Best Rainbow Turtle Podcasts (2025)

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Dana Does Voices for Halloween 2025 15:47

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18d ago15:47

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Halloween! This 2025 Halloween Episode of Dana Does Voices will feature two original scripts by Dana Wa---Oakley. Krakvin the Swamp Monster is lonely. Will Halloween be a time for friendship and joy? Tune in to Dana Does Voices for Dana's reading of original script - The Soliloquy of Krakvin. And Kevin's New Friend, a sort of Roary Story, explores …

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Series 4 Episode 4 - Emma Hillcoat Interview 23:38

2M ago23:38

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Welcome to episode 4 of our series and this time we're with Emma Hillcoat of Greencity Wholefoods in Glasgow. Emma has got to be the most positive person I've met and when you combine that with a job that matches her personality and ethics, you have the perfect combination. Emma is also a relatively new recruit to Green City and views the workers' …

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Series 4 Episode 3 - Howard Msukwa Interview 27:11

2M ago27:11

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In this edition I interview Howard Msukwa, a rice farmer from Malawi. He is a member of the Kaporo Smallholder Farmer Association in his local area and has been its chair in the past. He has also served as director of The National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi and served as its vice chair. Last year at Scottish Fair Trade's conference I…

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Series 4 Episode 2 - Scott Irwin Interview 45:34

2M ago45:34

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Welcome to episode 2 of our 4th season of Rainbow Turtle Rebooted. In this interview we meet Scott Irwin of Green City Wholefoods in Glasgow. As we mentioned in our last episode, Green City is a workers' cooperative where everyone has an equal vote and receives equal pay. Scott has worked across the organisation for about 29 years and has many inte…

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Series 4 Episode 1 - Babs Nicgriogair Interview 46:05

2M ago46:05

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In this episode we interview Babs Nicgriogair of Green City Wholefoods in Glasgow. Green City is a worker cooperative where everyone has an equal voice and receives an equal pay, regardless of their role or the length of time that they've been working there. Green City supplies Rainbow Turtle with many of its fair trade foods and drinks and are pas…

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Kevin's New Ride and The Turtle Takes a Tumble 30:16

2M ago30:16

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Dana reads two original scripts for the Labor Day Marathon, Kevin's New Ride and The Turtle Takes a Tumble. Kevin has a brand new shiny ride, will his girlfriend appreciate their "road" trip? The Turtle and the Hare and a bunch of other forest animals have a race. Does he stand a chance? Tune in to Dana Does Voices for August.…

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Series 4 trailer 4:44

2M ago4:44

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Welcome to series 4 of Rainbow Turtle Rebooted Podcast. This is a short taster to give you an idea of what will be coming up during fair trade fortnight 2025. Earlier in the year Linda Okhouya Ologe and I went out to meet some of the staff from Green City Wholefoods in the east end of Glasgow. Our interesting interviews with them form the basis of …

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Princess T and the Evil Queen on Dana Does Voices for Easter 2025 7:52

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It's Princess T's Coronation Day and the Evil Queen will try to kill her - again! How can she thwart the Evil Queen's plans? Tune in to Dana Does Voices for Easter 2025 to find out. Missed the LIVE? Visit www.PRConnectionsRadio.com or the Dana Does Voices Transistor page. This episode is Sponsored by NVisionU. Use the Promo code: NVisionU.com/VernD…

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Rainbow Thoughts - Dana Does Voices on the First Day of Spring 6:39

8M ago6:39

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Ever wonder what a rainbow is thinking as it arcs across the sky? Tune in to Dana Does Voices as host, Dana Wall-Oakley, reads her original script, Rainbow Thoughts for the holiday, the First Day of Spring!By Dana Wall-Oakley

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The Premiere Episode of Dana Does Voices from the PR Connections NYD Marathon 2023 30:46

8M ago30:46

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The VERY first episode of Dana Does Voices premiered on the New Year's Day Marathon of PR Connections Radio on January 1, 2023. Dana interviewed Rae Everlasting about her history as a talent agent and read the original script, How Food Feels - Chewing Gum!By Dana Wall-Oakley

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The Leprechaun's Shamrock Garden 12:36

