Made For Us
by Tosin Sulaiman
Latest episode
No wrong notes: Pete Letanka on the search for musical alchemy
No wrong notes: Pete Letanka on the search for musical alchemy
About this podcast
Made For Us is a Signal Award-winning podcast for anyone who’s curious about how to design for inclusivity. An Apple Podcasts Editors' Choice, Made For Us entered Apple's top 10 Design chart, reaching #2 in Canada and #3 in the U.S.
Join us each week for conversations with founders, designers, product inclusion leaders and other creative minds who are challenging the status quo of how everyday products are designed. Each episode will bring you insights from people who've spent years thinking, perhaps even obsessing, about how to develop products or build companies that are inclusive from the start.
AWARDS
2025 International Women's Podcast Awards:
Runner-up: Moment of Absolute Honesty
Finalist: Moment of Behind-the-Scenes Briliance
2024 Signal Awards:
Bronze winner: Most Inspirational Podcast
2024 International Women's Podcast Awards:
Finalist: Moment of Insight from a Role Model & Moment of Visionary Leadership
Episodes
The newest 20 of 64 episodes
- No wrong notes: Pete Letanka on the search for musical alchemy · 40 minDespite training as a classical pianist, Pete Letanka always knew he was a jazz musician. In this episode, he talks about that early tension and his struggles with what he…
- Why classical music needs an image refresh, with Berginald Rash · 30 minBerginald Rash's original ambition was to be a cardiologist, but then he discovered the clarinet. In this episode, he shares his path from pre-med to the concert stage, the…
- Voice notes: Victoria Oruwari on disability and opportunity in classical music · 39 minFor soprano Victoria Oruwari, music and color are inseparable. In this episode, Victoria shares what it's like to experience music through synesthesia, how she discovered singing…
- Bringing African classical music to the world stage, with Rebeca Omordia · 41 minRebecca Omordia knew she wanted to be a concert pianist from the age of seven. As a music student, she mastered the demanding repertoire of Western composers and at home, she…
- Mini-series: Made For Us & Classically Black · 2 minThis September on Made For Us, we’re bringing you a series of conversations with some of classical music’s innovators - performers and composers who are expanding the boundaries…
- Redesigning venture capital: Eric Collins on the overlooked founders beating the odds · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 9Eric Collins co-founded Impact X Capital to back the founders traditional venture capital overlooks. Inspired by the "original investors" in his own life, Eric’s work is driven…
- Signal in the noise: building bias-free medical devices, with Valencia Koomson · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 8Growing up, Valencia Koomson wasn't supposed to be the one playing with the electronic set - that was her brother's Christmas present. She played with it anyway, and now she runs…
- Hugh Herr's bionic revolution: when technology becomes part of us · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 7*** Help shape the future of Made For Us! Take our quick listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to our curated reading list of every…
- Closing the disability wealth gap: an investor's case for inclusive design | Regina Kline · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 6*** Help shape the next season of Made For Us! Please share your feedback in our 4-minute listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to…
- Crossover episode with Beyond 6 Seconds: Nonspeaking autism representation with Tiffany Hammond · 45 min · Season 3This week, we’re bringing you a crossover episode from Beyond 6 Seconds podcast, which features conversations with neurodivergent people from around the world. Award-winning host…
- The pulse oximeter problem: a trusted medical device comes under the spotlight | Michael Sjoding · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 5A flaw in one of medicine's most trusted devices - the pulse oximeter - was first documented in the 1990s, then largely forgotten. It took the COVID-19 pandemic to bring it back…
- Why AI struggles with African languages - and the startup closing the gap | Pelonomi Moiloa · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 4*** Help shape the next season of Made For Us! Please share your feedback in our 4-minute listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to…
- Rewriting the story: the AI startup reimagining how the world learns to read | Ethan Pierce · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 3*** Help shape the future of Made For Us! Take our 4-minute listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to our curated reading list of…
- The "feminization of wealth" is coming. Are you ready? | Sylvia Kwan · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 2*** Help shape the future of Made For Us! Take our quick listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to our curated reading list of every…
- The women finance forgot: Ellevest CEO Sylvia Kwan on closing the gender wealth gap · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 1Ellevest CEO Sylvia Kwan has a striking statistic she uses to explain why the company was founded: in a survey of asset managers by BNY Mellon Investment Management, 86% said…
- Made For Us Season 3 · 2 min · Season 3Made For Us is back for Season 3 - and we’re talking about ambition. Hear from founders building AI for underserved languages and designing inclusive medical devices, and…
- What's in a name? Part 3: Who decides what's 'normal'? · 29 minSo your name’s been mistreated by autocorrect. What harm does that cause? And what would it take to fix it? In this episode, Northeastern University law professor Rashmi…
- What's in a name? Part 2: Did Big Tech actually change? · 16 minThe I Am Not a Typo campaign managed to get tech companies' attention. So what happened next? We hear from one of the campaign organisers about the conversations with tech giants…
- What's in a name? Part 1: When your device thinks you're a typo · 26 minFor years, people added their "unusual" names to their phone's dictionary, treating it as a minor inconvenience. Then some decided to fight back. In this episode, we meet the…
- What's in a name? A new mini-series from Made For Us · 2 minAcross the world, millions of people's names are treated as errors by our devices. In the UK alone, 41% of baby names are flagged as "incorrect." In a new mini-series, we'll meet…
