{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#169 Andrew Flynn","description":"In this episode I sit down with Andrew Flynn, a Jiu Jitsu black belt, Tai Chi Chuan advocate and accidental fightwear company owner. Andrew is one of the guys behind alchemical fightwear (https:\/\/www.alchemical.com.au\/) a healthy living company that also sells natural, plastic free option for martial arts \/ grappling apparel. It was a fun conversation as we also went deep on Andrew's journey, from project management to Tai Chi Chuan, to Jiu Jitsu, cafe's and more. Traditional martial arts often get a bad rap in modern martial arts discussions and it was nice for Andrew to articulate his experience with it. We also go through his experience in building up a business to selling it, engineering \/ project management and of course the reasons why Alchemical focuses on Hemp \/ natural fibred fight wear. Links: https:\/\/www.alchemical.com.au\/ Alchemical Fightwear on Socials: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alchemicalfightwear\/ Hemp history, uses, benefits and more.  https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15440478.2024.2435047#d1e199 Invention of Synthetic fibres and textiles https:\/\/www.greenhive.io\/blog\/synthetic-fabrics&amp;nbsp; Chemicals From Textiles to Skin https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6133113\/ What Does Plastic Do To The Endocrine System  https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-do-chemicals-in-plastics-impact-your-endocrine-system\/ Microplastics found in artery plaque buildup of stroke survivors  https:\/\/www.heart.org\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/plaque-buildup-in-the-necks-of-stroke-survivors-may-be-loaded-with-microplastics&amp;nbsp; Nanoplastics that enter human cells cause cell death via trojan horse principle https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32786567\/&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Johnny Yaps","author_url":"http:\/\/johnnyyap.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36655065\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/188613675"}