The Lush Podcast

The Lush Podcast is a magazine-style show hosted by Nuala Davies and Olivia Graham. This series will draw you into the far reaching world of Lush by bringing together exciting goings on from various areas of the business, current events and existing Lush media. This August, a brand new podcast series has been launched at Lush, which focuses on the ‘War on Wildlife’ and is hosted by Charlie Moores and Ruth Peacey. To help raise the awareness, we’ve dedicated this episode of The Lush Podcast to the topic of Wildlife and why we should care. Within the episode, we’ll hear a small teaser clip from the brand new War on Wildlife Podcast,  in which Bruce Parry reflects on whether he believes there is a war at play, and if so, what he would do to tackle it. We will also take a listen to some small clips from panel discussions hosted at the most recent Lush Showcase which each shine a light on the War on Wildlife but from a more solutions-focused angle.    And finally, we’ll hear from an inspirational young activist called Mya-Rose Craig whose work in the Birding world is doing tremendous things for getting younger generations involved in wildlife work.   To listen to the full first episode of The War on Wildlife Podcast, click here. To watch the War on Wildlife debates from the Lush Showcase, click here for day 1 and click here for day 2.  And to listen to Mya-Rose talking all things Birding, click here.   To learn more and see what we’ve been talking about in this conversation so far, head here to have a browse through all of our War on Wildlife related articles so far, and stay tuned for more to come! Finally… to explore more audio content made by Lush, don’t forget to check out the free Lush Player App, available for both Apple and Android!

It’s summer time, and Episode 6 isn’t just about summer, it’s about ‘Summer Of Love’ - love of products, love of plants and love of the self! To hear what we love about products within this episode, we will get whisked away to an imaginary desert island with Lush’s Jiggly Paul and Hilary Jones to find out some of Hilary’s must-have products (as well as how to survive a turbulent Mercury Retrograde!) We’ll listen to a conservation piece by Charlie Moores and the charity ‘Plant Life’ to find out how road verges could help to re-seed our beautiful countryside. Then finally, we’ll explore a little about pride and self-love with the wonderful Bisi Alimi, our very own ‘Angelic Troublemaker’.    To listen to the full episode of Jiggly Paul and Hilary’s ‘Desert Island Lush’, click here. To listen to the full episode on Road Verges, click here. And to hear Bisi Alimi’s full episode of Activism in Existence, click here.   And to explore more audio content made by Lush, don’t forget to check out the free Lush Player App, available for both Apple and Android! Swears - Yes (one)

Welcome to Episode 5, where ‘Leadership’ is the focus! Lush is a true leader in the cosmetics industry, and today we’ll be diving into the “how” and the “why” of our innovative approach to leadership as a company. In July 2019, Lush held a Retail Leadership Festival for its staff in “the best city in the werrrld”, Liverpool. Lush staff from across the globe joined forces for the week, and Nuala and Olivia went along to get the goss! Within this episode, we’ll hear teasers from a few of the talks at the Festival, including a conversation between Lush Liverpool’s Manager Sandra Byrne and Mark Constantine. We’ll listen to Karl Bygrave telling us how our staff are becoming future leaders for us with the Lush EBT, as well as hearing from two members of Lush Retail who have become our staff Trustees within the EBT. Finally, we’ll listen in as some other Lush staff at the event talked to Nuala and Olivia about their thoughts on what a leader should be, as well as influential leaders in their lives. To hear the full episode of Take It From The Top with Karl talking about the Lush EBT, click here And to find more content from the Retail Leadership Festival, keep your eyes peeled for updates on player.lush.com, or download our free Lush Player App which is available for both Apple and Android!   Swears - None

