Soho House presents Good Is The New Cool

In this final episode of the season, Afdhel and Bobby speak with environmentalist and founder of Parley for the Oceans, Cyrill Gutsch. Through brand partnerships, Parley's mission is to change the way we use fossil fuel plastics. We hear the variety of ways in which Parley are tackling the deadly contamination of the planet’s most important ecosystems; our oceans.

Bobby and Afdhel are joined by conceptual artist and provocateur Hank Willis Thomas with his For Freedoms colleague Emma Nuzzo. We hear how they work to turn traditional ad-space into provoking art pieces, designed to inspire civic discourse, in the hopes of uniting a polarised nation.

“If you can play together, you can learn together” a phrase regularly used by Jason Mayden, Nike shoe designer, entrepreneur and kid at heart. In this episode Jason catches up with Bobby Jones on how he came to create Super Heroic, a business aimed at encouraging both parents and children alike, the importance of play.

Former TV presenter and founder of the mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect, Poppy Jamie catches up with Bobby about the mental health crisis facing an entire generation and how we can change the way we look after our minds using the very technology that could be damaging them.

In this episode we hear from the fantastic Robert Egger  the nonprofit leader, speaker, activist and author of the brilliant book “Begging for Change”. Robert discusses his charitable work, proving what it means to have good at the centre of both a business plan and life.

Making the world a kinder braver place is the professional and life goal of this week’s guest, Maya Smith. Bobby and Afdhel speak to Maya, the executive director of Lady Gaga's Born This Way foundation, about how we can maximise our chances to do good in both business and life, as well as the importance of elevating youth voices.

In this introductory episode, Bobby and Afdhel are joined by Michaella Solar-March, Global Director of Events and Programming at Soho House, to discuss the origins of the Good Is The New Cool podcast, the partnership, and her mission to elevate the voices of the people making great change in the world.

In this first episode of The Good Is The New Cool Podcast, Afdhel and Bobby are joined by Dao-Yi Chow, cofounder of iconic fashion label Public School, and Rachel Johnson, founder of Thomas Faison, to discuss how the power of fashion can spark social change.