, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16858661, catches us up on her life since that interview, including her experiences during the early days of the Pandemic, and now, as she jets to different teaching gigs, and is living the dream. For more on Jenny, including her schedule and how to book her, go to http…

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Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategy - Chapter 4 - Seven Key Copyright Concepts 19:10

2y ago19:10

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Elizabeth Townsend Gard reads her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies. In this episode, she reads, Chapter 4, Seven Key Concepts. This is kind of a summary of the big issues related to quilting and crafting, and copyright. It gets us started. The book is based on research, including research from our interviews on Just Wanna …

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Quilter and Author Thomas Knauer joins us to discuss his new book Quilt Out Loud 38:25

2y ago38:25

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Thomas has a new, most magnificent book out, Quilt Out Loud: Activism, Language and the Art of Quilting (C&T Publishing, 2023), available at https://amzn.to/3KkTDVP.The last time we spoke to Thomas in 2019, he was discussing his previous book, Why We Quilt. Listen to that podcast at, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19599876. He discusses the proce…

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Cheryl Sleboda Whited is opening a new shop in Paducah! 1:17:37

2y ago1:17:37

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Cheryl talks to us about the process of moving to Paducah and opening Mupping Quilt Emporium. We’ve talked with Cheryl many times, about the business of quilting. See Epsiodes in 2018: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14357737, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14198528, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13965326, and one episode in 2019: https://www…

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Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategy - Chapter 3 - Basics of Intellectual Property 48:58

2y ago48:58

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Elizabeth Townsend Gard reads her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies. In this episode, she reads, Chapter 3 Basics of Intellectual Property. This goes over the basic concepts of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, right of publicity and a little bit of copyright. The book is based on research, including research from our int…

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Attorney Brandon Butler Talks About Copyright and Fair Use 1:03:38

2y ago1:03:38

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Brandon Butler is a rockstar in the copyright world, focusing on libraries and fair use. He has now opened a law firm that focuses on documentary films and fair use, among other subjects. He joins us for an hour. The law firm, Jaszi Butler, can be found at https://www.usefairuse.com/. We talk about the state of fair use, and in particular the curre…

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Andi Barney of the Sewing Doc Academy on Entrepreneurship and Sewing Machines 1:02:07

2y ago1:02:07

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Andi Barney from the Sewing Doc Academy joins us to talk about life during COVID and the new pivot in her business. We've checked in with Andi through the years, and we are thrilled to chat with her again. For more on the Sewing Doc Academy, go to https://www.sewingdocacademy.com/workshops. For more on Andi, see our previou conversations at https:/…

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Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategy - Chapter 2 - Why We Create 54:46

2y ago54:46

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Elizabeth Townsend Gard reads her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies. In this episdoe, she reads, Chapter 2: Why We Create, which focuses on describing the quilting community from many angles, and starts to ask questions about the intersection of quilting and creativity. The book is based on research, including research from…

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Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies - Chapter 1 - Introduction 24:32

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Elizabeth Townsend Gard will be reading her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies, which is a book about the relationship of quilting and copyright, and teaches the quilter and crafter all about the ins and outs of copyright. It is a story, it is law, and it is really looking at the cases and law behind copyright. Many of our l…

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Welcome to the 2023 Season 24:32

2y ago24:32

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Elizabeth Townsend Gard welcomes us to the new season of Just Wanna Quilt. She catches up, talks about the upcoming year, and apologizes for the lost years 2022.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Famous Fabric Designer and Artist Anna Maria Horner checks in with us 1:04:20

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Anna Maria Horner, fabric designer of FreeSpririt, and owner of Craft South in Nashville, NT https://www.craft-south.com/ joins us to talk about her life, owning a business during COVID-19, and a little bit of copyright too.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Quilter Mary Elizabeth Kinch talks about her life and also the work of Gwen Marston 49:31

3+ y ago49:31

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Mary Elizabeth Kinch is a quilter and written. See https://www.maryelizabethkinch.com/. She also knew well Gwen Marston, who was a famous quilter, known for Liberated Quilting, and who passed away in April 2019.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Famous Quilter Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her quilting and writing life 52:09

3+ y ago52:09

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Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19, and the exhibit of Fons and Porter quilts at the International Quilt Museum, October 2021-February 2022, https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/exhibition/fons-porter. Marianne has been on the show before. Listen to her previous interviews here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/162537…

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Quilter Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell checks in with us 48:24

3+ y ago48:24

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Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19 and after. http://www.maychappell.com/. She's been a guest before (see her first interview here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15250111.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talks about the DC Statehood Quilt Challenge 18:34