The Lush Podcast is a magazine-style show hosted by Nuala Davies and Olivia Graham. This series will draw you into the far reaching world of Lush by bringing together exciting goings on from various areas of the business, current events and existing Lush media. Episode 4 is here, and today, Olivia and Nuala are discussing the theme of ‘Naked’... and before you get carried away, when we say ‘naked’, we basically mean products that are packaging-free! As July is plastic-free month, we thought we’d use this episode to give a shout out to all of the innovative things things we do at Lush that put us a step ahead in the game, such as our naked product ranges and our regenerative packaging ideas such as our biodegradable cork pots and beyond! This episode features several small soundbites from our media archives. First up is Giles Verdon from the Lush Earthcare team discussing the future of packaging and reasons to go naked. We will hear an Inventor’s Panel about our naked products, and an ingredients-focused piece taking a look at how we source our Argan oil which goes into some of our lovely naked makeup, putting quality at the forefront. Finally we’ll hear from Nick Gumery from the Lush Buying Team to get some insight on our exciting cork project which is at the forefront of our regenerative thinking. If you fancy hearing more from each of our featured clips then you’re in luck! To listen to Giles discussing the Future of Packaging in full you can head here For the full Inventors Panel you can head here. To watch our Moroccan Argan oil video, click here. And finally, to see Nick Gumery talking about cork you can head here For further reading on today’s topics of discussion, you’re also in luck! To read more about the start of the cork project, check out this article To read the article ‘Naked and Afraid’ which Olivia mentioned, head here. To learn more about some of the interesting things we’re doing with packaging, check out this article about our closed loop system for black pots, check out this piece about our compostable EcoFlo, and of course you can head to our website or to Lush Player to search your socks off!

In episode 3, Nuala and Olivia talk about all things Bathing, including the 30th Anniversary of the bath bomb and why there’s more to the art of bathing than we might think. This episode features a teaser from our brand new short documentary, ‘We The Bathers’. There’s also an interview with Jack Constantine about the innovative process of creating a bath product, and an uplifting segment from our film ‘Meet The Makers’ where we are introduced to the wonderful Beryl, who works in the Bubbles department of Lush Manufacturing. For more on today’s featured pieces, check out the following links... Head here for ‘We The Bathers’ to watch the full documentary Head here for Jack’s full Harajuku chat And head here for Beryl! For further reading on ‘We The Bathers’ and bathing in general, check out these great articles… Click here to read more about the short documentary ‘We The Bathers’ Click here for “A journey in sadness and joy” - a personal bath time story on the effects of bathing Click here for The Bathtime Bible, which Nuala referred to when talking about the perfect bath temperature Click here to learn about bathing in nature And let’s not forget here for Ben Davis’ article on world water day which Nuala also recommended. Swears: None

If you want to know more about Simon Constantine’s thoughts on regeneration, check out the article The Regeneration Story.   Check out the full episode of Take It From The Top with Simon and Nuala here.   Driven by the belief that sustainability is not enough, the Sustainable Lush Fund (or SLush) has undergone transformation, and becoming Re:Fund   The Lush Spring Prize is also part of Re:Fund, helping to raise the profile of regeneration globally and reward the people behind this important work.   Watch the full episode of Source to Skin here where we meet Joseph from the  Laikipia Permaculture Centre and the Maasai women empowering girls and they talk all about Aloe Secundiflora. Lastly, check out the full Stealing Sheep video!

The Lush Podcast is a brand new magazine-style show hosted by Nuala Davies and Olivia Graham. This series will draw you into the far reaching world of Lush by bringing together exciting goings on from various areas of the business, current events and existing Lush media. In the first episode of The Lush Podcast, Nuala and Olivia talk about the biggest Lush store in the world, the city where it’s based - Liverpool - and the new products and services on offer. This episode includes interviews with the creators of the Lush Hair Lab, retail feedback from skin care extraordinaire Caroline Hirons, and insight from founder Mark Constantine. Want to peek inside Lush Liverpool? Head here for more info or come visit Shownotes are here (Contains swears)

Welcome to the Lush Podcast! This podcast is not just about fizzy bombs, but campaigns, ethics, activism, you name it, we talk about it. Here's Nuala and Olivia giving you a taste of what is to come...