{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60ee3a8f1f9831001383bf3e/60ee3a9b89a35e0014893ea5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"David Breslauer - Spiders! Mushrooms! Fashion Biotech and Bolt Threads","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ee3a8f1f9831001383bf3e/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>\"You can't farm spiders!\" says this week's guest, scientist David Breslauer.</p><p>You can keep more them in serious numbers spinning webs off hula-hoops suspended from your office ceiling though...</p><p>Enter Bolt Threads, the Californian biotech company behind Microsilk - a bioengineered sustainable fibre used by Stella McCartney. Find out how they did it, where the science is headed, and what's next (hint, it's involves mushrooms). Just don't call David <em>Spider Man.</em></p><p>Head over to <a href=\"https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2020/9/17/podcast-126-david-breslauer-on-spiders-biotech-amp-bolt-threads\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2020/9/17/podcast-126-david-breslauer-on-spiders-biotech-amp-bolt-threads</a> to read yours and #bethechange</p><p>Love the show? Don't forget to hit subscribe. You can contact host Clare Press on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrspress/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, and follow the show here.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Clare Press"}