8M ago12:36

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The Leprechaun's Shamrock Garden - Can the bored and dejected Finn bring the shamrocks back to Luck and save the village? Tune in to Dana Does Voices for St. Patrick's Day!! a few days late, but better late than never!By Dana Wall-Oakley

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New Year's Day Marathon Episode 1/1/25 18:42

10M ago18:42

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Dana's scripts for the marathon show are "Felicity Happyday interviews the big man, SC" and "Kool-Aid Man goes to Washington". Tune in to Dana Does Voices New Year's Day marathon episode to kick off the new year, 2025!!!By Dana Wall-Oakley

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"A Turkey's Adventure" on Dana Does Voices for Thanksgiving 2024 8:54

12M ago8:54

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Kevin is worried, he's the largest, juiciest turkey in the barnyard and it's almost Thanksgiving. Can he escape? Tune in on Thursday, November 28th for the Thanksgiving Episode of Dana Does Voices with Dana Wall-Oakley.By Dana wall-Oakley

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Poultrygeist - Dana Does Voices for Halloween 2024 8:02

1y ago8:02

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Susan wants to raise chickens but raises a demon instead, will she survive? will the chickens? tune in to Dana Does Voices for the 2024 Halloween episode.By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Series 3 Episode 8 - Meet the volunteers 5 12:30

1y ago12:30

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In this episode we introduce you to two more volunteers with the organisation. First up is Anne Scriven. Anne has been involved in fair trade for a long time, starting with her local church group in Kirkintilloch though to helping out in the Rainbow Turtle shop, various stalls and events. We finish with Steph Mayo who started out as a community wor…

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Series 3 Episode 7 - Linda Okhuoya Ologe interview 13:16

1y ago13:16

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In this mini episode we meet our education officer, Linda Okhuoya Ologe. Linda has been on maternity leave for this past year and, just before fair trade fortnight, I popped round to Linda's house to interview her and to hold her new baby, Zoraya! As well as talking about fair trade, Linda spoke about an interesting project that she'd been involved…

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Dana Does Voices for 4th of July 6:50

1y ago6:50

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Dana will be reading an original script with multiples voices for the 4th of July episode 2024, Part of the "How Food Feels" series, tune in the 4th of July picnic at the Wilson's.By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Dana Does Voices for Easter 7:45

1y ago7:45

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Tune in to Dana Does Voices on Easter Sunday for an original script- The Adventures of Fluffy Buns and Gold Scale - written by Dana Wall-Oakley with the help of her little sisters, Cheyenne and Sierra.By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Dana Does Voices for the Lunar New Year 5:08

1y ago5:08

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It's Year of the Dragon for Lunar New Year on Dana Does Voices!By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Dana Does Voices for Mardi Gras 8:31

1y ago8:31

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Dana Wall-Oakley reads an original script in multiple voices. Her character, Felicity Happyday interviews bead necklace maker Bubba J for Mardi Gras.By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Attack of the Slightly Decaying Hairdressers 9:32

1y ago9:32

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Host Dana Wall-Oakley voices multiple characters for this 2023 Halloween episode of Dana Does Voices. Tune in to Attack of the Slightly Decaying Hairdressers.By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Rise of the Tuxedoed Titans 5:18

1y ago5:18

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In honor of World Penguin Day coming up on April 25th, Dana will do a reading of her original script, Rise of the Tuxedoed Titans. The script has multiple characters for which Dana will lend her voice.By Dana Wall-Oakley

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Series 3 Episode 6 - Meet the volunteers 4 12:13

1y ago12:13

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In episode 6 of our current series we meet 3 more volunteers from Rainbow Turtle. First up is Kitty McEachen, an escapee from Glasgow who, to her surprise, found that Paisley wasn't such a bad place to live in, especially when she came upon Rainbow Turtle and some of the committed volunteers, including the inspiring founder, Liz Cotton. Next we hav…

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Series 3 Episode 5 - Meet the volunteers 3 10:30

1y ago10:30

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In episode 5 of series 3 of our podcast we meet Elise Kelly, our creative shop manager. Elise has been in charge for about three and a half years. She joined us when we were just coming out of covid when things were tight and sales were poor. During that time Elise has transformed Rainbow Turtle shop into a bright and colourful place to come and bu…

