Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. Today on the show, I welcome the trailblazing

entrepreneur and founder of Vivo Barefoot, Galaad Clark. Galaad is leading the rewilding movement,

aligning ourselves with nature's design by championing the concepts of barefoot footwear and of natural movement.

A Galaad believes in the importance of allowing our feet to move and function as nature intended and engineered.

And he's created a line of footwear that does just that.

Galaad emphasizes the detrimental impacts of conventional footwear

on foot health. And he takes it a step further. Conventional footwear also comes at a cost of our

planet's health. We dive into the staggering number of shoes manufactured each year. Take a guess.

Just take a moment and take a guess. 24 billion pairs.

24 billion. You heard that right. This episode is a masterclass not only on the mechanics of the

human foot, but also how to build a business with an ethical compass.

All right. Sir Galaad Clark, welcome to the Common Podcast. What a treat, man.

Thank you. Good to be here. Good to see and hear you.

Yes, well, the next time we'll be in four-dimensional space time, I hope.

So since getting to know you, I've developed quite a foot fetish,

not of the pruriant variety, but one that has really inspired a fascination with my own human foot.

And now I've, every night to my wife's great amazement, I'm doing a planter and dorsal flexion and all this stuff.

So thanks a lot, man.

Do you do that together in a sort of footsie kind of sexy kind of way?

I'm working up to it.

Okay, I'm going to present a general thesis. So my general

thesis about chronic disease is that chronic disease and pain is really the result of chronic ease.

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