The Wasted Hour Podcast

Spyros Rennt started out studying electrical and computer engineering. Now, he is a photographer based in Berlin and already released his second book titled 'Portraits'. ‘I just took a different path to get where I’m now’, Spyros says.In today's episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin visited Sypros on a sunny day in Berlin; they talk about Sypros' life in Berlin and his favorite places in the city and the liberation it offers. Especially how Berlin and his life in Neukölln differs from hi...

Marlene Sørensen is a woman of many talents: The Berlin-based free-lance journalist is not only published in magazines like Süddeutsche Zeitung, Myself, Glamour and ZEIT ONLINE, but is ,due to her interest and knowledge in fashion, part of the founding team of the German Harper’s Bazaar. In November last year, she published her third book "Und jetzt? - Fragen an das Leben mit 40. Antworten für immer".In today's episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin visited Marlene on a sunny spring day; ...

During Paris Fashion, Martin visited the showroom of the plant-based footwear brand Virón, to sit down with co-founder Julian Romer. Together with Mats Rombaut, Julian founded the Paris based brand in August 2020, during full lockdown. In this episode, Julian and Martin discuss how they both got into fashion trough sneaker culture and how they now value independent and artisanal fashion brands and designer. Learn about Virón’s approach to sustainability and their way of educating their costum...

During Paris Fashion Week, our creative director Martin sat down with Sigurd Bank – founder of the Danish brand mfpen. In this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Sigurd tells Martin how his passion for graffiti and streetwear brought him to fashion. From starting out as a fashion buyer to his position as a product manger, his experience in the fashion industry led him to founding the menswear label mfpen. Discover insights about the working methods of mfpen, their production values, sourcing...

On a sunny day in Copenhagen, our creative director Martin sat down with Saif Bakir – one half of the designer duo behind CMMN SWDN. He launched the Swedish fashion label together with his wife Emma Bakir Hedlund in 2012. In this episode, Saif tells Martin how his family and MTV brought him to fashion and how he first met Emma when they were studying fashion at Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion. He also reminisces about his experience of working for COS and Kanye West in Par...

For the latest episode, Martin has a chat with Zoe Latta of Eckhaus Latta. Together with Mike Eckhaus, Zoe launched the American fashion label that captivates with its gender-fluid designs and diverse cast of models in 2011. On the podcast Zoe and Martin discuss vintage shopping and how she and Mike connected over their experimental way of dressing while studying at Rhode Island School of Design. Learn what Zoe considers the most valuable insight she gained from studying textile design, and d...

For this special episode, Martin leaves the interviewer’s chair to Linda – founder of Ain’t No Trash and his partner in crime at their pop-up store in Hamburg. She asks Martin everything you always wanted to know about the founder and creative director of The Wasted Hour. Learn more about how he went from studying law to starting a fashion store and magazine, why Acne Studios holds a special place in his heart, and the huge influence that music has on The Wasted Hour. They also discuss the im...

Today, our creative director Martin is joined by Linda Käckermann, founder of the vintage design studio Ain’t No Trash. The two have known each other for quite some time and joined forces earlier this year to open their store Ain’t No Wasted Hour – combining fashion and furniture. So, they set out to tell each other and you more about themselves, and this episode is all about Linda. They chat about her first vintage furniture piece, how she started Ain’t No Trash in a spare room in her own ho...

Katja Ruge is a woman of many talents: The Hamburg-based photographer not only takes intense & intimate portraits of artists but also makes music herself. In today's episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin and Katja chat about how the club Front in Hamburg introduced her to the night life, how she got into photography and about the time she met Take That in Manchester. They also discuss what Katja is currently working on: the Fe:Male Rap Project. [German]More of Katja Ruge: Insta...

The Australian designer duo Kiel Rogers and Rhys Scott have created a culture around their label, which is founded on music. GARBAGEtv is well-known for their avant-garde and DIY aesthetic.To introduce you to the label, Martin had a chat with Kiel in this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast. They talked about internships with Comme des Garcons, Jeremy Scott, and Walter Van Beirendonck as well as the beginnings of GARBAGEtv. Kiel tells Martin why he had to delete his AirBnB account following th...