3+ y ago18:34

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Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talk to us today about a quilting challenge for DC statehood, disenfranchisement, and the importance of voting and staying informed on local politics. Learn more about them at https://lwv-va.org/2021/07/30/quilts4dc-statehood-quilt-challenge/By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Quilter Tara Miller of the Quilt District catches up with us about her new projects 24:17

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Tara Miller of the Quilt District joins us to talk about her new projects including the Quilt District on the Road and the series Six Know It Alls (quilters of course). Her website: http://www.quiltdistrict.com. She also talks about American Quilt Study Group, which is she very involved. https://americanquiltstudygroup.org/.…

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Sara Seuberling of Electric Quilt join us to talk about the new edition of Barbara Brackman's classic 56:14

3+ y ago56:14

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Sara Seuberling has worked at EQ since college, and tells us about the software company, the relationship with AccuQuilt, and the creation of the new edition of the Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/encyclopedia-of-pieced-quilt-patterns/. We also talk about EQ Academy, which has its upco…

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Quilter on Fire Brandy Maslowski joins us to talk about TikTok, Embrodiery, and Podcasting 56:26

4y ago56:26

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Brandy is a fellow quilt podcaster, and also is active on TikTok as Quilter on Fire. She joins us to talk about her latest project, and the role of social media in building her brand. See https://www.quilteronfire.com.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Famous Quilter and Entrepreneur Christa Watson comes by to visit and catch up on the last year 1:02:21

4y ago1:02:21

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Christa Watson, who has been on the show twice before, comes back to tell us about her year. (See Episodes https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15172864 and https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17863739. She's a fabric and pattern designer, and an entrepreneur. Come here her discuss her last year, and her thoughts on the future.…

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Famous Quilter Dora Carey of Orange Dot Quilts catches us up 49:24

4y ago49:24

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Dora Carey, of Orange Dot Quilts, http://www.orangedotquilts.com, come back to chat with us about her COVID-19 year, where she made a mask pattern and video that got 2 million hits, transforming her business almost instantly. Now, she's getting ready to open a shop. Listen to her original interview from 2018 here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/1…

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Quilter Stacy Harding catches up on her life over the last year 30:42

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Stacy Harding, a long time member of the Quilting Army, talks about the last year, and how she's starting to get back into the quilting grove.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Sewtites inventors (who are sisters) join us to talk about their entrepreneurial (quilting and sewing) journey 52:41

4y ago52:41

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Jamie and Jessica, sisters, join us to talk about Sewtites, a magnetic system for quilting that eliminates the need for pins. See https://sewtites.com/. We talk about their entrepreneurial journey of how this idea became a big hit in the sewing and quilting world.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Quilters Jeannette Floyd and Robin Farmer Siler catch up on their quilting 38:40

4y ago38:40

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Quilting Army quilters Jeannette Floyd (from California) and Robin Siler (from Nevada) catch up with Elizabeth on how they are feeling about quilting and how their year was. It's just three quilters hanging out and catching up.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Quilters Joel Sellers and Wendy Starn catch up on their Quilting Life 22:41

4y ago22:41

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Joel Sellers and Wendy Starn, both quilters and part of our Quilting Army (what we call ourselves) join us for a brief chat at the beginning of Season 4. Come join us at our Facebook group, Just Wanna Quilt, http://www.facebook/groups/justwannaquilt. We'd love to get to know you.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Crafter and Product Developer Nichole Schneider from Checker Distributor joins us 49:16

4y ago49:16

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Nicole Schneider from Checker Distributors talks with us about her job as a developer and previously as a buyer, and also about the Gypsy Quilter line of products. Gypsy Quilter link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3gfDCzU. She also talks about Creative Grids,https://amzn.to/2RzDXVQ, which is also an exclusive Checker Distributor line. https://www.check…

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We catch up with Quilter Amy Reitzel, a long time member of the Quilting Army 15:39

4y ago15:39

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Quilting Army member Amy Reitzel gets us started with Season 4, and we talk about coming back out into the world after COVID, and we fangirl about Cassandra Beaver's " Zoo Family Portrait" pattern, which is English Paper Piecing. (We'll have Cassandra on as a guest soon, but you can find the pattern on Etsy! http://bitly.ws/e2ff). Listen to Amy's f…

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We're Back! Season 4 begins now. 6:40

4y ago6:40

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Elizabeth Townsend Gard, host of Just Wanna Quilt, and law professor at Tulane University Law School says a quick hello to begin Season 4.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Scott Fortunoff of Jaftex Corporation catches us up and tells about the Facebook Live Video Challenge for shops 56:04

4+ y ago56:04

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Scott Fortunoff, of Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive (https://scottfortunoff.com/) and President of Jaftex Fabric Company joins us to talk about the fabric industry and COVID-19, his weekly trivia contest for 20 weeks, and his relationship with the Quilt Shops and with fans. 2020 marks the 90th anniversary of Jaftex in the fabric indu…

