157 Charles Beckwith | The Dot Connector

Charles Beckwith is the host of American Fashion and Fashion Is Your Business podcast He once ran an online fashion magazine, studied, then dropped out of filmmaking, interned on Dawson’s Creek, and has a network called Mouth Media Network. Phew! We cover all this and more on this fascinating chat. Enjoy!

00:09 - How Charles and I met
02:56 - When he recorded his first podcast
04:16 - How long he had been a filmmaker when he started his podcast
05:16 - The microphone he’s using for this podcast episode
06:01 - How he developed his relationship with Sennheiser
06:55 - Why he feels Sennheiser saw the value of partnering with him and his show
07:48 - Charles explains what fashion technology is
08:37 - Stella McCartney and vegan and environmentally friendly materials
10:58 - The excitement behind wearable tech
11:31 - A company that’s making custom shoes for $250
12:29 - The article he wrote on how the fashion industry could use blockchain tech
13:15 - Syndicated Media’s idea to replace iTunes as the hub of podcast RSS feeds with a blockchain
13:38 - What blockchain technology means
15:13 - Where his love of fashion comes from
15:43 - His most noticeable episodes
17:37 - Why he likes having a panel on his podcast
18:33 - How he’s grown as a host since the start of his show
19:47 - Why he has a love/hate relationship with the show Project Runway
20:15 - Charles explains how he starts every episode of American Fashion
21:30 - What he does with episodes where the conversations weren’t great
22:10 - His network, Mouth Media Network and his first show of the network
24:42 - The podcast player he and his team is developing
28:53 - Whether or not he’s worked on a mobile app before
29:22 - His love of technology, Kevin Kelly from Wired, and the 2600 magazine
30:29 - His piece of fiction in 2600 magazine and his involvement with their conference
31:57 - Mouth Media Network’s different podcasts
32:54 - If he’s ever put a network together before and what he’s learned from creating his network
34:52 - Where he thought he would be at this point in his life
37:01 - His approach to networking and making connections
37:53 - The Stone Soup story
40:55 - When he started to put his skills as a connector to use
42:44 - Something he’s changed his mind about recently
43:05 - The one most misunderstood thing about him
45:14 - What’s got him excited for the upcoming year
47:40 - The podcast conferences he plans on attending this year