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Series 3 Episode 4 - Meet the volunteers 2 9:18

1y ago9:18

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In this episode we introduce you to Joyce Jackson who started out as a fair trade stall holder in her local church before being inveigled into volunteering at the shop by Liz Cotton when she retired 7 or 8 years ago. Following Joyce we have Clotilde Raydon, who 6 years ago came into the shop to get some refills for cleaning products. After a couple…

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Series 3 Episode 3 - Juliet Robb interview 35:59

1y ago35:59

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In this episode we meet Juliet Robb of Olive Tree, a charity that buys products from crafts people in Palestine and then sells them in Scotland. The money provides the artisans with a living and any profits made from the sales goes to support charities in Palestine. Juliet first thought about working with people from Palestine after a trip to the H…

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Series 3 Episode 2 - Meet the volunteers 1 13:22

1y ago13:22

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In this mini episode, we meet long standing Rainbow Turtle volunteers: Gillian Henry, Roisin Mulholland and Maureen Brough. In it they share why fair trade is important to them and what are their favourite products that they can buy in the shop. Unsurprisingly, chocolate and coffee feature high on their lists! Email us on [email protected] …

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Series 3 Episode 1 - Michael Gidney interview 53:39

1y ago53:39

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Michael Gidney, currently the chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, has worked for at least 30 years in international development (which corresponds nicely with the 30th anniversary of FT movement in UK). He started out as a teacher in Kenya and then for their children's services in an orphanage, has worked with Voluntary Services Overseas a…

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Rainbow Turtle Rebooted Series 3 Taster 3:21

1y ago3:21

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Welcome to series 3 of Rainbow Turtle Rebooted the podcast that brings you the people and their stories from the world of fair trade. In this series we interview Michael Gidney, the chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, the organisation that oversees fair trade in the UK. We also meet Juliet Robb, the founder of Olive Tree, the charity that …

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Rachel Farey interview 58:18

2+ y ago58:18

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In this episode I am delighted to be talking with Rachel Farey of the One World Shop in Edinburgh. It's a beautiful shop positioned at the western end of Princes Street in Edinburgh with the historic castle as a backdrop. Rachel has had an interesting journey that started with working with L'Arche after she left school. L'arche is an international …

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Sally Sawaya interview 26:28

2+ y ago26:28

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In this episode we are playing a recording of a talk by Sally Sawaya of Meru Herbs in Kenya that she gave recently to the staff of True Origin and Rainbow Turtle in Paisley, Scotland. Sally is the managing director of Meru Herbs, the Kenyan fair trade company that produces tasty sauces, jams and herbal teas. Meru is a semi arid region of the countr…

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Mary Popple interview 34:36

2+ y ago34:36

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In this episode we meet Mary Popple the current chair of JTS, the company that imports fair trade goods into Scotland and distributes them throughout the UK. Mary grew up in Northern Ireland during the 50s and 60s on the border between the republic and the north. Her father was a church minister who tried not to take sides and, as tensions increase…

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John Riches interview - Part 2 45:34

2+ y ago45:34

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In this episode we bring you part 2 of the John Riches interview. (If you've not heard it, do check out part 1 where John talks about his early life and influences.) We join John where he talks about setting up the Balmore Trust and The Coach House, instruments that were used to generate funds for overseas projects. Very quickly they got involved i…

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John Riches interview - Part 1 33:17

2+ y ago33:17

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In this episode, John tells interesting stories of working in a refugee camp in Austria after the 2nd world war, of being a chaplain at Cambridge University at the height of the student protests in the late 60s; working in the Transkei in South Africa during the apartheid era and meeting anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko. He covers his time at Gl…

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Series 2 taster 3:08

3y ago3:08

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This short taster introduces Series 2 of the podcast. In this new series we'll be bringing you interviews with John Riches founder of JTS, Mary Popple of the St. Andrews Fair Trade Group and current chair of JTS and the Alternative Coffee Co. an exciting project that links fair trade speciality coffee farmers from Uganda and Rwanda with micro coffe…

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Part 2 of a throwback to original podcast episode 1 from 2016 26:47

