Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).IM TAKING A MINI BREAK (which means it must be true love), sending all my wishes to you dear listener and i will be back again for more xxPlease share, rate it 5 stars and come back for more.This podcast is co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).This week I am joined by the amazing Jayne Mattingly (Insta / TikTok / Website ).Jayne is a passionate advocate for eating disorder recovery, body acceptance, and disability issues. Jayne holds a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and founded The AND Initiative, a nonprofit destigmatizing mobility aids. She is a podcast host and also the author of the upcoming book "This Is Body Grief," which explores diverse perspectives on body grief through personal stories and case studies. Jayne's powerful journey and insightful writing inspire and educate others. Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).This week I am joined by Zainab Mahmood. Zainab is Green Fashion Editor of It’s Freezing in LA! magazine and founder of Ahista Stories. Since 2019, Zainab has been campaigning, creating educational resources on the harmful environmental and human impacts of the fashion industry, and writing for award-winning publications like gal-dem and The Guardian on the intersections between fashion, faith, climate and capitalism. She is also undertaking a Master’s in Environment, Politics and Development at SOAS.In this episode, we talk about all things fast fashion, sustainability, direct action, and #influencers.I really enjoyed speaking to Zainab, and I hope you enjoy the conversation.You can find Zainab ( @zainab.slow.fashion )on IG & Ahista stories (@ahista.stories)Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).In this very special episode, I am joined by the wonderful Jessica DeFino (@jessicadefino_). She is a freelance beauty journalist for The New York Times, Vogue, WWD, Allure, and more. However, I found DeFino's work from her amazing substack The Unpublishable which I highly recommend.This episode is a great introduction what DeFino primarily writes about. We speak on 'anti-aging' (spoiler: not possible), dating while unlearning mainstream beauty standards, where beauty standards originate from and what DeFino’s time was like working for the #kardashianjennersPlease share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).This week I am joined by the wonderful and uber-smart Dr Joe Parslow (@joeparslow). Joe is an academic & lecturer at Central. He also holds a PhD from Central exploring drag performance and queer communities in contemporary London. In this conversation we discuss all things Drag, RuPauls Drag Race, representation, misogyny... the list goes on! I really enjoyed speaking to Joe and I hope you enjoy listening too!Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepodMusic from: Transistor FM - thank you to them coz I don't wanna get sued. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).This week I am joined by Isabelle Jani-Friend (@isabellejanifriend). We speak all about Isabelle's work, her experiences of living with Cystic Fibrosis, activism, and the inequalities of medicine access.Isabelle is incredible and you can find her work on her website: https://www.isabellejanifriend.com/Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepodMusic from: Transistor FM - thank you to them coz I don't wanna get sued. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).This week I am joined by the marvelous Allysa Czerwinsky. I don't want to give too much away, but of course, the episode is about INCELS! We talk about what an incel actually is, the radicalisation of men on the internet & how dangerous this online community is...If you'd like to reach out to Allysa regarding her work, you can find her on LinkedIn :). Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepodMusic from: Transistor FM - thank you to them coz I don't wanna get sued. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).This week I am joined by Rachael Bundu (@thebunduclub on IG) who has worked in the luxury fashion industry for 12 years and is now the founder of Another People (@anotherpeopleldn). We talk about her journey in the industry, having to be palatable in the workplace, changing our accents, and racism in fashion. Rachael talks more about the legacies she wants to leave behind and how her passion is helping other young people to enter into the industry that she has paved the way in.Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepodMusic from: Transistor FM - thank you to them coz I don't wanna get sued. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).I am joined this week by the incredible Laura Dempsey who is the founder of Volunteers for Future. We discuss the impact of elephants, climate change and if systematic changes need to take place to save our planet.Thank you again to Laura & thanks for listening !! xxPlease share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepodMusic from: Transistor FM - thank you to them coz I don't wanna get sued.SHOW NOTES:Volunteers for Future is a non-profit social enterprise which collaborates, educates and innovates to better protect our people, planet and wildlife. We forge partnerships with leading conservation and environmental organisations, schools and youth groups and together with our incredible team of volunteers we help young people to better understand the challenges and empower them take positive action against the impact of climate change.The Young Green Briton Challenge is an exciting new initiative from the Green Britain Foundation to nurture, support and celebrate youth-led, school-based climate action. The Challenge supports students aged 11-14 to learn and apply design, innovation, business and other transferable skills, empowering young people to explore local climate and sustainability issues and design entrepreneurial solutions or campaigns to address the problems they identify. The Green Britain Foundation was founded by Dale Vince to help create a greener Britain. Dale is passionate about the next generation needing to understand climate change and the solutions to tacking this - with big emphasis around the energy we use, how we travel, what we eat and using space for nature. The Young Green Briton Challenge is key to this mission - for secondary schools to be given a voice and opportunity to work together and present practical solutions towards a greener Britain... Volunteers for Future are supporting the Challenge and they would love to hear from anyone keen to mentor young people through this process. Email [email protected] for more info or apply here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).TW: we talk a little about abuse in this episode.This week I am joined by the absolutely amazing Charlotte Clarke. We discuss Charlotte's time growing up in the care system as well as the institutions which are holding the system still up, and where improvements can be made. I learned so much from Charlotte and hope you do too! &&& enjoy the episode!You can find charlotte at @charlietylxr if you wish to reach out xxHappy listening.Please share, rate it 5 stars and come back each week for more!This episode was co-produced by Darcey Bevins.Lots of love,Bec xxFind me @impressionablepodMusic from: https://transistor.fm/free-podcast-intro-music/ - thank you to them coz I don't wanna get sued. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.