554. Throw Out Your (Old) Shoes with Galahad Clark
Commune with Jeff Krasno
Commune Media
4.6 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2024
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Topics covered:
00:02:00: In what ways does the modern shoe affect the physiology of the foot?
00:08:00: The history of footwear
00:16:00: How the tennis shoe came to be
00:23:00: Why going barefoot or wearing barefoot shoes increases longevity
00:31:00: The challenge to make footwear more sustainable
00:40:00: Regaining natural foot strength
00:48:00: What is the technology behind the “conductive soul”?
00:57:00: Galahad Clark’s personal story of how he came into shoemaking
00:01:09: Benefits of “grounding”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. Today on the show, I welcome the trailblazing |
| 0:15.4 | entrepreneur and founder of Vivo Barefoot, Galahad Clark. |
| 0:25.5 | Galaad is leading the rewilding movement, |
| 0:28.9 | aligning ourselves with nature's design by championing the concepts of barefoot footwear |
| 0:31.9 | and of natural movement. |
| 0:34.6 | Galaad believes in the importance of allowing our feet to move and function as nature |
| 0:40.7 | intended and engineered. And he's created a line of footwear that does just that. In our conversation, |
| 0:48.8 | Galaad emphasizes the detrimental impacts of conventional footwear on foot health, noting that most shoes undermine |
| 0:59.0 | natural foot movement and contribute to a variety of health issues. And he takes it a step further. |
| 1:05.2 | Conventional footwear also comes at a cost of our planet's health. We dive into the staggering number of shoes manufactured each year. |
| 1:15.1 | Take a guess. |
| 1:16.3 | Just take a moment and take a guess. |
| 1:19.7 | 24 billion pairs. |
| 1:23.2 | 24 billion. |
| 1:24.7 | You heard that right. |
| 1:26.4 | And we discussed the negative environmental consequences of the footwear industry, |
| 1:31.7 | including pollution from petrochemical foams, plastics, and heavy metals used in tanning leather. |
| 1:38.4 | But do not be discouraged. We also delve into sustainable alternatives for footwear, including the use |
| 1:46.3 | of biodegradable materials sourced from nature and recycling existing polymers to create new shoes. |
| 1:53.7 | Galaad also highlights the importance and presents solutions for creating shoes that are compostable |
| 1:59.2 | and can be recycled. |
| 2:02.0 | And Galaad introduces his company's latest innovation, Vivo Biome, a personalized |
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