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Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit - Part 2 4:38:26

5y ago4:38:26

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Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit: Part 2 On June 17, 2020 and June 20, 2020, Tulane University held the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit, organized by the Just Wanna Quilt team of Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Hailey Barnett, Whitney Chatmon, John Spartz, and Becky Blank. Hosted by Newcomb Institute, and co-hosted by the Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Inn…

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Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Chad Roy explains the science of the virus 43:08

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Dr. Roy is the Director of Infectious Disease Aerobiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center and faculty in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine. His career focus is on respiratory health and the aerobiology of airborne infectious diseases, including biological threat agents such as anthr…

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Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit: Part 1 4:51:32

5y ago4:51:32

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On June 17, 2020, Tulane University held the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit, organized by the Just Wanna Quilt team of Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Hailey Barnett, Whitney Chatmon, John Spartz, and Becky Blank. Hosted by Newcomb Institute, and co-hosted by the Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, and the Lepage Center for En…

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Covid-19 Masks: Executive Director of Tech Transfer @ Tulane, John Christie explains it all 24:56

5y ago24:56

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John Christie, the Executive Director of Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development talks to us about the science during Covid-19, and how NDS, provisional patents, and other legal tools allow for sharing information between scientists in this very difficult times.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Songer of Maker Masks joins us for Part 2 of our discussion on Polypropylene fabric and masks 1:28:54

5y ago1:28:54

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Dr. Songer joins us for part 2 of our discussion of Polypropylene and masks. For more information, go to: http://makermask.org/. There is lots of cool science and mask information.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Jocelyn Songer of Maker Mask joins us - Part 1 1:05:04

5y ago1:05:04

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Dr. Songer is the founder of MakerMask.org, a group of volunteers providing science-based mask information and designs to community mask makers. She's been studying and testing masks, and we talk to her about all kinds of things, especially Polypropylene. This is Part 1 of 2. For more information go to: http://makermask.org/.…

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Covid-19 Masks: Michael Hecht of GNO, Inc joins us to talk about COVID-19 and entrepreneurship 22:54

5y ago22:54

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Michael Hecht, the President and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc, the economic development agency for southeast Louisiana, joins us to talk about the health of the city and entrepreneurship during Covid-19. Here is more about Michael: http://gnoinc.org/uploads/M.Hecht.Biography.pdf and https://gnoinc.org.…

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Covid-19 Masks: Professor Roy Rando, an industrial hygienist from Tulane talks to us about masks 49:54

5y ago49:54

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Professor Roy Rando, an industrial hygienist from Tulane talks to us about masks. We have a great conversation about how to think about Covid-19.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Mark Wilson, an industrial hygienist and professor at Tulane, talks to us about our environment. 40:44

5y ago40:44

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Dr. Mark Wilson, an assistant professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, is a molecular toxicologist and industrial hygienist that have been deeply involved in how we keep our home and especially our work environment safe(r) with Covid. A fascinating chat. He will also be a panelist at the Homemade Mask (Virtu…

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Covid-19 Masks: A team from Auburn University talks about their incredible teamwork on making masks 40:57

5y ago40:57

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Professor Chris Schnittka of Science Education, Professor and Director of Faculty Engagement, Chippewa Thomas, and Scott Bishop, Director of Lifelong Learning joins us to talk about the mask making efforts at Auburn University. It is remarkable. https://www.auburn.edu.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Bailey Boynton from Glowforge talks to us about 3D laser printers and their 2 Million Essential Ears initiative 24:39

5y ago24:39

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Bailey Boynton from Glowforge talks to us about 3D laser printers and their 2 Million Essential Ears initiative (glowforge.com/earsavers). https://glowforge.comBy Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Marianne Addy from the Ronald McDonald House New Orleans joins us 22:15

5y ago22:15

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How was the Ronald MacDonald House in New Orleans coping with Covid-19? We asked Marianne Addy.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Lauren Skinner, a nurse and designer of the BaLA mask joins us 42:01

5y ago42:01

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Lauren Skinner, a nurse, talks to us about her life, and the BaLA mask. She started a facebook group, BaLa N95 Cover for Frontline Healthcare Workers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/890875771382856/. Hailey Barnett interviews her.By Elizabeth Townsend Gard

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Covid-19 Masks: Shannon Kittrick makes masks in the Phish Community, beeswax wraps, and so much more. 31:09

5y ago31:09

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Shannon Kittrick is a chemistry and biology teacher, who owns a custom clothing line, www.youenjoymygoods.com, and a Beeswax Wrap Company www.beegoodwraps.com Her sewing Group, You Enjoy My Goods Sewing and Crafting Community has been sewing masks for Doctors and Nurses in the Phish Community.Her husband, Bryan Sylvain has also designed special cus…

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