3+ y ago26:47

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We have another throwback podcast for you where we're back to fair trade fortnight in 2016 and to Josh Brown's original Rainbow Turtle podcast series. This is part 2 of the episode that we re-released back in the beginning of January. In this part, Josh interviews Martin Rhodes and Graham Clark of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum at their AGM, where h…

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Throwback to original podcast episode 1 part 1 from 2016 24:17

4y ago24:17

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This episode takes us back to February 2016 to the very first Rainbow Turtle podcast which was previously thought to be lost. Part 1 of this episode takes us on a fair trade journey: It starts with founder, Liz Cotton, talking to school pupils. It then chats to attendees at the Scottish Fair Trade Forum AGM, Before Ross Beattie looks at fair trade …

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Pauline Tiffen interview 54:19

4y ago54:19

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Welcome to this special Christmas episode of the Rainbow Turtle Rebooted podcast where I’m delighted to be able to interview Pauline Tiffen of the Journal of Fair Trade. Ever since I started this series I have been trying to get Pauline onto it. I first heard her speak at a Scottish Fair Trade Forum lecture back in the summer of 2020, at the height…

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Martin Rhodes: COP26 and Fair Trade Part 2 21:52

4y ago21:52

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This is the 2nd part of Martin Rhode’s talk that he gave to Rainbow Turtle at their AGM back in October. In part one he talked about the links between COP26 and Fair Trade. In this episode he answers questions from the audience and goes into some of the areas more deeply. Some of the questions he dealt with were: How did we prevent the global south…

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Mauro Pereira interview 31:18

4y ago31:18

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In this episode we talk to Mauro Pereira from Brazil. He is the executive director of Defenders of the Planet, an environmental campaign group based in Rio de Janiero. He is attending the COP26 summit as the focal point for Latin America for the sustainable development goals. Mauro talks passionately about our environment, especially at what has be…

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Martin Rhodes: COP26 and Fair Trade Part 1 25:14

4y ago25:14

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Martin Rhodes of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum recently spoke to the Rainbow Turtle AGM about the relevance of fair trade to the COP26 talks starting in Glasgow at the end of October. He speaks passionately on the subject and says that you can't have climate justice without trade justice. His talk has been divided into 2 episodes. This first one is…

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Josh Brown interview 35:50

4y ago35:50

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Today, we welcome Josh Brown of Third Works onto the Rainbow Turtle Rebooted Podcast. Josh is a former education officer with Rainbow Turtle and he offers some interesting insights into fair trade and the concept of development in relation to developing countries. Josh spent some time studying indigenous peoples in Australia, which formed his think…

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04. Martin Rhodes interview 37:14

4y ago37:14

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For this episode I’m delighted to introduce the chief executive of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, Martin Rhodes. Martin is an incredibly busy person and it was hard trying to match our diaries for the interview. He is an interesting person to listen to, especially on where he thinks that fair trade should be in Scotland. He is keen that fair trade …

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03. Liz Cotton interview part 2 of 2 17:15

4+ y ago17:15

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Liz Cotton is the founder and former director of Rainbow Turtle, the fair trade shop and charity in Paisley, Scotland. In this, the 2nd of a two part interview, Liz talks to Colum Scriven about her decisions to move on from Rainbow Turtle, what she did after leaving and what she is doing now. If you like our podcasts please subscribe to them and ra…

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02. Liz Cotton interview part 1 of 2 18:00

4+ y ago18:00

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Liz Cotton, founder and former director of Rainbow Turtle talks to Colum Scriven of Rainbow Turtle. In this first of a two part interview, Liz talks about her early influences, how she got involved in fair trade, and what led her to start up Rainbow Turtle, the fair trade shop and charity in Paisley. Rainbow Turtle is a fair trade shop and charity,…

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01. Rainbow Turtle Rebooted Preview 6:23

5y ago6:23

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Welcome to the new Rainbow Turtle Rebooted podcast. Through our podcasts we would like to bring you interviews and news about fair trade. This episode is a short preview to our first series and introduces you to who we are and what we will be offering. Rainbow Turtle is a small non-profit organisation, based in… Continue reading Rainbow Turtle Rebo…