Local Threads
Local Threads
Podcast Description
Local Threads is a Boston-based biweekly podcast spotlighting the artists, designers, and ethical small businesses stitching together a creative, conscious future, right in your backyard.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on topics like slow fashion, upcycling, and sustainable creativity, with each episode featuring unique stories from local creators. For example, Episode 3 discusses upcycled fashion and chronic illness with designer Samantha Gottlich, while Episode 2 explores the intersection of UX design and slow fashion with Melissa Woods of Trued Apparel, and Episode 1 features Kelly Dempsey discussing alternative economies through her barter platform, Barterloo.
Local Threads is a storytelling podcast documenting the voices of New England’s creative community. Artists, organizers, and culture makers who shape spaces, movements, and shared experiences.
This week Olivia Harvey breaks down how her very niche upcycled sweatshirt designs almost got her sued by you know who, how she pivoted, and the unexpected commission she received in the wake of it all. We talk about her journey into fashion, her time at Emerson, and her one and only market she ever does Wicked Women Makers Market coming up on November 29th tickets available via the event page below.
Follow Olivia’s brand Oh_Pleeze on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oh_pleeze/?hl=en
The infamous substack article: https://substack.com/@ohpleeze/note/p-173153781?utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
Wicked Women Makers Market Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/wickedwomenmakersmarket/
Learn to Sew: https://www.northriverarts.org/event-6395349?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnBD3SOeP6yPUrAdwDLcZGS5G08gBivStluEsJeTEXOMSK6lTAo5LYamPU5S0_aem_dvH8RHI-rE2DKxtNioAxHw
Boston.com article https://www.boston.com/news/arts/2025/07/15/lobsters-cigarettes-and-dunkin-south-shore-artist-aims-to-capture-the-mass-vibe
Linktr.ee https://linktr.ee/ohpleeze
TikTok: https://tr.ee/NklTvEPvUZ
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Southern New England Fibershed: https://fibershed.org/affiliate/se-new-england-fibershed/
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