Listen to Your Art is a podcast that aims to understand the world through the prism of art. The second series is called "When Fiction meets Reality".

I'm interviewing directors and screenwriters who make films or TV shows based on true events, on an episode of our Modern History or who aim to reflect in the most accurate and realistic way our society.

My first interview is with Hossein Amini. He is an Iranian-born British screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award with the film "The Wings of the Dove". He is the pen behind the movies "Drive", "Jude", "47 Ronin" or "The Two Faces of January".

I’ve talked with Hossein about his show "McMafia", which is a true representation of what the mafia looks like today. We are not in the "Godfather" anymore. In his show, we learn that organized crime organizations have dived into the globalized world and our digital age.

We also spoke writing, his journey and his work as a screenwriter, and how he works when he is telling a story that must reflect the real world. My goal was to know : Does a screenwriter must become a reporter?

To know the answer, listen to Hossein!

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Listen to Your Art is a podcast that aims to understand the world through the prism of art. This first series is about the Sustainable Fashion Scene in New York! We are listening to 5 inspiring women to discover this movement and how it reflects in a broader scale the need for the new generation to merge their environmental activism with their work and art.

Our fourth and last conversation of this series about sustainable fashion is with Leticia Bordoni and Romina Pirani. These two Argentineans women from Amsterdam founded Pause, a platform that helps sustainable fashion brands to grow. They organize Pop Up stores for ethical brands from all over the world and want to inspire people to be more conscious when they buy clothes. Leticia and Romina also advise these young brands, help them to reach a bigger audience and to find a good business model.

I met them in New York while they were launching their 6th and 7th editions of Pause Conscious Pop Up. They told me about their personal stories. Why they support the idea to PAUSE. Why they try to raise awareness to people and what sustainable brands should do to survive in the fashion industry.

Let’s listen to Romina and Leticia!

Follow the podcast on Instagram @listentoyourart_podcast to discover in images the work of our artists and more about the sustainable fashion scene in New York.

Listen to Your Art is a podcast that aims to understand the world through the prism of art. This first series is about the Sustainable Fashion Scene in New York! We are listening to 5 inspiring women to discover this movement and how it reflects in a broader scale the need for the new generation to merge their environmental activism with their work and art.

Our third conversation is with Tara St James. She is a precursor in the sustainable fashion scene in New York. She started her ethical brand Study NY as a designer in 2009. 10 years later, she proved that a sustainable company can be sustainable. I met Tara at the Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator, a hub for ethical fashion, where she is mentoring young designers on building their sustainable brands.

She told me about her story, her brand, and her work on educating people about sustainability. She teaches to students in fashion schools and is also being transparent with customers by telling every step of her supply chain on her website. We also discussed about the impact of fast fashion companies in the industry, the future of fashion, what is the message behind her clothes.

Listen to Tara!

Follow the podcast on Instagram @listentoyourart_podcast to discover in images the work of our artists and more about the sustainable fashion scene in New York.

Listen to Your Art is a podcast that aims to understand the world through the prism of art. This first series is about the Sustainable Fashion Scene in New York! We are listening to 5 inspiring women to discover this movement and how it reflects in a broader scale the need for the new generation to merge their environmental activism with their work and art.​

Our second conversation is with Nina Faulhaber. She co-founded in 2015 the ethical brand ADAY with Megan He, who she met when they were both working at Goldman Sachs. They describe ADAY as ​a ​technical, seasonless and sustainable wardrobe.

With Nina, we talked about her inspiring story and the one of their brand. Why she decided to change her life to start her own company, a clothing brand for women like her and Megan. How they discovered the background of the fashion industry while building ​ADAY​ and how sustainability became an obvious and organic ​criteria during the process of defining their clothes. Today, ADAY is a successful start-up, and Nina is showing us that being a business woman is as important as being a designer when you are about to start a sustainable brand.

Listen to Nina!

Follow the podcast on Instagram @listentoyourart_podcast to discover in images the work of our artists and more about the sustainable fashion scene in New York.

Listen to Your Art is a podcast that aims to understand the world through the prism of art. This first series is about the Sustainable Fashion Scene in New York! We are listening to 5 inspiring women to discover this movement and how it reflects in a broader scale the need for the new generation to merge their environmental activism with their work and art.

Our first conversation is with Anne Whiting. She is a young designer and founder of the ethical womenswear label Anne James New York.

She is very involved in the Sustainable Fashion community in New York, extremely passionate about ecology and fashion and at the early age of her career. We talked about her story, the influence of the women of her life, how her experience in marketing, production and design shaped her engagement.

When she knew that sustainable fashion was there, that many brands already opened the lead, she decided to join the field, but she doesn’t hide her insecurities as a young entrepreneur and the tough competition out there.

Listen to Anne!

Follow the podcast on Instagram @listentoyourart_podcast to discover in images the work of our artists and more about the sustainable fashion scene in New York.

Hi! My name is Assia Labbas and I am the host of Listen to Your Art.

It's a podcast that aims to understand the world through the prism of art. By listening to artists, to what they have to say, we will try to understand a social phenomenon through the beauty and subtlety of their piece of art.

We are also listening to their own personal stories, of these artists who decided to give up everything in their life to follow their dreams, their values and their passion for their art.

Listen to Your Art will be published several times this year, and each time, I will propose you a series of four conversations about one topic as seen through the eyes of artists.

Have a look on Instagram @listentoyourart_podcast to discover in images the work of our artists.